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[Velina Tchakarova @vtchakarova]

Brutal. Just brutal.

[Alexander Kristensen @AlexanderKr]

Europe 🇪🇺 is trying to figure out if FSD should be allowed.

Meanwhile in the US 🇺🇸 you can select what burger you want on the screen, and the car literally drives you there.

[CG @cgtwts]

Claude Code watching me write code manually

[lumi @JuppiO]

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[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

Well...it seems like Peter Attia sucks...

Integrity matters. Principles matter. Doing the right thing matters. Choosing to surround yourself with good folks matters.

The ones who stay true to their values build something that lasts. It's founded on something deeper and more fulfilling. It's a longer game. But it's the only game worth playing.

As we watch one of the biggest names in the health and performance space be littered all over the Epstein files with vile things (Peter Attia), It's disappointing to see. Someone who proclaimed to value science and evidence, fell for power, fame, and god knows what else.

And now you're going to see others use it as a platform to disparage any legitimate science or science communication because one of the biggest science communicators couldn't stay away from Epstein...after much was already known.

Like him or hate him, Attia was a big name in the space. And there's a huge jump from getting some things wrong or selling supplements that may not work to...whatever appears in those files.

All you've got in this life is your character.

I was fortunate early in my career to meet "heroes" and be completely disgusted by what I found behind the curtain. Mostly, it was insecurity. Obsession to prove themselves, to achieve, to gain some sort of power or status led them to "win at all costs."

It was disillusioning. But also clarifying. I learned early that reputation and character are often very different things.

Ironically, one of the people Attia buddied up to was one of the clearest demonstrations I saw of the cost of the win at all cost mentality and what that need for fame, status, achievement can do...Lance Armstrong.

I was also fortunate to have my ethics tested. Did I handle it perfectly? Nope. There were wrong decisions. Moments I wish I could take back. But one thing I'm proud of: no matter the mistake, I did my best to correct the wrong and do the right thing.

Even if that means costing your relationships, opportunities, and years fighting battles most people never see.

When you stand up for yourself, it can be lonely. It can test your beliefs and your view of the world. It can push you towards disillusionment. But in the end, it's clarifying and freeing. You get to truly lift the veil. To show yourself what actually matters.

And to see that the folks posturing, cheating, cutting corners, and manipulating others are chasing hungry ghosts. They'll never be fulfilled.

And that's the point...so much of what you see in the online space is deep insecurity. It's people caught in the trappings of chasing fame, fortune, power, status, likes, follows, or whatever else.

It's people who for god knows what reason are willing to look past a horrific past and be 'friends' with one of the most vile people on earth.

When fame, growth, status are your values...guess what you'll do anything to get there. Even if it means selling your soul.

It's sad to see. It's hard to watch. I don't know Peter Attia. I liked much of his writing, disagreed with some.

But man, we need to do a better job of supporting good people.

Because at the end of the day... it might seem like values, principles, being a decent human is out the window in our chaotic world. That the shortcuts win. That the only way to any kind of success is to compromise your values.

I don't buy it. It's the same BS rationalization when cheaters try to convince you in sport that everyone is cheating. It's to make them feel better.

My experience is the oppossite: The stronger our worlds pull in the direction towards chaos, fame, status, power, the more sticking by your principles matters.

The louder the noise, the more it's a superpower to have an anchor to keep you grounded.

Courage comes from clarity.

It's when you take control of your story, you let go of the fear, when you know who you are, what matters, and where you belong.

That's when you're free. Because you're standing on a foundation that no one else can touch: integrity, principles, and values.

We need more folks who stick to them. And we need to support those who do.

[Mike Netter @nettermike]

Sentiments of Venezuelans

I’m going to say this once, and I don’t care if it makes people uncomfortable.

If you have never lived in Venezuela
If you did not grow up there
If you did not watch your country collapse in real time
If you did not stand in food lines
If you did not watch your parents lose everything they built
If you did not have to leave your home with nothing

Then shut the fuck up.

