Jon Crowell

@wesyang Reality is transphobic

The transgender movement is the same everywhere. It tells the same lies, it engages in the same medical fraud, it broadcasts confidence in its methods that it knows to be groundless. It seeks to destroy people who tell the truth.

@dasanil sterilizing children is cruel

What are the supposed “cruelties” being inflicted?

@MattZeitlin The air is free to breath every day, which is an indication it has no value.

@HumBehEvoSoc The need for humans to cooperate to compete seems like it would drive the need to design them for intelligence.

Why are humans so intelligent? A new article explores the evolution of human intelligence and expands upon Richard Alexander’s idea that humans had to “cooperate to compete”. hbes.com/why-are-humans…

@BWJacksonX @Steve_Sailer Soccer is about sex and dancing, not about hunting and fighting.

@Steve_Sailer Throwing is obviously more relevant to hunters than kicking, but perhaps the chasing down & tackling of opponents in other football codes (American football, rugby & Australian football) replicates some of the close-contact killing of smaller prey by our forebears.

A lot of sports are good training for hunter-gatherer skills: e.g., baseball is like throwing rocks at squirrels and swinging a club in war (but...swinging a club at a thrown rock isn't very practical). But what H-G skills does kicking a soccer ball refine? Kicking in fighting?

@Steve_Sailer @the_fem_tm I think dancing is it. Soccer is intuitive and playful -- everyone understands the appeal of kicking a ball around, because it is kind of like skipping or dancing, which is fun!

@the_fem_tm Straight European men tend to be better dancers than straight white American men. I wouldn't be surprised if soccer helps you get better at dancing, which our ancestors no doubt did to show off to the opposite sex.

@Steve_Sailer Unless a football hooligan culture emerges in the US, I just don't see us becoming a strong contender in soccer. If no one else cares whether you win a soccer game, then it is hard to care yourself.

Americans who say on Twitter that All We Have To Do to Win the World Cup Is ... don't realize how monomaniacal the soccer powers are about soccer. Consider the length of the soccer season: The World Cup Final is July 19. The English Premier League's season starts August 21.

@dayonefoundry And yet for some reason no one uses this app

Me: How long will this project take. Claude: About 12-18 months. Me: But you're an AI Claude: Ah yes if you leverage AI Coding then the estimate would be 6-9 months. Me: But you're an AI Claude: Even with AI, there are many aspect of coding that take time. AI can only do much to accelerate coding but it is not a magic tool. Now that we have a realistic estimate, would you like to get started? Me: Yes *3 hours later* Claude: Ok I'm done.

@antoniogm Toyota is far superior for reliability and driving experience and range and overall coolness factor.

Just bought a Tesla Y Performance, and other than a pickup truck for hauling or a truly fast track car as a toy, I'm not sure why you'd own anything else. Everything else I drive feels like regressing a decade. I barely even touch the wheel anymore, and just punch in an address and have the car take me there. At some point, I assume we'll dispense with the wheel.

@dhh You should check out a Toyota sometime -- absolutely incredible vehicles. Best in class.

I've been a Tesla convert for years. Model X, Model S Plaid, Cyberbeast. But the Model Y we just got still blew me away! It feels so tight, so well built, so right. Unbelievably good car and good value. It sending an Aston Martin DBX 707 and Taycan Turbo S out of the fleet!

@Xaveriusoktora who is it?

Strange but I recognized him in two seconds. Only because the shape of his hair 😁

@Mjayg4 This is AI

This guy is very smart driver.

@JCR_83_ @lulumeservey Why are all the Portugese women rooting for Norway?

@lulumeservey I have to disagree on this. Normal rules don’t apply to national teams, fans root team first, player second. A guy from their club’s nemesis can score for the national team and they’ll lose their minds but won’t care at all if he scores in league play.

People don’t root for institutions, they root for people Even more than that, they root for person - singular If you look at the excitement around Norway in the World Cup, it’s really excitement around Haaland: the Viking, the freak of nature, the happy giant, the son, the meme Haaland is acting as a gateway drug for Norway as a country and soccer as an sport When it comes to hearts and minds, numbers work in reverse. The destiny of 1 player stirs more emotion than a team of 26 or a nation of 5 million

@HydroFoundry @TheStalwart Norway!!!

