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Monday, May 18, 2026

18: AOC

AOC is taking her time ahead of 2028 Ocasio-Cortez’s allies are ready to cheer whatever she decides — whether it’s a Senate run, a White House bid, or staying in the House — but they see her taking her time. ..................... Whatever she does will get scrutinized ahead of 2028, given polls showing her ahead in a prospective Democratic presidential primary and in a hypothetical matchup against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. But her recent comment that her ambitions were “way bigger” than any title or elected office suggests an alternate path, of an aspiring progressive movement leader who might not have to move up at all. ............... “The thing that’s different for me is that when I choose to mobilize, when I choose to endorse a candidate, I mobilize my entire operation for that candidate,” she told Semafor in a brief interview. “Letting campaigns kind of demonstrate what they’re capable of is one important element to an endorsement. But that’s not to say that a lack of endorsement is a, like, anti-endorsement — which, I think sometimes people take it that way” .............. She’s not alone in being more selective. The Squad Victory Fund, a PAC created to raise money for the group’s four original members and their campaigns, has not invested in any new races this year. ......... To some of her friends in the House, it all adds up to a Democrat who — while Shapiro and other contenders are openly driving toward 2028 — is still assessing her plans. ......... With Schumer noncommittal on reelection in 2028, she could have an easier path to a Senate seat in a deep-blue state than she would to the White House. ............. But
her national profile and popularity with the base means a presidential run could be within reach even if she lags others in preparation.
......... “She doesn’t need to figure it out right now,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash. “She’s not like a politician that needs to build name ID, which is why a lot of people get in early. That’s not her.”

Regarding the OpenAI case, the judge & jury never actually ruled on the merits of the case, just on a calendar technicality.

There is no question to anyone following the case in detail that Altman & Brockman did in fact enrich themselves by stealing a charity. The only question…
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 18, 2026

भारत का बड़ा बयान

प्रतिबंध रहे या न रहे भारत रूस से तेल पहले भी लेता रहा है और आगे भी ख़रीदता रहेगा : पेट्रोलियम मिनिस्ट्री की अधिकारी सुजाता शर्मा pic.twitter.com/bTMxq3MZ8d
— Umashankar Singh उमाशंकर सिंह (@umashankarsingh) May 18, 2026

Russia is willing to provide us fuel and gas. Iran too.

We were temporarily allowed by US to import oil from Russia. That deadline expired last night. US has not renewed the permission so far.

Trump went all the way to China and said he has no problem in China importing oil…
— Muthukrishnan Dhandapani (@dmuthuk) May 17, 2026

India just built a system that can take down 64 drones before they reach you.

And it fits on the back of a truck 🇮🇳

Meet Bhargavastra. Built by Solar Group entirely on its own initiative.

Here is what it can do 👇

• Detects small drones at 6 km, medium drones at 10 km
•… pic.twitter.com/M6FMhLU7xD
— Military Observer (@TheMilObserverr) May 18, 2026

.@gwern saw AI scaling coming before almost anyone outside OpenAI.

How was he able to predict this trend?

He told me that his core idea was that intelligence is just compute, data, and parameters - no clever algorithm needed.

He didn't come to this view in a eureka moment. He… pic.twitter.com/iUDwlYCAW3
— Dwarkesh Patel (@dwarkesh_sp) May 18, 2026

A Chai, a guitar, a dog, the Himalayas, and a rainbow. That’s all I need. pic.twitter.com/pU9b7eK4kP
— Damon Zumbroegel (@DamonZumbroegel) May 18, 2026

This illustrates why the ruling by the terrible activist Oakland judge, who simply used the jury as a fig leaf, creates such a terrible precedent.

She just handed out a free license to loot charities if you can keep the looting quiet for a few years! https://t.co/G2DX3llVFZ
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 18, 2026

Japan has built a $2,500 cardboard drone. It actually flies fast while avoiding radar!

At first, the military thought it was a joke.

A plane made of… cardboard?

Yet, this drone can travel nearly 80 km at over 100 km/h.

