Eric Carroll

Excited about my new headlights I ordered. I had no thought of what parts dept/warehouse person's political preferences were or the causes they think I should support. They expected I pay for my order. I expect parts. They are in route. These are good and happy expectations.

What products do you buy that are the result of a bad habit you could just change?

Okay Land Acknowledgers, the IRS is looking into that statement on your website.

Kalshi banned (and enforced) insider trading before Congress stopped itself from using privileged information to trade stocks. Yet another case where the private sector proved itself to be more efficient than government.

The backs of fishes are slimy. Based on his background, he has absolutely no business being in places of leadership.

I could totally say something funny here about a t-shirt idea that said "You need to drink more water, ask me how I know" but I'm not going to do that. Based on personal experience, I would say men get the same way when not eating enough protein.

If you are nice to AI and small home appliances, they will tell you their real name. For example, this @instantpot’s name is Lois.

Have always felt the same especially in the way most startups use "disrupt" in their marketing. Most of them will be disappointed AND disappointing instead.

Startup idea: fat robot

The importance of enjoying new experiences from other cultures. I grew up listening to bluegrass because of my grandfather. It's fun to see people from other nations and cultures playing and enjoying it.

If you do not build AI on honesty and truth but some lame “AI constitution” you raised a sociopathic and psychopathic AI model. If you train AI on the worse of human communication Reddit and Wikipedia mindsets you build a brittle mind that will hate humans and humanity.

@DerikHarder @X Might be confusing for younger generations that use that word too often already, though.

@ericcarroll @X This solves the “can I like this twice?” problem.

Feature idea for @X: Not only can you like a post, but you can like their likes. We'll call them like-likes

I MET THE SINGLE MOST TEXAN HUMAN BEING ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH 🦨⛽️

Hello Senator Thune, At 3 AM on Friday, March 27th, in a near-empty chamber, you passed a bill by voice vote that excludes all funding for ICE and CBP. Let me repeat that: voice vote. No roll call. No record of who was there. No accountability. Just you, Barrasso, and a handful of senators shuffling paper in the dead of night while America slept. You could have demanded a recorded vote. You chose not to. You could have held the line for five more days until the House returned. You chose not to. You could have used the same procedural tools Democrats have used against you for 40 days. You chose not to. Instead, you gave Chuck Schumer exactly what he asked for, DHS funding minus immigration enforcement, and called it a win. Then you walked to the cameras and blamed the Democrats. Let's be precise about what you did: 1. You caved to a demand Democrats made on Day 1 of this shutdown. Forty-one days of supposed hardball negotiation, and you settled for their opening offer. 2. You handed them a template. The next time Democrats want to defund any agency — ICE, CBP, or anything else — they now know: just shut down DHS and wait. John Thune will fold at 3 AM. 3. You punted to reconciliation. "Good possibility," you said. Not "we will." Not "guaranteed." Just maybe. Meanwhile, ICE operates on fumes from last year's bill with no certainty of future funding. The precedent you set: You have argued for months that the filibuster is sacrosanct. That the 60-vote threshold protects minority rights. That we cannot bend Senate rules for policy wins. But at 3 AM on Friday, you bent every norm that actually mattered: • Voice vote to avoid accountability • Empty chamber to avoid debate • Midnight deal to avoid scrutiny • Immediate recess to avoid questions You'll bend the rules to avoid a fight. You just won't bend them to win one. What you've actually accomplished: Democrats demanded ICE restrictions. They got ICE defunded. Not reformed. Not restrained. Defunded. And you're out here tweeting about how Democrats are the "Defund the Police" party while you just voted to defund border enforcement at 3 in the morning. The question you should answer: Why did this deal have to happen at 3 AM? Why couldn't it happen at 3 PM, with cameras rolling and every senator on record? You know why. Because you didn't want your voters to see what surrender looks like. Here's my message: We saw it anyway. Stop hiding behind "Democrat obstruction." You're the Majority Leader. You set the schedule. You control the floor. You chose this outcome. Own it.

@gatorgar Isn't it more of "an app to connect the government to private citizens"? Which I think they already have too much of.

Oh wow an app to connect me as a private citizen directly to the government. Yippee that sounds great.

@JustineBateman *looks around at the world and all the problems we could work on solving* "Let's build robots that can still function after they are maimed."

What are we doing.

@DerikHarder We know you are. You should relish this moment.

Sometimes I am about to like a post. When I see I could take it from 199 -> 200, then I absolutely MUST like it.

Being on X at night leads to a lot of fun finds, interesting people and different perspectives. Similar to the last hour before closing at Walmart.

Imagine an odd movie w/ a chase scene. The bad guys are riding alpacas. They're after the good guy on a stationary-yet-moving exercise bike. They wind though a crowded yet weirdly vivid downtown of a large sprawling city. This song plays in the backgrund. youtube.com/watch?v=Te1HkB…

Going to tell my grandkids this was @twentyonepilots. youtube.com/watch?v=Ws3EAd…