Positive_Pioneer

Working on consistently developing a positive mental attitude and a strong belief in 'You'll see it when you believe it.' Husband, Father, Grandfather.

[Positive_Pioneer @tomsyr]

I asked Grok to define personal agency. Some are led to believe that to vote, they need as much help as possible since their vote will be suppressed if they don't get help. If that's really the case, then what every American should be taught is personal agency.

[Positive_Pioneer @tomsyr]

@AmazingPopPod I like what Dave Ramsey says about buying stuff on credit. Stupid tax

[Positive_Pioneer @tomsyr]

This could also be a good use-case for patrolling schools to prevent active shooters. Trained for a school environment of course

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

Warhound, a defense‑tech startup founded by Palmer Luckey and Ben Lamm, has raised $200 million in seed funding to genetically engineer war dogs for the U.S. military.

Lamm is responsible for the de-extinction of the dire wolf which died out ~10,000 years ago.

Warhound will find top dogs and then biobank their genetic material before cloning the proven dogs.

The company will take the cell lines for top breeds like Belgian Malinois and German Shepherd before editing the genes to make the dogs perform better and improve “things like speed and agility or enhance olfactory sensors for bomb sniffing and whatnot.”

Luckey’s Anduril will supply the dogs with advanced body armor, ear coverings, and other military technology like EagleEye, an artificial intelligence military helmet.

Anduril is also reportedly working with META on battlefield augmented reality eyewear.

Lamm says the genetically modified dogs with advanced equipment will not only make the dogs safer, but will also make the human handlers safer.

The first Warhound puppies will reportedly soon be cloned and incubated and will be born in early 2027 and then will begin training.

[Clinton @614clinton]

Last summer, my wife was getting her hair done at an upscale salon before our vacation to Las Vegas.

“Las Vegas?” her hairdresser scoffed. “It's overcrowded, dirty, and ridiculously expensive. Why would you go there?”

“We thought we'd have some fun. We're flying Southwest Airlines.”

“Southwest? Terrible airline! Cramped seats, delays, and awful service. Where are you staying?”

“Trump International Hotel.”

The hairdresser laughed. “Overpriced! You're paying a fortune just for the name.”

“We're also hoping to meet President Trump while we're there.”

The hairdresser burst out laughing. “You and a million other people! Good luck with that!”

A few weeks later, my wife returned to the salon for a trim.

“So, how was Las Vegas?” the hairdresser asked.

“It was wonderful! We got upgraded on our flight, and the hotel gave us a beautiful suite at no extra charge.”

The hairdresser rolled her eyes. “Well, at least tell me you didn't actually meet President Trump.”

“Actually, I did. I was sitting in the hotel lobby when a Secret Service agent approached me and asked if I'd like to meet him. A few minutes later, President Trump walked in, shook my hand, and spoke with me privately.”

The hairdresser stared at her in disbelief.

“Oh, really? And what did the president say to you?”

My wife smiled and replied, “He looked at me and said, ‘Who the hell did your hair? It looks like shit!’”

[Nayib Bukele @nayibbukele]

Pou chèf gang yo ak manm gang yo k ap kenbe kat konpatriyòt nou yo an otaj ann Ayiti:

Mesye nou kidnape yo pa konbatan. Yo se teknisyen nan domèn avyasyon ki fè pati misyon nou ann Ayiti, nan kad yon misyon entènasyonal. Misyon nou an gen sèlman pilòt ak pèsonèl teknik, ki gen kòm travay prensipal fè evakyasyon medikal epi sove lavi moun, pa fè lagè.

Men, nou te kidnape yo yon fason lach pandan yo t ap retounen apre yo te fin achte manje nan yon makèt nan zòn nan.

Se poutèt sa, jodi a nou te lanse yon operasyon militè pou pote yo sekou. Nou gen yon sèl objektif: fè kat konpatriyòt nou yo retounen lakay yo vivan, san okenn mal.

Men, mwen vle pou nou menm, chèf gang yo, konprann yon bagay byen klè: atak jodi a pa anyen devan sa k ap vini si nou pa remèt toule kat otaj yo vivan.

Epi pa pran pawòl nou yo pou menas san fondman. Nou deja fini ak gang yo nan El Salvador, e nou kapab fini ak nou tou.

Nou toujou gen tan pou evite sa.

Remèt nou kat konpatriyòt nou yo vivan, san okenn mal, epi tout bagay ap retounen jan sa te ye anvan kidnaping lan.

Desizyon an nan men nou.

[Race 🕊️ @multiplanet1]

When the Falcon Heavy launched for the first time in February 2018, the payload was Elon Musk's personal midnight cherry Tesla Roadster with a mannequin in a SpaceX spacesuit sitting in the driver's seat. The car stereo was set to play David Bowie's "Space Oddity" on loop. The dashboard screen read "DON'T PANIC" in a reference to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The car is currently orbiting the sun between Earth and Mars and will continue doing so for millions of years.

An engineer on the Falcon Heavy team described the payload decision meeting as the moment he realized his boss was fundamentally different from any CEO he had ever worked for. The standard payload for a test flight is a block of concrete or steel. Elon chose his car. When asked why, he said if the rocket blew up, "at least it would look cool." The engineer said nobody in the room laughed because nobody was sure he was joking.

