Un-Diplomatic

Un-Diplomatic

How I Almost Became a Palantir Democrat

Un-Diplomatic
Dec 17, 2025
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Bay Area art, photo credit to Gil Duran

First stop: San Francisco’s Embarcadero. The air was electric but I still needed Blue Bottle to wake up.

Waiting for my slow drip to finish, I eavesdropped on a hoodie-clad tech bro in front of me in the queue. He was explaining to another his app startup and how quickly they were burning through their “runway” bef…

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