Diamond Dave

Digital Marketing @laravelphp @RITtigers @DukeContStudies @USCG Maine(r). If conservative politics bother you, don’t bother following me. Semper Paratus

[Gary Sinise @GarySinise]

Fifteen years ago, I founded the @GarySiniseFound with a simple mission: to serve and honor our nation's defenders, veterans, first responders, and their families.

And the incredible impact we've made together over the last decade and a half has been remarkable. From specially adapted smart homes and support for families of fallen heroes to programs serving our wounded heroes and first responders, our ever expanding reach, touching more and more lives in such a positive way would not have been possible without the generosity of the American people.

As we celebrate this milestone, I'm deeply grateful to everyone who has joined us on this journey. And thanks to the extraordinary generosity of the McBunch family, every gift made during our 15th Anniversary celebration will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $250,000.

Thank you for helping us serve those who sacrifice so much for our country. Here's to the next 15 years. Donate today at https://t.co/u7xo8O8mJd

[Nikki Haley @NikkiHaley]

Disgusting behavior by senior UN official @_VanessaFrazier interrupting a member state after she had her opportunity to give her remarks. The fact that @UN officials would allow this shows how far the institution has fallen. There should be a reprimand and statement by @antonioguterres I won’t hold my breath.

[Mark Cuban @mcuban]

I have an idea for you. Get a bunch of Dem donors to buy or lease or take over a small hospital. Plenty are close to going out of business.

Have it charge ONLY MEDICARE RATES. For everything. Be completely transparent with every penny you spend so everyone can see what it truly costs to run a small hospital.

See if you can make it work. See what services you can offer. Do not ask for any government subsidies. It has to operate at least to break even.

There are some hospitals that already do this. It wouldn’t be unique. If it works out, you can buy another one. Then another one. Till you have a network.

I’ll help where I can. And for those asking the inevitable, I have tried. As I posted earlier, they all ghosted me after learning how transparent I wanted to be.

[david friedberg @friedberg]

if @elonmusk paid 100% of his net worth ($1.4 trillion) as a tax it would only cover federal government spending for 77 days. this isn’t a tax problem…

[Guy Benson @guypbenson]

Talarico lamenting that the American flag is a “complicated symbol” is reflective of his partisan base’s sentiment. But that view is not America’s, and it’s certainly not Texas’.

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

The Coast Guard hopping on a runaway boat is the most badass thing you’ll see today 🇺🇸

[Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok]

Bob Greene is the Board Chair for Rocky Mountain PBS

He says he hopes Trump has a stroke for his birthday leaving him unable to walk or speak

Any comment @PBS?

[The All-In Podcast @theallinpod]

David Friedberg: The AI Jobs Panic Is a Crock of Sh*t

Why? The revenue potential outweighs the cost savings by 100x.

“There is no job loss with AI. I've said it a thousand times, and I will say it again, and again, and again.

What I see on the ground, and what I've seen at dozens of companies, including my company that I run, there are two sides to a business.

There is revenue and there’s costs.

On the cost side of the equation, AI can be used to reduce humans doing things that cost money, to some extent. The effect there, I would argue, is nominal.

The real opportunity with AI is on the revenue side, where suddenly one engineer can do 100x or 1000x what they used to be able to do, meaning you can make more products at your company, whether those are agricultural seed products, or boats and ships, or software for companies, or clothing, or what have you.

Because of AI, everyone has the ability to expand their revenue base to create more products, and that is the foundation of good economic prosperity. It is called productivity. We can grow productivity in this country with AI.

So where I see AI being used is on the revenue side 100x more than the cost side. And in that equation, people are hiring like crazy. We cannot hire enough people.

I just had a review meeting with my product and engineering team two days ago, and they're like, ‘We want to add an extra 15 headcount to our engineering squads because we have all this opportunity to do stuff that we couldn't otherwise do.’ So we are going to hire more people.

And to Sacks' point, we are seeing that show up in the jobs numbers. The idea that AI is going to destroy jobs is a Luddite idea that is being disproven every single day, and I see it on the ground.

It is only a matter of time before people wake up to this and they realize that this narrative that they've all been sold is a crock of sh*t.”

[david friedberg @friedberg]

they’re not jobs if they’re not valued. they’re not valued if there aren’t customers out there willing to pay them for their great work. needing the government to “create” a job is tantamount to welfare and that level of welfare resolves these individuals to a dependency on the government and lack of economic mobility. and chains our people, collectively, to a more indentured future.

you may be well intentioned but you have, and always will, fail to see the destitute folly of government as a job creation engine.

i have tried to engage you on this topic, in good faith, with empiricism and reasoning, but you have only dodged my points and pivoted to some populist refrain about the importance of taxation and the evils of productivity-driven success.

i can only assume you’re dodging these truths because you and the rest of the politburo leadership have deemed the conversation unsafe speech and put your oligopoly at risk.

let’s leave it at that then.

perhaps if your ways get their day, we can all bask in the glories of the dark ages ahead.

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

Bill Clinton: “I killed myself trying to give the Palestinians a state. I had a deal they turned down that would have given them all of Gaza and 97% of the West Bank. You name it. They turned it down.”

The Palestinians never wanted peace.

This must be shared every single day.

[Diamond Dave @Unimak]

@ryanmcadams @PeteHegseth @DeptofWar @AnthropicAI Two things can be true at once; we can support Anthropic and the administration, even when they make it difficult for us to do so.

[StopAntisemitism @StopAntisemites]

Meet L.A.-based resident Dylan Keese-Forster.

Dylan thinks it’s ok to cut down the Israeli flag at a private eatery, climbing on top of the bar to do it.

This brazen vandalism and hate should never be tolerated.

[Diamond Dave @Unimak]

@DavidSacks @TheChiefNerd Reasonable if true. I hope it gets resolved b/c Fable rocks!

[Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok]

New York Police are currently searching for this man, who allegedly beat a teen after the NY Knicks game, sending the teen into a coma.

Do your thing internet!

[Mac McAnally @macmcanally]

Jimmy took this selfie. Walking a little 9 hole golf course in rural New Zealand.

Just a random snapshot from 5 decades of pure joy... Not to mention friendship, brotherhood, respect, support and that non-stop smile of his.

 I’ve loved every bit of it.

-mm

[Ron DeSantis @RonDeSantis]

The Wall Street Journal defending bloated local budgets and opposing property tax relief for Florida homeowners.

Florida hasn‘t raised the homestead exemption outright since 1980 and the last partial exemption increase was enacted almost 20 years ago.

Both times people made similar arguments against property tax relief.

Although the ballot measure passed by the Legislature differs from my proposal, it is the best opportunity Floridians have had in years to obtain meaningful relief.

It is not “progressive”; it applies to all FL homesteads, modest to extravagant.

[Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt]

Jimmy Kimmel i guess you missed the part of the story i don’t need a U-Haul…I have nothing left to pack 🤷‍♂️

[Diamond Dave @Unimak]

@TKras @957WDAE Woot, congrats! ���

[Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok]

OMG

Jen Lima, a school board member at North Kingstown School Department in Rhode Island shared a letter to Austin Metcalf’s dad blaming him for his son’s murder because he “failed to teach him that black boys have boundaries.”

You can contact her here: [phone]

[Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok]

SCOOP: Meet Susan Dinsmore, a licensed therapist at @SanfordHealth. She allegedly made this post online cheerfully asking if President Trump "is dead yet."

We reached out to Sanford Health multiple times for comment but they did not respond.

Would you trust this person with your mental health?