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@beffjezos Aligned and clear

[Joshua Lisec, The Ghostwriter @JoshuaLisec]

Scott Adams said Democrats would end AI because it tells the truth.

For example:

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@MsMelChen @cathaiku575 Hellos smoke a find fire

[Camus @newstart_2024]

Scott Galloway sold his Tesla over Elon’s posts, but first he took a dump in the passenger seat. Then he told the story himself, as a punchline.

Matt Taibbi has the sharpest take on it. He’s fine with crude humor as long as it’s actually funny, and this isn’t. Try passing that line off to Mark Twain or Oscar Wilde.

Megyn Kelly then asks the legal question: can whoever bought that Tesla demand a refund? Her answer is that if it was sold “as is,” no. But if Galloway gave any warranties about the car’s condition, he could be sued.

You have a trailblazer like Elon working on getting paralyzed people to communicate through a brain chip. And the quasi-intellectuals who oppose him won’t debate him on the merits. Instead it’s soiled car seats, violent rhetoric and torched Tesla dealerships. That tells you who the extremists really are, and it isn’t Elon.

[Kevin Bass @kevinnbass]

This interview by @pmarca explains what is really behind Jensen Huang's ouster as Nvidia CEO.

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@saranormous @rl_env Seems a cap table of Loserthink

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@DefiantLs The left loves to mind read and then pretend they have facts in evidence.

[Flopping Aces @FloppingAces]

“LAWYER UP!” screeched incoming House Oversight Chairman Robert Garcia, practically jerking himself off over the prospect of dragging Trump, his family, and his entire administration through another taxpayer-funded Democratic witch hunt.

Then Trump's White House lawyers delivered a magnificent kick in the fucking teeth: Abuse your congressional subpoena powers to harass and intimidate political enemies, and your own conduct can become the subject of legal scrutiny.

Oh, you glorious, arrogant, self-righteous fucking idiots.

Democrats were so busy planning their political revenge orgy that they apparently forgot the Constitution applies to their miserable asses, too. Garcia was strutting around threatening the “Trump crime family,” while Representative Analilia Mejia gleefully promised to scatter subpoenas like Mardi Gras beads.

These power-drunk assholes were practically fighting over who got to pull the trigger on their congressional harassment machine first.

Then White House counsel Will Scharf reminded the entire clown convention about Trump v. Mazars, the Supreme Court decision establishing that congressional investigations require legitimate legislative purposes. Congress doesn't get to turn subpoena authority into a personal fucking revenge franchise just because its members have a pathological hatred of Donald Trump.

And the really beautiful part? These sanctimonious dipshits have been supplying the evidence of their own political intentions with their big fucking mouths.

Nobody forced Garcia to advertise his revenge fantasies. Nobody made Mejia celebrate subpoena power like a drunken idiot throwing beads off a Bourbon Street balcony. They couldn't even wait to take control before broadcasting how eagerly they intended to unleash the congressional machinery against their enemies.

Scharf simply reminded them that their public threats can become relevant when someone challenges the purpose of their subpoenas.

And Garcia's response to that constitutional warning?

He started bitching about a “weaponized DOJ.”

A FUCKING WEAPONIZED DOJ!

You insufferable, hypocritical little shit.

You just threatened to unleash congressional investigations against the president's family and administration, and now you're clutching your pearls because the White House reminded you that abusing government power carries consequences?

The sheer fucking audacity is breathtaking.

These are the same political jackasses who spent years applauding investigations targeting Trump. Now they're discovering that the Constitution contains actual restrictions on congressional authority, and suddenly they're screaming about intimidation.

Apparently, their definition of government abuse begins the instant someone threatens to examine THEIR conduct.

And here's the part that makes this entire shitshow so spectacularly humiliating: Trump's lawyers didn't have to manufacture a scandal or invent some elaborate conspiracy. Democrats eagerly supplied their own inflammatory statements, complete with threats, swagger, and enough self-important bullshit to fertilize half the country.

They strutted into Washington waving subpoenas, imagining themselves as untouchable political executioners.

Then somebody reminded them that constitutional limits apply to the assholes holding the gavels.

Now the same pompous bastards who were practically salivating over their next political inquisition are whining because somebody dared to challenge their authority.

What an absolutely magnificent display of political stupidity.

Robert Garcia wanted everyone terrified of his congressional committee. He wanted Trump's people sweating, scrambling for attorneys, and trembling before his precious subpoena powers.

Instead, his opening act has given the White House an opportunity to explain exactly how congressional investigators can cross constitutional boundaries themselves.

Congratulations, Bobby. You managed to turn your own swaggering threat into a fucking warning about your own conduct before your revenge circus even got underway.

You opened your big mouth and screamed, “LAWYER UP!”

Now go find yourself a goddamn mirror, you pompous little prick.

YOU FIRST.
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[The Undercurrent @NotTheirScript]

One of the reasons I don’t like socialism is public bathrooms.

