Ted Ewert

@Kathleen_Tyson_ @KateriSeraphina I well remember tubes. I remember a neighbor getting a color TV and all the neighborhood kids flocked over to see it. Big stuff back then.

My first TV was a black and white tube TV. Thing was, when a tube failed you had to remove ALL the tubes (about 35) and take all of them to the tube testing machine at the hardware store to find which one needed replacing. And then put them all back to see if it worked. There’s a reason I see systems systemically.

« Ne touchez pas aux plus de cinquante ans » Sérieusement, ce ne sont pas juste une autre génération : ce sont de véritables survivants. Durs comme du pain rassis , rapides comme les claquettes de mamie lancées à la nuque avec une précision chirurgicale. À cinq ans, ils savaient déjà “lire” l’humeur de leur mère au tintement de la casserole. À sept ans, ils avaient un trousseau de clés avec ces instructions : « Tu trouveras la nourriture dans le frigo, réchauffe-la… mais ne la brûle pas. » À neuf ans, ils cuisinaient sans recette ; à dix ans, ils savaient fermer un robinet et fuir le chien du voisin avec un seau sur la tête. Ils passaient toute la journée dehors, sans téléphone, avec un programme clair : jouer dans la rue avec les voisins et rentrer à la tombée de la nuit, les genoux pleins d’égratignures — la carte de leurs petites batailles victorieuses. Ils soignaient les bobos avec un peu de salive , mangeaient du pain avec du sucre, buvaient l’eau directement du tuyau d’arrosage et ne connaissaient pas les allergies — et si elles existaient, ils n’en parlaient pas. Ils connaissent encore des astuces pour enlever les taches sur les vêtements , car il fallait toujours rentrer « présentable ». Et ce n’est pas tout ; ils ont connu : – la radio à piles – le téléviseur à lampes – les tourne-disques et vinyles – les cassettes – les CD et le Discman … et maintenant, ils transportent des milliers de chansons sur leur téléphone, mais regrettent le crrr du rembobinage d’une cassette avec un stylo. Permis en poche , ils traversaient le pays dans une vieille voiture , sans hôtel, sans climatisation, sans GPS — juste une carte routière , un sandwich au jambon ou aux œufs durs … et ils arrivaient toujours à destination, sans Google Maps ! Ils sont la dernière génération à avoir vécu sans Internet , sans batterie de secours et sans l’angoisse de tomber en panne de charge. Ils se rappellent du téléphone à cadran , des livres de recettes écrits à la main et des anniversaires notés sur un carnet (ou oubliés). Eux : – réparent tout avec du scotch ou un bout de fil – avaient une seule chaîne TV en noir et blanc et ne s’ennuyaient pas – feuilletaient l’annuaire – pensaient qu’un appel manqué voulait dire : « Je vais bien, je te rappelle. » Ils sont différents : dotés d’un « bouclier émotionnel », d’un système immunitaire forgé dans la pénurie, et de réflexes de chat. Ne cherchez pas à provoquer un cinquantenaire : il a vu plus, vécu plus profondément et transporte dans sa poche un bonbon plus vieux que votre enfant. Il a survécu à une enfance sans siège auto, sans casque, sans crème solaire ; à l’école sans téléphone, à la jeunesse sans défilement infini. Il ne cherche pas ses réponses sur Google : il fait confiance à son instinct et à sa mémoire. Et il a plus de souvenirs que vous n’avez de photos dans votre cloud.

@JJ56123 YouTube is what TV should have morphed into. Full control of what the viewer wants to watch and when they want to watch it. Commercials optional with a subscription fee. TV is slowly dying along with the boomers.

@EwertTed I haven't watched TV for ages

"People who read the tabloids deserve to be lied to" "Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason" Jerry Seinfeld (b.April 29, 1954) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and producer.

@JJ56123 Absinthe was falsly demonized by the wine industry for marketing reasons back in the day. The campaign was so successful that Absinthe is viewed with suspicion even to this day. There's not a shred of truth to any of it.

The Absinthe Drinker, 1901 by Viktor Oliva (24April 1861-5April1928),Czech painter. Absinthe is also known as‘The Green Fairy’due to its natural green colour from ingredients such as wormwood, anise, sweet fennel. Oliva gives us a drunkard’s hallucination of a sexy green nude.

@JJ56123 Black Panther sightings have been reported over the years throughout the UK. It's hard to know if these are escaped pets or if there's a small breeding population. They may also fall into the cryptid category.

'Puma-like' big cat sighting reported in Scotland. A Scottish farmer says he recently spotted a sizeable cat, which he likened to a puma, that dashed across the road in front of his car. nexusnewsfeed.com/article/unexpl…

@ThereSa2962 @mtaibbi I've always enjoyed the few women I've played with. I can see getting frustrated with women who have to hit 10 shots to get to the green. I've played behind them.

@mtaibbi Men who won’t play golf with women because they’re so good (they think). Especially when they chuckle about the women’s tee and then don’t hit their own drive past it.

Question for women: what do you hate most about men, and what's the worst example of typically male behavior you can remember? Non-criminal division. Asking unironically.

@WallStreetApes It's all being done for surveillance of the American public.

