richard pietromonaco

@tetsuya_00x Easy. Different generation. Many that voted for the current mayor were either very young at the time or were from other states when 9.11 happened. Now they are the Cool kids living in Brooklyn. They were hoping to vote for boomer cuomo.

私は日本人だから、米国人、特にNewYorkers の心理がよく分かりません。 そこで米国人にお尋ねしたい。 このポストに書かれているように、イスラム過激派による9.11の悲劇を経験したNYがなぜムスリムの市長を選んだのですか？ その判断基準は何だったのですか？ その市長が米国人よりも移民に優しい政策を採ることは事前に十分に想定きたはずですが...

@VividProwess How is it that Jews voted for this guy?

For the life of me, I can't understand why these jihadist terrorists are allowed to completely block the road in New York City as they mark 78 years since they tried to annihilate the state of Israel and lost. Deport.

@dougvk Very interesting- I need to reread slowly

good summary by chat too: chatgpt.com/s/t_69f715ede0…

the recent christian revivalist movement is probably better understood as part of the post-christian western condition than as an escape from it. post-christianity doesn’t abolish religion. it breaks it into displaced, unstable, sentimental, self-consuming fragments. crazy good "historical overview" document. critiqueanddigest.substack.com/p/the-post-chr…

@newstart_2024 From the guy who was impressed by Gavin Newsom.

Scott Galloway said something quietly profound: Men need relationships and marriage far more than women do. Widows are often happier after their husbands die. Widowers? Not so much. Single men in their 30s have a one-in-three chance of becoming substance abusers. When men lack that anchor, they often spiral into online rage, nationalism, and blame. Women tend to pour that energy into friends and careers. Galloway himself resisted marriage and kids for years — chasing more money, more relevance, more everything. Then he had kids with his partner and said for the first time in his life he felt sated. Enough. Like he could go now, even though he doesn’t want to. In a culture that downplays marriage and family for men, this is a reminder that the guardrails and purpose they provide might be one of the most powerful (and unexpected) sources of meaning we have. I’ve seen this pattern in friends and family — the ones with strong family lives often seem more grounded, even when life gets hard. What do you think — do men need marriage and family more than society currently admits?

@MarioNawfal Boomer

🇺🇸 The irony of the shirt this woman's wearing while beating the hell out of a Trump piñata pretty much sums up America right now. WTH happened to the country?

@LargeFamDad And then they turn into teenagers

My boss's boss is like 42, never married, no kids. Earns $275-300K per year. Goes on a minimum of two international vacations a year w/ his girlfriend. 10+ days, all out. Eats the best food, stays in top notch accomodations. Excursions, tours, nicest beaches, etc. Great guy, I'm happy for him. But what I've realized is that without kids, you end up chasing a lifestyle that has to continually be topped in order for you to be satisfied and find happiness. What he and others like him don't understand is that when you have children, seeing THEM experience life's most basic things and watching their eyes light up at all the "firsts", brings greater pleasure and joy than any vacation or travel experience ever could. Seeing THEM try blueberries for the first time is greater than dining at the best 5 star restaurant in Europe. Seeing THEM learn how to walk is greater than walking the Great Wall of China or strolling along the most picturesque beach. Watching THEM giggle uncontrollably at "peek-a-boo" tops any A-list comedian act. Seeing THEIR excitement when building a fort out of cardboard boxes and making a door big enough for daddy is superior to staying at 5-star resorts. Flying kites with THEM far outweighs excursions like parasailing or helicopter rides. Seeing THEM perform a recital on stage for the first time is more rewarding than watching a Broadway show or top notch symphony orchestra. ----------------- When you have children, all of a sudden you realize that life's greatest joys are not in the pursuit of things or pleasure or travel, but rather in the LOVE and bond you share with your very own image bearers. Seeing the beauty and magnificence and wonder of life all over again for the first time through THEIR eyes and expressions gives you something the world simply cannot offer, nor even come close.

A 2 star chief running towards danger. May God bless the NYPD 💙

@QTRResearch Sick 💕

@APompliano Agree 100% Great calls back in June

Jordi Visser is the highest quality thinker I have become friends with over the last 18 months. I highly recommend reading everything he writes and watching everything he produces. You will not only learn something new, but he will force you to think more critically.

Scott Adams could have kept his mouth shut in 2015, kept those lavish corporate speaking gigs where he'd earn 50-100K per talk, and have died with an extra zero or two in his bank account. Instead he chose courage and died surrounded by the love of tens-of-millions.

Less than a year ago, President Biden upped the Maduro bounty to $25,000,000. Removing Maduro was positive for Venezuela. As a Democrat, I don’t understand why we can’t acknowledge a good development for Venezuelans—and how deft our military’s execution of that plan was.

Hey @NYCMayor - I responded to your tweet yesterday with a few constructive suggestions as you enter office. It looks like you hid the reply after it got substantial support. Hopefully I am wrong about that, but multiple people have confirmed they can no longer see the reply. You ran your campaign on transparency and working for the people of New York. It doesn't seem transparent or helpful to hide the replies of residents who are engaging in conversation with you. Here is the screenshot so everyone can see what I said.

If you don't think billionaires should exist then stop buying and using their products and services.

Happy Hanukkah to all those celebrating in New York and around the world. This year’s Festival of Lights comes at a very challenging time for Jewish families, following a scourge of heinous antisemitic attacks including last night at Bondi Beach. Antisemitism has no place in our communities, and we must root out this ancient hatred. I am proud to be a top leader combating antisemitism and standing up for moral truth. The story of Hanukkah is rooted in the resilience of the Jewish people and the victory of light over darkness, and good over evil. That light and goodness will prevail against the darkest antisemitic evils in the end. May this Hanukkah bring strength, peace, and hope to your home. From my family to yours, Happy Hanukkah ✡️🕎

Holy smokes … Full self-driving Tesla robo-taxis are now driving around Austin Texas. By 2030, it will be entirely normal in cities all over the world to jump into a driverless taxi and cross town for 80% less than it currently costs. Imagine a 40min journey for less than $10. There are four factors of economic production - land, labour, capital and enterprise. For the last 200 years, capital and labour were closely linked. More investment resulted in more jobs. From 2000 until today these two factors of production have been drifting apart. Companies like Lego have grown revenue by 10x and headcount by 3x in that time demonstrating that most of their growth came from capital not labour. As we go forward into the 2030s, labour and capital are barely correlated (or potentially negatively correlated at a certain point!) Consider almost every Tesla on the road already contains the hardware to become a robo-taxi. Consider That most women would prefer a driverless car over a driver or public transport. This change is going to happen swiftly and it’s going to be just the start… have you tried ChatGPT5.2???

@VividProwess Respect

Meet Idan Amedi, a famous singer in Israel and an IDF soldier, who was nearly killed in Gaza, lost close friends, and went through a long and painful recovery. He made it, stronger than ever.

@MarcoFoster_ Dumb As$

Jennifer Welch: “l just think it’s really important to remind everybody all the time that Elon Musk is a fucking immigrant that doesn’t pay taxes who is a parasite off the American taxpayer”

@APompliano @ericjackson Best read all week!

This thread makes me proud to call @ericjackson a friend.

$6.25 billion. 25 million children. $250 each. Susan and I believe the smartest investment we can make is in children. That’s why we’re so excited to contribute $6.25 billion from our charitable funds to help 25 million children start building a strong financial foundation through Invest America. 💪📈🇺🇸 onedell.com/investamerica/