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Anshuman Bapna @bapnaa.bsky.social · Nov 21

Hello blue sky!

Anshuman Bapna @bapnaa.bsky.social · Dec 10

Hard to not feel bitter.

Even as the world’s most important climate conference gets captured by Big Oil later this month.

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Anshuman Bapna @bapnaa.bsky.social · Dec 10

Working outside can lead to both a-ha moments and oh-shit moments

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Anshuman Bapna @bapnaa.bsky.social · Dec 10

Australia!

https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/tech-billionaire-cannon-brookes-backs-climate-jobs-platform-20231025-p5eew6.html

Tech billionaire Cannon-Brookes backs climate jobs platform

Terra.do was founded in 2020 and launched in Australia th...

www.smh.com.au

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Anshuman Bapna @bapnaa.bsky.social · Dec 10

Australia is a relatively small economy but potentially a very big deal for the global climate transition - from critical minerals to hydrogen derivatives.

Excited to launch @terradotdo in...

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Anshuman Bapna @bapnaa.bsky.social · Dec 10

Such an important point from @Singh10Seema on how under-researched India's heat vulnerability maps are

https://the-ken.com/greenmargins/what-if-northwest-india-starts-migrating-in-droves/

What if northwest India starts migrating in droves?

Rising temperatures threaten to make large parts of the r...

the-ken.com

Anshuman Bapna @bapnaa.bsky.social · Dec 10

Saw Inception with the kids two days ago. This ad started showing up in my feeds yesterday.
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It’s still spinning.

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Anshuman Bapna @bapnaa.bsky.social · Dec 10

In Iceland for this fun climate event - https://www.innovationweek.is/okbye

Anyone around?

Iceland Innovation Week

Ok, bye is taking place May 15th 2025.

www.innovationweek.is

Anshuman Bapna @bapnaa.bsky.social · Dec 10

Climate is politics.

And to win the politics, just like startups, timing the market right is often everything.

Anshuman Bapna @bapnaa.bsky.social · Dec 10

❤️ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/21/world/europe/belgium-geel-psychiatric-care.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

nytimes.com

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Anshuman Bapna @bapnaa.bsky.social · Dec 10

Our biggest ever cohort just ended. It also had our highest ever NPS at 86!

I love @terradotdo team ❤️ and the incredible climate learning & doing community they create.

Every. Single. Time 🙏🏽

@kamal_kapadia @mjsurat

Anshuman Bapna @bapnaa.bsky.social · Dec 10

All cohorts @terradotdo are named after endangered species.

The current one? Axolotls.

And that’s where I found myself outside Mexico City today!

Anshuman Bapna @bapnaa.bsky.social · Dec 10

Beautiful elegy to a beautiful city battling climate change https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/01/world/europe/venice-mose-flooding.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

nytimes.com

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Anshuman Bapna @bapnaa.bsky.social · Dec 10

On living in SF.

Everyone here thinks the world will end soon.

“If you lived 65M years ago, why would you live anywhere but Chicxulub?”

https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/half-an-hour-before-dawn-in-san-francisco

Half An Hour Before Dawn In San Francisco

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Anshuman Bapna @bapnaa.bsky.social · Dec 10

https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/marc-andreessen

Anshuman Bapna @bapnaa.bsky.social · Dec 10

“Venture capital is 5x overfunded, 5x overstaffed” - @pmarca

That sounds about right from my experience.

Genuine Q to folks thinking abt career paths & deciding to invest other people’s money…

In addition to ROI, does “where-I’m-needed-most” matter to you? Why/not?

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Anshuman Bapna @bapnaa.bsky.social · Dec 10

otherwise!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-seen-and-the-unseen-hosted-by-amit-varma/id1190896090?i=1000603865319

South India Would Like to Have a Word

Podcast Episode · The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Ami...

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Anshuman Bapna @bapnaa.bsky.social · Dec 10

.@amitvarma, your episode w @puram_politics and the meandering discourse on his life sadly just illustrated your guest’s point:

Sometimes it’s just better to talk about the ideas than the person behind it 😏

Love the podcast...

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Anshuman Bapna @bapnaa.bsky.social · Dec 10

Back to solving climate change I guess 💪🏽

Anshuman Bapna @bapnaa.bsky.social · Dec 10

Good day to remind myself: startups don’t die when they run out of cash. They die when the founders give up.

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Anshuman Bapna @bapnaa.bsky.social · Dec 10

These two emotions capture how I feel where we are in this climate moment.

From a recent chat between @GretaThunberg & @dwallacewells

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/08/opinion/greta-thunberg-climate-change.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Anshuman Bapna @bapnaa.bsky.social · Dec 10

Free tip on how to reduce spam on Twitter by 30x.

Make the 30sec process to report a tweet, like, y’know, 1 second?

Anshuman Bapna @bapnaa.bsky.social · Dec 10

Just added “stove” to my blocked words list 😅

Anshuman Bapna @bapnaa.bsky.social · Dec 10

Exciting to see our @terradotdo alum @EdmundGemmell aceing a climate debate with Nigel Farage!

Ed, that’s not a🍺 though! 🤔

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AYdHnHt0T9A&feature=youtu.be

Anshuman Bapna @bapnaa.bsky.social · Dec 10

I wrote a letter to my daughter on what she should pay attention to among all the millions of things that happened in 2022.

What would you tell your kids?

https://bapna.substack.com/p/dear-daughter-this-is-what-mattered

Dear Daughter: This Is What Mattered In 2022

A letter to my teenage daughter on what to pay attention ...

bapna.substack.com