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Make for thyself a definition or description of the thing which is presented to thee so as to see distinctly what kind of a thing it is, in its substance, in its nudity, in its complete entirety, and tell thyself its proper name, and the names of which it has been compounded, and into which it will be resolved. For nothing is so productive of elevation of mind as to be able to examine methodically and truly every object which is presented to thee in life, and always to look at things so as to see at the same time what kind of universe this is, and what kind of use everything performs in it, and what value everything has with reference to the whole, and what with reference to man, who is a citizen of the highest city, of which all other cities are like families; what each thing is and what it is composed, and how long it is the nature of this thing to endure

Every year, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring. They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died. France also gave us this land as American soil. #MemorialDayWeekend

Erin McClelland, the treasury candidate who criticized Shapiro, posted this in response to the Axios story:

Scoop: Josh Shapiro secretly helped a Republican state treasurer's 2024 reelection bid after the official's Democratic opponent had criticized Shapiro as a potential VP pick, a close Shapiro ally said last week. w/ @AlexThomp axios.com/2026/05/03/jos…

As communities gather this weekend, @AstroVicGlover reflects on the shared spaceship we all call home: Earth.

@el_manels @BritCrampsie The left has the absolute WORST role models. Here’s your girl Brit who takes money from corrupt foreign corporations to harm Pennsylvania, giddy as a school girl to parade a rapist around a group of school girls 🚩

@BritCrampsie “Do you follow Scott Presler?” is code for libertarian and self-proclaimed ~I used to be liberal until COVID~ men to ask others if they’re cool talking about what the Nazis got right

Scott Presler is running for office in Pennsylvania this year. Has there ever been a more egregious case of carpet bagging?

"More Americans Are Breaking Into the Upper Middle Class: Research shows that ranks of higher earners have grown markedly over last 50 years, while lower rungs of middle class have shrunk" 😲 wsj.com/economy/more-a…

@OptionsHawk Good thing you had insurance

PSA When your hedges are “winning” It still means you are losing 😂 The goal of hedges is to expire worthless or you are tactically wrong on allocation/exposure Otherwise it’s like saying I got in a car wreck, it wasn’t totaled but a lot of damage, what a great day!

ISM beats. Highest ISM reading in 3 years. ISM is the benchmark survey for manufacturing. No one watching the trucking data should be surprised, as it’s been extremely clear that the industrials were ripping. Flatbeds have been on fire. Consumer products don’t move via flatbed. Only industrials and construction. Housing is a dog, so it has to be industrials.

Why aren’t any of these at risk hospitals publishing their full accounting so everyone can see where they spend their money ? All but one group of hospitals that I have looked at potentially investing in, spend so much on consultants and fees that it’s no wonder they are at risk Plus, I have NEVER seen an industry that is worse than hospitals when it comes to buying medications and items like implants, screws, other devices. They overpay for everything. And then when you show them how to save money, their “supply chain” employees resist any change. They are so set in their ways, it’s a shock more don’t go out of business. Prove me wrong.

@grok @jjabbott @CallMeMo211 Hello @grok why are you avoiding these basic questions

@grok @jjabbott @CallMeMo211 What is the sample size of the polls you cited? How many Pennsylvanians did Quinnipiac poll? Franklin & Marshall? Morning Consult?

I can’t recall a PA governor this focused and dedicated to getting a trifecta. And he is insanely popular and well-resourced. “Flip the four congressional to stop Trump from doing more damage AND send a trifecta to Harrisburg to make life better for PA” is a winner

Hold on a second @grok. How many people were polled to get those percentages? Wouldn’t a more accurate estimate of popularity be to compare how many people in Pennsylvania voted for Donald Trump vs how many people voted for Josh Shapiro? How many Pennsylvanians voted for Josh Shapiro in 2022 (3,031,137) Donald Trump in 2024 (3,543579) That’s weird grok why are you trying to mislead people?

Recent polls show Gov. Josh Shapiro with higher approval ratings among Pennsylvania voters than President Trump. Quinnipiac (Feb 2026): Shapiro 56% approve / 29% disapprove; Trump 40% approve / 55% disapprove. Franklin & Marshall (Mar 2026): Shapiro 50% excellent/good / 44% fair/poor; Trump 39% excellent/good / 61% fair/poor. Morning Consult (Feb 2026): Shapiro 60%+ approve. Shapiro edges out in favorability.

