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DonL
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Cal Bear, born in SF & back in the city! Dad of 2 boys & 2 dogs. Hiking, backpacking, MTB, Niners, Dubs, & Giants. Advising startups @HeadlandsWest - previously CorpDev/Strat @techstars & BD/PM @storify @adobe @typekit @google @feedburner @yahoo
Wtf??? So cruel and dumb…

College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Ocean beach on Sunday
November 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
While I'm supportive of $$ & data for AI scientific research efforts, how can you do that when you're gutting the NIH and the scientific infra of the US by cutting funding to major universities? Unfortunately, I figured their answer was don't worry, AI will save us.

www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
Trump signs executive order launching AI initiative being compared to the Manhattan Project
The order announced the “Genesis Mission” for AI, a new federal push to mobilize the federal government's research and data to create artificial intelligence models.
www.nbcnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Piloting group chats in ChatGPT
Collaborate with others, and ChatGPT, in the same conversation.
openai.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Ocean beach run. Hauntingly beautiful.
November 8, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Reposted by DonL
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
So far so good America...
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Great to see....due to a combination of the rise of AI in SF more generally, tech companies' return to office policies, and Lurie. Glad to see it all coming together and Lurie might be the right Mayor at the right time.

www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
'Like somebody turned a faucet on': Union Square buzz is building in SF
"There's just a lot of great momentum and buzz in Union Square right now."
www.sfgate.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
What's the argument for these if chips are obsolete w/n 3-5 years. I have some thoughts, but curious what people think.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 2, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Good evening ocean beach SF
October 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Reposted by DonL
I obtained ~dozens of hours~ of previously unreported recordings of Russ Vought's briefings from 2021 to 2024.

Want to hear the recordings yourself? Watch @propublica.org's
new mini-documentary about Vought 👇

THE SHADOW PRESIDENT www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1Lu...
Russell Vought: The Shadow President
YouTube video by ProPublica
www.youtube.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Is this an onion article???

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
From Muni.
October 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM