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[Nick Sortor @nicksortor]

CNN keeps saying a man has been indicted for "touching" the reflecting pool. That's TOTAL BS.

David Hearn "FORCEFULLY AND VlOLENTLY" ripped up 2 square feet of sealant

Then GOT IN THE FACE of a female NPS employee who asked him to stop

MULTIPLE witnesses have confirmed this. And a grand jury agreed. Which is why he's now under FELONY INDICTMENT.

10 years of prison time is on the table!

[Lewis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @WaldronLewis]

Elon Musk literally sat down for a 45-minute talk with Y Combinator that explains how to build world-changing companies better than any business school on earth. This is the advice he gave a room full of young founders:

1. Don't try to build something great. Try to build something useful.

Everyone obsesses over greatness. Musk says that's the wrong target. "I didn't originally think I would build something great. I wanted to try to build something useful. I didn't think I would build anything particularly great. Seemed unlikely, but I wanted to at least try." Aim for useful first. Greatness, if it comes, is a byproduct.

2. When you can't get in the front door, build your own door.

Before Musk started his first company, he tried to get a job at Netscape. "I sent my resume into Netscape and nobody responded. I tried hanging out in the lobby to see if I could bump into someone, but I was too shy to talk to anyone. So I'm like, this is ridiculous, I'll just write software myself." He didn't set out to be a founder. He became one because no one would hire him.

3. He slept in the office and showered at the YMCA.

The origin of his first company was not glamorous. "We couldn't even afford a place to stay. The office was 500 bucks a month, so we just slept in the office and showered at the YMCA." He couldn't afford proper internet either, so he drilled a hole through the office floor and ran a cable to the internet provider downstairs. That was the founder of the future richest man on earth.

4. Keep the chips on the table.

When Musk sold his first company, he received a $20 million cheque. His bank balance went from $10,000 to $20 million overnight. Most people would have stopped. He put almost all of it straight back into his next company. "I kept the chips on the table." He did the same thing decades later, over and over. He hates money sitting idle. Money is fuel for the next mission.

5. Start with the mission, then work backwards to make it a business.

Musk didn't start SpaceX to make money. He went on the NASA website to find out when humans were going to Mars, and there was no plan. So he decided to build one. "There had been no prior example of a rocket startup succeeding. A small chance of success is better than no chance of success." The mission came first. The business model came later.

6. He started SpaceX expecting to fail.

He is brutally honest about the odds. "SpaceX started in mid-2002 expecting to fail. Probably 90% chance of failing. When recruiting people, I said, we're probably going to die, but small chance we might not die." The first three launches failed. The fourth one worked with no money left. "If the fourth launch hadn't worked, it would have been curtains. We made it by the skin of our teeth."

7. Break every problem down to physics.

This is the core of how Musk thinks. "First principles means break things down to the fundamental elements that are most likely to be true, then reason up from there, as opposed to reasoning by analogy." His example is rockets. Everyone priced them based on what old rockets cost. Musk asked what a rocket is actually made of, priced the raw metals, and found the materials were only 1-2% of the historical price. The rest was inefficiency he could attack.

8. When told something takes 24 months, break it down and do it in six.

Last year xAI needed a giant computer to train its AI. Suppliers said it would take 18 to 24 months. "It's like, well, we need to get that done in six months or we won't be competitive." So he broke it into parts. Needed a building, so he found an old factory. Needed power, so he rented generators. Needed cooling, so he rented a quarter of America's mobile cooling capacity. He slept in the data centre and ran cabling himself. It got done.

9. Watch your ego-to-ability ratio.

Musk's single sharpest piece of advice for young founders is about staying honest with yourself. "A major failure mode is when your ego-to-ability ratio gets too high. Then you break the feedback loop to reality." Keep the ego small, internalise responsibility for everything, and stay ruthlessly connected to what's actually true. "You want to close the loop on reality hard. That's a super big deal."

10. Chase work, not glory.

His closing philosophy ties it all together. "It's so hard to be useful. The area under the curve of total utility is how useful you've been to your fellow human beings times how many people. If you aspire to do true work, your probability of success is much higher. Don't aspire to glory, aspire to work."

