Jacob Thompson

[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

Modern billionaires are just so tacky. Go endow a library. Fund research and get your name on a cancer center. Sponsor an eccentric polymath who’s obsessed with marble. Build a museum. Fund public parks. Back climate research. Create something that outlives your ego.

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

Imagine the amount of propaganda it took to convince millions of people that healthcare, food assistance, social programs, clean water, clean air, good wages, housing, equal rights, diversity and a healthy planet for all people was somehow a threat to America and to Christianity.

[Pubity @pubity]

Australia is planning to implement some of the harshest anti-AI policies in the world.

Under the proposed laws, it will be illegal to train AI on people's work without consent and compensation. They'd also force data centers to produce the same amount of power they use.

[Fuck You I Quit @fuckyouiquit]

It will never not be insane to me that someone could have a billion dollars and still fight tooth and nail to have even more money? Like, you won, it’s over, build a library or help end hunger. Fully fund endometriosis research and become a hero. Real unimaginative loser shit.

[Clarence Thomas the Tank Engine @TheRealJChubby]

I think just what they need is a 60 square mile data center to take the last drops of water. Water isn't really that important anyway.

[Miles @mtvsthewrld_]

The fact that he is so good at this really puts into perspective how cartoonishly evil the average politician is

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

I need someone to explain why it’s always "If you can’t pay rent, just skip eating out and budget better" and not "If you can’t pay your employees a living wage, buy fewer yachts and private jets?"

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

I do not understand what billionaires think the final outcome of all this is. If nobody has a living wage, they cannot buy your products, pay for your services, or rent the properties being owned and hoarded. At that point, does the whole thing not just collapse?

[Hughes-on-the-Wold @NotThatHughes]

When you see your taxes being spent on feeding children instead of bombing them.

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

There are currently no states in the U.S. where a full-time worker earning the minimum wage can afford a modest two-bedroom apartment, per the National Low Income Housing Coalition

[Nic Cruz Patane @niccruzpatane]

Leading causes of road fatalities in the US (based on the most recent final NHTSA data for 2023, total fatalities; 40,901):

• Speeding-related: 12,151 deaths (29.7%)
• Alcohol-impaired driving (BAC ≥0.08): 11,654 deaths (28.5%)
• Lack of seat belt/ejection (unrestrained occupants): 10,524 deaths (25.7%)
• Distracted driving: 3,308 deaths (8.1%)
• Drowsy/fatigued driving: 1,135 deaths (2.8%)

Autonomous vehicles could reduce the number of fatalities by 94% or more. It’s life saving technology— the world will wake up soon enough.

[Andrej Karpathy @karpathy]

I am unreasonably excited about self-driving. It will be the first technology in many decades to visibly terraform outdoor physical spaces and way of life. Less parked cars. Less parking lots. Much greater safety for people in and out of cars. Less noise pollution. More space reclaimed for humans. Human brain cycles and attention capital freed up from “lane following” to other pursuits. Cheaper, faster, programmable delivery of physical items and goods. It won’t happen overnight but there will be the era before and the era after.

[Nic Cruz Patane @niccruzpatane]

This is the greatest argument I’ve heard for why electric vehicles are better than gasoline-powered cars.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Teslas will soon talk to people if you want. This is real.

[Safwan AhmedMia @SuperSaf]

Start of the Decade vs End of the Decade!

Tech come so far!!! The HTC Desire was my first Android smartphone, which device did you have back in 2010?

[Marques Brownlee @MKBHD]

Tesla may not pay for traditional “ads” but… they’re smart. Cybertruck is already borderline iconic 2 years before it’s supposed to come out 😅

[Ryan Reynolds @VancityReynolds]

Exercise bike not included. #AviationGin

[The Carter Sue @TheCarterSue]

you cannot tell me this isn’t exactly how drake sounds