Kent Packard

@zerohedge If this doesn't work, nothing will 😂

Chicago Approves 19% Hotel Tax To Fund Tourism Push zerohedge.com/markets/chicag…

@nerdalert I think it's the YL, the size of that back window seems to be the same as the YL in China. But if they make a Y XXL, I won't complain. I'll take all the space I can get.

My initial take was it must be a Model YL, but after looking closer I don't think that's the case. I'm a bit confused because I don't *think* the company has a secret, unannounced car in the works. But this sure looks like a secret, unannounced car.

@JoeTegtmeyer I want it so bad

Well this is interesting at Giga Texas today … what do YOU think this is? 🤔😎

Makes sense

@MattWalshBlog Wrong. Remember the titans.

Side note: it’s not Ryan Gosling’s best movie. That distinction belongs to either Place Beyond The Pines (another underrated masterpiece) or First Man (also an underrated masterpiece). But his best performance in a film is still probably Blue Valentine, though I won’t recommend the film unless you enjoy movies that are relentlessly bleak and depressing and make you feel bad.

Took the wife and kids to see Project Hail Mary. We all really enjoyed it. Its greatest achievement is that it’s an actual family movie. Not too babyish for adults and not too grown up for the kids. Reminds me of the PG movies they used to make all the time in the 80s and 90s. Very much a spiritual descendent of ET. Maybe Hollywood will take the hint and start making real family films again. It also kind of reminded me of Ad Astra, which is a massively underrated masterpiece. A slower film, more adult oriented and contemplative. That and Arrival are the best space/alien movies of the past 15 years. Project Hail Mary is probably in the top 5. I’d rank it higher than Interstellar.

@nerdalert That's blasphemy - But also correct.

1,000x more interesting than March Madness.

@Variety Every time. They just can't help themselves.

Chuck Norris Was a Great Action Star -- but Politics May Overshadow His Legacy variety.com/2026/film/opin…

@GavinNewsom But is it enough to build a high speed rail?

$200 BILLION IS ENOUGH TO: - Double the annual per‑person spending on K–12 education. - Expand the ACA tax credit for 7 years. - Provide up to 2 million people the SNAP benefits they need. - Provide a middle class tax break of $3,500. Instead, we will spend it on an illegal war. This is only the beginning. More money will be wasted. More lives will be lost.

@nypost If he didn't die in the car crash, is it really a death trap?

Tesla sued by survivor of 2024 Northern California crash: Cybertruck is a 'death trap' trib.al/rdBC33i

@patrickbetdavid Do the honest thing, even when you have to pay a heavy price. An honest person is more worthy of respect than a rich person.

What is the biggest lesson you learned from your father growing up? Share 👇🏽

@ABC7 Lawsuit incoming 😆

So scary! A Tesla Cybertruck crashed into a concrete barrier while in self-driving mode on a Houston, Texas. The truck, without warning, tried to drive off an overpass, The driver tried to take control, but it crashed into the barrier.

@BretWeinstein For what it's worth, I disagree with you on quite a bit but I still think you are a good, honorable person. I value what you have to say, even when we disagree. You've helped me change my mind several times in the past.

Vicious! Actually, being decent and brave (managing your fears) has brought me an amazing crop of decent and brave friends. So many, in fact, that I feel guilty because I can’t tend to all those friendships properly. It’s a valuable lesson you can’t buy at any price.

@elonmusk @grok explain this to me

Oh and it works in all AI4-equipped cars, so your car can do office work for you when not driving. We’re also deploying millions of dedicated Digital Optimus units in the field at Superchargers where we have ~7 gigawatts of available power.

Macrohard or Digital Optimus is a joint xAI-Tesla project, coming as part of Tesla’s investment agreement with xAI. Grok is the master conductor/navigator with deep understanding of the world to direct digital Optimus, which is processing and actioning the past 5 secs of real-time computer screen video and keyboard/mouse actions. Grok is like a much more advanced and sophisticated version of turn-by-turn navigation software. You can think of it as Digital Optimus AI being System 1 (instinctive part of the mind) and Grok being System 2. (thinking part of the mind). This will run very competitively on the super low cost Tesla AI4 ($650) paired with relatively frugal use of the much more expensive xAI Nvidia hardware. And it will be the only real-time smart AI system. This is a big deal. In principle, it is capable of emulating the function of entire companies. That is why the program is called MACROHARD, a funny reference to Microsoft. No other company can yet do this.

Can we all admit that well done steak is the best steak?

@stevenmarkryan @PeterDiamandis Hero.

Elon Musk’s Epic New Interview Today (AI & Robots) At Abundance Summit 2026 with @PeterDiamandis ► Silences removed (to save you time) ► Boosted audio (for easier listening)

@congressdj Thanks for posting this. Looks awesome!

Just visited the Department of Transportation in DC to see their AV (autonomous vehicle) displays. No rides, just lots of touching! See my attached video (and livestreams) for details. Lots of interest in the Tesla Cybercab, though. Surprisingly, it’s GORGEOUS in the sunlight. 🤩

@capreble To be clear, if the war ends tomorrow, the clock will stop going up? Or is this just tracking broad overall military spending, which will continue indefinitely?

Iran War Cost Tracker — Live Estimate of U.S. Taxpayer Spending iran-cost-ticker.com

@Polymarket @DirtyTesLa He's not wrong.

JUST IN: Trump on gas prices: “If they rise, they rise.”

I received this message from one of Captain Cody Khrok’s best friends today. Captain Khork was one of the 4 soldiers killed in Kuwait. “Josie, I saw you are posting about some of the service members who passed away in Kuwait. It would me the world to me to share more about Cody’s life, pictures, stories. Cody was the best of us. He always wanted to be in the military and came from a military family. He moved to my neighborhood in Winter Haven Florida in middle school. He was my best friend and grew into family. He called my mom, mom and she raised him for a period of time in high school. I used my job at Publix Supermarkets to get him hired and he worked with me at the local store a couple of years in collage. He lived with me after basic training for a period of time before buying his dads house in Winter Haven and deploying regularly  He graduated from Lake Region High School in Eagle Lake (2008) and Florida Southern College in Lakeland  (2014). He enlisted in the National Guard in 2009 and later commissioned as a Military Police Officer in the Army Reserve in 2014. During his service, he deployed to Saudi Arabia in 2018, Guantanamo Bay in 2021, and Poland in 2024. He also spend time deployed in Korea and Africa but I’m unsure of the exact years.  He received numerous medals and honors recognizing his service, leadership, and commitment to others. Some pictures of that below.  Cody played paintball semi professionally on a team for a period of time, enjoyed video games. He was a huge Florida Gators football fan and Tampa Bay Lightning fan and we went to many games together over the years.  Friends will tell you he was an amazing person, hilarious sense of humor, and most importantly the life of the party. Everybody who worked with him in the military looked up to him and said he would lead from the front. He helped many proper through the darkest times in their lives and was part of the best times.   He was also unapologetically American which I think he would say is the most important part.” And what an impossibly brave, good, and generous person Cody was. Well done. Good and faithful servant. Rest now.

@NYTimesPR @EndWokeness Liars.

@EndWokeness Times obituaries are news, not eulogies, and we report about lives in full, illuminating why they were significant in our judgment. We fairly and accurately include newsworthy details of each life and death, and don't treat them dishonestly to score points like you’re doing here.

NYT headline on Khamenei. This is real.