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Alex Karp (not the CEO)

@autistic.af
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Sr. Engineering Manager at Slack. Profoundly autistic. Classically-trained pianist, public speaker, avid swing dancer, YA fantasy fiction lover, and a whisky enthusiast. Occasionally funny, usually by accident. More scared of you than you are of me.

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 18/09/2026
Somebody should probably tell him that wanting to demolish things that we take his name off of isn’t a great precedent to set.
npr.org
Trump threatens to tear down the Kennedy Center, as legal battle continues
The president made the remark to reporters amidst back-and-forth developments in federal court, including an allegation that a forklift repeatedly struck the center.
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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 14/09/2026
I assume that the people who were outraged by Hunter Biden’s laptop are going to be livid about this. Right? …right?
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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 14/09/2026
Brought to you by the man who bankrupted a fucking casino.
npr.org
Kennedy Center board says venue could close soon due to financial woes
NPR's A Martinez speaks with Washington Post arts and government reporter Jonathan Edwards about internal documents showing the Kennedy Center could close as soon as Tuesday.
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🍁 Danimac67 🍁 @danimac67.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 03/09/2026
If I were Google, I’d be working on a good alibi right about now.
macrumors.com
ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok Are Down
It is apparently not a good day for AI chatbots, as ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok are all down or experiencing issues for many users. OpenAI's status page acknowledges issues across ChatGPT and Codex, whi...
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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 01/09/2026
Looking to move away from 1Password. Currently looking at Keeper. I hate that I have to ask this, but is there anything I should know about them, their political leanings and/or views, or their associations? Also open to other suggestions.
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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 01/09/2026
If Pelosi had gone missing for even 24 hours, her residences would have been crawling with conservative reporters trying to take photos through her windows until she made a public appearance. Schrödinger's Turtle, however... 🐢
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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 01/09/2026
Excerpt from my own complaint: “I have a lot of respect for 1Password, so I’m charitably choosing to view this as a mistake borne of improper vetting. However, if 1Password doesn’t rescind its donation, I’ll have no choice but believe that you support DHH and his disgusting, bigoted views.”
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Anna E. Cook @annaecook.com · 31/08/2026
The more I get support for my AuDHD, the more I realize just how hard it's been for me to just exist. Even though we are in an extremely anti-disability/neurodivergence era in America, I feel the need to be even louder about my experiences. I don't want any more people to be without support.
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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 31/08/2026
Excuse me while I go make an election-year no-solicitation sign that says: "If you wake my child up from their nap, I will vote against your candidate."
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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 25/08/2026
I often feel like the GOP is the Grinch, hoovering up every last Christmas ornament — nothing too small to corrupt or destroy. Mamdani feels like the inverse. Nothing too small to make better.
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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 25/08/2026
I read a lot of romantasy, but one of my biggest pet peeves is when a book/series wraps everything up within the span of a few chapters. We’ve spent 5 books building to the climax against this insurmountable evil, and then it gets resolved and everyone lives happily ever after in 5 chapters?
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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 11/08/2026
Has anyone else experienced a problem with Netflix where if you’re re-watching a show, it shows you new show recommendations instead of automatically going to the next episode? It happens almost exclusively with kids shows and it’s driving me crazy.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/08/2026
Lombardo on Trump: "When the press and media runs him down, they think about 'he's taking care of his billionaire friends.' But those billionaire friends provide jobs. And unless you take care of them, those jobs are absent."
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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 05/08/2026
“Nearly orgasmic”? I must be doing it wrong… 😅
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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 04/08/2026
Asking for a friend: Is Seth Moulton capable of saying anything without sounding like a dick? #mapol
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Interesting: There’s now an anonymous, moderated list of companies that stop responding after you interviewed with them
didtheyghostyou.com
Ghosted After a Job Interview? Report the Company
Ghosted after a job interview? Submit an anonymous report and see which companies candidates say stopped responding after interviews.
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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 26/07/2026
Million dollar idea: a feature for navigation apps that creates a route for you continue driving for a bit after nearing your destination, so that your sleeping toddler can continue to nap. 😴
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God @thegodshow.com · 23/07/2026
Seen in Cleveland, Ohio.
Overpass sign in Cleveland, Ohio says:
“Mitch McConnell is on eternity leave.” 

Done by the Burning River Brigade (Visibility Brigade)
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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 24/07/2026
The claim “RFK Jr. does not fuck chickens” is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that RFK Jr. fucks chickens.
KEY POINTS
• The claim 'vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based
claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.
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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 23/07/2026
What if we made billionaire tax cuts contingent on proving they're meeting an unnecessarily cruel set of work requirements?
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Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 23/07/2026
I don’t care whether this actually happened or not. I want it to be true.
Social media screenshot, in theory:

@whyuhhhhhhhhhh
So last week, I noticed my coworker kept saying weird phrases in meetings. Stuff like:
"We'll take this to the synergy zone."
"Let's triangle back on that."
"Put that in the idea fridge."

No one reacted. Everyone just nodded like it was normal. I figured it was some corporate lingo I missed.

Day two, I hear: "We'll verticalize that bandwidth."

I write it down to Google later. Nothing.

By day three, I'm starting to use them, too. "Yeah, we should put that in the idea fridge." People nodded. I felt included.

Friday rolls around. He pulls me aside and goes:
"I've been making them all up. No one knows what they mean."

HE GOT THE ENTIRE TEAM SAYING NONSENSE. Even the manager threw out "triangle back" in a call.

