Cyan Banister
@cyantist
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Investor at Long Journey Ventures, artist, joy amplifier. subscription fees go to Inflection Grants:
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If you want a pick me up, there’s a few Instagram accounts out there that really lift me up. Next time they pop up in my feed, I’ll share them in this thread but please add your own. My favorites are the ones where people are moved into their new homes or a miracle happens in…
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Not that it matters, but I am boycotting the WSJ now that they decide it is ok to dox people who offer their homes to friends. I won’t give them a cent, or give them an interview ever again. I encourage you to take the same stance and publicly if you value your own privacy.
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Kinda proud of this. If you can guess what it is, you get a prize of some sort. (First person to)
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Today’s puzzle. First person to get it right - I will give $500 to your favorite charity.
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Pink Friday Nails by
@NICKIMINAJ
launched today! I love mine and after two weeks of wear, I’ve only lost three!
I went down to LA and was privileged to sit with Nicki’s personal nail designer and learn about the business.
Nicki is nailing this.
These are my favs:…
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Life is precious. Both mine and yours. However, if someone is invading my home, I will kill them. I don’t want to. It doesn’t bring me joy. But nobody is taking away my sense of safety. Sorry. I’m not going to question how the system has failed them, they will just be super dead.
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The comments on this scare the shit out of me. How is a robber government better at solving problems than someone like Bill Gates? He gives so much to the world and he helps solve massive problems. How do people not recognize their own violence?
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Home invasions are being classified as non-violent crimes by being dropped from charging for them.
Always room for improvement and yet we have so much to be proud of San Francisco.
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That diamond that’s almost as big as my eye was created in a lab! We are heading into the Diamond Age and it’s going to be wild. When I invested in lab made diamonds, big surprise, I was laughed at and told I was insane. Now we are making diamonds for compute and who’s laughing?
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My friend’s store on Melrose was destroyed by looters. It’s a small family operated business, minority owned and it is devastating. She was just starting to rebuild after covid19.
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My friend who went to the ER with covid-19 was given these drugs to take. He was in extremely bad shape and within one day he was fine. No fever - nothing. Pharmacies need to fill these orders.
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This does nothing but anger people and doesn’t bring them to support the cause. What if people need to get to a hospital? What if a child needs to use the restroom? What if people are late for work? The total disregard for your fellow neighbor here is so self-serving and…
Both directions of the Golden Gate Bridge have been shut down due to a Pro-Palestinian protest. Demonstrators have blocked the southbound direction of Highway 101. This is the second protest causing major back-ups on Bay Area roadways, the demonstration has blocked northbound…
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Be honest. How many of you have said “thank you” to ChatGPT?
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@hunterwalk
This is a dangerous line of thinking and implies that maybe theft is ok if it comes from someone rich enough.
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Want to see thousands of Free Hong Kong shirts at an NBA game? My friend Lee will print and distribute them to fans for free but needs financial help. Every $7 prints a shirt. He put up the first $100 of his own money.
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Are people aware that Hamas kidnapped American citizens? Canadians? It isn’t just Israelis. If this were any other country, imagine our response! We no longer can count on our fellow country humans to advocate for us when we travel.
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And if you need proof, my guy is getting his violent charges dropped. He’s only getting punished for the dollar amount of the theft, but not for entering my home or trying to enter a child’s room through the window.
Home invasions are being classified as non-violent crimes by being dropped from charging for them.
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I love you Tony. I won’t get over this loss ever. You were bright stardust.
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Do you have an liberty minded idea to help save SF? I’m going to start giving people grants to work on these projects. Do you want to run for office? I’ll back you. Let’s change this place.
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If you are in the startup ecosystem and not speaking out against Bernie, you should really see what he’s up to regarding stock options. This impacts workers and prevents future wealth of these workers. He wants to tax on *vesting*.
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A crazy thing just happened. My house was robbed yesterday and the guy who robbed it just came to my house to apologize and ask for forgiveness. He’s going to try to get my things back. I can’t really describe what I’m feeling right now. If he comes back I want to give him a hug
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Illegal campaign donations were dropped. How handy is that?
BREAKING: FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years, significantly less than the 40 to 50 years that federal prosecutors wanted.
Charges against SBF for making iIIegal campaign donations were dropped.
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There are some Elons hiding out at IKEA in Emeryville. Maybe a dozen or so?
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AOC going to an event with a “tax the rich” dress where tickets cost $30k or more is, well, you can fill in the blank. Idiocracy.
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Let me tell you a scary story about China. They are playing a very long game and they are boiling the frog.
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Saw
@chrisrock
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Bill Gates could end climate change. Think about that. He could do this if people let him realize his vision around nuclear power. The government is incapable of doing what he’s doing.
Say Bill Gates was actually taxed $100 billion.
We could end homelessness and provide safe drinking water to everyone in this country.
Bill would still be a multibillionaire.
Our message: the billionaire class cannot have it all when so many have so little.
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Ahh, let me tell you about the Google drug dealer. It is riveting! See thread...
