This is a great example of the failure of credentialism. Random people have to explain basic political science to a so-called “Professor of Political Science.”
The Strait of Hormuz issue is the perfect “allies” test. The United States has very little direct interest in the strait, as almost none of its ships or energy flows pass through there. So before the United States starts doing all the heavy lifting, it is the ideal moment to ask those who actually benefit from the strait being open what they are willing to contribute.
The fact that they all said nothing is proof of what Trump has been saying all along, that supposed “allies” are really just freeloaders. So this was never about whether the Europeans could actually help with a handful of dilapidated frigates. It was a test, and they all failed.
Ladies, gentlemen, SWs fans…😝 I have explored space. I have explored time. Now… I explore distortion.
Yes. You read that correctly. I am releasing a HEAVY METAL album.
Thirty-five metal virtuosos. Thunderous guitars. Chaos with purpose. Covers of legends like Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, and Judas Priest — and a few originals forged in the same cosmic fire.
This project is, quite literally, a gathering of forces. Loud imagination. Honest intensity. Unapologetic exploration.
At 94, one does not slow down. One turns the volume up.
So prepare yourselves. We are about to boldly headbang where no one has headbanged before. 🤘
Stay tuned. The metal voyage begins this year.
I am the VP of Marketing at Microsoft responsible for Copilot growth.
We just spent $8 million on a Super Bowl ad.
For Excel.
I need you to understand what happened.
130 million people were watching football.
The biggest game of the year.
Beer commercials. Car commercials. Movie trailers. Beyonce.
And us.
With a 30-second spot about a spreadsheet.
An AI-powered spreadsheet.
We showed two NFL recruiters using Copilot in Excel to "chart top linebacker prospects with 40-yard times under 4.6 seconds."
Because nothing says Super Bowl like pivot tables.
The ad cost $8 million.
That's $266,667 per second.
To tell America that Excel can make a chart now.
Excel has always been able to make a chart.
Since 1985.
But now AI makes the chart.
Faster.
Sometimes correctly.
We needed 130 million people to know this.
Urgently.
During the second quarter of a football game.
Here's why.
We have 450 million Microsoft 365 paid seats.
450 million.
That's more than the population of the United States.
Of those 450 million, do you know how many pay for Copilot?
15 million.
3.3%.
Three point three percent.
96.7% of our customers looked at Copilot and said: "No."
Not "maybe later."
Not "let me think about it."
Just: "No."
So we did what any rational company would do.
We bought a Super Bowl ad.
For a spreadsheet.
Satya called Copilot a "true daily habit."
That's a real quote.
From our CEO.
On an earnings call.
A true daily habit.
Like brushing your teeth.
Or checking your phone.
Or ignoring Copilot suggestions in the bottom right corner of your Word document.
Our daily active users went up "tenfold year-over-year."
That sounds impressive.
Until you learn what tenfold of almost nothing is.
Almost nothing.
Slightly louder.
In July 2025, 18.8% of subscribers said Copilot was their primary AI tool.
By January 2026, that number was 11.5%.
It went down.
In six months.
While we were spending $37.5 billion per quarter on AI.
The tool got worse at being people's first choice while we spent a country's GDP on it.
Internal reports say "weak ROI."
Internal reports say "resistance to forced adoption."
Internal reports say what every IT director already knows: people open Copilot once, watch it hallucinate a formula, and go back to typing =VLOOKUP like God intended.
But I can't put that in a Super Bowl ad.
So instead: linebacker prospects.
40-yard dash times.
"Chart the top three with leadership skills."
Leadership skills.
In Excel.
We're measuring leadership in a spreadsheet and calling it artificial intelligence.
The ad wasn't even made for the Super Bowl.
We clarified that publicly.
It was an "extension of an existing campaign."
We said this proudly.
As if it made it better.
"We didn't spend $8 million on a new ad. We spent $8 million to show you an old ad. During the Super Bowl."
That was the defense.
I approved the defense.
Last quarter, 4,000 employees at a major enterprise client got Copilot seats.
$30 per seat per month.
$1.4 million annually.
47 people opened it.
12 used it more than once.
The client's CIO called it a "pilot success."
We featured them in a case study.
"40,000 hours saved."
The number was made up.
We published it anyway.
They published it too.
Nobody asked.
