AnnaZ

Still my fave email from @wikileaks: "conspire to produce an unaware and compliant citizenry..." wikileaks.org/podesta-emails…

@mbrown_co Well, the Kentucky farm isn’t free for your brother. 😅

Idea that seems too obvious to be true: The best things in life really are free. We just spent spring break at my brother’s farm in Kentucky. I’ll admit when my wife suggested it, I felt a little skeptical. Last spring break we blew it out at an amazing resort in Cabo. The kids loved it, we had a blast. A part of me was worried that they would feel cheated out of an exotic trip. And if I’m really honest, it wasn’t about them. A little part of me felt cheated out of an exotic trip. But 20 minutes after we landed, I realized how silly that was. The cousins mobbed my kids, ran off in a pack, and didn’t stop for the next five days. My son (13, the oldest cousin) taught the little kids all of his fishing secrets at their pond. They caught 23(!) fish in a single day, his new record. They spent all day outside, canoeing, exploring, climbing the waterfall and catching frogs. My wife and I spent the week having thoughtful, honest, deep conversations with my brother and his wife. The kind that only take shape with space and stillness. We talked about raising children, midlife crises, spirituality, politics, AI, and countless other things. We don’t agree about everything, and we don’t need to. Here’s the point: I didn’t miss the resort and my kids certainly didn’t. They’re pretty sure this was the best week of their lives (with a little childlike recency bias). And this doesn’t mean I’m swearing off resorts for farm life. My fancy side is still alive and well. The point is noticing the story: “An expensive resort in a faraway place must be better.” Once again, I was reminded of a lesson that I’ll likely get to keep learning for the rest of my life: Everything you could ever want is right in front of you, if only you are willing to look.

@redsteeze I’m loath to admit it now, but there was a time when I thought that Conor was genuine.

It was this, you fucking tool.

I hate hate hate wind and cold fronts are the worst but this made even me laugh. God bless Texas.

@WyattCatarina @sxdoc

Awww, this one melted my heart completely Meet Charlotte and Riley — a beautiful couple where she has Down syndrome and autism, and he is autistic. The way they look at each other and talk about their love is so genuine, sweet, and full of wisdom. It’s such a beautiful reminder that love doesn’t have to look a certain way to be real and deep. Their bond is proof that kindness, understanding, and connection are what truly matter.

@Rainmaker1973 Looks comfy. I’ll forgive the error.

The Orbitron: Ed Roth’s futuristic 1960s ‘mistake’ car, missing over 20 years, now back in the spotlight.

This is the worst story I've ever heard. It's also perfectly emblematic of the decline of western civilization. Open the floodgates to the foreign hordes. Watch helplessly as they rape our wives and children. Then euthanize their victims so that they won't go around complaining about it.

Almost to the goal... God bless Aiden Hearn.

@KennyCarmody I am just grateful that there are still 20 to 30% of us that can stand up for what is good and right, those who value their conscience more than another’s opinion or perceived punishment. Our souls are all we really have.

