Prescott Watson
@prescottwatson
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Aerospace founder. Remove supply side constraints, push the technological frontier, grow a fairer world. Pro 🇺🇸-led world order. Pro YIMBY & transit. Ex-Dem.
San Francisco, CA
Joined January 2011
Announcing the AC0, the kit to bring the power of aerotowing to any plane. This transforms PLANES into TRAINS. With 65% fuel savings, skytrains might be how aviation not only cleans up its act, but grows into a much larger and more robust industry...
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The positive impact of luxury condo development on housing affordability is quite easy to understand if you flatten it out on existing neighborhoods. This is what it would look like if a 450 condos proposed in downtown Austin was blocked and those ppl had to compete for SFHs in
"[Researchers found] new housing freed up older, cheaper apartments, which, in turn, became occupied by people leaving behind still-cheaper homes elsewhere in the city, and so on... The paper estimates the tower’s 512 units created at least 557 vacancies across the city."
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For much of Israel's history, its enemies were able to launch wars, lose, and then hit 'reset'. With the support of the US, that policy--and the anarchic incentive structure it created--appears to be over. Sow trouble, reap trouble. The End of Anarchy
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The organizing theme of Israel’s post-October 7 approach toward its enemies appears to be, as the Book of Job declares: sow trouble, reap trouble. It is a we...
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This is your weekly reminder that the last C-17 rolled off the production line over a decade ago. The USAF is operating the C-17 at a pace that exceeds initial projections, and has been for well over a decade. At present, not only do we not have any strategic airlift under
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In 2023, Israel had Hezbollah in Lebanon massing arms and forces to their North, Assad backing Hezbollah with his army, Iran with a functioning nuclear program and Hamas periodically lobbing rockets at Tel Aviv. Now Hezbollah is gone, Assad is gone, Iran’s nuclear program is
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I love California so much. The state of my dreams.
Never a dull moment in California, eh? Tagging along today with the @probillionaires marchers in San Francisco, and yes — they say they’re for real.
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Boil the Oceans You know the phrase: “don’t boil the ocean.” Everyone’s said it in some overly ambitious meeting. It’s good advice in normal times. It keeps teams focused. It prevents scope creep. But we are no longer in normal times, and I think it’s time to retire saying it.
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this is a 28 year old company with insane product diversity which seems almost entirely resistant to shocks, incompetence, competitors, & even regulators… & also still growing at a pace that makes no sense at this scale. is this the greatest singular business ever created? like
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NIMBYism is economic suicide. Housing bans in SF and NYC didn’t just make rent expensive—they strangled 36% of all US economic growth for decades. That is $8,775 stolen from every American worker’s paycheck, every single year, just to protect the views and property values of a
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Palestine protesters are ass, but they are simply the tip of the iceberg of a whole vast reservoir of ass
most telling part of this is that Ezra actually tries to talk to the protester and engage him, and he just turns around and keeps yelling at the audience. pretty clear example of how the heckler’s veto harms everyone else by prioritizing the needs of the heckler above the crowd
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Thank God we are walking back from the brink. The People have demanded basic decency and a return to the rule of law and the admin is responding. This is the way forward.
President Donald J. Trump spoke to reporters earlier outside the White House about this past weekend’s shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis by agents with U.S. Border Patrol. Reporter: “Do you believe that Alex Pretti's death was justified?” Trump: “Well, you know, we're
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California is going to lose 4 members of Congress and Texas is going to gain 4 members of Congress because California blocks housing and Texas builds housing
#NEW: 2030 Apportionment Forecast based on 2025 Census Bureau Population Estimates (January 27, 2026). Forecast prepared by Dr. Jonathan Cervas (CMIST) at Carnegie Mellon University
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This is not politics as usual. As investors, innovators, leaders, and citizens, we need to come together to preserve our democracy, the rights set forth in our country's Constitution, and our shared humanity. All of these serve as the foundation for our modern society, human
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One of the most significant moments from the Trump Davos speech was when he said the quiet part out loud You cannot lower housing costs for young people without destroying millions in wealth for boomers "Every time you make it more affordable for somebody to own a house
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Danish restrictions require other militaries chartering civilian transport to Greenland vs landing with the Germans very capable A400 mil aircraft. But this is part of the problem. During one of the most critical moments concerning the future of their territorial sovereignty,
To się robi coraz bardziej zabawnie. Luftwaffe nie ma zdolności przerzucenia 13 niemieckich żołnierzy na Grenlandię, więc wyczarterowano samolot polskich linii Enter Air. Rozumiecie? Logistyka niemieckiej armii wisi na dobrej woli polskiego prywaciarza. https://t.co/0Pq1xyzEmf
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What terrifies me the most isn't that Scott Wiener betraying his own community. He's a politician. I expect that. It's that he did a cold look at the numbers and determined in THIS Democratic Party, the price of standing with Israel was too high to win. What future does our
For years, I’ve condemned Netanyahu and his extremist government and the devastation they’ve inflicted on Gaza. It’s why I’ve been clear I won’t support U.S. funding for the destruction of Palestinian communities. I’ve stopped short of calling it genocide, but I can’t anymore.
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choose your side: billionaire wealth tax vs imprison the fed chair how fast can we burn down the house?
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@boomsupersonic @bscholl It will be interesting to see how effective these CFM56 conversions perform as power generation for data centers. FTAI may well have some good data up their sleeve which data center folks would be glad to hear about Blake & team (CC @crazyfoo ) launched an entirely new turbine
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@boomsupersonic @bscholl "FTAI Aviation has announced the launch of FTAI Power, a new platform designed to convert CFM56 aircraft engines into aeroderivative gas turbines for power generation. The initiative is aimed at delivering a flexible, cost-efficient and scalable source of reliable electricity
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Some ppl dismissed @boomsupersonic's dive into the AI data center race as a weird side quest, but FAR more conservative organizations are now following in @bscholl's footsteps - so clearly there's money to be made there One of the largest 737 owners globally just announced a
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