M.G. Siegler @mgsiegler Twitter profile

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M.G. Siegler

@mgsiegler

23 days

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M.G. Siegler

@mgsiegler

2 years

Several years into GDPR, it remains fucking bonkers in practice. Every site on the internet gets an awful pop-up that no one reads and clicks anything to make it go away as quickly as possible. It’s an idea that 100% backfired and is pointless and makes every website worse.

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But but but all the data point to SF being a super safe, low crime paradise. Weird how everyone on the ground — from individuals to massive companies — acts as if the data are incorrect…

Mid-Market Whole Foods Closing Due to Terrible Street Conditions Outside

The Whole Foods at Trinity Place, at Eighth and Market in San Francisco, is closing its doors one year after opening there, with the company citing the horrible street conditions outside as the...

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2 years

This tweet IS edited.

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6 years

Let’s be honest, this was always going to end with Trump, alone in his room, watching Fox News as they cut live to footage of Trump, alone in his room, getting arrested while watching Fox News.

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4 years

Too soon, Apple. Too soon.

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7 years

@msquinn @DelRey I can't wait for the Kindles + Kale combo package.

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6 years

Meet Maisie Siegler 👶 — @msquinn and I are over the moon 🌙

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6 years

Wow, Apple with the timely shade in OS update form.

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7 years

Close your eyes. Imagine Trump using Twitter. Now imagine Trump using Twitter with 280 characters. Now close Twitter.

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@mgsiegler

2 years

What the fuck is going on over at Instagram? A systematic attempt to alienate any and all users who originally loved the service? Look, we get the TikTok thirst. But my god, there’s going to be no soul left in that service. Just some confusing pile of carbon copied features.

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@mgsiegler

5 years

Feature request, 100+ years in the making: If ordering a beer or wine, you go to one side of the bar. If ordering some elaborate cocktail that takes 20 minutes to make: other side. 🍺🍷🍹

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5 years

In the US, this would take 48 months. In California, it would take 48 years.

Mark Lane 🇬🇧

@marklanebiz

5 years

MUST SEE: This is extraordinary. A tunnel inserted beneath a motorway in 48 hours in Holland, seen here in fast time lapse video. Drainage work on my nearest main road have been ongoing for 4 months...🤔

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3 years

👏 Stop 👏 abusing 👏 “BREAKING NEWS” 👏

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@mgsiegler

9 years

Ladies and gentlemen, we've found a way to stop the drones.

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4 years

Apple is playing checkers here while Epic is playing Fortnite.

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@mgsiegler

10 years

The Brazil #WorldCup logo predicted this! http://t.co/rx3DWelAJI

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@mgsiegler

3 years

Congratulations to whomever updated the HBOMax Apple TV app. It’s hands down the worst update in the history of apps across any platform. Best I can tell the controls are literally randomized. Each click does something new and different. Doesn’t Apple review apps for this reason?

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@mgsiegler

2 years

Politics aside, @PeteButtigieg remains just a fantastic speaker. Clear and concise but also quick on his feet. Takes tangled topics and verbally bends them to his will. #CodeCon

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@mgsiegler

4 years

Update: Apple is playing thermonuclear war while Epic is playing Fortnite.

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@mgsiegler

4 years

Apple is playing checkers here while Epic is playing Fortnite.

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@mgsiegler

6 years

Well, they had a nice run.

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@mgsiegler

3 years

Breaking: NYT to acquire Metacritic, refocus site from movie review aggregation to critiquing Facebook.

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@mgsiegler

5 years

Every time this pops up while on a call, it may as well be written in Latin.

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5 years

the hardest decision ever

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@mgsiegler

9 years

To be fair, I'd be just as shocked to see a compact disc pop out of a computer these days...

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@mgsiegler

6 years

Apple going a little aggro with their iPhone even invites this year...

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@mgsiegler

3 years

Good news for Microsoft.

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3 years

* CDC'S WALENSKY SAYS RISK OF COVID INFECTION FROM SURFACES IS EXTREMELY LOW $CLX @Reuters

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M.G. Siegler

@mgsiegler

6 years

What if Segway had the right general idea but drastically over-engineered the solution about two decades too early? 🛴🛴🛴

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@mgsiegler

2 years

Okay, now with all my devices updated, I’m here to confirm that macOS -> iOS ‘Universal Control’ is legitimately the most holy-shit, mind-blowing thing Apple has pulled off in years. Honestly, maybe ever. It’s that well done.

