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G’kar: Freedom m.youtube.com/watch?v=pJmuHN…

@magattew @flowidealism Seriously though at my grad school they talked about how some PhD students had their worldview shattered when they collected their data and disproved their thesis. A significant portion drop out at that point.

@magattew @flowidealism Laughs in Hayek.

My husband @flowidealism went to the University of Chicago to do his PhD specifically to prove the free market economists wrong. He was that committed. He became depressed for two years... Because he learned he'd been lied to his entire life. He went looking for ammunition and came back converted.  Most people avoid that risk. They'd rather keep believing something comfortable than find out it's wrong, because once you see it, you can't go back to not seeing it.

@IhabHassane @smod4real Meanwhile things remain peaceful in the West Bank. It’s Hamas that’s the problem. What will it take for Hamas to surrender unconditionally?

Since October 7th 2023, I keep hearing that Israeli society has radicalized, and that this is why they won't give Palestinians a state, why they no longer believe in peace. But what are Palestinians supposed to say about 78 years of occupation, ethnic cleansing, settler terrorism, and dispossession, or watching their children killed by the thousands and an entire Gaza reduced to rubble? The conversation is always framed around Israeli trauma, while Palestinian suffering is treated as background noise. And many so-called pro-Palestine voices and Hamas leaders have contributed to this narrative, because they do not see Palestinian lives as worth anything either. If radicalization is the concern, the answer is simple: end the occupation. That is the root. That is what produces despair, rage, and hopelessness. Yes, we have radical groups among us, that cannot be denied. But the majority of Palestinians still believe in a two-state solution and simply want to live in peace. When you see ordinary Palestinians who have given up on peace, it is not because they are radical. It is because decades of occupation have exhausted them and convinced them that peace is no longer available to them. End the occupation. That is the only real path to stability in the region.

@Pseudo_Prophet_ Mao never had any jurisdiction over Taiwan. He was much more brutal to the Chinese people than Japan was.

This is Mao Xinyu. Grandson of Mao Zedong and a Major General in the People's Liberation Army (PLA). After numerous top-level purges of the PLA carried out by Xi Jinping, he has now become one of the top Generals in the Chinese Army 🤡 Taiwan must be quaking in its boots. 😂

@DrCraigEmerson Yes hard to believe that California deliberately carved up all the white cities into multiple districts.

Racism should play no part in the next federal election, but it will thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2026/0…

@TOMOKIN_Voice Part of the challenge is if you want something custom. McDonalds doesn’t always build custom options into its ordering system. For example they launched the “Big Arch” but it only comes with a weird high-calorie spread or plain. No option to remove the spread and get mustard.

「マクドナルド店頭の注文端末が使いにくい」という人が多いみたいだけど、正直これだけ分かりやすいUIで使いにくいってなると、ITリテラシーの問題かも・・って思ってしまう。他にも、ケンタッキー等の飲食チェーンの注文でも端末が使いづらくて注文できなかったって話聞くけどこれも同様。メニューの日本語が読めないレベルの話になってきそうな気がする。

@mermazingtracy You could be in Africa by now.

Finally, finally here!

Well @americanair, tried the DMs, stopped getting responses. So public it is. Flight 2745 was diverted from DCA to ORF at approx 915. We have been on this plane on the ground for over 4 hours. No ability to deplane, until just now, but if we get off, then we can’t get back on.

@saber_k086 Ugh

BREAKING: ROK Joint Chiefs say North Korea just fired an "unknown projectile" to the Yellow Sea

@KeiferStreet @FitPatriotMom @jamesawhiite Yes Arizona is at a lower lattitude where it’s not a big deal.

Arizona is on permanent Daylight time (but they “call it” Mountain Standard time) and our circadian rhythm is just fine. Don’t believe me - look up the time in California (pacific daylight time now) and AZ - they’re on the same time right now. Your arguments are invalid and untrue. I was born and raised in Arizona. Permanent daylight time is the way to go. Everyone supporting standard argues “but the kids will be in the dark in the morning in winter!” - yep. And it’s totally fine. We survived lol - it’s not a big deal - at all. Also, with standard time, the kids get out of school when it gets dark, so you just get to pick which dark you want - you’re not preventing anything. Late summer evenings with more daylight is great. And having more daylight in the winter evenings would be great too.

