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“Look, I’m a coach, I’m not Harry Potter.” - José Mourinho #CFC

[Seth Cohen @OverReactor1776]

Now that I’m out of government, I can finally respond for myself: Get bent, soyboy. We didn’t do this for “Silicon Valley . . . companies.” We did this for you, for your family, your community, your state, your nation, and your species.

Nuclear energy provides the safest, highest density, reliable power available on our planet. My career colleagues at DOE and NRC inspired me to think about nuclear as a way to forge American steel and electrolyze aluminum without releasing particulate matter, to desalinate water in the Middle East and save humanity from resource wars. By rejecting the false narratives and Cold War hysteria, we can secure the next American century while raising whole countries out of poverty.

Do you really think I left an incredible career at Kirkland, paid out of pocket for an apartment in DC and dozens of cross-country trips, and left my family on the west coast because I wanted to enrich people I never met before taking this job? I came to D.C. to do something that mattered, to satisfy a driving curiosity (more on that later), and, most importantly, to serve.

As I learned more about nuclear energy and its history, I developed a conviction that one nuclear’s biggest issues was a culture of cynicism: nothing new or exciting could happen because it would end in disappointment, and that militated against rocking the boat even a tiny bit. The career staff in government and their industry counterparts lived through dark winters before and stopped believing that warm springs could bloom into summers.

I have two core philosophies. First, I believe in ruthless optimism. Rational decision making requires detached risk analysis. But we also cannot win if we believe we can lose. Merging the two requires orienting teams around driving missions. That way, when a real opportunity presents itself, you can take a huge swing.

If I take credit for anything—honestly, almost all of the success belongs to the incredible and dedicated people at @ENERGY and @NRCgov—it’s countering the cultural rot and morass that risked forfeiting American excellence. My colleagues and I gave cover to the scientists and engineers, which freed them up to focus on delivering safe power. And, as success materialized, they started to dream again. That’s why the pilot program succeeded, and why I feel confident about the future of NLICs and NRC reform. Nobody needs me anymore because they can innovate on their own.

My second core philosophy is to assume positive intent. Avi, I know that you heard about my real motivations from multiple people you interviewed when preparing your hit piece on me. Rather than telling that story, one which could help inspire another generation of people to use their talents for the greater good, you ignored them. Instead, you implied that Peter Thiel recruited me for nefarious purposes. (I’ve never met him, but, @peterthiel, if you’re reading this, I’m a huge fan!)

Nuclear regulation starts and ends with safety. I promised everyone I worked with that I would resign before doing or pushing for anything that could compromise public safety. But I also distinguished between real safety and performative bullshit. That’s what the careers came to embrace, too. We love nuclear, why would we do anything that could risk threatening its future?

America faces a crossroads. We can either trod a road of cultural decay or hike our way back to the peak of global innovation. Join me on the latter path. Correct the fear mongering and conspiracies and tell the story of America’s great reindustrialization. Tell the story of our public servants, our great entrepreneurs, our scientific dominance. Tell the real story about how DOGE went nuclear.

[Chris Williamson @ChrisWillx]

It’s all going to end, very soon, enjoy it.

“At your funeral, your friends and family will argue over who gets what.

People will want food to eat.

The topic will shift from your life to their lives.

They’ll drive away thinking about their looming to-do list.

Some people won’t be able to make it because ‘something came up’

And we worry about…a low performing post on social media.

Or what someone “thinks of us”.

Or a bad customer review.

Or whether we’re going to finish our to do list in time.

We die like we go to sleep.

With things unsaid and unfinished.

The only judge who has complete context on our lives, dies with us.

A reminder of the heavy weight we place on things that matter little.”

— @AlexHormozi

[Fľøkï @Dee_Floki]

France v Senegal FIFA World Cup 2026 through Geoff Lowe’s lens

[The Vigilant Fox 🦊 @VigilantFox]

The man who trains the Army's psyop division tells Joe Rogan he built a tool that scores any news event from 1 to 100 on how likely it is to be a psyop.

Chase Hughes does this work for the government. Now he says he's trying to make the entire playbook obsolete by making it visible.

HUGHES: "I'm the guy that trains psyops. In two days after I leave here, I'm going to Fort Bragg to train the United States Army psyop division. I'm the guy."

"I created a tool that will give you a 1 to 100 score on how likely something is a psyop."

"The invading of Iraq would score a 98 out of 100."

"My goal is to make people more expensive to influence."

Once you can see the playbook, it stops working on you.

[R(R) @real1800splurge]

somewhere in your 20s or 30s you’ll get the opportunity to rebuild your life after a negative loop. its very important that you see that journey through

[The New York Times @nytimes]

From @TheAthleticFC: There are 98 players born in France at the World Cup, and there are more French-born players (76) representing other nations than any other country at the tournament. Senegal’s squad has 10 of them. https://t.co/wut41fW7FS

[Ben Rothenberg @BenRothenberg]

Corentin Moutet, ungovernable.

[Electra @Electrarythm]

There is a certain type of person everywhere now, especially online.

He consumes endless information every day: philosophy, psychology, productivity, spirituality, neuroscience, business, self-improvement, history.