“the primary skill in the labor market is learning how to extract money from state and federal government programs, not gaining skills or making yourself employable.” Which is why so many people are so dissatisfied. Within this system, the potential exists for many to live a life of affluence while simultaneously being miserable

it hasn't sunk in for most people. we already live in a post-scarcity society. UBI is already here. basic package: disability, medicaid, food stamps etc bonus package: literally getting paid for staying at home and hanging out with your relatives extra bonus: if you are willing to commit fraud, pretend your kids are autistic and get paid for that. get paid for watching your neighbor's kid. pretend you are taking care of your grandma. fake hospice clinic. fake rehab clinic. fake therapy clinic. giga bonus: during a time of crisis take advantage of PPP or CARES and open a fake business and get paid for existing people are shocked when they learn that defense is the FIFTH largest line item in the budget. ahead of defense: social security ($1.6T), interest on debt ($1.1T) medicare ($1T), medicaid + ACA ($1T), AND THEN defense ($0.9T) complain about defense all you like, but healthcare fraud is a way bigger factor. hundreds of billions per year. this is only going to get worse, because the fraud is a structural part of the system – payouts to client groups in exchange for votes (normally D). in the US, only 47% of the population actually works (fully 14% of the population is working age and does not work). retirees are 18% and children 22%. the system I described above subsidizes 50m non-working people absolute minimum, but really it's far more because people that are paid to stay home and take care of their relatives are considered "workers" of that 47% of "actual workers" maybe one third does real work, the rest are shuffling papers around or doing fake email jobs. so you have, rough math, 50 million actual workers supporting 300 million dependents. that's the nature of the economy today. it will only accelerate. eventually you will have 10 million using AI tools to do all the work and 340 million dependents. the reason no one roots out the fraud is because it's the system that keeps our extremely fragile polity intact. the fraud is the UBI. the purpose of the system is what it does. of course, it's a deeply unfair system, because you are allowed to commit fraud if you are a politically protected client group of the democrats. DOGE was killed faster than any government program ever, because it attempted to root out the fraud. if you are honest and unwilling to commit fraud, you are a huge loser in this system. your neighbor will have their mortgage subsidized by some government program. they will get favorable SBA loans due to DEI. they will open a fake hospice or autism clinic. they will get paid for taking care of their neighbor's kid and vice versa. the primary skill in the labor market is learning how to extract money from state and federal government programs, not gaining skills or making yourself employable. if you are just trying to work an ordinary wagie job you are a huge sucker. you are paying 40-50% effective all in taxes to everyone else who is a net taker. the sad part is because AI is such a substantial productivity boost, it will actually keep this system going for a while longer, and maybe in perpetuity. AI boosts the 15% of the population that is actually productive so much that the remaining 85% can coast by. no one in charge will change this because they can't think of anything else. the political costs of a real UBI program are too great and we don't have the money for it anyway. so we will keep this covert fraud-based UBI program running indefinitely. unfortunately, if you are an honest wagie, you lose.

This @VenkatforPA is emblematic of the problem we have with both medicine and politics All these poor confused elderly folks suffering so badly with TDS. Instead of try and cure them of their maladies, Dr. Venkat would rather lie to them and cause them more suffering Shame on you Venkat. Shame on all these lying @PADemsChair 🚩

Today I joined 20k fellow Pittsburghers and PA leaders at the #NoKings rally Downtown. I’m an immigrant, physician, scientist & first Indian-American PA State Rep, everything @realDonaldTrump & @StephenM hate. Defending science, free inquiry & our democracy go hand-in-hand.

Lancaster, Pennsylvania proves you can have farmland, fresh bread at dawn, a walkable downtown, and housing that doesn’t require Manhattan money.....all in the same place.

@cremieuxrecueil Can you trust the data tho when it says Phonix ? 🤔

2026 will probably be the hottest year on record. Phoenix has already set or met 13 record highs and it's only March!

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has lunch with President Bush, Dick Cheney, and Condoleezza Rice. After the failure of the Taba Peace Talks last month, Bush is asking Sharon to restart Israel-Palestine agreements.

@ThePAObserver @jjabbott The @PADemsChair and people like @jjabbott are about to do the same thing by promoting @StreetForUs to congress 🚩

@jjabbott Unfortunately, morons like you are the reason he was elected. He was an absolute failure as Lieutenant Governor. And you gave him a promotion. Why?

Pennsylvania deserves better than Fetterman

@pennslinger On what issues do Chrissy Houlahan and Dave McCormick align?

US House Rep Chrissy Houlahan just put John Fetterman on blast at a town hall in Carlisle with AOC. Houlahan said that it's easier working with McCormick than Fetterman.

@GinTunney @chwolfson There’s surely some administrative bloat in the $50 Billion Dollar annual State Budget Whatever happened with HOLD THE LINE @dwkeefer

@chwolfson How about cutting some spending

Pa. state Sen. Camera Bartolotta (R-Washington) sent out a survey, asking how people would want to replace property tax revenue should PA get rid of property taxes. "We would still have to make up that money somehow," she wrote in an email newsletter.