A public bathroom is about as basic a shared resource as you can get. Everyone gets to use it, and everyone is expected to show a little consideration for the next person. The rules aren’t particularly complicated.

And yet, a shocking number of adults can’t even manage to throw their paper towels in the trash. Some will pee all over a toilet seat and leave it for the next person. And the next person, who didn’t make the mess, certainly isn’t going to clean it up either.

Now imagine trusting these same people to collectively manage an entire economy.

We can’t even get everyone to agree that cleaning up their own pee is a personal responsibility, but somehow we’re supposed to believe everyone will become hardworking, responsible, and considerate when we’re sharing the fruits of each other’s labor.

Now, compare your average public restroom to a Buc-ee’s bathroom.

Buc-ee’s figured something out. Clean bathrooms attract customers. Customers spend money. So the company has a financial incentive to keep those bathrooms spotless. They hire people to maintain them, hold employees accountable, and compete for your business.

And people will literally plan their road trips around stopping there.

That’s capitalism. Someone recognized a problem, found a way to solve it, and made money because people valued the result.

Of course, not everyone contributes equally to society. Some people work harder, make better decisions, and take more responsibility. Others seem perfectly content making life more difficult for everyone around them.

I believe people should have the freedom to live however they choose. I also believe in helping people who genuinely need it.

But I have a hard time accepting an economic philosophy that expects me to trust everyone to act in the collective interest when some people can’t be bothered to clean up after themselves.

Buc-ee’s figured out how to get people to willingly pay for a better experience.

Socialism wants me to believe the people leaving paper towels on the floor will suddenly become responsible stewards of everyone else’s resources.

I’m going with the beaver.

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@_The_Prophet__ Infinite fractal

[Naval @naval]

You’d think we’d have learned from Steve Jobs and Travis Kalanick that one does not just simply replace the founder…

[Brivael Le Pogam @brivael]

Let's connect the dots.

In a matter of days: The Economist runs a headline saying Jensen Huang must resign, and that his shouldn't be the only head to roll. An influential newsletter in "AI safety" circles demands the same. Lawmakers call for him to go. The new Democratic Congress announces a flood of AI bills. One congresswoman wants, on day one, a pause on advanced AI and a ban on superintelligence. A bill proposes a federal agency that would decide who is allowed to build models.

And the target at the center of it all is the man supplying the chips for the entire AI revolution. The one publicly defending open models. The one fighting restrictions in Washington.

I'm not saying the scandal is made up. I'm saying: look at who is using it, and for what.

To understand, you have to ask one question. What does the power of what I call the globalists actually rest on?

Not money. Not weapons. A monopoly: the monopoly on expertise.

The technocracy in Brussels and Washington, the big international institutions, the NGOs, the major newsrooms, the consulting firms: the whole system lives off an asymmetry. They know, you don't. They read the 400-page reports, you don't. They interpret the numbers, you live with the consequences. They write the rules, and you pay lawyers to understand them.

Hayek saw it: central power feeds on the pretense of a knowledge no one really has. For decades, that pretense was impossible to challenge. It took years of study, networks, resources.

Now imagine superintelligence.

Any citizen can audit a budget in ten minutes. Read an EU directive and see every consequence. Check an official statistic. Tear apart a junk study. Draft a legal challenge. Build a company alone, without asking anyone for permission.

The asymmetry disappears. And with it, the monopoly.

We've seen this movie before. Before Gutenberg, the Church held the monopoly on interpreting the texts. The printing press put the Bible in everyone's hands, and a century later, all of Europe had changed. AI is the printing press of expertise. And the people holding the monopoly know it.

So they do what every threatened elite has always done. They don't fight the technology head-on. They slow it down. They regulate it. They license it. And when they can't stop it, they try to own it.

Every scandal becomes a lever. Every fear becomes an argument. Every incident becomes a bill.

And here's the part almost everyone misses.

People will say: "So it's a conspiracy?" No. It's much worse.

Nobody needs to coordinate. When an entire caste feels its monopoly threatened, every one of its members spontaneously does the same thing, at the same time, for the same reasons. The columnist, the regulator, the activist, the politician. No secret meeting required. All it takes is a shared interest.

The scary part isn't that it's coordinated. It's that it doesn't need to be.

That's why this goes far beyond Jensen Huang. If you can take down the most strategic person in global tech in a week, the message to every builder is clear: accelerate, and you're next.

Pareto said history is a graveyard of aristocracies.

The aristocracy of expertise can feel itself heading there.

Superintelligence won't ask them for permission.

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@nextbigfuture Everything is below the sun 🌞- make it so

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@CA_Dem Our governor is American. Your governor is Mexican

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@VickieforNYC Loserthink weaponized - grievance industrial class rising

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@AlexPadilla4CA IGNORE ALEX

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@yonosayway IGNORE PRAMILA

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@UnpluggedTesla There is a case to be made for this - go for it. The patents are open as far as I know so it comes down to solid commitment

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@Jason Waymo never passing 90% of the way there

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@abc7newsbayarea Waymo less capable