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Despite the picture we are not actually siamese twins, but here's what Vanela and I are up to in 2024
3 Apr 2023
All you need to know about H Tree Capital, the new European 'deep biotech' fund started by @HoxtonVentures co-founder @RobK and the female leader he's going to be building it with, healthcare expert Vanela Bushi
>> tech.eu/2023/04/03/heres-wha…
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Rob Kniaz retweeted
8 Nov 2023
Many many years ago, I learnt Hebrew out of curiosity, and in a bid to penetrate into a world that I once thought was evil and conspiring against Arabs and Muslims. Once in, I was surprised how wrong I was, how wrong almost every Arab and Muslim around me was.
These days, I watch Hebrew networks (and Arabic ones). There is a lot of Israeli pain over those who were killed on 10/7, agony of those who survived, and anxiety over those who are held hostage by Hamas. A lot of tears, now mixing with tears over fallen soldiers fighting in Gaza.
The thing about all this Israeli pain is that it is almost exclusively in Hebrew. The world does not see Israelis hurt, does not hear them cry. The world sees Israel as fighter jets raining death to punish those who killed them from 15000 feet above ground. The world only sees and hears pain coming from Gaza, and the world always takes the side of the underdog, even when the underdog is guilty. One billion Muslims certainly have a much louder voice than 20 million Jews, and the world will always blame Israel, even when Palestinians started the carnage.
And that's exactly why Israelis are fighting the fight of their lives. They understand that the world is an unfair place, and that they cannot rely on non-existent international justice or biased global opinion.
I wish I had a magic wand to make fellow Arabs, and the rest of the world, see what I see. There will never be peace without justice, and using our numbers (Muslims) to impose our narrative is one way to try to beat Israel, but not the way to peace. My voice will dissent. I want peace, and peace is incumbent on winning the trust of those we want to live in peace with, not keeping on instigating the world against them.
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Rob Kniaz retweeted
Feb 28
BREAKING: My sources in Brussels have confirmed the official EU response to the Iran conflict:
1. France has surrendered
2. Sweden offering asylum to both sides
3. Greece will ask Iran for a loan
4. Denmark offering Irani leaders free mental health counseling
5. No response from Spain (weekend)
More intel to follow soon
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Finally Heathrow is getting a lot better for Americans coming in - no more extra security checks coming soon on arrival viewfromthewing.com/starting…
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Had the pleasure of bumping into @chrisyeh at the @raiseconference in Sf last week - I mentioned Blitzscaling was on our main bookshelf in London and he was kind enough to give us a signed bookmark to go inside. Thanks Chris! @HoxtonVentures
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Rob Kniaz retweeted
24 Sep 2024
So, is it Hassan Nasrallah, Ali Karaki or Abu Ali Rida who has been the deep cover Mossad agent for the last 40 years?
I'm only asking questions...
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Has someone found a quantum Crack for bitcoin keys? reddit.com/r/Buttcoin/s/pDYe…
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Finance crime happens fast these days. This weekend in Detroit --
forbes.com/sites/robkniaz/20…
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Amazing to see advertisements for sneaking into the USA directly in Instagram instagram.com/sure7bands_
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Why don’t we know how antidepressants (and many drugs) work yet? --> this is how computation will create a huge change in bio the coming decades chemistryworld.com/features/…
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How The Muslim Vote’s sectarian insurgency over Gaza shocked Britain telegraph.co.uk/business/202…
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Everyone who thinks AI will replace software engineers are:
—VCs investing in those startups
—Founders / employees of those startups
—AI influencers who hype everything
—People who wish they majored in CS
—People who hate techbros
Real SWEs are like "well.. it's kinda helpful".
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OH from an LP: "The first thing I look at in a venture fund is who owns the management company. The higher the % employees at the firm who have a stake in the ManCo, the better. If you see a big fund with lots of people, but only 1-2 owners, run away as fast as you can"
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Certainly not what I expected. Wonder how non USA compares
27 May 2024
When I was at Uber, we ran the numbers on the maps app offering the shortest routes
We prob had the biggest dataset with this info: we had millions of trips where we knew both which app was used and how long they took
Now this may be shocking, but the ranking was:
1. Best: Apple Maps
2. Second: Google Maps
3. Worst: Waze (by far)
The research also included which apps people *thought* was worse, and the order came in the exact opposite order.
We understood why Apple Maps got a bad rap given how bad it was at launch — it rapidly got better, but the brand stuck.
Waze was more of a mystery, and we ended up realizing that people thought its routes were best because it was exposing them to so much info on traffic, construction, police presence etc…
Everyone thinks they want a minimalist UI, but in practice, when they see all this info, they subconsciously conclude “wow, these guys really have their shit together” — even when the routes were actually the worst ones.
(This research was done maybe 8y ago, wouldn’t be surprised if these rankings were different today.)
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Big congrats to @CarolineKniaz becoming a director at the Royal Free NHS Trust royalfree.nhs.uk/news/govern… !
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Maybe Grey squirrels taking over England is actually a good thing @hkanji? The red ones could have spread leprosy phys.org/news/2024-05-mediev… news.ycombinator.com/item?id…
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Awesome work Ochre guys!
22 Apr 2024
Delighted to share the news of our partnership with @BoehringerIN. This is largely the hard work of @jackcastle, Quin Wills and the wider R&D team. I feel v grateful to work with such talented people to improve treatment options for liver disease patients.
endpts.com/boehringer-ingelh…
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