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M.G. Siegler

@mgsiegler

11 months

Just amazing. Every link blog that links to tweets now just link to a dumb interstitial (unless you happen to be logged in to Twitter on that particular browser — which, if you’re using, say, an RSS reader, you’re not. Or coming from elsewhere, you’re not). Stupid. Stupid. Stupid

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@Techmeme

11 months

Twitter no longer lets users browse tweets, user profiles, and comment threads on the web without logging in, redirecting Twitter URLs to the sign in page ( @zombie_wretch / The Verge)

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M.G. Siegler

@mgsiegler

6 years

Thank you for this beautiful, wooden horse, Facebook! We shall display it prominently in our home!

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M.G. Siegler

@mgsiegler

4 years

NOT NOW HP

Techmeme

@Techmeme

4 years

HP debuts 14-inch Spectre x360 laptop with a 3:2 aspect ratio, 11th-gen Intel processors, Thunderbolt 4, and AI-based noise removal features, starting at $1,199 (The Verge)

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M.G. Siegler

@mgsiegler

2 years

Okay, I’ve got it: Elon gets out of the deal, but takes on Westbrook’s contract. Kyrie to the Lakers. Nets get to buy Twitter.

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@mgsiegler

4 years

It is absolutely insane that Netflix doesn’t have Halloween movies teed up as a category for tonight. And that they can’t immediately tee up Sean Connery movies on his passing. HBO does this. Amazon does this. Even Apple does this.

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@mgsiegler

4 years

I’m either really ready for it to be a week from now. Or really *not* ready for it to be a week from now.

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@mgsiegler

4 years

There is it. 74 electoral margin. 5.3M popular margin. The least close close race ever. 🇺🇸

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M.G. Siegler

@mgsiegler

6 years

We were promised flying cars. We got flying cars launched by massive rockets that can land themselves again.

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@mgsiegler

7 years

Twitter, nutshell: "I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."

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M.G. Siegler

@mgsiegler

7 years

OMG this 'Editor's Note' is amazing. (via @axios )

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M.G. Siegler

@mgsiegler

4 years

Very very very clear: Joe Biden is the only Democrat who could have beaten Trump. Kudos to the party and country for realizing this. 🙏

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M.G. Siegler

@mgsiegler

6 years

Still one of the strangest phenomenons of the web, to me. The reluctance to read (and share) anything that isn’t brand new. Even though in a non-news environment, ‘best’ and ‘newest’ overlap rarely, and only by coincidence. “The Medium Model” by @ev

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@mgsiegler

7 years

Daaaammmmnnn, son.

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@mgsiegler

5 years

Paper straws are great if: 1) you don’t care about taste 2) you don’t care about consistency 3) you can drink your drink within approximately 35 seconds before the paper turns into mush

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@mgsiegler

5 years

While @patagonia may be pivoting from VCs, I hereby dare them to pivot from babies...

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M.G. Siegler

@mgsiegler

6 years

Continue to absolutely love everything about the iPhone X — except control center placement.

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@mgsiegler

5 years

Every tweet in my feed is about 10x engineers. This can mean only one thing: we’re days away from Gillette rolling out the 11x Engineer...

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M.G. Siegler

@mgsiegler

4 years

Been offline for a few hours, has Home Depot submitted their TikTok bid yet?

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@mgsiegler

4 years

While I appreciate all the honest attempts by people to explain the Trump COVID timeline, pretty safe to assume whatever is the most scumbaggy, corrupt answer is the correct one. Trump’s razor.

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M.G. Siegler

@mgsiegler

4 years

So confused by the hysteria here, on texts, on Slacks. This is all playing out as expected so far. Maybe not as some had hoped, but this comes down to the “Blue Wall”. And that Blue Wall early count is skewed by lagging early vote counts. #ElectionNight

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@mgsiegler

9 years

Sometimes I look at '2015' typed out and think: "holy shit where is the future stuff?" Then I realize I'm typing on a computer in my hand.

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@mgsiegler

4 years

We're getting too far into the weeds with all this. It seems pretty simple at a higher level: App Store rules and policies were created for the world as it was a decade ago. The world is not as it was a decade ago. Apple should create new guidelines for the world as it is now.

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M.G. Siegler

@mgsiegler

9 years

Slightly belated life status update: http://t.co/yI7ChIXcb3

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@mgsiegler

7 years

3am iPhone pre-order Twitter is sort of like OG Twitter. I dig. Perhaps mainly because Trump has been asleep for 6 hours.

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@mgsiegler

3 years

“By one estimate, each new tech job creates five additional jobs in other industries, a multiplier effect about three times larger than that for manufacturing.”

