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William F

@retat50

Road Bike junkie (Cipollini, Willier, S-Works), Tesla (Model Y), SpaceX groupie, Elon fan, husband & father -- not necessarily in that order

Tuolumne County Katılım Nisan 2009
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Overton@overton_news·
Senator John Cornyn admits that President Trump’s endorsement of Ken Paxton over him was to “send a message” — because Trump was frustrated that the Senate was unwilling to pass his agenda. CORNYN: “You know, I really don’t think it was about me.” “I think it’s very different from the Cassidy and Massie situation because I’ve been a Trump ally...” “I think he got frustrated with the Senate not able to get what he wanted when he wanted it.” “And as you know, the president can be a pretty impatient guy and I certainly understand that. He’s a chief-executive guy, he’s not a legislative guy.” “And so, I think he just got frustrated and he wanted to send a message.”
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Yun-Ta Tsai
Yun-Ta Tsai@yunta_tsai·
We don’t have this distinction in Tesla AI, and we are doing well at solving real-world problems. The same goes for SpaceX: there are no “researchers” to make rocket engines, but the materials are out of this world—ones no university researchers can make. I came from a tier-1 research lab, and I don’t like the split between researchers and engineers. How many vision researchers know where their data is coming from? How are their pixels being generated? What’s the sampling rate of their videos? What compressions are being used? This is why we don’t have researchers: everyone is on the ground.
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LiteShaper
LiteShaper@liteshaper2·
This is a much better version than the original previously released by Corbel. If this object is interacting with the clouds it likely eliminates parallax & lens flare as possible causes - strongly implying that 90 degree turn is in fact a 90 degree turn. Any theories?
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TheLastRefuge
TheLastRefuge@TheLastRefuge2·
Consequential thoughts can be set aside for a later time. Our heart expresses deep gratitude for @TulsiGabbard 's unwavering strength, and I am certain you will all join with me in prayer for a successful treatment, fast recovery and extended life for both of them – filled with abundance and joy. “My rock.” It is well understood. When cancer introduces the frozen moment of fear, it is prayer that battles the dark imaginings and faith that fuels us. There is before the moment of our knowledge, and there is everything that comes next. All else moves in a blur, we become disconnected from daily challenge. When the body is tested, faith and prayer strengthen the soul. Our battle no longer manifests in the business of things, but rather in the spirit of our faith.  “With God,” is not something to say it is the core of how we fight; we lean into the source of all healing. Prayer connects us directly to the God of love who created every cell in our body. In the battle against cancer, prayer is not the last resort it’s the beginning, the front line of hope and healing. Heavenly Father, we have need for You today. Please provide Your healing power and grace upon Abraham Williams, the husband of Tulsi Gabbard. Lord of mercy guide those who will now tend the affliction. We accept Your works through those You guide and love powerfully, completely and unconditionally. Our first, last and final healing is always found in You. We come to You today with our prayers for both Abraham and Tulsi, and we know You hear our prayers just as You understand our faith. We ask for Your comforting embrace of Abraham, Tulsi and those they love. Father of strength, lift the heart of Tulsi Gabbard and fill her with fortitude, courage and the sense of safety. God that holds the stars, we ask for Your healing and grace to cover Abraham; every affliction; every wound; every trepidation and consequence. Thank You for Your mighty power that works through all things. We reach out to You knowing through every struggle Your glory is in command. We ask that You pull our prayers close and extend Your healing power. In Jesus’ name. ~Amen!
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DNI Tulsi Gabbard@DNIGabbard

Today, with great humility and sincere appreciation, I shared the below letter with President Trump. It has been a profound honor to serve the American people as DNI.

