Old: Power flows down from God to the King.
New: Power flows up from the people.
Future: Power emanates from the objective and the rational that builds on it.
#politics

JFC, they killed "Good".
I guess they are officially the "Baddies"
#Minneapolis

Her life spanned 5% of the time since Jesus was born.
Theoretically, it would only take 19 other people to have met each other and for the earliest one to have met Jesus.

Just bought flowers for my mother for Christmas.
To be delivered today.
I just realized that this will be her 100th Christmas.
A century of Christmases.

But she's pretty. So, she must be right. Right?

On a Friday evening long ago:
- pausing half way through the show
- shaking up a martini
- watching David Brooks and Mark Shields provide perspective on what the hell just happened this past week.

When people are unsure of their ability to assess a person's intelligence or character based on what they say, they revert to their looks.
This is why we see so many people support attractive people stating immoral objectives.
#Politics

I thought he was pointing a gun at traffic on 280. Weird gesture.

The progress of the human species will be measured by the breadth of its understanding, participation and acceptance of each individual's responsibility to support the success of every level of that individual's community.

Censorship is strong here in the US.
We're in the "tat" phase of a perceived "tit for tat" scenario.
It might be illogical, but belief systems are typically illogical.

Institutions are necessary for mitigation of volatility.
In eras of volatility they create doubt.

I wish the late night hosts would all get together and create their own network that streams online.
No constraints.
No FCC threats.
Unconstrained comedy.
#politics
#JimmyKimmel
#StevenColbert

If "no" on #1, you have to assess where this feeling is really coming from. It may be a different source.

If "no" on #2, you have to consciously avoid accepting "victim" status.

None of this discounts "empathy", which enables understanding.

I believe that much of the bitterness expressed on political issues can be mitigated by answering the following questions:
1) "Will this impact me?"
2) "Do I have the power to change the outcome?"

I respect your opinions on this platform, but I disagree with this position. It is messy, but dialog is better than bullets and "there is no world in which political violence escalates but is contained to just your foes."
We can never suppress the stupid ideologue without an adverse reaction.

You cannot kill ideas with violence.

That's what make them difficult to address:

- You have to change minds.

- You have to empathize with the sympathizer.

- You have to understand the greater context.

- You have to be clear, repetitive, persistent and patient
#CharlieKirk

Political Violence Does Not Work!

Don't Feed This Beast!

It Doesn't End Well For You Or Them!

#charliekirk

California just declared war.
Political war.
Triggered by Texas.
This will probably escalate.
Uncharted territory as far as I know.
#political
#redistricting

What if we implemented redistricting by geography and population? Don't concider communities. Use roads as boundaries. All algorithm. No subjective influence.
Constitutional amendment.
#california
#texas

I think I just saw an explosion on the Golden Gate bridge. Hard to tell. I saw the flash from my bedroom window. I looked up and heard the boom. All looks ok over there now.

Wow. Macron, Meloni (italy), Merz (Gemrany), Stubb (Finland), Rutte (NATO) and von der Leyen (EU president) will accompany Zelinsky at the White House. Rubio is trying to tamp down speculation that they are planning on protecting him from being bullied by Trump.
Risk: Trump just says "you own it"

Insight:
Future AI devices will generate user interfaces based on the user. Everyone will have a custom UI that works best for them. Eventually, only you will be able to use your device. It may not even be a physical device.
#future, #AI

COVID is definitely going around.
We had it 3 weeks ago.
2 friends tested positive today.
Make sure you test if feeling lousy.

Will there ever be legal action against those at the boarder that made this decision? Or, will "following orders" be the defense?

my wife is stuck in Vegas heading to SFO. The crew timed out, but they may have a new one.

What's wrong with this picture
....

My 4:31pm flight has just pulled away from the gate at 7:27pm.
What a mess.
#united

I spent 2 days implementing Task-Master to organize and run my agentic coding project.
Turns out, my PRD and build doc process was more detailed than Task-Master could handle, and it built a more coarse plan.
I'd rather spend 3 days building specs than 6 debugging.
#AI
#Cursor

Sooo glad that someone still likes that face! 😀
Good to see you, too.