Michael Malchak

[Michael Malchak @malchak]

@VivaLaStool @TomScibelli buddy, it’s time to work out and get in better physical shape. #realtalk

[Michael Malchak @malchak]

Go to bed hungry. Your body will thank you in the morning.

[Michael Malchak @malchak]

@chamath Needed a truck to move out of California, and the Cybertruck wasn’t out yet. Life.

[Michael Malchak @malchak]

@oonacmccaughan Event Horizon

[Michael Malchak @malchak]

@stoolpresidente Honest medical opinion. He has low T. Needs to get it checked. Reason for the mood swings and the weight gain.

[Mike Netter @nettermike]

🚨This account from a Venezuelan security guard loyal to Nicolás Maduro is absolutely chilling—and it explains a lot about why the tone across Latin America suddenly changed.

Security Guard: On the day of the operation, we didn't hear anything coming. We were on guard, but suddenly all our radar systems shut down without any explanation. The next thing we saw were drones, a lot of drones, flying over our positions. We didn't know how to react.

Interviewer: So what happened next? How was the main attack?

Security Guard: After those drones appeared, some helicopters arrived, but there were very few. I think barely eight helicopters. From those helicopters, soldiers came down, but a very small number. Maybe twenty men. But those men were technologically very advanced. They didn't look like anything we've fought against before.

Interviewer: And then the battle began?

Security Guard: Yes, but it was a massacre. We were hundreds, but we had no chance. They were shooting with such precision and speed... it seemed like each soldier was firing 300 rounds per minute. We couldn't do anything.

Interviewer: And your own weapons? Didn't they help?

Security Guard: No help at all. Because it wasn't just the weapons. At one point, they launched something—I don't know how to describe it... it was like a very intense sound wave. Suddenly I felt like my head was exploding from the inside. We all started bleeding from the nose. Some were vomiting blood. We fell to the ground, unable to move.

Interviewer: And your comrades? Did they manage to resist?

Security Guard: No, not at all. Those twenty men, without a single casualty, killed hundreds of us. We had no way to compete with their technology, with their weapons. I swear, I've never seen anything like it. We couldn't even stand up after that sonic weapon or whatever it was.

Interviewer: So do you think the rest of the region should think twice before confronting the Americans?

Security Guard: Without a doubt. I'm sending a warning to anyone who thinks they can fight the United States. They have no idea what they're capable of. After what I saw, I never want to be on the other side of that again. They're not to be messed with.

Interviewer: And now that Trump has said Mexico is on the list, do you think the situation will change in Latin America?

Security Guard: Definitely. Everyone is already talking about this. No one wants to go through what we went through. Now everyone thinks twice. What happened here is going to change a lot of things, not just in Venezuela but throughout the region.

[Chamath Palihapitiya @chamath]

Never stop learing…

[Michael Malchak @malchak]

@RobbyBerger Mike Bordick

[Michael Malchak @malchak]

@DavidSacks Maybe he thought his Bluesky app was open? 🤷🏼‍♂️

[Michael Malchak @malchak]

@kokev @_gordee Ah, I see. Totally.

[Michael Malchak @malchak]

Climate is not a serious concern IMO, and instead should be swapped out with it “energy”, of which we require more and more. Also, energy goes hand/hand with AI, wealth disparity, inflation, even trade; all are impacted by energy. We have to stop making climate a bigger deal than it’s become in these discussions.

[Michael Malchak @malchak]

@kokev Bitcoin is the way.

[Michael Malchak @malchak]

@Terrapins247 Johnny Rhodes. Defensive stud and perimeter shooter.

[Michael Malchak @malchak]

It’s refreshing to stumble upon quotes that hit home runs, “ambition without action is anxiety.” Keeper.

[Michael Malchak @malchak]

Still one of the most insane golf shots I've seen.

[NUCLR GOLF @NUCLRGOLF]

🏌🏾One of the best shots of Tiger’s career 🐅🔥

[Chamath Palihapitiya @chamath]

If you’d like to get rich or stay rich, I’d encourage you to develop the ability to change your mind.

Most ideas are shitty. So staying fixated on shitty ideas creates an anchoring bias that will weigh you down to the mediocrity of the masses. Learn to change your mind and skate to where the puck is going to be.

Others who can’t change their minds will constantly remind you of a former opinion. Ignore them. They want you to be down there with them so they can feel better about themselves. Don’t fall for it!

[Michael Malchak @malchak]

@TerrapinHoops @TeamCoachBuzz @UofMaryland @bigten @umterps It's not buzzing. Nice try.

[dax @thdxr]

anthropic seems to have the magic touch

their products have nice details and taste - you can tell they let things bake before releasing

counter to the whole "you shipped too late" thing and doubly impressive in a frothy, hyped market

good calm execution

[Chamath Palihapitiya @chamath]

Consumption taxes incentivize you to work hard, gain success and consume only what you really need or truly want. It allows those that want to, to succeed and get ahead.

Income taxes, instead, arbitrarily take from your hard work irrespective of how hard you work or how you live your life. Are you a spender? Are you a saver? Are you burning the midnight oil to get ahead? It doesn’t matter. The government takes from you equally.

May sound ok to some but those are people without agency or desire to get ahead.

Income taxes incentivize mediocrity and is a headwind to getting ahead.

Separately, but this is for another post, in a post-AI world, the idea of taxing incomes makes no sense anyways and we will be forced to substitute income taxes for consumption taxes.

So, let’s get ahead of the curve and try taxing companies and outsiders who want access to the US market and substitute it for income taxes and slowly take them to zero.

This is, by the way, how it used to be for 126 years of our country (1776-1861, 1872-1913).

Who does this hurt?

1) Asset holders. If you own stocks, you dislike this. If you don’t own stocks or care about the S&P500, bottom line, you would be better off.

2) Globalism. If you like the idea of a gargantuan, worldwide free trade zone, this hurts you because the status quo today likes to take from citizens and reward companies and global free trade instead.

3) Muscular federal spending. If you believe that bureaucrats have the answer and can spend their way to solve problems on behalf of Americans, you want the status quo.

[Michael Malchak @malchak]

@dbongino Congrats!!