COVID in a Psychological Autopsy🧵 We spent five years debating the science. We have barely begun to examine ourselves. Let us conduct a genuine psychological autopsy of what happened during COVID. Not a political one. Not a medical one. A psychological one because until we understand what drove human behaviour during those years at the deepest level, we are condemned to watch it happen again. And it will happen again. What the virus revealed about human nature was more contagious than the virus itself. This story did not begin in 2020. It did not begin with Milgram in 1961 or Zimbardo in 1971 or Asch in 1951 or any other event in the last centuries. It began, if you read it that way, in a garden. Adam and Eve did not eat from the forbidden tree because they were evil. They ate because they were afraid of missing something, because an external voice told them that what they had was not enough, and because the social pressure of that moment, the presence of another person making the choice, the authority of the voice offering the fruit overrode their own inner knowing. The first act of human compliance with a destructive authority is written into the oldest story we have. Cain and Abel goes further. The first murder in human history was not committed by a monster. It was committed by a man consumed by comparison, by wounded pride, by the shadow of his own inadequacy projected outward onto his brother. He did not see himself as evil in the moment. He saw himself as justified. As wronged. As acting on a feeling so overwhelming it demanded expression. This is the psychological pattern that has repeated across every atrocity in recorded history. Not monsters. Ordinary people. With unexamined shadows. If you study Nazi Germany, if you read Hannah Arendt on the banality of evil, if you sit with the Milgram data, if you study the actual psychological profiles of the men who administered the Holocaust what you find is not a population of uniquely evil individuals. You find clerks. Teachers. Fathers. Men who loved their children and fed their dogs and went to church on Sundays. As one of the sharpest psychological observers of our time has put it, if you study those perpetrators and ask what they were like, the answer is they were just like you. And if you do not know that, it simply means you do not know anything about people, including yourself. That is not a comfortable sentence. It is the most important sentence in this entire post. Because the question COVID demanded of every individual was not primarily a medical one. It was a psychological one. Who are you when the authority speaks? Who are you when the crowd moves? Who are you when compliance is rewarded and dissent is punished? Who are you when the cost of standing still while others march past becomes socially, professionally, and personally unbearable? The psychology of compliance under COVID breaks down along lines that have been well documented in social science for decades. The compliant individual is not, in most cases, malicious. They are frightened. And beneath the fear is something deeper, a fragile relationship with their own authority. A lifelong pattern of looking outward for validation, for safety, for the definition of what is real and what is acceptable. These are people who were never taught or were actively discouraged from learning to trust their own perception when it contradicts the consensus. When the authority spoke, they felt relief. Not just safety from the virus. Relief from the anxiety of having to decide for themselves. Relief from the responsibility of independent judgment. The system told them what was true and what was good and all they had to do was comply and in exchange they received belonging, approval, and the deep comfort of being on the right side. And then something more sinister activated.

@CovfefeAnon @herzegovinan My God, why is this true.

Remember that libs have absolutely no problem with state sanctioned and administered killing... as long as the person being killed isn't a criminal *Then* it's something that must be stopped at all costs

@conor64 Because they lied, about everything, and then used government to censor the people calling out the lies. We were all here, we all remember.

A question for everyone: survey data suggests that by the end of the Covid-19 emergency trust in public health institutions had decreased significantly. If you are among the people who reacted that way, why specifically? I'm hoping for long, diverse, individualized answers.

@CBR All, and I mean all, of the lulz.

The Lord of the Rings trilogy is an iconic film series, but it also has many elements that are difficult to watch in modern day. cbr.com/8-reasons-toug…

@LoewyLawFirm The Spanish girl who was raped and then euthanized by the system. The veteran killed by being pushed into the subway. Young women gunned down. The pain and decay in this town because criminals roam freely. I’m going back out to the garden.

@AnnaZ What ??

I cannot with the news today. It’s just one preventable horror story after another.

Ride/Drive the bus in West Campus = threatened with a knife Walk at 12th/Trinity = threatened with machete Drive/park your Volkswagen in West Campus = carjacked, and you are now promoted to bus rider. Don't worry, the buses are a lot of fun.

Every EU state has abolished the death penalty for criminal perpetrators. Now they are euthanizing crime victims.

@WomanDefiner @Andwar3 Death penalty. It’s time.

We are at a point in society where some people no longer deserve trials because of video evidence. This guy doesn't deserve a trial, he doesn't deserve a second chance, he doesn't deserve to go on living. This is pure evil.

The Islamic regime has confirmed the death-sentence of 18 year old Melika Azizi was carried earlier today. Melika was arrested in January 2026 during nation-wide protests and charged with "moharebeh" (waging war against god for allegedly burning Islamic regime symbols. In court, Melika told the judge: "You let so many young people bleed. How can I remain silent? I don't care just kill me" She was a brave young lady!

@data_atx My goodness this is so tragically Austin. They build a play area and then let the bums destroy it. A metaphor for the state of this whole town. 😭

This comes up a lot with vacant lots in Austin The police say they can't remove homeless or criminals from the lots because they can't find the owner Is this true? Can't they make the criminals prove they have a right to be on the lot?

@Highway_30 @1DeplHonkey They were all magnificent people. It was truly a tragic event. And probably preventable. Our criminal justice system and attitude is in serious need of reform.

Man… I’m fucking crushed. My mind was just thrown from a building. A friend and training partner of mine, Jorge Pederson was 1 of the 3 people killed in that Austin, TX mass shooting a few weeks back. Say a prayer for him and his family, I’m just finding out today. He was always a joy to train with and talk to. Last time I saw him he was excited about his pro debut. Rest in Peace brother! 🙏🏽 cbsnews.com/amp/minnesota/…

I’m not the only one happy that winter is over.