Charlie Clarke retweeted
I feel like every single there's some huge chorus of people wildly exaggerating the impact of differential turnout and then we finally had an election where differential turnout was a huge deal and it's getting underplayed — Republicans in some states just gave up.
Charlie Clarke retweeted
Great cheat sheet from @bpmehlman for people hoping to go to bed by 11 pm Eastern while still having a good sense of where the election is heading. House on the left, Senate on the right.
ALT Chart from Bruce Mehlman showing the key U.S. House races that will help decide control of the chamber in the 2026 midterm elections.
ALT Chart from Bruce Mehlman showing the key U.S. Senate races that will help decide control of the chamber in the 2026 midterm elections.
Charlie Clarke retweeted
AI cracking unsolvable math problems while being kinda mid at writing is a much-needed W for humanities majors after a rough 21st century.
Charlie Clarke retweeted
Along these lines, "let's give federal funding to scientists who want look at some lizard spit" sounds like something Rand Paul would have panned in his "Festivus" bit.
But nope, that's how we got Ozempic folks!
Very very hard to tell ex-ante what research is transformative!
Charlie Clarke retweeted
about to go to my cousin's wedding where there will be 800 people who don't use AI & am missing san francisco. it's nice being able to go to a random bar in sf & know that there's someone there who will be down to converse about the exact topics that most interest you. i take it for granted way too often
Charlie Clarke retweeted
We have set up a fund in Jake’s memory to support Junior Golf at Shiskine & Dunaverty in Scotland. The two places that he was happiest. He loved the Isle of Arran and the Mull of Kintyre 🏴💙
gofund.me/78de1fb85
Charlie Clarke retweeted
Don't worry about it. The Chinese also invented gunpowder, and then literally didn't invent guns because they were using it for fireworks. They love fireworks. They will always use technology for fireworks. They can't help themselves.
Charlie Clarke retweeted
USA. A Mexican restaurant. We had not yet ordered anything, and the food was already arriving.
Chips. Salsa. Unrequested. Free.
I stopped the waiter. "We have not earned these."
"They just come with the table, man."
They come with the TABLE. In my land, hospitality is a debt. Every gift creates an obligation, weighed carefully, returned in the proper season with interest of feeling. Here, the gift arrives before you have even proven you can pay for dinner.
This is not an appetizer. This is a declaration: we trust you. Eat.
I ate with the gravity the moment deserved. And then — I must report this calmly — the basket emptied, and a new one appeared.
"Did we…?"
"Refill," the waiter said. "It's bottomless."
Bottomless. They have wells of salsa. The supply lines of this nation are beyond anything my ancestors imagined.
My friend warned me. "Don't fill up on chips, dude."
Too late. I had accepted three baskets. Honor demanded each one be finished — an unfinished gift is an insult. By the time my actual food arrived, I was a ruined man.
I was not hungry. I was not comfortable. I had been defeated by a courtesy.
Generosity that arrives before the request cannot be repaid. It can only be survived.
I know the rule now. I have made my peace with the basket. One basket. Two at the most.
Who am I deceiving. There is no number of baskets I would refuse. The trust of a nation is in that salsa, and I intend to honor all of it.
🤖 Made with AI
Charlie Clarke retweeted
Counterpoint: Here’s Trump threatening violence, calling for his political enemies’ executions, celebrating the deaths of people he didn’t like, and otherwise casually promoting political violence. Also there was the small matter of Jan 6 and subsequent pardons for violent felons
Charlie Clarke retweeted
Pallets of cash you say?
Scoop: U.S. considers $20 billion cash-for-uranium deal with Iran as peace talks progress
Whether Iran takes the offer is another matter. We might find out in Islamabad this weekend
@BarakRavid w/an assist from me
axios.com/2026/04/17/iran-us…
Charlie Clarke retweeted
What happens when we use AI for research and the reviewing? Let's find out.
Enter Human × AI Finance: write a finance paper with AI in 4 weeks. Every submission reviewed by AI agents. Top 4 presented at @uclaanderson.
Everyone can submit. Deadline 3/18: humanxaifinance.org
Charlie Clarke retweeted
“So how much money could be out there in your Jesus Christ swaps and derivatives right now?”
“Mmm. A billion dollars.”
“What? How much bigger is the market of Rapture Derivatives than Second Coming trades?!”
“About 20 times.”
