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@Shadygize 1974 West Germany

Be honest, Which world Cup did you watch first?

@PeterMcCormack @short_GAAFT Yiu can't argue for or against climate change without having memorised some key facts. The same for any subject.

@short_GAAFT No but we should be teaching thinking, not memorising.

Watching my daughter revise for her GCSEs and I privately don't give a fuck. As we enter a world of AI and automation, she is sat there memorising facts. The whole thing is stupid. We are not teaching kids the right things.

@PeterMcCormack She's not just memorising facts. She's learning how to think. Even if she never works because of AI, her quality of life will be elevated because of her thinking ability. Never mock education. I hope she doesn't read your post.

@RealJarTaylor Adapt the world to me not I will adapt to the world. The complete opposite of how evolution works.

Canada's New Democratic Party congress handed out "equity cards" in order of degrees of victimhood. Black woman complained that the card was useless in the real world. Asian tranny was furious that a real woman was called on first. Woman in keffiyeh beefed because her "gender equity card" was ignored. A "non-binary" ran the conference and was incensed when someone called her "Madam Chair." The conference was supposed to be a "celebration of our shared values." Right. Who can claim to be the most pathetic and therefore the most deserving.

@Dearme2_ Stoicism

Without drugs... what is the greatest weapon against anxiety and depression?

@KTHopkins Abfab is the best sitcom written by a female imo

*COUGHS VERY FUCKING LOUDLY* ……

@DrChrisCombs 50cm. Trial end error

Evan you might want to ask for a refund

@MDBitcoin Yes. I'm 61 yo

Do you honestly believe bitcoin will reach $1M within your lifetime?

@Breedlove22 Love the mix of Stoicism, Vervaeke and Bitcoin. As a 61yo who has been a primary teacher for 32 years, a parent to two boys for 24 years and a husband for 29 years, Stoicism has been a core guiding principle. Getting into Bitcoin in 2014 is creating generational wealth.

I lost my mother a year and a half ago and grief taught me something I wasn't expecting. Here's the Stoic technique that turned it into gratitude (from Letting Go by David R. Hawkins): All grief comes from attachment combined with the refusal to accept that everything is temporary. The more you depend on external things and people to feel whole, the more vulnerable you become to losing them. The Stoics had a practice for this called negative visualization (the primary other name for the Stoic practice of negative visualization is ''premeditatio malorum'', a Latin phrase translating to "the premeditation of evils" or "pre-studying a bad future") In any moment, hugging someone you love or drinking a glass of water, imagine this is the last time you ever do it (the goal is to wake up to what you already have before it’s gone). Because there will be a last time and it won't announce itself. I lost my mother a year and a half ago. There was a moment where I hugged her for the final time without knowing it. Sitting with that reality is one of the most powerful ways to activate genuine gratitude – gratitude that clears the mental clutter and puts you in a state where you can actually move forward. The book draws a line between the smaller self and the higher self: The ego is the illusion of separateness. Although this illusion can be useful at times, it distorts the underlying reality that everything is interconnected. Marcus Aurelius believed we are hardwired for service and connection & that living in that truth is where real fulfillment comes from. Here's the paradox that changed how I show up in relationships: Chasing love makes it harder to find. Your vibe attracts your tribe. I used to highlight my strengths, hide my weaknesses, and perform but it never worked. When I committed to showing up in radical truth I stopped dating entirely for over 2.5 years and met my wife 8 to 9 months after I started again – we built something real from the very first conversation. The energy you put into yourself is what gets reflected back to you by the world. The choice to live from love shapes everything – your relationships, your character, and the legacy you leave behind. I love you, mom. Thanks for all the wisdom you shared with me that I was too naive to understand. You gave me many lessons that continue to unfold even unto this day. Thank you for giving me a love for wisdom, and an ambition to learn to love wisely.

@AltcoinDaily Yes. Since 2014

Do you still believe in Bitcoin?

@TeamTrump47 They would normally be at a pottery workshop on a Saturday morning?

🔻Look at all these folks making their posters and signs for the “NO KINGS” rallies. Notice anything in particular? 😂

@implausibleblog The far left is a much bigger problem

Zack Polanski's speech at the Together Alliance march "Looking at this crowd I see unity, I see solidarity, I see love. I see we are together" "Look around. Look at the people around you. We are intergenerational. We are white, we are black, we are Asian, we are Muslim, Christian, Jewish, non-faiths. We are community" "And together, we will win" "The tide is turning is turning. There have been dark times. I know people have been scared and have been afraid" "But days like this are here to send a message" "A message to Tommy Robinson. To Nigel Farage. To those appease who appease them" "When we turn up in our hundreds and our thousands, in our hundreds of thousands, we are unstoppable" "We see what's happening in the United States. Children snatched in the streets. People shot in cold blood. We see the war mongering. And the far right see that as their blueprint" "But people in this country have seen Reform UK for who they really are" "They would have dragged us into this illegal and unpopular war with Iran" "And we say today, this is not in our name, this is not our war" "And looking out today I see so many flags and so many slogans" "I know we are here for our migrant communities, for our trans communities, for the Palestinians, our struggles are interconnected, and we stand in solidarity" "There's three things we have to do" "First. We must not give an inch to the Daily Mail, to the rightwing hacks, to the people that spread hate and division. We will defeat you" "Second. We say to Reform UK, we know exactly who you are. You are climate denying, Trump-loving, NHS dismantling, corporate stooges" "Finally. We have to tackle the cost of living. It is time to lower people's bills. It is time to tax billionaires. Nationalise the water companies. Rent controls. Make sure we have the energy cap, so people aren't chosing between heating and eating" "More than anything, today is a march and it does not stop here. This is just the beginning" "Local elections are coming in just a few weeks time. We will defeat hate" "It's time to make hope normal again" *Audience erupts in cheer*

@johnajogu @sotiievirgo @FB_viktor How do you know?

Guess who taught Socrates

@QuoteJung Yes and context dependent

Do you think morality is subjective?

@reynolds_i94552 @JenResistedAGN Why did God give some of us less brain cells?

@JenResistedAGN Atheism is simply a lack of brain cells.

Atheism is simply a lack of belief in god(s).

@ColeFusionHQ A friend is still called Staying In because everytime you went round to his house when we were kids in the 70s his mum would say that Martins staying in.⁰

British nicknames are an unregulated industry. a 5'6 tradesman called Anthony is professionally known as Shetland Tony. a man who lost an eye is called Keth. a quiet man wore a yellow jumper once and became Mumblebee. what's the best nickname you've ever heard

@chefsevenn With mashed potato and marrowfat peas

Liver and Onions... Yes or No? 🤔

@marc02200 Everything compared to bitcoin

Name one thing that got cheaper in the last 5 years. I'll wait.

@PeterSchiff HB Peter

Today is my birthday. I'm now 63, and I was born in '63. That typically only happens once in a lifetime. However, if AI can extend human lifespans, maybe it will happen twice. I just have to live to be 163!

@MbarkCherguia I'm 61 and still do that.

Ever hear of this growing up?