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Question: What's more important to Trump? @swingleft @votolatino @IndivisibleTeam @PussyhatProject @EmergeAmerica @flippable_org @ResistanceParty @womensmarch @UniteBlue @funder @Millennial_Dems @UnfollowTrump @thinkprogress @RepAdamSchiff @RepSwalwell @tedlieu #TheResistance

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@matthew_pines And the actions they take after this disclosure come with consequences.

[Matthew Pines @matthew_pines]

You: diplomacy in action.

Me, a USG ISSO: operating a CAC/PIV-authenticated session under someone else’s credential, defeating IA-2 unique identification and PKI non-repudiation while voiding audit-trail integrity (IA-5/AU-2), is a violation of the SAAR/AUP and DoDI 8520.02.

[Matthew Pines @matthew_pines]

At Physical Superintelligence PBC ("PSI"), the startup I cofounded with @alexwg, we like shipping, not hyping.

So here’s the world's first agentic copilot built by physicists, for physicists.

What started as an internal tool, we're now releasing open-source:

Get Physics Done.

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

Holy sh*t, this dude @JonathanPieNews thoroughly OBLITERATED trump, and it is glorious.

Definitely worth a watch.🔥🔥

[Alfie Carter @AlfieJCarter]

R.I.P. paying full Opus prices for every single AI task.

A properly routed open-source Claude stack can replace $200+ a month in frontier model spend.

It is not as easy as just swapping the model name and hoping for the same output.

But if you start today, you can have GLM 5.2 wired into Claude Code, a local model running on your machine with zero token cost, and your first autonomous loop built, verified, and running unsupervised by end of this week.

I usually charge $99 for access to this playbook but today, it's free.

Like this post + comment 'STACK' and I'll DM you the full guide for free.

The guide covers three things.

How to set up local models on your hardware in 15 minutes using Ollama, which model runs best at your RAM level, and the decision engine that tells you which of your tasks belong on local, which go to a cheap API like GLM 5.2 at $1.40 per million tokens, and which 20% actually justify Opus.

How to wire GLM 5.2 into Claude Code in under 5 minutes by editing one JSON config file so the same harness, skills, and workflows you already have run on a 5x cheaper engine for 80% of your tasks.

How to stop prompting and start building loops. The 4-condition test that tells you which tasks are ready to loop, the four blocks every loop needs, and the copy-paste prompt that builds your first loop orchestration skill with training mode, memory, and a verification step included.

(Must be following, or I can't message.)

Taking this down in 48 hours.

[Unpopularfootyx @Unpopularfootyx]

🚨🎙️ ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIĆ ON LIONEL MESSI'S INFLUENCE ON ARGENTINA AFTER THEIR WIN OVER AUSTRIA:

“I'm obsessed with watching Messi.

Not because he's my friend.

Not because of nostalgia.

Because after all these years, I'm still trying to understand how one player can control a football match without touching the ball every minute.

I watched Argentina today and the first thing I noticed wasn't the scoreline.

It was the way Austria reacted whenever Messi moved.

One step to the left, defenders follow.

One drop into midfield, the entire shape changes.

One glance over his shoulder panic.

That's not football.

That's psychological warfare.

And that's why I laugh when people reduce him to goals and assists.

They don't understand what they're watching.

Messi isn't just Argentina's best player.

He's Argentina's system.

He's their confidence.

He's their belief.

He's the reason every teammate walks onto the pitch thinking the impossible is possible.

People ask me about the GOAT debate.

What debate?
Seriously.

What debate?

For me, there isn't one.

The debate exists because television needs content and social media needs arguments.

When I watch football, I don't see a debate.

I see Messi.

Then I see everybody else.

That doesn't mean other legends weren't incredible.

It means I've never seen another player influence a match, a team and an entire generation of football the way Messi has.

And today was another reminder.

He didn't need a hat-trick.

He didn't need to score from 40 yards.

He just needed to be Lionel Messi.

And suddenly Argentina looked like a completely different team.

That's greatness.

Not when everything depends on you.

When everybody becomes better because you're there.

I've played against great players.

I've played with great players.

But Messi is the only player I've ever watched and genuinely thought:

'This isn't normal.'

The scary thing?

Opponents know exactly what he's going to do.

And they still can't stop it.

That's why I don't waste my time with comparisons anymore.

Some players become legends.

Some players become icons.

Messi became a category of his own.

And after today's performance, if you're still asking me who the greatest footballer of all time is...

You're asking the wrong question.

The right question is:
Will football ever produce another one like him?”

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

Scientists in Atlanta were stopped from criticizing the Trump admin at a scientific conference, so let me do it here:

Trump is destroying biomedical research in America, and it will take decades to get back on track. 

Spread the word. Stand up for science.

[Rajesh Agarwal @Rajesh992510253]

The engineer who built Claude Code just dropped a 28-minute video on how to write prompts that actually work

I've seen $300 courses that don't cover what he shows in the first 10 minutes

CLAUDE.md files, memory shortcuts, parallel sessions, prompting patterns

all in one video and completely free works whether you're a developer, a beginner, or someone who's been using Claude for months.

