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@mrcarlos_ Retirement is overrated. And a job is the best occupational therapy you can have. It keeps you sane.

«Estoy demasiado ocioso, estoy al borde de la desesperación» —eso es lo que sentía. A los 28 años, logró obtener esa «libertad de no tener que hacer nada», pero al parecer, eso resultó ser un infierno. Se despertaba por la mañana sin planes de ningún tipo. Nadie lo necesitaba. Iba a un café, pero no había nadie con quien hablar. En tres meses, llegó al borde mismo de la depresión. Al final, él mismo empezó un negocio. No por dinero, sino para recuperar ese «estado de tener algo que hacer todos los días». Al escuchar esto, me quedé impactado. Muchas personas piensan que «con dinero, uno puede ser feliz». Pero en realidad, aunque haya dinero, si no hay «propósito», las personas se quiebran. La libertad no es «no hacer nada», sino «poder elegir lo que se quiere hacer». Ganar dinero es un medio para eso, y no se debería convertir en la meta. Eso es lo que pienso.

Un amigo italiano mío, a los 28 años, acumuló una fortuna de 500.000 € y dejó su trabajo. No lleva una vida de lujos. Vive en un apartamento con renta de 350€, cocina todos los días en casa y sus pasatiempos son caminar, leer y hacer deporte. Sus gastos mensuales son de 1.000€ aproximadamente. «Por los próximos 40 años he decido no tener que hacer nada», me dijo. Normalmente, uno sentiría envidia. Pero seis meses después, lo que él dijo fue:

@RabbiPoupko Robert Harris wrote a great book about the incredible Dreyfus affair. An Officer and a Spy.

He was not Jewish, nor was he a Zionist. He was a French Catholic novelist born into a modest family and living in financial hardship. Émile Zola did not have to defend Alfred Dreyfus and could have stayed silent like so many in the New York Times, media, and academia today. Zola could have stayed quiet while mobs screamed “Death to the Jews” across France, like they scream free Palestine or genocide, today across campuses. He could have protected his career, his reputation, and his safety. But he spoke out because he cared about the truth. Why do so few have the same courage as Zola today?

@Sire_Gift Once. And Chelsea were lucky not to be two down by half-time.

18 years ago today, Drogba and Lampard shots hit the crossbar twice against Man Utd in 2007/08 UCL final. Only if these shots went in, the Terry PK miss wouldn’t have been a thing.

@RugbyInsideLine Caluori. I think that’s easy.

🍼 The Gallagher PREM Breakthrough Player of the Season shortlist: 💫 Noah Caluori 😇 Archie McParland 😇 Edoardo Todaro 🛁 Kepu Tuipulotu A proper glimpse of the next generation. Serious talent coming through league wide.

@ArthurBollard @WhitesideOne That’s Ron Atkinson - presumably in some charity game.

@WhitesideOne Alan Brazil?

@RugbyInsideLine Spencer. He is Bath’s general and is the best scrum half in England.

👑 The Gallagher Player of the Season nominees are in: 😇 Tommy Freeman 🐯 Billy Searle 🛁 Ben Spencer 💫 Tom Willis Four v different cases. Freeman’s attacking output, Spencer’s control, Willis’ carrying/work-rate, and Searle as the signing of the season. Who gets your vote?

@agaffar09 @SkySportsNews Ferguson was winning titles from 1979/80 to 2012/13. That’s 34 years. 16 titles. 4 European trophies - finals against Real M, Barca, Bayern M, Chelsea. 14 domestic cups. Add Shankly, Paisley, Dalglish together, you get ‘only’ 13 titles, 5 European trophies, 10 domestic cups.

@SkySportsNews “Second best?? Did Ferguson win multiple titles in Spain Germany & England?? Pep trophy count within 10 years speaks volume.. Bob Paisley is the 🐐 who achieved more in NINE years than Ferguson in 27. O’Hara the clown talking bollocks..🙄

"Second best manager in the Premier League behind Sir Alex Ferguson" "Pep is leaving the team in a good position, it won't be a Man Utd drop off after Ferguson" Jamie O'Hara on the impact of Pep Guardiola and how his expected departure will affect Man City 🔵

@TransChicken2 @HollyGrayle She was annoying and trying to argue he shouldn’t be there. It’s like MLK needn’t have bothered. People (on the left) are still obsessed with race when it’s culture and values that matter. That’s the point the black guy was trying to make.

@HollyGrayle He denied who WE are.. so HE could be in it. If I denied his ethnicity...so I could be in it, I could be arrested. She was fecking awesome though... she nailed him down.

He probably thinks he means well, but continuing to argue that the English, as a distinct ethnicity, doesn't exist and that everyone is just "from somewhere" is an act of hostility. I'm sorry, but this cannot be tolerated. Someone who argues that your ethnicity and culture doesn't really exist is not your friend.

@TessaOutlook @HollyGrayle But does it matter? Isn’t his point that culture and values are what matter more so than race? She seemed to be trying to shit stir. I reckon he’d pass Norman Tebbit’s cricket test.

@HollyGrayle You're correct he can have British culture because he was born here but he'll never ethnically English thats impossible

@RiNu19710639 @rugbyontnt Slightly over the top, mate. Try posting before you have a drink.

