Chris Kletecka

Head of Security on the original S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier. High Tech Business.

[Chris Kletecka @ckletecka]

Jaylen Brown’s trip from Boston on his way to lead the 76ers.

[ABC7 Eyewitness News @ABC7]

WILD! Dashcam video captured a loose tire rolling along Interstate 76 in Philadelphia before it slammed into an SUV. https://t.co/WrkmW0a3Ze

[Don Pettit @astro_Pettit]

Milky Way views over the city lights of Earth. Humans shining back at the stars that inspire us!

Taken with Nikon Z9, 14mm, f/1.4, ISO 6400 with homemade sidereal tracker on ISS Expedition 72

[Chris Kletecka @ckletecka]

@sama 🍿

[Chris Kletecka @ckletecka]

@realcavsfans KOC should just say he doesn’t want LeBron to go to the Cavs.

His take is completely analysis free.

[Chris Kletecka @ckletecka]

Analysis free take.

Kevin really doesn’t want LeBron to go to Cleveland and is trying to disguise that opinion.

[Kevin O'Connor @KevinOConnor]

I don't get the appeal of Cleveland for LeBron other than the fact it's home.

James, Mitchell and Harden is an awful fit. Not enough D, not enough off-ball movement. Not enough spacing with Allen and Mobley either. A flawed bench. Their coach just blundered big-time. I just don't get it.

If he's going to Cleveland for a homecoming, sure, that's a great story for the final chapter. But compared to the other options on the table, Cleveland's roster needs a lot of work to make any sense for basketball reasons.

[Secretary of War Pete Hegseth @SecWar]

Today, the first milestone test of Golden Dome for America (GDA) was a full mission success — and I was honored to witness it firsthand.

Cutting edge directed energy was harnessed and the Dynamic Defense Autonomous Defeat (DDAD) system flawlessly and autonomously cued, targeted, and eliminated a multitude of incoming threats. This test was executed on schedule — and dynamically
defeated every threat.

I watched our elite warfighters integrate with next-generation technology to stop incoming drones and cruise missiles dead in their tracks.

Traditional Primes and emerging Primes are competing, collaborating, and winning—delivering on President Trump’s priority.

This historic milestone was only made possible by the One Big Beautiful Bill—giving us the funding to deliver on the ultimate shield to protect America.

President Trump is making President Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) vision a reality. With Golden Dome, the War Department will defend our homeland more powerfully than ever before. Golden Dome is real, powerful, and on track.

[Derek Thompson @DKThomp]

Happy Fathers Day to the best and most involved generation of dads in recorded history

[Terrible Maps @TerribleMaps]

How many edges does the U.S. need before it looks right?

[Derek Thompson @DKThomp]

This has quietly been a miracle month in medicine.

In the last 5 weeks we’ve got news on:

- retatrutide, the triple agonist GLP-1 from Lilly, basically melting fat and body-wide inflammation at record levels
- RevMed’s new pancreatic cancer drug showing unprecedented abilities to extend life
- small trial of a one-and-done PCSK9 gene editing therapy for slashing LDL cholesterol
- Mayo’s AI-assisted radiology showing vastly improved cancer detection
- this new therapy for metastatic solid tumors

This stuff is at varying levels of evidence. Retatrutide is ~100% on its way, other stuff needs more clinical trial data. But put it together and we’re maybe on the verge of majorly reducing the mortality of heart disease and cancer, the two leading causes of death in America.

[Fermat's Library @fermatslibrary]

Here's a map of Mars if, like Earth, it were covered by water on 71% of its surface.

[Chris Kletecka @ckletecka]

We can’t hire engineers fast enough.

Need more kids choosing engineering and applied science.

[Marc Porter Magee 🎓 @marcportermagee]

The Economist: “We found that graduates in fields more exposed to AI have suffered markedly worse outcomes.”

[Chris Kletecka @ckletecka]

@aureliuslasers No one outsources these. They buy nLIGHT’s 4th generation amp, made in the USA.

The highest production amplifier on the planet. (Which is why startup manufacturers ask for our spec sheet).

[Chris Kletecka @ckletecka]

Unfortunately, no Green Flash, but amazing.

[Reid Wiseman @astro_reid]

Only one chance in this lifetime…

Like watching sunset at the beach from the most foreign seat in the cosmos, I couldn’t resist a cell phone video of Earthset. You can hear the shutter on the Nikon as @Astro_Christina is hammering away on 3-shot brackets and capturing those exceptional Earthset photos through the 400mm lens. @AstroVicGlover was in window 3 watching with @Astro_Jeremy next to him.

I could barely see the Moon through the docking hatch window but the iPhone was the perfect size to catch the view…this is uncropped, uncut with 8x zoom which is quite comparable to the view of the human eye. Enjoy.

[NASA @NASA]

We see our home planet as a whole, lit up in spectacular blues and browns. A green aurora even lights up the atmosphere. That's us, together, watching as our astronauts make their journey to the Moon.

[Melissa Chen @MsMelChen]

Seeing a plethora of low IQ “Israel FORCED the US into war” takes. Xi thanks you for helping to unwittingly launder CCP propaganda btw.

The US strikes come down to Iran and China having engineered a mathematically unwinnable war of attrition for any purely defensive strategy. In other words, they can replace missiles faster than the US can replace the interceptors needed to stop them.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated this week that Iran is now producing over 100 ballistic missiles per month, while the US can manufacture only 6–7 relevant ballistic-missile interceptors per month (the high-end systems actually capable of reliably knocking down Iran’s advanced threats).

Even the broader Patriot PAC-3 MSE line is only at ~45 per month today and THAAD/SM-3 production is even tighter at under 10 per month before emergency surges. Surely you can see how this is a giant problem.

And what is China doing? China is deliberately supercharging this imbalance. Beijing has been caught shipping dual-use propellant ingredients, planetary mixers, and components that let Iran rebuild its munitions factories at breakneck speed.

Reuters released a report on Feb 24 revealing that Iran was days from sealing a deal with China for CM-302 supersonic anti-ship missiles capable of evading defenses, sinking US carriers / destroyers from a distance of 290 km, which turns the Strait of Hormuz into a lethal kill zone. If this doesn't strike you as a red line that should galvanize action now rather than later, then you are unable to handle the reality of geopolitical survival.

Why is China doing this? Because a cheap, endless Iranian missile barrage that forces the US to expend $4-million interceptors against $20K Shaheds (or $200K ballistic missiles) is Beijing’s perfect trap - keep America’s navy, aircraft and industrial base tied down in the Middle East burning through stockpiles. Basically, keep America busy and out of the West Pacific.

The imminent arrival of a Chinese-backed “gamechanger” would have rendered America’s naval supremacy obsolete and provide an anti-access shield over the Gulf, Iranian nuclear sites, and every proxy from Hezbollah to the Houthis. This is why the Gulf States are also aligned with US action.

The US needed to restore deterrence against a regime racing toward nukes, and send an unmistakable message that the United States will never cede the Gulf to a Sino-Iranian nightmare.

I highly recommend listening to the latest episode of @triggerpod and @havivrettiggur. These guys provide the best analysis of the situation.

[Awful Announcing @awfulannouncing]

THE USA IS GOLDEN FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1980! 🥇🇺🇸🏆

🎙️Kenny Albert with the call for NBC

[Charles Curran @charliebcurran]

Seedance 2.0

Prompt: Sum up the AI discourse in a meme - make sure it’s retarded and gets 50 likes.