He was ridiculed for years. The press called him "internet guy attempting to build a rocket company." He agreed it sounded absurd. He did it anyway, because a small chance of doing something useful beat no chance at all.

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[Rep. Jim Jordan @Jim_Jordan]

America 250:

-Gold medal in hockey
-FIFA World Cup in the USA
-UFC on the White House lawn
-The Great American State Fair

Thank you President Trump!

[Buzz Patterson @BuzzPatterson]

World Cup 2026 has been exactly what the US needed, a patriotic infusion heading into our 250th Celebration!

“It was going to flop. Nobody would come. They’ll be giving tickets away. Everybody hates Trump.”

In reality, America, this is the US.💪🇺🇸🔥

[Amazing Physics @amazing_physics]

😮The person who invented the sewing machine is a genius…🤯

[QUANTUM GUARD ™️ @QuantumGuard17]

LMAO!!! Trump just posted the video, with no caption, of Joe Biden saying this

"I've never seen hardly any black people in Scranton at the time... I remember seeing kids going by at the time called colored kids, on the bus going by..."

😭😭

[Nick Sortor @nicksortor]

🚨 IT'S OFFICIAL: US Attorney Jeanine Pirro announces a DC grand jury indicted former Olympic canoeist David Hearn, who was caught RIPPING the sealant in the reflecting pool, on FELONY DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY

FAFO. Hearn is facing 10 YEARS in prison

"Our evidence further shows that the National Park Service employees observed Hearn actually FORCEFULLY AND VlOLENTLY pulling up and removing the bottom liner with both hands," per Pirro

He allegedly ripped up 2 SQUARE FEET of sealant, before getting in the face and SCREAMING at a female NPS employee who confronted him.

"This was a delivered act to damage the reflecting tool at the National Mall that members of the National Park Service actually have worked hard to restore and have witnessed."

Again, this is NOT a unilateral action by the DOJ. A GRAND JURY brought the felony indictment.

[Jeff Johnson 🇺🇸🦅 @echo5juliet]

Pro tip: Never hit a @Tesla on the freeway and speed away like you’re going to get away with it. 360 degree cameras record everything.

Here is an idiot hitting me today on the freeway. He fled. Big mistake.

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

JD Vance announces the Trump Administration plans on correcting the Supreme Court ruling on Birthright Citizenship

He says the ruling is “A mistake”

“I don't know how anybody can say that if a person who is an illegal alien or a person, for example, who's pregnant and comes to the United States on a vacation, they have a baby and all of a sudden their entire family gets the benefits of American citizenship.
I don't think that's what the framers of the 14th Amendment had in mind. I don't think it's the right case — We're going to try to correct that mistake, but, nobody's perfect, including the Supreme Court”

The best way to correct this is a Constitutional Amendment

Propose an amendment clarifying and limiting the 14th Amendment’s Citizenship Clause to children of US citizens or legal permanent residents

[Nic Cruz Patane @niccruzpatane]

Here’s a comparison of the new larger Tesla Model Y L vs the normal-sized Model Y Premium in the US:

Length:
• Model Y L: 195.6" (3.7% larger)
• Model Y: 188.7"

Height:
• Model Y L: 65.7” (2.8% higher)
• Model Y: 63.9”

Cargo Space:
• Model Y L: 89 cu ft (17% more room)
• Model Y: 76 cu ft

Weight:
• Model Y L: 4,612 lbs (3% heavier)
• Model Y: 4,473 (Premium AWD)

Seating:
• Model Y L: Six Seater, with Power-folding second and third row. Second row captain chairs are heated and ventilated with power extending armrests.
• Model Y: Power-folding second row with heating.

Range:
• Model Y L: 325 miles (0.61% less)
• Model Y Premium AWD: 327 miles

Performance:
• Model Y L: 0-60 mph in 4.4s
• Model Y Premium AWD: 0-60 mph in 4.6s

Audio:
• Model Y L: 18 speakers
• Model Y Premium: 15 Speakers

Things that the Model Y L has, but a normal Y doesn’t:
• 50W air-cooled phone charger
• Vehicle-to-load capabilities (120V 20A AC) with charge port and Outlet Adapter.
• Home Powershare when paired with a Powerwall 3.
• Zen Grey Interior Option
• Cosmic Silver Paint

[Sawyer Merritt @SawyerMerritt]

Tesla wrapped one of their Cybercabs to celebrate America's 250 birthday🇺🇸

"Made in Texas. Land of the free. Home of the brave."

