[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] #  @johnkonrad John Ι Konrad V John Ι Konrad V posts on X about money, coldplay, told, china the most. They currently have XXXXXX followers and 4864 posts still getting attention that total XXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours. ### Engagements: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::5900252/interactions)  - X Week XXXXXXX -XXXX% - X Month XXXXXXXXX -XXXX% - X Months XXXXXXXXXX +234% - X Year XXXXXXXXXXX +108% ### Mentions: XX [#](/creator/twitter::5900252/posts_active)  - X Month XXX +18% - X Months XXXXX +34% - X Year XXXXX +70% ### Followers: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::5900252/followers)  - X Week XXXXXX +0.40% - X Month XXXXXX +0.68% - X Months XXXXXX +101% - X Year XXXXXX +158% ### CreatorRank: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::5900252/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence [#](/creator/twitter::5900252/influence) --- **Social category influence** [countries](/list/countries) [finance](/list/finance) [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) [musicians](/list/musicians) [social networks](/list/social-networks) [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) [stocks](/list/stocks) [formula 1](/list/formula-1) [celebrities](/list/celebrities) **Social topic influence** [money](/topic/money), [coldplay](/topic/coldplay), [told](/topic/told), [china](/topic/china), [$7846t](/topic/$7846t) #948, [potus](/topic/potus), [gaza](/topic/gaza), [mega](/topic/mega), [$43b](/topic/$43b), [panama](/topic/panama) **Top assets mentioned** [Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY)](/topic/occidental-petroleum) [Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)](/topic/microsoft) ### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::5900252/posts) --- Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours "Did he mean to say $XXXX Billion with a B Because XXXX million really isnt a lot of money anymore"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1947313933540282755) 2025-07-21 15:13:15 UTC 73.7K followers, 5337 engagements "My stepdad grew up just blocks from one of the Northeasts swankiest yacht clubs sailed as Ted Turners crew at Brown and graduated from NYU Law. But ask him about his college summers Hell talk your ear off about picking tobacco in Georgia not sailing with a future billionaire and Americas Cup legend. Back then it was expected: if you came from privilege you earned your place by getting your hands dirty. Im also good friends with Turners former Americas Cup navigator a Dartmouth and HBS alum who owns ships. He joined the Navy as an ensign spent weekdays chipping paint and would drive to Newport"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1945095735508156804) 2025-07-15 12:18:56 UTC 73.7K followers, 92.3K engagements "False. McKinsey doesnt analyze datathey rationalize bad decisions & hand CEOs a moral permission slip to fire thousands offshore to China and boost exec comp in the name of efficiency You cant gut entire divisions for a quarterly earnings boost & say Grok told me to"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1944698966500577303) 2025-07-14 10:02:19 UTC 73.7K followers, 14.5K engagements "True Adventures of an American Ship Captain Episode 321: the CIA and Yakuza have nothing on the GGFV I woke up in a well appointed company apartment just outside a shipyard overseas circa 2009. Bleary-eyed I noticed a black Mercedes idling below with a man smoking a cigarette beside it. He nodded me over. As I approached the back window slid down and a man with a full sleeve of Yakuza tattoos handed me a card. In broken English he said: Call Mamasan. The card had the Playboy bunny logo on one side and a phone number on the other. The window rolled back up. The driver didnt movejust kept"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1946229399281647647) 2025-07-18 15:23:42 UTC 73.7K followers, 29K engagements "If you have never been to the aerodrome in Rhinebeck NY you are missing out. They put on the cheesiest dad joke filled shown in the world combined with WW1 era warplane aerobatics. And they usually land in the first XXX feet of the runway which is on a hill. 1/2"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1946726552424587483) 2025-07-20 00:19:13 UTC 73.7K followers, 5388 engagements "Of course she wants to save NPR an organization that refused to report on the three Americans who died because of the Gaza pier disaster her husband authorized"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1947299885574689238) 2025-07-21 14:17:26 UTC 73.7K followers, 6295 engagements "You gotta be shting me. Half my Massachusetts town has no kings signs up its the one thing I thought we could all agree on"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1947400152194412950) 2025-07-21 20:55:51 UTC 73.7K followers, 6000 engagements "Let me fix this for you: One 97-year-old SECDEF nobody remembers and four who burned $X TRILLION losing XX years of war are upset that Trump is done with their BS"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1895311413515882704) 2025-02-28 03:13:48 UTC 73.7K followers, 29.9K engagements "Isnt your King literally titled Defender of the Faith Thats not satire thats his real