@TheStalwart Yes, if the US completely dedicated itself to the game, it is still questionable if it could compete against a Top 5 powerhouse. The US is 2 levels behind. Spain vs France should be the championship game. Two best teams with England-Argentina-Belgium behind them.

There have been a lot of exciting games in this World Cup. Plenty of close competitors by score. But it’s pretty noticeable having two strong teams, both playing near the top of their game, going up against each other. Just a different level of play.

@meghan_daum I've begun to realize that so much discourse is just people howling their rage at the pain of existence

Anyone who shouts "defund" should be made to watch.

@wesyang The guy behind this youtube channel got deported 16 years ago (his parents brought him over illegally when he was a kid), and I think he is actually much much better off as a result -- he built a really successful life in Colombia youtube.com/watch?v=4xH13w…

Reminder that being in a country without legal authorization was and is always sufficient grounds to be deported. You don't have to be a convicted child rapist to be deported and being pardoned for your child rape conviction (after serving zero jail time) does not protect you from deportation.

@DanielLockyer Hey @supabase do you guys use GraphQL anywhere?

Is GraphQL still a thing? Haven't heard about it for years

@thedimitri ART

What is up with every woman's obsession with Lena Dunham? She seems like a miserable hag and even worse she's ugly, fat, and tattooed. I don't get the appeal

@jessesingal No one thinks of you as being on the left

i've been furious about this. i was especially furious at the heartwarming videos of norway fans teaching sengal fans how to do the row. we were all super pissed reddit.com/r/sportsgossip…

@onchedu @bapamdooda @GiffLasta Sheesh, you're so freaking defensive

@bapamdooda @GiffLasta Since you've chosen to speak for him, I'll crave your indulgence also. Show me in what I said that you read and concluded that I've advocated for a win-lose scenario "viewing women as an opponent that should be treated with male levels of vitriol and aggression." Show me.

The Scam of Duty Sex I hear it all the time on this platform from frustrated husbands: “What does my wife mean she’s not in the mood for sex? I didn’t want to go to work this morning, but I went anyway! How hard is it just to lay there? It would cost her so little and make a world of difference to me. We all have duties. Grow up!” That can feel reasonable, but there’s a problem. He knows exactly where that road ends: with her resigned eyes staring at the ceiling as he pounds away, essentially masturbating with her disengaged body, knowing in his heart of hearts that his wife doesn’t want him inside her. The experience doesn’t give him peace; he doesn’t feel admired, masterful, or exhilarated. It’s the hollow corpse of passion, without even the novelty of porn, and his soul dies a little each time. She hates it, and deep down he hates it too. Even husbands in bad marriages have probably experienced a wife’s genuine desire at least a handful of times. Perhaps they were on a weekend away without the kids, at the very peak of her cycle. Skin touching skin was electric, her body melted to his touch, her hungry mouth searched for his lips. By the time he entered she was practically begging for him. There was ecstasy, thrill, where she desperately wanted him to give her his all. And they collapsed exhausted in each other’s arms with a deep peace washing over them. I have my disagreements with Rollo Tomassi (@RationalMale), but he is dead right that “you can’t negotiate genuine burning desire.” A day as a lion is worth a hundred years as a sheep, and no amount of promises or pressure will turn bad sex into good sex. You can’t negotiate desire, but you can cultivate it. Life is a betting man’s game. You can’t guarantee her enthusiasm any more than a farmer can guarantee a good harvest, but there’s a lifetime of skill and art to playing the odds well. Some men say this is living in her orbit and seeking her affirmation. Nothing could be further from the truth. Whatever a woman’s personal opinions, her unconscious body agenda is almost perfectly calibrated to respond to strong generous masculinity. The path of becoming a man you admire is also the path to maximizing your chances of good sex in your marriage. It’s here where expectations of duty sex will ruin everything. Male neediness kills a woman’s libido. At best it engages her maternal instincts, and women are not sexually attracted to their children. The more she feels you need sex to be ok, the more you will feel like a hungry infant sucking the life out of her, not a strong man sweeping her up in his arms. Sexual self-mastery is the key to sexual abundance in marriage. When you give up the childish idea of fulfilling “sexual needs,” you unlock the sexual power of manhood. Do not approach your wife to fill a lack within yourself, but to give the gift of your passion. With the fear of rejection gone, you’re free to initiate often, playfully, adventurously, unapologetic in your desire. You and your wife will never look back.