Anthony retweetledi
Nothing but gratitude for the men and women of this great nation. It is time to fly.
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Anthony retweetledi
Tomorrow, we launch.
At sunset tonight, Artemis II waits on the pad, ready to carry astronauts potentially farther than any humans have traveled in more than half a century.
The next era of exploration begins.
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Anthony retweetledi
NASA does not have a top-line problem. We receive roughly $25 billion in annual appropriations, including more than a $10 billion plus-up from President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill. If that is not enough to run a lunar exploration program and do all the other things across science and discovery, then what is the right number?
We don’t need to blame budgets or continuity of decision-making as the common excuse, as if a billion dollars is somehow not a billion dollars and troubled programs should perpetually stay troubled programs. NASA, like the federal government, cannot spend our way out of every problem, nor can we perpetuate bad decisions.
That means not getting spread thin across too many imposed endeavors or jumping straight to the “dream state,” which is how everything becomes over budget and behind schedule.
Instead, we concentrate on the needle-moving objectives, the reason NASA exists in the first place. We execute with urgency, in an iterative and safe way, and empower the workforce and our partners to get the job done.
That is how we changed the world on July 20, 1969, and it is how we will do it again. Expect more from NASA and start believing again.
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Anthony retweetledi
Anthony retweetledi
Very excited to see this AI for Science Executive Order—the Genesis Mission. The Administration has appropriately ambitious goals here; we may be on the verge of world-changing breakthroughs. Congratulations to all involved!
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Anthony retweetledi
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Today is a day we have been working towards for six months. We are announcing America’s AI action plan putting us on the road to continued AI dominance.
The three core themes:
- Accelerate AI innovation
- Build American AI infrastructure
- Lead in international AI diplomacy and security.
It’s a long document (!) and I highly encourage you read it.
There is a lot of exciting actions in here but one I’m very partial to is the focus on open source and open weights and making sure the U.S. leads in this critical area.
This represents the work of many many people but I want to particularly highlight @DavidSacks @mkratsios47 and the person who has spent the most time and sweat and effort on this : @deanwball
Personally, this is an effort I’ve been incredibly proud to have been a part of and why I signed up for this job. I’m confident this and the other announcements today put us on the road to AI dominance as called for by President Trump.
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Anthony retweetledi
There is a pattern across all agencies where IT “modernization” contracts do not pay for outcomes/performance; instead, they pay for time. Therefore, the incentive is for contractors to “never finish,” resulting in incredible waste.
As an example, IRS modernization started in 1990 to be delivered in 1996. Today, the work is not complete and the contractors say it’s still 5 years away. 29 years behind schedule and ~$15b over budget. Everyone loses, except the government contractors.
This must change. This week, the IRS froze ~$1.5B in modernization contracts, none of which have any effect on tax filings. All of those contracts will then either be cancelled or the contract terms will be changed to pay-for-performance.
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@evanjconrad Thanks Evan! I've never been more optimistic about the future we're all building
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.@aiwrapper is one of the few people in San Francisco in our community who actually tried to make SF better with their time.
He put aside lucrative careers to work to make government better and that is admirable, earnest, and the correct thing to do.
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Anthony retweetledi
The last two weeks require the writing of an entirely new history of post-1950’s American conservatism.
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This is the most exciting time for NASA since Apollo, and Jared is the best choice to lead the way:
"We will never again lose our ability to journey to the stars or settle for second place" 🇺🇸🚀
Jared Isaacman@rookisaacman
I am honored to receive President Trump’s @realDonaldTrump nomination to serve as the next Administrator of NASA. Having been fortunate to see our amazing planet from space, I am passionate about America leading the most incredible adventure in human history. On my last mission to space, my crew and I traveled farther from Earth than anyone in over half a century. I can confidently say this second space age has only just begun. Space holds unparalleled potential for breakthroughs in manufacturing, biotechnology, mining, and perhaps even pathways to new sources of energy. There will inevitably be a thriving space economy—one that will create opportunities for countless people to live and work in space. At NASA, we will passionately pursue these possibilities and usher in an era where humanity becomes a true spacefaring civilization. I was born after the Moon landings; my children were born after the final space shuttle launch. With the support of President Trump, I can promise you this: We will never again lose our ability to journey to the stars and never settle for second place. We will inspire children, yours and mine, to look up and dream of what is possible. Americans will walk on the Moon and Mars and in doing so, we will make life better here on Earth. It is the honor of a lifetime to serve in this role and to work alongside NASA’s extraordinary team to realize our shared dreams of exploration and discovery. Grateful to serve, Jared
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Anthony retweetledi
In FY2023, the U.S. Government spent $6.16. trillion while only bringing in $4.47 trillion.
The last budget surplus was in 2001.
This trend must be reversed, and we must balance the budget.
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the quantum principle of work: the act of observing the work collapses the wave function of busy work to real work
Shaun Maguire@shaunmmaguire
If “what did you get done this week?” Is a provocative statement in Silicon Valley… … just imagine that question being asked in Washington DC
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Anthony retweetledi
In 2022, the Federal Government Accountability Office found $247,000,000,000 in improper payments made across 82 programs, including $81B from Medicaid & $47B from Medicare.
That's $250B. In one year. That they know about. And publicly reported.
Elon Musk@elonmusk
@WallStreetMav You don’t yet appreciate how much waste and fraud there is in entitlements. It is beyond what you could possibly imagine.
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Anthony retweetledi
$200B+ is lost annually in improper payments by the US federal gov—100X of SpaceX annual budget!
When I was at Palantir, we cleared the backlog of the UK’s NHS by deploying scalable tech that flagged obvious errors, like ultrasounds scheduled for pregnant patients in their 11th month. How is it possible there’s a US federal agency (GAO) that reports this massive waste every year, yet no one’s eliminated it?
Most of US gov still runs on Powerpoint and Excel. An engineering-first gov efficiency commission by @elonmusk could save trillions annually. Exciting possibilities ahead!
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The world has not yet seen the full glory of the American spirit
Elon Musk@elonmusk
The future is gonna be fantastic
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Anthony retweetledi
Anthony retweetledi
It is in our power to build San Francisco into the world's most technologically advanced city. If we can accelerate SF, we can accelerate the rest of America.
The time has come to deploy the solutions we built, and to find new challenges. Join our team to help ⬇️
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Anthony retweetledi
300+ e/acc engineers just spent 24 hours building AI solutions to San Francisco’s most pressing challenges— housing, safety, public health
The Mayor even showed up.
Tweeting the finalists building a better future for SF at the @accelerate_sf Hackathon at @fdotinc (🧵):
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