Kent Kroft

Believer in banning the designated hitter.

Former Harry's Bartender.

[Fitz🍀 @CheapSeats411]

The Bears were hoping this property where Our Lady of the Blessed Shroud stands would be demolished so they could build their new stadium. However, at the last minute, someone came up with the $5,000 over due tax payment.

[@IndianaCyberHub @indianacyberhub]

Don’t Troll the Scam Texts. You’re Only Helping the Scammers. Great article, a cyber must read! https://t.co/QeNyMhpLEU via @WSJ

[Grain Weevil @Grain_Weevil]

The easiest way to turn a mountain into a molehill - use a Grain Weevil robot to level your bins. Small. Powerful. Helping you get work done.

[Kent Kroft @KentKroft]

@maxarmstrong 40 years ago we grew our own or got them from neighbors. Are those reflected in the counts?

[GREG ISENBERG @gregisenberg]

I didn't cover Claude Opus 4.8 on my pod because I don't think it's MEANINGFULLY better than GPT 5.5 as of May 29th.

We're entering the era where model releases start to feel like iPhone releases. Remember when every new iPhone was a genuine leap? Now it's a slightly better camera and you can't really tell the difference. That's where models are heading. 4.6 to 4.7 to 4.8. Each one is a little different. Nobody can agree if it's better or worse. The benchmarks say one thing, the vibes say another.

The thing that actually matters right now is what's happening around the models. Claude Code shipped dynamic workflows this same week and that genuinely changes what one person can build.

Codex shipped a desktop app with an in app browser that combines coding and knowledge work in one surface. Those are the releases that move the needle for people. The model underneath is becoming interchangeable.

I think we're maybe 6 months from nobody caring which model they're using the way nobody cares which engine is in their Uber. You just want to get where you're going.

When something genuinely changes the game for builders, I'll cover it on @startupideaspod. Opus 4.8 wasn't that. Dynamic workflows was.

I'd rather save you the hour.

[104.3 The Score @thescorechicago]

Happy birthday to the great Pat Hughes! This call is as iconic as it gets.

[@IndianaCyberHub @indianacyberhub]

#Cybercrime on the rise. The @FBI's latest internet crime report includes 4 key takeaways, each of which says Hoosiers need to be proactive when we're online.

[Danny Rockett @SonRanto]

Happy Birthday Pat Hughes! Pictured wearing a blue sport coat, blue patterned tie, white dress shirt, black socks and shoes, and grey trousers.

[Zach Zaidman @ZachZaidman]

FWIW, this is as cool of a backdrop as there is at any MLB ballpark

[Kent Kroft @KentKroft]

3 years. Summa Cum Laude. She did good.

[Hanover College @HanoverCollege]

Congratulations to the Hanover College Class of 2026 🎓

[Kent Kroft @KentKroft]

@AmericanFreedom We have trouble finding kids who can work because they only have 6 weeks off for summer and those weeks are ofter consumed by sports practice and competitions.

[Kent Kroft @KentKroft]

@NoContextBrits

[Greg Lukianoff @glukianoff]

Larry Bushart spent 37 days in jail for posting a meme on Facebook.

I’ve been doing this work for 25 years, and I can honestly say this is the worst First Amendment case I’ve ever seen.

Not because Larry threatened anyone. He didn’t. Not because he committed violence. He didn’t. Not because this was a close call. It wasn’t.

He posted a political meme — the kind of thing millions of Americans do every day — and local officials decided to treat it like a crime.

And because they had badges, prosecutors, jail cells, and the terrifying machinery of the state behind them, they got away with it for 37 days.

Larry is a retired police officer and National Guard veteran. The meme he shared quoted Donald Trump’s “we have to get over it” comment after a 2024 Iowa school shooting. Whatever you think of Trump, the meme was plainly political commentary. Perry County officials knew what it referred to. They knew it wasn’t a threat against a Tennessee school.

They arrested him anyway.

In the middle of the night.

They set his bond at $2 million.

He lost his job. He missed family milestones. He sat in jail for more than a month before the charges finally collapsed — because, of course, there was no crime here.

Today, @theFIREorg secured a measure of justice: Perry County agreed to pay Larry Bushart $835,000 for violating his constitutional rights.

This case should scare the hell out of people across the political spectrum.

Because if the government can jail you for a meme by pretending not to understand obvious political commentary, your rights are only as secure as the good faith of the most authoritarian official in your town.

That is exactly why we have the First Amendment. Not for speech everyone likes. Not for opinions that flatter the powerful. Not for the bland, safe, committee-approved stuff.

It exists for moments when fear, outrage, politics, and authority all line up and say: “Surely this is the exception.”

No. It isn’t.

I’m incredibly proud of @theFIREorg’s legal team. And I’m even prouder of Larry Bushart for refusing to let the government get away with treating his constitutional rights like a suggestion.

But despite the correct verdict, I'll probably always get angry every time I think of this case.

Let’s make this the last time anyone in America is arrested — let alone thrown in jail — for a meme.

Celebrate your independence. Defend your First Amendment.

https://t.co/7ADQTxeHsL

[Kent Kroft @KentKroft]

@HanoverPanthers Good Luck Richard!!

[Kent Kroft @KentKroft]

@pmarca Well, this explains all of the bots that just started following me.

[Nisei Lounge Chicago @NiseiLounge]

Our Nisei Lounge condolences to the Sianis and @Cheezborger families on the passing of the legendary Sam Sianis. May his memory be a blessing.

He was the Michael Jordan of Chicago bar owners, the all time Chicago Tavern G.O.A.T. 🇬🇷🇺🇸🐐🍻🫡😢

[Kent Kroft @KentKroft]

@NiseiLounge @thescorechicago Jesus...I read this as "The Cubs Lost Pat Hughes" and was freaking out.

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

The official broadcast duo of “I just got out of school and now I’m gonna watch some baseball.”

[Kent Kroft @KentKroft]

@maxarmstrong 4.
Unless the wind was from the south - then 5.
From the north - 7.

[Kent Kroft @KentKroft]

@TerribleMaps Pain?