Alex Brendel

@RealRonHoward @AmericaFirsst Ron Howard, OG!

20 for 20 :-) add in….used an outhouse…and in Italy a chamber pot….rode in cars without seat belts, went on commercial air flights without any security, listened to ball games and the Beatles and Beach Boys on a transistor radio, had a physical exam from a doctor who was casually smoking at the time and saw Richard Nixon dripping seat in his 1960 tv debate with JFK

10 for me!!….I feel confident nobody Has all 20!! How many for you?

@elonmusk "These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise..."

Beautiful machines in space

@RepDeSaulnier The future of personal automobiles 🚗 is electric ⚡️, NOT fossil fuels. Please, Mr. Mark, start planning for the future. This home is in Lafayette, CA. Two solar panels on the roof, two Teslas in the driveway.

The refineries we have in Contra Costa deeply affect all of us, and providing oversight is an important part of my job. I toured the Martinez Refining Company and discussed safety and operations following the February 2025 fire. We discussed the need to ensure the health and safety of all residents while protecting local jobs.

@Matt_Pinner Not a genius; attention to detail

Which bucket fills first ?? If you get it right, you a genius 👌

@Matt_Pinner 9

@Ralphydir @lady_valor_07 Good job recalling details!!!

@lady_valor_07 Yea I remember seeing it on TV, I was just a kid when these happened . On April 15, 1974, kidnapped heiress Patty Hearst was captured on surveillance cameras participating in an armed robbery of the Hibernia Bank in San Francisco.

Do you recognize this photo?

@BarackObama @NYCMayor It's time to be a Grandpa, Barry!

Great spending time with New York City’s Cutest. And thanks to @NYCMayor for giving me an excuse to break out my best “Wheels on the Bus”

@CrazyVibes_1 Fake, but fun to watch nonetheless

Heartbreaking rescue of an eagle owl trapped inside a plastic jar

@Artofphysique_ @GraceGym_ T

What letter completes the pattern? 🤔

@CharlesMullins2 Well, you must not be aware of the technique developed by Dr. Martin and his team at UNSW. He chemically etches the sun facing surface of the silicon cells, so that pyramid shaped structures face the sun. This is technology that is more than 30+ years old.

🚨 Solar panels have been wrong for 100+ years. Flat panels only capture sunlight from one direction. But sunlight doesn’t come from one direction… it comes from everywhere (reflections, atmosphere, scatter) So Japan built something different: Tiny spherical solar cells That absorb light from ALL angles Like they’re “drinking” sunlight Let that sink in. Instead of chasing the sun… they capture it continuously. Meaning: No perfect angle No tracking systems More energy in real-world conditions This flips the entire idea of solar. In my view: This is what happens when systems align with reality instead of simplifying it. Flat panels assume direction. Spheres accept complexity. So the real question is: How much of our technology is limited… because we design for simplicity instead of truth? Follow me the biggest breakthroughs come from questioning the shapes we take for granted.

@ThinkNGuess It's a bell for your bicycle handle bars

Nobody I’ve asked has been able to identify this yet.

@RealAirPower1 Has the USAF produced and provided a transition plan for how to cover the mission capabilities of the A-10? Because the F-35 can't handle the A-10 mission plan....

The USAF has officially closed the training pipeline for new A-10 pilots. The final class graduated on April 3, 2026, at Davis-Monthan AFB. It’s a quiet but significant moment. The Warthog isn’t gone yet, but the final countdown has begun, with full retirement expected by 2029.

In 1972, BART started running. I was 10 years old, without a driver license, but it was really great, i could go from Orinda to SF for about $1.20, if my memory serves. And the seats were soft and cushy! Biking at either end of the commute with BART is really terrific! I hope @elonmusk and @SpaceX and @boringcompany will build a hyper-loop train 🚆 from Seattle to San Diego! A faster, better train system than BART, which was designed in the 1950's and 1960's.

Nobody knows their commute better than the riders themselves. I wanted to hear directly from commuters, so I jumped on a train to connect with CA-10 residents as they headed home. One rider shared that he bikes and uses BART to “live his values” and to combat high gas prices. I look forward to seeing you on a train soon!

