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date: 2023-07-23
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It was an eventful week. [VanMoof went bankrupt](https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/18/23798584/vanmoof-e-bikes-is-bankrupt), I held the first department town hall at work (which introduced some "rip off the bandaid" transparency) and started making some exciting plans, and of course: we went to the theater to see Barbie.
