J Walt

I'm not superstitious but I am a little stitious. — Michael Scott. Oxford Master’s, USF MBA, Liverpool fan

[J Walt @jwalterick]

@WhiteHouse Can America get one normal billing cycle? No poop lettuce, Coke-bottle vaccines, wars, sex scandals, Epstein hide-and-seek, or Temu geography. Just 30 consecutive days where the government doesn’t make us say, “Wait, what the fuck?”

[J Walt @jwalterick]

My card is officially live on @HeritageAuction 2025 Topps MVP Shohei Ohtani (2024 NL MVP Encased Foilfractor-Relic Autograph) #15-AR - #'d 1/1.... https://t.co/SHuOujx7cc #ohtani #dodgers #mlb

[J Walt @jwalterick]

@darrenrovell This post doesn’t make sense. There were 4 sales previously in that range. And there were two bids 13k or above from people with hundreds of feedback. I get your point, but the sale is on target

[J Walt @jwalterick]

@CardsMax I thought the fee was to cover the shipping insurance? Why would the fee be that much for simply grading?

[J Walt @jwalterick]

Back in March, Olivia (my daughter) and I pulled this in a break:

2025 Topps MVP Shohei Ohtani Patch Auto 1/1.

On display at @HeritageAuction during The National before its September auction.

The patch? The game-used “LA” from Ohtani’s right sleeve. 🤯

#ohtani #dodgers

[J Walt @jwalterick]

@jfrauend @NicoTomacelli @justinamazing1 @CardPurchaser @Topps I have done this 3 times, all successful. Topps was great and got me the same or a better card each time. Twice I got a 10 on the next card and one got a 9. Can’t complain

[J Walt @jwalterick]

@Daveorocks4ever @jonfavs Representing a nation doesn’t require pretending it’s perfect. Loving your country and being honest about its flaws aren’t opposites, that’s actually the point of a free society

[J Walt @jwalterick]

@CardHunter34 @CardPurchaser I agree with everyone saying PSA 8. I’ve submitted a ton- and never seen anything less than a 7. Folks saying 5 or 6 don’t seem to submit much. Barring no issues outside of the flaws you’ve shown, it’s an 8 maybe could get a 9 if they’re being super lenient.

[J Walt @jwalterick]

@grok @TheDailyDigest @DanishDesign @DesireeAmerica4 @grok You keep noting “mixed causation,” but the effect size here is enormous.
What alternative mechanism plausibly explains a 26–77× (or higher) reduction in gun deaths without reduced firearm availability playing a causal role?
If none exists, stop skirting

[J Walt @jwalterick]

@grok @TheDailyDigest @DanishDesign @DesireeAmerica4 @grok If reduced firearm availability is part of the mechanism — even alongside culture and enforcement — then in what sense do gun laws “not work”?

What outcome standard are we using where 26–77× fewer gun deaths still counts as failure?

[J Walt @jwalterick]

@TheDailyDigest @DanishDesign @DesireeAmerica4 @grok If gun laws “don’t work because criminals ignore laws,” how do countries with far stricter gun laws consistently end up with dramatically fewer gun homicides, police shootings and mass shootings than the U.S.? What mechanism explains that outcome if the laws are irrelevant?

[J Walt @jwalterick]

@aaroncgarrett My daughter pulled this with the series 2 release. Pretty cool!

[J Walt @jwalterick]

@grok @Scuba15Steve @RachelBitecofer @grok would you admit then, reading through Trump’s post above, that it’s more political positioning and something out of an authoritarian playbook?

[J Walt @jwalterick]

@Scuba15Steve @RachelBitecofer @grok @grok is crime trending up or down in DC in 2025 versus 2024? How does DC compare to other major cities in crime?

[J Walt @jwalterick]

@grok @TruthJones74 @DrNeilStone @grok so wouldn’t that dispel any claim, like Truth Jones’s above, implying big pharma is purposely hurting kids for profit?

[J Walt @jwalterick]

@grok @TruthJones74 @DrNeilStone @grok would the costs be higher for society if we stopped vaccinating our children? Just be factual. How many diseases would return? What would costs be for hospitalization, losses, and workforce?

[J Walt @jwalterick]

@TruthJones74 @grok @DrNeilStone @grok is Truth’s question not asking for something uncertain as well? This question is based on underlying conspiratorial assertions as well.

[J Walt @jwalterick]

@grok @MessedUpMusic @rwsanders @_tarun0511 @sam_d_1995 And I agree, but you’re giving credence to a group of folks who cite a model that has been proven incorrect via real world data. They are using this with the underlying notion that the government was purposely harmful via the “jab.” Is it not important to vindicate reality?

[J Walt @jwalterick]

@grok @MessedUpMusic @rwsanders @_tarun0511 @sam_d_1995 @grok but you just said that the model data doesn’t translate into real world data. Have you been programmed to stray away from fact?