It’s imperative that we revert to STANDARD, not Daylight time, for two reasons, one of which you may have never considered. You know the first: solar noon is closest to 12 o’clock all year. That means an equal number of hours before and after noon each day. This also means earlier sunrises which are significantly better for establishing a healthy circadian rhythm. The second reason is that nearly ONE THIRD of US counties are in the wrong timezone. A significant swath of the country isn’t only an artificial hour ahead because of daylight time… but TWO HOURS ahead of true solar time. Year-round daylight time, especially without recalibrating time zones, would establish this error permanently, affecting millions of Americans. We should be letting the Sun dictate the day the way God made it. Arbitrary, artificial tampering would be worse for us all. Fix the time zones and affix standard time.

@AlboMP Are you apologizing for being soft on crime or for violating Australian citizens human right of freedom of speech?

@jjkaplowitz We’re going to need ro place an order for a dozen of them for the new BCGN.

Been working in the Naval Nuclear Propulsion program going on 4 years. We have insanely high standards to keep our nuclear plants safe and have never had an accident in the program’s 70+ year existence and 7,600 reactor years of operation. Currently about 97 reactors are in service right now. Reactors are very safe. We have shown that in the Navy and overall, have had a very safe track record in the US civilian sector at large too. Time to kill the bad narrative on atom splitting.

@shiorichanvt Remind them how white people get sunburned easily and explain that it’s similar.

หนูจะอธิบายให้คนไทยยังไงดีคะว่า 28 องศาที่ยุโรปมันร้อนกว่า 40 องศาที่ไทย 😭 กำลังจะตายแล้ว ยีนคนเอเชียก็ช่วยอะไรไม่ได้เลยค่ะ…

@Brandon27332659 @RONCOULTER About 20 years ago the Honda dealer was arguing with me that an Accord built in Ohio does not have the same problems as American-engineered vehicles and 3000 miles was too early for an oil change. “Trust the car” they said.

@RONCOULTER Thanks. That makes sense. I wonder why my Ford and Nissan don't have that requirement in their manuals.

BULLSHIT. Change your oil every 3-5k regardless of what the owner's manual tells you, especially if you have direct injection (GDI) and/or a turbo. Oil is cheap compared to engine replacement.

@RONCOULTER Depends on the quality of your vehicle’s engineering. My grandfather had an Audi that had a 7500-mile oil interval and that vehicle was still running fine when he sold it 22 years later.

@GearoidReidy Yep. They adapted.

Narrative violation alert: lots of accounts on here want you to think that Japan is on the brink of an oil crisis, being swept under the rug by the government. But this analysis suggests Japan's oil imports for May are robust, at ~75% of last year's. #gsc.tab=0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">bloomberg.com/jp/news/featur…

Getting my MBA from a top-tier university this past weekend was a significant milestone for me. Not because I can say I graduated from Berkeley, but because it’s the culmination of my parents’ sacrifice and my refusal to stop despite every single rejection. And I’ve had many. I come from a humble background. I couldn’t speak a word of English when I moved to this country at 10. But I told myself early on that my past would not dictate my future and that the only limiting factor on what I could achieve was me. That belief got tested many times these past three years. While earning this degree, I founded and scaled a multi-million dollar business alongside my father — work that goes far beyond me. There were nights I wanted to quit. I didn’t. I reminded myself how blessed I am to be in this country, to do work that matters, and to carry what my family built into something bigger. Today, I’m more motivated than ever. I hold myself to extremely high expectations, and I plan to keep raising them. I’m just getting started.

@ThinkAppraiser @silveroak2002 Half of the U.S. population is invested in the stock market, whether directly, through mutual funds, or their pension fund. It is true that part of the growth of the stock market reflects inflation.

@silveroak2002 What’s that have to do with anything

The cost of everything has AT LEAST doubled in just the last 10 years Has that ever happened in history?

@ThinkAppraiser I’m glad you asked. britannica.com/event/hyperinf…

@mellifera_x3 San Francisco recently had a Wasian get together in the park. You’d fit right in!

sorry having an identity crisis on a random tuesday

All my life I have been asked where i'm "actually" from after telling other germans that i am from germany. I was told at school to "go back to china" (i'm korean) Here i'm being told i'm white. now i am uncomfortable saying ANYTHING at all about my race bc idek at this point

@ChrisDJackson This is part of the marketing budget for an all-volunteer military. Perhaps you’d prefer a draft?