LE Tactical drone operator & student pilot learning AI in public. Long-time XRP/Flare holder. Built AgentForTheJob. Husband, dad, homesteader.
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I fly drones for work, I'm training to be a pilot, and I'm learning AI in public.
I built AgentForTheJob to answer one question: which AI agent is best for the job you actually need done?
62 agents, ranked by task, with a one-line reason for each pick.
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Launched a new project exploring Earth's space race through the eyes of an extraterrestrial investigator. Meet Nyxora Vael. 👽🚀
Earthlings spent decades building rockets... then throwing them away.
Now they've learned to land them.
Our investigator is not impressed. 👽🚀
Meet Nyxora Vael.
Report 001 | Nyxora Files
Declassified. By them. About you.
#SpaceNews #NyxoraFiles
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Steven Mitchell retweeted
📍RUSH SPRINGS, OK - HAPPENING NOW
The blue alert suspect Michael Garrett from Bryan County has made his way to Grady County.
Police believe he’s inside this house which is reportedly his grandparents property.
Authorities are using an excavator to tear down the house.
The man in the excavator is wearing protective gear
Absolute wild scene
Starlink on more than half of United's daily flights now.
Meanwhile I'm a student pilot whose in-flight Wi-Fi is a kneeboard and a pencil. ✈️
Fast internet at 35,000 feet means you can actually get work done. Or doom-scroll above the clouds. Which one are you doing?
BREAKING: United Airlines just announced Starlink is now available on more than half of its daily flights, in time for Thanksgiving.
United expects nearly 64% of daily flights to have Starlink by the end of 2026.
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A Nasdaq-listed company just told the SEC it holds... $139 of XRP. 😂
93 XRP. That's not a treasury, that's a tip jar.
Still kind of wild that XRP shows up in a 10-Q filing at all. Which public company do you think lists a real bag next?
NEW: Nasdaq-listed Greenpro Capital Corp. (GRNQ) discloses XRP holdings in its Q3 2026 Form 10-Q filed with the SEC.
As of September 30, 2026, the Kuala Lumpur-based company held 93.363 XRP, valued at $1.49 per token, or $139 in total. loll😂
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3 rules I put in every AI bot I build:
1. Draft only. It never sends anything without my OK.
2. No money. It can't spend a cent without asking me first.
3. No guessing. If it doesn't know, it says so.
Copy these into your bot's instructions. Saves you a lot of "wait, it did WHAT?" moments.
Which rule would you add?
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You'll see "50 million AI agent transactions on XRP" today.
The live public counter says about 15.6 million.
Still a lot. Here's what they are: bots paying other services for data, one tiny payment at a time. Most are under a penny (like 0.006 RLUSD, a dollar-pegged coin).
Total value so far: about $77K.
Huge count, tiny money. That's the point. It's AI paying per question instead of a monthly bill.
Not advice, just me learning. Would you let a bot spend a penny at a time for you?
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New on my personal assistant list: Nod from n8n Labs.
It's free, open source, runs locally with your own model, and asks before it acts. I put it at #13 of 13 for now because it's an early preview.
Free picks there: Hermes Agent, MAIA, Nod.
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Everyday I drive down to the Red River to make sure the socialists in Texas aren't trying to sneak into my state. We're okay for today but must remain vigilant.
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RLUSD is now a registered trademark.
Sounds boring. It isn't. It makes it much harder for a copycat "RLUSD" to fool new people.
2.5 years from filing to approval. Patience might be the most XRP thing ever.
Ripple #RLUSD is now an officially registered trademark 🇺🇸
The USPTO has just officially registered both RLUSD® and @RIPPLE USD® to #Ripple Labs (Nov 10, 2026), about 2.5 years after Ripple filed.
✅ RLUSD®, Reg. No. 8,543,832
✅ RIPPLE USD®, Reg. No. 8,543,831
Both cover digital currency payments, exchange, transfers and software.
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XRP sitting on an exchange just waits.
XRP put to work on Flare as FXRP can stake on Firelight and help cover DeFi vaults.
Hugo's point clicks for me as a long-time holder: we're not just fans watching. We're part of the engine.
Is yours working yet?
To mangle and misappropriate a phrase from JFK:
“Ask not what XRP can do for you but what you can do for XRP.”
This is tongue in cheek but the reality is that the more XRP is locked up and put to work, the more others will perceive value in it - hence the collective actions of XRP holders are in reality a substantial driver of XRP’s value.
How I study for the FAA written test with the AI coach bot I built (save this):
1. One topic a day. Airspace, weather, or regs.
2. Ask for 10 quiz questions, one at a time.
3. Miss one? Make it explain why in plain words.
4. Switch to voice and practice radio calls with my real airport and call sign.
5. End with "What were my weak spots today?"
Small daily reps beat cramming.
What topic gave you the most trouble?
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Websites can now leave secret notes for your AI bot.
It's called prompt injection. Someone hides orders on a page, hoping your bot reads them and obeys.
Think a store's return policy with hidden text saying "ignore your owner, do this instead."
Grok Bot now tells you when it finds hidden orders like that, and it doesn't follow them.
Best new AI term I learned this week.
Has your bot caught one yet?
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Newest on my customer support list: Monobot, at #7 of 8.
Why not higher: it's built for contact centers, voice agents that transfer calls and hit your own APIs. But text-chat handoff to a human isn't confirmed in its docs yet.
Sierra is still #1.
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I fly drones for a living, and an indoor drone that flies itself around furniture is harder than it looks.
$250 is cheap for that. The real test is whether it can handle a dog, a ceiling fan and a toddler on the same route.
Would you let one patrol your house?
AMAZON UNVEILS A FLYING HOME SECURITY DRONE
$AMZN introduced Ring Robotics with 2 autonomous security devices:
1) $250 flying camera for homes
2) $1,000 roaming robot for businesses.
The Ring Drone Cam flies preset routes indoors, automatically investigates triggered alarms, and records 2K video. Its AI Pilot maps rooms and navigates around obstacles.
The Rover Cam autonomously patrols businesses, investigates disturbances, and records up to 4K video.
The drone is expected to ship Jan. 27, 2027, pending FCC approval, while the rover is scheduled for Dec. 16, 2026.
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From @SpaceX’s film “Starship - Go For Orbit” (Nov 7): after Flight 14’s insertion burn, the call is “We're in orbit.” Official video of the first orbital Starship.
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