100 Stories by Adam Nathan

100 Stories by Adam Nathan

Let's Ship a Drone to Ukraine Together

Somewhere on the 750-mile front, Ukrainian soldiers are going to open up our package and find a state-of-the-art reconnaissance drone. Be a part of that moment.

Adam Nathan
Nov 30, 2022
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I have a story and an ask.

From February 24th until mid September, I followed the war in Ukraine obsessively. I tracked updates on Google News, the DrudgeReport, the Washington Post, and the New York Times. I learned the names of villages that were liberated. In the mornings I woke up and scrolled through Twitter for 45 minutes - or longer.

But I didn't do anything about it.

"I was following the war like I was following a sports team."

It wasn't that I didn't want to help. I did want to help! Of course, I wanted to help! All of that time, I was "this close" to helping! I just needed something to tip me over into action. For me, it was reading this on Twitter:

"Whatever you're doing now is what you would have done in 1939."

Ugh.

That was my moment. I made my first donation that day. I needed that nudge to course correct. If you know what I'm talking about, and you're anything like me, you'll see that this is an opportunity as much as it is an ask.

What exactly is this opportunity?

President…

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