jdklein33 on LinkedIn

Partner Sales/Platforms @AWS. Also post about owning a printing franchise bought w/ ROBS. Oyster farmer, Huskies. Posts = personal opinions

[jdklein33 on LinkedIn @jdklein33]

The short story + lessons from how I 'blew up' buying an SMB at age 43

1. 17 yrs of W2 Corp tech sales
2. Married, 3 kids 10-14 y.o.
3. Owned house, vaca home & rental
4. Living in Redmond

Life is good, yes? Yes, life is good, I'm on TV!

Soooo...why do this entrepreneur thing?

[يحيى @LibaaxMill]

@jdklein33 @moizali do you mind briefly sharing your journey in a paragraph?

[DAN KOE @thedankoe]

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[Olena Rohoza @OlenaRohoza]

Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a brilliant move—arguably his best in recent times—by writing a letter to Putin. If that letter reaches Putin unedited, it may be the final blow to the old man. Putin lives in a world of illusions created around him: illusions about Zelenskyy, about Ukraine, and about the real situation on the battlefield. Zelenskyy, however, addresses Putin directly, as an adult speaking to another adult—mercilessly, without unnecessary diplomatic wording or softening phrases, sparing neither his pride nor his dark, aging soul. Zelenskyy has become the first person to truly stir the stagnant waters of the Kremlin.

After reading the letter, Putin would realize that every one of his moves, every lie about the war, every fabricated success story about the Russian military and the Russian economy is known in detail in Kyiv and discussed there with laughter. Ukraine is fully aware of Russia’s internal problems, of the shrinking resources available to the state, and of the growing frustration among Russians living in an increasingly restrictive country. Ukrainians know that many Russians oppose a second wave of mobilization. They know about the Kremlin’s plans to expand the war in other directions. They see that the Kremlin can no longer force its people to endure such conditions indefinitely. Putin can no longer buy loyalty the way he once could—because both the money and the political strength are running out.

Zelenskyy understands Putin’s vulnerabilities and strikes them with precision and elegance when he writes that Putin never believed the war would last this long. He never expected Ukraine to launch full-scale resistance from the very first day of the invasion. He never imagined that so many countries would unite against him and in defense of Ukraine, providing weapons, financial support, and political backing. Meanwhile, Russia has spent these years accumulating little more than sanctions and international hostility. And of course, Zelenskyy reminded him of Yevgeny Prigozhin and his mutiny—something Putin is unlikely to appreciate.

Zelenskyy wrote that he understands the Kremlin’s plans for continuing the war for years to come. But Putin does not understand that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are stronger today than ever before. And for every ballistic missile Russia relies upon, Ukraine will eventually find even more missiles and means of response.

The most important part of the letter is the proposal to seek ways to end the war through direct dialogue between Ukraine and Russia. At the same time, Zelenskyy rejects the idea of a meeting in Moscow. After 26 years in power, 13 of them spent waging war against Ukraine, there is nothing for Zelenskyy to do in Moscow—just as there is nothing for Putin to do in Kyiv.

“If you personally do not come to the conclusion that this war must end, Ukraine will continue fighting for its existence. We will have those who support us. But you will have to fight much harder for your own existence—not Russia’s, but your personal one. And this is not a threat from me or from Ukraine. These are the facts of Russian history, which you know very well: when Russia grows tired, change comes. We can help create that fatigue. You can stop the war. Eternal memory to all who have died.” — Volodymyr Zelenskyy

P.S. Friends, be sure to read Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s letter to Putin. You may find genuine aesthetic satisfaction in seeing how one young and intelligent president calmly and dignifiedly put another—old and foolish—president in his place.

©

[Khairallah AL-Awady @eng_khairallah1]

Anthropic engineer:

"You're not supposed to prompt Claude. You're supposed to build a system that prompts itself."

this is one of the best workflows I've seen in a long time

in this video she breaks down exactly how most people are using Claude:

- the 14% you lose to CLAUDE.md before typing a word
- the automation workflows most users don't know exist
- the daily task pipelines that run without touching the keyboard
- the daily workflows Anthropic's own engineers automated first

if you've been using Claude for more than a month and never left the chat window, you've been using one agent when you could be running a team of them

instead of another show tonight, watch this

make sure to bookmark it before it gets lost in your feed

the guide is in the article below

[Anatoli Kopadze @AnatoliKopadze]

Anthropic engineer:

"You can build 5 assistants in one afternoon. Each one handles a task you've been doing manually every single day"

in 45 minutes he shows exactly how to do it from scratch, step by step

most people are still doing this manually

watch the session, then save the guide below

[Anatoli Kopadze @AnatoliKopadze]

Godfather of AI: "If you sleep well tonight, you may not have understood this lecture."

