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@SirBylHolte In a western spoken by the evil gang leader (Henry Fonda): Any man worth wounding is worth killing.

The 10 Greatest Movie Catchphrases Of All Time: 1. It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again. 2. I’m your huckleberry. 3. Get away from her you bitch! 4. Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die! 5. Here’s looking at you, kid. 6. We’re gonna need a bigger boat. 7. Say hello to my little friend! 8. You can’t handle the truth! 9. Houston, we have a problem. 10. May the Force be with you. What are your favorites?

@JulianOD @HiddenHistoryYT The Polish also got some early Enigma tech. But the point of this story is also keeping secret the capture of a codebook. June 4 1944 was still a critical time.

@HiddenHistoryYT Oh FFS. Why do you make it look like the bloody Yanks won the war single handed? The UK captured 3 intact Enigma machines in 1940, and the code books in 1941 from U110. 1944? Too late by half. Tell the whole story or not at all.

In June of 1944 the US Navy did something it had not managed to do since the War of 1812. It captured an enemy warship on the open ocean and kept her. The ship was a German submarine, U-505, and the wildest part is what happened next. The Navy hid the entire thing from the world for over a year. This story ends in Chicago, and here is how it got there. It started with a captain named Daniel Gallery. Almost every commander out hunting U-boats had one simple job, sink them and go home. Gallery had a stranger idea rattling around in his head. He wanted to board one and take it alive. People told him it could not be done. A submarine that has been hit floods in a matter of minutes, and any crew still aboard could scuttle her or fight. He drilled his men on it anyway, over and over, until they could do it in their sleep. June 4, off the coast of West Africa. Gallery's group pins down U-505 and hammers her with depth charges until the German crew is sure she is finished. They blow to the surface, throw the hatches open, and start jumping into the sea. On their way out they crack the valves to send her to the bottom, so the Americans cannot have her. Now the clock is running. A small boat from the USS Pillsbury races over. A young officer named Albert David climbs down into a submarine that is actively flooding, that could explode at any second, not knowing if armed Germans are still waiting in the dark. He goes anyway. Two sailors follow him. Down inside, with water rising around their legs, they shut the valves by hand and stop her from going under. Then they start grabbing everything they can carry. Codebooks. Charts. And an intact Enigma machine, the exact cipher device the Allies had been bleeding men and ships to get their hands on. Here is the part most people never hear. The real prize was never the submarine. It was the secret. If Germany ever found out U-505 had been captured instead of sunk, they would change every code overnight, and everything the Allies were quietly reading would go dark in an instant. So the Navy made her vanish. They towed a 250 ton German submarine across the Atlantic without a word. They held the captured crew apart from all other prisoners and listed the boat as lost, so that Germany and even the sailors' own families would believe U-505 went down with all hands. An entire warship, hidden from an entire nation. Albert David, the man who went down first into that flooding hull, received the Medal of Honor. It was the only one given to a sailor in the Atlantic in the whole war. He never got to enjoy it. He died of a heart attack in 1945, before the world even knew what he had done. Then the war ends, the secret comes out, and the Navy decides U-505 has served her purpose. The new plan is grim and simple, tow her out and blow her apart for target practice. Gallery cannot stand the thought of it. He is a Chicago kid, born and raised on the Northwest Side, and he wants her to come home. So he fights for it. The Museum of Science and Industry raises the money, and in 1954 they tow this captured U-boat thousands of miles up through the Great Lakes to Lake Michigan. Then comes the last impossible move, hauling a submarine across Lake Shore Drive to the museum grounds. And they pull it off. She was dedicated that year as a memorial to the thousands of American sailors who never came back from the Atlantic. U-505 is still in Chicago today, sitting indoors, where anyone can walk right up and put a hand on her hull. So the next time somebody tells you an idea is impossible, remember the captain who decided he was going to board a sinking submarine, keep the biggest secret of the war, and then park his war prize in his own hometown. He was right on all three counts. Go see her. She is really there.

