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  1. Pinned Tweet
    21 May 2020

    Distributed work happened slowly, then all at once:

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  2. Retweeted
    18 hours ago

    Some environmental activists argue that nuclear power is an indispensable tool in the quest for a decarbonized society.

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  3. Retweeted
    Mar 2

    Guys, I'm super excited I'll be interviewing the co-founder of / CEO next week for 's / newsletters! 🤯 If you have questions for Matt you'd like to ask, submit them here!

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  4. Retweeted
    Mar 1

    We evolved to desire sugar because it was a good source of energy, and relatively scarce. But when we learned to mass-produce it, our love for it suddenly went from asset to liability. The same is now true of information. Our curiosity, which once focused us, now distracts us.

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    Mar 1

    Cannot endorse enough You never worried about the person with brand new Jordans at the pickup game, but whoever was ready to play in whatever they were wearing? For sure gonna be trouble I find the folks who fall victim to this the most are execs &, weirdly, middle managers

    One of the most common questions I get from other product managers is “what tools do you use?” The answer? It doesn’t matter. Today’s newsletter:
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  6. Feb 25

    40% of the web uses WordPress - via

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  7. Feb 25

    If you'd like to post by email to WordPress instead of the feature, this is the best way to do it. Highly robust, handles attachments, formatting. People who subscribe via email can comment on the post by replying to the subscription email!

    Something that isn't fancy and overlooked these days is and 's post-by-email feature. Whether you don't want to deal with an editor or hiking in the middle of nowhere with only connectivity to pass up a queued e-mail, it's handy.
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  8. Retweeted
    Feb 23

    For 's first 4yrs, we were in the 📰 every wk. Those weeks, we made $0. The past 4 years, we've been out of the headlines. Now, we've raised $40m, our first raise in ~4yrs. How'd we go from the center of the hype cycle to the brink of bankruptcy and back? Read on...

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    Feb 23

    “The Aesthetic Deep State” is a similar phenomenon, which described best.

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  10. Feb 22

    Invest Like the Best and Building Worlds

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  11. Feb 22

    German solar, wind power did not fail in cold weather

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  12. Retweeted
    Feb 7

    i think tumblr is the best social media platform currently because while every one is yelling at each other on twitter the biggest topic on tumblr right now is an elevator that says “eeby deeby”

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  13. Retweeted
    Feb 21

    While many people have the impression that the Sixties were the ”golden age” of air travel, where everyone still got a first class treatment, the actual experience was terrible.

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    Feb 20

    Now Linux is on Mars the aliens will be flying open saucers 😬

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  15. Feb 20

    Simplify! There’s an entire web technology industrial complex trying to convince you to complicate your stack so they can sell you more things you don’t need.

    Game developers: with enough if statements and while loops I can do literally anything. Web developers: I will use graph theory and a hand crafted functional state management framework to create this sign up form.
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  16. Feb 20

    [Bonus Episode] Matt Mullenweg, entrepreneur and co-founder of WordPress, talks women in tech with

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  17. Feb 20

    Reflecting on Gutenberg's 100th Release via

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  18. Retweeted
    Feb 18

    I wrote a Substack post about Texas, the blackouts, and the renewables revolution. Short version: Greg Abbott, John Cornyn, and their enablers on Fox News are lying. The blackouts weren't due to wind. And culture wars over energy are incredibly stupid.

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  19. Retweeted
    Feb 18

    While I'm tweeting about companies enabling industries, I've listened to this podcast interview with twice and think I will listen again to make a few notes...

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    In today's FFG talks about the importance of world building to all the great creators and how it relates to the mission at For more from Matt on open source, the early internet, and building decentralized teams -
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  20. Retweeted
    Feb 18

    "I am not a cat". This man is the most 2021 thing ever. He did nothing wrong at all and his analysis is better than 98% of professional analysts. More importantly, he had skin in the game -- he wasn't selling advice, he was investing his own money based on his own opinions.

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  21. Retweeted
    Feb 16

    SPREAD THE WORD: The number of people being admitted to local hospitals for carbon monoxide poisoning is rising at a disturbing rate. Do NOT bring any outdoor appliances (grills, etc.) inside, or run your car inside the garage. Stay safe.

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