Eric Ericson

[Emanuel Quiñones @EQuinones6310]

The World Cup has turned America into a discovery channel for the rest of the world.

And they are not handling it well.
In the best possible way.

Here is what they are discovering:

Free public restrooms. Europeans pay every time.
Free water at every restaurant. Just appears.
Free refills. Coffee. Sodas. Iced tea. Unlimited.
Free chips and salsa before you even order.
Free warm bread with dinner.
Ice in drinks like civilized people.
Air conditioning everywhere. Not a moral debate. A fact.
Parking lots attached to the actual place you are going.
Drive throughs where the food comes to the car while you sit in it.
Ranch dressing by the gallon.
Tex-Mex that cannot be explained only experienced.
Dental care that actually works.
Buccee’s. There are no words for Buccee’s.

Then they found the grocery stores.

Five of them within one mile.
Each one the size of an aircraft hangar.
Burgers. Steaks. Brisket. Ribs. Pulled pork. Lamb. Veal. Every cut of every animal ever domesticated by human civilization available in one refrigerated aisle at ten in the morning on a Tuesday.

The Germans stood in the meat section for forty five minutes.
In silence.
Processing.

They finally understand why we do not have trains.

We have roads wide enough for the cars we actually drive.
Parking lots the size of small European countries.
Airports in every city worth visiting.

Why would we need trains.

The Germans are taking ranch home by the bottle.
The Dutch found queso and briefly lost the ability to speak.
The Japanese are photographing HEB like it is the Louvre.
The Czechs are weeping in West, Texas.

Welcome to America!
The greatest country on earth.

[Robbie Hendricks @robbiehendricks]

@RobertMSterling The average person cannot even fathom what Elon Musk has accomplished.

It is one of the greatest feats of engineering and innovation in world history.

Imagine casting him as a villain.

[Robert Sterling @RobertMSterling]

> you’ll never start a rocket company
> you’ll never build your own engines
> you’ll never be able to use off-the-shelf parts
> you’ll never survive three launch failures
> you’ll never reach orbit
> you’ll never win NASA’s trust
> you’ll never launch cargo to the ISS
> you’ll never compete with Boeing
> you’ll never compete with Lockheed
> you’ll never make rockets reusable
> you’ll never land a rocket vertically
> you’ll never land one on a drone ship
> you’ll never reuse a booster
> you’ll never fly the same booster 10 times
> you’ll never fly the same booster 20 times
> you’ll never fly the same booster 30 times
> you’ll never recover and reuse the fairing
> you’ll never lower launch costs
> you’ll never launch every month
> you’ll never launch every week
> you’ll never launch multiple times a week
> you’ll never carry astronauts
> you’ll never replace Roscosmos
> you’ll never fly civilians to orbit
> you’ll never manufacture satellites at scale
> you’ll never build the biggest constellation ever
> you’ll never make satellite internet work
> you’ll never make satellite internet fast
> you’ll never make satellite internet affordable
> you’ll never serve rural customers
> you’ll never serve aircraft and ships
> you’ll never build a methane rocket engine
> you’ll never make full-flow staged combustion work
> you’ll never build the most powerful rocket ever
> you’ll never build a rocket bigger than Saturn V
> you’ll never build it out of stainless steel
> you’ll never launch Starship
> you’ll never separate Super Heavy and Starship
> you’ll never relight Raptor in space
> you’ll never bring Super Heavy back
> you’ll never catch a booster with Mechazilla tower arms
> you’ll never launch 85% of mass to orbit worldwide
> you’ll never change the economics of space
> you’ll never force the entire industry to copy you
> you’ll never win
> you’ll never IPO

Congratulations to @elonmusk and the SpaceX team. You did what countless people said was impossible, and you did it time and time again.

Today is your day. You deserve this. May it be a glorious one.

[Doctor Parlay @Dr__Parlay]

I’m hearing Tyler Tanner is likely to return to Vanderbilt — which plans on building an NCAA Championship caliber roster around the star PG.

Pro scouts believe he could benefit from gaining 10/15 lbs and the 2027 class is considered a “weak” guard class.

[Ricardo @Ric_RTP]

Jensen Huang just called out every CEO who’s been firing people “because of AI.”

Jim Cramer asked him why companies are laying people off if AI is supposed to make everyone MORE productive.

Jensen's answer:

"For companies with imagination, you will do more with more. For companies where the leadership is just out of ideas, they have nothing else to do. They have no reason to imagine greater than they are. When they have more capability, they don't do more."

Read that again.

The man who built the most important tech company on Earth just told you that if your CEO is using AI to cut headcount, it means one thing:

They have no imagination.

They have no vision for what comes next.

They got handed the most powerful tool in human history and their FIRST instinct was to fire people.

This is the CEO of NVIDIA. The company whose chips power every AI system on the planet.

If anyone on Earth has the right to say "AI replaces workers," it's Jensen Huang.

And he said the OPPOSITE.

He said every carpenter could become an architect. Every plumber could become an architect. AI elevates capability. It doesn't eliminate it.

But here's where it gets really interesting...

During the same interview, Jensen revealed something nobody's talking about:

He said AI startups like OpenAI and Anthropic are seeing their revenues increase by one to two billion dollars a WEEK. And he wishes these companies were public so the world could see what he sees.

One to two billion per week.

That's a $50 to $100 BILLION annualized run rate.

For companies that most people think are burning cash and making nothing.

The entire Wall Street narrative that "AI companies aren't profitable" might be completely wrong.

Jensen sees their numbers. He sees their compute orders. He sees their growth. And he's saying the revenue is real.

