Michael

Catholic. Husband. Father of two. Engineer.
Founder @fidei_email

[Michael @distefam]

This is an important thread. I’ve been thinking of the sustainability of US-based craftsmanship economics for years; once consumers are conditioned to cheap things it’s very difficult to convince them to pay for real cost. Farmers, craftsmen, etc. all affected.

[Colleen Klabenes @ColleenEldrach1]

Kind of a random post, but:

My wedding dress =

Approximately
✅ 72 hours of labor
✅ $615+ in materials

For me it was a labor of love, and it turned out perfectly - the way I'd pictured it for years. 🤩

But even at the (low) rate of $15/hour, that would be $1,695.

[Michael @distefam]

State machines are really useful.

[Michael @distefam]

@TonyNashNerd @amlivemon Looks like it worked. https://t.co/VOAI9PdTgL

[Michael @distefam]

@VitaUxoris It really is shocking how poorly constructed so many recently-built homes are.

[Ava Petrucci @mmeJen]

Makes more sense this way.

[Bugman Hegel @FedPoasting]

In 2011, my papa was laid off from a Whirlpool manufacturing plant, the kind that had for so long made America great. In the wake of the financial crisis, the C-suite had decided to offshore operations to Mexico.

The plant they shuttered was a 1.2 million sq ft manufacturing plant, and overnight, 1,000 people lost their jobs. Many of whom had been working there for decades.

My papa was 57 years old when he got laid off. He had worked at that very same plant for over 30 years, and snap just like that, it was all gone.

1/6

[Fenix Ammunition @FenixAmmunition]

The most enjoyable part of the tariff war will be the American public finding out just how many "American businesses" are nothing more than a lavish US-based home office for the marketing and logistics teams with warehouse space to store their Chinese imports.

No equipment, no machines. No factory.

Creating NOTHING.
Inventing NOTHING.
Building NOTHING.

Just a clever logo and a distribution chain.

Watch any episode of Shark Tank and you'll see it for yourself.

"Your margins are ONLY 60%?!? How can I possibly invest in you, there's nothing in it for me! We gotta make that product in China or you'll never attract private equity!"

Lmao. Fuck outta here.

[Fenix Ammunition @FenixAmmunition]

Find me a private equity guy with conservative values who isn't going to ask me for 80% of my company, or, 20% interest on the money, or, isn't expecting a 3X return in the first year.

Seriously, they don't exist.

Conservatives have almost nobody who's willing to put down capital for a long term project, in a cyclical industry, out of a love and passion for what they do rather than just looking at the pure investment return.

I've talked to at least a dozen of these guys - not just for financing on my own business, but on other firearms related business projects.

They have money and supposedly they have values, but they absolutely do not put their money where their mouth is. It's all about that quick return anymore.

[Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog]

Yes, this obviously should be the policy. In fact dual citizens should be barred from federal office entirely.

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

Today I introduced HR 2356, the Dual Loyalty Disclosure Act.

If we continue allowing dual citizens to run for federal office, candidates should disclose to voters ALL countries in which they hold citizenship.

Thank you cosponsors @RepAndyBiggsAZ, @RepMTG, and @RepClayHiggins

[Cigarette Nostalgia @CigsMake]

Daly 🦅 https://t.co/bZyk5jlAck

[Michael @distefam]

LOL.

[Chet @NoCapCapitalLLC]

Just learned about how Chicago sold the rights to all of its parking meter revenue to the UAE for $1.1B in 2008. The city is currently collecting ~$150M/yr (and growing) in parking meter fees and then sends it straight to Dubai... Until 2083

What the fuck

[Michael @distefam]

This won't end well.

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

DoorDash, $DASH, and Klarna have signed a deal where customers can choose to pay for food deliveries in interest-free installments

[Michael @distefam]

This happened to my 40lb dog two years ago. Thankfully, she survived. I’ve been around dogs all my life, grew up with 7 in the house at a time. Pits are different.

[Kevin Tierney @CatholicSmark]

Well my dog was just mauled by two pits while we were on a walk. Im okay, the dog will survive, but a lot of emotions going on.

[Pascal @KnowsPascal]

Violence is not necessary to destroy a civilization. Each civilization dies from
indifference toward the unique values which created it.

-Dávila

[Dietrich 🇻🇦 @jarldietrich]

"We become what we love, and who we love shapes what we become."
-St Clare of Assisi

[Michael @distefam]

@elonmusk Filter out spam followers, etc. This screenshot only shows two, but in reality there were about 5 variants of the same fake account. Shouldn't be too difficult to do a similarity check on username, handle, and avatar as a baseline for identifying potential fraud.

[Michael @distefam]

@MichaelNineveh @BasedMikeLee Probably not. But Elon did retweet the above, so at least there is some awareness.

[Liz Wolfe @LizWolfeReason]

THIS IS SUCH AN INSANE THING TO VISUALIZE