He knows a little about everything and deeply experiences almost nothing.

His entire identity becomes built around understanding instead of living.

He watches videos about confidence instead of speaking confidently. Reads about discipline instead of becoming disciplined. Studies relationships instead of learning how to love. Consumes motivational content instead of taking action.

He feels intelligent because he is constantly mentally stimulated. But stimulation is not transformation.

Most of the time, knowledge becomes emotional protection. Reality is unpredictable. Reality humiliates. Reality exposes weakness. Books and ideas do not.

Inside information, he can continue imagining himself as intelligent, deep, insightful, different from ordinary people. So he remains trapped in preparation.

He constantly feels as if he is "becoming" someone, while his real life remains strangely untouched. He develops sophisticated language for problems he never confronts directly. He can explain human behavior beautifully while being unable to handle ordinary discomfort, rejection, uncertainty, loneliness, or risk.

He slowly turns life into observation instead of participation.

The internet rewards this personality heavily. He receives validation for sounding aware rather than becoming capable.

Eventually, he begins confusing self-analysis with growth and information with wisdom.

But beneath the intelligence usually exists the same thing: fear. Fear of failure. Fear of embarrassment. Fear of reality answering back.

Because action destroys fantasy. The moment he truly acts, he can no longer hide inside potential.

[Salih GÜNEY💙 @seri702]

Evlenirsen pişman olursun. Evlenmezsen de pişman olursun. Çocuk yapsan da yapmasan da pişman olursun. Kierkegaard bunu 200 yıl önce şöyle söylemiştir:
"Neyi seçersen seç pişman olursun. Çünkü sorun tercihlerinde değil yaşanmamış bir hayatı romantize etmendir. İnsan her daim gidilmemiş bir yolu cazibeli ve gizemli bulur. Bu yüzden mesele en doğru seçimi yapman değil. Hangi pişmanlıkla yaşayacağını seçip karar vermendir."
Sen neye karar verdin?

[V @Spectator_V]

@brfootball Get spike lee’s goofy ass out of here. Go Knicks

[NEW YORK KNICKS @nyknicks]

for the boroughs and Knicks fans around the world 🏆

[ClaudeDevs @ClaudeDevs]

As a result of a US government directive, we are suspending access to Claude Fable 5 for all users. You can continue to use all other Claude models.

Here’s what this means for you:

Across Claude products, new sessions will run on your selected default model or Opus 4.8, and existing Fable 5 sessions will end with an error.

On the Claude Platform, requests to Fable 5 will also return an error. Please update your integrations to other Claude models.

We know this is a disruption to your workflows; we appreciate your patience and support.

[V @Spectator_V]

@AdamSchefter It’s called the New York Knicks

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

This is free advice from an expensive psychologist. If you’re an anxious person, do everything for fun. Go to a job interview for fun. Submit documents for fun. Start a blog for fun. Anxiety feeds on importance. Don’t make everything a matter of life and death.

[V @Spectator_V]

@AdamSchefter The New York Knicks effect

[Vfynn_🥷🏼 𐙚 @Vfynn_]

🚨🗣️ 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Wayne Rooney: “One came on for 20 minutes and changed the entire game. The other started and held his team back.”

“People keep telling me football is about reputation. No, it’s about impact.

Look at the difference. Messi comes on with 20 minutes left and completely changes the game. One penalty, one goal, defense-splitting passes, involvement in the build-up, leadership, composure. Argentina instantly looked sharper, more fluid, more ruthless. That’s what greatness is. You don’t need 90 minutes to dominate a match when your football brain is operating two steps ahead of everyone else.

Now look at Ronaldo. Portugal controlled possession, created chances, had the game where they wanted it, but their attack looked blunt. Missed chances, poor decisions, shots when simple passes were available, free-kick into the wall, an offside goal, and then he’s off at halftime. The uncomfortable truth is Portugal looked more cohesive, more dynamic, and more dangerous after he left the pitch.

If Portugal are serious about going deep in this tournament, they need to stop making decisions based on history. Ronaldo’s legacy is untouchable, but trophies aren’t won with memories. Right now, he looks more like a luxury than a necessity.

The difference between Messi and Ronaldo at this stage isn’t talent. It’s adaptation. One accepts what the game needs. The other still wants the game to revolve around him.

And before Ronaldo fans get angry, ask yourselves one question: if his name wasn’t Cristiano Ronaldo, would he still be starting?”

[Tai Lopez @tailopez]

The most skilled people I know who are still broke and stuck all share one thing. They stopped believing in themselves and never got that belief back.

[Sam Stoffel @sam_stoffel]

Founder of lululemon on what he'd tell every 25 year old:

"I'd tell them that every person in the world is an individual with a different genetic makeup and a different upbringing and the way that you're thinking is so radically different than every other person in the world and incomparable that if you have an idea and you want to move forward with it, don't worry so much about the competition because nobody will be able to replicate you and the way you think about it."

[Atlas Press @realAtlasPress]

Leonardo da Vinci's greatest paragraph

[Mudit @muditfx]

— Žižek, on not obsessing with psychoanalyzing oneself all the time