Francis Padula

CEO of GeoThinkTank LLC

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@luuuella Is this a trap?

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@MsEggmily Haha

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@WarClandestine Thank you 🇺🇸

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Meta figured out how to manufacture ad clicks at scale without bots.

Just make the Stories ad full-bleed with tap targets that overlap where your thumb naturally goes to advance.

Then sell advertisers on their AI creative tools because “they perform better.”

I learned this firsthand running ads for AIThrive. The clicks showed up. Real customers didn’t.

Stopped the campaigns immediately. Paying for accidental taps isn’t a marketing strategy.

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@rektfencer It already did?

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While progress on the Moon and Mars is exciting, I’m concerned about NASA partnering with Eric Schmidt’s Relativity Space. Schmidt has a history of shifting positions — strongly supporting climate restrictions earlier, only to become an energy hawk prioritizing unlimited AI/data center growth over meeting climate goals. Space is an unforgiving environment that demands real integrity and spine, not flip-flops. I see high risk of wasted taxpayer money.
Add in Google’s track record under his leadership of prioritizing data collection over privacy (famously captured in his dismissive quote) and heavy-handed moderation of COVID-related scientific debate on topics later recognized as flawed. I’m all for advanced computation and innovation in space, but Schmidt is someone I simply do not trust to lead critical public-private missions.

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Is Gemini down?

[History Nerd @_HistoryNerd]

Melania Trump on what it actually takes to be married to Donald Trump:

In a 2005 sit-down with Larry King, Melania is asked whether Donald is a control freak at home. Her answer reframes the entire dynamic of their marriage.

"I don't think he's a control freak. He's perfectionist," she says.

She acknowledges that the demands of his business require a certain personality — but draws a sharp line between how he operates at work and how the relationship functions at home.

She explains:

"Maybe he makes demands in his business because he needs to, you know, he's kind of a general. He needs to have people in line, but not at home. We are very equal in the relationship and that's very important."

Then comes the line that defines her view of the marriage:

"To marry a man like Donald, you need to know who you are and you need to be very strong and smart. He needs to know that he could rely on me sometimes, and we share a lot of stuff together."

When Larry presses on whether Donald's relentless work schedule bothers her (Saturdays, Sundays, golf, always working) Melania refuses the premise that a wife should want to pull her husband away from what he loves.

"It's his passion. He loves it. It doesn't bother me. I don't want to change him. I don't want to say, come home and be with me. I don't want to change him. I want to give him a space. And I think that's very important in the relationship."

Larry then asks the obvious follow-up:

Doesn't she worry about other women being attracted to him? Her answer lands with the same self-possession:

"No, I don't worry about that at all. I know who I am. And if a man doesn't want to be with me or I don't want to be with a man, goodbye and good luck."

Donald, asked the reverse question about whether he worries about her with other men, responds simply:

"No. I know her. That's the rock."

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Badass 🇺🇸

[FBI Director Kash Patel @FBIDirectorKash]

This idea was simple…

In a partnership with @ufc we would get the best fighters in the world training with the best cops in the world!

The American people WILL be protected.

-DKP🇺🇸

[FBI Director Kash Patel @FBIDirectorKash]

This idea was simple…

In a partnership with @ufc we would get the best fighters in the world training with the best cops in the world!

The American people WILL be protected.

-DKP🇺🇸

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

Just the beginning of a legendary night at the People’s House. 📸🇺🇸

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@TiffanyFong Haha

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@sue_xbt Is this a trick question

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@droidbuilds Haha instant classic

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@sierracatalina Sound advice 🫡 on it!

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@evaedxn You too

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@mikealfred Haha

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@ericjluevano ATM