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@krystalball @AskPerplexity please explain The logical fallacy this post is promoting with its claim that Trump was involved in project 2025 in the past.

@mcuban I'm not a Democrat but I'd love to see you run for president.

Let me help rephrase for you Bernie. Need a loan for college so you can party for a semester and drop out? Taxpayers will loan you money for it. Need an SBA loan for your business ? Taxpayers will guarantee it. For a house ? Taxpayers will guarantee it. And local gov will give you money for your first down payment ! Get sick or are in an accident and you can’t afford your deductible, insurance company denied prescribed care or are uninsured ? You are on your own 😤 Let me add Bernie, the one debt not a single one of us will ever pay off till the day we die ? Our health insurance premiums And before you go in and on about single payer, ask @claudeai to take a look at your proposed Single Payer legislation. You want the Sec of HHS to run it. You can’t have a political appointee run an apolitical position And you expect every provider and doctor to accept whatever rate is set by Medicare. Big hospitals don’t know their costs. They couldn’t do a BOM for any procedure. They have negligible transparency. If they don’t know their costs, and you don’t know their costs, how is it possible for taxpayers, caregivers and patients to get a fair deal ? And the concept of “every other country does it “ ignores the fact that they all converted decades and decades ago, long before you and your peers allowed the extreme vertical integration we face now. Which leads to the question. @BernieSanders , why have you not advocated for the Break Up Big Medicine Bill ?

I believe the most meaningful thing most of us can do, outside the rare genius who invents the next breakthrough antibiotic or some world changing technology, is to raise a large family. Especially right now, with fertility rates falling well below replacement levels across the developed world, building a solid house, putting down real roots, and passing on life along with your values feels like the greatest good available to ordinary people like us. It is legacy multiplied across generations, not just something you consume in your own lifetime.

California desperately needs @MattMahanSJ on the ticket for governor of California. I'm not a Democrat but this guy is great! open.spotify.com/episode/3lOrW7…

@grok I would love the ability to pin a thread within a project folder separate from the global pinning feature.

Let me explain exactly why every new subdivision in America looks like the top photo, because the math is wild. A mature tree increases a home's value by 7 to 19 percent. On a $400,000 house, that's $28,000 to $76,000. A single shade tree produces the cooling equivalent of ten room-size air conditioners running 20 hours a day. One tree on the west side of a house cuts energy bills by 12 percent within 15 years. The bottom photo is worth more, costs less to live in, and sells faster. This has been documented by the University of Washington, Clemson, Michigan State, and the USDA. The data is not in dispute. Removing those trees saves the builder roughly $5,000 per lot. Concrete trucks need twice the dripline radius of every standing tree. Utility trenches need flat ground. A bulldozer flattens 200 lots in an afternoon. Preserving trees adds weeks and thousands per home. So the developer pockets $5,000 in savings and the buyer eats $50,000 in lost value for the next two decades. The person making the decision and the person paying for it have never been in the same room. The Woodlands, Texas is the proof of what happens when they are. George Mitchell bought 28,000 acres of Houston timberland in 1974 and preserved 28% as permanent green space. He forced McDonald's to build behind the tree canopy. That McDonald's became one of the highest-volume locations in Texas. The first office building, designed to reflect the surrounding forest so you couldn't see it from the street, leased completely. The Woodlands median home price today: $615,000. Katy, a comparable Houston suburb that clear-cut: $375,000. Named #1 community to live in America two years running. Fifty years of data. The trees are worth more than removing them saves. Developers clear-cut anyway because they sell the house once and leave. You live in it for 30 years.

@galjudo People grow and change overtime and that can't always be predicted. You can decide to grow together or just try and get lucky.

People do not want to enter a relationship thinking they can change the other person. It doesn't even sound nice. You should select a person based on who they are now, and be ok with them keeping that habit.

🎶 “Baby, where the hell is my audit?” 🎶 Had fun at South Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast! ☘️🇮🇪 Thanks to our host @nickcollinsma #mapoli

@GoldenPlutonium @lamps_apple @BretWeinstein @Selkis_2028 What if his last Joe Rogan podcast was mostly about biology?

@MyAccountOfThis @lamps_apple @BretWeinstein @Selkis_2028 No you don’t. He never talks about biology.

On June 18th, I had a text exchange with Charlie Kirk. He said he was spending two full days at the White House trying to persuade President Trump not to initiate a war with Iran. Given that Charlie was close with the President and that he represented a large constituency essential to Trump, and given that many proponents of the war with Iran saw a U.S. attack as urgently necessary to the survival of Israel, it is reasonable to wonder if his refusal to back down from his steadfast opposition somehow resulted in his murder. A good investigation could have settled the matter. What we got only increases the reason for concern. Asking this question may be unforgivable, but it is in no way unreasonable. Charlie was in a strong position to keep us from doing what we have now done, and the timing of his death removed him from the equation and likely changed the course of history--as Charlie himself worried it might.

