CharlieRBarnes ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ

1.1K posts

CharlieRBarnes ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ banner
CharlieRBarnes ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ

CharlieRBarnes ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ

@CharlieRBarnes

Eternal man-child, so gay. Writer of amazing gay books. My account got suspended, now Iโ€™m back. Letโ€™s see how this goes. ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ https://t.co/WymE62zxKl

Atlanta, GA ๊ฐ€์ž…์ผ Haziran 2024
314 ํŒ”๋กœ์ž‰88 ํŒ”๋กœ์›Œ
Science girl
Science girl@sciencegirlยท
People who actually experienced the 1990s: What is something you miss from that decade that just isn't the same today
English
9.4K
321
4.4K
2.7M
Lemรณn ๐Ÿ‹
Lemรณn ๐Ÿ‹@cigarettesummerยท
Bad news I just got rejected from art school, what should I do now
English
2.7K
140
3.7K
188K
Mitchell Gant
Mitchell Gant@BilyarskEntererยท
@HistoryUnd โ€œI remember that when I stepped off the train in Bucharest, I immediately visited a Turkish bathhouse in order to have passionate sexual relations with many burly men. Itโ€™s an experience I try to replicate every time I visit Europe.โ€ - Rick Steves, probably
English
5
0
50
15.3K
Undiscovered History
Undiscovered History@HistoryUndยท
Rick Steves: "Here I am, heading off to Europe the day after high school graduation in 1973 โ€” with a budget of $3 a day, a ten-week Eurail pass in my pocket, and the biggest backpack I could find, jam-packed. I came home with no money, a malnourished body, and an enduring love of
Undiscovered History tweet media
English
216
133
4.9K
1.9M
Tim
Tim@TimurNegruยท
Iโ€™m a European about to fly to America for the first time. Iโ€™ve been told to prepare for: - Airport the size of a small country - Someone aggressively welcoming me to have a great day - A sandwich that costs $24 - Tipping at the airport. At the airport. - XXXL portion sizes Will report back.
English
3.9K
182
13.5K
2.1M
Leftism
Leftism@LeftismForUยท
Why lie? Per FCC rules, CBS would be required to give your opponent equal air time (as has always been the case). FCC isn't the one who chose not to air your interview. CBS did by not wanting to give your opponent equal air time. Your own campaign account literally posted that it was CBS, not the FCC. Dumbass.
Leftism tweet media
English
90
318
3.9K
84.9K
James Talarico
James Talarico@jamestalaricoยท
This is the interview Donald Trump didnโ€™t want you to see. His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert. Trump is worried weโ€™re about to flip Texas.
English
10.2K
40.5K
169.6K
13.5M
Seth
Seth@fiercepatricksยท
Gay men over 40, what is 1 piece of advice you would give to gay men in their 20s?
English
644
203
4.7K
1.8M
Alex
Alex@dubsa98ยท
Hi my name is Alex and I can eat an entire Party Size box of @WheatThins in one sitting
English
3
0
29
5.5K
chris evans
chris evans@notcapnamericaยท
What a creepy question and she handled it without breaking a sweat
English
25
53
1.2K
40.6K
CharlieRBarnes ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ ๋ฆฌํŠธ์œ—ํ•จ
Justin Amash
Justin Amash@justinamashยท
โ€œThe Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.โ€ โ€”George Orwell, 1984
English
279
10.9K
51.3K
862.6K
LadyValor
LadyValor@lady_valor_07ยท
I've been to 3, you ?
LadyValor tweet media
English
3.8K
47
705
163.8K
Mark Kretschmann
Mark Kretschmann@mark_kยท
I believe that persistent memory is a prerequisite for AI consciousness. Without remembering one's earlier state, it becomes hard to reason about the present. Persistent memory will also allow AI to perceive the flow of time.
English
164
14
397
17.7K
Aditya
Aditya@adityadotdevยท
Books should have dark pages.
Aditya tweet media
English
134
58
747
32.4K
Aakash Gupta
Aakash Gupta@aakashguptaยท
Everyone is looking at this map and asking โ€œwhy canโ€™t we do this?โ€ China builds high-speed rail at $17-21 million per kilometer. Californiaโ€™s HSR costs roughly $200 million per mile. Thatโ€™s a 10x cost differential on identical technology. The US doesnโ€™t need to build American HSR at American prices. Here are five paths that could actually work. Path 1: The Indonesia Play Indonesia played Japan against China in 2015. Japan offered Jakarta-Bandung at $6 billion with a government guarantee. China countered at $5 billion, no guarantee, faster timeline. The train opened in 2023, has carried 10 million passengers, and cost $7.3 billion after overruns. Thatโ€™s still cheaper than Californiaโ€™s 171-mile segment connecting Merced to Bakersfield ($35 billion). Japan pledged $550 billion in US investments in October 2025. American states could run the same playbook. Path 2: The Boring Company Model Issue a $50 billion fixed-price contract to Elon for a 500-mile demonstration line. Vegas to LA. Milestone payments, real penalties. The Boring Company tunnels at $10 million per mile versus $500 million to $1 billion for traditional US subway tunneling. SpaceX got good because NASA contracts had consequences. California HSR started in 2008 and still hasnโ€™t carried a passenger. Path 3: State-Level Competition DeSantis announces Florida will partner with China Railway for Tampa-Miami at Chinese prices. Abbott counters with a Japanese consortium for Houston-Dallas. California explains why its project costs 10x more. Brightline West (218 miles, $12 billion, private) breaks ground this year. Californiaโ€™s state project (171 miles, $35 billion) wonโ€™t open until 2033. Path 4: The TSMC Model China Railway builds the first two lines with Chinese crews and equipment, training American workers on Chinese methods. By line three, the workforce is American, the costs stay low. This is how China learned from Siemens and Kawasaki in the first place. Path 5: Defense Authorization Frame it as military infrastructure. Norfolk to DC. San Diego to LA. Defense contracts move faster, environmental reviews compress, cost overruns disappear into a budget that already absorbs them. The Math The 17,000-mile network in that map costs $550 billion at Chinese prices. At American prices, $5 trillion. California has spent $15 billion without laying a single mile of high-speed track. At Chinese prices, that buys LA to San Francisco. Brightline Vegas-LA opens before the 2028 Olympics. If private rail succeeds while state rail stalls, the political question shifts from โ€œshould we buildโ€ to โ€œwhy are we so bad at building.โ€ Sometimes you can just do things. Sometimes you let people who can do things, do them for you. And sometimes you create enough competitive pressure that your own people figure out how to do things they claimed were impossible.
YIMBYLAND@YIMBYLAND

America if we connected all cities with a population over 500,000 via high-speed rail:

English
48
24
330
130.8K