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I would like to take this opportunity to denounce all the bad things. I will not be taking any questions at this time. I ask for the media and public to please respect my family's privacy.

I’m sorry it’s taken me so long to read Meg Basham’s Shepherds for Sale. Pushing through even though it is almost like reliving a lot of the same frustration I went through the first time, watching pastors and leaders I wanted to respect fall down on their duties, or outright betray the flock. Never forget.

@DrClownPhD How many tokens did this take to make?

If you’ve never seen this video, you’re missing one of the best things the internet has ever given us.

@jaynitx So…Don’t suck.

MrBeast: "If you knew what I knew, you could get 10 million subscribers in six months" "Your videos suck. You think your videos are good, but they suck. They just do. And the sooner you learn how to make good, great videos that people actually want to watch, the sooner you'll get views." MrBeast shares his early reality: "When I was 14, I thought my videos were the best in the world. They weren't, they were terrible. To be successful, you kind of have to have a little bit of that ego where you think your content's great. But also, if you have sub-1,000 subscribers, there's a good probability your videos just suck. They just do." He explains what to do about it: "You need to make hundreds of videos. Improve something every time. And just get to the point where they don't suck. When you make good content, you'll blow up. It's not the algorithm. It's not anything. Most people who are in my position just made terrible videos, and that's okay. Because you've got to make a bunch of videos and improve over time to be great." MrBeast uses an analogy: "You don't just pick up a baseball and become an MLB-level athlete within a year. It takes many, many, many years. YouTube's kind of the same way." On analysis paralysis: "A lot of people get analysis paralysis. They'll sit there and plan their first video for three months. If you have zero videos on your channel, your first video is not gonna get views. Period. Your first 10 are not gonna get views. I can very confidently say that. So stop sitting there and thinking for months and months on end. Just get to work and start uploading." He gives the formula: "All you need to do is make 100 videos and improve something every time. Do that, and then on your 101st video, we'll start talking. Maybe you can get some views. But your first 100 are gonna suck." How to improve something each time: "The second video: put more effort into the script. The third one: learn a new editing trick. The fourth one: figure out a way to have better inflections in your voice. The fifth one: study a new thumbnail tip and implement it. The sixth one: figure out a new title. There's infinite ways. The coloring, the frame rate, the editing, the filming, the production, the jokes, the pacing, every little thing can be improved. There's literally no such thing as a perfect video." On the algorithm: "What YouTube wants is for people to click on a video and watch it. That's what it is at its core. By studying the algorithm, you'll learn that you're more studying human psychology. What do humans want to watch?" MrBeast shares a simple reframe: "Anytime you say the word 'algorithm,' just replace it with 'audience' and it works perfectly. 'The algorithm didn't like that video?' No, the audience didn't like that video. Literally, that's it. If people are clicking and watching, it gets promoted more. The algorithm just reflects what the people want." On titles: "Short, simple, and just so freaking interesting that you have to click. If someone reads it, are they like, do they have to watch it? Is it just so intrinsically interesting that it's gonna haunt them if they don't click?" He adds nuance: "Keep it below 50 characters. Above 50 characters, on certain devices it goes dot, dot, dot, and that's the worst thing because then people don't even know what they're clicking on." MrBeast shares the extremity principle: "The more extreme the opinion, typically the higher the click-through rate. 'Fiji water sucks', that'd do fine. But 'Fiji water is the worst water I've ever drank in my life', way more extreme, would do way better. But then you have to deliver. The more extreme you are, the more extreme you have to be in the video." On the first 5 seconds: "Before you film a video, what is the thumbnail? What is the title? Then what's the first 5 seconds? Then what's the first 30 seconds?" He explains why autoplay changed everything: "On YouTube now, videos automatically play. So many people don't even see the thumbnail because it autoplays so quickly. The thumbnail is irrelevant for them. I have to visually convince you to click on the video in the first 5 seconds. Before, the hook was important because you had to convince people to watch. Now you have to convince people to click and watch at the same time, with the first 5 seconds." On matching expectations: "Your title and thumbnail set expectations. At the very beginning of the video, to minimize drop-off, you want to assure them that those expectations are being met. If you click on a video called 'Tether is a scam' and at the very beginning, he starts talking about literally anything else, you're like, 'Oh, this is BS. This isn't what I clicked on.' But if at the very start you go, 'Tether is a scam and I'm gonna teach you why,' then it's like, okay, you match the expectations. Then you want to exceed them." He emphasizes the importance: "The thing people undervalue the most is literally the first 10 seconds of the video. That 15% difference