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Absolutely appalling. While our "leaders" in Westminster obsess over diversity quotas and hurt feelings on X, actual ambulances—belonging to a Jewish community organisation—are being torched in our capital. We’ve allowed a culture of lawlessness and imported hatred to fester for far too long. If this were any other group,... show more

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For a minute keep your politics aside, who you voted for aside, whataboutery aside, farm fire vs fire crackers aside and ask yourself just one question.. don’t we need to do a lot more for a better, cleaner future not just for our children but our nation, would it be too much to ask from governments (irrespective of which party in power) to prioritise the air we breathe? Do we ask questions about the silence of the environment ministers, our senior ministers in the cabinet? Flew in from Mumbai today into Delhi and this is the difference. We need to do better.

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Last week, we were in Danville to scout hijacked City of Tshwane properties. Today, we are back with reinforcements to reclaim our properties. Our first stop used to be clinic, but is now being used illegally as a scrap yard and a crèche. The conditions of this place are not good to safeguard children. We are closing down this illegal ECD and scrapyard. We’ve called the parents to come and collect the children. City of Tshwane

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Today, we’re sharing the history of Foundation Labs, written from our perspective as founders. What we thought, what we set out to build, and what we learned from six years on the frontier of crypto, culture, commerce, and art. We’re publishing this now while the experience is still fresh. It was important to us that a clear record exists in our own voice, rather than leaving our story to be interpreted by others over time. Our aim is to contribute to the commons. We believe there are many future chapters still to be written with this technology, and we want future founders to be able to reference and build on our experience—to start on second base. We’ll keep this online as a resource for the foreseeable future. To the artists, collectors, investors, and former teammates—thank you for being part of the journey.

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Propbase

60,466 views • 2 years ago

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Donut and Devotions. Every other Thursday I meet with the guys during lunch. I open up the shed/meeting room and try to create a quiet space where they can relax, take a deep breath and reflect on what is good. We share where we are feeling unrest in our lives. We read from the wisdom found Proverbs and then we spend time in prayer. Afterwards the kids have access to the field to throw and hangout together. It’s the highlight of my week. Connect and build community. That’s the business we are in.

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Yesterday the People of Israel celebrated the end of the British Mandate over our land and the end of thousands of years of exile and injustice. We celebrated our historic return back to having sovereignty over our land - Yom Haatzmaout 🇮🇱 In Montreal, I went out to have some powerful conversations and this man came up to me. He is the perfect example of a Jew hater who uses the Palestinian cause to channel his antisemitism instead of fight for justice. One thing is certain the people of Israel are forever tied to our land and the more we are shamed for it or the more that it is rejected - the more we prove we aren’t going anywhere. Jewish Pride 🇮🇱 > Jew Hate 👹

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30,644 views • 3 months ago

Horrendous. Heartbreaking news from Amsterdam. Is this what we have become? Modern day pogrom as we are remembering Kristallnacht. I am in Texas and it is middle of the night here as I write. Friends from Europe are texting and calling me about the horrendous situation in Amsterdam. In the night of November 7 in Amsterdam there were widespread and terrible raids on Jewish people. After the soccer game Ajax-Maccabi Tel Aviv, large groups of radical moslims violently attacked Jews, injured them, ran over them with cars… 💔 How is this possible? Why did it take the police so long to get there ? Even on European soil we fail to protect human dignity. Is this what we have become ? It's just terrible! Revolting! Imagine you are Jewish. And you know this: as soon as you walk out of your house to go running, go grocery shopping, go to school or to the synagogue, this can happen to you. How would you feel? I spoke about this situation of terrible discriminations this week in parliament. Worrying about antisemitism is not an exaggeration. Fighting it is our responsibility. The Dutch local government has failed. My thoughts are with the victims. I am furious with the Dutch local government. This is what we have become. Because we have forgotten that this violence is still possible if we are not honest, vigilant and decisive. If people who live in Europe are capable of this horrible attacks, it says a lot about how europe failed to impose its values even on its own soil. And there are still people who will think speaking of hatred against jewish people is an exaggeration. It is not. This is the week of the Kristallnacht commemorations. October 7 was until now the Kristallnacht of our time. November 7 must be the last one. Assita Kanko