Companies Are Fleeing California. Blame Bad Government.

Silicon Valley remains the world’s preeminent tech hub. But that won’t last if lawmakers there keep antagonizing businesses.

www.bloomberg.com

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M.G. Siegler

@mgsiegler

6 years

Just gotta move the logo up a bit, AT&T...

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M.G. Siegler

@mgsiegler

7 years

We deeply regret temporarily doing the right thing for our democracy. Will not happen again.

Government

@Gov

7 years

Earlier today @realdonaldtrump ’s account was inadvertently deactivated due to human error by a Twitter employee. The account was down for 11 minutes, and has since been restored. We are continuing to investigate and are taking steps to prevent this from happening again.

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@mgsiegler

3 years

Anyone know when Integration Test Email #2 drops? The most anticipated new bit of content this summer…

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@mgsiegler

3 years

They should invest it all in Netflix stock.

zerohedge

@zerohedge

3 years

*AMC CEO SAYS COMPANY NOW HAS $2 BILLION OF CASH ON HAND

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@mgsiegler

6 years

Yeah, I’d say @googlephotos is getting pretty good — was able to tie together a ‘then & now’ from 💍 to 👶

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@mgsiegler

5 years

I have this sneaking suspicion that Amazon is going to become FedEx faster than FedEx can become Amazon...

Jeff Bezos

@JeffBezos

5 years

We’re investing $1.5 billion in our new air hub to get you your packages faster. Three million square feet, and it’s going to create 2,000 jobs. And if you’re guessing that driving a front loader was fun, you’re right! #amazon #prime

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5 years

15 mins into the Netflix Fyre doc and it has already affirmed two long-held beliefs: 1) Don’t work with dbags 2) Don’t work with Ja Rule

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@mgsiegler

8 years

If Twitter moves to 10,000 characters, email must move to 140 characters. It's only fair.

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@mgsiegler

5 years

Not the actual logo, but absolutely *should be* the actual logo.

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Japan's 2020 Olympic logo is a thing of beauty.

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@mgsiegler

5 years

1. Kevin McCallister 2. Kevin McCallister’s actual address 3. If sold in SF, this would sell more units than the actual HomePod 4. This is the greatest YouTube video of all time. You must watch to the end. 5. “Keep the change, ya filthy animal.” 📦🎉🤣

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@mgsiegler

5 years

Wow Safari does appear to be actual Safari in iOS 13. Like a real life, fully functional Safari. Making the iPad a real life, fully functional computer. Why on Earth did they not do this years ago?! Also the point-to-move-cursor thing is 1000x better.

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@mgsiegler

8 years

Any company looking to bury some bad news very, very deep. Your time is now. Go go go.

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@mgsiegler

7 years

This is sort of genius. 🍔🌭🍕🍟🌮🌯🥗

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@mgsiegler

5 years

“Fuck Everything, We're Doing Five Blades.”

Techmeme

@Techmeme

5 years

Sources: Apple plans three new iPhones for 2019, including a high-end one with a triple rear camera, and the successor to the iPhone XR with a dual-camera (Wall Street Journal)

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@mgsiegler

3 years

In other words, use the phone.

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@mgsiegler

6 years

Elon Musk has taken “one more thing” and run over it with an electric roadster hidden in an electric semi truck.

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@mgsiegler

4 years

I get why we’re upset that the COVID cases are rising again in many places. It’s bad news! But I don’t understand why we’re *surprised* by this. The lockdown was not a cure. It was a temporary solution to stop hospitals from being overwhelmed.

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@mgsiegler

8 years

Will never not be able to see this.

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@mgsiegler

4 years

FINE WE’LL WATCH THE WEIRD TIGER SHOW.

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@mgsiegler

4 years

Forgive the fat finger text — “if you see a stylus, they blew it” — but this is just astonishing. Stock is now up around 6x since the Cook era began. Company stands at $1.34 trillion market cap. Doomed, and all that.

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@mgsiegler

2 years

Snap’s presentations keep getting better. Sort of the younger, hipper version of Apple events. In some ways it feels like they’re passing them, honestly. They feel more natural. Far beyond what Facebook does, of course.

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@mgsiegler

5 years

Just out of a meeting. I heard Mueller filed his S-1?

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@mgsiegler

4 years

To state something obvious, a few days into self-quarantine: If you don’t have young children: OMG, I’ve never been so bored. This is insane. What do I do with all this time? If you have young children: OMG, I’ve never been so busy. This is insane. I have no time to do anything

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@mgsiegler

4 years

Lannisters join Starks to defeat White Walkers.