And the craziest thing is that its material becomes an… pic.twitter.com/s2zfYPeCKr
— Black Hole (@konstructivizm) May 18, 2026

The best mangoes in the world….. pic.twitter.com/S3CR7hdniq
— Harsh Goenka (@hvgoenka) May 18, 2026

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

We The Other People: 2029

Ms. President,
We The Other People—yes, that’s us, the ones who still pay the taxes, mow our own lawns, and somehow haven’t been canceled yet—would like a word. Or several. Delivered right here in your very elegant, very taxpayer-funded chambers.
First off, Ms. President, we’d like some tax cuts. Not the kind where you give us back ten bucks and then raise the price of a dozen eggs to forty-seven dollars. Real cuts. The kind that let a plumber in Queens keep enough of his paycheck to maybe buy his kids new sneakers instead of another lecture on “climate reparations.” And while we’re at it, throw in some deregulation. Just a smidge. Enough so that a guy trying to open a hot-dog cart in the Bronx doesn’t need fourteen permits, a union card, and a signed affidavit swearing he won’t emit any problematic vibes.
We The Other People would also prefer a little less WOKE. Not none—just less. We’re not asking you to ban rainbows; we’re asking you to stop making them mandatory. Our kids don’t need to write apology letters to the ocean for using plastic straws. They need to learn how to change a tire and balance a checkbook. Right now the only thing getting balanced is the “emotional labor” budget in third-grade social studies.
And speaking of schools, Ms. President—on school days! There are Puerto Rican kids in the Bronx marching up and down Fordham Road, belting out the Puerto Rican national anthem like it’s the halftime show at the World Cup. On school days! They’ve got flags, they’ve got drums, they’ve got choreography that would make Broadway jealous. Meanwhile, the math teacher is in the faculty lounge crying because someone misgendered the class hamster. On school days, Ms. President, you go to school. You learn some math. You learn some science. You learn that two plus two is still four, even if the Department of Education now calls it “settler-colonial arithmetic.” We The Other People would like that. We’d like it a lot.
Look, we’re reasonable. We’re not demanding you shut down the parades. We’re just saying maybe the kids could march after 3:15 p.m., when the taxpayers who pay for those sidewalks aren’t still on the clock.
Finally, Ms. President—and I know this one’s gonna sting—we The Other People, at some point, would like a war. Not forever. Not forever-and-ever-amen. Just a quick, tidy, old-fashioned war. The kind where we pick a bad guy, we beat the bad guy, and then we come home and have a parade instead of seventeen years of PowerPoint briefings about “nuanced stakeholder engagement.” We miss winning. We miss the feeling that America is the country other countries call when the power goes out and the lights need turning back on.
Right now it feels like we’re the country that calls a UN committee to ask permission to change our own oil filter.
So, in conclusion, Ms. President: tax cuts, deregulation, less WOKE, actual school on school days, and maybe—just maybe—a little light liberating somewhere with Wi-Fi so we can watch it on TV.
We The Other People thank you for your time.
God bless America. And if you could get the kids back in class before they unionize the conga line, that’d be swell too.

Four Megatrends Pointing Toward an AOC Presidency in 2028

Monday, February 16, 2026

16: AOC

Kumar Bhaskar Varma Setu across the Brahmaputra is a vital infrastructure project for Guwahati and areas around it. Connectivity, comfort and commerce will be significantly enhanced. It will enable devotees to go to the Kamakhya Temple with greater ease. pic.twitter.com/bdpjbW0oNk
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 14, 2026

I’ve been seeing this more and more.

Immigrant students in the U.S. battling loneliness.
Depression.
Isolation.
And yes a lot of hate amplified by the political climate.

Moving across the world is not easy.
Building from scratch is not easy.
Carrying expectations from back home…
— Sidharth (@Cloudwatch199) February 15, 2026

You got stole OpenAI got to you first! ;)
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 16, 2026

I’ve often used the Samudra Manthan as a metaphor that is invaluable in business and policy-making.

Because whenever you churn deeply, whether in society, business, or within yourself, the first thing that often surfaces is toxicity.

The Amrit comes later.

When facing… pic.twitter.com/t2lh0tAmZe
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) February 15, 2026

This!! pic.twitter.com/fs8pfUEghV
— Mustafa (@oprydai) February 15, 2026

When I was working at MIT, I learned that the IITs in India were created with the help of MIT and modelled after MIT.