The image of Starman (the mannequin) sitting in the Roadster with Earth visible through the car window became the most iconic space photograph since Earthrise (the Apollo 8 photo of Earth from the Moon). The image was not planned by a marketing team. It was planned by a man who reads Douglas Adams and listens to David Bowie and thought it would be funny to put his car in orbit around the sun.

The car carries a copy of Isaac Asimov's Foundation series on a storage device. Asimov's Foundation is about a man who foresees the collapse of civilization and builds a plan to shorten the dark age that follows. The book is Elon's favorite and the one he has cited most often as the intellectual foundation for his Mars colonization plan. The book is now orbiting the sun inside a car that is itself a piece of the plan the book describes.

There is a Tesla Roadster playing David Bowie, carrying Asimov's Foundation, floating past Mars every 557 days, and it will be there for millions of years after every person alive today is gone. The most expensive practical joke in human history is also a time capsule of the mind that launched it: a man who reads science fiction, listens to classic rock, drives electric cars, and builds rockets. Every object in the car is a piece of his personality launched into permanent orbit.

The Roadster will outlast every building, every company, and every human institution currently on Earth. In a million years, when everything Elon built has crumbled, a midnight cherry Tesla will still be circling the sun with David Bowie playing to no one. The longest lasting thing he ever made is a joke.

[Positive_Pioneer @tomsyr]

@Travis1 Scott Norwood and Bull Bruckner.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America.

This will be the first of many.

[Positive_Pioneer @tomsyr]

@Dexter__Wright @grok Aren't all the countries that are along the gulf part of America? Not the usa, right?

[JD Vance @JDVance]

Democrats howled when we terminated 760,000 phantom enrollments from Obamacare.

They claimed we were taking care away from real people. Well, fewer than 1 in 10,000 of those canceled enrollments has led to a phone call or outreach from a real person.

What @DrOzCMS and the team are doing to crackdown on fraud is remarkable.

[Positive_Pioneer @tomsyr]

@alfredbons @theallinpod @chamath @grok to translate :)

[Whale Psychiatrist ™️ @k_ovfefe2]

Ok I have an idea

[Defiant L’s @DefiantLs]

Some people would say this is a better feature than flying 😂

[Bob Lonsberry @BobLonsberry]

This is Kaylub Giamanco, a 36-year-old carpenter and father of two from Bend, Oregon. He was driving home from lunch on Thursday when he saw a guy with a shotgun blast his way into an elementary school. Kaylub ran from his truck, pulled his licensed handgun, and charged into the school, finding and killing the gunman.

[Positive_Pioneer @tomsyr]

@AmericaPapaBear @grok How about well trained K9 dogs?

[DogeDesigner @cb_doge]

Here’s the full Tesla Roadster unveiling event.

0:15 – Crazy Tesla + SpaceX collab preview
2:25 – Last manually driven Tesla car
2:53 – Taking it way past the limits
3:15 – Countdown & first flight works
5:38 – Flying cars are real
5:41 – Peter Thiel flying cars quote
6:02 – Fan suction system (up to 2G)
6:16 – Downforce & crushing track records
7:08 – Starman appearance
7:52 – Rocket thrusters & full gymnastics
8:52 – Kickflip demo (Tony Hawk approved)
9:32 – Real road car + rocket car future
9:56 – Air tanks, nozzles & specs
10:14 – Rechargeable ultra-high pressure air
10:36 – Car reveal & aerospace design
12:50 – Fan modes 
13:37 – Variable pitch rear wing
13:50 – 0-60 goal under 1 second
14:21 – Acceleration demo
16:22 – 0.81s 0-60 achieved
16:26 – Production car will be even quicker
17:05 – World’s quickest production car
17:28 – Top speed & Snake River Canyon teaser
18:26 – Mach 0.5+ goal
18:52 – First best flying car + last best driver’s car
19:04 – Production starts 2028

[Steve Hilton @SteveHiltonx]

The Party Blind Test

Self-described Democrats agree with a list of policy ideas, then find out whose they are.

Just Try It, California!

[Positive_Pioneer @tomsyr]

This should be the closing argument for the gop races

[Ed Smoky @EdSmoky]

@GuntherEagleman @grok Socialism is the transitional phase into communism-

[Mandy @MarindaVannoy1]

I don't know why people are talking about Susan Dell. She is an amazing human being. I personally want to say thank you to Michael and Susan Dell for their donation to my daughter's Trump account.

[David J Harris Jr @DavidJHarrisJr]

🚨INCREDIBLE: A man they call the Squatter Hunter moves into houses taken over by squatters, annoys them until they leave, and hands the keys back to the owner.

His name is Flash Shelton. Squatters took his mother’s empty California home in 2019. The police told him there was nothing they could do once the people were inside. So he went in himself, stayed, and got them out. He now does it for other owners.

His method is simple. He gets a lease, walks in, and becomes the worst roommate in the house. He sits on the couch. He takes the living room. He says some of them just want to be left alone, and the moment they have a roommate they do not want, they go. He has talked about crickets and a snake. He says he stays inside the law.

In a lot of states, once a squatter is in, the owner is the one who has to go to court. Shelton’s answer is to move in with them. The house goes back to the person who paid for it.

[Positive_Pioneer @tomsyr]

Great way to continue momentum 👏

[Brad Gerstner @altcap]

To celebrate 70 MILLION @TrumpAccounts - sending out thousands of Sunday bonus gifts to kids who have sent me their QR codes. So many that I had to enlist @Muse & @bot to make it easy! 70 M new owners compounding on Team USA. 🇺🇸🚀