Kyler Reed

Major League Baseball is aired in the morning for Japan. So technically they eat breakfast with it being on television. Here’s their #openingday commercial. No hyperbole, when I say this, it might be greater than any US MLB commercial I’ve seen. Well done and worth the watch for any baseball fan.

Why does it cost less to build a base on the moon than high speed rail from sf to la

Important to note that the viral video purportedly of an F-35 being locked on by Iranian radar is not authentic combat footage. @nikitabier announced that X will start financially penalizing undisclosed AI-generated videos during times of armed conflict. This clip was released by Iranian state media (IRGC, Tasnim/Fars News Agency) so they should get a strike and any big accounts sharing it should get demonetized. Don't get me wrong - the damage incident is real and CENTCOM confirmed that the F35 made an emergency landing and the pilot is in stable condition. But that video is fabricated spin. Stealth technology does not make aircraft "invisible" - it significantly reduces radar cross-section and detection range but is not absolute invisibility. This aircraft still has a thermal signature and was probably tracked using close-range visual/IR methods. The video in question is pure propaganda, part of an info war: For the IRGC it boosts domestic morale and projects capability ("we hit the 'invincible' F-35!") and demoralizes Americans' resolve. It's also a huge coup for China because Beijing has supplied Iran with anti-stealth tech (YLC-8B radars and similar systems), which to date has garnered a reputation for being of Temu quality. Chinese state media and experts (see below) are amplifying the narrative, "mapping out" how sensors beat F-35 stealth. Every account boosting this narrative as a "win" is also projecting from what's happening with the J-20, China's stealth fighter jet. Yang Wei, its chief designer, has been effectively "disappeared" or purged from official records. His profile and name were quietly removed from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) website just days ago on March 18 and he has not appeared in public for over a year. Allegedly this is due to performance shortfalls. The whole point of this is to undermine and cast doubt on the stealth or power projection capabilities of the F-35 and demoralize Americans, while elevating the reputation of Chinese radar (took a huge hit after Venezuela) and distracting from what's going on with the J-20

On Tuesday, I testified before the House Homeland Security Committee on China's strides in robotics and AI. I warned that we lost solar, batteries, and EVs -- now we're at risk of losing robotics and AI. If that happens, it would irreversibly change the balance of power. Five points: 1️⃣ China aims to win the next industrial revolution. PRC leaders believe history is shaped by industrial revolutions. The first, steam power, made Britain dominant. The second and third, electrification and mass manufacturing, made America dominant. China is determined to win the fourth. 2️⃣ In robotics, China is already winning. In 2024, China installed 300,000 new industrial robots. America installed 30,000. China now has over 2 million robots in its factories — five times more than the US. A decade ago, it imported 75% of its robots. Today it makes 60% domestically. This year alone, China may spend $400 billion on industrial policy. The entire US CHIPS Act provided $50 billion across multiple years. If we fall behind here, U.S. reindustrialization becomes farfetched. 3️⃣ In AI, we're ahead — but selling off the advantage. China has more energy, more talent, and makes the edge devices. But America still leads because of chips, according to China's own AI companies. US chips are 4-5x better than China's today. We are debating whether to surrender that edge. 4️⃣ We are inviting risks of cyberespionage and catastrophic cyberattacks. PRC law requires its companies to cooperate with intelligence services and never disclose it. Today's robots carry LiDAR, microphones, and cameras — they are mobile surveillance platforms. But the bigger risk is cyberattack. We know China has compromised our power, gas, water, telecommunications, and transportation infrastructure in preparation for cyberattack. We cannot deploy robots in sensitive facilities from the very country targeting those facilities. 5️⃣ Here's what we must do. Extend ICTS rules to cover Chinese robots. Direct CISA to audit where they're deployed in critical infrastructure. Ban federal procurement of Chinese robotics and AI. Strengthen semiconductor export controls. Stop treating American AI companies with more regulatory scrutiny than Chinese ones. And build allied scale in robotics—a trading bloc with preferential terms for the members that can rival China's scale in in the sector. Thanks to @HomelandDemsIt and @HomelandGOP for the hearing on this topic, and grateful to join @MRobbinsAUVSI and colleagues from Scale and Boston Dynamics for a great discussion.

"populists" are converging on slop: - banning "blackrock" from buying homes - boomer tax cuts - wealth taxes that don't work zero constituency for: 1) make government efficient + able to build/act directly (vs. nonprofit grift) 2) subsidize the welfare state w/ population growth

Every single investor in the entire world seeing this

On Thursday, a Kansas City man is facing up to 30 years in prison after admitting to fraudulently receiving over $480,000 in COVID-19 relief funds, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) says. fox4kc.com/news/kansas-ci…

For the first time in Olympic history, Team USA won the gold medal in both men's and women's hockey in the same year 🇺🇸

Your 2026 Olympic Men's Ice Hockey CHAMPIONS 🇺🇸 #WinterOlympics

RED, WHITE, BLUE AND GOLD. TEAM USA IS BRINGING HOME THE #WINTEROLYMPICS GOLD. 🇺🇸🦅

Ahhh yes! A meeting most of us will never forget, and now enjoy retelling to each other. My fear of being on the list was so intense! Sitting there thinking about every class I’d been to recently and if I was on time or not. Thankfully my name was never called! 😮‍💨

That's no ballroom

STOP CANCELLING POWER PLANTS AND TRANSMISSION

The rare earth crisis is just the latest proof that reshoring and industrial sovereignty aren’t “nice to haves. They’re existential.

one of you needs to read 25 books on rare earth refining stat

This action reinforces the need for forward-leaning U.S. industrial policy. Building resilient supply chains is a matter of economic and national security.

Today, we’re announcing our $1B Series C fundraise, and the opening of Factory 1. It's time to rebuild America’s electric grid.⚡ Let’s go ⬇️

Reminder that we built the Golden Gate Bridge in 4.5 years. Today, we wouldn’t even be able to finish the environmental review in 4.5 years.

Still Life with Dead Birds (and a Basket of Oysters), by Germain Ribot, 1860-80

China built this for $300M. Could we build this in the USA today for under $1B?