[Senator Adam Schiff @SenAdamSchiff]

Jack Smith’s report on Donald Trump’s mishandling of classified documents and obstruction of justice is still hidden, thanks to Trump’s personal lawyers taking over the DOJ.

I’m filing a brief — joined by every member of @JudiciaryDems — to make it clear to the court that the corrupt process that hid the report must not prevail. Congress and the public are entitled to the truth.

[Joni Askola @joni_askola]

A traitor who takes orders from a fringe religious guru was the Director of National Intelligence for 15 months.

The newly exposed reality of Tulsi Gabbard's compromised leadership is a massive blow to American security.

For years, critics warned about Tulsi Gabbard's alarming ties to Chris Butler and his Hawaii-based sect. Now, a massive trove of leaked emails and internal memos has proven the worst-case scenario.

The documents reveal a systematic pipeline where Gabbard was told exactly what to post, what legislation to introduce, and how to frame her media appearances. Her political career was essentially manufactured and guided by a group that former members explicitly describe as an abusive cult.

It explains so much about her baffling political trajectory. This is the same person who consistently parroted pro-Russian propaganda, carried water for brutal regimes, and actively worked to undermine Western alliances from within the highest levels of government.

Donald Trump's decision to appoint a compromised asset to the role of Director of National Intelligence is pure betrayal of American interests. It goes beyond simple bad judgment. Elevating a compromised figure under the total control of a cult leader is as traitorous as it gets

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

This is not a normal statement from a normal cabinet member of a major nation. 

This statement from Israeli National Security Minister Ben-Gvir is the statement of a war criminal. 

The racist, extremist Israeli government does not deserve one nickel of U.S. support.

[Ridark @ridark_eth]

I genuinely don't understand why everyone isn't using this yet

Andrej Karpathy, a co-founder of OpenAI, posted a simple idea that hit 16 million views: stop using AI to write code, use it to build a second brain.

You point Claude Code at a folder, drop in any source, an article, a transcript, a PDF, and Claude reads it, links it, and files it into a living wiki of everything you know. It compounds like interest, the more you feed it, the smarter it gets.

Here's the whole thing:

> Install Obsidian, create a vault, open it in Claude Code

> Paste Karpathy's wiki idea file and tell Claude to build it

> Claude makes three folders: raw for sources, wiki for its pages, a CLAUDE.md that runs it

> Drop any source into raw and say "ingest this"

> Ask questions across everything, forever

Five minutes to set up, and you never start from a blank chat again.

Full step-by-step guide with Claude and Obsidian, link below.

Bookmark this

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@razues47 @McConaughey You can't be that aloof about the power of resources. Not to mention the team is performing so why all the venom about excuses.

[Ted Lieu @tedlieu]

There is a 24/7 camera that shows the reflecting pool. If someone went into the pool and made a 250 foot gash, it would have been seen.

trump is lying again. Everyone knows it, but the people at @TheJusticeDept are randomly going after people to soothe trump’s fragile ego.

[Footysm ⚽️ @Footysm]

🅾️🅾️ Wayne Rooney: On Lionel Messi performance against Austria:

“I’ll say this now, what we’re witnessing right now is just completely mental. I’ve played at the absolute highest level, I know what the physical toll of this game is, and Messi scoring twice today to break the all-time World Cup goal record? It’s just insane.

How are we all sitting here acting like this is normal? The man is 39 years old. At 39, most lads are sitting on a beach, or struggling to get out of bed for a Sunday league kickabout, let alone dominating the biggest tournament on Earth. It defies logic.

He’s out there gliding past players, reading the game three steps ahead of everyone else, and finishing like he’s still in his mid-twenties.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: anyone who still doubts Lionel Messi as the greatest to ever play the game simply is not mentally OK. It’s that simple.

There’s no footballing argument left to have. Even if your brain has been completely disconnected, your eyes alone just sitting there watching what he is doing on that pitch should tell you absolutely everything you need to know. You don't need a tactical breakdown. You just need to look at the screen. To do what he’s done throughout his career was incredible, but to reach the pinnacle of the World Cup record books at 39?

We will never, ever see anything like this again. We just need to stop trying to analyze it and appreciate that we're looking at the absolute best to ever lace up a pair of boots”

[Human☮🇺🇸🇺🇦🇺🇸🌊 @4HumanUnity]

Take a moment to really look at this photo. 👇

That is the White House lawn. The People's House. Sacred ground that has stood for 226 years. Not destroyed by war. Not by disaster. But for one man's pleasure.

We are 13 days away from our 250th birthday as a nation, and our president spent $14 million ripping out the Reflection Pool to build himself a swamp. Another $600 million turning the East Wing into rubble. Rose Garden destroyed. And $60 million for his own birthday party that tore up the lawn.

226 years it stood strong. This man destroyed it in a year and a half.

One photo that screams exactly what he's done to this great nation.

[Story Web @Ezekle1]

He fed all 150 of us before he made himself a plate.

