Cyrus Farivar
@cfarivar
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"suh-ROOS" / سیروس 🕵️ 20+ years in journalism (Forbes, NBC, and more) 🐻 4th-gen Californian // Oakland, CA 📥 [email protected] 📱 +1-341-758-0888
Oakland, CA
Joined January 2007
After 3+ years at Forbes, Friday March 21 will be my last day. After 20+ years of doing professional journalism, I’m moving on to a new challenge with @fireaside .
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As of today, I’m looking for a new job. 🧐 - I’m an award-winning author and tech journalist with 20+ years of experience. 🕵️♂️ - I have written for Forbes, NBC, Ars Technica, The Economist, The New York Times, Wired, and many more. 📰 📻 - I’m here to make a difference. 👊🏽
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QM LIVE w/ Matthew Tuttle of Tuttle Capital and Kat Randel!
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@cfarivar @christopherotts At the after party, here’s me, @cfarivar and fellow book-writing ancestor @samindrakunti
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Magnesiacore™ is a durable construction panel made with magnesia cement. Non-combustible, hard, and paperless, it outperforms gypsum, cement, clay, wood, or paper panels. Its superior strength and versatility make construction easier, faster, and longer-lasting indoors or out.
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In 2016, I rode my bike from Oak-Sac (110 mi) to raise money for public schools -- my longest-ever ride. TMRW, for the first time, my kid and I will be doing the 45 miler together -- she'll be on her own rig. It'll be her longest-ever ride! Donate: https://t.co/pSOCHi5CK8
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Automated bike lane enforcement launches in Sacramento, first in the nation https://t.co/A9ZcNDSZAf
fox40.com
(FOX40.COM) — The City of Sacramento will be the first in the Nation to launch bus-mounted technology for automated bike lane enforcement, according to officials. The partnership between the city a…
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Federal wildfire funding reinstated in Shasta County
krcrtv.com
The Shasta County Board of Supervisors recently sent a letter expressing concerns to the Trump administration about wildfire risks, urging action
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Last night, Berkeley unanimously passed a new ordinance eliminating vegetation in the critical 0 to 5 feet ember resistance zone for ~900 high-risk homes. @fireaside is proud to support the Berkeley Fire Department. More from @juliejohnson
https://t.co/zq8RehfDqm
sfchronicle.com
The Berkeley City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to require households in fire-prone neighborhoods to follow strict landscape requirements starting next year.
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Poll workers around Oakland said that voter turnout is definitely lower in this mayoral election. https://t.co/C6SpSmmPfA
oaklandside.org
Oakland voters we spoke with today said public safety and boosting the local economy are on their minds as they cast ballots.
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Today at 4pm the City of Berkeley will hold the first reading of a municipal bill that would ban nearly all vegetation within five feet (aka "Zone Zero") of ~900 homes near Tilden Park. Agenda: https://t.co/GmHCaeHQCW
https://t.co/arE46TTV1b
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Yo #wildfire fam! Join us 6pm PT tonight: https://t.co/PnBVNA6LAi
For those not able to make it this evening to my wildfire and climate talk in San Rafael (apparently the venue is at capacity!), the event organizers have arranged for a Zoom livestream of the event as an alternative. See below for details. https://t.co/afxcA5ygqa
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Per POLITICO, Signal cannot be downloaded onto federal devices. “Their personal phones are all hackable," a fmr WH official said. "and it’s highly likely that foreign intelligence services are sitting on their phones watching them type the shit out."
politico.com
Regardless of app security, experts say communicating the military plans of the U.S. government in a non-classified space creates a massive security vulnerability.
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Hey #wildfire : who else should I be following? I'm looking for WUI-heads, inspectors, mitigation mavens, fuels experts, hotshots, weather nerds, everyone and anyone. 🧑🚒 I'm also looking for wildfire-related books to read! Currently: Stephen Pyne's FIRE (2001). 📚 Thx!
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I am thrilled to announce the launch of my new tech media brand, Upstarts Media 🎉 Upstarts will focus on the startup ecosystem, from inception through IPO 📈 We will publish a newsletter, videos and a podcast, and host our own events. Read more here: https://t.co/nqKBPMEtWG
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There are so many great reasons to be on Signal. Now including the opportunity for the vice president of the United States of America to randomly add you to a group chat for coordination of sensitive military operations. Don’t sleep on this opportunity…
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I walked around 6 miles alongside photojournalist Florence Middleton to bring you this story and photos of the @oaklandrootssc historic inaugural opener at the Coliseum 👇🏽 https://t.co/8W5Jw0MNrN
oaklandside.org
A thrilling soccer match, Too $hort, and fireworks brought new life to an old stadium.
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Personally, I think Oakland's politicos and journalists are in an echo chamber, unaware of what the average voter is thinking. The average voter hasn't tuned in yet to the mayor's race, even though ballots are being mailed out as we speak. https://t.co/GewmnX7TVV
oaklandside.org
In conversations at a farmers market, some shared that they’re excited about Barbara Lee or Loren Taylor. But many said they’re uninterested or struggling to learn the facts.
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Could Bay Area’s traffic nightmares bring back casual carpool? https://t.co/KkiKw2yiAq via @sfchronicle
sfchronicle.com
Casual carpools had served the Bay Area for decades, moving thousands of people across the Bay Bridge each day in what one user called “a fever dream of collective action.”
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