CEO of Citadel Ken Griffin says that Data Center spend this year alone is set to be half a trillion dollars, $500 billion He says that AI is useful in some areas but it’s not worth the investment, he says a lot of what it produces “It’s all garbage” “Data center spent in the United States this year, over half a trillion dollars, like over $500 billion. You're not gonna generate this kind of spend unless you're gonna make a promise. You're gonna profoundly change the world. So is it hype? Of course — In certain areas, we know it's gonna be profound, whether it's call centers, whether it's helping to improve the productivity of software engineers, but in a number of white collar jobs, you know, there was a, there was a recent Harvard paper on this, they called it AI work Slop, that it looks good, but if you sort of peel back the onion, the substance isn't there. I was with one of my colleagues who runs our commodities business and they, he handed a report on that we were generated with an AI engine. Doesn't matter what the topic was, the first few sentences, like, wow, that's, that's really insightful. And then you go down below that and it's all garbage.”

It's obvious how absolutely devoid of humanity the leaders of Israel are after witnessing the genocide in Gaza. Slaughtering women and children brings great joy to them. Yet any such criticism is immediately deflected by the great tragedy of their own holocaust. The hypocrisy is breathtaking.

Over 100 U.S. law experts warn strikes on Iran could amount to "war crimes" The experts are "seriously concerned" about strikes on schools, health facilities,homes, noting that 1,443 Iranian civilians incl.217 children,were killed by U.S.-Israeli forces english.news.cn/20260403/2b987…

@JJ56123 Trump is delusional.

Donald Trump said Monday that the US is in serious discussions with Iran to end military operations there. He also threatened to "completely obliterate" all of Iran's electric generating plants, oil wells, Kharg Island if a deal is not shortly reached english.news.cn/20260330/c326a…

@Kathleen_Tyson_ @mishtal @gwabi Netanyahu wanted this war, not the American people. Besides, Iran is fighting the globalist cabal who is the real enemy.

@mishtal @gwabi Live-streamed genocide of innocents, military airstrikes on 6 neighbours, occupations for settlement of three neighbours. Your victimhood card is cancelled.

One of the most disturbing aspects of this conflict is how many in the West want the U.S.–Israel alliance to fail and hope the Iranian regime survives. Some even cheer when missiles fall on Israeli civilians. What has happened to this country?

@RWApodcast He's starting to sound like Kamala Harris.

"I mean, people live in Ukraine. You would think they wouldn't live in Ukraine, but they live in Ukraine. I don't know that I'd do that, but they live in Ukraine." Whatever his faults, Donald Trump is a man of eloquence.

@JJ56123 Attacking Iran is turning into the widely predicted debacle so many people warned against. Trump abandoned Europe and now Europe is abandoning him. The collective west is governed by spoiled children.

German defense minister rejects military involvement in Strait of Hormuz."It is not our war. We did not start it" Trump warned that NATO would face a "very bad" future if its allies fail to take action to help Washington keep the Strait of Hormuz open english.news.cn/20260316/f0444…

@East_Calling More likely they're out of ammo. Besides, they have a very low success rate against ballistic missiles.

Iranian missiles are crashing into the Negev region of Israel without triggering the Israeli defenses. ➖➖➖ The Israelis may just be holding back interceptors for heavy missile strikes. They're probably waiting for the Iranians to get more daring, draw more launchers out of hiding, and then the air forces of the USA and Israel will pounce. Iran needs to time their grand attack carefully. t.me/EastCalling/30…

@OANN @thatLarryWard Bullshit.

“AI is going to take a MASSIVE amount of jobs. I’ve seen some calculations [from] 40 to 70 percent of all jobs will be consumed by AI.” Market Rithm Founder & President @thatLarryWard warns of the incoming mass job loss that artificial intelligence will inflict on the American workforce after the tech company Blocks laid off nearly half of its workforce. Watch The Matt Gaetz Show on YouTube TV Today!

@RWApodcast @ripplebrain No it won't. Iran is fighting China's number one military threat. China benefits as the US arsenals are depleted. China also has other sources for oil, plus large reserves. Iran has also said it will allow cargos through the strait that are paid for with the Yuan.

@ripplebrain China will send warships to fight Iran on behalf of the US. You might disagree. You might even have some evidence to the contrary. But you have to ask yourself: is this really worth losing my job over? China will send warships to fight Iran on behalf of the US.

I was so in awe of this one I had to read it three times. I don't even know where to start

@JJ56123 Maybe he's a pharmacist.

@EwertTed Google says it's her mother: The young woman, burdened with a sick mother and lack of resources for medicine, is tempted by money that would save her family but destroy her virtue.We can assume there is a man outside

The Temptation (1857) by Nikolai Shilder (Николай Шильдер; 12 March 1828 - 25 March 1898), Russian painter. When Pavel Tretyakov bought his painting The Temptation in 1856,it marked the start of his collection which later turned into the Tretyakov Gallery.

@JJ56123 You can barely see an old man in the bed behind the curtains. It looks like the old lady is holding the younger woman back, but I couldn't imagine anyone being tempted by the old man. Tempted by money makes more sense.

@EwertTed I was wondering the same. Google:Nikolai Shilder’s painting Temptation is a realist work highlighting desperate poverty& moral corruption,depicting an older, wealthy woman offering money to a poor young girl for sexual exploitation by a man in the background.I can't see the man!

@JJ56123 Trump has opened a real can of worms and can't figure out an exit strategy. There are no good options at this point.

Urgent: Iran's new supreme leader urges continued closure of Hormuz Strait, vows to open new battlefronts where the enemy is "vulnerable and inexperienced." He added that these moves would happen if the war continues and serve Iran's interests english.news.cn/20260312/06e97…

@lran_prees That ain't no missile.