@daveheiser01 @LoneStarLegendX Too bad her 12 year old did not ask her to carry a gun with her vest.

I just heard audio of her Congressional testimony recounting coming home from work with a bullet-proof vest, setting it down, and having to explain to her child why she had a bullet-proof vest. I have to believe that she has been cowed. If we can't/won't control Democrat enablement and activation of kooks, maybe USSS needs to protect SCOTUS.

Amy Coney Barrett’s record tells a troubling story. Before Dobbs, she voted with the conservative position in 81% of non-unanimous cases. Since then, that number has dropped sharply into the 50–60% range in subsequent terms — including on major cases involving birthright citizenship, election procedures, and administrative power, where she has sided with Chief Justice Roberts and the liberals. The Dobbs leak triggered violent threats and protests aimed directly at Supreme Court justices. If the threat of violence or intimidation can move a justice’s votes on foundational issues, we have a constitutional crisis on our hands. Judicial independence is not optional — it is the foundation of the rule of law. When justices appear to bend under pressure, public trust collapses and the entire system is at risk. This cannot be allowed to stand. Threats against the Court must be met with zero tolerance, full investigations, and real consequences — no matter who makes them. Anything less is an attack on self-government itself.

@caleb_friesen Virtual magnet? Inventing new words for an an old concept electromagnet.

VImag Labs blew my mind. They've built what they call a Virtual Magnet Synchronous Motor (VMSM). Traditional permanent magnet motors rely on rare earth magnets inside the rotor. These magnets are imported and expensive. Instead of using permanent magnets, VImag's rotor contains windings that are electronically excited and precisely controlled through software. As current is induced and managed in the rotor, it behaves like a "virtual magnet" allowing the rotating magnetic field from the stator to drive the motor just like a conventional permanent magnet synchronous motor. This means that the motor delivers the benefits of a permanent magnet design without actually needing rare earth magnets. Their current prototype is rated for 6 kW continuous power, with a peak output of 10 kW and 48 to 58 Nm of torque. The initial target market is EVs (everything from two wheelers, three wheelers, buses, and trucks). They may also use them in compressors and ceiling fans. The upsides are: 1. Lower cost. 2. Lower weight. 3. Smaller size. 4. Ability to control magnetic field. 5. Improved efficiency over PMSM. 6. Indigenous manufacturing and supply chain resilience. The company has been working on this tech since 2020.

@B840D0o @GusSaltonstall I have seen the bike lanes in Boston area seriously endanger access to pick up rides, including restrictions to cross walks in places where bicyclists have died playing chicken with trucks.

@GusSaltonstall Currently the row of parked cars physically impaired their access. Removing those parked cars and replacing them with a bike lane will grant them far better access (even if they never ride a bike). Best of luck to them with their specious argument!

Six disabled residents of West 72nd St. have filed a lawsuit against the city in an effort to stop the 72nd St. 2-way bike lane proposal, arguing that it unlawfully discriminates against them as disabled individuals because it would impair their access to West 72nd Street

@naomirwolf We should have a scan of every ballot uploaded to Amazon S3 for view by the public.

I finally found the official tally for Zohran Mamdani’s alleged victory in November 2025 on the Board of Elections website. It’s kind of tucked away. Mandani has votes in every precinct and appeared in two different party lines on the ballot. (Sliwa was also counted in two parties.) Cuomo appeared in just one. A signed affidavit from a poll worker in Brooklyn notes that workers were trained to feed double vote ballots - in which voters mistakenly checked both parties for the same candidate - into the machine, instead of discarding them and helping the voter mark a clean ballot, as in all regulations past. If the machine counted both votes in double vote ballots, which my tech team explained is an algorithm that is very easy to create, that amounts to the margin of victory that Mamdani ‘had’ over Cuomo.

@WolfofX Too bad it was so late. A trip to an otho would have worked out great. Urgent care does not set broken bones.

