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Bijan Sabet

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Dad & husband • 10th U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic (ret.) • Spark Capital co-founder & partner emeritus • bijansabet.com

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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 13/06/2026
Apple’s Contacts app is so slow, so I made cfind: a tiny local macOS Contacts CLI for quickly finding phone numbers, emails & addresses from your terminal (with clipboard copy built in) Uses Apple’s Contacts framework and stays local. github.com/bijan-spec/c... Enjoy :)
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GitHub - bijan-spec/cfind: Fast local macOS Contacts lookup from the terminal
Fast local macOS Contacts lookup from the terminal - bijan-spec/cfind
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 13/04/2026
New post on my blog about employee stock options in 2026. I think we can do better bijansabet.com/2026/04/13/s...
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Some Thoughts on Employee Stock Options in 2026
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 05/02/2026
(new post) AI, Democracy, and the Responsibility of Leadership bijansabet.com/2026/02/05/a...
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AI, Democracy, and the Responsibility of Leadership
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 29/01/2026
Thankful for @raycast.com so I get to use best of AI/Claude with Arc (or Safari) and avoid this cringey app 👇
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Bob Cesca @bobcesca.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
This is a goddamn nightmare.
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 09/11/2025
Judge Mark Wolf resigned from the federal bench after nearly 40 years. Not because he was tired. Because staying silent became intolerable. I wrote about why his decision matters. bijansabet.com/2025/11/09/w...
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When Silence Becomes Intolerable: A Judge of Conscience Speaks
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 05/11/2025
the times they are a-changin​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 07/10/2025
ProPublica reveals how 94 million pounds of food aid vanished after Trump’s cuts. Compassion should not be a partisan idea. projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...
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Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
PEGGY NOONAN: “.. You know why people say something’s wrong with this guy? Because it appears something is wrong with this guy.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 05/10/2025
On Havel’s birthday, I’ve been thinking about his call to live in truth. It still feels like the most radical act of all. New blog post: bijansabet.com/2025/10/05/w...
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When We Stop Pretending
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 27/09/2025
If you've never visited Czechia, I highly recommend it. And if you've been there, you know what I mean. I miss the country and its people every day. It will always be my second home. Vždy to bude můj druhý domov. www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/top...
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The 12 best things to do in Czechia
Castles, breweries, performances, breathtaking national parks and more than a few bones – Czechia's top sights never fail to intrigue
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 19/09/2025
To my friends in tech. You went into tech/startup land to change the world for the better. So stop bending the knee, dust yourself off and speak out. Be brave. We need all of you.
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 19/09/2025
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 17/09/2025
The Václav Havel Library is one of Czechia’s great democratic institutions. Under Tomáš Sedláček’s leadership, it keeps Havel’s voice alive and creates space for the conversations the world needs right now www.prahain.cz/politika/tom...
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Tomáš Sedláček: Havel nikdy neuhnul, on ne
ROZHOVOR: „Pokud by něčí hlas, řekněme z intelektuálů, filozofů a politiků, měl být amplifikován ve světě, tak je to právě hlas Václava Havla,“ řekl serveru PrahaIN.cz ekonom a filozof Tomáš Sedláček.
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 23/08/2025
Czech President Pavel embodied the values of dignity and freedom in meeting the Dalai Lama. True leaders uphold conscience and human rights in the face of pressure. With respect, I admire your courage and values, pane prezidente Pavle apnews.com/article/czec...
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China cuts ties with Czech President Petr Pavel over his meeting with the Dalai Lama
China says it's suspending all contact with Czech President Petr Pavel. The decision announced Tuesday follows Pavel's meeting with the Dalai Lama on July 27 during a private trip to India.
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 23/07/2025
“We cannot claim to care about democracy only when it costs nothing. Pres Trump, like Mr. Orban, no doubt believes that everyone can be bought. America’s elites are proving him right. There is a Hungarian phrase I heard often: “Van az a penz”— “There’s always a price” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
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Opinion | I Was Ambassador to Hungary. The America I Returned to Alarms Me.
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 18/07/2025
Democracy survives the same way it always has — not because the outcome is guaranteed, but because ordinary people decide it’s worth the risk. This week’s #NoMercyNoMalice: Resist www.profgalloway.com/resist/
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Resist | No Mercy / No Malice
My go-to historical frame of reference is World War II. At a staggering global cost of 85 million lives, the Second World War was the crucible of the 20th century — an explosion of unfathomable destru...
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 16/07/2025
The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food
Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 12/07/2025
The Trump admin just fired over 1,300 people at the State Dept. It is wrong & makes America less safe. These are patriots who served w/courage, integrity & deep commitment to our country. I am profoundly grateful for their service. They deserve far better than this. www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
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State lays off more than 1,300 people as Rubio pledges more efficiency
Diplomats called the cuts “nihilistic” and illogical.
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 10/07/2025
Thx for inviting me to talk about one of my fav products!
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 09/07/2025
“The cruelty of these cuts is matched only by their stupidity. Medicaid beneficiaries will lose, but so will the rest of us” Lawrence Summers: This Law Made Me Ashamed of My Country www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/o...
