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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

I spent the last hour listening to one of my favorite people, Aravind of Perplexity. This 30-year-old is on his way to be the next Steve Jobs – albeit a nicer one. In less than a month Perplexity will be releasing their AI-powered browser, Comet. A challenge to Chrome? x.com/MarioNawfal/...

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

The Trump administration is an "idiot plot"

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

What happens when you appoint a grifting lawyer to head HHS instead of a doctor or a scientist. RFK Jr. has many good ideas to improve the general health of Americans. But he is rudderless in an acute crisis t.co/M3dn45c6QX

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Trump focusing on what is really important - deporting Ukrainians t.co/LLjgvvljOz

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Rubio feeling fucked "One said they felt as though Rubio is often the last to know when foreign policy decisions are made in the WH." t.co/sfQuAVXdYv

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

The Italian government is having growing doubts about closing a €1.5 billion deal with Starlink in light of the US pullback from commitments to European security t.co/SNDlI6O9ua

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Two seasoned Ottawa experts contend that pursuing trade agreements with the US is futile, as recent events have demonstrated the unreliability of American commitments to such deals. The US's credibility in honoring international trade pacts has been severely undermined. t.co/2IhQ2JmqeU

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett voted with the Liberals. These two are the only hope for sustaining US Democracy. Not good!

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Tesla’s current situation: • Total unit sales declined in 2024 • Meanwhile, Elom did his very best to alienate Dem consumers • Tesla sales in Europe fell 50% • Tesla shipments in China fell 49%

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

“Russia is finding it "significantly" harder to conduct combat operations against Ukraine because of a rise in Ukrainian long-range drone strikes on Russian weapons supplies, ammunition depots and fuel refineries." t.co/iOsnqhBlBn No wonder Trump is in a hurry to save Putin!

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

WSJ declares that Vance started the Oval office fight. On behalf of Putin.

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Prof. Tim Snyder at Yale is America's foremost expert on Ukrainian history and culture. He lists 5 major ways in which America failed Ukraine yesterday. He puts into words my utter disenchantment in the way our leaders treated Ukraine yesterday. snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...

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Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)

America hurt itself badly today.

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

US cannot lead the game w/o getting scientists from China and India. It is a numbers game at this point

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

CEOs are finally realizing Trump's economic policies could wreck the US economy. t.co/8mrgjRZux2

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Trump dined with Jeff Bezos Wednesday, the same day Bezos revealed the Washington Post's Opinion section would champion "personal liberties and free markets."

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Trump's "gold card" immigration plan benefits foreign oligarchs even more than it seems, offering a major tax loophole unavailable to U.S. citizens or other immigrants. They don't have to pay taxes on worldwide income. Specifically designed for oligarchs t.co/Qo5YHc0LIZ

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Tara Palmeri Warns Elon Musk Productivity Email 'Exposes Entire Federal System' to 'Foreign Adversaries'. Maybe Mr. Musk is not the brainiac everyone thinks he is

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

This video of Trump kissing Elon Musk’s feet is playing in the federal HUD cafeteria this morning

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Nice to see Republicans suffer to pull together a budget with the extension of tax cuts to the rich that Trump wants t.co/aDdeTC1hfI

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Every day it is something else. Now it looks like with the advent of new efficient models, AI may not need all the computational resources that was originally projected. Satya had hinted this in his interview with Dwarkesh t.co/qT9bhK01GZ

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https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-cancels-leases-ai-data-055952585.html

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Germany is discovering its balls again. After years of playing second fiddle to the US. Merz had lost a political battle with Angela Merkel years ago and this is a real triumph. Europe desperately needs a leader to show Trump his place. We may have one. t.co/2IVxCZZWtm

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http://aje.io/mw8t23

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

If onerous immigration restrictions are not imposed, AfD is just the beginning, The unwillingness of immigrants to integrate into European cultures and instead cling on to their home cultures was their downfall. It is not as much racism as much as cultural antipathy.

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Secret Service managers suggested a creative way for agents to respond to Musk’s email asking federal employees to list five accomplishments from the past week, ensuring they avoided sharing sensitive or classified details about their work protecting the President, White House, and others.

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

DOGE could potentially serve as Trump's equivalent to Biden's chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal: an early, embarrassing, and ultimately damaging display of incompetence.

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Perplexity

Perplexity is a free AI-powered answer engine that provides accurate, trusted, and real-time answers to any question.

