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Dec 17, 2021 4 tweets 1 min read
In 1898, Samuel Langley received $70,000 from the US Government to invent a flying machine.

His failed attempts led the NY Times to declare that an airplane would only be invented by the "efforts of mathematicians and mechanicians in from one million to ten million years"

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Two months and eight days later, on Dec. 17, 1903, two bicycle entrepeneurs with no more than a highschool education, did just that.

With a plane that cost $1000, Orville and Wilbur Wright proved that powered flight was possible.

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May 5, 2021 10 tweets 3 min read
You don't have a right to Facebook's server space. Seizing the means of production won't end the way you want them to.
May 5, 2021 4 tweets 2 min read
Facebook has every right to not host speech they don't want to.

It doesn't matter how many government subsidies they get, or how big they are, or if other social media companies did the same thing.

Government should never force companies to host speech.

Ever. Section 230 protects everyone, social media companies and their users, from being sued for what someone else said.

That's exactly as it should be.

Mar 10, 2021 9 tweets 3 min read
Immigration is a human right. What about a person's property right to sell to whoever they want to? Like an immigrant?

And doesn't that immigrant now have rights to that property?
Mar 10, 2021 19 tweets 2 min read
We are on to round 2 of the Most Libertarian President Ever Bracket!

Here are the current standings: Round one went as expected. The biggest winner was Warren Harding, though that was probably more a reflection on Biden than on Harding!

Check out the full round 1 results here (note: tie goes to higher seed)

Mar 8, 2021 17 tweets 2 min read
Alright! March Madness Brackets are around the corner, anyone want to do a bracket of who you think the most libertarian President was?

RT to get as many votes as possible! Seeding is done with the Siena College Research Institute's poll of historians, political scientists and presidential scholars.

Feel free to poke fun at their rankings! scri.siena.edu/wp-content/upl…