All the DC politicians are either checked out or running for office or stuck in a virtue signaling doom loop. No trash pick up, no NW DMV, no city response.
DC's 311 app has been broken since May 1, which isn't acceptable for something residents rely on to report sidewalk issues, missed trash pickups, and broken streetlights. I got curious whether the outage actually showed up in the submission numbers. So I pulled the open data. ๐งต
The Race to Criticality - June 4th, 2026 - 30 days until July 4th, 2026
@AntaresNuclear goes critical!
The first of at least three companies expected to go critical by the July 4th deadline in EO 14301.
Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna has filed charges against a woman who brutally attacked her outside Capitol Hill today.
Hereโs a clip of the horrific assault. Viewer Discretion is advised.
From the rooftops. Stop paying for your kids sports. If you just invested all the money you spend on youth sports in an ETF, youโd save enough for college. Much better odds than little Johnny going D3 and then making $33k playing crap MLS assuming heโs even the 1.5%.
A PARENTโS JOURNEY THROUGH YOUTH SPORTS:
Age 5: โHeโs got a cannon.โ
Age 6: โHeโs the fastest kid out there. Coach said so.โ
Age 7: โRec ball isnโt challenging him anymore.โ
Age 8: โWe tried out for select. Obviously made it.โ
Age 9: โ$2,800 for the season. Plus uniforms. Plus tournaments. Plus hotels.โ
Age 10: โCooperstown is basically a family vacation, right?โ
Age 11: โHe needs a hitting guy. And a pitching guy. And probably a mental performance coach.โ
Age 12: โIโm not a crazy sports parent. The OTHER parents are crazy.โ
Age 13: โWe changed schools. For academics. (And also baseball.)โ
Age 14: โShowcases are a requirement at this age.โ
Age 15: โYa his ranking just ticked up. Weโre cooking.โ
Age 16: โHe just needs to get seen by the right school.โ
Age 17: โThe D1 schools want him to walk on. Heโll earn a spot by sophomore year.โ
Age 18: โOkay, D2 is actually really competitive.โ
Age 19: โHeโs redshirting. Strategic.โ
Age 20: โHeโs focusing on school now.โ
Age 21: โYou know what? Heโs so much happier.โ
Roughly 7% of high schoolers play in college.
About 1.5% of those get drafted.
Less than half of draftees ever play one day in the big leagues.
The odds of our kids going pro are somewhere between โstruck by lightningโ and โfind a $100 in old shorts.โ
I love youth sports (all my kids play a bunch of them) just keep a good perspective my friends. โ๏ธ
๐จ ๐ก๐๐ช: An official image has been released of Kai Havertz' challenge.
Studs above the ankle is a 100% red card in the book of rules, but VAR decided NOT to give it.
Denver-based AZAK is presenting its second-generation chassis-free unmanned ground platform at the LANPAC Symposium and Expo in Honolulu this week, bringing a vehicle architecture that U.S. Army and Special Operations Forces have been evaluating for resupply, casualty evacuation, counter-UAS, and drone-launch roles following a series of 2025-26 military trials.
3rd Annual Natsec Hackathon ๐บ๐ธ
1000+ applicants. 102 projects. $80,000 in cash prizes.
Partnering directly with the @USARMYPIT/ @USArmy for the first time, we brought together top builders from across the nation to tackle some of our militaryโs most pressing challenges in under 48 hours.
Judged by leading military personnel, including from the Army, Space Force, & more, teams worked across the full stack of modern warfare, spanning sensor analysis, mission C2, cybersecurity, edge deployments, and drone operations.
A big thank you to our co-hosts at @ShieldCapVC, @PalantirTech, @DCVC, @L3HarrisTech and IQT, with support from @OpenAI, @armada_ai, @scale_AI, @TENEXai, and @Deloitte.
Special shoutout to our incredible judges โ @joesuh, @bohannon_bot, @BahlAnuraag, @muralikannan, @sgourley, and more.
What will you build at the next one? ๐
The winners:
JUST IN: ๐บ๐ธ๐จ๐ณ President Trump and Xi Jinping are reportedly considering deal to allow China to invest $1 trillion to build factories in the United States.
@johnkonrad Agreed, but here's a big idea. Let's STOP having a "30-year shipbuilding plan" when nothing is built or funded on time as well as a *new* CNO strategy every time we have a new CNO.