@jonelvekrog

CEO, entrepreneur, and burrito eater!

 San Francisco
Joined January 2008
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It's been a long time Mount Tam
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derekthompson.org/p/the-deat… ... I love the Bowling Alone (book) reference

The Death of Partying in the U.S.A.—and Why It Matters

Young Americans today spend 70 percent less time attending or hosting parties than they did at the beginning of the 21st century. Why?

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Nat Bullard's annual report on decarbonization is amazing. As if Mary Meeker's investment report focused on climate data. Hat tip @reillybrennan nathanielbullard.com/present…
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Rob Leathern
@robleathern4 Jun 2023
Imagine an avoidable food additive that killed tens of thousands of Americans a year for over 50 years, finally banned after the 99-year old scientist who discovered it had to sue the FDA. RIP 6yrs ago nytimes.com/2017/06/01/scien…

Fred A. Kummerow, an Early Opponent of Trans Fats, Dies at 102 (Published 2017)

Artificial trans fats were ruled unsafe by the Food and Drug Administration partly in response to a lawsuit that Professor Kummerow filed against the agency.

nytimes.com
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Pardon the motorhead car ad interruption ... Lucid Air / Cammisa Time Machine modern classic: youtube.com/watch?v=JxuB4H6u… Such a solid nod to the original Modernista-produced Hummer ad: youtube.com/watch?v=yx7Jn9Zq… Could be the 'best' car commercial of all time: youtube.com/watch?v=lnxL43Sv…
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Chris Bakke
@ChrisJBakke30 Aug 2022
This guy wins at Linkedin
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Nothing about #digitalisation is preditable. In just a few decades the digital economy has changed, reinvents itself and disrupts our lives. It’s exciting, exhilarating and slight frigtening to watch. That’s why I created this #datavisualisation. #digital #economy #tech
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It has been a while Mt Tam!
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US DoJ called us when $Bill Gross started buying up Twitter clients; later his agglomerated Twitter app network became an unexpected API consumer of ours. Real @140Proof heads know
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Covid is just the flu, don't worry about it ...familiesfightingflu.org/flu-…
Unbelievable sound barriers that effectively block noise from a 10-lane highway. Netherlands of course.
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"Yes, right! Put the GameStop in the AMC! Drive there in a Tesla that you rented at a Hertz! Pay for your tickets with Dogecoin! Cram the whole thing into a rocket ship and send it to Mars! I already said “SPAC”!" via bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… (subscription required ... sad)

Spend Your Bitcoins at the GameStop in the AMC

Also the James Bond of penny stocks and the NFT cycle.

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David Sacks
@DavidSacks17 Jul 2021
It’s not a once-in-a-century pandemic. It’s the first lab-made pandemic. youtu.be/YeW5sI-R1Qg

GOP Medical Witnesses: COVID-19 'Exactly What You'd Expect If You'd Gone Through Gain-Of-Function'

At today's GOP House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Select Co...

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Shasti@sh44sti24 Mar 2021
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Google wins! visualcapitalist.com/the-50-…

The 50 Most Visited Websites in the World

Just three websites get 152 billion visits monthly, outpacing the rest of the internet. Here, we rank the most visited websites worldwide.

visualcapitalist.com
Right Up Our Alley @BryantLakeBowl Pilot - Jay Byrd Christensen
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The Road to Self-Renewal by @jvntox link.medium.com/dhkdJq8yH7 ... worth the 16 minute read!!!

The Road to Self-Renewal

This is a speech by John Gardner delivered in 1990 to McKinsey & Company:

link.medium.com
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The Recount
@therecount21 Mar 2020
For reference: This is what months of downplaying a pandemic looks like.

Trump's Coronavirus Calendar

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Trump blocked testing because he decided that data and statistics were not a good look for him (hoax). However, the NYTimes has an extremely clear graph of coronavirus deaths by country and state ... a lagging indicator, but very accurate data. nytimes.com/interactive/2020…
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What Krog peeps are in Vegas for CES?
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