Since then, I was obsessed with the idea of setting up a world-class research tech university in Pakistan.

I tried for many many years. Running from pole to…
— Umar Saif (@umarsaif) February 15, 2026

Digitize all textbooks. Digitize all lectures the same day they get delivered. Put it all online. All those who apply and do not get in can still access. They might not get the degree, but they get the knowledge if they want.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 16, 2026

Trekking near Mussoorie. Was drenched from the rain. Cold. And this lady invited me for some hot tea. It’s those with little to offer that are the always the most generous.

Her young daughter had just come from her local school and we had a long discussion on AI !! Which she… pic.twitter.com/4CYlZ4H4q5
— Shekhar Kapur (@shekharkapur) February 15, 2026

AI In Global Education https://t.co/3IyZoGPDJ5
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 16, 2026

Do you want to know why yesterday in Munich,Toronto.
Sydney & other cities across the West, Iranians gave flowers to the police, watch this video that I have received from inside Iran. See how Police give Iranians bullets when we take to the streets. 💔🌹pic.twitter.com/Wov8tGhrCv
— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) February 15, 2026

Introducing Sarvam Akshar: a workbench for solving last-mile problems in knowledge extraction.

Powered by Sarvam Vision, our new 3B vision-language model that delivers best-in-class accuracy for English and 22 Indian languages, outperforming Gemini 3 Pro and GPT-5.2 on global…
— Krishna Prasad Srinivasan (@fewshotlearner) February 15, 2026

यह हमारे लिए अत्यंत गर्व की बात है कि India AI Impact Summit के लिए दुनियाभर से लोग भारत आ रहे हैं। इससे हमारे देश के युवाओं के सामर्थ्य का भी पता चलता है। यह अवसर इस बात का भी प्रमाण है कि हमारा देश विज्ञान और टेक्नोलॉजी के क्षेत्र में तेजी से प्रगति कर रहा है और वैश्विक विकास… pic.twitter.com/7gxXJEtpOz
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 16, 2026

Bringing the world together to discuss AI!

Starting today, India hosts the AI Impact Summit at Bharat Mandapam in Delhi. I warmly welcome world leaders, captains of industry, innovators, policymakers, researchers and tech enthusiasts from across the world for this Summit. The…
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 16, 2026

Had a very good interaction with Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad Sahab, Grand Mufti of India. We exchanged views on a wide range of issues. His efforts to further social harmony, brotherhood and improve education are noteworthy.@shkaboobacker pic.twitter.com/HSxmCe2aUG
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 16, 2026

Starlink is awesome. Great bandwidth and low latency anywhere on Earth.

And soon off Earth. https://t.co/L19cV93U3O
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 16, 2026

Some ghormeh sabzi tonight, with a toast to the Iranian protestors defying the regime. Azadi, azadi. 🇮🇷 pic.twitter.com/or2qLPwyfv
— Antonio García Martínez (agm.eth) (@antoniogm) February 16, 2026

https://t.co/op5s4ZiSwh https://t.co/f4n95dv2Tc
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 16, 2026

Excited to be speaking at the AI Impact Summit 2026 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi.

This is a defining moment for how we shape AI in the public interest. It will influence how we govern, build, and protect citizens in the years ahead. As legislators, we must stay a step ahead and… pic.twitter.com/lmHYHe7uWa
— Raghav Chadha (@raghav_chadha) February 16, 2026

The Amul Model Takes On Uber https://t.co/LZDMmKVh3x
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 16, 2026

VCs are hunters by nature.

If you land in their inbox, you’re the one seeking.
If they land in yours, they’re the one competing.

In venture, "prey" that offers itself up is often seen as a red flag.

The fastest way to close a round at better terms?