In 2018, University of Texas student Joey Romano was skateboarding near campus when he crashed while trying to avoid a car. The fall left him with a badly broken wrist. Lying on the ground in pain, Joey made a decision that surprised many people. He didn't call an ambulance. He later explained that he was worried about the cost. His health insurance wasn't great, and an ambulance bill could have added thousands of dollars to an already stressful situation. So instead, he opened the Uber app. The driver who accepted the ride was Beni Lukumu, an immigrant from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. When Beni arrived, he didn't just find a passenger waiting on the sidewalk. He found a young man who could barely move. He helped Joey into the car and drove him to an urgent care clinic. Doctors there quickly realized the injury was too serious and sent him to the emergency room. Most people would have considered the trip over. Beni didn't. After learning that Joey's family lived out of town, he chose to stay at the hospital. For about six hours, he sat beside someone he had met only that afternoon. He helped him check in, kept him company while he waited for treatment, and remained there until Joey's grandmother arrived. Beni refused extra payment for his time. Instead, he accepted an invitation to have dinner with Joey's family. That dinner became the beginning of a friendship. The two stayed in touch through birthdays, life updates, and regular visits. What started as a simple Uber ride became a bond that lasted long after Joey's wrist had healed. Seven years later, they were still close friends. Looking back, Beni explained his decision with remarkable simplicity. "It wasn't even a question for me. I was staying with Joey. He needed somebody to be by his side." Joey ordered an Uber because he couldn't afford to think about an ambulance bill. He found something far more valuable than a ride. He found a friend who never treated kindness like it was part of the fare.

@theAUspectator @Dr_TheHistories @tedcruz The insults against Jacksons wife were much worse than name calling based on looks.

@Dr_TheHistories My main takeaway from this is that Jackson hated a man who insulted his wife enough to get intentionally shot in his pursuit of vengeance. Meanwhile, @tedcruz spent the past decade ball washing Trump after he called his wife a dog faced bitch🤣

In an 1806 duel, Andrew Jackson (the 7th American president) knew he couldn't outdraw master marksman Charles Dickinson. His survival strategy was brutal: he deliberately let Dickinson shoot him first. Under the rules of dueling, once a man fired, he was required to stand motionless on his mark and await his opponent's return fire. If Jackson rushed his shot to beat Dickinson, he might miss. By absorbing the bullet, Jackson bought himself the time to aim with absolute precision. Dickinson fired. A cloud of dust puffed from Jackson’s coat as the bullet struck him squarely in the chest. But Jackson did not fall. He simply raised his left hand to his chest, stood perfectly still, and leveled his pistol. Jackson survived the immediate impact because of a wardrobe trick and his gaunt physique. Standing 6-foot-1 and weighing only about 145 pounds, Jackson wore a loose, oversized dark blue frock coat. When he took his mark, he turned sideways in a bladed stance. Dickinson aimed exactly where a man's heart should be based on the drape of the coat. The bullet hit the precise spot Dickinson intended, but Jackson's actual heart was an inch or two away. The ball shattered two ribs and lodged deep in his chest cavity. Despite the massive trauma, Jackson masked his pain through sheer willpower and spite. He despised Dickinson—who had publicly insulted his wife—and was determined not to give the marksman the satisfaction of knowing he had landed a successful shot before dying. Jackson later said, 'I should have hit him, if he had shot me through the brain.' Jackson pulled his trigger, but the pistol stopped at half-cock. He calmly pulled the hammer all the way back, took aim again, and shot Dickinson in the abdomen. Dickinson fell and bled to death hours later. Jackson casually walked away from the dueling ground with his surgeon, hiding his wound until they were out of sight of Dickinson's seconds. It was only when the surgeon noticed blood sloshing inside Jackson's left boot that he realized the future president had been hit. The bullet was too close to the heart to be safely removed, and Jackson carried it inside his chest for the remaining 39 years of his life. #drthehistories

@BrianRoemmele COBOL was a good enough language that MIT professor William A Martin worked on an extension called HIBOL

