Francis Young

My posts are my personal views, retweets not necessarily endorsement.

[Gray Connolly @GrayConnolly]

Hard to think of a strategic as well as national energy policy that is more vindicated, each day, than the French decision to go big into Nuclear power. A French victory that rivals with Austerlitz.

[Gray Connolly @GrayConnolly]

I can report after this Flu season that this is a complete and utter lie in much of Sydney … a not insubstantial gap payment awaits you

[Kirralie Smith @KirralieS]

I lost the appeal and I am still under a 2 year apprehension of violence order for identifying a male in a female soccer team.

I have never named him, met him or asked others to target him.

But I guess if they can redefine the word "woman" why wouldn't they redefine the word "violence"?

This is simply an attempt to stop my advocacy. I won't stop. Men can not be women. Men do not belong in women's sport. Only men get upset and take women like me and @salltweets to court for saying no to them.

If you believe anything people say who call a male "she/her/miss" you will believe anything. I am not interested in arguing with liars and cheats.

Thank you so much for all the messages of support.

I will issue a more detailed statement next week.

I am off to New Zealand now and I am going to have a fantastic time!

[Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby]

Douglas Murray with absolute moral clarity:

"If Gaza is to have any future as a Palestinian entity; it's young people are not brought up to believe their purpose is life should be the annihilation of their neighbours."

[Andrea S. James @AndreaSJames]

Gently, softly, calmly, let’s talk about what’s happening in DC right now.

Friends, have you ever been through a ZBB process? If not, let me give you my take. So, in a corporation where expenses are out of control, you have to put the entire company through a zero based budgeting process. It is one of the most painful things that people in a company experience.

You basically have to justify every. single. expense. And you also cut a bunch, and then only add back after you’ve gone through a proper ZBB cycle.

The US government is going through a ZBB right now. And that is necessary because spending is out of control. The complexity is so vast that I expect it will take AI to decipher.

You cannot tell me that a government that accidentally wires hundreds of millions of dollars to the Taliban has its finances in order. That signals an underlying disaster. That signals bad stewardship of resources.

In fact, it is a disaster. Over the last 20 fiscal years, the US government has made ~$2.7 trillion in "improper payments," according to the US Government Accountability Office. Trillion! With a T!

That financial management disaster was not caused by @elonmusk. And there is no painless way to clean it up.

Elon is doing what any executive would do walking into a giant mess. You ZBB and then build back.

So, I don’t believe that America is going to be on the wrong side of global right and wrong, as some are saying. I don’t believe that America is going to be permanently isolationist. I do believe that unwatched finances will get out of control in any human system, and that the GAO has been trying to ring this bell for years, and that scaled complexity requires scaled financial management.

Because the US has the largest budget in the world, it will now go through the single most complex ZBB ever undertaken in the history of the world.

Some states do ZBB, but it's never been done at the federal level. President Jimmy Carter tried, but the bureaucratic systems were too complex, and President Ronald Reagan abandoned the attempt.

So, if there is one person in the world chosen to lead this Grand Canyon of projects, we would hope for the president to choose one of the best capital allocators on the planet. Better if that human is also one who can leverage AI and technical talent to manage the massive complexity.

Anyone who has lived through a ZBB at the corporate level will tell you that it’s hell and everyone hates it. This is why I feel really bad for federal workers -- I have a lot of empathy for civil servants and people doing a great job every day for the United States. No doubt, the uncertainty is trying and stressful for many. It's an unfortunate situation.

So, that's my take. I don't want to speak beyond what I know and can observe from the other side of the country. I've worked both in the private sector and the public sector -- the cultures are different. And an Elon-Musk-style culture is going to be the most hard core of them all. No doubt, it's jarring. It's gonna be a lot.

But what I also know is that every time I have ever doubted Elon, I ended up being the one who was wrong.

[Francis Young @FrancisYoung2]

@josettecaruso @elonmusk Traders and banks profit from volatile markets. Sure, @nvidia slipped from $142 to $118, but it was $70 a year ago. And after close it is already up 1.3%. #DontPanic #EnoughPieForAll

[Francis Young @FrancisYoung2]

@simonahac @PeterDutton_MP Actually, @simonahac , if you put a 300MW #nuclear power plant in #SouthAustralia, it wouldn't sometimes need to burn gas and diesel to generate that 300 MW.

[CBS Saturday Morning @cbssaturday]

Polaris Dawn astronaut Sarah Gillis performed the first known violin solo in space, playing "Rey's Theme," from the "Star Wars" series. The violinist shares how she prepared for the out-of-this-world moment to inspire the world.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

So messed up

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Freedom of speech is the bedrock of democracy. If the truth is suppressed, it is impossible to make an informed voting decision.

The degree to which freedom of speech is being undermined around the world is extremely alarming.

[Bree A Dail @breeadail]

Catholic Bishop Robert Barron (@BishopBarron) condemns blasphemous Opening Ceremony for Paris Olympics:

“Would they ever have dared mock Islam in a similar way?
This deeply secularist, post-modern society knows who its enemy is—they’re naming it—and we should believe them.”

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Kei Sugimoto was 24 years old when he shot this video of the Twin Towers collapsing

Two days ago, he released the never-before-seen video on his YT channel

Filmed from the roof of 64 St Marks Place on a Sony VX2000, it shows an angle never seen before

[Francis Young @FrancisYoung2]

Yesterday, @Synod_va deleted this survey after its final results came out. I get that the result is unfavourable, but does deleting it display synodal listening? Is it not rather an input to self-reflection?

[Robert F. Kennedy Jr @RobertKennedyJr]

It is a hopeful sign for our country when a political opponent calls for one's protection. Maybe our country can unite after all.

[Francis Young @FrancisYoung2]

@simonahac No, Dutton is proposing 7 large reactors at coal sites, like the Korean units that cannot melt down and take 56 months to build (less if we already have grid infrastructure). 7 large plants will support your preferred 20-year-life solar, wind, and battery projects.

[Francis Young @FrancisYoung2]

@GrayConnolly Is Matt Kean determined to be the last #energy spokesperson to climb on board the #green #NuclearPower program? Australia is the only OECD nation without it. Lift the stupid ban.

[Velina Tchakarova @vtchakarova]

This wins X today.

[Gray Connolly @GrayConnolly]

You should always assume before arming government officials with vague censorship powers that these powers will be wielded by your worst adversaries…

[Gray Connolly @GrayConnolly]

From the moment the NSW Police refused to act on what happened at the Opera House, it created an ugly benchmark for what conduct it would and would not investigate.

[Francis Young @FrancisYoung2]

@simonahac #China builds as many as two new #coal power plants each week, to charge its #electric vehicle fleet. Cleaner city air, and #cheapelectricity. What's not to like?