Dave Willner
Co-Founder at Zentropi. Formerly Head of Trust & Safety at OpenAI, of Community Policy at Airbnb, and of Content Policy Facebook. Strictly cold takes.
- Reposted by Dave WillnerAlright, @sarahebond.bsky.social in her cruelty has made me aware of this remarkably incompetent talk Malcolm Gladwell gave and so I am going to inflict it on all of you by going through all of the mistakes he makes here in the hope that none of you will ever take him seriously again. 1/
- Reposted by Dave WillnerIn the U.S. in 1825, *452* out of 1000 children born died before their 5th birthday. By 1925, that number was 135 out of a 1000 children. Today, in 2025, that number is *7* And it is entirely due to advances in medicine, public health, and technology. 9/
- Reposted by Dave WillnerChair Comer denied our request for an official trip to El Salvador to advocate for due process and the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Pretty shameful. Good thing I don’t need Comer’s permission to get on a plane.
- Reposted by Dave WillnerThe argument in the text is they can’t accomplish their policy goal while following due process (and therefore the standards should flex). That’s a general purpose argument for fascism, not one specific to immigration.
- Reposted by Dave WillnerSome updates on our client: @immdef.bsky.social went to his imm court hearing Monday and received confirmation from ICE that he has been “removed” to El Salvador. The Judge asked “how has he been removed if there is no removal order?” And the ICE attorney responded that they did not know.
- Posting tonight ti shine a light on what the Alien Enemies Act looks like IRL. Our @immdef.bsky.social client fled Venezuela last year & came to US to seek asylum. He has a strong claim. He was detained upon entry because ICE alleged his tattoos are gang related. They are absolutely not. 🧵
- Reposted by Dave WillnerLike @coloradotravis.bsky.social I consumed this over the weekend, and I highly encourage everyone to read it. The coverage is treating the book as an expose of Meta culture and execs and while it is that, I think the more interesting parts are in between and focus on global power dynamics 1/
- Reposted by Dave WillnerPresident Trump’s simpering fealty to Vladimir Putin and Russia is embarrassing and dangerous. Illinois stands with Ukraine, and so should the White House.
- Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
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- Reposted by Dave Willneri don’t even know if crime is the right word for the illegal destruction of USAID. it is an autocratic power grab and a direct attack on the sovereignty of the american people
- Reposted by Dave WillnerJasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"
- Thanks for having us on @karaswisher.bsky.social, this was great to get to do!
- Reposted by Dave WillnerShut down the Senate: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
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- Alex wasn’t wrong!
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- This seems right to me. When a story seems too good to be true, and closely aligns with your hopes and dreams, it's best to be skeptical.
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- Early on at Facebook, the nascent Content Policy team organically developed a set of aphorisms to guide our work. A set of simple-ish “north stars” to navigate by, keeping us on track while coping with of the ever growing and diversifying torrent of reports. 🧵1/9
- Reposted by Dave Willnerone thing i’m stuck on is this idea that “masculine” energy means license to act like a chud in public, as opposed to more traditional notions of public masculinity, such as those that put a premium on the performance of integrity, honesty, honor and generosity.
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- This is spot on.