This 47-minute lecture is the best thing I saw about AI in the last few months.

It will definitely help you understand how it actually works and where it's going.

Geoffrey Hinton built the neural networks behind every AI alive, then quit Google to warn the world about it.

The part nobody wanted to hear:

> AI is already developing abilities its creators didn't intend
> in most cognitive tasks it's already ahead of us
> the question is no longer if it surpasses us but when
> the only decision left is which side of that line you're on

Right now the average person opens Claude, types something, gets an answer, closes the tab.

They think they're using AI. they're using maybe 10% of it.

I went through his entire lecture, then mapped everything he described to what Claude can actually do today.

17 Claude features most people will never find on their own.

Full breakdown in the post below.

[Johnny Depp @JDpages1]

It is truly fascinating how much energy we waste trying to explain common sense to people who are fully committed to misunderstanding us. We live in a time where everyone is an expert on your life, your choices, and exactly how you should be navigating your own storms usually advice offered by people whose own houses are actively on fire.
​The greatest life lesson I’ve stumbled across lately is the absolute, unmatched magic of letting people be wrong. You don’t need to attend every argument you’re invited to. You don't need to correct the rumors, and you certainly don't need to drain your own battery trying to fix someone else's distorted reality. Sometimes, the most peaceful thing you can do is put on your metaphorical sunglasses, smile, wish them well, and let them think whatever fantasy helps them sleep at night. Your peace of mind is far too expensive to be bought by the opinions of a loud crowd.
​Save your breath, protect your sanity, and invest your energy where it’s actually appreciated in love, in kindness, and in the people who don't require you to shrink yourself just to make them feel big. Life is entirely too short to argue with a brick wall.
​Let’s have a little laugh today. What is the most absurd, unprompted piece of "expert" advice a stranger or an acquaintance has ever tried to give you about your own life?
​Keep smiling through the circus, my friends. Sending you all my love, wit, and deepest respect.

TEAM ​JD🖤

[BROTHER LOBO 🐺⚔️ @ellobosalvaje]

Cardio is mostly mental. I’ve believed this for years but I’m finally able to articulate why.

Watch some of the best wrestlers in the world right now. Bo Bassett. Mitchell Messenbrink. Jax Forrest. These guys look like they have unlimited gas. People assume it’s some elite VO2 max, some superior aerobic engine. That’s not what’s happening.

Pay attention to how they move. They’re playing.

Every shot isn’t life or death. Every scramble is an opportunity rather than a life or death crisis. They attack from bad positions. They back out and reset without hesitation if the feeling isn’t there. There’s a looseness to everything they do that looks almost casual, but on the other side of that casual posture is devastating effectiveness.

That looseness isn’t a technique quirk. It’s a performance state. It’s the reason their cardio looks supernatural.

Here’s what I think is actually going on:

Tightness is metabolically expensive. When you’re stressed aka afraid, afraid of giving up position, afraid of losing, afraid of looking bad, your body begins to brace for impact. Muscles that shouldn’t be working are working overtime. Your breathing changes. Your movement loses fluidity. Every action costs more than it should. You’re not gassing because your lungs are small. You’re gassing because fear has a fuel cost.

The playful athlete doesn’t have that overhead. Their nervous system isn’t running a threat response in the background. This makes movement much cheaper. It makes decisions come faster. They can sustain a pace that looks impossible because for them, it actually is easier.

This is why you can’t just coach someone to “attack more.” Coaches can tell their guys to go out and attack. That’s good solid advice. But if the athlete isn’t in a playful state, if they’re tight, if every offensive sequence feels like a high stakes gamble, the instruction won’t translate. The body can’t cooperate. The mind will second guess everything they do. They’ll gas early with no idea as to why.

The fighters that seem to have infinite endurance have trained themselves, or were born with a different relationship to competition. They reduce competition from a high stakes battle to a simple game.

I’ve watched this in myself for years doing jiu jitsu and boxing. The only time I get tired is when I leave that state. When I’m loose, playing, experimenting, being creative, my energy expenditure is different. I do things I didn’t know I could do. Time moves differently. The round ends and I’m surprised it’s over. The moment I get tight, whether it’s ego, whether it’s fear, bad position, someone catching me off guard, my gas disappears almost immediately.

That’s not a coincidence. That’s the mechanism.

And here’s where it gets deeper: some athletes have to almost die to find that state. You’ve seen it in fights. A guy gets badly hurt, nearly finished, he survives and then something releases. The fear burns off. The body stops bracing. And suddenly the guy who looked dead comes back to life and starts performing at a level he couldn’t access before getting dropped.