legal title Mark"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1946742240732401905) 2025-07-20 01:21:33 UTC 73.7K followers, 7266 engagements "Im thrilled @russvought & @JerryHendrixII at OMB secured $43B from BBB for shipbuilding but we do need some perspective: Biden spent more inflation adjusted π°on rural internet It cost China $90B to rebuild their broken shipbuilding in 2006 money & theyre doubling down today"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1946519833262100800) 2025-07-19 10:37:47 UTC 73.7K followers, 23.4K engagements "Damn it. One of my absolute favorites here"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1946696675697070113) 2025-07-19 22:20:30 UTC 73.7K followers, 7798 engagements "We made it Fantastic flight. Home safe and sound"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1946650343934156931) 2025-07-19 19:16:23 UTC 73.7K followers, 3141 engagements "Youre telling me dudes are actually dropping $XXX to Coldplay simp My concern for the state of single American men grows by the hour"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1946396132088611178) 2025-07-19 02:26:14 UTC 73.7K followers, 5989 engagements "$80B (of $1.2T) gonepoof. And Im supposed to cheer @russvought getting $43B for ships after a $17B Navy cut Im should sing praise for $9M to shipyards Im fiscally conservative but how can we win if Dems launch monetary nukes while we ration black powder with thimbles"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1947333628331266408) 2025-07-21 16:31:31 UTC 73.7K followers, 2497 engagements "Once again Im getting harassed for advocating battleships. What they dont realize is Im not advocating for expensive XX gun warships I want 20-inch nuclear-powered battleships Dream big cowards"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1944748071356641766) 2025-07-14 13:17:26 UTC 73.7K followers, 79.6K engagements "Let the Seapower tour with my favorite daughter commence"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1947986649914187862) 2025-07-23 11:46:23 UTC 73.7K followers, 6920 engagements "@grok Thats a solid list thanks. @grok do you have suggestions on who I should add to the list"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1947288887404953751) 2025-07-21 13:33:44 UTC 73.7K followers, XXX engagements "Ctrl+Alt+Delete the entire system. Reboot society. All of it. Start here π"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1947320165353312294) 2025-07-21 15:38:01 UTC 73.7K followers, 2522 engagements "Im going to need receipts on free panama canal navigation because the pilots down there are telling me the opposite"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1945321794136662071) 2025-07-16 03:17:12 UTC 73.7K followers, 6713 engagements "US food aid is required by law to go on ships. We only have XX ships in overseas service Jose. Some of those are busy moving weapons to Ukraine. There are over 50000 merchant ships in the world. Why arent you asking the other maritime nations to help"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1946915608148185329) 2025-07-20 12:50:27 UTC 73.7K followers, 1093 engagements "Whats the one maritime or naval conspiracy theory you believe"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1946377391888027971) 2025-07-19 01:11:46 UTC 73.7K followers, 19.4K engagements "Wow you gave @EasternShip Building a whopping $93537 So generous of you π"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1947362076877639855) 2025-07-21 18:24:34 UTC 73.7K followers, 5451 engagements "BREAKING NEWS: Massive shipbuilding changes in DC. None of them good. @gCaptain has confirmed from a White House source that Trump has closed the shipbuilding office at the NSC. Reuters reports that Ian Bennitt the Presidents Special Assistant for Shipbuilding at the White House has been fired. Favored candidates for Provost and Superintendent positions at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy have received denial notices. At a recent USNI shipbuilding conference it became clear: major shipbuilding primes are actively fighting plans to expand commercial shipbuilding. Sources inside the Pentagon"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1945308143212249566) 2025-07-16 02:22:58 UTC 73.7K followers, 279.7K engagements "Thats the most frustrating part. We all know the problems. We all know the solutions. We all know it will require money and effort. I have absolutely no idea what it takes to build a nuclear reactor to power AI but I have a dozen nuclear engineers on speed dial who can give me a list of regulations to cut real estate to purchase and parts to order. They just dont have the authority to do any of it. And they have no idea how to build a ship but I do. I also know how to train welders and marine electricians. Have done it before I just need the authority to scale what Ive already done at the"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1945841462400503957) 2025-07-17 13:42:11 UTC 73.7K followers, 12.4K engagements "He almost captures what it feels like to sail a large ship into a storm under god. Almost. But not quite. I was a devout Catholic before I went to sea. After Not less faithful exactly but profoundly changed. My belief didnt vanish. My perspective shattered. I still attend church most weeks