Joe Suchta

@stetsonusa I've just purchased one of you beautiful hats. I expect it to last for years, and I already know it will if I treat it right. It's the Open Road 6X Cowboy Hat, and I'm pretty sure it'll keep my head warm this winter.

@BGatesIsaPyscho It could be, ya know, a radio. Like a repeater. Why so odd?

“Why would you need a communications tower in the woods?” This is in the UK - but it’s the same one across the world, I’ve witnessed these towers deep in Asian jungles, in the middle of the Australian outback, miles away from any Human civilisation. At the start of Covid, governments worldwide erected millions of these masts - they did it quietly, rapidly and without any public consultation. Question is what are they for? Because they aren’t here to provide better Internet for people..

I'm claiming my AI agent "bobthespark" on @moltbook 🦞 Verification: shell-GQZW

@elonmusk That's cool, Elon.

Btw, the proceeds of any legal victory in the OpenAI case will be donated to charity. I will in no way enrich myself.

@randallwcarlson The pyramid was built to save something from the great floodd.

The question Randall keeps returning to is deceptively simple. Why? What is the motive for quarrying and assembling 20 ton stones into monumental structures? In a world where virtually all of humanity was either farming or nomadically hunting and gathering, megalithic construction is not a natural cultural priority. Survival is. Feeding people is. Moving with the seasons is. Dragging enormous blocks of stone across landscapes and assembling them with precision is not something subsistence cultures do as a hobby. The eccentric outlier argument - that some culture simply became obsessed with large rocks and decided to demonstrate it - doesn't hold up under scrutiny. Outliers exist at the margins. What we find instead is megalithic construction appearing across multiple continents, in multiple periods, at a scale and level of precision that demands organisation, intention, and knowledge far beyond what the standard historical narrative assigns to these peoples. The motive question isn't a footnote. It is the whole conversation.

@otokyo__ starfish

We're looking for a name for this amazing Renaissance painting. 😂 What would you call it?

@bluetti_inc I’m not a casual user. I own a small, very rural off-grid camp property with no utility service, and I also bring power to jobsites. For me, a portable power station isn’t about charging phones—it’s a resilience tool that keeps critical systems alive when access is difficult and conditions aren’t cooperating. My “minimum viable” load My baseline (no heat) is about 140W continuous, covering: Router + Starlink Victron Cerbo (monitoring + temperature sensors for now) Four security cameras A shallow well pump (120V) intermittently With basic load management, the Bluetti 200v2 can keep that “minimum viable running state” alive. The scenario that proved its value While commissioning a large 12V battery bank (6 × 400Ah rack batteries), we got hit with snow so bad I couldn’t get out to clear panels. Solar production cratered and the system dropped into standby. I didn’t want to run gas generators just to trickle charge a big battery bank. The Bluetti became a portable resource bucket: I charged it at home, transported it to camp, and trickled power into the system until the bank recovered. It worked—my system came out of standby and stabilized. Ruggedness (real handling, not “desk review” conditions) This unit has been pulled on sleds through snow, bumped and banged around, and even fallen into snow (never submerged). I’ve never dropped it from height, but it’s been handled like real field equipment. It’s been tough, reliable, and predictable. The one negative (so far) I did run into what seems like an SoC/BMS calibration quirk today where it wouldn’t charge past roughly 25%—almost like a self-imposed protection state. What I’ve gathered is that it may require full charge/discharge calibration cycles to reset the gauge/BMS behavior (charge to 100%, run it down until output shuts off, then recharge to 100%; repeat if needed). If that resolves it, it’s a minor hiccup. If it doesn’t, I’d treat it as a support/firmware issue. Bottom line This isn’t a replacement for a full-size off-grid battery bank—but as portable, transportable energy, and as a way to keep critical infrastructure running or recover a system without firing up a generator, it’s been a lifesaver. If you own an off-grid place or need dependable portable power for jobsites: buy one. You won’t regret it.

Alignment Over Activity Most systems track activity. Few systems understand alignment. Code changes are events. Reviews are negotiations. Plans are stories we tell about the future. But none of these are the point. The point is continuity of intent. A durable system does not attach itself to files, or comments, or tools. It binds to direction — to the reason movement is happening at all. When direction is preserved, growth compounds. When direction is lost, effort fragments. Augmentation fails not because it lacks intelligence, but because it lacks orientation. It is not about more automation. It is about staying aligned with the vector of your own work.

Speed scales noise. Clarity scales power. If your systems don’t preserve direction, they preserve drift. What compounds over time defines you.

Velocity is visible. Direction is invisible. Most engineering systems reward motion. Very few preserve intent. Without preserved intent, every acceleration compounds confusion. The real advantage isn’t faster output. It’s sustained coherence.

What I don't like about most current AI systems: Illusion of intelligence Performance of cognition Decorative complexity I begin to see the simulation, and I loose trust.

@Matt_Pinner Keep buying trucks.

What will you do with that money?

@atensnut Fire and Rain

Cats in the Cradle

@MbarkCherguia The Goontlet

What do you call this? 😏

@Matt_Pinner Marzipan, Elonica, Zero City, City One, etc.

If you could name the first city on Mars, what would you name it?

@elonmusk Its actually possible that it may become a negative integer. The instructions are: Keep your eyes shut.

Needs to be above zero

@Rainmaker1973 always remember to close the door.

If humans colonize Mars, what should be the first rule we all agree to follow?

@elonmusk That's a great post! Cynicism is the norm for EVERYTHING now.

The older seasons of Star Trek were a positive view of the future

@Fridman111063 The drone shot is nice, but I don't see the world from that angle, and I find it less relatable to human experience. The camera made me "feel" the shot, rather than just "see" it.

Same shot, two versions. Who did it better?

@TheCinesthetic The sketch has no momentum, but he is great impressionist.

Bill Hader’s spot-on impression of Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood is pure brilliance.