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William F
William F@retat50·
@ZeekArkham Such an all American dad! Hugs to you and your daughter!
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Zeek Arkham 🇺🇸
Zeek Arkham 🇺🇸@ZeekArkham·
My daughter has reached the end of her dance competition season. She didn’t place very high. She had first year solo comp nervousness and it showed. I sat her down and told her to watch the videos of herself performing. Look at what the judges said. Work on it and come back better next season. She promised she would and then asked if we could get some All American burgers. I told her no. Burgers are for winners. Kidding, kidding… we’re on our way there now. Proud to be raising a winner who isn’t into participation trophies or mediocrity. She’s going to be okay.
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William F
William F@retat50·
@Pat_Stedman They will come after all of us. Worse than before. No crime necessary except for thinking the “wrong way”
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Pat Stedman | Dating & Relationship Coach for Men
On January 6th I followed the crowd into the Capitol and shouted. Police stood by the whole time, hanging out with us and sometimes directing us places. At one point near the House Chambers I was walking downstairs when a trio of some special section, secret service looking men started pointing guns in my direction. Confused and annoyed, I walked the other way and when I saw a normal police officer asked him why they were doing that. He informed me a protestor (Ashli Babbit) had been killed, and advised me to leave the building. I walked towards the exit and after a short rest on the bench I left. I harmed nobody and damaged no property that day and complied with all police orders. What I received for that was a pre-dawn raid at my parents house, where my 1 month post-partum wife and I were staying, on Biden's first day in office. His DOJ had signed the order to arrest me 3 hours after his inauguration. In the subsequent weeks I received death threats online and harassing phone calls, something that would be ongoing for the next few years. I was banned from Meta and Paypal. My wife and I were both debanked by PNC and banned from Airbnb. My wife was detained at the airport for hours with our newborn daughter. I was charged with 4 misdemeanors and the 1512 unconstitutional felony. The government offered to drop the misdemeanors if I pled to the felony. The felony was a lie, so I refused and went to trial. At trial the prosecution for 2 days straight was allowed to show footage to the jury of things that occurred around the Capitol I wasn't present for "for context." When we asked to put forward footage that contradicted the prosecution's "context" we were not allowed. They could show what they wanted, we could not. Police officers were then put on the stand for the next 2 days who cried about their experiences. I had no idea who they were. They admitted they never saw me or interacted with me. Nevertheless like every other J6er, I lost, and was sentenced to 4 years and $22k in fines and restitution. Yet even after the Supreme Court overturned the felony, the judge would not let me out until my misdemeanor sentences of a year were maxed out. Because she can't count she actually kept me in longer - to the extent she intervened at the last minute to make the prison release me on a Sunday, something that is against BOP rules. My family sat outside the prison gates the Friday before practically the whole day waiting in vain because of this pettiness. But the government wasn't satisfied with their pound of flesh: after my release they took me back in for resentencing, to attempt to have me resentenced after the fact to my misdemeanors consecutively, so I'd be taken from my family again and have another 1.5 years behind bars. This time I won, as they had no legal precedent and it skirted on violating double jeopardy since I had served my full prison time. Even still, it cast a cloud over the holidays and cost me another 20k my family couldn't afford. People ask whether prison was bad, and yeah of course prison sucked. It was a hard and violent place. I was present for a stabbing, and was lucky to avoid two fights and a race war. But dealing with Biden's DOJ and the DC Judiciary was the real trauma - they would grind down your spirit by weaponizing the legal system and use the endless procedure to bankrupt you. I had nightmares for months after release that I had somehow been hit with new charges. By the time I was pardoned by President Trump, I had spent literally every single day of Biden's presidency either in prison or under some form of supervision. I had incurred over $300k in legal fees and over $1 million in lost business. It was a reign of terror, and yet it was a mere foreshadowing of what they had planned for anyone else who opposed them under Kamala. The country should never forget it.
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Sawyer Merritt
Sawyer Merritt@SawyerMerritt·
SpaceX says that @Tesla owns 18,990,195 Class A common shares of SpaceX as of May 1, 2026.
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Libs of TikTok
Libs of TikTok@libsoftiktok·
BREAKING: Hundreds of students at Bothell High School protested after the @Northshore_SD school board voted to cut a beloved School Resource Officer. The board claimed some students felt "discomfort" with the officer and want to move toward a more "equitable" program. The student body launched a massive petition and walkout in support of the officer, who they said made the school feel safe.
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Mike Lee
Mike Lee@BasedMikeLee·
Hakeem Jeffries wants to “break” Trump voters He says “we have to defeat them electorally and then we have to break their spirit.” What does that even mean?
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William F
William F@retat50·
@RedWavePress If it’s “unclear” how the fire started we know exactly how it started
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RedWave Press
RedWave Press@RedWavePress·
DEVELOPING: The Sandy Fire in Simi Valley, California, is quickly getting out of control, already at 184 acres with 0% containment. Fox News’ John Roberts: “Looks like we’ve got one home that’s burned because all we see left is the fireplace and the chimney.” It’s unclear how the fire was started.
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Jonathan Turley
Jonathan Turley@JonathanTurley·
The California Post is out with my column on the Trojan Horse provision in the California Billionaire Tax. It is one of a number of irresistible "gifts" of other people's money that voters are being offered in the hope that they will not look inside. nypost.com/2026/05/17/opi…
