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[Bill Ackman @BillAckman]

The NYC mayoral election is a slow-moving, soon-to-be-accelerating train wreck. With @andrewcuomo and @ericadamsfornyc both still in the race and apparently planning to stay in the race until the end, @ZohranKMamdani is a near certain winner.

Mayor Adams or Cuomo can win the election, but not if it is a three- or four-way race.

The only path to victory is for one of them to step aside and it needs to happen soon. If Adams and Cuomo truly care about our great city, they should sit down and work it out, and they need to do it now.

Socialism will be the death knell for NYC. That will be both Andrew’s and Eric’s legacy if they put their self interest and egos above what is best for the city.

NYC will look very kindly on the candidate that steps aside and helps the other win to save the city. That will be a very important part of their legacy. In the alternative, they will both be responsible for a socialist takeover of the city, the lives lost from the increase in crime, the economic destruction and unemployment, and the inspiration a Mamdani win will inspire for Socialist candidates around the country.

This is a really important election for the future of the city and the country. On the path Eric, Andrew and we are on, we are handing NYC to Mamdani.

Wake up New York City!

[Colin Cowherd @colincowherd]

Never believed red meat is bad for you. Can’t convince me otherwise. Feel great eating a small, lean steak, feel better the next morning after one. Think I’ll go shoot a 76 today ⛳️

[Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו @netanyahu]

President Trump and I often say: ‘Peace through strength.’

First comes strength, then comes peace.

And tonight, @realDonaldTrump and the United States acted with a lot of strength.

[Gedaliah Blum 🇮🇱 @GedaliahBlum]

Imam Hassen Chalghoumi of Drancy, near Paris, is astonished by what Israel is currently doing in Iran. He writes:

I, a son of Ishmael, an imam, a Muslim, a man of peace, hereby present my sincere testimony about this extraordinary people:

I must admit, I believe in religions and miracles. But there is something about this people — the people of Israel — that feels like a living miracle.

A people the Pharaohs tried to erase 3,000 years ago… and failed.
A people the Babylonians tried to annihilate 2,500 years ago… and failed.
A people the Romans tried to wipe out 2,000 years ago… and failed.
A people the Nazis tried to exterminate 80 years ago… and failed to erase.
A people the Arabs fought in five wars to wipe off the map… and failed.

This is a small nation in number, but with a unique strength — a divine blessing. Wherever it lays its hand, it succeeds: in finance, commerce, science, philosophy, literature… A desert land turned into a paradise, without oil or gas, but with liberty, democracy, intelligence, and determination.

This is a people who gave the world Einstein, Newton, Kafka, Karl Marx, Nietzsche, Spinoza, Freud… and many others who left a mark on humanity.

There are realities that neither reason nor logic can explain.
There is only one word for it: miracle.

For two and a half years now, this people has been fighting on five fronts. They said it was tired, that it was about to collapse… and yet, it surprises the world by opening a new front against the Iranian enemy — one that frightens even Arab regimes.

This people, though small in number, possesses the courage of nobles, the wisdom of prophets, the patience of the righteous, and the determination of survivors. How could it be otherwise, when it is known they are the descendants of Abraham, Solomon, David, Moses, Jacob, Joseph… and 1,523 prophets and emissaries from their lineage?

This is a people who brought monotheism and faith in one God to the world. A people driven by a thirst for life, for work, for innovation, and for continuity — a drive that has lasted more than 4,000 years.

Truly, I find no other word to describe them but: a nation of miracles.

If the Arabs had clear vision, they would choose to unite with this people, to learn from them, to cooperate with them… perhaps they would absorb some of their knowledge, wisdom, and dignity.

Hassen Chalghoumi
Imam

[Kamel Amin Thaabet @K_AminThaabet]

Some initial thoughts on war with Iran /1

[Bill Ackman @BillAckman]

Israel is incredibly fortunate that @netanyahu is leading the country at this critical time in history.

[Naval @naval]

Tulips are not durable, not scarce, not programmable, not fungible, not verifiable, not divisible, and hard to transfer. But tell me more about your analogy...

[Naval @naval]

If you're a small country that would like to be the richest per capita, buy up all the Bitcoin you can and announce adoption. You're welcome

[Arjun Khemani @arjunkhemani]

.@naval: There was a story that I read about @elonmusk that really affected me, which was when he was talking to Bill Gates, and Bill Gates had just taken out some huge short on Tesla. It was like a billion dollar short or something.

