Kaybs Gaming

Kiwi married to an American girl.
Love exchanging ideas in good faith. Abuse gets blocked.
Never stop being curious.

[Kaybs Gaming @KaybsGaming]

My darling girl passed away today after a week long fight to come home to us. I am broken. Rest in peace my sweet Kate. Enjoy your adventure and save up all your stories for when we meet again.

[Kaybs Gaming @KaybsGaming]

@saltyreigns I don’t just mean financial ROI 😉

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

USA. A backyard. A man. A grill. Four hours.

He never left it once.

Everyone else drifted, drank, wandered, laughed.
He stood before the flames, turning meat with a long fork, immovable.

I knew him at once.
The keeper of the sacred fire.

I took my place beside him.
I said nothing.

This is the first rule.
You do not speak first to the man at the grill.

After a long while, he spoke.

"Low and slow," he said, eyes never leaving the coals. "You can't rush it. Rush it, you ruin it."

I bowed my head.

A blade. A tea. A life.
None can be rushed.

I had crossed four thousand miles of ocean to hear my grandfather's words spoken by a man in a "KISS THE COOK" apron.

"Everything worth doing is slow," I said.

I have never cooked meat in my life.
But I said it as if I had said it a thousand times before.

He glanced at me.
Something passed between us. A current older than language.

His voice dropped, low, almost ashamed.

"My wife says just use the oven."

He shook his head at the fire.

"She doesn't get it."

"They never do," I said.

And this is where the man transformed.

For the first time in years, he had been understood.
He rose to meet it.

His back straightened.
His shoulders set.
His voice fell half an octave.

A teenager reached for the grill.
He lifted one hand without even looking.

"Not yet."

The boy retreated. He did not argue. He could not have argued.

A woman asked when the food would be done.
He told the flames, not her.

"It's ready when it's ready."

Three people approached.
Three were turned away with a single word each.

By the fourth hour, no one questioned him.
The whole party had arranged itself around the man and his fire, the way a village arranges itself around a shrine.

Then he turned to me.
He held out the fork.

"Watch it a sec. I gotta pee."

I have stood at the gate of lords with a naked blade in my hand.
Nothing has ever weighed as much as that fork.

I did not move my eyes from the coals.
I did not touch the meat.
I did not know how.
I would not learn.
To learn would be to break the moment.

When he returned, I handed back the fork without a word, as one returns a sword to its rightful master.

He served everyone before himself.
He ate last, standing, still watching the fire.

We never traded names. We did not need to.

He believed he had finally met a man who took grilling seriously.
I believed I had finally met America's last samurai.

Neither of us will correct the other.
Not now. Not ever.

So I have made a vow.

Every summer of my life, I will return to this country.
I will find a backyard. I will find a man at a grill.
I will stand beside him and say nothing until he speaks.
And when he says "low and slow," I will bow my head as if my grandfather had spoken.

I will die before I tell him I do not know how to cook meat.

"KISS THE COOK," his apron commanded.

I have obeyed.
I will obey again.

[Tandy @dantypo]

I have NEVER given Elon Musk money that he didn’t earn.

But I have given the government 100s of 1,000s of dollars for things that I don’t want but also for many things I don’t even believe in.

So no I’m not mad.

[MW4Liberty @MW4Liberty]

Today I learned $1 Trillion in wealth is excessive but $40 Trillion in debt is totally cool… 💁‍♂️

[Kaybs Gaming @KaybsGaming]

@saltyreigns Definitely has a zero-sum-game feel about it. You're either all for it, or the enemy. I don't see anyone wanting to have a nuanced conversation on causes (and positive solutions). The knee jerk labelling of anyone who questions anything about it as a racist isn't helping.

[Kaybs Gaming @KaybsGaming]

I'd love to be able to use Grok online as a head unit for Grok Build. Brainstorm and refine ideas and scope using Grok, and then pipe instructions into Grok Build... (Works well and saves tokens with manual copy and paste, but would be a super power if it was a real, refined workflow, ideally sharing some skills) Is this possible @xai ?

[Kaybs Gaming @KaybsGaming]

Haven't seen anyone really caring about the SAVE Act in the US for a while. Have we all moved on now, or...?

[Kaybs Gaming @KaybsGaming]

... aaaand credit limit hit. :D

[Kaybs Gaming @KaybsGaming]

omg Grok Build is amazing. I can very quickly see myself becoming a Vampire with this...

[Kaybs Gaming @KaybsGaming]

@RyanHendersonNZ If they supported licensed firearms owners better, it would be a pretty clear decision for many. Over 250K LFOs in New Zealand. They could get some pretty solid gains there if they took that voter base seriously. That block is a big reason ACT did as well as they did last cycle.

[End Tribalism in Politics @EndTribalism]

RFK Jr. says HHS is working to find a cure for Alpha Gal.

The tick disease that can make you allergic to red meat for life.

“One bite from a lone star tick, and you could have a lifetime allergy to red meat.”

“50% of the population of Martha’s Vineyard now has alpha gal.”

“We’re also working on medicines that can prevent Alpha Gal and have the promise of actually curing it.”

“One of those medicines is almost ready.”

“We’re fast tracking it.”

“We’re doing the studies over the next two years to see if we can actually reverse this devastating disease.”

[Kaybs Gaming @KaybsGaming]

@mrmikeMTL Shapez 2 at the moment

[Kaybs Gaming @KaybsGaming]

@MarkHubbard33 Thanks mate, appreciate it!

[Kaybs Gaming @KaybsGaming]

@adamemedia1 To be fair, Kentucky kept sending Mitch to the Senate, so....

[Kaybs Gaming @KaybsGaming]

To be fair, it should be unsurprising that Kentucky, a state that kept electing Mitch McConnell to the senate dropped the ball in the Massie primary.

[Kaybs Gaming @KaybsGaming]

Hey @grok Why did the founding fathers caution against the formation of political parties? Please keep your answer to a short bullet list of main concerns

[Kaybs Gaming @KaybsGaming]

@realDonaldTrump If only you were this concerned about Thune subverting the will of the American People and halting your agenda more effectively than any Democrat could.
If you'd made Massie Secretary of Agriculture none of this would be an issue. Disappointing.

[Kaybs Gaming @KaybsGaming]

Imagine if Republicans went after everyone failing to pass the SAVE Act as much as they are slavering trying to defeat Massie.
Unreal. Makes you sad to see it.