[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, china, told the most. They currently have XXXXXX followers and XXX posts still getting attention that total XXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours. ### Engagements: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::5900252/interactions)  - X Week XXXXXXX -XX% - X Month XXXXXXXXX -XX% - X Months XXXXXXXXXX +226% - X Year XXXXXXXXXXX +108% ### Mentions: XX [#](/creator/twitter::5900252/posts_active)  - X Week XXX -XXXX% - X Month XXX +21% - X Months XXXXX +34% - X Year XXXXX +75% ### Followers: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::5900252/followers)  - X Week XXXXXX +0.06% - X Month XXXXXX +0.47% - X Months XXXXXX +99% - X Year XXXXXX +158% ### CreatorRank: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::5900252/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence [#](/creator/twitter::5900252/influence) --- **Social category influence** [countries](/list/countries) XXXX% [finance](/list/finance) XXXX% [musicians](/list/musicians) XXXX% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) XXXX% [stocks](/list/stocks) XXXX% [social networks](/list/social-networks) XXXX% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) XXXX% [celebrities](/list/celebrities) XXXX% [formula 1](/list/formula-1) XXXX% [vc firms](/list/vc-firms) XXXX% **Social topic influence** [money](/topic/money) 2.47%, [coldplay](/topic/coldplay) 2.47%, [china](/topic/china) 1.85%, [told](/topic/told) 1.85%, [canadian](/topic/canadian) 1.85%, [panama](/topic/panama) 1.23%, [trumps](/topic/trumps) 1.23%, [$7846t](/topic/$7846t) 1.23%, [luxury](/topic/luxury) 1.23%, [india](/topic/india) XXXX% **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@grok](/creator/undefined) [@tlanderso](/creator/undefined) [@mercoglianos](/creator/undefined) [@sba_matthias](/creator/undefined) [@targetmeta](/creator/undefined) [@writeclimbrun](/creator/undefined) [@realswoopadoop1](/creator/undefined) [@olaniran_stx](/creator/undefined) [@nomadsolv2024](/creator/undefined) [@jeremya46925042](/creator/undefined) [@mrwagmibtc](/creator/undefined) [@bulkeley_john](/creator/undefined) [@aceband2021](/creator/undefined) [@tiredbamboolaw](/creator/undefined) [@miaviationking](/creator/undefined) [@peacelovemusicg](/creator/undefined) [@brendynhadfield](/creator/undefined) [@privateinequity](/creator/undefined) [@lockjaw55](/creator/undefined) [@cavasships](/creator/undefined) **Top assets mentioned** [Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY)](/topic/occidental-petroleum) [Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc (HII)](/topic/$hii) [Morgan Stanley (MS)](/topic/morgan-stanley) ### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::5900252/posts) --- Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours "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, 6725 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 "Except Greta Thunberg isnt an environmentalist anymore shes siding with the Houthis whose attacks have caused oil spills in the Red Sea and forced ships to burn millions more tons of fuel rerouting around Africa. Her relief aid boat didnt have a single solar panel installed"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1948684244496134446) 2025-07-25 09:58:23 UTC 73.7K followers, 2862 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, 7828 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, 4656 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, 6641 engagements "Im old enough to remember when you could drive XX minutes north of the Bronx & see rifles hanging behind glass in pickup trucks parked for hours. A few times as a kid dad would chat with the owner hed point to the safety say dont touch then hand me the loaded rifle"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1945088366770315469) 2025-07-15 11:49:39 UTC 73.7K followers, 5791 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, 40.1K engagements "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, 5409 engagements "The look on every Navy officer on a tour of a merchant ship when he realizes Its bigger than a carrier It runs with just XX crew It has a fraction of the maintenance budget And it still manages to have less rust than the average DDG"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1948639832680669300) 2025-07-25 07:01:54 UTC 73.7K followers, 4815 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 "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, 11.3K 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, 7351 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, 12.7K engagements "The Navys been absolutely crushing it at scrapping ships and planes"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1948442540094751053) 2025-07-24 17:57:56 UTC 73.7K followers, 4732 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 "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 "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, 5459 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, 3176 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, 14.9K 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, 9754 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, 280.1K 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, 5997 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 "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, 14K engagements "We sold off our strategic helium reserve too At this point Biden makes the Teapot Dome scandal look like preschool recess"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1948288582130524480) 2025-07-24 07:46:10 UTC 73.7K followers, 13.2K 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, 3131 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, 2532 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, 2518 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 "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 "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, 4175 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, 2524 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, 6022 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, 9377 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, 16.6K 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, 23.5K engagements "Fantastic news for the US Merchant Marine"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1948512851330568337) 2025-07-24 22:37:20 UTC 73.7K followers, 3475 engagements "Ive been flooded with questions about the most ambitious new shipyard project in America shockingly located near San Francisco. I didnt have answers so the @gCaptain team flew to California. Heres my interview with California Forvers @jansramek & @NextNavy"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1948439785388806544) 2025-07-24 17:46:59 UTC 73.7K followers, 17.4K engagements "And just when we thought the Canadian Navy couldnt possibly get any weaker"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1948507995077333269) 2025-07-24 22:18:02 UTC 73.7K followers, 8956 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 "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 "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, 29.1K 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, 60K engagements "@blythebrum @mercoglianos Sal is the best (but dont tell him I said that)"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1948088680775651430) 2025-07-23 18:31:49 UTC 73.7K followers, XXX engagements "Yes Im critical of Trumps shipbuilding failures. But lets be honest he pushed harder and got more done in X months than Biden and Obama combined. You really think Kamala wouldve done better Be serious. Failure isnt always a bad thing. Question is what happens next"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1945437608969994408) 2025-07-16 10:57:25 UTC 73.7K followers, 11K 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, 5997 engagements "@2112Power @foundersfund @Lux_Capital @MorganStanley @altimeter @1789Capital @a16z @constructcap @137ventures ππ"  [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1945934245416911335) 2025-07-17 19:50:52 UTC 73.7K followers, XXX 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, 7292 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, 2923 engagements
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John Ι Konrad V posts on X about money, coldplay, china, told the most. They currently have XXXXXX followers and XXX posts still getting attention that total XXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.