Horrendous. Heartbreaking news from Amsterdam. Is this what we have become? Modern day pogrom as we are remembering Kristallnacht. I am in Texas and it is middle of the night here as I write. Friends from Europe are texting and calling me about the horrendous situation in Amsterdam. In the night of November 7 in Amsterdam there were widespread and terrible raids on Jewish people. After the soccer game Ajax-Maccabi Tel Aviv, large groups of radical moslims violently attacked Jews, injured them, ran over them with cars… 💔 How is this possible? Why did it take the police so long to get there ? Even on European soil we fail to protect human dignity. Is this what we have become ? It's just terrible! Revolting! Imagine you are Jewish. And you know this: as soon as you walk out of your house to go running, go grocery shopping, go to school or to the synagogue, this can happen to you. How would you feel? I spoke about this situation of terrible discriminations this week in parliament. Worrying about antisemitism is not an exaggeration. Fighting it is our responsibility. The Dutch local government has failed. My thoughts are with the victims. I am furious with the Dutch local government. This is what we have become. Because we have forgotten that this violence is still possible if we are not honest, vigilant and decisive. If people who live in Europe are capable of this horrible attacks, it says a lot about how europe failed to impose its values even on its own soil. And there are still people who will think speaking of hatred against jewish people is an exaggeration. It is not. This is the week of the Kristallnacht commemorations. October 7 was until now the Kristallnacht of our time. November 7 must be the last one. Assita Kanko

Assita Kanko MEP

174,909 views • 1 year ago

HyperNodes Milestone Alert ⚡️ Lumia $ORN is thrilled to announce that we’ve reached a monumental milestone: more than 10,000 nodes sold and $10 MILLION DOLLARS RAISED IN FIRST 10 DAYS! This is a testament to the support from our amazing community and our relentless team. 👇 But this is just the beginning – we’re only getting started. Stay tuned for more exciting updates and innovations. Don’t forget to check out our node calculator on our website to see how you can be a part of our journey. Thank you for being with us every step of the way. The future is bright, and we can’t wait to share it with you! Nodes available for purchase 👉

HyperNodes Milestone Alert ⚡️ Lumia $ORN is thrilled to announce that we’ve reached a monumental milestone: more than 10,000 nodes sold and $10 MILLION DOLLARS RAISED IN FIRST 10 DAYS! This is a testament to the support from our amazing community and our relentless team. 👇 But this is just the beginning – we’re only getting started. Stay tuned for more exciting updates and innovations. Don’t forget to check out our node calculator on our website to see how you can be a part of our journey. Thank you for being with us every step of the way. The future is bright, and we can’t wait to share it with you! Nodes available for purchase 👉

Lumia

404,254 views • 2 years ago

Just two months ago, we were on the verge of letting go of a customer that we had been serving for more than two years. The prices were super competitive as they were procuring these springs from China. According to our cost calculations, we would have to sell them these springs at our breakeven price point. We would not be making any profit from their orders. The volumes were huge and we decided to take up the challenge. In manufacturing, one of the very important metric that your product cost depends on is cycle time. The speed at which we are able to process that part within the desired tolerance. Higher the speed at which you can manufacture, lower the cost of making that component. We could only manage 150 pcs/minute on our imported machines. At this speed, it was unviable for us. It would only make sense for us to continue if we were somehow able to manufacture this spring at a minimum of 200 pcs/minute. We were far apart and it seemed we wouldn’t be able to reach that goal. We were on the verge of giving up after two years of persistent effort in increasing our speed. Today, we manufactured that same spring on the CNC machines that we built in-house at a whopping 220 pcs/minute! We went from almost letting go off that customer to now asking that very same customer to increase our order volumes! First video is our imported machine at 150 pcs/minute. The second video is our in-house machine at 220 pcs/minute.

Just two months ago, we were on the verge of letting go of a customer that we had been serving for more than two years. The prices were super competitive as they were procuring these springs from China. According to our cost calculations, we would have to sell them these springs at our breakeven price point. We would not be making any profit from their orders. The volumes were huge and we decided to take up the challenge. In manufacturing, one of the very important metric that your product cost depends on is cycle time. The speed at which we are able to process that part within the desired tolerance. Higher the speed at which you can manufacture, lower the cost of making that component. We could only manage 150 pcs/minute on our imported machines. At this speed, it was unviable for us. It would only make sense for us to continue if we were somehow able to manufacture this spring at a minimum of 200 pcs/minute. We were far apart and it seemed we wouldn’t be able to reach that goal. We were on the verge of giving up after two years of persistent effort in increasing our speed. Today, we manufactured that same spring on the CNC machines that we built in-house at a whopping 220 pcs/minute! We went from almost letting go off that customer to now asking that very same customer to increase our order volumes! First video is our imported machine at 150 pcs/minute. The second video is our in-house machine at 220 pcs/minute.

