Eddie Pabst

[Mike Solana @micsolana]

@mattyglesias yes, matt, I am the one who "ramped up polarization"

[Peter Kazanjy @Kazanjy]

This Minnesotan autism program repayment volume ramp is HILARIOUS.

It’s all fraud.

Piped to real estate purchases in Mogadishu.

[mariana Z @mariana057]

A lot of people don't realize the actor that played Wilson in Castaway, is the same actor from the volleyball scene in Top Gun.

[Darth Theta @Paulbuhrow]

@bhweingarten @seanmdav It’s not lost on me that the subject of this 2021 email is titled “everyone’s favorite topic.” There were A LOT of discussions about this that predate this email

[Hans Mahncke @HansMahncke]

The fact that Barrett decided to appear in public and demonstrate how these intimidation tactics work, not merely against her but against her family as well, makes the situation so much worse. The only principled response would be for Barrett step aside, but she won’t.

[Chamath Palihapitiya @chamath]

This is the intellectual version of a COVID Mask. You may think you’re doing something smart but you’re not.

[Ashley Rindsberg @AshleyRindsberg]

That is one hell of a correction by @NPR

[BuffaloRon @BuffaloRon]

I will not be taking anymore questions...

what happened happened.

[Bryan Beal 🎧 @bryanrbeal]

The fact this one dude - by himself - can walk into any state and find blatant fraud everywhere he goes proves two things: 1) the fraud is rampant at an unprecedented scale and 2) the government agencies who are supposed to protect our tax dollars are either completely incompetent or complicit in the fraud.

[Startup Archive @StartupArchive_]

Palmer Luckey on the question he asked his billionaire group chat

Palmer is asked how he feels about billionaires who have sold their companies and are now cruising the Mediterranean on their yachts, rather than betting their fortune to make the world a better place. He responds:

“I’m in a group chat called ‘The B-Boys Club.’ It’s all boys who have sold a company for at least a billion dollars… It doesn’t exclude women. Women would be allowed. It’s just thus far only boys have applied. And for years — all the way back to when I sold my company and got invited to the B Boys Club — I’ve tried to shame people: ‘You have so much money. Why are you not doing what you know is the right thing to do with this capital?’”

He asks them: “Are you going to be Batman or are you going to be you?”

Palmer has succeeded in changing the thinking of some members. Others have replied that racing old vintage race cars is extremely fun. “I’ve paid my dues Palmer,” they say, “I’m not in it to stress like used to when I started my company.”

To Palmer, money is just a small part of it though. These people could leverage their intelligence, network, and reputations to affect tremendous change:

“Why was I able to start Anduril? Money was a small part of it… People believed in me because I was proven founder who had started a multi-billion dollar company that successfully exited. That makes it easier to recruit people. You’re in a position to do what no amount of money alone could do. You could take some guy off the street and give him $10 billion, but he won’t be able to accomplish half of what some of these people would be able to accomplish… [Reputation] is a free resource. You don’t even have to spend you’re money.”

This is why Palmer hasn’t done The Giving Pledge:

“When you pledge to give away your money, what you’re really saying is, ‘I think other people can do more good with my money than I can.’ and ‘I think my view of the world will be more competently executed by others than myself.’.. Maybe there are people who are truly mentally and physically not what they used to be. But for many people, I think they could absolutely achieve their goals better than handing it to a non-founder or NGO.”

He continues:

“My thinking is I’ve got a view as to how the world should be, and I don’t think that there’s anyone else who’s going to more-faithfully execute on that than me. When I’m all old and used up, maybe I’ll change my mind.”

Source: @PeterDiamandis (May 2025)

[Wisconsin Family @Wisconsin_fam]

Sal is a living meme

[The Brewer Nation @BrewerNation]

From @MLBNow. I could probably listen to Joey Votto breaking down baseball all day. He's an early Tony Romo analyst level of thoughtful, if that analogy makes sense.

[Rob Friedman @PitchingNinja]

Jacob Misiorowski, 99mph (2025) and 104mph (2026).

Posture differences...and did not skip leg day.

[Peter St Onge, Ph.D. @profstonge]

Everything government subsidizes gets expensive, from medical to college to childcare.

And everything they neglect gets cheap, from TV's to cellphones to clothes.

Because subsidies breed donors, and donors breed costs.

[Greg Price @greg_price11]

Never forget that Abigail Spanberger's first act as Governor of Virginia was to repeal Glenn Youngkin's executive order that mandated Virginia police cooperate with immigration enforcement.

[Mary Katharine Ham @mkhammer]

Former Gov. Ralph Northam was appointed to a college board by Gov. Abigail Spanberger this year after refusing to resign in 2019 in the face of party-wide demands in the wake of a blackface/Klan hood picture scandal and another admitted blackface incident. Everyone just shut up and he served a full term. Now, one of the reasons they didn't force him out is bc their next two in the line of succession were an AG, who also had a blackface scandal, and a Lt. Gov. named Justin Fairfax who had faced sexual assault allegations and fast-forward, just recently murdered his wife. So, maybe Ds in Maine can find someone besides Platner who doesn't have a racist pic or tattoo and/or violent history with women, but their record thus far not great, and the Virginia Dems don't offer a template for that.

[Berk @trapdoor456]

The GOAT 🤣🤣

@realDonaldTrump

[Football Away Days @FBAwayDays]

😆😆😆😆

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

🇺🇸🇺🇸 Hell yeah!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