@rugbyontnt Why was not an issue for Manu or the Vinapolo’s? I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. English are racist to the extreme. We know what you did to our people in the concentration camps. This is just a modern take on that…

Should South African-born Benhard Janse van Rensburg be in the England squad for this summer's Tests? 🤔

@REBBrain @rugbyontnt It’s a reasonable point. But a true Welshman would never play for England.

@rugbyontnt Let me think, wonder if there are any Welsh born people playing for England 🤔 I mean, same difference so why not 🤷‍♂️

@bry54951 @rugbyontnt But Max is English. He’s a Bath boy. Interestingly his Dad, Steve, only moved to England from Nigeria when he was 19. But he learned rugby in England. Van Rensburg isn’t English at all.

@rugbyontnt Max Ojomoh is only a generation from also not being English born isn’t he

@KonstantinKisin I agree with you. But what if they won’t subscribe to a shared national identity (and they won’t)? What then KK?

Multiculturalism has failed. Even the politicians who pursued it now admit it. That's because diversity is not a strength, unity is. The solution to the failure of multiculturalism is monoculturalism, where all citizens subscribe to a shared national identity which is more important than their individual differences.

@Avis_Astartes @KonstantinKisin There are plenty of Arabs, Druze and others in Israel. They are in Parliament and in the Army. And they do buy into being Israelis.

You are by far such a dishonest hack. Why don’t you turn around and tell Israel: “Open the gates to highly-educated Arabs or Africans who promise to assimilate, it’s fine, they’ll become Israeli like I became British.” Western nations get pressured into universalism while ethno-states like Israel get a pass on preserving their core group.

@AndrewRawson11 @MmarianneJoseph Reminds me of Manchester Hill and Wilfrith Elstob VC in the same retreat.

@MmarianneJoseph PS Bethune was a clergyman from Tasmania. Awarded the Military Cross. Became a farmer after the war.

Lieutenant Frank Bethune objected when he was told to hold the Spoil Bank (south of Ypres) on 13 March 1918. He said it was ‘useless death trap’ but he was overruled. So, his whole section volunteered to join him. He issued each man with the following order: 1/3

@HeTalksRugby He isn’t English. Just because the rules allow him to play for England doesn’t change that fact. So he would be stopping an Englishman playing for England. And I don’t think that’s right.

A lot of noise in & around van Rensburg's selection in this latest England training squad & unfortunately a lot of it is quite negative. For a game that prides itself on inclusion the reaction to his selection has been way over the top & I really hope van Rensburg is ignoring the noise. I'm sure he's anxious as it is joining up with the squad for the first time & I have no doubt the boys will make him feel part of the group, but I'm sure the last thing he wants is for everyone to be saying he shouldn't be there blah blah blah. Let's get it right, if a single one of the players who have been selected at 12/13 had made the jersey their own, Borthwick & the RFU wouldn't be going out of their way to get him in the squad, they've identified a very obvious weakness that we've all debated for years & because he wasn't born in England or doesn't have English parents he's being written off - which is absolute bollocks in my opinion. I'll finish on this, if he's able to replicate his Bristol form in an England shirt & goes on to scoring the match winning try against Scotland, France or Ireland in the next Six Nations or in the World Cup Final, are you really going to be saying 'he's not English'? No you're not, I hope you'll be celebrating him as much as you would anyone else, because if he helps the team succeed, that's all that really matters. Welcome to the madness of England Rugby BJvR.

@TelegraphRugby @oliverbrown_tel I agree. He isn’t English and he shouldn’t be representing England. But it’s the way the rules work.

✍️ 'Centre’s first country will always be South Africa – if he is not good enough for the Springboks, then he should not be in Test rugby' I Writes Oliver Brown Read @oliverbrown_tel's full article below 🔗 telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/20…

@Prominent_Bryan Because Spain’s leader is like a Spanish Zack Polanski but with better dentistry and fashion sense.

Why does Spain care so much about Palestine? Like it's weird. They threatened to boycott the WC if Israel was there, they already do for the Eurovision. Barcelona won the league and had a Palestinian flag on the bus during the parade! Etc etc Like they don't even have that high of a Muslim population compared to other countries, so why is this issue so big for them???

@ahmedsohail @DawnNeesom @GBNEWS You need to work out how to deport the millions who don’t integrate. Why should the British people accept incomers who don’t want to assimilate and embrace our culture/values? If only Mohammad had been a liberal centrist.

I want to thank @DawnNeesom for inviting me onto her show on @GBNEWS just now. I want to underscore the final point I made: Liberal centrists like me need to get off our collective high horse and genuinely listen to concerns over immigration and integration.

@skedeschi Deir Yassin was a battle not a massacre. A Palestinian broadcaster was told to fabricate a massacre to encourage Arab resistance. It did the opposite.

4/ None of this means the refugee crisis was invented. Large scale displacement happened. Some Palestinians fled combat zones. Some fled out of fear after massacres like Deir Yassin. Some were expelled directly by Israeli forces. Some expected to return after the war ended.

I'm a middle eastern historian. My own family were made refugees. And this is my honest view of the Nakba (“catastrophe”) - the displacement of around 700,000 Palestinian Arabs during the 1947–49 war surrounding the creation of Israel. A thread. 🧵