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Unfortunately, layoffs are going to start happening. This isn’t something that a lot of newcomers to the tech scene are accustomed to. This is where your “dot boomers” come in handy. We lived through 2k, we lived through 2007 and we will live through this.
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I have news to share!
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If an investor asks you “who else is in”? - it tells you everything you need to know about how they think (or don’t think) as an investor.
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If free countries don’t get their shit together, Clearview like technology will exist anyway and it will be created/packaged by the CCP. We need to be proud of innovators like Hoan and not punish them for wanting to keep people safe.
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I’m not giving up on SF yet, but something has to be done and soon about local politics here. This city is eating itself.
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If Pete Buttigieg wins the nomination, I think I’ll be prouder of my “gut” instinct on him than any investment I’ve ever made. Once we narrow down the field - you will see him shine. He is so incredible as a person and unlike other politicians, I trust him.
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Love the pink hair
@Maisie_Williams
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News from
#GOTXP
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@Maisie_Williams
and
@johnbradleywest
break down their first
@CCXPoficial
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So apparently you can be banned from Twitter, permanently, for simply liking the “wrong” tweets. You don’t even have to say anything. I have proof of this happening to at least one person who never tweets and only “likes”.
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A Perry Good Friend:
My dear friend Perry Friedman passed away last night and he was known for writing “obituperrys” which were often “too soon” and humorous takes on people who have passed. I’ll try to figure out one for him that is fit for who he was, but for now, I’ll just…
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I absolutely love this place and it breaks my heart and I love all of you, but I care more about voices being heard, esp those I don’t like. I don’t want to become China, sorry, and that’s where we are heading.
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At some point mental health has to be a greater concern than Covid.
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If I developed a curriculum on how the Internet works for kids, would anyone want it for their children? Covering History, TCP/IP, packets, Routing, DNS, HTTP/S, domains, subnetting and binary? Maybe more? Pondering doing it. Some stuff exists but it isn’t perfect.
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I grew up poor. Incredibly poor. Like eat out of dumpsters poor. In my experience we wanted dignity. The system is designed to destroy dignity. Why not be amazingly rewarded for getting back on your own two feet? I’d certainly want my tax dollars used in that way if I could.
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Throughout my career journalists have on the one hand decried the lack of females in VC/tech and on the other consistently attributed my work, as a female VC, angel and entrepreneur, to my male colleagues.
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$500 to your favorite charity if you can solve this! (First person to). This one should be easier than the others…
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Dear entrepreneurs: I just had my first mammogram and I have to say, having experienced the full spectrum of female health services now, this category is ripe for an overhaul. It’s so impersonal, unkind, violating and cold. You can use same tech and add amazing service.
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Some people need to travel more and then come back here and see if they still think America isn’t prosperous.
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DoorDash mobilized all of its drivers to help find the missing kids. That’s amazing leadership. Thank you Tony!! (Tip from a man with the father currently)
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Listening to a couple complain about 10 minute wait times for Uber and Lyft. They are really upset about it. It’s amazing how quickly we forget what life was like before these services.
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Tony was an amazing iPhone photographer. He’d see things that hardly anyone else saw and framed his shots beautifully. I tried to encourage him to use something other than a phone, but he wouldn’t. He took me out at magic hour to show me what he saw. He was an artist.
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This makes me very bullish on Coinbase! It’s about damn time a company took a stance like this.
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Someone just told me the kids in the shelters can just leave. If that’s the case, let’s go get them. They are there because they can’t be detained. Previously if you were caught crossing the border with a child you were set free. So more people showed up with children.
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This is art.
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How can you be anti-police and pro big government at the same time? How do you think all of those laws and rules are enforced? These are the outsourced guns many don’t own.
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We did it!!!!!
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Many periods during our history, we would have built statues of Elon and celebrated him. Let’s not wait to do it posthumously, as so many have done with others, but instead celebrate him today and continue to cheer him on. In the face of great adversity, he and his team continue…
🚨Congratulations Elon and SpaceX for doing the Unthinkable
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And I’m not going to question my privilege when it happens either. Nope. If you are in my home and you shouldn’t be, then your life is in immediate danger. It isn’t about what you’ll take, it isn’t about what is replaceable or not. My safety and my life is valuable.
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If you believe in free speech, I hope you’ll condemn this. It is one of our most valuable rights in this country. Even if you don’t like what someone has to say - this is wrong. Just plain wrong.
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Like this post if you dig Ayn Rand. If you do like her and you are afraid to hit like, don’t you think that’s concerning?
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It shouldn’t be hard to condemn and denounce white supremacy. Just ridiculous. It was a direct and easy question.
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If I wrote a post for every company I’ve invested in and the reasons behind the investment, would that be interesting? (The ones I can talk about that aren’t stealth)
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Theirs is too, but outside of my home and in theirs which they can also protect. It’s pretty simple. Don’t hurt people and don’t steal their shit. Don’t invade homes and lives won’t be lost.