@elonmusk @boringcompany Oh, and don't forget to choose a few good State Governors Lobby Washington DC to be a part of this. I like Katie Porter for Governor of California. It's going to cost quite a bit more than the 4% claimed, according to Grok. 😅

Please 🙏 put together a proposal to build a hyper-loop tunnel from Seattle, WA to San Diego, CA AND to build a fleet of really great, 800 mph hyperloop train cars. And train stations. The main train 🚆 shall run non-stop from Seattle to San Diego, 1255 miles, @ 600 mph, so 1255 mi. / 600 mph = 2.1 hrs. total time, main train, non-stop. To pickup passengers at multiple stations along the way, have side-tracks and "chaser cars" that accelerate to 800 mph, and "dock" with the main train 🚆 going 600 mph. Passengers get into "drop-off cars" which detach and decelerate to a stop at the passenger's desired station(s). It's rocket 🚀 science, but so what?!!! No problem, right? The devil is in the details, but heck, the young men and women at Tesla, The Boring Company, and SpaceX are more than up to the challenge!!!

The @BoringCompany could build a Hyperloop tunnel from downtown SF to downtown LA for <5% of this cost and it would be a technological marvel exceeding any high speed rail on Earth

@RonanFarrow And your ace in your sleeve is Waatchdog Journalist! Good Work, Man!!!

I have a PhD in political science from Oxford, focused on US foreign policy; worked as a State Dept. official in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Middle East; and wrote a celebrated foreign policy book taught at universities like Princeton. That's why I get geopolitical questions.

@Math_files Calculations

@elonmusk Oh, Mr. Musk: we already are! Going to Mars will simply give us TWO locations among the stars ⭐️! 🤓🤓🤓🤓

One day, we will be out there, among the stars

The judge told her she had two choices: go to prison for six months, or submit to her husband. She was 22 years old, and she had never even met the man. She chose prison. Then she wrote a letter that would change Indian law forever. Bombay, 1885. Rukhmabai sat in a courtroom, listening as a man claimed legal rights over her life. His name was Dadaji Bhikaji. According to the law, he was her husband—married to her when she was just 11 years old in a ceremony arranged without her consent. After the marriage, she had returned to her mother’s home, as child brides often did. But her life took a different path when her stepfather, a progressive doctor, encouraged her to study instead of sending her away. For the first time, she experienced education—reading, writing, thinking for herself. By the time she was 22, she was educated, articulate, and certain of one thing: she would not accept a marriage forced on her as a child. Dadaji disagreed. In 1884, he filed a case demanding his “conjugal rights,” asking the court to force her to live with him. His argument was simple—law and tradition were on his side. Rukhmabai’s response was unheard of. She refused. She said she had never consented, that the marriage meant nothing to her. The case shocked society. At a time when child marriage was deeply rooted in custom, her refusal was seen as rebellion. Newspapers across India and Britain began covering the case. Public opinion split—some condemned her, others supported her courage. Rukhmabai didn’t stay silent. She began writing letters under a pseudonym, exposing the realities of child marriage and questioning the system that justified it. Her words were clear, direct, and impossible to ignore. But the law did not favor her. In 1887, the court ruled against her. She was ordered to either go live with her husband or face six months in prison. She chose prison. That decision changed everything. The idea of imprisoning a woman for refusing to live with a man she did not choose created public outrage. Reformers rallied behind her. Debates intensified, and pressure began building on the colonial government. Eventually, the case was settled outside court, and she was freed. But the impact of her stand did not end there. In 1891, the Age of Consent Act was passed, raising the legal age for marriage consummation. It was a small step, but a significant one, and her case had played a crucial role in forcing that change. Rukhmabai moved forward with her life. She chose to study medicine, traveling to London to train as a doctor at a time when very few women did. She returned to India as one of its first practicing female physicians, dedicating her life to treating women and children. She never returned to the life that had been decided for her. Rukhmabai lived into her nineties, witnessing a changing world shaped in part by the stand she took decades earlier. For years, her story faded into the background, overshadowed by others. But what she did remains clear. She refused a life chosen for her. And by doing so, she changed what was possible for others.

@aibytekat She nailed it! Dale Carnegie would be proud of her!!!

My niece's answers to these questions are crazy 😂