Wouldn't be the case if investors were more willing to commit. Instead, they constantly seek validation and signals by watching who else is putting money in.
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The "slop" is evolving. This is my favorite music video so far.
Grok + Suno + Runway
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I’m telling you how the democrats took 98% support from the tech/finance/business/media communities and gifted it to the @GOP
Joe Rogan, Elon, Chamath, Larry and Sergey, Zuck and every leader in tech not named Peter Thiel was 100% behind Obama and even Hilary
Then dems vilified anyone who didn’t meet their insane woke standard, and Bernie, Biden, Warren and Kamala started attacking builders instead of working with them.
That’s how we got here, the left kicked us all out of the party and the GOP encouraged everyone to come into their tent ⛺️
I tried my best to keep my friends moderate and independent (like me), but it was impossible because of the lawfare.
This is just an accurate, insiders account from someone who watched it happen
My hope is @RahmEmanuel can be the moderate voice of reason and bring the Democratic Party back to its senses
We've built #8
The MOST obvious (but REALLY good) STARTUP ideas right now:
1. Zestimate for company data (what your data is worth to an AI lab)
2. Google Analytics for agents (see which agents visit your site and what they want)
3. Y Combinator for 1 person companies (back solo founders running a team of agents)
4. Okta for agents (who each agent is and what it's allowed to touch)
5. Marie Kondo for your company's data (clean it up so agents can use it)
6. FICO for agents (a trust score before an agent can spend money)
7. Geico for agents (insurance for when an agent makes an expensive mistake)
8. Datadog for agents (see every step your agents took)
9. Twilio for agents (phone numbers and texting for agents)
10. Upwork for agents (hire an agent for a job instead of a freelancer)
11. ESPN for AI (every model launch covered like a big game).
12. Shutterstock for robot training videos (get paid to film yourself doing chores)
13. Credit Karma for what AI knows about you (see it, fix it, delete it)
14. Norton for AI scams (protect your parents from fake voices and emails)
15. PayPal Buyer Protection for agent purchases (fixes it when your agent buys the wrong thing)
16. Geek Squad for AI (set up personal agents for families and small businesses)
17. Dell for private AI (AI in a box for firms that won't use the cloud)
18. Carfax for used GPUs (a health report before you buy secondhand)
19. Airbnb for idle GPUs (rent out computing power you're not using)
20. Rotten Tomatoes for AI models (real reviews instead of benchmarks)
21. G2 for skills (find the best skills for your agent)
22. Dropbox for your AI memory (take what your agent knows about you to any agent)
23. Canva for physical products (design it with AI and get it made)
24. ADT for your personal agent (alerts when your agent does something it shouldn't)
25. Hertz for robots (rent one for a move, a deep clean or an event)
26. Harvard Business School for internet businesses (a real education in building online)
27. Workday for agents (onboard, manage and offboard your digital workers)
28. Getty Images for your face and voice (license your likeness to AI safely)
29. Meta Muse for older adults (and other high LTV niche)
30. Google Ads for agents (pay to be what the agent recommends)
31. Loom for agents (a walkthrough of everything your agent did)
32. Plaid for agents (approved access to banks, airlines and stores)
33. Jiffy Lube for vibe coded apps (quick fixes when your AI built app breaks)
34. Ancestry for datasets (where your training data came from)
35. The organic label for human-made content (proof a person made it)
36. Strava for builders (track what you ship every week)
37. Honey that haggles for you (your agent negotiates the price)
38. SEM Rush for personal agent platforms (like Muse etc)
39. Frequent flyer miles for agents (loyalty programs built for agents)
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this is always how the parasites defend their asset seizure: average joe, the middle class, poor kids. but none of these people are getting paid. your wealth will be seized and given to criminals, illegal aliens, and ro khanna's friends. suffering will increase. he won't care.
When I saw the increasing pro-pali narrative and organization in Amsterdam a couple years ago, I went down a deep rabbit hole exploring 100s, of instagram accounts spreading propaganda and actively organizing and encouraging people to resist.
I still follow a few people that share content from these accounts, and things have only gotten more unhinged.
The reality is there’s probably tens of thousands of these accounts out there.
This is a movement that leeches on to every other social justice cause and denounces anyone who disagrees.
🚨 EXPOSED: Pro-Palestinian Social Media Amplification Operation 🚨
An app called Batekh, also described as "Digital Defender," provides an entire arsenal of tools for influencing online discourse.
According to its own app listings, it supplies curated pro-Palestinian content, ready-made responses users can copy and paste into online discussions, and tools for reporting content.
Participants can even upload screenshots to confirm they've taken part.
An elaborate digital influence operation hiding in plain sight.
And wait, who's that appearing in the app's content-sharing section?
Why, it's none other than New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, featured in a video calling for Benjamin Netanyahu's arrest.
This is pretty on par with most French pop
I came to realize people liked the french #slopcore without having the lyrics 😅 sorry!
So here is a version with english subtitles!
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As you read @datarepublican’s posts about all of the plans we’ve uncovered over the last year, keep this in the back of your mind.
The former USAID/USIP employees are using the “democracy grading”/“democracy assessment” tools right here on U.S. soil. They were created for use in other countries - and they make sure to mention all of the work they’ve done across the world. By “work” they mean “color revolution/regime change.”
They’re almost giddy that they get to use it here now that they are not employed by the U.S. government.
🧵1.🚨MORE EVIDENCE
There is a VERY REAL color revolution happening right now on US soil guided by former federal employees including USAID and USIP and their national & international partners and mobilized by convenings like the 22nd Century Initiative conferences and the American Democracy Summit.
