thomas kim

[Peter Schiff @PeterSchiff]

I get criticized by MAGA Republicans for criticizing Trump. But if Republicans don't criticize Trump, then the only criticism will come from Democrats. But Democrats criticize Trump for the wrong reasons. Letting Democrats define Trump undermines the Republican cause.

I criticize Trump for being too much like Democrats. Republicans need to draw a contrast between the failed big-government policies of Trump and Democrats and the true free-market, limited-government policies that should define the party.

[thomas kim @tomkim5280]

@PeterSchiff Amen.

[John Ondrasik @johnondrasik]

Today 2 Million Arabs have the opportunity to vote in Israel. 🗽

Gazan’s have not had an election since 2006. 🫪

Free Palestine!…From Hamas. 🧠

@macklemore @MarkRuffalo @BBC @TheDemocrats @AOC @Grammys @NYCMayor @zachlanebryan @nytimes @FranceskAlbs

[Ryan Spilborghs @spillygoat19]

Makes me laugh every time. Murph never shakes his players hands, so they just smack him.

[Ross Kaminsky @Rossputin]

I don't really understand the concept of a biblical hierarchy; Marx's view is entirely foreign to me. It's clear that he and his wife agree that the "hierarchy" is "God, man, woman, child" in that order.

I'm not going to criticize their having whatever view they want to have; a different view is not synonymous with a "wrong" view. I am tolerant of pretty much any viewpoint that doesn't require its adherents to hurt me or steal my stuff. I will say that that Victor's sort of view will strike most Colorado voters as between odd and crazy.

How much will Victor Marx lose by? I don't know but at this point I'd be surprised if it's by less than 23 percent and I wouldn't be surprised if it's closer to 30%. It's not only that he's a grifter with no relevant experience (as far as running for governor), but it's also that his idiosyncratic not-entirely-mainstream Christian worldview, which might play in Oklahoma or Alabama, is not a fit outside of a subset of the GOP base in Colorado.

https://t.co/xYQXkGw0jO

#copolitics

[thomas kim @tomkim5280]

@Rossputin VM’s views are not shared by this Christian.

[David Sacks @DavidSacks]

Legacy Media types are calling this Alex Karp interview a “crash-out” so that’s your first clue that he is actually saying something extremely insightful. He is articulating what real “AI safety” looks like in the enterprise.

Not abstract alignment research or certification by a government-run DMV for AI. Real AI safety for businesses is the ability to control their own data, model weights, and compute — so a frontier lab can’t hoover up their proprietary knowledge and turn it into their next product.

As Karp explains, technical customers want “control over their compute, their models, their data stack, and their alpha. They want to know they own the means of production, and it’s not being transferred to someone else.”

Don’t think that can happen? Just look at Figma. According to The Information, Anthropic “blindsided” its then-business partner with the launch of Claude Design. Figma’s founder said Anthropic had not been “consistently honest” with them. Anthropic’s chief product officer had even served on Figma’s board until three days before the launch of Claude Design. Figma’s stock has fallen sharply this year while Anthropic’s valuation has surged.

This isn’t an isolated example. Anthropic has launched Claude Science, Claude Security, Claude Legal, and of course Claude Code — each expanding into categories previously served by companies building on top of their models. The pattern is consistent: watch where value is being created, then move in directly. Dominate the model layer, then use that position to capture the most lucrative verticals.

Dario has argued that open source models powerful enough to compete with Anthropic are “dangerous.” But dangerous to whom? Not to enterprises that want to retain control over their data and workflows. Dangerous to a business model that benefits from customers having few real alternatives at the model layer.

As Karp exposes, true enterprise safety isn’t trusting that a lab’s future roadmap won’t include your business. It’s retaining the ability to choose — at the model layer — who gets to see and use your alpha.

[Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 @pmarca]

Self recommending.

[Cadillac Formula 1 Team @Cadillac_F1]

LET'S GO @DODGERS! ⚾️

[Cadillac Formula 1 Team @Cadillac_F1]

The future doesn’t build itself. These are the people powering our journey to the grid 💪

[Circuit of The Americas @COTA]

We’ve got a feeling this year’s USGP is going to be the crown jewel of the F1 calendar. Just saying’... manifesting that the best is yet to come in Texas. 🇺🇸🤠

[John Ondrasik @johnondrasik]

My Op Ed in the @WSJ discussing my new version of "Superman" for the hostages.

"Music is where we should be able to meet honestly without enmity. It can remind us that behind every headline is a human being who bleeds and loves and cries just like we do"

https://t.co/QXQWNFeaJu

[Adam Sandler @AdamSandler]

Goodbye, Morris. We are all gonna miss you. You could be hard on directors, make-up artists, costumers - really anyone with arms or legs - but I know you did it for the ultimate good of the film. The day you wouldn’t come out of your trailer unless we sent in 40 heads of lettuce taught me a powerful lesson: never compromise your art. I will never forget at craft service that time when we split the Three Musketeers bar and you let me have the bigger half. But that’s who you were.

I know your character’s decapitation in the first movie precluded your participation in the sequel, but we all appreciated the fruit basket and the hilarious note. I will miss the sound of your tail sliding through the tall grass, your cold, bumpy skin, but, most of all, I will miss your infectious laugh. Thanks to Mr. Young for taking care of you all these years, and vaya con dios, old friend.

[thomas kim @tomkim5280]

@asymmetricinfo In Colorado, grocery store pharmacies fill prescriptions and big box retailers sell everything else offered in drugstores plus.

[Los Angeles Dodgers @Dodgers]

MUNCY. SMITH. FREEMAN. WOW.

[Megan McArdle @asymmetricinfo]

This is a crazy idea—but it’s so crazy, it just might work. Instead of using the other side’s norm violations to justify your own shredding of civic and judicial norms, what if everyone just tried to act normal for five minutes?

[Caitlyn Kim @caitlynkim]

After years of complaints over high electric bills, Pueblo voters will weigh in on replacing Black Hills Energy https://t.co/0uXG6iUuux via @shannalewis

[Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt]

As parents around the world try to save their kids from a phone-based childhood, their efforts are undermined by schools that put a laptop or tablet on every desk. This video is the most compelling one I've seen, about why this must stop. At After Babel:

https://t.co/42n7jexMzU

[thomas kim @tomkim5280]

Weeeeeeë https://t.co/OVDHyhML8R

[Justin Hart @justin_hart]

Love this! Jerry Seinfeld: "Privilege today seems to be the worst thing you can have. I would like to take a moment to defend it!... We're embarrassed about things we should be proud of and proud of things we should be embarrassed about!"