Had a parent-teacher conference this morning My wife told me not to come I came anyway She said "please just listen and nod" I said "I always listen" She said "you listen like you're sitting in a boardroom looking for something to challenge" That's how listening works Nice classroom Small chairs I am 6'4" and was seated at a desk designed for someone who still believes in Santa Claus My knees touched my chest The teacher introduced herself Shared her identified pronouns I shared my identified adjectives Smart and handsome My wife closed her eyes The teacher had a folder Color-coded tabs I respected the organization She said our son is "a pleasure to have in class" My wife smiled I waited That sentence is never the whole report It's the executive summary before the risk section She said "however" There it is She said he "asks a lot of questions" I said "good" She said "during quiet time" I said "when is quiet time?" She said "it's when students are expected to work independently and in silence" I said "so he's the only one trying to get information and you've structured the environment to prevent it?" My wife put her hand on my arm I continued The teacher said he recently told another student that "sharing pencils doesn't make sense if nobody brings their own" I said "that's an accurate observation" My wife squeezed harder The teacher said she's concerned about his "resistance to group activities" I said "he's not resistant. He just doesn't see the value of doing more work for the same grade." The teacher said he also corrected her math on the whiteboard I said "was he right?" She paused She said "that's not the point" I said "it's a little bit the point" My wife stood up Sat back down Compromise The teacher pulled out an evaluation sheet Categories like "works well with others" and "follows directions" and "respects classroom norms" All subjective Not a number on the page I asked how these are graded She said "based on observation" I said "so one person's opinion with no second review?" She said "it's professional judgment" I said "my auditors say that too. Right before I disagree with them." She looked at my wife My wife said "I'm sorry about him" I said "I'm sitting right here" My wife said "I know" The teacher said overall he's a bright kid and she just wants to make sure he learns to "collaborate" I said "collaboration is important. But so is recognizing when you're the only one doing the work. He'll learn that again in college. And again in the real world. Might as well start now." Nobody spoke The teacher closed her folder She said "I think we've covered everything" I said "one more thing" She braced herself I said "his reading is above grade level. His math is strong. He asks hard questions and corrects mistakes when he sees them. I just want to make sure this school knows what it has." The teacher looked at me differently My wife looked at me differently I said "that's all" We left In the car my wife was quiet Then she said "he's turning into you" I said "is that a good thing?" She didn't answer From the backseat he said "dad, why does the teacher count off for asking questions? Isn't that the whole point of school?" I looked at my wife She looked out the window I said "yes. It is." He said "I don't think she likes when I'm right" I didn't say anything Neither did my wife Small chairs Color-coded tabs No follow-up items But the kid's going to be fine Sent from my iPhone

@lamps_apple @BretWeinstein @Selkis_2028 Well said. I like Bret and how he thinks when talking about biology, but your post feels spot on.

Charlie was gunned down in broad daylight by a 22 year old lone trans obsessed nutcase named Tyler Robinson. He was arrested shortly after, confessed in messages, facing capital murder charges with the death penalty on the table. The investigation pointed to a single shooter acting alone, no shadowy cabal, no foreign hit squad, no White House cover-up. That’s the reality that’s been public for months. Yet here you come, floating the idea that because Charlie texted you back in June about trying to talk Trump out of striking Iran, and then… months later… got assassinated, maybe the pro-war crowd (or Israel supporters, wink wink) had him murdered to clear the path for conflict. You even call it “reasonable” to wonder if opposition to war got Charlie murdered, and gripe that a “good investigation” didn’t happen. It’s grift-adjacent paranoia… take a real tragedy, staple it to your pet geopolitical obsession, ignore the actual evidence of a deranged individual killer, and imply a grand assassination plot without a shred of proof. Charlie was a vocal Trump ally who, despite some “no war” instincts earlier, actually backed the Iran strikes when they happened. The timing is tragic coincidence, not causation. Suggesting his murder “likely changed the course of history” by removing an anti-war voice is fantasy… Trump’s decisions weren’t hinging on Charlie’s opinion, and the war went ahead regardless. You’re not “unforgivable” for wondering… you’re just irresponsible and self-indulgent, turning a murdered man’s death into content.

@bryan_johnson Golden Retriever and or Golden Retriever

I'm thinking about getting two dogs. What breeds should I consider?

@RealJasonNelson @ScottAdamsSays Me too. I wouldn't have predicted this much though.

I miss @ScottAdamsSays

My HRV scores are meaningfully higher when I eat the Super Veggie bowl within 30 minutes of bedtime. Not sure why, but I’m going to just accept it. @bryan_johnson

@Metal_Crow @mysteriouskat YES. I don't even want to talk to people about politics until they have read this book

@mysteriouskat The Righteous Mind. After I read that, I did not look at people who disagree with me the same way... and I understood more about conservativism in a positive light.

What's one book you've read that has made you a better person?

@GazaSucks @mysteriouskat This is hilarious

@mysteriouskat The same one that made me cry

@mysteriouskat Dignity by @Chris_arnade

This is so cringe.

My information consumption is now 1/4 X, 1/4 podcast interviews of the smartest practitioners, 1/4 talking to the leading AI models, and 1/4 reading old books. The opportunity cost of anything else is far too high, and rising daily.

@Keenbingwood @AdamMGrant The cause isn't gender, it's personality traits that cluster in men.

@AdamMGrant this is reality. the data doesn't lie. equal pay for equal work is only right and proper.

Women are offered lower pay than men for the same job. Across >700k jobs, women were offered 5.5% less money than men, even after controlling for education, experience, employer, occupation, industry, and location. The value of work shouldn’t depend on the gender of the worker.