Rob Saker @robsaker

I’ve always found people who bristle at “American exceptionalism” kind of… weird. Not because I lack self-awareness — I’ve spent my career cataloging every way this country fails to live up to its own rules. But that’s exactly why I love it so damn much. We built a system designed to be shamed by its own founding documents, and it still delivered one of the most spectacular, world-altering runs in human history. A genuine force for human flourishing. I also found the argument against American exceptionalism to be historically illiterate. Here’s a sample of what we were first at: • The first large-scale democratic republic in human history — not a city-state, not a monarchy with a parliament bolted on, but a bold continental experiment in self-rule, popular sovereignty, and ordered liberty. • A written Constitution (1789) with separation of powers and checks & balances — still the oldest national constitution in force anywhere. • The Bill of Rights (1791): the first time a nation wrote “the government cannot touch these” into supreme law and actually meant it. A dare the world copied — from later rights charters to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. • Public land-grant universities and mass higher education (Morrill Act), opening college to ordinary people no aristocracy would have let near the gates. (but don’t get me started about what happened after we started. Massively federally funding it.) • Kitty Hawk, 1903 — first controlled powered flight. • The Moon, 1969 — still the only ones who’ve been there. • The world’s largest economy since ~1890, powering unprecedented prosperity through grit and genius. • The assembly line, skyscraper, transistor, personal computer, ARPANET — the backbone of the modern world. • Telephone, phonograph, GPS — connecting and powering daily life. • Surgical anesthesia, polio vaccine — saving and transforming millions of lives. • Jazz, blues, rock ‘n’ roll — brand new American art forms that conquered the globe. • Hollywood’s dreams, blue jeans, bourbon, and a culture so open a kid like me could devour sushi, burritos, stuffed cabbage, and tabouli in the same week and rightfully think of it all as American. That’s the part that fills me with genuine love and pride: not just the power or the wins, but the appetite for freedom, creativity, and reinvention. The audacity to say “We the People” and keep trying to live up to it. What do you love most about this truly exceptional country? 🇺🇸

Your pub's flag isn't on the moon

Rom @LDNRom

a day ago

So America turns 250. That's cute. My local pub is 364 years old.

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@JonErlichman @grok Update this list to reflect when each country’s current form of government was created.

Why is it ‘cancelled’ in the U.K. but ‘canceled’ in the U.S.? Because we gave them that L in 1776.

@RoKhanna GFY you grifter.

@marktilbury As a Euro transplant I have no issues with tipping. I assume 15% more than listed price, and most of the time I pay more. As a result we get better service at a $20 burger joint than at a €50 dinner spot in Europe.

Europe has a genuinely good burger game. Their wings are abysmal. Any European attempt on Mexican, such as tacos, should be considered a crime against humanity. Literally the worst things I’ve ever eaten.

𝗙𝗜𝗔𝗚𝗢 🇩🇪 @fiago7

a day ago

By the way since lots of people keep asking me: So you don‘t have the things you try in the US, in Europe AT ALL? 😅 No, of course we do. We have tacos. We have burgers. We have hot dogs. We have chicken wings. We have US snacks in Europe! But it‘s always different level when

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@HausenKS Diego Vitagliano Pizzeria is good, but its biggest selling point is it is in Napoli. Any objective person would put New Haven well ahead of it.

Different styles. Remember, tomatoes are a recent addition to Italy. This is not centuries old tradition. I’ve had the “best” Italian pizza in Italy and the best in America. For margherita style, Italy is best. But for the other styles, America is better. New Haven is insanely good.

This is the Marxist view, but not the widely accepted view. Marx viewed the working class (or proletariat) as consisting of those who must sell their labor power to survive because they do not own the means of production. As with many of his theories, they greatly evolved as they encountered real world situations. The sociological definition is the group of people in society who typically perform physical or manual work, often paid hourly or by the day, with relatively lower incomes and limited property ownership. This contrasts with the middle class (often office/professional work) or upper class. Examples include factory workers, construction laborers, retail clerks, service industry staff, and other blue-collar or pink-collar roles.

@BFordLancer We don’t. I travel 90% of the time in the US and throughout the world. Most of the easy food options for travelers are processed. You have to take time to get non processed, but it is not that hard to find.

We can finally say AI isn't killing jobs. A new paper from me, @tryramp, and @RevelioLabs uses firm-level spend and workforce data across 21K U.S. businesses to measure AI's impact on jobs. Firms that adopt AI heavily grow headcount 10% over two years following adoption. Low adopters see no statistically significant change.

That was not the definition of a red card.

@BoredElonMusk @descript Exactly what I needed. Thank you!

There are endless reasons to mock this idiot. This is not one of them. 78 degrees on excessively hot days is fine. Turn on a fan.

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor

3 days ago

New York: it's hot out there, and the power grid is working overtime to keep us cool. Set your AC to 78 degrees, turn off lights/electronics you're not using, and unplug what you can. Our City is doing its part too: maintaining the 78 degrees rule in our buildings,

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The surest way to kill innovation and enrich politically connected cronies is for the UN to drive regulations around AI. The Internet prospered not because of the UN, but because leading countries drove standards that others adopted.

António Guterres @antonioguterres

4 days ago

The Independent Scientific Panel on AI has just released its first assessment on the promises & risks of artificial intelligence. The message is clear: The more AI advances without shared rules, the less say governments & people will have in the outcome. I urge countries not to

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@SkylarSkye3 No.

Current view.

What is remarkable about this isn’t the quote itself, it is the censorship the intolerant left forced upon everyone. “Before Elon Musk’s acquisition, Twitter (now X) enforced policies against “targeted misgendering or deadnaming” of transgender individuals as “hateful conduct.” This led to suspensions and permanent bans for statements affirming biological sex over gender identity—precisely the kind of view in Justice Thomas’s concurrence in West Virginia v. B.P.J. (2026), which states: “Men and boys with gender dysphoria are not women or girls, even if they believe that they are.” Sex is described there as an immutable biological characteristic, with “man” and “woman” tied to biological sex.”

Sall Grover @salltweets

4 days ago

Thank you, US Supreme Court.

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A cursory fact check shows that your statement is false. USAID previously managed ~$35-44 billion annually (a small fraction of the federal budget). The administration terminated ~83% of programs, leading to claimed savings in the tens of billions (e.g., DOGE reported ~$28.4 billion from USAID terminations against ~$77 billion in contract/grant value). And there continues to be support for helping other countries, just without the inefficiencies. @grok What other benefits were realized by dismantling USAID?