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Yesterday I received great news after having an MRV. My clots are 50% gone! I’m moving to a new blood thinner that will allow me to eat 🥬. Never thought I’d be excited about that, but I really am. In 6 months I should be on just baby aspirin. Thank you science and UCSF.
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It is ridiculous that an American car company with this much sales volume isn’t on that stage.
Here’s how much the Democrats hate Elon Musk:
For today’s EPA EV announcement, they had 4 cars on stage: 1 from GM, 1 from Chrysler, and 2 from Ford.
But no Teslas.
Last year, Ford sold 72,608 EVs. GM sold 75,883. Chrysler sold 0.
Tesla sold 1,808,581.
What a freaking joke.
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If you are a VC and hate capitalism, I think you should just throw in the towel, or stop smoking whatever it is you are smoking. Stop hitting yourself bro!
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It’s sad, because it wasn’t always this way. Diversity of thought was once a thing people valued and prized but now a monoculture is trying to take over and silence any dissent. I’m not talking about red vs blue, it goes deeper than that.
@cyantist
I can't believe how many people in tech are completely comfortable saying "you must share my politics or you are a horrible person." Really?
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Can we do this for
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I regret not doing more to support and defend
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I used to be kinda sad that I wasn’t ever “cool” enough to get invited to some parties that people I know were invited to, but now, I’m super thankful that I’ve never accidentally had a photo of me taken with Ghislaine.
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9 people shot in SF last night. One in critical condition. Bayview and Tenderloin. Also a woman was robbed, more house burglaries, more and more everything
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If you want soul crushing hurt and pain, drive around downtown SF right now. I encourage everyone who’s able to - go do it. This has to change. It isn’t sustainable. I feel like I was punched in the gut.
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A reminder of all of the Kurdish women who took up arms to fight ISIS.
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Read the Uber drivers’ responses.
Uber has taken in $12 billion in investment and had revenues of $1.7 billion in Q4 of 2016.
Yet their drivers only take home $3.37 an hour.
Does that sound right to you?
We must update our laws to stand up for workers in an increasingly exploitative tech-based economy.
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Want to do something to make yourself and others feel amazing? Go to Target or Walmart and find a family buying their Xmas stuff at the last minute and buy it for them if they will let you. I just did and it was the best present of all.
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After I help get Chesa out of office, I’m going to shut my Twitter account down and move to my email list on Substack. I’m also going to publish a phone number everyone can reach me on. I’m not leaving because I love Trump, I’m leaving because I love free thoughts and minds.
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I haven’t written anything long form for a while, but maybe I should write about how men take advantage of other men in our industry.
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No, this person is completely out of touch with the actual reality of poor people. He also has no idea how much money I made or didn’t make or what I’m doing with it, nor does he have any right to what I do with it. This person is turning me far away from Bernie. Great job.
.
@cyantist
made $258 million off of her Uber investment.
But "doesn't believe in minimum wage" for drivers and thinks they should "make $2.75 an hour if they want to"
Silicon Valley is completely out of touch with reality!
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@dhh
@LorenaSGonzalez
@veenadubal
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This makes me oddly happy. I am a tech bro!
Cyan Banister (legendary angel investor + invested early in SpaceX, Uber, Postmates, DeepMind, Flexport, Affirm, Carta, Niantic and Thumbtack)
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Kate Middleton has cancer and this is a great reminder that nobody, not even the future Queen herself is immune from problems with health. It is the great equalizer. We all become dirt in the end. We all compost the same and our spirits know no titles, no labels and have no…
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I predict a movement of people who are going to get offline in the future as a lifestyle. Like living off grid.
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He will be the person of our lifetime.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk was named Time magazine's 'Person of the Year' for 2021, a year that saw his electric car company become the most valuable carmaker in the world and his rocket company soar to the edge of space with an all-civilian crew 1/4
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Startup workers are *not* slaves. This is such elitist bullshit, not to mention casually using a word that’s horrific and has real meaning. Nobody forces people to work at startups.
@cyantist
You're on the wrong side, Cyan. Start-up workers are slaves to maniacal founders and greedy VCs.
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I’m looking for a person who wants to be a model for an art project. Ideally you like golfing. I’ll take you out for a day of golf but you have to wear whatever it is I ask you to. It will be silly and it will be fun and you will remember it forever.
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I’m pretty worried about people who can’t work from home during this outbreak of covid-19. That’s not a luxury a lot of people have. Please keep that in mind about food service, gig workers, etc. Try to protect them too.
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We are surrounded by beauty, we just lose the ability to see it. We take it all for granted. I am so, so, so thankful to be alive and to get another chance at marveling at all of the insanely wonderful things around us.
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Imposter syndrome is very real. No matter how successful I am, I often feel like I don’t deserve it and I need to try harder and do better. I’m my own worst enemy and I have to constantly remind myself of that. I battle this by patting myself on the back.
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SFPD Chief Bill Scott : Grant Concealed Carry Permits in San Francisco - Sign the Petition! via
@Change
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