Friday the 13th. United flight 2480, San Francisco to Houston.

Somewhere over New Mexico, a passenger collapsed in the bathroom. The plane went quiet in that particular way, the kind where strangers who will never know each other's names start silently praying for the same person.

We made an emergency landing in Albuquerque. An ambulance was already waiting on the tarmac.

That should have been the story.

But the delay pushed our crew past their legal flying hours. FAA rules. Nobody's fault, just the math of safety regulations meeting a long, hard day. A new crew had to fly in from Chicago. We weren't leaving until almost 10:30 that night.

Seven extra hours. In an airport. With cranky kids, empty stomachs, and the particular exhaustion of watching a short delay quietly turn into an entire evening you didn't plan for.

United sent meal vouchers. Eventually. 7:15 p.m.

Every restaurant in the terminal was already closed.

150 people. A stack of useless paper. Nowhere to spend it.

That's when our captain picked up his phone.

He didn't ask corporate. Didn't wait for approval. Didn't make an announcement to the gate so everyone would know what he was about to do. He just called a local pizza place and ordered 30 pizzas.

Out of his own pocket.

When the boxes arrived, he didn't hand them off to a gate agent and walk away. He organized a line, by seat number, the only fair way to do it, and stood there in his full captain's uniform, serving slices to exhausted strangers one at a time. When a box ran out, he broke it down and opened the next one.

He fed all 150 of us.

Then, and only then, he made himself a plate.

Before we finally boarded the replacement flight, he stood at the door and shook the hand of every single passenger as they walked past him to their seat. Every one.

I've flown more flights than I can count.

I have never seen anything like this.

Nothing about that night was in his job description. Nobody would have faulted him for handing out vouchers and disappearing into the crew lounge to rest. He had every reason to be as tired as the rest of us.

He chose to be the one still standing, still serving, still making sure 150 strangers felt like someone in that building actually cared whether they ate.

That's not customer service.

That's just who he is when no one's required to be.

To the captain of Flight 2480, somewhere out there, you probably don't think this was a big deal.

It was. 🍕✈️

[Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNews]

NEW: 35 retired fed judges escalate challenge against Trump $1.7 billion slush fund & IRS deal

They say Trump Admin's latest filing "underscores the need to investigate whether the parties have perpetrated a fraud on this Court & corrupted the integrity of the judicial process"

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: In an amazing moment, Barack Obama's close friend and Chair of the Obama Foundation Board, Marty Nesbitt just wore a tan suit to mock Republicans at President Obama's Presidential library opening. This is awesome.

[MA 間 @MA_Bl0ckZero]

Let me teach you something about what happened this week — because the number itself is almost unbelievable.

SpaceX went public. Six days later, its market value briefly surpassed Microsoft.

A company that doesn’t sell software, doesn’t run a cloud platform, and isn’t yet profitable — worth more, for a moment, than one of the five companies that built the modern internet.

$2.1 trillion. Raised $75 billion in the IPO itself, one of the largest in history. Up 19% on day one.

Then, almost as an afterthought, SpaceX announced a $60 billion acquisition of Anysphere — an AI coding agent company — expanding directly into enterprise AI.

Here is the concept worth understanding this weekend.

It is called **narrative premium**. Markets do not just price cash flows. They price stories — and the most powerful stories command valuations that traditional models cannot explain.

SpaceX’s story is not “rockets.” It is “the company building the infrastructure for humanity’s next era — space, AI, defence, communication — led by the most recognisable entrepreneur on earth.” That story is worth trillions of dollars in investor imagination, whether or not this quarter’s profit margin justifies it.

This is not new. It happened with Amazon in 1999. It happened with Tesla in 2020. The story arrives before the numbers catch up — and sometimes the numbers never fully catch up, and the story collapses. Sometimes they do, and the believers are vindicated.

Nobody knows yet which version this is.

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Underneath the SpaceX headline, a quieter story.

Tesla’s market cap was surpassed by Samsung Electronics this week. The company that defined the “story over numbers” era of the 2020s is now being out-valued by a company that actually manufactures the chips inside the AI boom.

That is not a coincidence. It may be a rotation. Investors who once paid any price for narrative are starting to ask which companies are converting the AI story into physical, measurable output.

Microsoft fell nearly 10% over the past month. The “Magnificent Seven” framework — built on US tech dominance — is being quietly tested by a Korean chipmaker and a rocket company that didn’t exist as a public entity two weeks ago.

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The week ahead: Fed officials speak following Warsh’s no-forward-guidance debut. Existing home sales data drops. The market digests whether last week’s hawkish pivot was a one-time message or the start of a sustained repricing.

The S&P sits at 7,500. Morgan Stanley just raised its year-end target to 8,000.

That target assumes the AI story keeps being believed.

This week showed you exactly how much that belief is worth — and how quickly the cast of characters telling it can change.

The professor’s closing thought for the weekend: when the story gets big enough, it stops being analysed and starts being trusted.

That is precisely the moment it deserves the most scrutiny.