The front of it has eyes and a mouth lol

[Kari Lake @KariLake]

In both of my elections, they counted ballots for almost two weeks.

Four days after our Senate race, they suddenly found double the ballots in one county. I called & asked where they came from. “Oh, we found them in a vault,” they said.

Look, our elections are theater, often phony. We have to fix it.

It’s easy to run fair, honest, & transparent elections, but we need the WILL to do it.

The people want it. I just hope those with the power to change things get behind the people.

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

Oil prices are plummeting FAST! Happy Birthday America!

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

A German soccer fan is brought to tears over how nice he’s been treated in America

He says he was afraid to come to America for the FIFA World Cup because European media portrays America as dangerous. He’s spent weeks in America and can’t believe how it’s the exact opposite

“I fall in love with this country, and this was so emotional. I even cried in the stadium”

“Following the German soccer team from Houston to Boston. Sebastian was afraid of coming over, saying that the news in Europe painted a picture of America being dangerous. But at every stop, from the moment he landed, he says everyone has treated him with kindness and respect and has not felt unsafe.”

“Americans are not rude. Germans are not rude. If we are together, we can achieve great things”

The media is the enemy of the people and it seems to be true everywhere

I looked into data and found the real problem

90%+ of the mainstream media in America is Left leaning

And in Europe, over 80%+ of their mainstream media is Left leaning

That’s the problem right there. Liberals are destroying societies with their control of the media

[Tesla @Tesla]

Introducing Model Y Long Wheelbase – now available in the US & Puerto Rico

A 3-row, 6-seat configuration that brings exceptional interior space with ample headroom & legroom for all passengers

0-60 in 4.4 seconds
325 miles of range

– Front row: Heated/ventilated seats w/ powered thigh cushion
– Second row: Heated/ventilated captain seats w/ powered armrests & one‑touch fold
– Third row: Heated seats w/ power recline, one‑touch fold & child seat anchors

–  Improved airflow, increased efficiency & more range

– 89 cu ft of trunk space: with 6 passengers, trunk still fits a 28" and 20" suitcase each, plus frunk holds an additional 20" suitcase. Oversized items like snowboards and bikes also fit easily

– Engineered for safety w/ seat belts & side air bag optimized for second & third row

– Upgraded acoustic glass & suspension to minimize road noise

– Adaptive damping for a smooth, stable ride

– Staggered tires for enhanced grip

– Larger tailgate for better rear visibility & bigger windows overall to deliver great views from every seat

– 16" first row & 8” second row touchscreens + 19-speaker immersive Tesla Audio

– Upgraded 50W wireless charging pads w/ active cooling & charging ports for all other seats

– FSD Supervised & integrated Grok AI

https://t.co/erculCry18

[Neuralink @neuralink]

The dura is the brain's armor: a membrane so tough that a surgeon normally cuts through it with a scalpel. For the first time in our clinical trials, we inserted the electrode threads of our implant straight through the dura and into the cortex, keeping the dura intact.

Here's how we did it 🧵

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

American HVAC worker shows that an old air conditioning unit is still running perfect on top of a home that was made in 1978

“Original to the home. 56 degrees coming out of this. They don't make them like they used to. 48 years and still going.”

America needs to make planned obsolescence illegal. Our modern products are being engineered to break after a set amount of years

We should not be buying things designed to break

Even The European Union has made stronger rules against planned obsolescence

[Sean Hannity 🇺🇸 @seanhannity]

They will not show you this on the nightly news: President Trump riding the Freedom Train, a full cavalry escort on horseback alongside him, celebrating 250 years of American independence. Pure patriotism.

[MAZE @mazemoore]

1993. Dianne Feinstein: Should people be able to come to this country, get on Medicaid, give birth to a baby, and then go back to their home country? The answer is no.

Democrats used to be somewhat sane. Those days are long gone