in viewership between losing 35% of viewers in the first 30 seconds versus losing 20%, that really does make the difference between 2 million views and 10 million views. You just had a more strategic intro that hooked them." On removing dull moments: "You basically want to remove every dull moment. Find the 10 most critical people you know, make them watch the video, and just roast it. If I talk to a camera for 10 seconds without a cut, a lot of people will get bored. Having a B-cam and C-cam three seconds in, cutting to a different angle, now it's more interesting even though it's essentially the same thing." On keeping viewers watching: "Give them why they clicked. Tell them why they should watch. Then just stick on topic. That right there isn't even super complex, but I would already put you in the upper echelon of YouTube. A lot of people drag it out. It's like, 'I'm going to eat $100 ice cream, but first...' and then it's them birthday shopping for their mom. That's not why I came here." On quality over quantity: "It's much easier to get 5 million views on one video than 50,000 views on 100 videos. A lot of small YouTubers just post videos that aren't bad but aren't great, and none of them ever pop off, so they never get an audience. It might be better to upload half or a third or even a fifth of the videos, but make the videos you upload so freaking good that the algorithm has to promote it." He warns against the consistency trap: "When you set a consistent schedule and you're constantly having to upload videos that aren't as good as you'd like because you gotta hit 'Oh, this Monday I said I'd upload', that's a dangerous trap. The viewers notice the quality isn't as good and it makes them less likely to watch. I think it hurts your longevity." On the real metric that matters: "A big thing that everyone underestimates, what was your experience with your last video? If people loved the last video of yours that they watched, they're more likely to watch your next one. When people watch your video, you don't want them to go, 'Okay, that was good, but that's enough of you for the day.' What you want is them to go, 'Holy crap, that was crazy! Oh my god, what's that?' and they watch 10 videos. That's how you get high view counts. People watch 10 videos, not one." On thumbnails: "You want it to be simple. When they're scrolling, you want them to instantly understand what you're conveying and feel some type of emotion. Make it so interesting, or spike their curiosity so much, that if they don't click it, they'll wonder before they go to bed what happened?" He gives an example: "If you uploaded 'I rode a skateboard with 1,000 other people on it', and people are falling off the side, it's about to go off a big ramp if you don't click that, you're gonna be so curious. Later in the day, when you're daydreaming, you'll think, 'What happened to those 1,000 people on that skateboard?' That's the mindset you should have when making thumbnails." On knowledge being the only barrier: "It's all knowledge. It really is. I could start a new channel tomorrow without using my face or my voice, without ever promoting it, and in six months have 20 million subscribers. I just could. It's purely knowledge. If you knew what I knew, you could get 10 million subscribers no matter where you are right now within six months." He addresses the skeptics: "90% of the people watching don't agree with that. Everyone has excuses. 'Nah, YouTube just doesn't work like that, Jimmy.' But I mentor a lot of people. I see it all the time. It is possible. It is simply knowledge. The second you accept that it is knowledge and you start your journey of learning figuring out what makes a good video, what does my audience want, how can I elevate and then you take that knowledge and just assume 'I will never understand what the perfect video is' and every single day be devoted to learning and improving as much as possible there you go." On money not being the barrier: "There are tons of viral ideas that don't require money. It does not require money to go viral. One of my most-viewed videos was spending 24 hours in a desert, we just grabbed a tent and some stuff and went to the desert. It got 60-70 million views. People say, 'I could be MrBeast if I had money.' A, I didn't start off with money; I was poor, I had no money. It took me seven years just to buy a camera saving up from YouTube. And B, some of our most-viewed videos literally anyone can do." On why no one will outwork him: "No one's ever gonna do what I do better than me. It's just not humanly possible. I reinvest every penny I make. I work every hour I'm awake. I devote every atom in my brain to solving this. I hire the best people on the planet. I've been doing this for 14 years. And I think in decades, not years. I'm gonna be doing this for another 20-30 years. If I thought someone was doing better than me, I'd just start sleeping less so I could work even more." But he doesn't recommend it: "I don't have a life. I don't have work-life balance. My personality, my soul, my being is making the best videos possible. That is why I exist on this planet. And I don't recommend it. You should have work-life balance. You should not devote your entire life to this one thing. I have a mental breakdown every other week because I push myself so hard. I don't recommend it." The only question that matters: "Subscribers don't matter. Views don't matter. I mean, they do. But everything you want as a creator comes from making the best videos possible and thumbnails. The video part's the hard part. Ask: 'How can I make my videos better?' Do that every single day for years. And then you'll probably get views."

