Drew Volpe
@thecusp.bsky.social
coder / founder / investor. Hard computing VC at @FirstStarVC Interests: AI/ML, Bitcoin, climate, comp bio, coffee, and pie.
guessing he blocked the semantic web (RDF, OWL, ...) out of his memory. which I would do as well if I could.
November 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
guessing he blocked the semantic web (RDF, OWL, ...) out of his memory. which I would do as well if I could.
This is just individuals. The “Cambridge” col here is people who live in Cambridge, so doesn’t include unions or any other PACs.
November 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
This is just individuals. The “Cambridge” col here is people who live in Cambridge, so doesn’t include unions or any other PACs.
Causation likely does go both ways. To be clear, this is total funds, not just from Cambridge. Many candidates (Flaherty, McGovern, Simmons, Wilson, ...) got the majority of their funds from PACs and people outside of Cambridge.
November 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Causation likely does go both ways. To be clear, this is total funds, not just from Cambridge. Many candidates (Flaherty, McGovern, Simmons, Wilson, ...) got the majority of their funds from PACs and people outside of Cambridge.
Yeh, have to wonder if Bullister had raised another $5k if she would’ve gotten over the top.
November 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Yeh, have to wonder if Bullister had raised another $5k if she would’ve gotten over the top.
Took your data and joined on funds raised per candidate (data from OCPF).
Top 9 fundraisers were the 9 that won.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Top 9 fundraisers were the 9 that won.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Cambridge 2025 Election Spending Results
docs.google.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Took your data and joined on funds raised per candidate (data from OCPF).
Top 9 fundraisers were the 9 that won.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Top 9 fundraisers were the 9 that won.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Buying a used DVD and having Amazon ship it to me should not be cheaper than renting a digital copy. And yet it is.
September 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Buying a used DVD and having Amazon ship it to me should not be cheaper than renting a digital copy. And yet it is.
1. Yes, primary for most things and encourage people to message me there (vs WhatsApp, Telegram, etc)
2. No, I’ve never used the stories feature.
2. No, I’ve never used the stories feature.
September 9, 2025 at 4:15 AM
1. Yes, primary for most things and encourage people to message me there (vs WhatsApp, Telegram, etc)
2. No, I’ve never used the stories feature.
2. No, I’ve never used the stories feature.
I use Obsidian and had never heard of this. Very cool.
May 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I use Obsidian and had never heard of this. Very cool.
Reposted by Drew Volpe
New macro-empirical research finds that every dollar invested in non-defense public R&D yields $1.40–$2.10 in economic output, and since World War II, government funding has driven roughly 20% of U.S. productivity.
Trump’s NIH And NSF Cuts Estimated To Cost The U.S. Economy $10 Billion Annually
Economists find public R&D drives U.S. productivity growth — and pays for itself
www.forbes.com
May 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
New macro-empirical research finds that every dollar invested in non-defense public R&D yields $1.40–$2.10 in economic output, and since World War II, government funding has driven roughly 20% of U.S. productivity.