Vishakh Ranotra

19,933 views • 11 months ago

Hello world A new year has begun and we are living this genocide We are still being killed and living the worst days of our lives in the shadow of genocide We hope that you will stand by us more than ever We hope that this genocide will end as soon as possible Don't forget that Gaza is being bombed now and the planes are above us and we are waiting at any moment to be bombed Share our voice and we will remain part of your day If you can help us through the link we will be grateful to all of you PP🔗 GFM🔗

Hello world A new year has begun and we are living this genocide We are still being killed and living the worst days of our lives in the shadow of genocide We hope that you will stand by us more than ever We hope that this genocide will end as soon as possible Don't forget that Gaza is being bombed now and the planes are above us and we are waiting at any moment to be bombed Share our voice and we will remain part of your day If you can help us through the link we will be grateful to all of you PP🔗 GFM🔗

Abdullah Omar🇵🇸

14,563 views • 1 year ago

WE'VE BEEN SITTING ON A SECRET... 🤫 Wishing everyone a happy #InternationalDayOfCharity and also, a message: Don't ever think you can't make a difference. For each other, for others, for people you'll never meet, for causes. The Fallout community ceased being a community long ago, because in actuality - we're a found family. We hail from all over the world, come from all walks of life, and we all found home in the strangest of places: the end. Since #FalloutForHope began this community has raised almost $1 million for those in need and we've helped each other when we've needed it. That's family. We're thrilled to share that this October 23rd, we're going "home" for a holiday that embodies the spirit of our community. This #FalloutDay, for the first time, we'll be live from Bethesda in Rockville with Scottykfitness and we can't wait for you to see what we have planned... Please stand by. Looking to get involved? Start here 👇

WE'VE BEEN SITTING ON A SECRET... 🤫 Wishing everyone a happy #InternationalDayOfCharity and also, a message: Don't ever think you can't make a difference. For each other, for others, for people you'll never meet, for causes. The Fallout community ceased being a community long ago, because in actuality - we're a found family. We hail from all over the world, come from all walks of life, and we all found home in the strangest of places: the end. Since #FalloutForHope began this community has raised almost $1 million for those in need and we've helped each other when we've needed it. That's family. We're thrilled to share that this October 23rd, we're going "home" for a holiday that embodies the spirit of our community. This #FalloutDay, for the first time, we'll be live from Bethesda in Rockville with Scottykfitness and we can't wait for you to see what we have planned... Please stand by. Looking to get involved? Start here 👇

FalloutForHope 🔜 GCX @ Universal Orlando Resort

44,749 views • 11 months ago

Update on LAT Aerospace Our first uSTOL technology demonstrator is ready. Today, we have a fully-electric, fixed-wing UAV, built from scratch and almost ready for flight. To make this possible in just a few months, we built our entire flight lab from scratch. Every bench, every tool, every fixture designed to push the aircraft closer to flight every single day. This aircraft is designed to takeoff in 40 meters (thanks to a massive CL of 5 which is more than 2x of what you see on most aircraft). Endurance of 60 minutes. With a range of being able to cruise autonomously from Mumbai to Pune. Ground rolls done. As I type this, we are pushing hard to get the bird in the air. Hopefully it doesn't blow up. Either way, I promise videos of our attempt sometime over the next few weeks. We have learnt so much over the last few months, and I am sure that there are a lot of hard learnings yet in store for us. Our research on hybrid-electric propulsion is already in full swing, and we’ve also started building a team to begin development on our own gas turbine engines. This is one of the hardest engineering challenges possible. Our team is relentlessly at it to make this a reality before the turn of this decade. To read more about LAT Aerospace, please visit -- PS: LAT is not a part of Eternal

Update on LAT Aerospace Our first uSTOL technology demonstrator is ready. Today, we have a fully-electric, fixed-wing UAV, built from scratch and almost ready for flight. To make this possible in just a few months, we built our entire flight lab from scratch. Every bench, every tool, every fixture designed to push the aircraft closer to flight every single day. This aircraft is designed to takeoff in 40 meters (thanks to a massive CL of 5 which is more than 2x of what you see on most aircraft). Endurance of 60 minutes. With a range of being able to cruise autonomously from Mumbai to Pune. Ground rolls done. As I type this, we are pushing hard to get the bird in the air. Hopefully it doesn't blow up. Either way, I promise videos of our attempt sometime over the next few weeks. We have learnt so much over the last few months, and I am sure that there are a lot of hard learnings yet in store for us. Our research on hybrid-electric propulsion is already in full swing, and we’ve also started building a team to begin development on our own gas turbine engines. This is one of the hardest engineering challenges possible. Our team is relentlessly at it to make this a reality before the turn of this decade. To read more about LAT Aerospace, please visit -- PS: LAT is not a part of Eternal

Deepinder Goyal

185,089 views • 8 months ago

Hang on! The hysteria around our trans exp proves we are in the fabric of the main stream. Most will grow up and get over it. And remember, they may be trying to take our rights away, but when I was a kid, there was no rights to be taken. That’s how far we’ve come.

