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into PFPs before they were THE RAGE!!

[@[email protected] @cundravy]

Okay let's hope maga is listening to Balaji. Or... Will they just say something about him being desi and continue with their agenda... I know what I'm betting on!

[Balaji @balajis]

FROM MAGA TO CHINA
Here are four things MAGA is getting wrong, and why it's handing over the world to China.

(1) First, MAGA correctly understands that America’s economic position is in decline but thinks this is due to economic competition itself, rather than lack of competitiveness.

(2) Second, MAGA also understands that the US has wasted trillions abroad in foreign wars, but thinks the problem is global leadership itself rather than poor leadership.

(3) Third, MAGA knows that their Blue American enemies have allies abroad, but has incorrectly overreacted to this by treating every non-Red-American as an enemy.

(4) Fourth, MAGA sees the billions of dollars flowing from the US to foreign recipients, but isn't grasping that the US can only print those dollars in the first place so long as it's the hub of a global empire.

When you put these together you can both understand MAGA's actions and understand why they will not lead to the intended result.

Basically: MAGA is hyperfocused on cutting off any apparent flow of funds from Red Americans to Blue Americans and non-Americans. And they only have ~500 days in power. So they're trying to quickly shut off imports, close down institutions, and exit all wars.

OK.

Except the reason the imports exist in the first place is because US products aren't competitive relative to Chinese products (or Fed printing). The reason those institutions exist is because the US set them up to run the world. And the reason those wars are happening is not because of American leadership per se, but because of the absence of good leadership.

If you shut all of that down at once — if you abandon global competition and global leadership — you shut down American Empire, and with it the ability to print money. And then everyone in that empire has a very bad time.

[@[email protected] @cundravy]

One should learn from that and also realize that bullying from the other side and preventing free speech is going to also cause a vibe shift. This one likely ends in class war the way open grift and corruption is being done.

[Paul Graham @paulg]

80% of the "vibe shift" was the end of wokeness. The reason it happened so fast and so thoroughly was that wokeness consisted of a small number of zealots terrifying most moderates into submission. So it ended like a bubble bursting, and there is no going back.

[@[email protected] @cundravy]

A private company is not the same as a government Chamath. And I know, you're smart enough to know better. So what's with this BS?

[Chamath Palihapitiya @chamath]

Make no mistake, just like in a private company, these are losses. America is deeply unprofitable, far away from breaking even and if outsiders stop lending us money, we will go bankrupt.

So, in case you didn’t know better, if you are still wishing DOGE to fail, you are wishing for America to default.

[@[email protected] @cundravy]

Receipts or didn't happen, sama.

[Sam Altman @sama]

i love riding caltrain! it's the best

[@[email protected] @cundravy]

WTF is she talking about?

[Batya Ungar-Sargon @bungarsargon]

President Trump won the election with the support of America’s multi-racial working class. He's now giving business leaders a masterclass in how to build an economy based on love of country, and I can't get over the chutzpah of these CEOs whining about their quarterly reports!

[@[email protected] @cundravy]

Zomg. Here I am reposting Hannania. Them pigs, really are flying.

[Richard Hanania @RichardHanania]

It’s not just Elon. Keep in mind that there’s a whole community of tech guys who achieved amazing things in life and then outsourced their brains to the dumbest people on the internet.

[@[email protected] @cundravy]

Looks like the billionaire class are gonna post their way to their own revolt.

[@[email protected] @cundravy]

looks like Sacks is running an infinite loop of 'what to do with your hands' during a press conference and the thread isn't communicating with the main thread.

[Autism Capital 🧩 @AutismCapital]

🚨DAVID SACKS: "The products that TSMC makes are literally the most important products in the world. These advanced chips power AI, your phone, your cars, and without them the whole modern economy would stop -- but they're not made here. For TSMC to move here is a huge development and we owe that to President Trump and Secretary Lutnick as well."

[@[email protected] @cundravy]

https://t.co/gFtnwBmYN3

Of course. United State of Banana Republic

[@[email protected] @cundravy]

The sad truth is that with all of the vast resources of the US government, Elon Musk thinks so petty and myopic that he’s asking for weekly reports to cut employees.

I am shocked we continue to trust this man for anything let alone getting humans to Mars.

[@[email protected] @cundravy]

i mean most of this is covered by bro's cheap. which more power to him.

[Robert Sterling @RobertMSterling]

I don’t want to connect my coffee machine to the wifi network. I don’t want to share the file with OneDrive. I don’t want to download an app to check my car’s fluid levels. I don’t want to scan a QR code to view the restaurant menu. I don’t want to let Google know my location before showing me the search results. I don’t want to include a Teams link on the calendar invite. I don’t want to pay 50 different monthly subscription fees for all my software. I don’t want to upgrade to TurboTax platinum plus audit protection. I don’t want to install the Webex plugin to join the meeting. I don’t want to share my car’s braking data with the actuaries at State Farm. I don’t want to text with your AI chatbot. I don’t want to download the Instagram app to look at your picture. I don’t want to type in my email address to view the content on your company’s website. I don’t want text messages with promo codes. I don’t want to leave your company a five-star Google review in exchange for the chance to win a $20 Starbucks gift card. I don’t want to join your exclusive community in the metaverse. I don’t want AI to help me write my comments on LinkedIn. I don’t even want to be on LinkedIn in the first place.

I just want to pay for a product one time (and only one time), know that it’s going to work flawlessly, press 0 to speak to an operator if I need help, and otherwise be left alone and treated with some small measure of human dignity, if that’s not too much to ask anymore.

[@[email protected] @cundravy]

🦋

[@[email protected] @cundravy]

I mean if we are doing comedy: Women are so disgusted by Republicans they don't let them cum inside them. They hate them so much birth rates are down. And Rs know this and are so fucking scared women don't like them they are abolishing abortion.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

The right is starting to get better at comedy and it’s making lefties nervous

[@[email protected] @cundravy]

@atrupar I mean if we are doing comedy: Women are so disgusted by Republicans they don't let them cum inside them. They hate them so much birth rates are down. And Rs know this and are so fucking scared women don't like them they are abolishing abortion.

[@[email protected] @cundravy]

by definition of open source, this is wrong. nobody is claiming that WPEngine is in the right, but saying it's "their" platform goes against the very ethos of open source.

[AJ Chadha @AJChadha]

I stand by @photomatt and Automattic

Wordpress is used by more than 40% of the internet.

It’s their platform.

When you say, ‘WP’, people who are in IT and many other industries, know it means Wordpress.

[@[email protected] @cundravy]

At this point, what is left of their reputation to defend?

[@[email protected] @cundravy]

Robinson may be a step beyond the pale for some Republicans, if only because his peculiarity veers into the sexual. But it’s far from clear they regard him as unacceptable. Trump has already embraced Robinson and praised him as “Martin Luther King on steroids.”

[Jonathan Chait @jonathanchait]

https://t.co/K2zHA3UKDK

[@[email protected] @cundravy]

How do we convince musk that he really isn't humanity's representative?

[@[email protected] @cundravy]

dipshit just said something dumb to 100MM people and is preaching

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

The incitement to hatred and violence against President Trump by the media and leading Democrats needs to stop.

[@[email protected] @cundravy]

this is hilarious coming from what trump says ... he 'weaves' :P