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Opinion | Lawrence Summers: This Law Made Me Ashamed of My Country
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 03/07/2025
Shared values aren't just words in speeches. They're how we treat each other when it matters most. Right now, the human cost of abandoning these values far exceeds the financial cost of defending them. My thoughts here: bijansabet.com/2025/07/03/s...
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Shared Values: What Holds Us Together When Leadership Divides Us
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 28/06/2025
The 14th Amendment is clear. So is the history. Heather Cox Richardson breaks it down in plain terms. Read and share: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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June 27, 2025
After the Supreme Court today decided the case of Trump v.
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 12/06/2025
Fulbright works. I saw it firsthand in Czechia. This week’s board resignations are another blow to a program that builds trust, not politics. My thoughts here bijansabet.com/2025/06/12/t...
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The Fulbright Board Resignations Are a Loss for America
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 03/06/2025
Having witnessed democratic resilience in Central Europe, I'm encouraged by Kenneth Roth’s assessment: Trump's shock and awe is giving way to institutional resistance. Courts, Congress, civil society are responding. Resistance is working. Keep the faith www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Have we passed peak Trump? | Kenneth Roth
Since Trump returned to the White House, the checks and balances of US democracy have proved remarkably resilient
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 02/06/2025
A story from 1939. A quiet connection between Czechia and Nantucket. I wrote about it here bijansabet.com/2025/06/02/n...
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Nantucket, Prague, and a Story That Found Me
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 26/05/2025
On Memorial Day, we honor Americans who died for freedom. In towns across Czechia, I remember standing beside families and strangers who have not forgotten. Their names live on. Not just in stone. In the hearts of those who still care. Let us all care.
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 15/05/2025
Madeleine Albright was born on this day in Prague. She never forgot where she came from or what America gave her family. As Secretary of State, she stood for freedom, NATO, and the U.S. + Czech bond. Her example still lights the way.
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 05/05/2025
Bill Burns, fmr CIA Director/U.S. Ambassador/career diplomat, sounds the alarm. Hiring freezes. Aid slashed. Diplomats sidelined. America’s security is on the line. youtu.be/dC9Pt3iOUDQ?...
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Stand Up For Service
YouTube video by AFSAtube
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 02/05/2025
You can take the boy out of the Czech Republic but you can’t take the Czech out of the boy
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 14/04/2025
Nearly three months since I left Czechia and I miss it every day This was one of the last interviews I did before leaving. Thank you Janek for your friendship, your humor & for capturing what it meant to me Czechia became a second home. I’ll carry it with me, always ❤️🇨🇿 youtu.be/0MFIj8jrJ3k?...
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US Ambassador Reacts to Local Customs – Cultural Differences Explained
YouTube video by HONEST GUIDE
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 11/04/2025
"This is a moral moment. It's not left or right. It's right or wrong" ~Senator Cory Booker
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 04/04/2025
The @economist.com is not pulling any punches
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 03/04/2025
Many in tech forget: Steve Jobs had flaws (who doesn’t?), but he called out Rupert Murdoch personally for Fox News’s toxicity—“You’re blowing it…this is going to be your legacy.” Elon Musk embraces and fuels far-right extremism. The difference couldn’t be sharper.
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 02/04/2025
Saw David Černý’s “Eraserhead” in Santa Monica for the first time yesterday. Felt like a little piece of Prague in California. Warmed my heart.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 30/03/2025
We’re almost at 250,000 people signed up to attend 1,000 events in all 50 states. Please join us in the streets on Saturday: handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 29/03/2025
Chamonix on film
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Chamonix
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 26/03/2025
Sold the Tesla. Driving a BMW EV now. Feels better in more ways than one.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 23/03/2025
Greatness is in the agency of others (alliances). We are becoming less great.
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 23/03/2025
Yes, U.S. interest payments are rising. No, it's not the end of the world. The real threat? Using economic anxiety to attack democracy, climate action, and public services. Some thoughts:
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The Interest Rate Panic Needs Context
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 19/03/2025
This is shameful www.axios.com/2025/03/19/j...
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Department of Defense deletes Jackie Robinson webpage in anti-DEI purge
"This isn't history being forgotten; it's history being erased!" said civil rights attorney Ben Crump.
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 18/03/2025
The Czech Foreign Minister is exactly right
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 18/03/2025
Cutting Voice of America is a strategic own-goal. These broadcasts aren't just media—they're critical lifelines of truth in regions strangled by authoritarianism. Chinese state media celebrating this move? That should tell us everything. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...
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Chinese state media celebrates Trump’s cuts to Voice of America and Radio Free Asia
Chinese state media hails US president’s order to strip back government funding to news organisations he deems ‘radical’
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 17/03/2025
Some fav new/old tech
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Tech stuff I’m using
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 10/03/2025
@dens.nyc loving teendrama 2.0 (and thx for the shoutout!)
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 05/03/2025
Some places live in your imagination long before you arrive. Kenya was one of those places for me. Thoughts and film photos from the trip up on the blog bijansabet.com/2025/03/05/k...
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Kenya on film
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 03/03/2025
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Bijan Sabet @bijansabet.com · 02/03/2025
Clarity isn't just communication—it's courage, conviction, and the ability to lead through uncertainty.
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