Torr Leonard 🧵
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All my WSJ links are gift-links.
A unit of pressure.
- OKC fans truly terrify me.
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View full threadI mean, John Calipari is RIGHT THERE.
- Gary Vaynerchuk, right there.
- "“It was an abomination,” one prominent Democratic strategist—who publicly defended Biden—told us." --Fuck this guy. Biden didn't screw the Democratic Party. The people who knew Biden was toast and didn't say anything, didn't DO anything, screwed the Party and the country.
- I have a better story: "How 49% of Voters Handed the Presidency to Trump."
- “IN PRAISE OF: Seven Roles That Explain the Deeply Nuanced, Not Crazy Art of Nicolas Cage - Don’t reduce his career to his unhinged characters. The actor’s work is often more textured and soulful than he’s given credit for.” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/m...
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- I need to read this book: bsky.app/profile/zach...
- Marc Andreesen received government funding from NSF to create Mosaic.
- (6/11) The internet exists because we invested in science. Decades before it changed the world, the NSF laid the groundwork for the internet—funding research, building networks, and connecting universities. Without public investment, there would be no world wide web. www.nsf.gov/impacts/inte...
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View full threadAndreessen was part of a team that developed the Mosaic web browser at National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), which was funded by NSF. While Andreessen himself did not receive direct government funding, his work on Mosaic was conducted within an NSF-supported environment.
- Following the success of Mosaic, Andreessen left NCSA and co-founded Netscape Communications Corporation, which developed Netscape Navigator.
- “the most important fact about today’s trade deal is that the 10% across the board tariffs are staying,” said Justin Wolfers. tweaks here & there w/ some trading partners wont change that. The US is a high tariff country for the foreseeable future,& trade war continues” www.cnn.com/business/liv...
