Steven Whaley

SQL Server and Oracle DBA for 34 years. AI enthusiasts. Hobbies: Family, Investing, Learning, Computers

[Dr Jordan B Peterson @jordanbpeterson]

To the Americans:

I've travelled all over the world. I've familiarized myself with many places, and met many people. And I'm a Canadian, although I’m privileged to reside once again in the States.

And here's something I've noticed, and it’s a key element of America's continuing greatness:

You bloody Americans value success, and you believe in its existence.

This is something that doesn't really happen anywhere else in the world. Even in other free democracies—the United Kingdom; Finland, Sweden, and Norway; Australia, New Zealand and Canada; Germany, France, and the Netherlands (great countries all)—a counterproductive cynicism too often reigns.

Success is equated with exploitation.
Ambition is looked upon with contempt.

This happens sometimes in the United States too—particularly among the miserable progressives, who confuse their resentment, ingratitude and unearned skepticism with wisdom.

But in your great country, by and large, striving is admired and success celebrated.

This means that more people strive and succeed in the US than anywhere else. And it's increasingly obvious. You remain stunningly more innovative and productive than any people anywhere else on the planet.

And so I say, as all should who are fortunate enough to live in the western world, let alone America:

Thank God for the United States.

Thank God for the wisdom of its founders.
Thank God for its faith in the free market and in the natural rights of man.
Happy birthday, you damn Yankees and Southerners.

Long may your admirable country dominate the world.

Long may your freedom and hope provide an example to those suffering everywhere at the hands of their malevolent states.

May your two and a half centuries of unparallelled success be just the beginning.

Your country is the light of the world, and the city on the hill.

Thank God for the USA.

Happy 250th.

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson

[Steven Whaley @swhaley]

@sfliberty @grok Why do people still believe in the communist theory?

[Steven Whaley @swhaley]

@KatieMiller The saving grace is that so much of her donations never reach the stated causes due to fraud, abuse, high overhead, executive salaries, and waste that lines leaders’ pockets of these programs.

[Steven Whaley @swhaley]

@NicHulscher @grok, is this fake news?

[Steven Whaley @swhaley]

@Milajoy @grok, is this real?

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

America has always been, and always will be, ONE NATION UNDER GOD.

[Anthropic @AnthropicAI]

Since June 12, we’ve been working closely with the US government to restore access to Claude Mythos 5 and Fable 5. Today, the government notified us that Mythos 5, our strongest cybersecurity model, can be redeployed to a set of US organizations that operate and defend critical infrastructure.

We’re restoring access for these organizations quickly, and we’re continuing to work with the government to expand access to Mythos 5 and make Fable 5 available for general use again.

[Steven Whaley @swhaley]

@elonmusk @grok, can you really do all of this?

[Steven Whaley @swhaley]

I have to say it — I’m genuinely in love with Grok.
I use it every single day, and it has completely changed how I work, think, and create. It’s not just helpful; it’s better than Google as a search engine. It actually understands what I’m really asking, delivers precise answers with context and nuance, and doesn’t bury me in ads or outdated junk.
It’s a better spell checker, a sharper grammar checker, a brilliant writing partner, code troubleshooter, research assistant, and creative collaborator all rolled into one. Whether I’m drafting ministry newsletters, sorting through QuickBooks reports, prepping legal documents, helping with family projects, or just exploring ideas — Grok is there and it’s outstanding.
xAI built something truly special. If you haven’t tried Grok yet, you’re missing out on one of the most useful tools available today.
What’s your favorite way to use Grok?
#Grok #xAI #Grateful

[Steven Whaley @swhaley]

@Shawn_Farash I made a song about TDS. https://t.co/rp28SfVDVK

[Steven Whaley @swhaley]

RT @angelaroosee: This Muslim women have more access to healthcare in a random store in Texas than women in Arab countries do.

Examples:…

[AAGHarmeetDhillon @AAGDhillon]

Swing and a miss! Major League Baseball encouraged players to wear “Black Lives Matter” on their uniforms but reportedly threatened Christians who write Bible verses on their hats. @USEEOC will investigate whether this amounts to religious discrimination.

[Steven Whaley @swhaley]

@DataRepublican Excellent research. Thank you for exposing this. Hopeful but doubtful that anything will change.

[Steven Whaley @swhaley]

@IBM Happy Birthday. Here’s to 115 more.

[Konstantin Kisin @KonstantinKisin]

Want to save the West? Start by telling your children the truth.

A society that teaches its children to hate their inheritance shouldn't be surprised when they fail to preserve it.

Teach your children gratitude. Teach them why freedom matters. Teach them what made the West successful.

Because if you don't tell them the truth about their civilisation, someone else will tell them a lie.

[Steven Whaley @swhaley]

@ZacksJerryRig @grok please explain to @ZacksJerryRig how Spacex satellite cooling works. He need some education.

[Steven Whaley @swhaley]

@PTrubey @grok, explain the cooling tech on Spacex existing and proposed satellites

[Brandon Gell @bran_don_gell]

If you know one thing about every right now, it's that we're heavily Codex pilled. So we wrote a guide on how to use Codex for knowledge work as well as we do. You dont want to miss this one...

https://t.co/KkTSjy7o6G

[Susie Wiles @SusieWiles47]

I’ve watched firsthand how focused this team is on making life more affordable for American families.

As of today, https://t.co/uarczpuEVC has already helped save Americans more than $400 million and we just added 600 more medications to the program.

Our President is demanding transparency and choice, which helps bring economic freedom.

[Susie Wiles @SusieWiles47]

President Trump is the most forward leaning president on innovation in American history.

When it comes to AI and cyber security, President Trump and his administration are not in the business of picking winners and losers. This administration has one goal; ensure the best and safest tech is deployed rapidly to defeat any and all threats.

We appreciate the effort being made by the frontier labs to ensure that goal is met.

The White House will continue to lead an America First effort that empowers America’s great innovators, not bureaucracy, to drive safe deployment of powerful technologies while keeping America safe.

Really, it’s common sense!