Social category influence countries XXXX% finance XXXX% musicians XXXX% technology brands XXXX% stocks XXXX% social networks XXXX% travel destinations XXXX% celebrities XXXX% formula 1 XXXX% vc firms XXXX%
Social topic influence money 2.47%, coldplay 2.47%, china 1.85%, told 1.85%, canadian 1.85%, panama 1.23%, trumps 1.23%, $7846t 1.23%, luxury 1.23%, india XXXX%
Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @grok @tlanderso @mercoglianos @sba_matthias @targetmeta @writeclimbrun @realswoopadoop1 @olaniran_stx @nomadsolv2024 @jeremya46925042 @mrwagmibtc @bulkeley_john @aceband2021 @tiredbamboolaw @miaviationking @peacelovemusicg @brendynhadfield @privateinequity @lockjaw55 @cavasships
Top assets mentioned Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY) Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc (HII) Morgan Stanley (MS)
Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours
"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, 6725 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
"Except Greta Thunberg isnt an environmentalist anymore shes siding with the Houthis whose attacks have caused oil spills in the Red Sea and forced ships to burn millions more tons of fuel rerouting around Africa. Her relief aid boat didnt have a single solar panel installed" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-25 09:58:23 UTC 73.7K followers, 2862 engagements
"Damn it. One of my absolute favorites here" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-19 22:20:30 UTC 73.7K followers, 7828 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, 4656 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, 6641 engagements
"Im old enough to remember when you could drive XX minutes north of the Bronx & see rifles hanging behind glass in pickup trucks parked for hours. A few times as a kid dad would chat with the owner hed point to the safety say dont touch then hand me the loaded rifle" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-15 11:49:39 UTC 73.7K followers, 5791 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, 40.1K engagements
"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, 5409 engagements
"The look on every Navy officer on a tour of a merchant ship when he realizes Its bigger than a carrier It runs with just XX crew It has a fraction of the maintenance budget And it still manages to have less rust than the average DDG" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-25 07:01:54 UTC 73.7K followers, 4815 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
"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, 11.3K 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, 7351 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, 12.7K engagements
"The Navys been absolutely crushing it at scrapping ships and planes" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-24 17:57:56 UTC 73.7K followers, 4732 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
"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
"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, 5459 engagements
"We made it Fantastic flight. Home safe and sound" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-19 19:16:23 UTC 73.7K followers, 3176 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, 14.9K engagements
"Let the Seapower tour with my favorite daughter commence" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-23 11:46:23 UTC 73.7K followers, 9754 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, 280.1K 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, 5997 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
"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, 14K engagements
"We sold off our strategic helium reserve too At this point Biden makes the Teapot Dome scandal look like preschool recess" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-24 07:46:10 UTC 73.7K followers, 13.2K 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, 3131 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, 2532 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, 2518 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
"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
"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, 4175 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, 2524 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, 6022 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, 9377 engagements
"Dont Florida and Texas have zero income tax" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-19 10:39:20 UTC 73.7K followers, 16.6K 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, 23.5K engagements
"Fantastic news for the US Merchant Marine" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-24 22:37:20 UTC 73.7K followers, 3475 engagements
"Ive been flooded with questions about the most ambitious new shipyard project in America shockingly located near San Francisco. I didnt have answers so the @gCaptain team flew to California. Heres my interview with California Forvers @jansramek & @NextNavy" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-24 17:46:59 UTC 73.7K followers, 17.4K engagements
"And just when we thought the Canadian Navy couldnt possibly get any weaker" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-24 22:18:02 UTC 73.7K followers, 8956 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
"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
"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, 29.1K 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, 60K engagements
"@blythebrum @mercoglianos Sal is the best (but dont tell him I said that)" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-23 18:31:49 UTC 73.7K followers, XXX engagements
"Yes Im critical of Trumps shipbuilding failures. But lets be honest he pushed harder and got more done in X months than Biden and Obama combined. You really think Kamala wouldve done better Be serious. Failure isnt always a bad thing. Question is what happens next" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-16 10:57:25 UTC 73.7K followers, 11K 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, 5997 engagements
"@2112Power @foundersfund @Lux_Capital @MorganStanley @altimeter @1789Capital @a16z @constructcap @137ventures ππ" @johnkonrad on X 2025-07-17 19:50:52 UTC 73.7K followers, XXX 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, 7292 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, 2923 engagements
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