Marcel Kooi

I think my IQ is dropping being on this app

"I didn't realize how much I missed interacting with real humans" many people are saying this bsky.app/download

@hodgetwins @Schwarzenegger We're not all sellouts

@Schwarzenegger How much did they pay you to post this? Big L

I don’t really do endorsements. I’m not shy about sharing my views, but I hate politics and don’t trust most politicians. I also understand that people want to hear from me because I am not just a celebrity, I am a former Republican Governor. My time as Governor taught me to love policy and ignore politics. I’m proud of the work I did to help clean up our air, create jobs, balance the budget, make the biggest infrastructure investment in state history, and take power from the politicians and give it back to the people when it comes to our redistricting process and our primaries in California. That’s policy. It requires working with the other side, not insulting them to win your next election, and I know it isn’t sexy to most people, but I love it when I can help make people’s lives better with policies, like I still do through my institute at USC, where we fight for clean air and stripping the power from the politicians who rig the system against the people. Let me be honest with you: I don’t like either party right now. My Republicans have forgotten the beauty of the free market, driven up deficits, and rejected election results. Democrats aren’t any better at dealing with deficits, and I worry about their local policies hurting our cities with increased crime. It is probably not a surprise that I hate politics more than ever, which, if you are a normal person who isn’t addicted to this crap, you probably understand. I want to tune out. But I can’t. Because rejecting the results of an election is as un-American as it gets. To someone like me who talks to people all over the world and still knows America is the shining city on a hill, calling America is a trash can for the world is so unpatriotic, it makes me furious. And I will always be an American before I am a Republican. That’s why, this week, I am voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. I’m sharing it with all of you because I think there are a lot of you who feel like I do. You don’t recognize our country. And you are right to be furious. For decades, we’ve talked about the national debt. For decades, we’ve talked about comprehensive immigration reform that secures the border while fixing our broken immigration system. And Washington does nothing. The problems just keep rolling, and we all keep getting angrier, because the only people that benefit from problems aren’t you, the people. The only people that benefit from this crap are the politicians who prefer having talking points to win elections to the public service that will make Americans’ lives better. It is a just game to them. But it is life for my fellow Americans. We should be pissed! But a candidate who won’t respect your vote unless it is for him, a candidate who will send his followers to storm the Capitol while he watches with a Diet Coke, a candidate who has shown no ability to work to pass any policy besides a tax cut that helped his donors and other rich people like me but helped no one else else, a candidate who thinks Americans who disagree with him are the bigger enemies than China, Russia, or North Korea - that won’t solve our problems. It will just be four more years of bullshit with no results that makes us angrier and angrier, more divided, and more hateful. We need to close the door on this chapter of American history, and I know that former President Trump won’t do that. He will divide, he will insult, he will find new ways to be more un-American than he already has been, and we, the people, will get nothing but more anger. That’s enough reason for me to share my vote with all of you. I want to move forward as a country, and even though I have plenty of disagreements with their platform, I think the only way to do that is with Harris and Walz. Vote this week. Turn the page and put this junk behind us. And even if you disagree with me, vote, because that’s what we do as Americans. vote.org

@EffectivePython Is there any discount toward the kindle version of the 3rd edition if the 2nd edition is purchased?

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@doctorkrit Hi Dr Krit! What kind of curcumin did you use in your recent study comparing curcumin to PPIs? Was it just turmeric or a turmeric extract such as this one by NOW foods? nowfoods.com/products/suppl…

@ramit @BKelile Ticktock @BKelile ⏰

@BKelile Please do. I'd love to see a list from the last 10 days of what Democrats have done that's equivalent to Republicans. I'll eagerly look forward to your list.

10 things Republicans have done in the last 10 days 10. 3 GOP presidential candidates have proposed cutting social security for young people 9. A Federal judge declared that a jury ruled Donald Trump was a rapist. Trump, a rapist, is currently #1 in Republican polls

@VoteNoInAugust Hi there! Do you have any yard signs available?

@PointONoReturn @SahilBloom Do you actually want selfish people to be parents though?

@SahilBloom Our society has become anti children and it’s going to come back and bite us. 99% of the time is driven by selfishness.

My advice for expecting parents: Reject the cynicism. There's a weird trend of cynicism around becoming a parent: • "Have fun never sleeping!" • "Hope you got your fun in!" It's dumb. The good outweighs the bad by 1000x. The frictions are a tiny tax on the joy it brings.

@JesussDied4U @davidsunkong @medialab I found these Notion notes from last year that might be helpful htgaa2022.notion.site/htgaa2022/HTGA…

@davidsunkong @medialab Is there anyway to access last year's course material? Like recorded lectures and assignment

We are thrilled to share the work on our synthetic biology course ‘How to Grow (Almost) Anything,’ including how we used robots to support distance learning during the pandemic, and also our vision for global #synbio education! @medialab #HTGAA

@chilllblinton We have a solution for that

@JennaEllisEsq @elonmusk @dougmastriano Because he’s a piece of shit insurrectionist.

@elonmusk When will this start for accounts currently not verified? @dougmastriano is the ONLY statewide gubernatorial candidate that doesn’t have a blue check! Why hasn’t twitter verified him?

Twitter’s current lords & peasants system for who has or doesn’t have a blue checkmark is bullshit. Power to the people! Blue for $8/month.

@nathanbarry Alpine Delight

About to go live with a new mountain cabin on Airbnb and I need a name for it. Any ideas?

@coreyhainesco This is something we do at @upliftltd

Who are the best dev shops that build MVPs for early startups?

The universal clipboard feature on Apple products is such a nice touch. Use it all the time.

@_CLEology Clay?!

Oh you thought I was kidding?

That’s me as a TV character 🥲

@nino_gancitano Hi Nino! I think you are in my MicroConf mastermind group but your mymyriad.ai email address is not working. Do you have another email address? Feel free to DM me

@DCiscorruptevil @midwstbogeygolf @LowkeyBrilliant I’ll take “You’re wrong and can’t form a sentence” for $300 please

People who haven’t had Covid.. what’s your secret ?

@stefanpalios @discolearn Interested!

Freelancers: Who's looking to grow and is open to giving me feedback? I'm building a @discolearn live experience geared toward helping freelancers build sustainable businesses I have an approach I think has value Want to see it and provide feedback? Let me know 👇