Michael Barnes, Ph.D. 🏡
@PolicyRiot
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2X @Techstars founder; CEO @VivaBenefits: making renter benefits mainstream; prev. @Teacher_Talent acq. 2018; invest in diverse + impact teams @FundRadical
Edcouch, Texas
Joined August 2009
99.9999% of the night sky is darkness per @ChatGPTapp . Yet so rarely does anyone look up at night and gasp —. “Oh my, look at the darkness tonight!”. Be the 0.0001 % ✨
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@bradj_TX @PatrickSvitek @TheTexanNews @TexasTribune If anyone can submit a map where is the ideal @texasdemocrats map? @KendallScudder?. Leaders should lead key discussions, set visions for what’s possible, and dare political opponents to openly taint democracy with gerrymandered “fajita strip” districts.
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Seems like @bradj_TX is trying to take over the @PatrickSvitek mantle, with the conservative-led @TheTexanNews displacing @TexasTribune for real-time political reporting? #Sad.
We have our first redistricting submission to the Texas portal, from Andrew Dugan of @Gallup: #txlege
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Hey @TexasTribune 👋 . Now that @PatrickSvitek is gone, do y’all still report on state and federal politics?. Found this new CD map circulating on FB and wondered if y’all were on this story?. Who’s the new point person?.“Bueller…?” 🧐 .
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Do not agree with this man every day but this is on point. “The irrational why.”. Mine is to disrupt an unacceptable status quo.
Marc Andreessen explains why startups are an “irrational act”. “The biggest thing people don’t understand about what it’s like to be a startup founder is it gets very romanticized. Even whey they fail, it still gets romanticized about what a great adventure it was. But the
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Here is the @nytimes analysis of the report. Their analysis is focused on the facts, and leaves you to draw any initial conclusions:.
www.nytimes.com
A focus on the Boeing 787’s fuel switches in a preliminary assessment raised questions about the pilots’ actions, but much is still unknown about Flight 171.
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Here is an update on the Air India flight that crashed, which is under investigation but points to a pilot action (likely intentional) to cutoff fuel to both engines, causing the crash. Here is the report (primary source data):.
www.nytimes.com
A preliminary assessment by the Indian authorities said fuel was cut off to both engines shortly before Air India Flight 171 crashed last month, appearing to rule out mechanical failure or design...
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Moving this back up in your inbox @otter_ai . You should see two new canceled trials with the reason being "They did not consent to this." 🔥.
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Here is a link to the first source cited:.
www.federalreserve.gov
The Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington DC.
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While @ErikaKullberg normally seems like a consumer vs. corporate advocate her flip-flop campaign in support of 3% credit card fees saddens me. TLDR: points help the rich & are paid for by the poor (& small businesses). I had ChadGPT give you the breakdown 👇 (with sources cited)
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I have 24 hours to share 9 more gift links if there is any interest?. "Mr. Bezos, tear down this paywall!". CC @JeffBezos.
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I am fed up w/ paywalls & would rather "buy the paper" for the day to ensure a key article is seen & Democracy does not "die in darkness" (behind a paywall). An engineer w/ @washingtonpost directed me to a 1-day option I used to gift this article:.
www.washingtonpost.com
Hundreds of campers were sound asleep early on Friday, expecting to wake up to a fireworks show and special treats of Hershey’s bars and Coca-Cola by the lake.
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You'd think this would be a key moment to keep a long-time customer, but there was no attempt to make sense of this for us, so now we will engage in a competitive search. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
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Quite a sight to behold.
The growth of $1 over the past 100 years:.Invested in small-caps: $64k.T-bills: $24, enough for a sandwich. Many lessons incl the magic of compounding + the difference between 11.8% and 10.4% returns
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Worthy of a 📌 ?.
@bryancsk 1. Most startups fail: even grand "exits" may generate $0 in cash returns. 2. Most VC funds fail to beat S&P 500 per @KauffmanFDN data (from 2012 but never refuted). 3. VC $$$ is not their money. It is raised, incl. via public pension funds. Worst VCs = ego-centric fiduciaries.
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Worthy of a 📌.
Dear zillions of important journalistic outfits, from @TexasMonthly to @WSJ & @washingtonpost --. The phrase "democracy dies in darkness" applies to vital public interest stories hidden behind paywalls. At a minimum can you please allow me to buy a story so I can share it?.
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@ZetteMedia This one from @TexasMonthly sounds important, but ironically only the elite will be able to read it. CC: @BekahMcneel .
www.texasmonthly.com
Board members banned books and stripped vaccine curricula. Now a group of parents are running to make the school board boring again.
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I will happily pay $8/story when it matters to simply share on social media with my local followers. Please make this possible: .someone. anyone. take the lead!. This is why I support @ZetteMedia . Meanwhile I will post the stories on this thread I was unable to share😢.
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As someone who simply wants to gain access to key public information and disseminate it, I will never be able to pay enough SaaS fees to cover enough news outlets to make this model work. (I am not alone). However, you do need to feed your reporters. 🧵.
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