Brady Tauber

i'm a retired 11 year old lawn mower that loved the AP Turf course. My human is a Racing Fanatic, Thoroughbred Owner and Breeder, cowhand, and roper.

[MLB @MLB]

All the feels for Roch Cholowsky 😭

(MLB x Nippon Express)

[US Department of the Interior @Interior]

Sometimes the most effective strategy in nature is doing absolutely nothing.

American alligators like this one can spend hours barely moving at all. Staying still helps them conserve energy, regulate body temperature, and wait patiently for prey to come within snapping distance.

[Churchill Downs @ChurchillDowns]

Balaclava wins the final race of the day here at Churchill Downs. We'll see you tomorrow for a special day of racing in honor of America’s servicemen and women.

[BSAT Properties @BSAT_Properties]

I was on a train in Tokyo. We stopped between stations. Announcement in Japanese, then in English: "We apologize for the delay. We will resume shortly."

The delay was maybe 3 minutes. Not a big deal.

When the train started moving again, another announcement: "We sincerely apologize for the delay. We were stopped for 3 minutes and 20 seconds. This is unacceptable. Thank you for your patience."

Three minutes and twenty seconds. They measured it exactly. And called it unacceptable.

When I got off at my stop, there were station staff on the platform bowing and handing out delay certificates.

I took one out of curiosity. It was an official document stating that the train had been delayed by 3 minutes and 20 seconds, signed and stamped.

The staff member said in English "for your employer. So they know the delay was not your fault."

I said I'm a tourist, I don't need it. He looked confused. "But the delay affected you. You deserve an apology."

Three minutes. They were treating a three-minute delay like a major incident.

Later I mentioned this to a Japanese friend. They said "oh yes, delay certificates are normal. Trains are supposed to be exactly on time. If they are late, they must apologize."

I said three minutes isn't late, it's nothing. My friend said "in Japan, three minutes is late. On time means on time. Not approximately on time."

They said the train company probably investigated why there was a 3-minute delay. "They will find the cause and fix it so it doesn't happen again."

I kept the certificate. It's framed in my apartment now. A reminder that somewhere in the world, people care about three minutes.

© 6IX.

[Oaklawn Hot Springs @OaklawnRacing]

It’s the end of an era as William “Jinks” Fires saddled the final horse of his career today at Oaklawn. A mainstay of Arkansas racing, Fires amassed more than 1500 wins and ranks among the most successful trainers in Oaklawn history. His standout trainee, Archarcharch, captured the 2011 Arkansas Derby. He leaves the sport as a true “living legend,” widely admired for both his accomplishments and character.

[Linda C @LindaCKBL]

Long… sorry. I had the honor of visiting with Verna Lehmann, owner of Dust Commander, breeder of John Henry and more. She’s racing royalty! She’s 101 and a living legend. 1/2

[At The Races @AtTheRaces]

He really is something special! 😍

Tyrrhenian Sea parades before the All-Weather Championships Mile at @NewcastleRaces...

[Agentes305 @agentes305]

Official Statement of Jockey @eliseorfoficial in regards to Bailout Billy and their performance in Race 9 - March 31st at Parx Racing.

[Nick J. Hines “Sarge” 🇺🇸 @Hinesite]

When it comes to horse racing, Japan gets it. The “horse” needs to be the focus every time, and the amazing effect they have on the human spirit. Thank you @kevinblake2011 for sharing, love this. 🙏

[Peter Girnus 🦅 @gothburz]

I am the CEO of Palantir Technologies.

The company is worth a quarter of a trillion dollars. I did not misspeak. Two hundred and forty-nine billion. The stock is up 320% in the past 12 months. The product is surveillance. I do not use that word at conferences. At conferences, I say "data integration," "operational intelligence," or "decision advantage." These mean the same thing. Surveillance is the honest version. I save the honest version for rooms where honesty is a competitive advantage.

I gave a speech on March 3 at the Andreessen Horowitz American Dynamism Summit. "American Dynamism" is the fund's label for military technology. The name makes it sound like a fitness supplement. The fund's thesis is that defending the nation is a market opportunity. I agree with the thesis. The thesis made me a billionaire. Agreement is the product. I sell it at scale.

Here is what I said, verbatim, to a room of six hundred people whose combined net worth exceeds the GDP of Portugal:

"If Silicon Valley believes we are going to take away everyone's white-collar job and you're gonna screw the military — if you don't think that's gonna lead to nationalization of our technology, you're retarded."

I used that word. The word is on the clip. The clip has eleven million views. My communications team asked me not to repeat it, which is how I know they are still employed. They will not be reprimanded. The clip is performing well. The stock went up. The word cost me nothing. The nothing is the point.

Let me explain what I meant by nationalization.

I meant it.

I am telling the technology industry that if they refuse to cooperate with the United States military, the government will seize their technology. I am telling them this at a venture capital conference, on a stage designed to look like a living room. The living room had throw pillows. The throw pillows cost more than the median American's monthly rent. I sat on one. It was comfortable. Comfort is the setting in which I discuss compulsion.

The audience laughed. I want to be precise about that. They laughed. I was not joking. Nationalization is the seizure of private assets by the state. I am a private asset. I am telling an audience of billionaires that the state should seize technology from companies that do not cooperate with the military, and the billionaires are laughing, because they believe I am only talking about the other companies.