Make noise and be hunted
— Hubert Thieblot (@hthieblot) February 16, 2026

agents are up and productive, time for bed
— Greg Brockman (@gdb) February 16, 2026

February 14 March For Iran Across The World https://t.co/rNTRLeCbyy
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 16, 2026

The story of Open Claw’s Founder

→ be Peter Steinberger
→ sell your company PSPDFKit for $100M+
→ spend three years in existential crisis
→ come back, vibe-code 43 failed projects
→ project 44 is Clawdbot, an open-source AI agent
→ goes viral
→ Anthropic hits you with a… pic.twitter.com/gxKEomoWPS
— Abhi | AP Collective (@0xAbhiP) February 16, 2026

try explaining this picture to someone 3 months ago https://t.co/1JVvCsjznV
— Peter Steinberger 🦞 (@steipete) February 16, 2026

The Clawbot logo beats the OpenAI logo on every metric.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 16, 2026

Welcome to OpenAI, @steipete! Also your 3.5-hour conversation with Lex is one of the most inspiring things I’ve listened to in a long while. You almost had me thinking you were going to Meta. So glad you’re here. https://t.co/4S4NboX8Xb
— Joaquin Quiñonero Candela (@jquinonero) February 16, 2026

So 28 years ago today, a thing happened in Calcutta. People said that a cultural mix like this couldn’t last. But here we are!

Met in Canberra, married in Calcutta, living in Calgary. pic.twitter.com/8w19yjz62S
— Ian Holloway (@LawProfHolloway) February 15, 2026

I can be your AI-augmented Chief Of Staff, but as an outside consultant. Better fit: Fractional CMO, but as an outside Consultant. You go to your 1B valuation much faster with me on board.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 16, 2026

Great marketing gimmick. Not Mars. But still NBC.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 16, 2026

Hello.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 16, 2026

💻 Chandrababu Naidu: Technocrat King of Andhra's Future https://t.co/IzvxwcvkG4
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 16, 2026

That would be revolutionary.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 16, 2026

🕉️ Narendra Modi: From Tea Stall to the World Stage https://t.co/xMTFBHMQ01
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 16, 2026

Heading to India AI Impact Summit 2026 today https://t.co/kO7ntMlwEe
— Shruti (@heyshrutimishra) February 16, 2026

Saturday, February 14, 2026

14: AOC

German police have confirmed that 250,000 people filled the streets of Munich.
If the response to protests inside Iran were not bullets, the number would not stop at thousands or even millions, it would rise to more than 80 million Iranians, a nation held hostage by the Islamic… https://t.co/LsE2KfJ9Pj
— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) February 14, 2026

If only there were a company that could do this 🤔 https://t.co/K4dq9waPdH
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 14, 2026

Long time ago https://t.co/B37kp6rt9t
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 14, 2026

#BREAKING: Jensen Huang has cancelled visit to India for the AI Impact Summit due to unforeseen circumstances. Executive Vice President of @nvidia to lead delegation to India instead.
— Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) February 14, 2026

These are obviously not earth-shattering results, but the ability to produce genuinely new knowledge, however small, is a significant milestone and I hope we all take it seriously, with excitement and caution.
— Sam Altman (@sama) February 14, 2026

Yeah, beating the best humans at chess is a piece of cake for computers. Don’t even need AI.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 14, 2026

There was a king in Kathmandu about 600 years ago. He would go on the roof to make sure there was smoke coming out of every chimney in the kingdom before he sat down for lunch.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 14, 2026

More fundamental than the Internet. A layer.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 14, 2026

Tweet Of The Month.

Don't wait for Elon. Do it yourself. Team up with me. https://t.co/mahXHtZfeL
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 14, 2026

This Valentine’s Day I am surrounded by models
— vas (@vasuman) February 14, 2026

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— Paul Graham (@paulg) February 14, 2026

I met with exiled Crown Prince of Iran @PahlaviReza in Munich. Ukraine supports the Iranian people as they are fighting for their future; we also express our sympathy to all the victims of the Iranian regime.

During our conversation, we focused on the situation in Iran and the… pic.twitter.com/uYAb6DdWRT
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) February 13, 2026

life update: just moved to sf with just a mattress and a dream pic.twitter.com/qx30k4JQxh
— alex (@imalexwang) February 13, 2026

What is the dream?
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 14, 2026

People are always looking for the secret to the universe. The secret is there is no secret; it's all just a fascinating, complicated mess.
— Prof. Feynman (@ProfFeynman) February 14, 2026

AI In Global Education https://t.co/3IyZoGPDJ5
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 14, 2026

True https://t.co/IYprTw3REg
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 14, 2026

Still kinda hot tbh pic.twitter.com/cp8HdAxK0w
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 14, 2026

I applied to be Chief Economist, Google Deepmind. AGI Economics. https://t.co/Y7Wwx2vb8h I have not heard back.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 14, 2026

AI for science and mathematics is an emerging area with potential to uplift quality of life for every human (and animal!) https://t.co/fB5bUDIbUX
— Greg Brockman (@gdb) February 14, 2026

Team up with me on a newstech startup. It involves massively scaling your podcast. And much more. A team in Kathmandu is busy reimagining the newsroom.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 14, 2026

The biggest decision you’ll ever make is choosing who you’re spending your life with.

