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The Tech Investment Playbook for Victory

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If the United States doesn’t act fast, the next generation of dual-use technological innovation will belong to its adversaries — creating an irreversible gap. America’s technical advantage has kept adversaries in check for decades, but new near-peer competition in dual-use technologies threatens that balance. Over the past decade, China has rapidly evolved from an emerging economic and geopolitical force to an imminent great power threat. China and the West have seen their commercial markets supplant the government in innovation leadership, including in the defense space.

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Infertility Memoir: ‘It felt so cruel’

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This is Chapter 14 in the Infertility Memoir. Read previous chapters here.
Trigger warning: This post contains graphic content, infant loss
As the medical team finished removing the final remains of the placenta and any remaining tissue, I heard them calling for additional help. One person was instructed to go get medication, another was instructed to weigh more of the blood-soaked pads and tissue, while the others continued to work on me. That’s when I caught my first glimpse of our son, being weighed alongside the placenta, blood clots, and other things.

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