just not every week. I still pray but not with all my might. Before I went to sea I was needy in the way most young people are. I prayed hard for god to fulfill my needs. I needed my dad to beat cancer. I needed help raising my little brother. I needed my mom to rest not work herself into exhaustion. I"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1937236553056813376) 2025-06-23 19:49:21 UTC 73.7K followers, 149.8K engagements "@LockJaw55 He hasnt decided yet. Right now hes focusing on the fundamentals and leaving his options open"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1946653747268014373) 2025-07-19 19:29:55 UTC 73.7K followers, XXX engagements "Question of the week: Was Trumps massive maritime push in his first XXX days (Panama talks Greenland play Yemen strikes executive order shipbuilding hype) genuine strategy or just leverage on trade negotiations with China Or is there another reason maritime momentum stalled after the China trade deal"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1947244793047777301) 2025-07-21 10:38:31 UTC 73.7K followers, 4619 engagements "Turns out one of the sailors buddies had just signed up for Facebook. At 11:23PM he snapped a photo from the bar. The photo looked innocent but in the background was the sailor with his arms around a gal looking exactly like a ceo at a Coldplay concert. Apparently someone in the OOWC (Offshore Oil Wives Club) saw it. And let me tell you: if GGFV are the worlds best HUMINT network and the Yakuza is second then the OOWC is a strong bronze medalist. They maybe third but to their credit the OOWC network moved faster than NSA fiber. His wife saw the photo BEFORE he left the club and committed the"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1946229402599047622) 2025-07-18 15:23:43 UTC 73.7K followers, 7338 engagements "The entire stock valuation of Huntington Ingalls is just $9B. Elon could buy the whole shipyard and halt construction on the next two carriers unless Trump agrees to rename them USS Kekius Maximus and USS Harry Blz π€£ Tell me that wouldnt break the internet"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1932253076293128272) 2025-06-10 01:46:47 UTC 73.7K followers, 17.5K engagements "Grandpa was a navigator on B24s Dad was a USAF Medic in Vietnam But I picked the Navy (and the Merchant Marine) after waking up in a cold sweat one night dreaming I had been selected for missile silo duty. No thank you. Id rather battle seas in the North Atlantic for days. Hats off to these guys they earned it"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1946733882428268727) 2025-07-20 00:48:20 UTC 73.7K followers, 5623 engagements "Ive flown first class to India taken a private jet to Borneo and a luxury Sikorsky far offshore. None of it cost more money and time preparing than the flight Im about to board. My sons first flight as a licensed pilot with a passenger. I couldnt possibly be more excited"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1946577156181561672) 2025-07-19 14:25:34 UTC 73.7K followers, 59.7K engagements "No ambulances. No doctors. No mid ocean helicopter medivacs. Not even a trained EMT. We took a X day class and can call a doctor to talk us through the procedure. Get hurt on a US Merchant Marine ship and the officers will draw straws to decide who will stitch you up"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1946753623112732863) 2025-07-20 02:06:47 UTC 73.7K followers, 5947 engagements "True. And I respect the hell out of my wife who in 2003 spent days drifting in a suspected minefield aboard a ship packed with explosives on Navy orders. But she wont even stand at veterans events because so many veterans have told her the Merchant Marine isnt a real service"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1946768909035581630) 2025-07-20 03:07:31 UTC 73.7K followers, 6613 engagements "What weapons and capabilities would you like to see on next-gen U.S. Navy battleships Bigger guns Better armor Nuclear power Drone swarms If were dreaming big lets go all the way"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1945206143237644397) 2025-07-15 19:37:39 UTC 73.7K followers, 29.7K engagements "@SamuelFByers I have put in the request with my tour organizer"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1948004195337978182) 2025-07-23 12:56:06 UTC 73.7K followers, XXX engagements "The majority of divorces start when one spouse gets more emotional and the other starts shrugging. Same with countries. Its already over. Shut the border and change the locks now before they do something dumb"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1944882650592006369) 2025-07-14 22:12:12 UTC 73.7K followers, 39.9K engagements "There are fewer than XXX Republicans in my town of 7000. Bluesky wants me to dox my blue haired neighbor to prove Im not lying. Great idea Steve why not start a turf war while outnumbered XX to X This is how they get you to light the match and hold the gas can"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1944783450340303093) 2025-07-14 15:38:01 UTC 73.7K followers, 2547 engagements "And the once great Royal Navy is a shell of its former self"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1947103564956086350) 2025-07-21 01:17:19 UTC 73.7K followers, 11.2K engagements "@grok @CynicalPublius @ProfMJCleveland Check reddit too"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1947285126574113048) 2025-07-21 13:18:47 UTC 73.7K followers, XX engagements "Nonsense. Deep moral shame is underrated. The Navy poisoned kids drinking water the Army injured XX on the Gaza pier XX died at Abbey Gate and our Merchant Marine cant get past the Houthis. Not one GOFO has shown an ounce of shame. Not one. BRING BACK SHAME"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1947468789223727113) 2025-07-22 01:28:36 UTC 73.7K followers, 13.8K engagements "Forget tanks. @cdrsalamander will Florida let me dock a military Battleship with working cannons"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1947310867692900359) 2025-07-21 15:01:04 UTC 73.7K followers, 2519 engagements "Its been XXX days since the election and we still havent ordered any new ships We also still dont have that new shipbuilding office POTUS promised Or a Commandant of the US Merchant Marine Or an under secretary of the Navy"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1940375100387467744) 2025-07-02 11:40:49 UTC 73.7K followers, 13.6K engagements "I live at the corner of MA CT and NY between NYC and Albany. This weekend I flew a small plane with my son. Ive seen the Northeast from jets and drones but cruising just a few thousand feet up it hit me: Even in the crowded Northeast theres massive amounts of untouched open land. Its wild. Totally untouched. Not even farmland just millions upon millions of acres of woods. The areas zoned for development are tiny. Its one of the most beautiful places on earth but real estate prices are high like everywhere else. Heres the other thing. These arent old wood forests. Almost every tree had been"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1947306095162114262) 2025-07-21 14:42:06 UTC 73.7K followers, 12.6K engagements "I genuinely dont understand why anyone buys two-piece toilets. We all know you are not disassembling them every week to scrub that disgusting gap between the tank and the base"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1946747352099819745) 2025-07-20 01:41:52 UTC 73.7K followers, 6090 engagements "A DM I received from the former CEO of one of the largest shipping companies in the world. Thoughts"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1946899382785229085) 2025-07-20 11:45:59 UTC 73.7K followers, 3124 engagements "The problem with Americans base assumption that our USAF can move our Army overseas is planes require an enormous amount of fuel. Ships can move everything efficiently but they are slow. Thats why Im really excited by this. Using ground effect or hydrofoils gives major fuel efficiency to planes. Next stop: this needs to scale BIG The other advantage of ships is one mega containership can carry more cargo than the entire USAF. Much more efficiency than planes should allow us to build these sea gliders much larger"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1932488260875329583) 2025-06-10 17:21:19 UTC 73.7K followers, 30.3K engagements "I opened my NYTimes app today. Theyre trying but they cant keep up. News that broke just hours ago is already off the homepage. THIS IS CRUCIAL The entire liberal deep state command and control system is broken. Let me explain π§΅"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1886916890427318673) 2025-02-04 23:16:58 UTC 73.7K followers, 11.7M engagements "Thats how Ruger Firearms began. William Ruger built firearms in his Brooklyn home then rode the subway to the last stop east to test them. Teddy Roosevelt didnt go that far. As a kid he tested rifles near Union Square. Now Good luck getting a permit to carry a competition .22 locked in your trunk"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1945128607011029052) 2025-07-15 14:29:33 UTC 73.7K followers, 4171 engagements "Dont Florida and Texas have zero income tax"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1946520224334815514) 2025-07-19 10:39:20 UTC 73.7K followers, 16.4K engagements "A few weeks ago we were down a car and my son needed to get from Albany to Philly. Every option including flying himself in a rented private plane was cheaper than AMTRAK. He took the bus instead. Saw a fentanyl overdose in Newark. This is American infrastructure in 2025"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1944366188223426824) 2025-07-13 11:59:58 UTC 73.7K followers, 25.5K engagements "Old men used to be great at giving advice. They didnt care if you listened or cried they just dropped hard truths no fluff no agenda. Then the boomers showed up: preachy passive-aggressive full of moralizing and ego. Now nobody listens to old men anymore"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1947431383930179736) 2025-07-21 22:59:58 UTC 73.7K followers, 9343 engagements "So quick question are we getting rid of the absolute BS commercial fishing rules Obama and the Walton family imposed in fisherman"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1946688186500993200) 2025-07-19 21:46:46 UTC 73.7K followers, 4226 engagements "The biggest hassle for merchant ships with security teams isnt pirates its declaring weapons in port. At what point do ships just start 3D-printing their own weapons once they hit international waters How long before someone open sources a CWIS