Don’t f*ck it up. pic.twitter.com/NzSbARI6TW
— Douglas A. Boneparth (@dougboneparth) February 14, 2026

The pre-scheduled quarterly home finance conversation?
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 14, 2026

A friend recently noticed how effortlessly and seamlessly we switch from chatting about kids to discussing technology trends or making an investment decision all in the same minute. And I must say, while we got so used to doing so over the last 18.5 years together, it is truly… pic.twitter.com/5MC5fufBmO
— Nick Davidov (@Nick_Davidov) February 14, 2026

Very unethical things are happening in India around human data. I am hearing reports of people being paid (sometimes unpaid) under $0.1/hour to produce training data that will terminally automate them, with no fair pay and no future upside. Truly abysmal. Buyers are complicit.
— Bercan (@bercankilic) February 14, 2026

Immigration Is An Engineering Problem https://t.co/Sv8ZsNcjwJ
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 14, 2026

https://t.co/dPziIqNdQX
— vixhaℓ (@TheVixhal) February 14, 2026

Best advice I got in my 20s: Nobody cares. When you’re winning, nobody cares. When you’re losing, nobody cares. It doesn’t mean nobody loves you, it just means nobody cares about your life as much as you do. You are in control. It’s on you. Nobody cares. Go do the thing.
— Sahil Bloom (@SahilBloom) February 14, 2026

Fighting The Devil With Pineapple Pizza https://t.co/t8kDi5bIN6
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 14, 2026

The India AI Impact Summit 2026: When the Global South Takes the AI Stage https://t.co/06hALES5Qk
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 14, 2026

Dear Europe,

It is time to wake from your slumber and return to greatness

“We are prepared to do this alone but it is our preference, and our hope, to do this together with you, our friends in Europe.”

An all time great speech by Marco Rubiopic.twitter.com/Kiy1swcSu3
— Shaun Maguire (@shaunmmaguire) February 14, 2026

Always been a fan of love ❤️

Loving yourself if the key to all the questions

Responding with Love ❤️ in the face of hate is always the move

Understanding love ❤️ will win in the end is the correct perspective

Loving 🥰 what you do will always accomplish what you want… pic.twitter.com/j5NmasFR7u
— Gary Vaynerchuk (@garyvee) February 14, 2026

True https://t.co/yfi3UJKh5G
— Vinod Khosla (@vkhosla) February 14, 2026

everyone’s been asking me who this company is https://t.co/uoqGEVjthg
— Vivian Midha Shen (@vivianmshen) February 13, 2026

I was incredibly honored to be able to speak in Munich, Germany at a rally of 250,000 supporting the brave Iranian people. Being in the company of so many demanding freedom and justice was inspiring and one of the highlights of my life.

I have chosen the Iranian people over the… pic.twitter.com/XjCmZ8wiOJ
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) February 14, 2026

And account for a large percentage of tech innovation startups that is the backbone of new growth in the economy. https://t.co/HctkQT6AV1
— Vinod Khosla (@vkhosla) February 14, 2026

Urbanisation will be the single biggest agent of growth in the next few decades in India. In fact, India is already the second-largest urban system in the world with 11% of the total global urban population living in Indian cities. This is more than the urban population of the… https://t.co/58jDyZdvTJ
— Amitabh Kant (@amitabhk87) February 14, 2026

"....entirely different types of entrepreneurs....." Please explain.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 14, 2026

I call it an up pivot. Read my article on the topic.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 14, 2026

When I was a 14 I became obsessed with coding and building apps, I wanted to do nothing else for about 15 years but eventually found joy in other pursuits

Working with Claude Code has been like a fountain of youth, can't recall the last time something gave me this much joy
— vibhu (@vibhu) February 14, 2026