Myself, @iamlisalogan, and @datarepublican have been working together to show you how these groups are conspiring, who they are conspiring with and what they’re doing—both in the short & long-term—to try and overthrow the government, and change our economy & our Constitution.
INTERNATIONAL TOOLS IN A DOMESTIC APPLICATION
🚫In this video, hear Marcia Mundt, previously with USAID and the US Institute of Peace (USIP) explicitly state that what she is doing now wasn’t allowed when she was employed by the government.
‼️She talks about how she’s using the Democracy Assessment Tool developed at USAID but is now applying it to the US. She goes on to say, “we were never allowed to analyze the United States in this way before, because there is like this big dividing line between foreign assistance work and domestic work.”
🛑 That “dividing line” is the differemce between “international government aid” to promote “democracy” in foreign countries vs. TREASONOUS SEDITION in the US (using tactics for instigating regime change in other countries to attempt to unseat a duly elected president in America).
🗣️Marcia says:
“…this [Democracy Assessment Tool] was kind of helping us decide where we should be investing our resources around the world to bolster democracies or, you know, to stop backsliding…
…And so I never really got to use it for a US context. But now that I no longer have a job, I CAN USE IT FOR WHATEVER I WANT…
…And so I'm drawing on all of this expertise and feedback from folks around the world who have dealt with authoritarianism.” 🚨⚠️
📊Now Marcia’s Democracy Assessment Tool is being used to measure the efficacy and impact of their strategically planned and coordinated events like the No Kings Day protests. 🪧
❓What other ways are Marcia and her fellow conspirators in and outside the government using the experience and tactics gained abroad to focus their expertise on organizing a color revolution in the U.S.?…
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The past few days, I got my hands on thousands of new transcripts and hundreds of recordings, thanks to leads from @SKDoubleDub33 and @iamlisalogan .
You've heard that the DSA is proposing structural reforms to America, including abolishing the Senate and imposing term limits.
What you not have heard is - there is an operational plan to put it all into action. If the Democratic Party sweeps 2026, then DSA will become "foot soldiers" in constant clashes with the administration to cross a "red line" or invoke a "doomsday scenario" - meaning, President Trump invokes the Insurrection Act, probably sometime in 2027.
Then, a lot of coordinated responses kick off, including delegitimizing the federal government itself and handing that legitimacy to Democratic governors. 2028 then becomes a vote on whether to keep America governance as-is or to burn it all down to appease a "young and brown" demographic.
The mysterious group who's been coordinating 50501, Indivisible, and coordinating the NoKings protests is called "United Democracy Alliance" and their intellectual leader is Erica Chenoweth who came up with the 3.5% rule of nonviolent regime change.
Patience. I know I've hyped this more than anything else. It's genuinely the biggest discovery I've had. This is an enormous archive. This is only the beginning.
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"Das Pferd wird es immer geben, aber das Automobil ist nur eine Modeerscheinung – ein Spielzeug für Reiche."
Michigan Savings Bank, 1903
"Ich denke, es gibt weltweit einen Markt für vielleicht fünf Computer."
Thomas Watson, 1943
"No chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share."
Steve Ballmer, 2007
"Das Internet hat für die Wirtschaft kaum wichtigere Auswirkungen als das Faxgerät."
Paul Krugman, 1998
"Flugmaschinen, die schwerer sind als Luft, sind physikalisch unmöglich."
Lord Kelvin, 1895
"Das Spam-Problem bei E-Mails wird in spätestens zwei Jahren gelöst sein"
Bill Gates, 2004
"Der Fernseher wird sich auf dem Markt nicht halten. Die Menschen werden es bald leid sein, jeden Abend auf eine Sperrholzkiste zu starren."
Darryl F. Zanuck, 1946
"Es gibt keinen Grund, warum jemand einen Computer in seinem Haus haben wollte."
Ken Olson, 1977
"Wenn die Pariser Weltausstellung schließt, wird das elektrische Licht ausgehen und man wird nie wieder davon hören."
Erasmus Wilson, 1878
"Die Amerikaner brauchen das Telefon vielleicht, wir aber nicht. Wir haben genug Laufburschen."
William Preece, 1876
"Egal wie die Wissenschaft in Zukunft fortschreitet, der Mensch wird den Mond niemals erreichen."
Lee De Forest, 1957
"Reisen mit hoher Geschwindigkeit ist nicht möglich, weil die Passagiere keine Luft mehr bekommen und an Erstickung sterben würden."
Dionysius Lardner, 1830
"Mit Wechselstrom herumzuspielen ist reine Zeitverschwendung. Niemand wird ihn jemals nutzen."
Thomas Edison, 1889
"Mobiltelefone werden die Drahttelefone absolut nicht ersetzen."
Marty Cooper, 1981
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#Tesla
Sad to see yet another year entering fire season. LA had time to prep for this and yet here we are again.
Live view from our sister station KABC of a fire near Malibu in So Cal. Evacuations are under way. Dry & very windy weather fueling the flames, now over 100 acres. Red Flag Warning & Wind Advisory in effect there now. #Brysonfire #fire #CAfire
I also care a lot about speed and ownership in ambiguous environments.
Early-stage product design is rarely requirements → wireframes → polished mocks → handoff.
Product, design, and engineering are often happening almost simultaneously.
I like a collaborative design exercise, but not a take-home assignment.
Give them a realistic problem and work through it together. These can take many forms, so have fun with it.
The point isn’t the final screen. It’s seeing how they think, communicate, and respond as the problem evolves.