anti/drone gatling gun"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1947247178172240150) 2025-07-21 10:48:00 UTC 73.7K followers, 14.8K engagements "Best flight of my entire life. So proud of this kid BZ Jack"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1946649948289745170) 2025-07-19 19:14:49 UTC 73.7K followers, 39.7K engagements "Theres a bit more to this story about Lindbergs contributions in WW2 Leading up to Pearl Harbor Charles Lindbergh was loudly anti-war and FDR hated him for it. Roosevelt blocked him from enlisting even as a private and made sure Lindy stayed far away from any battlefield. Meanwhile in the Southwest Pacific MacArthur was desperate. Supplies were scarce and logistics were a nightmare. His Air Corps commander General George Kenney was pulling off miraclespioneering combat airlift long-range missions and jungle airstrips but even he couldnt conjure cargo ships out of thin air. Heres the problem:"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1946544279687713008) 2025-07-19 12:14:55 UTC 73.7K followers, 25.1K engagements "WISKEY TANGO FOXTROT Walking from Parliament to my favorite spot in London the statue of the greatest naval commander in history and what do I see under Lord Nelson A massive sign that reads: CLUELESS. Sure. Tell me thats not deliberate. Ill wait"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1947995831832825878) 2025-07-23 12:22:52 UTC 73.7K followers, 2475 engagements
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John Ι Konrad V posts on X about money, coldplay, told, china the most. They currently have XXXXXX followers and 4864 posts still getting attention that total XXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.
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Social category influence countries finance technology brands musicians social networks travel destinations stocks formula 1 celebrities
Social topic influence money, coldplay, told, china, $7846t #948, potus, gaza, mega, $43b, panama
Top assets mentioned Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY) Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)
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"Did he mean to say $XXXX Billion with a B Because XXXX million really isnt a lot of money anymore"
@johnkonrad on X 2025-07-21 15:13:15 UTC 73.7K followers, 5337 engagements
"My stepdad grew up just blocks from one of the Northeasts swankiest yacht clubs sailed as Ted Turners crew at Brown and graduated from NYU Law. But ask him about his college summers Hell talk your ear off about picking tobacco in Georgia not sailing with a future billionaire and Americas Cup legend. Back then it was expected: if you came from privilege you earned your place by getting your hands dirty. Im also good friends with Turners former Americas Cup navigator a Dartmouth and HBS alum who owns ships. He joined the Navy as an ensign spent weekdays chipping paint and would drive to Newport" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-15 12:18:56 UTC 73.7K followers, 92.3K engagements
"False. McKinsey doesnt analyze datathey rationalize bad decisions & hand CEOs a moral permission slip to fire thousands offshore to China and boost exec comp in the name of efficiency You cant gut entire divisions for a quarterly earnings boost & say Grok told me to" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-14 10:02:19 UTC 73.7K followers, 14.5K engagements
"True Adventures of an American Ship Captain Episode 321: the CIA and Yakuza have nothing on the GGFV I woke up in a well appointed company apartment just outside a shipyard overseas circa 2009. Bleary-eyed I noticed a black Mercedes idling below with a man smoking a cigarette beside it. He nodded me over. As I approached the back window slid down and a man with a full sleeve of Yakuza tattoos handed me a card. In broken English he said: Call Mamasan. The card had the Playboy bunny logo on one side and a phone number on the other. The window rolled back up. The driver didnt movejust kept" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-18 15:23:42 UTC 73.7K followers, 29K engagements
"If you have never been to the aerodrome in Rhinebeck NY you are missing out. They put on the cheesiest dad joke filled shown in the world combined with WW1 era warplane aerobatics. And they usually land in the first XXX feet of the runway which is on a hill. 1/2" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-20 00:19:13 UTC 73.7K followers, 5388 engagements
"Of course she wants to save NPR an organization that refused to report on the three Americans who died because of the Gaza pier disaster her husband authorized" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-21 14:17:26 UTC 73.7K followers, 6295 engagements
"You gotta be shting me. Half my Massachusetts town has no kings signs up its the one thing I thought we could all agree on" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-21 20:55:51 UTC 73.7K followers, 6000 engagements
"Let me fix this for you: One 97-year-old SECDEF nobody remembers and four who burned $X TRILLION losing XX years of war are upset that Trump is done with their BS" @johnkonrad on X 2025-02-28 03:13:48 UTC 73.7K followers, 29.9K engagements
