GOP: the mail is secure enough to receive your photo ID, social security card, your debit and credit cards, your stimulus checks, and your tax returns
Also GOP: the mail is not safe enough for voting
The year is 2028, and the United States has elected its first female — and first Jewish — president, Sarah Rosenberg.
A few weeks after the election, she calls her mother. “Mom, I assume you’ll be coming to my inauguration?”
“I don’t think so,” her mother replies. “It’s a ten-hour drive, your father isn’t as young as he used to be, and my arthritis is acting up.”
“Don’t worry,” Sarah says, “I’ll send Air Force One to pick you up, a limo to take you home, and you’ll have a custom-made gown by the best designer in New York.”
Her mother hesitates. “Honey, you know I can’t eat those rich foods you and your friends like.”
“Mom,” Sarah says, “the entire affair will be kosher, handled by the best caterer in New York. I really want you there.”
Reluctantly, Mom agrees.
On January 20, 2029, Sarah Rosenberg is sworn in as President. In the front row, her mother leans over to the senator next to her and says proudly:
“You see that woman with her hand on the Torah, becoming President of the United States?”
The senator nods.
Her mother says, “Her brother is a doctor.”
I’m sure the critical European allies identified in the National Security Strategy this year — Hungary and Austria — are sending their fleets to help us.
Jesus, you have got to be shitting me. You just shot a HIMARS...at a fucking docked boat. That's a three point five million dollar piece of ordnance. Can any of you geniuses tell me the Kelly Blue Book value of a 1980 Kilo class diesel-electric submarine?
Yesterday Mark Cuban reposted my work, DM'd me, and told me to keep telling my story.
So here it is.
I'm a Master Electrician. IBEW Local 369. 15 years pulling wire in Kentucky. Zero coding background. I didn't go to Stanford. I went to trade school.
Every week I'd show up to a home where someone just bought a Tesla or a Rivian. And every time, someone had already told them they needed a $3,000-$5,000 panel upgrade to install a charger.
70% of the time? They didn't need it.
The math is in the NEC — Section 220.82. Load calculations. But nobody was doing them for homeowners. Electricians upsell. Dealers don't know. And the homeowner just pays.
I got angry enough to build something about it.
I found @claudeai. No coding experience. I just started talking to it like I'd explain a job to an apprentice. "Here's how load calcs work. Here's the NEC code. Now help me build a tool that does this."
6 months later — @ChargeRight is live. Real software. Stripe payments. PDF reports. NEC 220.82 calculations automated. $12.99 instead of a $500 truck roll.
I'm still pulling wire. I still take service calls. I wake up at 5:05 AM for work.
But something shifted.
Yesterday @vivilinsv published my story as Claude Builder Spotlight #1. Mark Cuban saw it. The Claude community showed up. And for the first time, I felt like this thing I built in my kitchen might actually matter.
I'm not a tech founder. I'm a dad who wants to coach little league and be home for dinner. I just happened to build something that helps people.
If you're in the trades and thinking about using AI — do it. The barrier isn't technical skill. It's believing you're allowed to try.
https://t.co/cDVdY5mcLv
Please join us in wishing David Gilmour a wonderful 80th birthday. Today also marks the 20th anniversary of his album On An Island, which spent 19 weeks on the UK charts, hitting the number one spot. Have a great day, David! Photo: Anton Corbijn
So Russia has been providing Iran with targeting information on U.S. troops in the Middle East and Trump’s press secretary is already telling us “it doesn’t really matter.” Why is protecting Russia more important than protecting American troops?
OK, MAGA.
Russia is giving Iran intelligence to help target American forces.
Ukraine is offering to help defend American troops from Iranian drones.
So tell me again: which one is the “enemy,” and which one is the ally?