TBD

extremely baffled

[Beff (e/acc) @beffjezos]

One more regulation bro, please, just one more. Just one more regulation and we'll fix tech in Europe. Please bro. Just one more. One more regulation and we'll fix our GDP growth problems. Bro pls just one–

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Liftoff of Starship's first orbital flight

[Geiger Capital @Geiger_Capital]

Modern renaissance painting

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

I’m convinced that the ability to remain unshaken by the minor inconveniences of life puts you ahead of 95% of people. Emotional control is the ultimate power. Few have it. Not every collision or slight deserves your energy. You can just let them float by.

[Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9]

Fire on Friday. Today's sunrise over the Chicago skyline. #weather #chicago #ilwx #news

[Aesthetica @Anc_Aesthetics]

This is one of the greatest crimes against the American people.

[MW4Liberty @MW4Liberty]

I want a government so small it doesn’t matter who wins elections.

[Various Nonsense @variousnonsense]

@messedupfoods If you die from week old leftovers, your bloodline was weak and history will forget you anyway.

[Bruce Fenton @brucefenton]

It’s not a race for government to stop Ai innovation.

It’s a race for all of us to beat government by using Ai before they take this power.

Accelerate.
Go open source.
Decentralize.
Put more power in the hands of people. Make these tools impossible for tyrants to control.

[CooperBaggs 💰🍞 @edgaralandough]

I’m becoming increasingly convinced that a good life is mostly ordinary days you actually enjoy. Good food. People you love. Meaningful work. Something to look forward to. Enough money. A little sunshine. Peace in your house.

[Bruce Fenton @brucefenton]

“Gee there’s a scary new technology

Let’s put politicians in charge”

[Naval @naval]

AI isn’t going away. Barring unprecedented global government coordination, it isn’t even slowing down.

The only real decision is whether to centralize power, or disperse it.

Do you fear the technology? Or a small number of people controlling the technology?

[Dr. Jason Fung @drjasonfung]

What happened to 'statins save lives'? In this 31,000 person RCT over 7 years, CVD screening put 44.33% of people on statins (compared to 30.25% in non screening) but prevented neither deaths nor CV events (HR 0.96). Funny how I don't see this trial EVER being discussed by cardiologists. One major difference with this trial compared to so many other statin trials is that it is not funded by a statin maker. https://t.co/pZKoh6AnYe

[Sterling Snow @sterlingmsnow]

I reread this every year.

I cry like a baby every year.

Todd Beamer died a father, husband, and hero.

Todd: Hello… Operator… listen to me. I can’t speak very loud. This is an emergency. I’m a passenger on a United flight to San Francisco. Our plane has been hijacked.

Lisa: I understand. Can they see you?

Todd: No. There are three that we know of. They have knives — razor knives, like box cutters. Someone announced from the cockpit there was a bomb. It sounded fake.

Lisa: Your name?Todd: Todd Beamer. United Flight 93.Todd: They killed one passenger in first class. They forced most of us back. Fourteen of us here. Five flight attendants. The guy with the bomb ordered us to sit on the floor.

Lisa: Are you okay?

Todd: We’re going down… wait. No. We’re leveling off. We changed directions. We’re flying east again.

Todd: A guy named Jeremy called his wife. She told him two planes hit the World Trade Center. Lisa, is that true?

Lisa: I have to tell you the truth. It’s very bad. Both towers are gone. A third plane hit the Pentagon. Our country is under attack. I’m afraid your plane may be part of their plan.

Todd: Oh God. Lisa, will you do something for me? Call my wife and my kids. Promise me you’ll call.

Lisa: I promise.

Todd: Our home number is… You have the same name as my wife. Lisa. We’ve been married ten years. She’s pregnant with our third child. Tell her I love her. I’ll always love her. We have two boys — David, he’s 3, and Andrew, he’s 1. Tell them their daddy loves them and he is so proud of them. The baby is due January 12th. I saw an ultrasound. We still don’t know if it’s a girl or a boy.

Lisa: I’ll tell them. I promise, Todd.(Lisa patches in the FBI.)

Agent: Todd, your plane is on a course for Washington. Best guess is the White House or the Capitol.

Todd: I understand. I’ll be back.

Todd: Everyone knows this isn’t a normal hijacking. We have decided we will not be pawns in their plot.

Lisa: What are you going to do?

Todd: Four of us are going to rush the one with the bomb. Then the cockpit. A stewardess is getting boiling water. We’ll take them out.

Todd: Would you pray with me?They pray the Lord’s Prayer. Then: Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me.

Todd: God help me. Jesus help me.Are you guys ready? Let’s Roll.

[Mandrik @Mandrik]

I think I'm ready to go back to church.

I haven't found Jesus yet, but I've seen enough of Satan.

[Saganism @Saganismm]

“We are all stardust.”

— Carl Sagan

[Freedomain - with Stefan Molyneux, MA @StefanMolyneux]

Evil rebranding itself as “mental illness” is the ultimate victory for malevolence.

It erases its victims by pretending to be a victim.

[jim iuorio @jimiuorio]

I’m always impressed when someone can make the argument that the governments problem would be fixed with more tax revenue without breaking out in laughter…

[Yuri Bezmenov's Ghost @Ne_pas_couvrir]

When you watch old videos of high-trust societies, you notice how little coercive infrastructure they needed. Here, one elderly policeman was enough because shared norms, reputation, shame, and neighbors willing to intervene maintained order.

As trust declines, informal social control collapses and ordinary cooperation must be monitored and enforced. That invisible social infrastructure is replaced by an authoritarian state apparatus and private controls, such as more police, cameras, locks, barriers, contracts, rules, paperwork, verification, and surveillance.