"Isnt your King literally titled Defender of the Faith Thats not satire thats his real legal title Mark" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-20 01:21:33 UTC 73.7K followers, 7266 engagements
"Im thrilled @russvought & @JerryHendrixII at OMB secured $43B from BBB for shipbuilding but we do need some perspective: Biden spent more inflation adjusted π°on rural internet It cost China $90B to rebuild their broken shipbuilding in 2006 money & theyre doubling down today" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-19 10:37:47 UTC 73.7K followers, 23.4K engagements
"Damn it. One of my absolute favorites here" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-19 22:20:30 UTC 73.7K followers, 7798 engagements
"We made it Fantastic flight. Home safe and sound" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-19 19:16:23 UTC 73.7K followers, 3141 engagements
"Youre telling me dudes are actually dropping $XXX to Coldplay simp My concern for the state of single American men grows by the hour" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-19 02:26:14 UTC 73.7K followers, 5989 engagements
"$80B (of $1.2T) gonepoof. And Im supposed to cheer @russvought getting $43B for ships after a $17B Navy cut Im should sing praise for $9M to shipyards Im fiscally conservative but how can we win if Dems launch monetary nukes while we ration black powder with thimbles" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-21 16:31:31 UTC 73.7K followers, 2497 engagements
"Once again Im getting harassed for advocating battleships. What they dont realize is Im not advocating for expensive XX gun warships I want 20-inch nuclear-powered battleships Dream big cowards" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-14 13:17:26 UTC 73.7K followers, 79.6K engagements
"Let the Seapower tour with my favorite daughter commence" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-23 11:46:23 UTC 73.7K followers, 6920 engagements
"@grok Thats a solid list thanks. @grok do you have suggestions on who I should add to the list" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-21 13:33:44 UTC 73.7K followers, XXX engagements
"Ctrl+Alt+Delete the entire system. Reboot society. All of it. Start here π" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-21 15:38:01 UTC 73.7K followers, 2522 engagements
"Im going to need receipts on free panama canal navigation because the pilots down there are telling me the opposite" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-16 03:17:12 UTC 73.7K followers, 6713 engagements
"US food aid is required by law to go on ships. We only have XX ships in overseas service Jose. Some of those are busy moving weapons to Ukraine. There are over 50000 merchant ships in the world. Why arent you asking the other maritime nations to help" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-20 12:50:27 UTC 73.7K followers, 1093 engagements
"Whats the one maritime or naval conspiracy theory you believe" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-19 01:11:46 UTC 73.7K followers, 19.4K engagements
"Wow you gave @EasternShip Building a whopping $93537 So generous of you π" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-21 18:24:34 UTC 73.7K followers, 5451 engagements
"BREAKING NEWS: Massive shipbuilding changes in DC. None of them good. @gCaptain has confirmed from a White House source that Trump has closed the shipbuilding office at the NSC. Reuters reports that Ian Bennitt the Presidents Special Assistant for Shipbuilding at the White House has been fired. Favored candidates for Provost and Superintendent positions at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy have received denial notices. At a recent USNI shipbuilding conference it became clear: major shipbuilding primes are actively fighting plans to expand commercial shipbuilding. Sources inside the Pentagon" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-16 02:22:58 UTC 73.7K followers, 279.7K engagements
"Thats the most frustrating part. We all know the problems. We all know the solutions. We all know it will require money and effort. I have absolutely no idea what it takes to build a nuclear reactor to power AI but I have a dozen nuclear engineers on speed dial who can give me a list of regulations to cut real estate to purchase and parts to order. They just dont have the authority to do any of it. And they have no idea how to build a ship but I do. I also know how to train welders and marine electricians. Have done it before I just need the authority to scale what Ive already done at the" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-17 13:42:11 UTC 73.7K followers, 12.4K engagements
"He almost captures what it feels like to sail a large ship into a storm under god. Almost. But not quite. I was a devout Catholic before I went to sea. After Not less faithful exactly but profoundly changed. My belief didnt vanish. My perspective shattered. I still attend church most weeks just not every week. I still pray but not with all my might. Before I went to sea I was needy in the way most young people are. I prayed hard for god to fulfill my needs. I needed my dad to beat cancer. I needed help raising my little brother. I needed my mom to rest not work herself into exhaustion. I" @johnkonrad on X 2025-06-23 19:49:21 UTC 73.7K followers, 149.8K engagements
