I love this country. I’m proud of this country, its people, its history. I’m an American, and will die an American, and as long as we stand for it America, as framed and intended, will live. So stand for it. Happy Independence Day. 🇺🇸

this video is so deeply human and relatable. we have the best mayor

my dms are open!

working on something designed to inspire the next generation! are there any parents w/ middle school aged kids in sf / bay area that would be willing to chat for ~15m?

the first "house of tomorrow" debuted in 1933 at the chicago world's fair assumed that every american would have a car AND a plane

I had no idea I would get nerd-sniped by trade and commerce. Super cool new publication ... more companies should be writing like this!

Wirecutter review of @ImpulseLabs just dropped.

proud owner of a @MoMonuments statue which pairs nicely with the special 1939 edition of NYT magazine on the World's Fair

some more palace of fine arts lore — the maidens at the top of the columns are "weeping" into what were SUPPOSED to be planter boxes. the idea was that vines would grow out of them and cover the structures.

if you want to fund bold and ambitious projects to make san francisco beautiful (like coit tower!) but don't know where to start re: city politics and real estate development, DM me. i have a few people that would like to help!

this silly little rock happens to be the #1 ticketed attraction in northern california

san francisco nimbyism is a story as old as time

apple's 1988 demo of codex wisprflow

fun fact: the dome at the palace of fine arts is actually painted a beautiful orange, but due to maintenance costs they keep a white rubber cover on it

Now that I’m out of government, I can finally respond for myself: Get bent, soyboy. We didn’t do this for “Silicon Valley . . . companies.” We did this for you, for your family, your community, your state, your nation, and your species. Nuclear energy provides the safest, highest density, reliable power available on our planet. My career colleagues at DOE and NRC inspired me to think about nuclear as a way to forge American steel and electrolyze aluminum without releasing particulate matter, to desalinate water in the Middle East and save humanity from resource wars. By rejecting the false narratives and Cold War hysteria, we can secure the next American century while raising whole countries out of poverty. Do you really think I left an incredible career at Kirkland, paid out of pocket for an apartment in DC and dozens of cross-country trips, and left my family on the west coast because I wanted to enrich people I never met before taking this job? I came to D.C. to do something that mattered, to satisfy a driving curiosity (more on that later), and, most importantly, to serve. As I learned more about nuclear energy and its history, I developed a conviction that one nuclear’s biggest issues was a culture of cynicism: nothing new or exciting could happen because it would end in disappointment, and that militated against rocking the boat even a tiny bit. The career staff in government and their industry counterparts lived through dark winters before and stopped believing that warm springs could bloom into summers. I have two core philosophies. First, I believe in ruthless optimism. Rational decision making requires detached risk analysis. But we also cannot win if we believe we can lose. Merging the two requires orienting teams around driving missions. That way, when a real opportunity presents itself, you can take a huge swing. If I take credit for anything—honestly, almost all of the success belongs to the incredible and dedicated people at @ENERGY and @NRCgov—it’s countering the cultural rot and morass that risked forfeiting American excellence. My colleagues and I gave cover to the scientists and engineers, which freed them up to focus on delivering safe power. And, as success materialized, they started to dream again. That’s why the pilot program succeeded, and why I feel confident about the future of NLICs and NRC reform. Nobody needs me anymore because they can innovate on their own. My second core philosophy is to assume positive intent. Avi, I know that you heard about my real motivations from multiple people you interviewed when preparing your hit piece on me. Rather than telling that story, one which could help inspire another generation of people to use their talents for the greater good, you ignored them. Instead, you implied that Peter Thiel recruited me for nefarious purposes. (I’ve never met him, but, @peterthiel, if you’re reading this, I’m a huge fan!) Nuclear regulation starts and ends with safety. I promised everyone I worked with that I would resign before doing or pushing for anything that could compromise public safety. But I also distinguished between real safety and performative bullshit. That’s what the careers came to embrace, too. We love nuclear, why would we do anything that could risk threatening its future? America faces a crossroads. We can either trod a road of cultural decay or hike our way back to the peak of global innovation. Join me on the latter path. Correct the fear mongering and conspiracies and tell the story of America’s great reindustrialization. Tell the story of our public servants, our great entrepreneurs, our scientific dominance. Tell the real story about how DOGE went nuclear.

i've watched the @midjourney medical release video at least 20 times now. the score is incredible and makes the entire thing feel like the fulfillment of an old promise made about the future

Magical.

Terminal 2 at SFO has a cool museum on flight & the 1915 World's Fair! Fun fact the Loughead brothers took fairgoers on paid flights around the bay...providing the startup capital for their company that would eventually be renamed the Lockheed Corporation

San Francisco won't be TRULY back until we've rebuilt the Sutro Baths