Tim Anderson ⚛️🌎

Me when a tweet hits 100 likes: “Y’all be sure to check out my SoundCloud, my IG, and I’ll make an Etsy account just so just can check that out too.”

@AnnCoulter @FiddleyF Nailed it

THE WAR WITH IRAN IS EXISTENTIAL! IRAN COULD BOMB A U.S. CITY! AMERICANS MUST IMPOVERISH THEMSELVES TO STOP IRAN FROM GETTING A NUKE! A CIVILIZATION WILL DIE TONIGHT!!! Man in charge of war: "Excuse me - I need to fly to a small Kentucky county to campaign against a Republican House member."

@_specificocean @jrouldz @cantonmeow Yes, so much this. 💯

@jrouldz @cantonmeow I block like crazy. I've also learned that it's important to constrain your likes. being too generous will instantly retool your timeline.

Decided to block a few people today. Some I've kept eyes on for a while, but finally got tired of their vibes because they act like the guys at the bar that wouldn't stop talking with you when you just want them to shut the hell up. Some just said things that made no sense.

@jrouldz @cantonmeow I agree… it took me a long time to get there because I fear creating an echo chamber, but it’s mostly either bots or people who aren’t looking to have a discussion in good faith (shorts especially fit the bill here).

@cantonmeow I’ve become progressively more lenient with the block button It’s nice Life too short for negativity

@PolyphonicRat @DrNeilStone You are a master wordsmith. 💯

@DrNeilStone Social media has fully recreated medieval medicine except now the village idiot has a ring light.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WE HAVE A WINNER!

@NAFOvoyager @wallellaa Hits are great, but sinking is better.

Kaspiyisk is turning into a graveyard for russia’s Caspian Flotilla. 5 confirmed hits in under two weeks: May 7 — “Karakurt” May 15 — “Buyan” + minesweeper May 17 — “Svetlyak” May 18 — “Grachonok” Ukrainian drones are scaling fast. Summer will be hot for the occupiers.

@HedgingDelta @girdley Zombie internet

@girdley I predicted this early on. It is going to be an AI echo chamber. Same will happen with posts too. Creators will have AI create and schedule all their content.

I'm at the point now where I assume every reply from a stranger on X is AI-written. Perhaps the fix for social media is that AI will make it totally unusable.

You know how there are “For You” and “Following” tabs? It would be greatly to have a “Only Verified/Paywall” so we can enjoy a bot-free experience. I keep it on “Following,” but it’s not a great way to see what people outside of your circle have to say (plus, bots are still in the replies).

@girdley Maybe I'm not thinking through the consequences fully, but I'd love to see what a paywalled X would look like. A nominal monthly fee (maybe even as low as $3/mo) would eliminate so many bots, bad actors, and AI slop.

@KilledInUkraine So young he still has acne. Should’ve taken his Accutane treatments back home.

Navy Senior Lieutenant Церковников Илья Алексеевич (Tserkovnikov Ilya Alekseevich) was eliminated on 7 May 2026, probably during one of the attacks on Sevastopol, Crimea.

@BPD1776 @RobertMSterling I see a man who has no boss.

@RobertMSterling I got a photo of the guy who started the clapping.

I just had the craziest experience at the airport. We are about to board a flight to Atlanta when the pilot from the incoming plane walks out of the jetway. Guy is probably late 50s, salt and pepper hair, military look. The kind of pilot you instantly feel good about seeing on your flight. Pilot walks over to the counter, gets on the PA system, and starts addressing everyone. “Folks, I’ve been doing this a long time. Flying one of these jets is easy. The hard part is looking at 130 people and telling them their flight is going to be delayed.” Audible groans throughout the boarding gate. Most people here are flying to Atlanta as a layover before another flight. 130 people just had their day become a complete mess. The pilot goes on. “I get it, trust me. But here’s the deal: During our landing, we had a small mechanical issue. I’m not your pilot for the next leg, but I don’t feel confident the jet’s safe to fly until we have a mechanical team look it over, and I don’t feel comfortable asking the next pilots to fly you guys until we get confirmation.” He points at the agents next to him behind the counter: “Now, none of this is the agents’ fault. Please be kind to them. I’m the one who made this decision, not them, so any inconvenience you experience is my fault. Just please know that I don’t do this lightly, and I’m only doing it because I believe it’s in the best interests of everyone’s safety.” Now this is where the story gets crazy. The pilot puts the microphone down, grabs his suitcase, and all the people in the gate… Start clapping. I’m not joking, everyone starts clapping for the guy. 130 people who just had their travel plans ruined give an ovation to the guy who made the decision and delivered the message. All because he addressed them with decency and transparency, took ownership of the decision, made it clear that it was necessary, and explained why it was in everyone’s best interest. It’s honestly one of the best examples of strong communication—of strong leadership, for that matter—that I’ve seen in a long time. @Delta, whoever your Atlanta to Wichita pilot was this morning, he’s one of the good ones. Please tell him the delayed passengers of flight 1637 appreciate what he did.