Grace Hopper suggested teaching computers English, critics scoffed, insisting that machines "only do arithmetic." She built the world's first compiler in her spare time. She was right and the experts were wrong.. In the early 1950s, processing time on million-dollar machines like the UNIVAC I was treated as infinitely more valuable than the labor of the human programmers who operated them. At the time, programming was a brutal exercise in hardware manipulation. Programmers had to write instructions in pure machine code or octal notation, manually keeping track of where every variable was stored in the machine's memory. The job required a deep understanding of the computer's internal architecture and an immense tolerance for tedious, error-prone translation. Grace Hopper, a mathematician working on the UNIVAC, believed this manual translation was backwards. If computers were so good at repetitive tasks, she reasoned, they should be the ones translating human-readable instructions into machine code. In 1951, she proposed a "compiler"—a program that would take high-level mathematical symbols and automatically convert them into executable binary code. The computing establishment rejected the idea outright. Critics argued that computers were not built for symbolic manipulation, and even if they were, using precious machine cycles to compile code was a foolish waste of resources. After proving her compiler concept worked with the A-0 system, she didn't stop at mathematical symbols. She recognized that for computers to be truly useful in business and industry, non-mathematicians needed a way to program them. Her team developed FLOW-MATIC, the first programming language to use English keywords like "COMPARE," "ADD," and "TRANSFER." By demonstrating that software could be written in a language close to plain English, Hopper fundamentally changed the trajectory of computer science. Her work proved that writing software could be abstracted away from the physical hardware, shifting programming from an exercise in binary translation into a tool for broad logical problem-solving. This conceptual leap laid the direct foundation for COBOL, democratizing software development and setting the standard for almost every high-level programming language that followed.

@VividProwess More from France could move to the Boston area. There are many French speakers here due to Haitian people.

Welcome to Israel!!! 🇮🇱 Over 230 new immigrants landed in Israel from France. About 800 have immigrated this month.

@bluelivesmtr Nobody I know who had a rapist father benefitted by his presence. Follow up with a counter-example if you will.

🚨INFURIATING!!! Walz pardon board cited deportation fears when recommending clemency for an illegal immigrant convicted of s*xually ass-ulting a CHILD!!! Minnesota’s Clemency Review Commission voted 4-2 to recommend a pardon for Tou Lue Vang, a Laotian national convicted in 2006 of repeatedly r*ping a girl starting when she was 10 years old. Commissioners who supported the pardon openly cited worries that Vang would be deported and concerns about his six children growing up without a father in the country. One commissioner wrote, “Very tough case but the kids not having a father is not in the best interest of society.” Another noted the applicant’s need for clemency was tied to “immigration issues.” Governor Tim Walz’s Board of Pardons then granted the full pardon last month. Secretary of State Marco Rubio immediately revoked Vang’s legal status, leading to his deportation and ensuring he will never threaten American children again. This is what happens when politicians and appointees put the interests of criminal illegal immigrants ahead of justice for victims and the safety of our communities. When will states stop shielding predators from the consequences they earned? Spread this EVERYWHERE and show how evil Democrats truly are. #DeportCriminals #AmericaFirst

@BobHoldenNYC He is just instructing us on what communists are supposed to believe and repeat. Get with the program comrade.

Mamdani and his administration keep playing the same disgusting game: minimize crime, dismiss what New Yorkers see with their own eyes, and reduce victims to statistics. The moment their carefully crafted crime narrative starts to fall apart, they resort to insensitive, asinine comments instead of accountability. Rape, or any crime for that matter, should never be politicized or treated like a math exercise. New Yorkers deserve the truth, not spin, and they certainly shouldn’t be treated like morons while City Hall tries to explain away the reality they’re living every day.

@MemoryLaneTime You would be amazed at the Washington D.C. Mall area during Christmas in the late 1960s and early 70s. Jackie Kennedy brought back boxing day to the Whitehouse.

I wish younger people could experience Christmas in the ‘70s ‘80s and ‘90s. The department stores, the amazing decorations, the downtown shopping ... It was really magical.

