Thread: Regulatory capture occurs when a group co-opts an agency to corruptly serve its interests. The news is supposed to expose corruption. But when it comes to nuclear power, it has abetted that corruption. Nuclear is expensive because of regulatory capture. Let's explore.

J.D. Haltigan, PhD 🏒👨‍💻 The explosion of internet pornography has broken the natural order of things by reducing the incentives for men to improve themselves in ways that increase access to women. This creates a spiral of weaker and weaker men seeking increasing amounts of content.

Many people say they are willing to pay extra for simple, reliable appliances, but the market simply doesn't seem to support this. Speed Queen has been doing it for many years and they remain a miniscule share of the overall market.

The subtext of SEL is basically, "if you're not anxious, maybe you should be."

I've got a 7th grader laid up for a few days after a surgery, and could use some ideas for age-appropriate shows and movies for her. Help me out with some suggestions.

I'm always honored at the opportunity to teach new audiences about firearms culture and why gun owners are often fearful to receive mental health care. If we're serious about curbing gun deaths, then we need to acknowledge our current policies are pushing people away from care,

Costco: We’ve designed a ruthlessly efficient, highly profitable warehouse store. People like it so much they actually pay us just to come through the door. We limit choice by carefully selecting the best products, while also knowing exactly what the average homeowner needs. No

A peek behind the curtain of doing business in healthcare. 🧵 My agency, Zephyr Wellness, bills insurance for counseling and psychotherapy services. That's how we make our money and how I pay my employees. 1/8

Clothes shopping for 5th grade boys in 2025: "So it's just a sweatshirt with an ice cream cone and it costs $80?" It is indeed.

Frank is one of my closest "Twitter friends" and his advice was invaluable when I bought my last car. If you've ever thought to yourself that buying a car is the absolute worst and you wish you could just pay someone to handle it all, that's what Frank does.

She is absolutely wrong. “Hate speech” is free speech. It’s antithetical to our values to allow the government to silence someone because their speech is offensive.

Me: "Maybe she misspoke and didn't actually mean to say hate speech." Pam Bondi:

If you're a gun owner, please take the Walk The Talk America survey, and then repost it so others can as well. walkthetalkamerica.org/survey/

"Gavin, when we told you it's normal for sociopaths like yourself to imitate the emotions of others, we didn't mean you should literally pretend to be Trump."

You mean "jeans," right? Right?

Minnesota: You can't cut our SNAP benefits because it will take us 6 weeks to change "100%" to "65%" in our payment system.