Todd

'We have no interest in being polite caretakers of the West’s managed decline' - Marco Rubio

[MLB @MLB]

Luis Arraez’s hot start with the @Phillies continues 👏

He has collected an RBI in his first 3 games with the club!

[Todd @twchristensen]

@sofiatieger In Europe, you rent your entire life. Nice try.

[Todd @twchristensen]

@KingXave @MLB Right, because you’re clearly not an MLB caliber pitcher. If you were, it would be just as embarrassing if you did it.

[Todd @twchristensen]

@MLB No we don’t. This is embarrassing. 😳 Act like you belong there.

[16th Street Design Studio @16StreetDesign]

What a magical time to be alive.

[Todd @twchristensen]

@NHLFlyers Depends on the era.

[Todd @twchristensen]

The Phillies investment in Andrew Painter is mind boggling. I know the rotation shortens in the posts, but, at this rate, do we even get there?

[Todd @twchristensen]

NGL, the @redbull Ben Franklin drop is kinda 🔥

[Todd @twchristensen]

Absolute nonsense of a list that SUPER BOWL champion and SUPER BOWL MVP Jalen Hurts is at the top of the pressure to perform list. He can be on the list with a new Coordinator and different parts, but the top of the list is absolutely asinine and you don’t know ball if you say otherwise. Argue with yourself about because you can’t change my mind. This is fucking dumb.

[Rep. Keith Self @RepKeithSelf]

Your constitutional right to privacy does NOT disappear because technology or artificial intelligence advances.

I urge every one of my House colleagues to support my PRIVACY Act to restore the Fourth Amendment protections guaranteed by the United States Constitution.

[Todd @twchristensen]

@GrowingUpRetro I’m actually even older than this.

[Todd @twchristensen]

@GrowingUpRetro I definitely played Out Run in an arcade…. Several, actually.

[CRIXUS @CRIXUSwasHERE]

LET👇THAT SINK IN!!😡

[0️⃣BlackBetty ⚓️ @BabyD1111229]

Ok, here’s my corporate greed call-out of the day.

I was dispatched today for a no-cool call. The indoor unit was running, but the outdoor unit wasn’t.

The system was a 10-year-old Bryant Evolution high-end variable-capacity inverter system. After running the factory diagnostics, I found Code 77, indicating the inverter board was detecting excessive compressor startup current.

Following the manufacturer’s diagnostic procedure, I disconnected the compressor leads to determine whether the fault was in the compressor or the inverter board. The results confirmed the inverter board had failed. The system is only 8 months out of warranty.

At that point, I started preparing myself to tell the customer the repair would probably be around $1,500–$1,900. I figured the board would cost somewhere in the $800–$1,000 range. After all, it’s just a printed circuit board.

Before giving the estimate, I called Carrier Enterprise for pricing.

$8,900.

Not for the entire outdoor unit.

Not for a complete system.

Just the inverter board.

That’s not a typo. $8,900.

In my opinion, this is the definition of engineered obsolescence. There is no reasonable justification for a replacement circuit board on a 10-year-old residential HVAC system to cost nearly nine thousand dollars. At that price, you’re essentially forcing the homeowner to replace the entire system instead of repairing it.

This is exactly why I’ll never sell Carrier equipment. They make decent equipment, but pricing replacement parts like this turns a repairable system into a disposable one. Homeowners deserve better than that.

Carrier Carrier Enterprise or anyone that’s sells this shit, care to elaborate why this board is so expensive?

🎩 Patrick Henning

[David Esser @DavidEsser_]

Kevin Long should be barred from ever communicating with Arraez.

Not a single word.

[Rep. Mark Pocan @RepMarkPocan]

Trump’s tariff refunds for:

Walmart: $2.4B
Apple: $2.2B
Ford: $1.3B
Amazon: $600M

Your refund: $0

Just another transfer of wealth from everyday Americans to mega-corporations.

[Todd @twchristensen]

Aaron Nola was given his current contract at 30 years old in 2023. The deal was for 7 years at an average $24.6M per year ($172M) with no opt-outs and a full no-trade clause. He was crushing it in 2023, right? Wrong! He had a 4.46 ERA and gave up 32 homers that season leading to his contract. Nola isn’t cooked…. He’s been cooked. And we threw ridiculous money and a player-friendly contract at him because 🤷🏻‍♂️

The #Phillies have no chance. We deserve this.