And, Elon was like, “Why would you do that? Why would you short Tesla?” And Bill goes, “Well, you know, I talked to my financial advisors and I looked at the math and there’s no way it’s overvalued. And so I’m going to make money on the short.”

And Elon goes, “What do you care about making money? I thought you were into electric cars and climate change and saving the world. What are you doing trying to save a few bucks and betting against Tesla?”. And he just walked away in disgust.

And I think he never talked to Bill Gates after that. And that’s when I realized, like, Elon’s a purist. He means what he says. The money is a tool for him to get what he’s trying to do. And so I take him at face value, which is the crazy thing, because a lot of people who set these audacious goals to inspire people, you kind of know they don’t really mean it.

Elon, I take at face value. So I really do think he intends to get to Mars. I don’t think he’s joking about that. And I think he means to get there within a defined window of time. And I don’t think it’s just like an inspirational, faraway goal. I think he’s very, very concretely going to do whatever it takes.

Because Elon doesn’t want to go down in history as the electric car guy or even the guy who saved America guy. He wants to go down as a guy who got humanity to the stars. Again, I’ll give him more credit than that. I don’t even think he wants to go down as the “I got humanity to the stars” guy.

He’s just like, “I want to get to the stars, and so I have to make it happen in this lifetime. The only way that I get to experience the science fiction world in my head is if I get to the stars.” And so that’s so inspirational. I think that drives everything.

So I think the government was just a thing that got in his way.

[simon wein @swein93]

@thebillionnet Does akro get converted to Kaon?

[Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו @netanyahu]

My message to Macron >>

[simon wein @swein93]

@thebillionnet Does Akro convert to kaon?

[Naftali Bennett נפתלי בנט @naftalibennett]

Israel has now its greatest opportunity in 50 years, to change the face of the Middle East.

The leadership of Iran, which used to be good at chess, made a terrible mistake this evening.

We must act *now* to destroy Iran’s nuclear program, its central energy facilities, and to fatally cripple this terrorist regime.

To strike the head of the octopus of terror, that, in its cowardice, sent its tentacles (Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, etc.) to murder us, while the Ayatollahs sat safely in their palaces in Tehran.

The octopus's tentacles are temporarily paralysed - now comes the head.

We must remove this terrible threat to our children's future.

We can grant the Iranian people an opportunity to rise up and shake off the regime that tyrannizes its women and daughters.

We have the justification. We have the tools.
Now that Hezbollah and Hamas are paralyzed, Iran stands exposed.

Over this last terrible year, Iranian tentacles murdered our families.
Raped our daughters.
Kidnapped our children.
Ransacked our towns.
Burned our fields.
Fired on our ships.
Terrorized children in Kiryat Shmona, Kfar Aza, and Sderot.
Emptied out whole regions of our land.
Humiliated us.

Now is the moment.

A Nation of Lions has united and proven its strength over the last year.
It has yearned for a change, for action, for so very long.

There are times when history knocks at our door, and we must open it.

This opportunity must not be missed.

[simon wein @swein93]

@thebillionnet Does AKRO tokens convert to Kaon tokens?

[Saul Sadka @Saul_Sadka]

Tel Aviv mood:

These people on the beach and at the bar all know some of them could be in uniform and in battle tomorrow and that they and their loved ones are at risk of missile attacks from maniacs 1,000 miles away. They are bracing for a potentially difficult week ahead.

So they try to share only good vibes. They remind each other not to be negative, not to gossip. They greet each other with extra warmth. It's very touching.

Jews from all over have flown in, one told me, "I felt I should be here, now more than ever."

People are on edge but resolute that things will work out for the best. A reckoning with Hezboallah and Iran always had to come, sooner or later, and there was always going to be a price to pay, but Israel will prevail, as our enemies are evil.

Shabbat Shalom

[simon wein @swein93]

@cyrusnazmiyal This means a lot. Thank you.

[NBC Sports @NBCSports]

The ENTIRE running of the 150th Kentucky Derby. 🌹

[Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran]

"Our job is to play basketball. You've got people getting up at 6 am doing 12-hour shifts. Those guys are tired. For us, we’re playing a game…. We gotta keep that in perspective." — Josh Hart ❤️

[GREG ISENBERG @gregisenberg]

The anti-smartphone movement will be one of the biggest movements of our time. It's just getting started...

[Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 @pmarca]

Argentina Dynamism. Argentina Techno-Optimism. Truth to Power. Speech of the 21st Century. 🇦🇷