Hang on! The hysteria around our trans exp proves we are in the fabric of the main stream. Most will grow up and get over it. And remember, they may be trying to take our rights away, but when I was a kid, there was no rights to be taken. That’s how far we’ve come.

TransElder Mardi 🏳️‍⚧️

147,016 views • 7 months ago

Big news! Today we are announcing that Shopify is acquiring the Threads team. There are a million feelings and thoughts from this journey, but nothing more than gratitude to all of our users and customers for building with us, my colleagues (both current and former) for making all of this possible, our investors, especially Mike Vernal, Elad Gil, Avichal Garg - Electric ϟ Capital, and Jessica Verrilli for their unwavering support and guidance, and all of our friends and family who put up with the late nights, canceled plans, and the general roller coaster that is startup life. To our customers and users who have been asking, here’s how we got here: The past several months have been some of the most interesting and intense of my life. It all started with the rise of Instagram Threads, which presented us with the opportunity to sell our domains. Around the same time, a handful of companies approached us, wondering if we would be open to an acquisition. When this happened in the past, we would politely decline. However, this time, things were different. We weren't that excited about the time it would take to invest in a rebrand, and with mind-warping technological advances now being a commodity, we were excited about joining a place where we could tinker at scale. Each company we chatted with was incredible. However, what ultimately led us to choose Shopify over others was their culture; two distinct things in particular: 1) Craft-obsessed. Their obsession with not just building the right thing, but also building it the right way is inspiring. Sacrifice shows priority, and hearing stories about some of the hard decisions they made to ensure that what they ship is robust, scalable, and trustworthy, even at the cost of short-term metric gains, really proved that their obsession with craft was much more than a feel-good slogan. Their discussions and decisions have me truly believing they're going to be around for 100 years. 2) For entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs. Just about every product and engineering leader I met was an ex-founder who grinded for years to turn nothing into something. They all still had that air of resilience, obsession with the details at every part of the stack, and a compelling vision of the future for whatever they were working on. Threads leadership is also made up of ex-founders, so the entrepreneurial focus at Shopify made it clear that it would be the best environment for us to grow and thrive. Very excited for this next chapter with the team and grateful for all of the support we’ve received over the years from those who believed in us. As always, thanks for (th) reading.

Big news! Today we are announcing that Shopify is acquiring the Threads team. There are a million feelings and thoughts from this journey, but nothing more than gratitude to all of our users and customers for building with us, my colleagues (both current and former) for making all of this possible, our investors, especially Mike Vernal, Elad Gil, Avichal Garg - Electric ϟ Capital, and Jessica Verrilli for their unwavering support and guidance, and all of our friends and family who put up with the late nights, canceled plans, and the general roller coaster that is startup life. To our customers and users who have been asking, here’s how we got here: The past several months have been some of the most interesting and intense of my life. It all started with the rise of Instagram Threads, which presented us with the opportunity to sell our domains. Around the same time, a handful of companies approached us, wondering if we would be open to an acquisition. When this happened in the past, we would politely decline. However, this time, things were different. We weren't that excited about the time it would take to invest in a rebrand, and with mind-warping technological advances now being a commodity, we were excited about joining a place where we could tinker at scale. Each company we chatted with was incredible. However, what ultimately led us to choose Shopify over others was their culture; two distinct things in particular: 1) Craft-obsessed. Their obsession with not just building the right thing, but also building it the right way is inspiring. Sacrifice shows priority, and hearing stories about some of the hard decisions they made to ensure that what they ship is robust, scalable, and trustworthy, even at the cost of short-term metric gains, really proved that their obsession with craft was much more than a feel-good slogan. Their discussions and decisions have me truly believing they're going to be around for 100 years. 2) For entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs. Just about every product and engineering leader I met was an ex-founder who grinded for years to turn nothing into something. They all still had that air of resilience, obsession with the details at every part of the stack, and a compelling vision of the future for whatever they were working on. Threads leadership is also made up of ex-founders, so the entrepreneurial focus at Shopify made it clear that it would be the best environment for us to grow and thrive. Very excited for this next chapter with the team and grateful for all of the support we’ve received over the years from those who believed in us. As always, thanks for (th) reading.

Rousseau Kazi

46,823 views • 2 years ago