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

In German elections, the pro-Russian, pro-Nazi AfD, who Elon and Vance campaigned for, did not win. But they had the 2nd largest number of votes. But now when Europe is in a funk, this is good news.

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Breaking: American Airlines Flight AA292, traveling from New York (JFK) to New Delhi (DEL), has made an emergency diversion to Rome following a reported threat. The aircraft is currently being escorted by Eurofighter jets as it approaches the airport.

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Zelenskyy standing firm against Trump’s exploitative offer: 'A grant is not a debt. I won’t sign deals that burden future generations of Ukrainians.'

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Zelenskyy standing firm against Trump’s exploitative offer: 'A grant is not a debt. I won’t sign deals that burden future generations of Ukrainians.'

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

We use taxpayer money to give low-income Americans diabetes, burdening healthcare costs. If USDA stops that, it’s great. Michelle Obama tried to do the same, but she happened to have the wrong skin color; the GOP called it tyranny at the time.

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

The harm Trump is doing to America is immense

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Elon shut the good CFPB and replaced it with Fuck Around and Find Out for his enemies

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Car dealerships have no reason to exist. They are of no value in a digital economy

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Prof. Tim Snyder from Yale is one of the world's foremost experts on Ukrainian history. Elon calls him a retard. It appears Elon does not like being challenged and exposed.

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

The Daily Beast published an article, supported by sources, claiming that Trump has been a Russian spy (codename KRASNOV) since 1987, but later—potentially under pressure—removed the article. But the archive machine captured it. t.co/uUmGsCQtlm

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

The federal workforce is small, and mass firings barely save taxpayers money. *Federal debt stems from health care spending, but Musk avoids addressing how pharmaceutical companies, insurers, hospitals, and organizations like the AMA exploit the system.*

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Musk's request for federal employees to justify their achievements epitomizes the concept of "bullshit work." In bureaucratic systems, those who excel are often the ones most skilled at spinning inflated weekly accomplishment reports. Elon MAKING BUREAUCRACY GREAT AGAIN!

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

This picture may not be the flex that Elon thinks it is, when the job losses hit GOP voters

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Out of 2M eligible, 75K (3.75%) employees took the DOGE resignation offer. Typically, 6% leave the Federal Govt. each year due to attrition, without a generous 6-months DOGE payoff. Does not look like it was a smart idea. tinyurl.com/35pjtcew

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Among those Trump/Musk fired at the FAA: • Lawyers preventing drunk/reckless pilots • Air traffic control support staff • Employees tracking new flight hazards (e.g., cranes) • Staff medically clearing pilots to fly I would not take airplanes for a while tinyurl.com/34s6r5zj

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

When the realization hits that it is Waste, Fraud and Abuse that provides the $$ for all these politicians. But that is why I like the cuts Elon is doing. Chaos may be the only way to make things better. And the side benefit is that lots of GOP politicians get burnt. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

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The private GOP panic over the slash-and-burn DOGE firings

White House aides are inundated with congressional calls as Republicans fret.

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Laid-off IRS employee says that he had voted for Trump. It’s striking how, even after dominating the political spotlight for the past decade, many people still primarily see Trump as the guy from The Apprentice. Like this fool! www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/p...

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Hundreds of Philly IRS workers laid off on Thursday, union says

Hundreds of Philadelphia IRS employees were laid off on Thursday as part of the Trump administration's efforts to cut down the size of the federal workforce, a union leader confirmed with NBC10.

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Siddharth is right, but a true merit-based system is tough to implement. Many smart kids lack degrees yet land jobs at Meta/Google because they can ace the hardest coding problems creatively. If degrees become the key metric, Indians could dominate 90% of green card slots, sparking new backlash.

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

WSJ: Twitter's lawyers are pressuring advertisers to spend more on X, warning that Elon Musk could use his ties to Trump to derail mergers if they don't comply. This isn't just a conflict of interest—it's outright extortion.

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

One of Trump's biggest throne-sniffers go against him. I did not think Mark Levin had it in him

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

"In private, Republicans talk about their fear that Trump might incite his MAGA followers to commit political violence against them if they don’t rubber-stamp his actions," Elon's money and Trump's threats are destroying democracy t.co/4sZLHtMiCv

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

How can people like Cassidy look in the mirror without feeling sick at the sight of their reflection? Kash is scraping the bottom of the unprincipled barrel.

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James Knowles @parabolic2025.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Nice. At least Erdogan has balls. Lindsey Graham and the rest of Congress can hunt around for their micro miniscule genitalia

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