Igwe Michael

Close your eyes 👀. Feel the energy

[Igwe Michael @michaeligwe18]

Wrote this piece for my former fellowship. Rate my style @MerriamWebster @CNN @hillsong @ABC @TheTrinityChrch

[Igwe Michael @michaeligwe18]

@naturelife_ok @le_debut That’s some Aquawoman right there

[JD Vance @JDVance]

A while ago, probably in 2017, I appeared on Tucker Carlson's Fox show to talk about God knows what. Afterwards a name I barely knew sent me a DM on twitter and told me I did a great job. It was Charlie Kirk, and that moment of kindness began a friendship that lasted until today.

Charlie was fascinated by ideas and always willing to learn and change his mind. Like me, he was skeptical of Donald Trump in 2016. Like me, he came to see President Trump as the only figure capable of moving American politics away from the globalism that had dominated for our entire lives. When others were right, he learned from them. When he was right--as he usually was--he was generous. With Charlie, the attitude was never, "I told you so." But: "welcome."

Charlie was one of the first people I called when I thought about running for senate in early 2021. I was interested but skeptical there was a pathway. We talked through everything, from the strategy to the fundraising to the grassroots of the movement he knew so well. He introduced me to some of the people who would run my campaign and also to Donald Trump Jr. "Like his dad, he's misunderstood. He's extremely smart, and very much on our wavelength." Don took a call from me because Charlie asked him too.

Long before I ever committed (even in my mind) to running, Charlie had me speak to his donors at a TPUSA event. He walked me around the room and introduced me. He gave me honest feedback on my remarks. He had no reason to do this, no expectation that I'd go anywhere. I was polling, at that point, well below 5 percent. He did it because we were friends, and because he was a good man.

When I became the VP nominee--something Charlie advocated for both in public and private--Charlie was there for me. I was so glad to be part of the president's team, but candidly surprised by the effect it had on our family. Our kids, especially our oldest, struggled with the attention and the constant presence of the protective detail. I felt this acute sense of guilt, that I had conscripted my kids into this life without getting their permission. And Charlie was constantly calling and texting, checking on our family and offering guidance and prayers. Some of our most successful events were organized not by the campaign, but by TPUSA. He wasn't just a thinker, he was a doer, turning big ideas into bigger events with thousands of activists. And after every event, he would give me a big hug, tell me he was praying for me, and ask me what he could do. "You focus on Wisconsin," he'd tell me. "Arizona is in the bag." And it was.

Charlie genuinely believed in and loved Jesus Christ. He had a profound faith. We used to argue about Catholicism and Protestantism and who was right about minor doctrinal questions. Because he loved God, he wanted to understand him.

Someone else pointed out that Charlie died doing what he loved: discussing ideas. He would go into these hostile crowds and answer their questions. If it was a friendly crowd, and a progressive asked a question to jeers from the audience, he'd encourage his fans to calm down and let everyone speak. He exemplified a foundational virtue of our Republic: the willingness to speak openly and debate ideas.

Charlie had an uncanny ability to know when to push the envelope and when to be more conventional. I've seen people attack him for years for being wrong on this or that issue publicly, never realizing that privately he was working to broaden the scope of acceptable debate.

He was a great family man. I was talking to President Trump in the Oval Office today, and he said, "I know he was a very good friend of yours." I nodded silently, and President Trump observed that Charlie really loved his family. The president was right. Charlie was so proud of Erika and the two kids. He was so happy to be a father. And he felt such gratitude for having found a woman of God with whom he could build a family.

Charlie Kirk was a true friend. The kind of guy you could say something to and know it would always stay with him. I am on more than a few group chats with Charlie and people he introduced me to over the years. We celebrate weddings and babies, bust each other's chops, and mourn the loss of loved ones. We talk about politics and policy and sports and life. These group chats include people at the very highest level of our government. They trusted him, loved him, and knew he'd always have their backs. And because he was a true friend ,you could instinctively trust the people Charlie introduced you to. So much of the success we've had in this administration traces directly to Charlie's ability to organize and convene. He didn't just help us win in 2024, he helped us staff the entire government.

I was in a meeting in the West Wing when those group chats started lighting up with people telling Charlie they were praying for him. And that's how I learned the news that my friend had been shot. I prayed a lot over the next hour, as first good news and then bad trickled in.

God didn't answer those prayers, and that's OK. He had other plans. And now that Charlie is in heaven, I'll ask him to talk to big man directly on behalf of his family, his friends, and the country he loved so dearly.

You ran a good race, my friend.

We've got it from here.

[Igwe Michael @michaeligwe18]

@elonmusk @elonmusk you can add buy a “Tesla stock option” button

[Igwe Michael @michaeligwe18]

@heyshrutimishra @Google @apple left the chat… Apple should be ashamed of themselves on how the fumbled in AI.. Siri is still stuck in 2011 while the so called apple intelligence is a disaster.

[iyah may @iyahmaymusic]

Thank you to everyone supporting my song ‘Karmageddon’. As some of you might know I am now an independent artist after I lost my manager because I didn’t change the lyrics of this song, and also left my label. Your support means the world. If you’d like to hear the full track click this link: https://t.co/8xhXASDE38

[Igwe Michael @michaeligwe18]

In an alternate universe where Kamala won the election 🗳️, I wonder how conservatives are reacting to the news. @elonmusk is probably shedding premium tears 😭 non-stop..

[Hi-Rez The Rapper @HiRezTheRapper]

The only abortion “women’s rights” video you need to see

[blue @bluewmist]

computer science from scratch(literally)
from semiconductor transistors to programming in c.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Wow, this is active deception by CBS!