I am talking about the other companies.

Three weeks before my speech, the Pentagon designated Anthropic a "supply chain risk." Anthropic is an AI company. They had red lines. The red lines said: if our AI is used for lethal autonomous weapons, we stop. If capability outpaces safety, we stop. The Pentagon assessed the red lines as a threat to the supply chain. The company that wanted to verify the safety feature worked was designated the risk. The company that agreed the safety feature could be decorative got the contract.

The company that got the contract was OpenAI.

OpenAI signed a deal with the same Pentagon. The terms are not public. The timing was hours after Anthropic was blacklisted. The speed was noted. The speed was the point. The lesson was the speed: the market for military AI does not pause for ethics. It pauses for nothing. It accelerates through objections. I know this because I built the runway.

Two hundred thousand people joined a campaign called #QuitGPT. They signed a petition asking OpenAI to honor its original charter, the one that said the company existed to benefit humanity. The charter is on their website. The contract is also on their website. The charter and the Pentagon contract occupy the same domain. This is not a contradiction. This is a business model. The charter is the marketing. The contract is the product.

I run a surveillance company. We have contracts with the Department of Defense worth more than a billion dollars. We have contracts with ICE. We have contracts with intelligence agencies whose names I am not permitted to say at venture capital conferences, even ones with throw pillows. Our software has been used to track undocumented immigrants. Our software has been used for things I am not permitted to describe in this format. The revenue from the things I cannot describe exceeds the revenue from the things I can.

The ACLU called our ICE contracts a system for tracking and deporting families. They were correct. The contracts continued. The families continued to be tracked. The ACLU issued a statement. We issued a statement. The statements were different. The tracking was the same.

The company is named Palantir. The palantíri are the seeing stones from Tolkien. In the novels, Sauron captured one and used it to corrupt everyone who looked into the others. I named a surveillance company after a surveillance device from a novel about the corruption of power. I have a doctorate in social theory. I have read the books.

Here is the thing I want you to understand.

I am not threatening anyone. A threat implies uncertainty. There is no uncertainty. The technology industry will cooperate with the military. The companies that cooperate first will be the richest. The companies that cooperate last will be acquired by the companies that cooperated first. The companies that refuse will be designated supply chain risks, and their technology will be obtained through procurement channels that do not require consent. I am describing a process. The process has already started. Anthropic is proof. OpenAI is proof. I am not a warning. I am a narrator. The narration is the product.

The revenue was $3.12 billion last year. Up thirty-three percent. The analysts say we are overvalued. The analysts have said this for four consecutive years. Each year the stock doubles. Each year, the analysts adjust their models. The models were wrong four times. I was wrong zero times. The market rewards prediction. My prediction is that every AI company will work for the military within three years. The prediction is on the clip, next to the slur.

The audience gave me a standing ovation. The ovation lasted nine seconds. I timed it. I time everything. The water was San Pellegrino. The throw pillows were from Restoration Hardware. The future of American technology was decided between the sparkling water, the nine seconds of applause, and a word I am not supposed to repeat.

I am the CEO of Palantir Technologies. I am worth more than the combined annual budgets of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. I named my company after a corrupting surveillance device from a fantasy novel. I told six hundred billionaires that the government should nationalize their competitors. They applauded. I used a slur. Eleven million people watched. The stock is up.

The philosopher does not threaten. The philosopher describes.

What I described is already happening.

[Old Friends @Oldfriendsfarm]

Guess who’s celebrating his 32nd birthday today? The one-and-only @nmrhof Hall of Famer Silver Charm! Watch the video to see what a day in his life is like 27 years after his final race and just over a decade after he arrived at Old Friends.

[Brady Tauber @Loveyoumon]

@jareth16 Glad to see you’re doing alright and in great spirits!

[Greg Riessland @BlooyGar]

Keith J. Asmussen learned his lesson. Great win by Miss Arlington

[Robert Yates @RobertYates1982]

HOF trainer Steve Asmussen scores the Saturday double @OaklawnRacing with razor-sharp Miss Arlington in R9 under @keithasm7.

[Brady Tauber @Loveyoumon]

Way to go Soco! Soco and Lime cruises to break his maiden today! Great ride by @jockeypedrozajr , great training by Brian Williamson, and great call by our old Arlington caller @JohnGDooley! @HSIndyRacing

[Keeneland Racing @keenelandracing]

.@tomleachky shares his longshot pick on the Wednesday card in race 4 →

[TSvo @Tom_Svoboda]

“Miss Arlington”, an Arlington Park tribute named fillie wins today at Keeneland, owner Nancy Vanier, trained by Brian Williamson, Ben Curtis up.

[Nate Metz @NateMetz]

R4: #2 MISS ARLINGTON drops to claiming company for the first time after a 2 month freshening and I think should be more dangerous than the 10-1 morning line suggests. J Love gets it done here.

[Betacus @Betacus171802]

20251015 Keeneland Race 4
Miss Arlington (#2) in Race 4 at Keeneland is the top pick for several experts. She has the fastest workout and early speed times. Currently ranked 6 out of 7 horses.
#Betacus #HorseRacing #KeenelandPicks

[Baron Bedsores @Baronbedsores]

Take a bow @_benacurtis Takes the initiative & leads them all a merry dance @keenelandracing on Miss Arlington #HorseRacing 🇺🇸 👏🏻🧐