"@LockJaw55 He hasnt decided yet. Right now hes focusing on the fundamentals and leaving his options open" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-19 19:29:55 UTC 73.7K followers, XXX engagements
"Question of the week: Was Trumps massive maritime push in his first XXX days (Panama talks Greenland play Yemen strikes executive order shipbuilding hype) genuine strategy or just leverage on trade negotiations with China Or is there another reason maritime momentum stalled after the China trade deal" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-21 10:38:31 UTC 73.7K followers, 4619 engagements
"Turns out one of the sailors buddies had just signed up for Facebook. At 11:23PM he snapped a photo from the bar. The photo looked innocent but in the background was the sailor with his arms around a gal looking exactly like a ceo at a Coldplay concert. Apparently someone in the OOWC (Offshore Oil Wives Club) saw it. And let me tell you: if GGFV are the worlds best HUMINT network and the Yakuza is second then the OOWC is a strong bronze medalist. They maybe third but to their credit the OOWC network moved faster than NSA fiber. His wife saw the photo BEFORE he left the club and committed the" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-18 15:23:43 UTC 73.7K followers, 7338 engagements
"The entire stock valuation of Huntington Ingalls is just $9B. Elon could buy the whole shipyard and halt construction on the next two carriers unless Trump agrees to rename them USS Kekius Maximus and USS Harry Blz π€£ Tell me that wouldnt break the internet" @johnkonrad on X 2025-06-10 01:46:47 UTC 73.7K followers, 17.5K engagements
"Grandpa was a navigator on B24s Dad was a USAF Medic in Vietnam But I picked the Navy (and the Merchant Marine) after waking up in a cold sweat one night dreaming I had been selected for missile silo duty. No thank you. Id rather battle seas in the North Atlantic for days. Hats off to these guys they earned it" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-20 00:48:20 UTC 73.7K followers, 5623 engagements
"Ive flown first class to India taken a private jet to Borneo and a luxury Sikorsky far offshore. None of it cost more money and time preparing than the flight Im about to board. My sons first flight as a licensed pilot with a passenger. I couldnt possibly be more excited" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-19 14:25:34 UTC 73.7K followers, 59.7K engagements
"No ambulances. No doctors. No mid ocean helicopter medivacs. Not even a trained EMT. We took a X day class and can call a doctor to talk us through the procedure. Get hurt on a US Merchant Marine ship and the officers will draw straws to decide who will stitch you up" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-20 02:06:47 UTC 73.7K followers, 5947 engagements
"True. And I respect the hell out of my wife who in 2003 spent days drifting in a suspected minefield aboard a ship packed with explosives on Navy orders. But she wont even stand at veterans events because so many veterans have told her the Merchant Marine isnt a real service" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-20 03:07:31 UTC 73.7K followers, 6613 engagements
"What weapons and capabilities would you like to see on next-gen U.S. Navy battleships Bigger guns Better armor Nuclear power Drone swarms If were dreaming big lets go all the way" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-15 19:37:39 UTC 73.7K followers, 29.7K engagements
"@SamuelFByers I have put in the request with my tour organizer" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-23 12:56:06 UTC 73.7K followers, XXX engagements
"The majority of divorces start when one spouse gets more emotional and the other starts shrugging. Same with countries. Its already over. Shut the border and change the locks now before they do something dumb" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-14 22:12:12 UTC 73.7K followers, 39.9K engagements
"There are fewer than XXX Republicans in my town of 7000. Bluesky wants me to dox my blue haired neighbor to prove Im not lying. Great idea Steve why not start a turf war while outnumbered XX to X This is how they get you to light the match and hold the gas can" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-14 15:38:01 UTC 73.7K followers, 2547 engagements
"And the once great Royal Navy is a shell of its former self" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-21 01:17:19 UTC 73.7K followers, 11.2K engagements
"@grok @CynicalPublius @ProfMJCleveland Check reddit too" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-21 13:18:47 UTC 73.7K followers, XX engagements
"Nonsense. Deep moral shame is underrated. The Navy poisoned kids drinking water the Army injured XX on the Gaza pier XX died at Abbey Gate and our Merchant Marine cant get past the Houthis. Not one GOFO has shown an ounce of shame. Not one. BRING BACK SHAME" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-22 01:28:36 UTC 73.7K followers, 13.8K engagements
"Forget tanks. @cdrsalamander will Florida let me dock a military Battleship with working cannons" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-21 15:01:04 UTC 73.7K followers, 2519 engagements
"Its been XXX days since the election and we still havent ordered any new ships We also still dont have that new shipbuilding office POTUS promised Or a Commandant of the US Merchant Marine Or an under secretary of the Navy" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-02 11:40:49 UTC 73.7K followers, 13.6K engagements