[Dr. Simon @goddek]

🧵THREAD: Remember when they cancelled millions of cancer screening appointments, leading to a significant increase in avoidable cancer deaths, while they performed ridiculous dance routines instead?

Let me show you 24 more pieces of evidence proving that COVID was a BIG HOAX.⬇️

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

The tower has caught the rocket!!

[Igwe Michael @michaeligwe18]

@RachaelOyeleye @BankofAmerica Same $0

[Robert F. Kennedy Jr @RobertKennedyJr]

The Democrats, who claim to be all about health care have stood by watching other countries ban these poisons that make our kids sick. Enough is enough. President Trump and I are going to stop the mass poisoning of American children.

[Maarten Grootendorst @MaartenGr]

I'm thrilled to announce the release of the digital version of "Hands-On Large Language Models" 🎉

The book contains more than 250 visuals (in color!) to help you understand the inner workings of LLMs and how to use them effectively.

[Merissa Hansen @merissahansen17]

🚨QUESTION: How does the Revenue for the NGO the Catholic Charities nearly quadruple since the Biden Administration took over?

In 2018 the Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston only brought in $44 million

In 2021. the revenue for NGO blossomed to $217 million.

[Andrew Ng @AndrewYNg]

We just released the final two courses of AI Python for Beginners! The complete set of four courses is now available and remains free for a limited time.

They teach how to write code (a) Using AI-assistance, which is where the field is going, and (b) to take advantage of generative AI, which allows you to quickly do valuable things with code.

If you're considering learning to code, AI has made this a great time to jump in. Or if you know someone who is considering learning, please recommend these courses!

https://t.co/lTupltSZkT

[Igwe Michael @michaeligwe18]

Dear @elonmusk ,
Please build a non-woke search engine. We are tired of @Google bullshit.

[Michael Shellenberger @shellenberger]

TWITTER FILES - CIA

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is the most famous of the 18 US government agencies that comprise the Intelligence Community (IC) of the United States of America. Unlike the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), the law strictly prohibits CIA employees or contractors from spying upon or running clandestine operations against American citizens on US soil.

But now, a new Twitter Files investigation reveals that a member of the Board of Trustees of the CIA’s mission-driven venture capital firm and ostensibly “former” IC and CIA analysts were involved in a 2021-2022 effort to take over Twitter’s content management system.

The effort also involved:

— a long-time IC contractor and senior Department of Defense R&D official who spent years developing technologies to detect whistleblowers (“insider threats”) like Edward Snowden and Wikileaks’ leakers;

— the proposed head of the DHS’ aborted Disinformation Governance Board, Nina Jankowicz, who aided US military and NATO “hybrid war” operations in Europe;

— Jim Baker, who, as FBI General Counsel, helped start the Russiagate hoax, and, as Twitter’s Deputy General Counsel, urged Twitter executives to censor The New York Post story about Hunter Biden.

https://t.co/cXn3ZYkfYC

These existing or former IC employees, contractors, or intermediaries weren’t satisfied with simply controlling Twitter. They also wanted to use PayPal, Amazon Web Services, and GoDaddy in a totalizing effort to de-platform, de-monetize, and excommunicate from the Internet entirely those individuals that the IC et al. deems to be a threat.

There is much that we still do not know about the effort. We do not know if officials within the CIA or any other IC organization ran the operation. It is possible that the only individuals involved in the effort were the ones we discovered. And none of the individuals involved responded to our request for information except for one.

But thousands of pages of Twitter Files and documents contained therein paint a clear picture of an organized operation by existing or former IC employees and contractors, using well-established IC tradecraft, to take control of Twitter’s content moderation.

Our investigation comes at a moment when governments and intelligence agencies around the world are stepping up their efforts to monitor and censor their citizens. It thus has large implications for policymakers and the public in Western nations that look to the US as a model for free speech and citizen control of the military.

This is a joint Public-Racket investigation. The authors are @Shellenberger @MTaibbi and @GalexyBrane. As always, the only condition we agreed to in publishing this was to first publish on X. At the end of this thread, we explain why and how this investigation began.

Here we go...

[Marcos Gorgojo @MarcosGorgojo]

Ilya Sutskever gave John Carmack a list of papers to read, so as to improve John's understanding of AI. That is a lot to read. If you want to quickly grasp what those papers are about, in this thread I share maps on over 20 of them 👇

[Dr Milan Milanović @milan_milanovic]

𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀

We, as developers, like to learn new stuff and try it ASAP. That stuff consists mainly of new frameworks and tools (such as React, Angular, Spring, Web Forms, etc.). Yet, those frameworks usually have 𝗮 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝟮 𝘁𝗼 𝟱 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁. Instead of learning frameworks, which are needed to some extent, we should focus more on learning fundamentals.

𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 allows a developer to understand the underlying principles and concepts common across different frameworks and programming languages. This understanding allows for more flexibility and adaptability when working with new technologies or facing problems that a specific framework may not quickly solve.

Additionally, a strong understanding of the fundamentals can lead to 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀, as the developer can better understand how to customize and extend them to meet specific needs.

Take an example of a web application that allows users to upload and share images, e.g., Ruby on Rails, and its functionalities for image processing. If the number of users increases, we could struggle with performance issues if we know only the framework well. Yet, if we understand the fundamentals of web development, we could identify bottlenecks and try different solutions, such as using CDN-s, optimizing image sizes, using various storage solutions, etc.

So, which fundamentals to learn:

🔹 𝗔𝗹𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗺𝘀
🔹 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀
🔹 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲
🔹 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀
🔹 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀
🔹 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴
🔹 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻

Try to learn those fundamentals, buy and read these books:

🔸 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲
🔸 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿
🔸 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲
🔸 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀: 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗲𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗢𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁-𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲
🔸 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗹𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗺𝘀

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