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apocalypsev retweeted
There's a saying on American social media:
"Be the American that Japanese people think you are."
I'm Japanese. I've lived in Tokyo my whole life.
So let me tell you what we actually say about you, when you're not in the room.
"When someone falls down on the street, we pretend not to see. We're protecting their pride. Americans run straight at them. They don't care about the pride. They care about the knee." (Office worker, 38)
"An American will stop four lanes of traffic for a family of ducks. And then everyone in the cars claps for the ducks." (Taxi driver, 61)
"If you lend an American a pen, you will never see it again. If you need a kidney, they'll ask your blood type." (Nurse, 45)
"At kids' soccer games, they cheer when the other team's kid scores. The other team's parents look confused. Then they cheer too." (Youth soccer coach, 52, lived one year in Ohio)
"A man sneezed on a bus in Chicago. Eleven strangers said 'Bless you.' He said 'thank you' eleven times. Nobody on that bus thought this was strange." (University student, 21)
"At an airport in Texas, I watched a soldier try to pay for his lunch. The cashier said someone already had. He asked who. She said, 'Somebody who didn't want you to know.'" (Retired teacher, 70)
"American fathers cannot braid hair. But they will watch a video at midnight for an hour so their daughter's hair looks right on picture day." (Hair stylist, 33)
"I ran the Chicago Marathon once. Strangers stood in the cold for hours holding signs for people they will never meet. At mile 20, a man I'd never seen read the name off my bib and screamed it like he'd raised me." (Runner, 48)
"When Americans get lost, they ask a stranger. If the stranger is also lost, they become a team." (Tour guide, 39)
"They ask the waitress her name. And then they remember it." (Restaurant owner, 66)
And one more. From my father. He's 76. He doesn't say much about anything. This is the longest thing I have ever heard him say about another country.
"Every time something terrible happens in America, I watch the news, and I look for one thing.
The people running toward it.
There are always so many."
So, America.
You don't have to become the Americans we think you are.
We're not imagining you.
We're remembering you.
apocalypsev retweeted
Grok Bot is running Try Omarchy inside its own computer. So you can develop plugins and applications with it. Pretty sweet!
I now have a @Bot with its own Omarchy machine. That’s fricken cool 😅
Here it is switching themes, tiling windows and opening my markets widget. Fairly ordinary desktop stuff, until you remember who’s driving.
It means I can start delegating visual QA for my plugins. Have it open panels, try different themes, check layouts and show me what actually happens on screen.
Still some tweaks needed for cloud setups like this (help a fella out @poteto) but having another pair of eyes and a separate machine to test on is a pretty exciting step.
I gave my bot a Linux desktop. Naturally, I’m putting it to work.
apocalypsev retweeted
Let me fix that tweet for you:
1. The people rioting in Paris are criminals who are committing crimes.
2. Destroying hard-working people’s businesses is evil and not a valid form of protest.
From the high schools of France to the streets of Madrid to the universities of Tirana, young people are telling their governments the same thing: in an age of massive wealth inequality, they want a future they can believe in.
In France, students and teachers are asking for safe schools, enough teachers and smaller classes.
In Spain, for affordable rent and housing.
In Albania, for good jobs and an end to corruption.
@JDVance says this is what happens when a nation lets in too many immigrants from the global south.
He is not just morally wrong, but misreading the moment.
The is what happens when nations let wealth and power accumulate in the hands of a few.
This is what happens when young people lose hope in their future.
In America, let us listen to our young.
We need an economic and political transformation.
America's Next New Deal.
apocalypsev retweeted
J'ai vu une Tesla décoller. Et j'ai entendu beaucoup de bêtises.
« Ça ne sert à rien. » « Gadget de milliardaire. » « Qui a besoin d'une voiture qui vole ? »
Personne. Et c'est exactement pour ça que c'est important.
En 1978, Brabham a aligné en Formule 1 une voiture équipée d'un ventilateur géant à l'arrière. Il aspirait l'air sous le châssis et plaquait la voiture au sol. Elle a gagné sa première course avec une avance insolente. Elle a été interdite immédiatement.
Quarante-huit ans plus tard, on y revient. Un système de succion qui colle la voiture à la route et lui permet de passer sous la seconde au 0 à 100.
Personne n'a « besoin » de faire le 0 à 100 en moins d'une seconde. Comme personne n'a besoin d'une Formule 1. Et pourtant : les freins carbone de votre berline, l'hybridation de votre moteur, l'aérodynamique de votre SUV, les palettes au volant — tout ça vient de voitures de course que personne n'utilisera jamais pour aller au travail.
La Formule 1 ne sert à rien. Pourtant elle sert à tout.
En 1973, quand la France a lancé Ariane, l'Europe sortait de onze échecs consécutifs du programme Europa. La presse parlait d'argent jeté dans l'espace. Vingt ans plus tard, Ariane détenait la moitié du marché mondial des lancements commerciaux, et chaque satellite de télévision, de météo ou de GPS que vous utilisez a bénéficié de cette obstination.