@InfoAgeStrategy @BuzzPatterson If he does that, who will date the Chinese spies?

@BuzzPatterson Now he needs to resign from Congress and open up some seedy adult bookstore at a truck stop.

He’s out! 🤣🤣🤣 Eric Swalwell ends California governor campaign after investigation into sexual assault allegations - San Francisco Chronicle apple.news/AP7tP4wHdQYKbn…

@JoshDaws Whatever the most perfect one is. I’m sure a John Williams score is involved. He has a few great ones.

May be?

@armano x.com/rothmus/status…

My God who did Swalwell piss off? This is an insane coordinated effort to destroy him. He’s so done and maybe ends up with criminal charges too. It’s literally every season of House of Cards

Probably a stupid question but…who puts the jacket on you at The Masters if you win back to back years?

@TheGoldenDays en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermit_(p… A bit of a stretch, but…

Without saying a word, show me how long you’ve been on the internet

@armano I have a lot of cynical speculation, not a lot of evidence.

My 19-month old boy currently prefers stacking magnet tiles instead of building structures. Early aptitude showing for logistics or accounting?

@FoundationDads A wise man once said, “If you can’t be handsome, be handy.”

Your wife doesn't need a perfect husband. She needs one who acts like a man. Three things that will change your marriage faster than any counselor: 1. Make decisions without asking permission. Plan a date. Book it. Tell her when to be ready. She married a man, not an intern awaiting approval. 2. Stop vomiting your emotions onto her. Vulnerability has its place, but emotional incontinence only makes things messy. She cannot be your therapist and your lover. 3. Fix something broken in your house. Anything. A squeaky door. A leaky faucet. A nail pop on the ceiling. Change the brakes on your car. YouTube the solution. The point is not plumbing. Prove you'll struggle with something difficult instead of outsourcing it.

@InfoAgeStrategy Is there a good reason to seize Kharg island, if the blockade is effective? From what I’ve read, the airstrip has been demolished, so resupply would have to look a certain way, and the proximity to the coast creates a unique kind of risk that I’m not sure is necessary.

On 9 April 2026, I was invited to speak as part of a four-member panel of professors on the subject of the war in Iran. The other three panelists were Gerry Gendlin and Kairash Aramesh from PennWest Edinboro and Lena Surzhko Harned from Penn State Behrend. In my segment, I talked about the war from the perspective of Carl von Clausewitz, who famously asserted that war "is the continuation of politics by other means." • What are we now trying to gain through a military conflict with Iran that we could not achieve over the past 47 years through political means? • Trump administration’s three stated objectives are: (1) Eliminate Iran’s ballistic missiles; (2) eliminate Iran’s nuclear enrichment and ability to build nuclear weapons; (3) stop Iranian support for its proxies – Hezbollah, Shia, Houthis, and Shia militia groups in Iraq. • There is not a lot of ground for compromise; the conflict is over ideology, not over territory. • The conflict is a “zero-sum,” a binary problem: We and Israel want regime change and the elimination of the Iranian regime. Basically, that outcome is impossible for the mullahs to accept. • We (the U.S. and Israel) want the war to end quickly, with minimal casualties; Iran wants to drag out the conflict and inflict maximum casualties. • I mentioned how culture influences perspectives, such as on the value of human life. As an example, I talked about a social media post by a Frenchman who mocked Americans for losing six sophisticated military aircraft while rescuing a single pilot, yet categorized that as a “win” because the pilot’s life had, in fact, been saved. • There is a huge gulf between the U.S./Israelis and Iran in terms of objectives, culture, values, and demands: The Iranians’ proposed “10 points” are maximalist demands, most of which are rejected by the U.S. and Israel out-of-hand. Nevertheless, the fact that the Iranians appeared willing to at least talk was something of a hopeful sign. • I mentioned how Iran’s “mosaic defense” gives autonomy to 31 separate, regional commands able to operate independently. Because we’ve eliminated the 1st and 2nd tiers of Iran’s national leadership, it isn’t clear who is now actually speaking for the Tehran regime, calling the shots, or controlling what the 31 separate commands do. In fact, in Iran right now, the left hand may not even know what the right hand is doing. • We have air superiority, overwhelming military superiority, but we’re attempting to defeat an adversary through air power alone – something never before done, and something we and our NATO partners managed to do in 1999, when we conducted a 78-day-long air campaign against Serbia. There was the implied threat of introducing ground forces in that case, although the Serbs conceded before ground troops were ever introduced. • The Pentagon is incredibly adept at planning, and there was simply NO WAY that Pentagon planners failed to consider the possibility of Iran attempting to shut down the Strait of Hormuz. • Iran is twice the size of Iraq, has very difficult terrain, and it has twice the population of Iraq. I opined that it was highly unlikely that the U.S./Israeli coalition would put troops on the ground in Iran, other than to maybe seize Kharg Island (through which 90% of Iranian oil exports flow).

“Sunday potluck and fellowship is just a continuation of worship by another means.” - Von Clausewitz, were he a theologian

Apple’s address book experience is truly awful, by Apple’s historical standards. How did it get this way?

@MikeWingerii I’m a Calvinist, so only God can answer that question.

What percentage of you are bots? I fully trust the results of this flawless poll.

I’m sorry I cannot return to work today. An employee has not come to wash my hands.

Apparently, with a sufficient grasp of statistics and access to a perfect vocabulary, you too can appear human in a conversation. #LLM

The purpose was to test the restrooms on the spaceship.

What’s the point of making funny jokes if The Babylon Bee is just going to steal them before I think of them? babylonbee.com/news/in-dire-n…