The Sky is (not) Falling

@libsoftiktok Bud Light sells the most beer in the U.S. by a considerable margin, but has lost share in the U.S. every year for over a decade. BL couldn’t be less relevant with Zoomers. Signing it to a brand deal is a Hail Mary to attract America’s weakest, softest, most confused generation

@deepgreendesign @zackbeauchamp @EricColumbus Because leftist circle jerks are welcomed and encouraged at BlueCry. Virtue signaling is quickly rewarded.

@zackbeauchamp @EricColumbus Can you speculate as to why the majority of scientists left Twitter for BlueSky?

This is a version of the same graphic for BlueSky. I think the average quality of account is higher — a lot of reliable news outlets — but the follower account is much smaller and the ideology almost entirely homogenous

@SteveGuest @joannamrod

A middle-aged @usairforce colonel went through a shoot down and a parachute drop, was severely injured, treated his own wounds, ran five miles in enemy territory, climbed a 7,000-foot mountain, radioed the proclamation, "God is good," and then holed up in a crevice in near-freezing temperatures for two days while his brothers and sisters came to rescue him. That's America; that's the American military; that's the United States Air Force.

Claim: “Under that agreement, Iran surrendered 97% of its enriched uranium, retaining a small amount of low-enriched material;” Facts: Under the agreement, international policy opposing enrichment was reversed; a permanent enrichment capacity was enshrined; and a pathway to advanced centrifuge production and all-the-way-to-weapons-grade uranium enrichment was legalized. Claim: “D/Ced 13k advanced centerfuges and a heavy-water reactor;” Facts: JCPOA legalized advanced centrifuge R&D. Also, while Arak was disabled, an official later revealed the regime hid spare tubes to later restore it. Claim: “and submitted to intrusive inspections.” Facts: No access to military sites or SPND sites. No verification of section T to prevent weaponization activity. Claim: “They're program was enfeebled and frozen.” Facts: Their program was on a legalized pathway to industrial size at any level of enrichment with the most advanced centrifuges. Claim: “When Trump ripped up the agreement, they resumed enriching uranium to much closer to weapon grade.” Facts: The regime did not exceed JCPOA limits until more than a year after Trump exited and at that point enrichment was kept to low levels. Higher levels of enrichment did not begin until the Biden transition and then presidency in 2021. Claim: “Maybe a little forethought would have been a good thing???” Facts: Maybe the JCPOA was a disaster???

@DrCKRobinson @Knesix We pray you turn that corner, mate! It’s necessary!

@Knesix Please keep in mind that a lot of the UK citizenry are still putting cow’s milk in our tea and real butter on our crumpets while we wait to vote our present political class out of our government for a good long while. Stick by us!

Trump just walked into the White House briefing room and casually described a rescue operation where the US military flew over Iran for fourteen hours, in daylight AND at night, pulled two downed airmen out of mountain terrain surrounded by IRGC forces, rebuilt three helicopters from boxes in under ten minutes on a farm that was definitely not a runway, and then when the transport planes got stuck in wet sand, the BACKUP PLANES showed up on fifteen-minute intervals because someone who definitely needs a raise had already thought of that. And nobody died. On the American side. Z E R O Meanwhile, Iran's military status as of today: no navy, no air force, no radar, no anti-aircraft, no communications, and most likely no Ayatollah. Trump said the biggest problem with negotiations is that Iran literally cannot talk to its own people. They're passing notes with human couriers like it's the year 25 BC. (Have they tried pagers?) In 37 days the US flew 10,000+ combat sorties and hit 13,000+ targets. Iran managed to shoot down ONE plane the entire time, with a lucky shoulder-fired missile. NATO was asked to help. NATO said no. The UK being the UK said "we'd rather wait till you win." Japan, Australia, South Korea all declined. But Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and UAE stepped up immediately, I guess because they knew long ago about the crazy neighbor on the other side of the street. So now we know exactly what NATO is worth in an actual fight. A very expensive group chat. The Michael Bay part: when Iran tried to back out of a deal mid-negotiation, Trump told them to look out their window. Forty-five minutes later the biggest bridge in Iran was rubble. The media keeps asking "what's the plan?" My brothers in Christ, the plan is unfolding in front of your face every single day. Iran is decapitated and passing handwritten notes. The plan is working. They have until 8pm tomorrow to avoid being thoroughly glassed. Let's see what happens.

@Murray62606381 @Knesix 19 Follower Murray

@Knesix Meanwhile, Iran's military status as of today: Still keeping the US carrier fleets hundreds of miles away from the strait as they're incredibly vulnerable. If they weren't, why aren't they accompanying ships in the strait like Trump said they would do?