Le progrès a toujours la même tête au début : un truc inutile, cher, ridicule, construit par des gens qu'on prend pour des fous.
Ce que j'ai vu à Dallas, ce n'est pas une voiture volante. C'est un châssis, une gestion de l'énergie et une maîtrise des flux d'air que l'industrie automobile mettra dix ans à digérer.
Les applications viendront : sécurité, freinage, stabilité, consommation. Elles finiront dans des voitures ordinaires conduites par des gens qui expliqueront, en 2036, que tout ça était évident.
La question n'est jamais « à quoi ça sert ».
La question est : qui ose encore construire des choses qui ne servent à rien ?
Il y a cinquante ans, c'était nous. La fusée, le TGV, le Concorde, le Minitel.
L'Europe construisait des choses absurdes et magnifiques.
Aujourd'hui, on commente depuis le siège arrière car nous sommes hors course.
Merci @elonmusk de nous faire rêver
apocalypsev retweeted
Oct 17, 2026 🇫🇷
The Townhall of Limoges, France has been burnt down.
During today's protests and related unrest in Limoges, the town hall was attacked and largely destroyed by fire.
Masked individuals forced entry around 6 pm local time, set a fire on the ground floor that spread to the roof and structure of the historic 19th-century building (built 1876–1883), causing major damage including roof and campanile collapses.
The prefect described it as largely lost and a “catastrophe patrimoniale.”
Multiple police vehicles were also burned (including on the A20 highway and in front of the town hall), and some shops were looted.
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apocalypsev retweeted
Socialism has been tested in France for 45 years.
It does not work.
Don't let it take root in the USA. Resist.
The survival of the Western world depends on it.
I could write a book about why we left France 12 years ago. We had a fairy tale life: beautiful home in Mougins, kids in English school, my career thriving.
We gave it all up to start over.
The French have been “moutonisés” 🐑— effectively silenced and increasingly addicted to small government handouts.
You get paid to study, to live in your home, to have children, to raise children as a single parent, to send them back to school after summer, to help once a child turns 20, to be unemployed, to extend benefits after two years on unemployment, to take a break, to have income, to top up your salary, to have a nanny, to have a helper at home… and on and on. (A non-exhaustive list in comment)
And what happens when the subsidies can’t keep up with inflation?
When dreams die under bureaucracy?
When someone lights the match because there aren’t enough handouts?
This is reality in France today. Don't let it come to America.
apocalypsev retweeted
If your first response to the Tesla Roadster is "is that safe??", you've lost all sense of wonder.
Safety is not and never was the meaning of life. I'd happily spend a few micromorts on a flying car.
(Also, Tesla has a sterling safety record, so probably won't even need to).
apocalypsev retweeted
Fortnite is coming to Linux!!
We are already working with the folks at @EpicGames to ensure that @Omarchy is ready on day one with all the security requirements.
Amazing what's possible when you nag @TimSweeneyEpic for years 😂
store.epicgames.com/news/epi…
apocalypsev retweeted
Help us bring more awesome games to Linux
This is an open call to Linux distro maintainers and the wider Linux community, with a goal to work together and bring fair multiplayer gaming to Linux players.
We’re rebuilding our Linux anti-cheat into EAC Linux v2 so that Linux players can have a similar level of protection against cheaters as Windows users do.
We’ll pilot EAC Linux v2 with Fortnite first, with wider availability for game developers once we’ve validated its effectiveness.
Learn more and get in touch:
onlineservices.epicgames.com…
apocalypsev retweeted
Much of the room wants it to be 2016 again, but it's not. Our job, as the provider of tools and technology to much of the industry, is to design for the present that is and the future that will soon be. Personally I'm optimisic about it and see it as empowering for creators.
apocalypsev retweeted
There’s something beautiful about the most expensive game of all time ($2B) being dropped the same month that AI models became capable of creating comparable experiences.
The swan song for the Big Studio Era.
apocalypsev retweeted
Charging preparations ahead of Hurricane Isaias:
→ If charging at home, charge to 100%.
→ Live availability of Superchargers are in the vehicle's touchscreen or the Tesla App.
→ Pre-storm, we are focused on uptime of Superchargers. Post-storm, our focus is on restoration, and we are prepared to deploy mobile Superchargers powered by Megapacks where access to charging is most impacted.
apocalypsev retweeted
This is why people fund Omarchy, it is actually working! give that man a cookie @dhh
I got AirDrop working on @OmarchyLinux, on Apple M-series hardware. Receiving only for now, sending coming soon.
#Omarchy Plugin @ github.com/brentkearney/omdr…
Cc: @OmarchyMac
apocalypsev retweeted
I got AirDrop working on @OmarchyLinux, on Apple M-series hardware. Receiving only for now, sending coming soon.
#Omarchy Plugin @ github.com/brentkearney/omdr…
Cc: @OmarchyMac
apocalypsev retweeted
CHAMATH: “My mom calls me and she's like, ‘What is this whole civilizational death thing?’ I don't know how to explain it to her.”
JENSEN: “We shouldn't, because it's made up … Somebody has to take accountability for all of the stupid predictions that were made.”