That state was available the whole time. He didn’t need to get hurt to find it. He just needed to let go of what was costing him.

The best athletes don’t need the near death experience. They walk out already there.

Ali boxed like Ali talked, light, taunting, dancing, impossible to hold. Tyson boxed like Tyson looked, coiled, explosive, total predator. The ring doesn’t create a new person. It reveals the one that’s already there.

Which means the real question isn’t “how do I build more cardio.” It’s “who am I when I compete, and is that person loose enough to play?”

The future of grappling and combat sports belongs to the athletes who figured out play is the highest performance state. Not getting hyped up. Not being ultra aggression. Not discipline grinding through pain.

Play. Loose. Passionate. Present.

Train your nervous system to live there and your “cardio” will take care of itself.

[Peter J. Hasson @peterjhasson]

Chris Hayes: How is it that your ex-girlfriend was texting people that you had a Nazi tattoo in August but you didn't know until October?

Graham Platner: They didn't tell me that

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

This is so insanely corrupt, I can’t even believe it.

More than half the donors to Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom just won over $50 billion in new federal contracts in six months.

And here’s the part that should make your blood boil.

Sixteen of these 27 donors were facing federal enforcement actions, antitrust reviews, labor cases, securities charges. Many of those cases have been quietly dropped or scaled back since Trump took office. You write a check, your legal problems disappear. That’s not a coincidence.

The White House won’t even release the full donor list. They’re hiding it on purpose, because daylight is the one thing pay-to-play can’t survive. A federal judge already ruled ballroom construction has to stop until Congress authorizes it.

Government is supposed to serve the people, not auction itself off to the highest bidder. When access goes to whoever pays the most, working families always end up paying the price.

We either end the corruption, or the corruption will end us.

https://t.co/4MGFzSseFl

[jdklein33 on LinkedIn @jdklein33]

Damn straight!

[Kairos.MP5 @KAIROSMMA2]

OH MY GOODNESS. I never thought I would ever say this . BRYCE MITCHELL IS FUCKING SPITTING

[Kairos.MP5 @KAIROSMMA2]

OH MY GOODNESS. I never thought I would ever say this . BRYCE MITCHELL IS FUCKING SPITTING

[James Camp 🛠,🛠 @JamesonCamp]

I cannot tell you how much putting your thoughts into the world can change your life

Yapping on this app daily for 6 years has had a deeply profound impact on me both financially and personally

The algorithm providing free distribution and finding your people is unlike anything the world has ever known

If you are not using it, you are missing out on a once in a lifetime opportunity

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

Hasan Piker: “All of these Fox News guys are like I can’t believe this is what Graham Platner was doing. Pete Hegseth was literally your co-worker and was a notorious drunk rapist. I feel like I’m losing my mind, the standards are so out of wack. We just never look at Republicans. They can do whatever the fuck they want. They can literally murder, cheat, steal, rape”

[Ryan Hawk @RyanHawk12]

"Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird."

[jdklein33 on LinkedIn @jdklein33]

Yep, trickle down was always a lie. I fell for it too. Thats what we get for watching Family Ties, damn Alex P Keaton

[jdklein33 on LinkedIn @jdklein33]

@thedealdirector Yeet me first

[Tetragrammaton @tetranow]

✔️NEW EPISODE: “If we lose gratitude, we lose everything. The Bible says in the book of Psalms, we enter his courts with praise and thanksgiving. Thanksgiving shouldn't just be a holiday; It is a weapon against sin.” @ibrycecrawford, Minister

0:00 Introduction
3:00 Two encounters with God at 17
4:43 Depression, anxiety, and the Waffle House on Christmas
8:02 The prayer — and five years without depression
10:51 Sharing the gospel and getting bullied for it
14:44 Why young people are returning to faith
21:18 Street ministry — talking to strangers about Jesus
28:10 Memorable encounters and miracles
33:16 How God speaks to him
39:56 The Trinity, the Holy Spirit, and reading the Bible
50:21 Daily practice, Sabbath, and building a ministry

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

WTF timeline are we on. Someone called me the MAGA whisperer and I’ll gladly take the title. Left, right, D or R we all want the same things. We’re being divided on purpose by the Epstein Elite Oligarch class because as long as we’re at each other’s throats, they get fat and rich off of our misery. The second we figure out we agree on more than we disagree, they’re done. Love your neighbor. Be yourself. Radical honesty. No fucks given, no fucks taken. Everything else is just noise. (But still fuck Jake “Brick Tamland” Tapper on any time line)