Nobody asks.
That's the business model.
Not AI.
Not productivity.
Not transformation.
Nobody asking.
$30 per seat per month. 450 million seats. If we convert them all, that's $162 billion in annual Copilot revenue.
We've converted 3.3%.
So we bought a Super Bowl ad.
The ad shows two men looking at a spreadsheet.
During the Super Bowl.
While Beyonce is in the building.
130 million Americans watched a spreadsheet during Beyonce.
The conversion team says the ad will "drive awareness."
Awareness is not the problem.
Everyone is aware of Copilot.
It's in the corner of every Microsoft product they own.
It pops up uninvited.
Like a coworker who says "just circling back."
They're aware.
They're choosing not to pay.
$8 million to remind people about the thing they're already ignoring.
That's not marketing.
That's a cry for help.
Formatted as a pivot table.
In Excel.
With AI.
🚨HORRIFYING NEW DETAILS
The invasion of Cities Church was even worse than we thought.
Agitators blocked stairs so "parents were unable to get to their children" at Sunday School.😡
One told a kid, "Do you know your parents are Nazis, they're going to burn in hell?"
🧵1/7
BREAKING: U.S. Secret Service Agent Assigned to VP JD Vance Leaks Sensitive Security Information to Undercover Reporter.
Escotto is a holdover from the Biden administration and stated that he voted for Joe Biden, while expressing opposition to ICE & the Trump administration’s immigration policies. “I hate that [ICE] sh*t.”
Tomas Escotto, a current U.S. Secret Service agent on Vice President JD Vance’s protective detail, was recorded on hidden camera providing an undercover journalist with sensitive security information, including protective formations, shift schedules, travel plans, & real-time locations.
The Secret Service agent detailed how the Vice President is physically surrounded, described multiple daily shift changes, & disclosed advance security procedures.
In addition to past movements, the agent revealed future travel plans, sometimes days in advance. Escotto even sent images from Air Force Two while onboard with the Vice President.
Despite acknowledging that he signed paperwork prohibiting the disclosure of sensitive information, the Secret Service agent repeatedly shared details with someone he believed was a casual romantic interest.
While the safety of the Vice President and his family was always our top priority, what OMG uncovered raises serious questions about operational security, protocol compliance, and oversight within the U.S. Secret Service.
Our team coordinated with the U.S. Secret Service ahead of publication, redacted sensitive operational details at their request.
We were just informed Tomas Escotto has been placed on administrative leave with his clearance suspended and access to agency facilities and systems revoked.
@SecretService
Well this is awkward.
Vivek Ramaswamy's personal family bodyguard and the bodyguard's wife, were arrested for shipping hundreds of packages containing fentanyl and methamphetamine pills.
I'd bet his people are vetted about as well, as the million foreigners in Ohio.
: Cleveland .com
MUST WATCH:
Sweet Angel Child Care which receives $1.26M in CCAP funding, their phone numbe goes DIRECTLY to the office of Tim Walz.
Prosecute Tim Walz and the fraudsters
https://t.co/O57Lz8e0uq
🚨 BREAKING: ICE has announced they are shifting resources to SOMALI HOTBEDS, carrying out raids in Minneapolis as well as Columbus, Ohio
Thank GOD!
KEEP PUSHING! The Somalis MUST go back to where they came from! 🔥
🚨 NEW: Governor Mike DeWine is lamenting the loss of TPS status for Haitians in Springfield, Ohio:
“Most of these Haitians working there will no longer be legal, and once that happens, you’re going to have a lot of unfilled jobs.”
Hold on just a minute, DeWeasel.
You mean to tell us there will be job openings for AMERICANS in Springfield… and you think that’s a BAD THING?
Thank you for reminding us exactly where your priorities are.
The day you’re finally escorted out of the Governor’s Mansion will go down as a celebrated day in Ohio history, the day we rid ourselves of a useless, squishy RINO who thought importing cheap labor was preferable to letting Ohioans earn a living wage.
You and your friends got richer. Working American families got squeezed. Enough.
Thank you, President Trump.
Thousands of jobs will soon be opening across Ohio, and wages will finally start rising, because employers won’t be able to undercut American workers with imported labor paid at a fraction of the cost.
That’s not a crisis.
That’s America First. 🇺🇸