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This will assuredly ruffle feathers since it involves money (and nuance) I think we, as founders, need to say no to partial acquisitions Otherwise, less people will go into startups because the social contract of "Ride (or die) Together" gets fractured And then everyone loses
NEW: How partial acquisitions are killing startup culture — and what we can do about it. Earlier this month, after Google poached Windsurf’s braintrust and licensed its IP (Cognition later acquired what was left), @JustJake coined the term “shell-qui-hires” to describe…
Some Colbert thoughts in @PirateWires piratewires.com/p/goodnight-la…
many thanks to the friendly pirates at @PirateWires for letting me go a bit galaxy brained on 28 Years Later, naked zombie running clubs, and the *other* kind of viral apocalypse
We teamed up with @micsolana and @PirateWires to host an amazing evening with 100+ guests in New York City last night. Electric energy, beautiful venue, and great conversations. Thanks to all those who came out🔥
people on reddit discovered a chemical that basically cures opioid addiction... and they order it from china in bags labeled NOT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. they're calling it a "miracle drug," it's way better than methadone, and it's totally unregulated
NEW IN PIRATE WIRES: Welcome to the Wild World of Research Chemical Reddit On r/researchchemicals and associated subreddits, people test new synthetic compounds on themselves and share their experiences getting high (and getting clean). Said a user on MD-PHP (a meth analog):…
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the pirate wires crew is assembling in downtown manhattan on thursday, july 17th, from 6 to 9PM courtesy of our friends @joinwarp. and we would love to have you join us. there will be drinks. and there will be merriment. subscribers only, but you're in luck — the daily…
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the pirate wires crew is assembling in downtown manhattan on thursday, july 17th, from 6 to 9PM courtesy of our friends @joinwarp. and we would love to have you join us. there will be drinks. and there will be merriment. subscribers only, but you're in luck — the daily…
the most brutal war for talent in tech history is breaking the social contract between founders, employees, and investors that has facilitated its incredible growth for decades. the ever thoughtful @absoluttig has produced the first great piece on the trend.
NEW: Meta’s multi-hundred million dollar comp offers and Google’s multi-billion dollar Character AI and Windsurf deals signal that we are in a crazy AI talent bubble. We’re entering a hypercapitalist era in tech — and, as @absoluttig explains, it will rewire the industry. The…