Now the whole office is trapped in fake jargon with no way out.

I respect it. I fear it.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 22/07/2026
Does Not Rhyme -through -cough -though -rough -bough Does Rhyme -pony -bologna
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Sami Schalk @drsamischalk.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Police murdered a Black man in the street in Madison WI today. Shot point blank in the head while on the ground, tased, and surrounded by four cops. It looks like an execution. Multiple videos circulating online. Things are about to get very bad here.
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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 22/07/2026
I have a funny feeling we’ll be hearing more about Schrodinger’s Turtle on August 3rd.
wave3.com
Kentucky: What happens if Senator Mitch McConnell cannot finish his term
A 2024 change to state law requires a special election to fill a vacant Senate seat.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Washington Post Stops Short of Being a Real Newspaper
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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 13/07/2026
My wife: What does a shark eat? Our 21-month-old, watching a shark eat a seal on a nature documentary: Ice cream!
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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 09/07/2026
Who called it “Basic Business” and not “Delta Two”?
onemileatatime.com
Delta Unbundles All Fares, And Basic Business Class Isn't Called Delta One
Delta has unbundled its first and business class fares. Here are the restrictions on these fares, and what this really means for consumers.
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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 06/07/2026
Honestly, at this point, I’m more surprised that they haven’t carried him into the senate chamber and tried to pull a “Weekend at Bernie’s”.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Good morning from DC—where you’ve got to look twice to see if the masked paramilitaries on the street are ICE or Patriot Front.
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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 30/06/2026
Restaurants at municipal airfields are highly underrated, especially if you have kids who love airplanes!
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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 16/05/2026
“Payback Squad” sounds like the name of a knock-off Quentin Tarantino movie.
newrepublic.com
Kash Patel Created a “Payback Squad” Just to Help Trump
The FBI has a new team focused solely on investigating political cases.
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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 10/05/2026
Every time I hear someone say that people managers aren’t or won’t be necessary, the way that they describe the role makes it obvious that they have absolutely no idea what all a good people manager does.
fortune.com
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky warns two types of people won’t survive the AI era: ‘pure people managers’ and workers who resist change | Fortune
Brian Chesky, the cofounder and CEO of $84.4 billion short-term rental giant Airbnb, says managers need to do more than meetings to stay afloat in the AI era.
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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 18/02/2026
🎶 Normal Tuesday night for Shia LaBeouf. Running for your life from Shia LaBeouf. 🎶
the-independent.com
Shia LaBeouf arrested after ‘aggressive’ behavior during Mardi Gras celebrations
‘Transformers’ actor was arrested in the French Quarter just after midnight
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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 31/01/2026
How do I know we’re in the bad place? I saw this headline and my initial understanding was that they were investigating whether *he* had deprived the officers of *their* civil rights.
cnn.com
DOJ has opened civil rights probe into Alex Pretti shooting, Deputy AG says
Nationwide protests took place as questions remain after border czar Tom Homan announced earlier he ordered federal immigration authorities to work on a drawdown plan for Minnesota.
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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 21/01/2026
Baby-led weening is all fun and games until you have to watch your 15-month-old dip his pancake in syrup… and then ketchup. #ActuallyAutistic
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James @james.tarnation.lol · 16/01/2026
stocking up on alphabet spaghettiO's in case i ever need an analog LLM
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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 11/01/2026
There is nothing like a ride on the new NextGen Acela to make you wish that the US (and North America in general) had a robust high-speed rail network.
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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 10/01/2026
Someone should probably tell Charlie’s Wife that “biblical womanhood” is all fun and games until you get turned into a pillar of salt. 🧂
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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 10/01/2026
I’m just going to leave this here.
theverge.com
Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards
Once you’ve traded your principles for proximity to power, do you even run your own company?
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Andrew Facini @andrewfacini.com · 01/01/2026
BREAKING: Explosions felt across New York City as full socialism begins
Fireworks over Grand Army Plaza
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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 29/12/2025
There is little in this world that so thoroughly assaults all five senses as a root canal. What a sensory nightmare. #ActuallyAutistic
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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 25/12/2025
Saying that we should focus on the upcoming election rather than learning from the 2024 election is like saying that the disastrous 2024 election was just a fluke, or bad luck, and that we just have to get back out there and keep trying the same things that haven't been working.
thehill.com
Democrats divided over how to retake House, Senate majorities
Democratic lawmakers are battling among themselves over whether they need to review the lessons of the disastrous 2024 election as they hope to win back the House and possibly the Senate in next ye…
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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 22/12/2025
Or as they’ll be known at The Hague: Exhibit A.
newsweek.com
New "Trump-class" Navy warships named after president: what to know
The White House is framing the move as a centerpiece of Trump's vision for a revamped “Golden Fleet."
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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 21/12/2025
*quickly runs to the local bookstore to move the Hunger Games novels from the fiction section to the nonfiction section*
cnn.com
Trump announces ‘Patriot Games,’ a youth athletic competition celebrating United States’ 250th birthday | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump announced Thursday the White House will host the “Patriot Games,” a competition with young athletes from across the county, as part of the celebration of the United States’ 250t...
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Ashley Zacharias @ashleyzacharias.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
If you went through the Epstein Files that were released today and replaced every redaction with the word, "TRUMP", you would be correct more often than wrong.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 19/12/2025
Question for married folks with young kids, who travel for work at least a few times a year: how do you split up childcare responsibilities equitably around the times when you’re away?
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