@DarthPutinKGB Was this guy in a coma during the 1980s?

Day 1546 of my 3 day war. Russia never loses wars*. Ukraine is Russia and Ukrainians are Russians. Therefore, Russia is winning this war whilst losing it. I remain a master strategist.

@TechInnovationz *count

@TechInnovationz Your current follower account should be 1000x that, but baby steps I suppose.

$IONQ Nice metric to wake up to: 80% active followers. Thanks to the readers.

@DesFrontierTech @IONQinvestor Nailed it 🎯

$IONQ At the J.P. Morgan technology conference this morning, IonQ's CFO & COO Inder Singh was asked where IonQ will differentiate from Quantinuum, its direct competitor that recently announced it is also going public. Both companies use the same underlying technology to build quantum computers. Most CFOs would have drawn competitive distinctions. Singh did the opposite. His words: "I would love for all these modalities to really have a market in the future, let's say, 5 years out, right? I'd love for all of them to coexist." On Quantinuum specifically: "Quantinuum is also an ion trap company. And I wish them well. I do think that we need to have a number of really successful companies 3 to 5 years out for this to become an industry. And I'd love for them to do the same investments we're doing in the ecosystem." The reasoning is simple. Quantum computing is not yet an industry. It is a collection of companies trying to make a new technology commercial. Customers do not buy from a category that does not exist yet. They buy from a category that has multiple proven companies competing on it. For quantum to become an industry, more than one company has to succeed. In a world where Quantinuum and IBM and the others also do well, IonQ does better. A world with one quantum company is not an industry. It is an experiment. Then Singh named who he thinks the actual competition is: "The competition to me is not any of them candidly. I think the competition is probably a sovereign nation on the other side of the planet, maybe a few of them trying to get to the same Q day that this country is racing to as well." Q-Day is the day quantum computers become powerful enough to break the encryption that protects financial transactions and government communications. Singh is saying IonQ is not competing with U.S. quantum companies. IonQ is competing with foreign governments racing to break encryption.

they’re getting a taste of beach weather. now make the holiday weekend cool and rainy

@PolarizingLit That bee owns $HUMA … just let him die in peace. 😂

If you had 4 bees in your house …. Should you call an exterminator ? For reference last year there was a hive in my roof ….

@JayinKyiv Stay away from the windows, bud.

Angry Russians pour onto social media, calling out Kremlin media for hiding the true scale of Ukraine's massive attacks on Russian cities.

@DesFrontierTech @Britanniainvest I used to religiously listen to these myself, but now I just wait to hear what Desmond, @paullecoque, @ShawnKwon11, Hannah, @TechInnovationz, etc. have to say. At first, it felt lazy, but now I realize it’s trust.

@Britanniainvest 👉 jpmorgan.metameetings.net/events/tmc26/s…

$IONQ IonQ presents at the J.P. Morgan Conference in 5 minutes. Webcast here: jpmorgan.metameetings.net/events/tmc26/s…

@DesFrontierTech Looking forward to your insights from it.

Singh gave a 42 minute masterclass. Lots to unpack. The questions from the interviewer and the audience were outstanding. Nicely done J.P. Morgan.

@genejchan Same… $IONQ is now over 95% of my portfolio. The business case for it being the next megacap just continues getting stronger and stronger each day. i just can’t say no to that. …YOLO? 😂

Added $IONQ here below 50 The gift that keeps on giving

@beaky777 @DesFrontierTech OK, what will it be in 2028?

@DesFrontierTech stock price unchanged since mid 2024

$IONQ investing $100 million into a new Boulder facility is a commercialization signal. A few years ago the question was: Can quantum work? Now the questions are: Can it scale? Can it be manufactured? Can it turn into actual products and revenue? denverpost.com/2026/05/18/ion…