So if the money IS real, why are other companies firing people?

Because they're not building AI products. They're not creating new revenue streams. They're not using AI to expand into new markets.

They're using AI as an EXCUSE to cut costs because they ran out of ideas 3 years ago and need something to tell the board.

Jensen's company added $500 billion in new orders in 5 months. He expects $1 trillion in cumulative revenue through 2027 from just two product lines.

That number doesn't include the new chips, systems, or partnerships announced this week.

And he's not cutting people. He's hiring.

Because when you have imagination, more capability means MORE opportunity. Not less headcount.

Meanwhile Salesforce cut thousands. Meta cut thousands. Amazon cut thousands. All blaming "AI efficiency."

Jensen's response: You're out of imagination.

He also said something that stuck with me.

Cramer asked if he ever thought he'd build a $10 to $20 trillion company while waiting tables at Denny's.

His answer: "I was just trying to make it through the shift."

Biggest tip he ever got? Two, three dollars.

Now he's building tech that increased computing demand by one million times in two years.

He announced OpenClaw, which he says is as big as ChatGPT.

And he's got 21 months of new business that isn't even counted in the trillion dollar figure yet.

When asked how long he plans to keep working?

"I'm hoping to die on the job. And I'm not hoping to die anytime soon."

This is a man who believes every single thing he's building.

And his message to every CEO using AI to justify layoffs is simple...

You're not innovating. You're surrendering.

The technology wasn't built to shrink companies.

It was built to make them limitless.

If your leadership can't see that, the problem isn't AI.

It's THEM.

[Emily Austin @Emilyaustin]

Coach John Calipari is absolutely spot on here.
Why would a coach recruit and develop an American high school kid for 4 years when the system now rewards grabbing ready-made pros from overseas, the G League, or the NBA pipeline?
If we don’t fix this, we’re killing the entire purpose of college sports.

[Bill Ackman @BillAckman]

A two-minute must watch on life.

[Tommy. T @tallmetommy]

This isn’t a left vs right problem. It’s a systems problem.

If trust is the goal, the solution is obvious:

• Universal voter ID (free, automatic, issued at 18)
• Single verified voter registry (updated in real time, deaths + moves synced)
• Mail-in ballots tied to ID + one-time cryptographic verification
• Public, auditable vote counts (any citizen can verify totals without exposing identities)
• In-person, mail, and early voting all using the same verification layer

No suppression.
No guesswork.
No “trust me bro.”

Every critical system in society evolved once scale demanded verification.
Banking. Aviation. Medicine. Supply chains.

Elections shouldn’t be the only system still running on vibes and lawsuits.

If confidence collapses, democracy collapses.. regardless of who wins.

So let’s stop arguing outcomes
and fix the architecture.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

ELON: IT’S EASY TO GET TO PRETTY GOOD SELF-DRIVING, BUT INSANELY HARD TO GET TO GREAT

Most companies are celebrating mediocrity, and no one wants to admit the last 10% of autonomy is where all the dead bodies and lawsuits live.

Look around - every tech demo is a highway cruise with ambient music and a guy in a hoodie pretending to nap. Great, the car stayed in its lane on I-5. But ask it to navigate a chaotic school zone in the rain and suddenly your $80,000 robo-chauffeur starts begging for human help like a nervous teen on their first driving test.

Everyone talks like autonomy is a checklist. Adaptive cruise? Check. Lane assist? Check. Self-parking? Check. Cool, we’re done here. But the brutal truth is, autonomy isn’t additive - it’s exponential. The moment you stop holding the wheel, everything becomes the edge case.

The weird light reflection that makes the system think a semi is a cloud. The jaywalker in a Halloween costume. The guy in the motorized wheelchair towing a trash can across four lanes. Real life is a minefield of chaos, and no amount of “95% accurate” saves you from the one time it isn’t.

Other manufacturers keep treating “full autonomy” like it’s 5 updates away. They don’t realize they’re asking an AI to do what humans barely manage: instant decision-making in an unpredictable world, with zero second chances. It’s not just about teaching a car to drive. It’s teaching it to not kill you, no matter what weird, absurd, once-in-a-decade scenario just rolled out of the parking lot.

[DogeDesigner @cb_doge]

Friends fight. Friends reunite.
That’s what makes them real. ❤️

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Every seat in this giant arena that isn’t roped off for security is packed to the ceiling. Honored to be here.

All for Charlie Kirk.

[I am Ken @Ikennect]

One of the best analogies I have ever heard.
There is life after death and God is real

[A Gene Robinson @AlBuffalo2nite]

I’ve sat through over 50 hours of Charlie Kirk’s videos as an ethnically Black American.

Not one racist word.

Not 1.

What Democrats do is cut snippets, strip context, and shove sound bites at the same gullible slob audience too lazy to fact-check.

That isn’t exposing racism .. it’s manufacturing lies to spark division.

[Girl patriot 🙏 🇺🇸 🦅 @Girlpatriot1974]

Charlie spoke of the bond between a father and daughter, and the inherent responsibilities it entails.

[Eric Ericson @enericson]

@TuckerCNews A

[Spitfire @RealSpitfire]

Take 3 minutes on this Sunday to watch Charlie educate Tucker. Watch Tucker’s facial expressions. He was in awe of Charlie and took it all in🙏🏼🙏🏼

[Concerned Citizen @BGatesIsaPyscho]

Lady just asked Ai what Charlie Kirk would say now in Heaven.

Who knew Ai could be so heartbreakingly moving….

[Bill Ackman @BillAckman]

Charlie’s Law

[Teslaconomics @Teslaconomics]

Life is too short…