AUBREY NIEDERHOFFER has kicked off his start!

 Aubrey Niederhoffer, Thiel Fellow

If he hadn’t dropped out, Aubrey Niederhoffer would be nearing the end of his sophomore year at UC Berkeley. Instead, the 19-year-old from the New York area is living in Lagos, where he just launched his food delivery app, Swoop. The 28-person company just booked $7.3 million in seed funding, and the teenager was named to the prestigious Thiel Fellowship.

The Thiel Fellowship, founded by billionaire investor Peter Thiel in 2011, offers young people $250,000 to skip or drop out of college and “build new things.” Notable recipients include Figma CEO and cofounder Dylan Field, Ethereum cocreator Vitalik Buterin, and at least one early employee at Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.

In an interview, Niederhoffer recounted how he grew interested in Africa while playing the online geography game GeoGuessr as a tween. When he was 15, he started a recruiting company focused on the labor pool in Eswatini, and would visit the southern African country during breaks from school.

VICTOR NIEDERHOFFER MEMORIAL SERVICE

 Tribute to Victor Niederhoffer, Memorial Service

No Excuse for Stupid!

 

Matthew, an early long term investor!

 

Death by Injection. Puss kills.

I know nurses, doctors and medics that KNOW FOR A FACT, that the COVID shots are dangerous.

They know 100% that COVID shots cause strokes, heart attacks, miscarriages, and many other horrific effects, but they still administer them to people. They still stay silent. They still go about their day as if they weren’t attacked by a weapon of mass destruction. They are in it for the money. It's the ultimate grift. Killing people for a paycheck.

If you ever wondered if you are surrounded by people that are dead to truth, brainwashed, and completely culpable. You don’t have to wonder anymore. Thats life, that’s where you live.

Finished off, death by Immigration

The City I once knew is over.  Toast.

Meatheads running it.

Summer, 1975

To this day I can never NOT stop watching for a swimmer in trouble.

It just comes with the territory.

No matter what part of the world, what lake, what ocean, I still keep an eye out to help someone in need.

It was a long time ago.  1975.  In some ways it seems like only yesterday.  I had completed my junior year at UMM and due to funding constraints at my “regular”  summer job I attended summer school and worked as a Lifeguard at Page Lake.  The mid-summer day was windy, windy and cold.   The wind blowing out of the north-west as it does so much in west-central Minnesota.  The cool air and overcast day had kept most of the regular Page Lake swimmers at home.  Even the Healy sisters had decided to stay home and not bike over and swim!

There weren’t but maybe 3 or 4 swimmers that day.  I didn’t know if I should stay at the lake and put in my time as a guard but looking at my finances I needed the money. Tuition wasn’t cheap.  I knew I could stay warm and put in my time and do my job.  To this day, I’m thankful I did.   You see, I can’t forget you.  I never will.  Your death would have haunted me to this day.  You know who you are and if you read this, I don’t remember your name.  It doesn’t matter.  I hope you’re alive!  Between the white-caps rolling in I saw your hand, waving frantically, sticking out of the water and you weren’t coming up.  Thank the Lord I saw you and had been paying attention to you and your friends who braved the cold that day to swim.   You were young and could swim but your head was caught under the raft’s support beams at the corner of the raft.  You had jumped in from the raft and when coming up you squarely had your head and neck stuck in the structure under the water.  Yes, it was a freak situation.  I hit the water hard and got to you very fast, the adrenaline rush had kicked in. When I got to you I had to figure out why you weren’t coming up.  I had to push your head down to extricate you and you popped up gasping and crying while I swam with you into shore.  Up to that time, I had never a saw a person’s face that blue. Your lips were purple and the tears were rolling between the coughs of lake water.  You were fortunate.  It was a close-call I have never been able to forget.   I have many fond memories of Page Lake as a youth, catching 5-gallon pails full of bullheads with my late grandfather, Walter Marquart,  spearing a beautiful northern pike in college in an ice-house , trapping mink and muskrats on the shore and watching  “teams” of white pelicans work together to fish in formation. Your memory is for sure, the best of all.  We were all lucky for it was the Creator at work!

For years we did it every night

Reading to young children every night is important for several reasons, as it offers numerous benefits for their cognitive, emotional, and social development. Here are some of the key reasons why this practice is highly recommended:

1. Language Development: Reading aloud exposes children to a wide range of vocabulary and helps them develop language skills. It introduces them to new words and concepts, improving their communication abilities.
2. Cognitive Development: Reading promotes brain development by stimulating areas associated with language and comprehension. It encourages critical thinking, problem-solving, and creativity.
3. Bonding and Comfort: Reading together creates a special bonding experience between parents or caregivers and children. It provides a sense of comfort, security, and closeness, which is essential for emotional development.
4. Pre-literacy Skills: Regular exposure to books and stories helps children develop pre-literacy skills such as print awareness, phonemic awareness, and understanding how stories are structured, all of which are crucial for future reading success.
5. Imagination and Creativity: Reading exposes children to imaginative worlds and encourages them to use their own creativity. This can inspire a love for storytelling, imagination, and creativity.
6. Social and Emotional Skills: Stories often contain lessons about empathy, emotions, and social interactions. Reading together can help children understand and manage their feelings and develop social skills.
7. Routine and Predictability: Establishing a nightly reading routine provides a sense of predictability and structure in a child's life, which can be reassuring and help with sleep routines.
8. Academic Success: Children who are read to regularly tend to perform better academically in the long run. They are more likely to have a strong foundation for reading and writing, which are essential skills for success in school.
9. Love for Reading: Reading can foster a lifelong love for books and learning. When children associate reading with positive experiences, they are more likely to become avid readers as they grow older.
10. Exposure to Diversity: Reading introduces children to a wide range of people, cultures, and perspectives. This can promote tolerance, understanding, and appreciation of diversity from an early age.

In summary, reading to young children every night is a simple yet powerful way to support their overall development, enhance their cognitive and emotional well-being, and set them on a path toward success in school and in life. It's a valuable investment in their future.