PoliticsVideoChannel

@politvidchannel

4 years

BREAKING: Former officials from the George W. Bush administration just formed a super PAC to support Joe Biden against Trump.

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5 years

In a single tweet, we get a deeper look at Disney+ than we did at Apple TV+ in a two-hour event...

Robert Iger

@RobertIger

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Thrilled to share a first look at Disney+ with you!

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@mgsiegler

3 years

Apple is about to install a Weather widget on the screen of millions of iPads by default. And it links to a craptastic webpage filled with spammy ads. All while trying to convince every developers in the world they need to make an iPad app. This is *wild*.

Weather Or Not

The lack of a default Weather app for iPad is increasingly insane

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@mgsiegler

4 years

NYC -> London in under 5 hours. The plane flew faster than the speed of sound but no sonic booms as it didn’t break the barrier relative to the wind speed around it. 🌬✈️

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Storm Ciara helps plane beat transatlantic flight record #747

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@mgsiegler

8 years

Wow, the moderators are feisty tonight! This is great. #debate

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@mgsiegler

4 years

Sleepy Joe has awoken, folks. He looks and sounds great.

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@mgsiegler

2 years

4th of July themed for no reason. Text is nearly illegible. “NEW SANDALS!” $49.98. Not .99 - .98. Regular price $79.98. These things must cost less than a dollar to make. Maybe $0.98. Two black ones. Red gradient background. Promo code. No link. 10/10. The perfect ad.

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@mgsiegler

7 years

The single greatest tweet (and graphic) ever. Because it's actually an IQ test in disguise.

Fox News

@FoxNews

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Jobless rate after first 3 months: Trump vs. Obama vs. Bush vs. Clinton.

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8 years

California, Oregon, and Washington would be a pretty awesome new country, just saying...

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@mgsiegler

4 years

Whatever you think of the Tesla Truck, my entire Twitter feed last night was taken over by chatter about it. And incredibly, it seems *even more so* today. Hard to overstate just how difficult it is to create something that can drum up this amount of chatter...

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@mgsiegler

5 years

I think if Apple sent me a push notification when they have a new Apple TV flyover screensaver, I would watch it 100% of the time.

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@mgsiegler

2 years

@hunterwalk Counterpoint: he also could have bought a trillion hot dogs. 🌭🌭🌭

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@mgsiegler

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2002: I’m 20 years old watching the Super Bowl with a bunch of undergrads in a dorm at Michigan rooting for recent grad Tom Brady. 2021: I’m 39 years old watching the Super Bowl with a 2-year-old in California during a pandemic rooting for 43–year-old Tom Brady. 🤯🏈〽️ #GoBlue

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4 years

Tim Cook has returned more money to shareholders than what Apple was worth when he took over in 2011. ($475.5B v. $348B). 🤯💰🍎

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@mgsiegler

3 years

Love the complaints about the notch. The whole damn thing was notched before!

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@mgsiegler

4 years

To be clear, America should be proud that we’re voting Trump out of office. We should be far less proud that this is anywhere near close given the narcissistic con man we’re voting out. And Democrats should be proud of nothing. Their party is a total mess. #Elections2020

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@mgsiegler

4 years

Immensely proud to step up our involvement and investment in @Stripe — long one of the most impactful companies in the world, and even more important in our current environment with the accelerated movement of business and commerce online. 💪💳 /cc @GVteam

Stripe extends Series G funding round

Online payment processing for internet businesses. Stripe is a suite of payment APIs that powers commerce for businesses of all sizes

stripe.com

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3 years

...opens inbox

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6 years

Observations on Jurassic Park, 25 years later: 1) Holds up really well. Even the CGI. 2) In fact, probably a top 20 all-time movie within 25 more years. 3) Even better with an orchestra.

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6 years

@dhof Vine 2: Vinier 🌱📹💪

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3 years

“Banning” Trump for two weeks is the equivalent of kneeling down to end a football game. This isn’t something heroic, it’s the easiest call in the world to let the “clock” win it for you. It’s the right call, but let’s not get carried away that it was a hard one.

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It is really quite something that I’m both shocked and moved by this utter competency from the government...

NBC News

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3 years

BREAKING: "We've now purchased enough vaccine supply to vaccinate all Americans," President Biden says after announcing the purchase of 200M more coronavirus vaccines (100M Moderna, 100M Pfizer). "We're now on track to have enough supply for 300M Americans by the end of July."

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Yep, we’re now at the point where former Presidents are taking pretty open shots at the current one during their remarks at the memorial for an American icon whose funeral said current President was not invited to...