You do not have an opinion.
Your opinion does not matter.
And you don’t get to lecture anyone about what’s happening there.

I’m Venezuelan.
I lived there most of my life until my early twenties.
I watched my country go from a functioning democracy to full blown socialism right in front of my eyes.

This is not politics to me.
This is trauma.

Before socialism, Venezuela was not perfect, but it worked.
There was trade.
There was money coming in.
There was investment from the US.
There were jobs.
There was food.
There was medicine.

My family had five businesses.
We had our home
We had investments.
We had a future.

Then the government started nationalizing everything.
Private companies were taken.
Foreign investors were pushed out.
Imports were blocked.
Price controls destroyed production.
Corruption exploded.

And everything died.

Not slowly.
Violently.

People didn’t suddenly become poor because of “capitalism” or “the US” or whatever bullshit slogan people like to repeat online.

They became poor because socialism destroyed incentives, destroyed production, destroyed trust, and destroyed hope.

People today in Venezuela are not debating ideology.
They are trying to survive.

They are trying to find food.
Trying to find medication.
Trying to keep their families alive.

So when I see people in the West posting from comfortable homes, full fridges, stable currencies, and safe streets talking about “imperialism” or “US bad” or “Trump this or that”

No.
It’s not complicated.
You’re just ignorant.

China is not rebuilding Venezuela.
Russia is not rebuilding Venezuela.
Cartels are not rebuilding Venezuela.

They are stealing.
They are extracting.
They are draining what’s left.

If the US comes in and reinvests
If refineries get rebuilt
If infrastructure gets restored
If imports open back up
If food, water, and medicine become accessible again
If people can work and earn with dignity

Then yes.
Let them take all the oil they want.

Because at least something gets built instead of destroyed.

This is something to celebrate.
Not because it’s perfect.
But because for the first time in a long time, there is hope.

Hope that families can eat.
Hope that people don’t have to flee their country.
Hope that Venezuela can function again.

If you’ve never lived through a country collapsing
If you’ve never watched socialism destroy everything around you
If you’ve never had to leave your home because staying meant starvation

Then again
Shut the fuck up.

This isn’t theory.
This isn’t politics.
This is lived experience.

By Stephen Subero

[Rock Chartrand @RockChartrand]

Capitalism doesn’t assume humans aren’t greedy. It assumes they are and refuses to give them power over others.

That’s the point.

Greed under capitalism is constrained by consent. You only get richer by offering something others voluntarily choose to pay for. If you stop providing value, the money stops.

Greed under collectivism is unconstrained. It’s backed by force. You get resources whether you create value or not, so long as you can moralize need or capture political power.

Also, capitalism doesn’t pit competition against cooperation. Competition is how we discover who can cooperate best. Every successful business is a massive act of cooperation with customers, workers, suppliers, and investors. It just isn’t coerced cooperation.

And the claim that capitalists never give back is empirically false. Private charity, philanthropy, reinvestment, and voluntary aid explode under capitalist systems and collapse under socialist ones.

What you’re really saying is this:

You don’t trust individuals to choose generosity. You trust the state to enforce it.

That isn’t moral. It’s just replacing voluntary cooperation with compulsory obedience.

[Far El @far__el]

It’s clear that you can’t squeeze AGI out of LLMs even if you throw billions of dollars worth of compute at it, something fundamental is missing

[Nicholas Fabiano, MD @NTFabiano]

First born children have higher IQ than their siblings.

[Trevor Hall @TrevAHall]

Perfect for today

[lumi @JuppiO]

@JonnyBones 🦆

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@Rainmaker1973 Half life 2

[Steve Stewart-Williams @SteveStuWill]

Smarter people tend to be less violent.

[Link below.]

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@gurgavin Ngex minerals

[Special Situations 🌐 Research Newsletter (Jay) @SpecialSitsNews]

It's okay to have a different opinion...we are all still friends. via @readswithravi

[lumi @JuppiO]

@elonmusk real shit show!

[Dr. Rhonda Patrick @foundmyfitness]

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