Micah is great and will improve as he gains more confidence with the ball, but not nearly enough of a pure shooter to get them to a 4. I do love that core. tho. Wish Harding was 6th man with a better PG who can score the ball and get double digit assists. Harding doesn’t turn the ball over, I’ll give him that.

@SlickFrog83 Micah Robinson

If TCU retains - Xavier Edmonds - David Punch - Micah Robinson - Brock Harding We’re looking at top 4 seed potential for TCU next season.

@SportsSturm An acquaintance of mine used to help the Stars with their annual physical testing. He repeatedly claimed that Jere was the most physically fit (VO2Max, etc) Star during that era.

Most underrated Dallas Stars in history (as voted on by me, just now): 1. Jere Lehtinen 2. Esa Lindell 3. Stephane Robidas 4. Richard Matvichuk 5. Trevor Daley

@JakeKAllDay @SpencerGuard Do you describe yourself as more or less credible than @SpencerGuard?

@SlickFrog83 @SpencerGuard I don’t assert to know the Strait’s current traffic. Just the split of historical oil to CN (not a source on X) and the current exports of KSA via read sea diversions, something @SpencerGuard also has seen. No sense wish casting CN exposure beyond reality.

Just FYI, with reduced traffic through the Strait of Hormuz (it cannot be objectively assessed as fully closed), China risks losing roughly 40 to 50 percent of its oil imports, which come from Gulf producers whose exports transit the Strait, including Saudi Arabia, Iraq, the UAE, Kuwait, and Iran, plus an additional roughly 3 to 5 percent from Venezuela, putting nearly half of its imported oil supply at risk. China also risks losing roughly 25 to 30 percent of its LNG imports, primarily from Qatar.

Yes we will, we’re not NATO bro 😂

Unlike in 2006 & 2018 cycles, the GOP actually leads the Dems on net favorability at this point! The national environment suggests GOP holding the Senate. Why? Generic ballot (Dems in a weaker position than 2006 or 2018), Senate map (Dems need pickups in red states) & history.

@JakeKAllDay @SpencerGuard Austin Jake on X thinks he has a better grip on the realties of the Straight’s true flow because he read some posts on social media….

@SpencerGuard I don't think this is an accurate picture of their hormuz exposure (w Iran oil still flowing): UAE, Oman, Kuwait are ~16%. KSA traffic can still be accessed through red sea. They still get Iran/'Malaysia' at present. They, hold 100 days demand in reserves, so p low exposure.

@Schmackle01 @TroyAikman @Israel Shut the fuck up, you wormy douche.

@TroyAikman Yes Troy, ONLY USA flags. No need to support @Israel ones :)

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@Unrakeable @MsMelChen Here’s where you should be focused, princess

@MsMelChen This is just lying with statistics as usual.

Don't be a doomer: more Americans are breaking into the upper middle class In 2024, about 31% of Americans were part of the upper middle class, up from about 10% in 1979 More than 80% of people in the upper middle class and rich categories were in married or cohabitating households Despite education and healthcare costs, the American Dream is still alive and well wsj.com/economy/more-a…

@ShehanJeyarajah Hadn’t heard his name ever in this discussion…wow

Well alright then

@atrupar We can smell them all from here

Donald Trump just posted a video of Somali people enjoying the Mall of America to the soundtrack of “Mad World” because he is a bigoted POS

@Microinteracti1 France is definitely predictable

French President Macron: “Europe is an extremely attractive continent. For months I’ve been saying this, and thanks to our American friends, I now have an unprecedented selling point: We are predictable.”

@NateSilver538 Your labels identifying where these posters land on the political spectrum are astoundingly comical. Kind of destroys the premise

These are the Twitter/X accounts with the most engagement so far in 2026. I suppose I had some intuition for how bad it was, but jeez, this is what you get when the ecosystem is broken.

@Odinsraven66 @Osint613 It’s a smoke show and anyone who says otherwise is delusional or full of shit. It’s a daily demolition. The Straight issues are benefiting so many of us, but definitely not Europe. I’ll happily pay higher prices to make bank on the volatility and laugh at the demise of the EU

@SlickFrog83 @Osint613 Not really. I make a lot of money of this stupidity. Just pointing out it’s far, far from good

Gen. Frank McKenzie (ret.): "If you're at Central Command, you've got to be reasonably satisfied with where you are right now. In fact, when I was the CENTCOM Commander, if you had given me this situation at +30 days, I would have rejected it as being too optimistic by far."