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William F
William F@retat50·
@BLKMDL3 What about the fucking navigation issues??? Single biggest problem for disengagement!
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Zack
Zack@BLKMDL3·
6 drives and 6 hours into FSD v14.3.3, here’s my review: - Actually Smart Summon improvements are fantastic. The 33% speed increase from 6-8mph is actually extremely noticeable and makes it feel more human-like driving through a parking lot, especially a crowded one. Some may think it’s not a big change, but it is. - “Hey Grok” is amazing! It has worked perfectly for me each time so far as a wake word, and I’ve used it a bunch. Huge quality of life improvement and being able to set navigation reminders is a really awesome feature! - FSD v14.3.3 reacted to someone running their stop sign before I could even see them around a wall in a parking garage. The driver monitoring system (DMS) is way more relaxed in this build than previously, especially in Standard profile. - The new car visualization looks so much richer and better as combined with the spring update, way cooler. The acceleration profile of Mad Max is much smoother from 0-2mph off the line compared to v14.3.2, it doesn’t feel jerky or a jolt off the line. This is a big improvement and it’s still plenty quick. - On city streets, and I’m pretty sure on the highway as well, Standard is more relaxed with changing lanes. It doesn’t change as frequently which is a nice thing to have for street driving. I’ll get a lot more seat time this afternoon through this week. - There has been no twitching or jerky behavior with this build. Smooth inputs even in tricky scenarios- in the past few days FSD v14.3.2 has been slightly twitchy in my experience but this is way better. - When FSD v14.3.3 reverses out of a parallel or perpendicular parking spot, I’ve noticed on this build it doesn’t reverse as far as before and it reduced unnecessary reversing distance. It feels more human like as it knows exactly the amount of steering angle required to exit the spot without backing up to far. This was even present in my 2025 Model 3 without a front fascia camera. - Mad Max feels a bit more refined. It’s like a smooth slice through traffic and I’m now using it almost exclusively vs hurry I used before. The improved off the line performance is a big factor in that as well. Very calculated decisions and inputs. - The new FSD Intervention streak feature is a really cool addition, would’ve been awesome to have for our FSD Cannonball Run record from New York City-LA, but I love how they are incentivizing using the system more as it’s safer than driving yourself. - Speed control in 55mph speed zones needs more work, this was apparent on the cannonball with FSD v14.3.2 but there’s no clear max speed for it in 55 zones. Should be tamed and restricted a bit specifically in 55mph zones. Looking forward to improved pothole avoidance too. - I like the new messages at top of the screen, specifically if you do not have a destination set in the navigation, it will tell you to select one. If you are in Mad Max occasionally it will let you know increased attention could be required if the surroundings require it. - Parking garage behavior seems unchanged from FSD v14.3.2 when inside, but noticed it was slightly more confident entering and exiting the garages and coming up to the ticket dispenser. Didn’t see much looping behavior. - I haven’t had FSD v14.3.3 camp in the left lane yet, as I haven’t had it on an empty highway since there’s been traffic today. This was a feature that FSD v14.3.2 had in that we didn’t enjoy on the cannonball. I’ll get some seat time in on my drive to NorCal this week where we’ll see if it does it. - I haven’t had any weird braking, jitteriness or twitching yet, definitely a big smoothness jump over FSD v14.3.2, even more so than FSD v14.2.2.5 in my experience so far. Overall, this version did a great job combining the attributes of FSD v14.3 like the insane reaction time, parking features, and new stack with the refinement that we loved with FSD v14.2.2.5 AND the great Spring Update features. Elon said this update is a banger, and it is. Great work @Tesla_AI teams!!
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Lue Elizondo
Lue Elizondo@LueElizondo·
I am excited to announce two great guests as part of my Persona Non Grata tour on June 4th in L.A. at The Regent. You have seen the videos he’s released, you’ve heard the witnesses testify whom he organized, you’ve read the headlines he has made, and you’ve watched the movies he’s produced! Now you can meet in person Jeremy Corbell and a surprise guest and ask them ANY questions you want! Join us and be part of history in the making. Tickets available at luiselizondo-official.com/event-tickets/ @JeremyCorbell
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DataRepublican (small r)
DataRepublican (small r)@DataRepublican·
This is the longform version of the master plan to remake America’s government, a plan I’ve outlined in pieces across various threads. The protests and foreign-policy interventions are all moving toward the same end: a transformed American system of governance designed to prevent another Trump from ever taking power again. In effect, the United States has become its own democratic-transition project. We are living through a color revolution. Read more below.
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DataRepublican (small r)@DataRepublican

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Anna Paulina Luna
Anna Paulina Luna@realannapaulina·
Finished review of 40+ videos set for declassification out of @DeptofWar in coming weeks this am. We are standing with the NEW and very QUALIFIED Director of AARO who now has my full support and has proven through action that he is working in good faith on declass efforts. 🇺🇸
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William F
William F@retat50·
@elonmusk @SawyerMerritt Me thinks there is a leftist political angle to this …cause it literally makes no sense, makes them look foolish, and they will lose customers— before changing their little minds
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Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧
Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧@TRobinsonNewEra·
PEACEFUL. PROUD. UNBREAKABLE. | My Urgent Message Before Saturday The world will be watching on Saturday. Please stay peaceful, stay disciplined, and do not give the media or the establishment what they want. No aggression. No masks. No excuses. Families, women, and children will be there. This is about showing strength through unity, discipline, and pride in our country. If provoked, smile and rise above it. Britain cannot afford to fail.
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