@RetroCoast It is a mixed bag for sure.

The only Americans dumb enough to believe in the American government are those who have never encountered it. Whose opinion is formed by watching TV shows Any American who has actually interacted with the government (federal, state, local) knows it is a total incompetent SCAM

@tanpukunokami I have never heard an insult around the bomb. More like amazement that it took too bombs and the Soviet Union coming into the war before the terms of surrender were accepted. The fact Japan was ready to listen to W. Edwards Deming was pivotal after the war.

To the lowlifes who can only bring up “the atomic bomb” whenever they want to insult Japan: In 1945, Japan was reduced to ashes. Cities were destroyed. Factories stopped. People struggled even to find food. And yet, in only about twenty years, Japan had risen again to become one of the world’s leading economies. Of course, American support, access to its market, and the security alliance all played a major role. But favorable conditions alone do not rebuild a country. Japan rose because people restarted the factories, improved the technology, and kept working. Before long, Japanese cars and electronics were being used around the world. A country once reduced to ruins became a country that helped shape modern life. So whenever you bring up the atomic bomb, what we remember is not defeat. We remember the strength of a country that was devastated—and still rose again. Every time you use the atomic bomb to insult Japan, you end up proving, in your own words, just how extraordinary Japan’s recovery really was.

@alexanderrusso Teaching how to use graphs and slide rules is a lot of fun and teaches skills that last forever.

"Through eliminating and reducing several tech contracts, the district saved $435,000 that it plans to put toward purchasing new math and reading curricula that rely less on technology, Chief Academic Officer Bob Bales said." In North Carolina, Parents Push Back Against Tech in Schools theassemblync.com/news/education…

@ChiefEngineerCE I do know several Haitian CNA, also Uganda. Lots of people I see have gotten very old.

Medical Tuesday. Let’s run the numbers on the hypothetical drama concerning TPS returning to their home countries. Haitians in the U.S.: There are roughly 1.13 million people of Haitian ancestry in the United States. Of those, approximately 330,000–350,000 were on Temporary Protected Status (TPS) as of early 2026. A significant portion of recent Haitian inflows came through parole and TPS expansions. Haitians in healthcare: Haitian-born workers make up about 0.6% of the total U.S. healthcare workforce (roughly 111,000 people). They are heavily concentrated in lower-wage direct care roles - nursing assistants, home health aides, and long-term care, especially in Florida, New York, and Massachusetts. They are not a major presence among physicians. Total illegal immigrant population: Current estimates range between 12–14 million (some higher). This includes people from many countries, not just Haiti. U.S. population reality: America’s total fertility rate sits around 1.6–1.79 well below the 2.1 replacement level. Without immigration, the U.S. population would eventually begin declining. This alleviates long-term pressure on the workforce and healthcare system as boomers are dying. Now the key question: If large numbers of illegal immigrants (including many Haitians) were removed, what happens to the claimed need for foreign doctors? The honest answer is this: The physician-level replacement pipeline (H-1B, J-1 waivers, provisional/fast-track licensing in 18+ states) is not primarily driven by the presence of illegal immigrants in the country. It is driven by the 1997 residency cap that Congress has refused to lift for nearly 30 years. Most of the foreign labor in healthcare that gets cited in these debates is in support roles (aides, CNAs, home health), not doctors. The doctor replacement happens because the system deliberately kept domestic residency slots frozen while opening easier pathways for foreign-trained physicians. Removing millions of illegal immigrants would reduce pressure on hospitals in certain areas (especially uncompensated long-term care and emergency costs). We do not need to import large numbers of foreign health care workers if we simply stop engineering a shortage at home. We have 105 million working aged Americans out of the labor market. Regardless we need to- Prioritize American medical graduates. Stop pretending the current system is the only option. Bookmark if you see the pattern. Quote or repost your observation. Comment below with your thoughts on this scenario.

