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@Rory_Johnston It’s a secret. You wouldn’t understand.

What is Project Freedom, exactly? Be specific.

@ashleevance As time goes on this seems increasingly unlikely. They just don't have the compute budgets to compete. And as we enter the RSI era, this will be decisive.

Remember, friends. There's a non zero chance that either Ilya or Carmack just like pop on X one day, and say, "We've done it."

@peterwildeford Hmm I'll try it today. And you with henceforth be known as Peter, the beverage influencer.

I finally tried this and it was awesome. Like a root beer float. Recommend.

@Osint613 broken clock says its still war-o-clock

Senior Iranian security source to Mizan News Agency: "Iran's message is clear, Americans face targeting if advancing in the Strait of Hormuz."

@GregHBurnham i was expecting like tyler cowen or peter thiel level weirdness

@atlas_node I once had a colleague who was a linguist, and who would get distracted speaking with me because my cadence was so unusual. I think he was sincere, and he was perfectly polite about it. I'm willing to believe there's something here.

This was a fun chat! To sum up my attitude:

@GregHBurnham your speaking seemed very normal to me?

One comment saying I have a weird accent. I think that's not quite right. Rather, I have a weird speaking cadence, due perhaps both to an unusual sentence planning ≈algorithm (like it's made for a non-SVO language) and an untenable desire to impart meaning to pauses.

Government should tax dating apps and redistribute based on the number of couples they match that have children.

@NathanpmYoung Politics is not about policy, it’s about signaling tribal loyalty. It’s unfortunate we let politics have anything to do with policy.

Had an argument with a woman about struggling to be left wing (paraphrased): Me: I tend not to be left wing enough for people Her: How Me: Markets are good at allocating resources. I think we should arrest more shoplifters Her: How does that stack up against bigger crimes. Global pedos, fraud, and you are trying to lock up some mother stealing for her kid. Me: Most thefts are of things like meat, perfume, razorblades. I don't think these are for starving mothers. Her: You seem like you have awful priorities. I didn't expect it to go well and claude says this was deliberate of me, but this is a very common kind of discussion for me, particularly with left wing women (though I rarely chat to random left wing men). Seems entirely divorced from reality.

@William_Blake Sometimes music is about feeling but it's just as valid to be curious about the long history of music.

What’s cool shit that fake people like? Genres associated with expertise, training, elitism, ancestor worship. No feeling, no attitude, zero rebellion. “I liked their early stuff” “I respect their importance in music history” Who gives a shit! You don’t want to be liked or respected. You want to be heard. George Inness: “A work of art does not appeal to intellect. It does not appeal to a moral sense. Its aim is not to instruct, not to edify, but to awaken an emotion.”

I'm more worried about an inept government that fails to harness AI and becomes disempowered relative to private companies. Governments' rule over companies is contingent on their overwhelmingly superior power, which won't necessarily persist.

Don't really have a takeaway, was just curious. $ORR returns broken down by intraday vs overnight:

@Rory_Johnston The order is rapidly faaaaadin’

🎶 the times, they are a-changin’

@DropSiteNews Just wait till he hears what Trump has been saying!

🗞️ REPORT | Vice President JD Vance has raised private alarms with President Trump that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s briefings on the Iran war have been “so positive as to be misleading,” according to The Atlantic, which reports growing friction between the two over the accuracy of the Pentagon’s war assessments. 🔹Vance specifically questioned Hegseth’s characterization of U.S. missile interceptor stockpiles as “robust,” privately warning Trump that the U.S. is depleting them at a dangerous rate, a concern that directly contradicts the Pentagon’s public posture. 🔹Sources in Vance’s inner circle told The Atlantic he has been careful not to openly accuse Hegseth of lying, instead framing his skepticism as his own strategic inquiry to avoid fracturing the war cabinet. 🔹The report adds to a growing body of evidence that the administration’s public presentation of the war diverges significantly from internal assessments — including CNN’s earlier reporting that roughly half of Iran’s missile launchers and thousands of one-way attack drones survived the initial U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign, and NBC’s reporting that damage to U.S. bases across the region was far worse than publicly acknowledged.

@tleilax___ Hmm interesting. Does seem close but v plausible they’d be okay. Rumors of them finding an old decommissioned vlcc for more storage indicate they think it’s close too

@atlas_node History disagrees that they can't shut down fast x.com/tleilax___/sta…

Iran managed to shut down in an orderly fashion its production before. After the cancellation of the JCPOA by Donnie, and also during Covid. No idea why people think it would bring catastrophic damage now.

A disappointingly small fraction of longevity research comes out of life insurance companies

@DustinGouker @DanielleFong Sound track for manifest 2026 @ManifoldMarkets

I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to call this the greatest piece of prediction market content created to date.

@FirstSquawk Laughter?

US INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES ARE ASSESSING HOW TEHRAN MIGHT RESPOND IF TRUMP PROCLAIMS VICTORY IN THE CONFLICT — SOURCES.

@FirstSquawk We should also research how SGA would respond if Booker declared victory after getting swept in the playoffs.

US INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES ARE PROBING HOW TEHRAN WOULD RESPOND IF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP UNILATERALLY DECLARED VICTORY IN THE TWO-MONTH-LONG CONFLICT, ACCORDING TO TWO US OFFICIALS AND A SOURCE FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER.