Co-Founder, CEO @ GrayStak | Founder, DTEC | Political Risk, Aerospace & Defense, International Security

Chicago, IL
Joined March 2009
Christopher Sweat retweeted
Nobel Economist Daron Acemoglu WARNING: AI's Payoff Is NOT What You Think @DAcemogluMIT Timestamps: 0:00 Can science survive without democracy? 2:08 Why a Nobel laureate left Berkeley for China 3:58 What Galileo knew that Kepler didn't 5:12 Is peer review undemocratic? 7:41 The optimal amount of scientific heresy 10:06 Science isn't slowing. So what broke? 12:06 The design choice behind echo chambers 14:49 One rule that would fix social media 19:26 Should Elon Musk have this much wealth? 23:49 AI is a design choice, not destiny
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We started cleaning our water and waterborne disease (e.g. cholera, typhoid) basically disappeared from the West. We can do the same thing for air.
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Starting tomorrow, Chicago is switching to a new 911 dispatch system for the first time in 30 years Dispatchers are asking the city to pause the rollout City Hall is moving forward Read all about it landonsloop.com/p/sep-21
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EXCLUSIVE: Earlier today ICE agents chase after a man in downtown Chicago after he made verbal comments but no physical or threatening contact. The man was able to get away.
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Half of Chicago’s school board candidates want a three year ban on AI while most CPS students still aren’t reading at grade level 43% proficient in reading. 27% in math We should be inventing new ways to use AI to personalize education with critical thinking at the center. Not teaching kids to fear it A ban is not a plan
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Illinois holds $100M in State of Israel bonds. I asked the Treasurer's office, under FOIA, for the memos and due diligence behind the position. The office's answer, in writing: no records exist. The full file is now public.
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Point #1, “stop asking to pick people’s brains,” is especially salient if you’re asking people who sell pickings of their brains as their product Then it goes from aimless to insulting It’s like cold emailing someone at Apple and asking them to send you a free MacBook “Hey, I have a need for your product and would love for you to give that to me, a total stranger, for free. Thanks!”
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What a byline — 25 billion on a war that accomplished nothing but negative consequences.
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Jimmy Soto breaks down why the "RISE IDOC" project lacks the transparency and community input needed for true justice reform. After 42 years inside, he knows what real rehabilitation looks like and it isn’t this. #HumanRights #JusticeReform #NoNewPrisons
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Student activists are facing a new era of discipline. From year-long suspensions to physical risks, the stakes for campus organizing have reached a breaking point. We’re hearing firsthand accounts of "unprecedented repression" at Columbia and beyond. GrayStak Media is on the ground covering the front lines of these social movements. #StudentProtest #HumanRights #Activism
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Mr. President @POTUS , you said weapons have been sent to the Iranian people through intermediary groups, but that those groups kept the weapons for themselves. Meanwhile, the IRGC, some journalists, and anti-Kurd actors aligned with Reza Pahlavi are targeting Kurds with coordinated narratives, collectively blaming and stigmatizing them in ways that echo patterns seen in Antisemitism. So the question is: Who is actually supposed to receive these weapons? Are there organized groups inside Iran meant to do so? If the U.S. can control Iranian airspace and conduct rescue operations, why is it impossible to directly support groups inside Iran that are ready to fight, without intermediaries? Kurds are ready to confront the regime, but their concern is clear: the war may end, and once again they will be left alone by the United States, as has happened repeatedly in their history. Thank you for your attention.
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Christopher Sweat retweeted
Political risk isn't just a forecasting issue; it's a speed issue. The time lag between when escalation begins and when markets recognize what's happening is measurable, consistent, and tradable. That's the gap most frameworks fail to address. Link below.
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Cuba’s healthcare system is in serious trouble right now. This video includes updates from Shaniyat Turani on the ground in Havana working with GrayStak Media, sharing what they are seeing in real time. Hospitals are running out of medicine, surgeries are being delayed, and blackouts are making care even harder. This is what it looks like on the ground.
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اشتباه بزرگ بخش قابل‌توجهی از اپوزیسیون در جریان‌های مختلف، ناتوانی در عبور از گفتمان رژیم درباره تنوع جامعه ایران و مطالبات مردم کرد، بلوچ، ترک و عرب بوده است؛ آن هم عمدتاً از ترس از دست دادن حامیانشان. زیرا می‌دانند که بخش‌هایی از جامعه هنوز تحت تأثیر افکار و سیاست‌های رژیم‌های مستقر در تهران هستند، افکاری که جنبش " ژن، ژیان، آزادی" آن را تا حدی به چالش کشید، اما با کمک سپاه و شبکه‌های نفوذش، بار دیگر بازتولید شد. تا زمانی که از ترس راضی نگه داشتن بدنه‌ای که همچنان در دام این گفتمان است، همان سیاست‌ها و روایت‌های رژیم تکرار شود، نمی‌توان به آینده‌ای بهتر برای ایران و مردم آن امیدوار بود. #IranWar‌
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Christopher Sweat retweeted
The numbers don’t lie: Million dollar trades are hitting the market minutes before White House announcements. From oil surges to geopolitical gains, "lucky" timing is becoming a pattern. Is the game rigged for insiders?
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This clearly highlights the inconsistency in Khamenei’s fatwa and rhetoric on Iran’s nuclear and missile programs. Tehran has long claimed a 2,000 km missile cap set by the Supreme Leader, but its attempted strike on Diego Garcia, over 4,000 km away, suggests otherwise. #IranWar‌
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For the record, the president of the United States is now simultaneously claiming that he has won the war, is currently winning the war, needs help to win the war, and needs no help to win the war. All to destroy the nuclear program he claims to have already destroyed last year.
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Christopher Sweat retweeted
A counter protester and a passerby clash over the Israel Palestine conflict in NYC. The exchange escalates quickly as both sides argue their positions in a high tension public debate.
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After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today. I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby. It has been an honor serving under @POTUS and @DNIGabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC. May God bless America.
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"The eldest child [whose parents and siblings had just been killed]...recounted that the [IDF] soldier said 'We killed dogs,' took him out of the car, and beat him" In any other country, a government that allows this would be sanctioned, shunned, until its behaviour changes.
מסתערבים ירו למוות בגדה בבני זוג פלסטינים ובשניים מילדיהם, בני חמש ושבע. הילד הבכור שנשאר בחיים סיפר כי החייל אמר 'הרגנו כלבים', הוציא אותו מהמכונית והרביץ לו haaretz.co.il/news/politics/…
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