@PeterDClack Followup on this, if this fusion works then somebody makes money like Rockefeller. But it is a game of chicken with the climate disaster net-zero politics. I smell possibility of making a lot on fusion stock price without full commercial roll out.

@PeterDClack I know so many smart people around Massachusetts who seem to think that places like Commonwealth Fusion Systems will have a commercial product within 5 years "or so." But I know dumb people who claim that fission or fusion still warms the earth (true by micro degrees).

The world is sleepwalking towards a multi-trillion dollar abyss — a nightmare already underway. It promises to be the ultimate graveyard story — the sine qua non of the illusion of free air and sunlight. By 2030, fully 85–90% of the 1.3 million (equivalent) turbines operating today (GWEC 2025) will reach the end of useful operations. To just maintain the status quo, they will all need to be replaced in a 15-20 year window that straddles the 2050 net zero deadline. That’s roughly 35,000–40,000 turbines per year to be decommissioned, recycled (or graveyarded) and replaced. This will then lead to a second, even more costly build-out - on top of the one we’re still paying for. At the same time, 5–10 billion solar panels (2 TW installed today) will also be retired, triggering hundreds of billions in scrapping, replacing, recycling and burying. Wind decommissioning alone will cost $90–150 billion globally ($150–250 k per turbine, offshore will be double). New turbine costs (for 2025–2050) could easily hit $3–4 trillion — on top of what we’re already spending. As for the composite blades, 1.5–2 million units - mostly non-recyclable - will be heading to landfill graveyards or incineration. As for critical minerals, each 3–5 MW turbine needs 2 tonnes of rare-earth permanent magnets (NdPr, Dy). Demand could triple while China still refines 80% of global supply. All of this must happen as public subsidies fade, fossil-fuel restrictions tighten (diesel still powers 86% of mining equipment) and private capital becomes pickier, after years of thin or negative returns in renewables. The coming 'replace-everything-again' phase will demand a WWII-scale industrial mobilisation with far less political goodwill.

@RetroCoast Especially in the winter you do not want two car doors open at the same time. So you get out of the drivers side quickly, closing your door then opening passenger door. Opposite when getting in car. Also speeds up leaving because passenger is settled more quickly.

Ladies, does your man open the car door for you?

@syskusa Far too many killed by IED, sad we were not capable of a Manhattan Project or MIT Radar scale effort of counter measures against the IED.

GM, I may have told this story before, but here it is again. Leadership Decisions: I had a Soldier who was also a good friend, he joined late in life, and had a finance who he had two kids with when he joined. They weren’t married though, and had another kid on the way. We are only about four months from deploying to Iraq, and optempo is high. He gets told he won’t be able to go see his daughter born because he’s not married. He shows up at my place bummed, and I’m like why the hell didn’t you come to me first, I’m your squad leader. Anyway, we have a four day weekend coming up, and I yank his ass off to the side to release him early. “Grant, you go straight to Wisconsin, get your ass married, and get back here by Sunday, you call me if anything goes wrong, or there’s any delay.” He says “but I don’t have a pass” To which I reply “You have a weather pass, now make it back here before Monday morning formation, and keep me in the loop.” Grant made it back around midnight Sunday night, newly married, and with some rifles he couldn’t keep in the barracks I agreed to keep at my place until he had an apartment with his wife, which he had two week later. Grant was one of the best soldiers I ever had the honor of leading, and was one of the best friends a man could ask for. Our PSG never asked how or when Grant got married, he just looked at me and smiled, Jacob is a great guy, and I still hang out with him whenever I can. Grant saw his youngest born, and his family was with him up to the day we deployed. I would have lost my job if anyone found out about that at the time, and it would have been worth it. “Soldiers First, Mission Always, because if you take care of your Soldiers they will Always accomplish the mission.” CSM Flowers 2-325 AIR Grant was killed by an IED May 15, 2006, he was one of the best Soldiers the Army has ever seen, and he ALWAYS accomplished the mission. I miss Grant more than I can put into words. RIP Brother 🫡 🇺🇸 Two guns are better than one! 😆