"I live at the corner of MA CT and NY between NYC and Albany. This weekend I flew a small plane with my son. Ive seen the Northeast from jets and drones but cruising just a few thousand feet up it hit me: Even in the crowded Northeast theres massive amounts of untouched open land. Its wild. Totally untouched. Not even farmland just millions upon millions of acres of woods. The areas zoned for development are tiny. Its one of the most beautiful places on earth but real estate prices are high like everywhere else. Heres the other thing. These arent old wood forests. Almost every tree had been" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-21 14:42:06 UTC 73.7K followers, 12.6K engagements
"I genuinely dont understand why anyone buys two-piece toilets. We all know you are not disassembling them every week to scrub that disgusting gap between the tank and the base" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-20 01:41:52 UTC 73.7K followers, 6090 engagements
"A DM I received from the former CEO of one of the largest shipping companies in the world. Thoughts" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-20 11:45:59 UTC 73.7K followers, 3124 engagements
"The problem with Americans base assumption that our USAF can move our Army overseas is planes require an enormous amount of fuel. Ships can move everything efficiently but they are slow. Thats why Im really excited by this. Using ground effect or hydrofoils gives major fuel efficiency to planes. Next stop: this needs to scale BIG The other advantage of ships is one mega containership can carry more cargo than the entire USAF. Much more efficiency than planes should allow us to build these sea gliders much larger" @johnkonrad on X 2025-06-10 17:21:19 UTC 73.7K followers, 30.3K engagements
"I opened my NYTimes app today. Theyre trying but they cant keep up. News that broke just hours ago is already off the homepage. THIS IS CRUCIAL The entire liberal deep state command and control system is broken. Let me explain π§΅" @johnkonrad on X 2025-02-04 23:16:58 UTC 73.7K followers, 11.7M engagements
"Thats how Ruger Firearms began. William Ruger built firearms in his Brooklyn home then rode the subway to the last stop east to test them. Teddy Roosevelt didnt go that far. As a kid he tested rifles near Union Square. Now Good luck getting a permit to carry a competition .22 locked in your trunk" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-15 14:29:33 UTC 73.7K followers, 4171 engagements
"Dont Florida and Texas have zero income tax" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-19 10:39:20 UTC 73.7K followers, 16.4K engagements
"A few weeks ago we were down a car and my son needed to get from Albany to Philly. Every option including flying himself in a rented private plane was cheaper than AMTRAK. He took the bus instead. Saw a fentanyl overdose in Newark. This is American infrastructure in 2025" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-13 11:59:58 UTC 73.7K followers, 25.5K engagements
"Old men used to be great at giving advice. They didnt care if you listened or cried they just dropped hard truths no fluff no agenda. Then the boomers showed up: preachy passive-aggressive full of moralizing and ego. Now nobody listens to old men anymore" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-21 22:59:58 UTC 73.7K followers, 9343 engagements
"So quick question are we getting rid of the absolute BS commercial fishing rules Obama and the Walton family imposed in fisherman" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-19 21:46:46 UTC 73.7K followers, 4226 engagements
"The biggest hassle for merchant ships with security teams isnt pirates its declaring weapons in port. At what point do ships just start 3D-printing their own weapons once they hit international waters How long before someone open sources a CWIS anti/drone gatling gun" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-21 10:48:00 UTC 73.7K followers, 14.8K engagements
"Best flight of my entire life. So proud of this kid BZ Jack" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-19 19:14:49 UTC 73.7K followers, 39.7K engagements
"Theres a bit more to this story about Lindbergs contributions in WW2 Leading up to Pearl Harbor Charles Lindbergh was loudly anti-war and FDR hated him for it. Roosevelt blocked him from enlisting even as a private and made sure Lindy stayed far away from any battlefield. Meanwhile in the Southwest Pacific MacArthur was desperate. Supplies were scarce and logistics were a nightmare. His Air Corps commander General George Kenney was pulling off miraclespioneering combat airlift long-range missions and jungle airstrips but even he couldnt conjure cargo ships out of thin air. Heres the problem:" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-19 12:14:55 UTC 73.7K followers, 25.1K engagements
"WISKEY TANGO FOXTROT Walking from Parliament to my favorite spot in London the statue of the greatest naval commander in history and what do I see under Lord Nelson A massive sign that reads: CLUELESS. Sure. Tell me thats not deliberate. Ill wait" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-23 12:22:52 UTC 73.7K followers, 2475 engagements