Ben Parr

Co-Editor of Mashable, tech entrepreneur, sci-fi writer, and aspiring world changer. I'm quirky and love building things
RT @BillWeirCNN: Weather is not climate, you willfully ignorant fucksticks. MT @foxnation: Climate Doesn’t Cooperate With Al Gore http://nation.foxnews.com/2014...
Mystalic on [WP] The stars never came out last night. - http://www.reddit.com/r...
"For weeks, Dr. Samantha Gerhardt and her team had been observing the anomaly, but each discovery they made only led to more questions. It had a millionth of the gravity of the Sun, but was just as bright and approaching Earth. The anomaly appeared light a bright supernova outside the Solar System at the beginning of July. The bright flash of light turned night into day across Asia. What remained after the burst of light was a star-like object brighter than the moon. It didn't take long for scientists and the public to figure out the anomaly was moving towards Earth. Every single night, the object became bigger and brighter. Last night was the first night where night had become day -- not a single star could be seen due to the bright white and yellow glare of the anomaly. Some believed it was the emergence of an angel. Others thought it was a sign of the apocalypse. In fact half of Moscow was now in ruin after a radical group of doomsayers burned the city to the ground. But Dr...." - Ben Parr
RT @daringfireball: The Best Argument Yet for Net Neutrality Comes From Major League Baseball: http://daringfireball.net/linked...
Preparing for Burning Man for the first time is an ordeal.
Moderating two fireside chats at next week’s @VentureBeat GrowthBeat conference. Gonna be fun! - http://events.venturebeat.com/event...
RT @jswartz: Good week for @jack and Square. http://www.usatoday.com/story...
RT @jswartz: Snapchat, Alibaba talking... http://www.usatoday.com/story...
RT @triketora: On Getting An Outside Lead http://avc.com/2014...
RT @PandoDaily: EXCLUSIVE: Payments giant First Data acquires Gyft in an effort to bring digital gift cards to the masses http://pando.com/?p=149839
Today in tech news: Twitter drop-kicks Wall Street.
Mr. @mahbodmoghadam is now a columnist for @BetaBeat. Check out his first post on Uber ratings: http://betabeat.com/2014...
By the way, Bears > Raiders.
Today in racist homophobia: I'm the target! Woo. https://twitter.com/benparr...
Steve Ballmer is 20 steps closer to owning the L.A. Clippers. Donald Sterling's court challenge denied.
RT @kevinrose: the low hanging fruit is the easiest to obtain, but often times over picked.
In the spirit of Fb & OkCupid, I’m performing an experiment on my followers. All I need is some pandas and @MikeIsaac’s superhuman blood.
.@DominateFund’s @Mazy gets all the fun. Yesterday, it was hanging out with @Cristiano: https://twitter.com/benparr...
Why are people so surprised they don't have 5.0 uber scores? People dislike other people for the most stupid and varying reasons imaginable.
Why is everyone tweeting their uber scores? I just returned to the Internet.
Too often we idolize founders and forget the early teammates that help turn great ideas into world-changing products.
RT @bradfordcross: people don’t leave startups because they’re failing, they leave because they’re mismanaged, which is often why they’re failing.
Builders are at their best when they have no distractions. Which is why midnight on a Saturday is a great time to be building.
NYT is right: it is time to legalize marijuana. - http://www.nytimes.com/interac...
RT @Recode: Founders Fund Forms “FF Science” in search of startups tackling hard problems / by @jtemple http://recode.net/?p=66966
Good founders build. Great founders recruit and inspire.
RT @ButtercupD: Just watched @benparr on @CNBC give his feedback on Jeff Bezos and @amazon. Nice job! https://twitter.com/Butterc...
On @CNBC in 5-7 minutes! Will I defend or trash Bezos? Find out! #frontback http://frontback.me/p/R59JadoU
Dropping by @CNBC/@CNBCClosingBell today at 3:20 ET to chat about Jeff Bezos Amazon’s recent market woes. Hope you’ll tune in!
RT @franklinleonard: I wonder if any major Hollywood companies will release employee demographics any time soon. Hmmmmm......