@WallStreetApes @SoldiersWhisper The All in podcast just after Jan 6th is worth a listen. Talk about a u turn !
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Mark Foran
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Mark Foran
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Husband,Dad, business owner ,Engineer,history nerd. Pink Floyd nut, 60-64 AG slow triathlete IronmanBarcelona finisher ... @t3triclub
Dublin and sometimes Malaysia Katılım Aralık 2009
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Billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya explains that once he learned the mainstream media was lying to him, he left the Democrat Party
“You went from being a large Democrat donor to now a very outspoken proponent on the other side of the aisle”
Chamath Palihapitiya “Yeah — This is not about politics for me, it's about the truth. There was a moment where I was basically like everybody else, and pretty brainwashed.
My media diet was very much the same as everybody else's. I read the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. I watched a little bit of CNN, a little bit of CNBC, a little bit of MSNBC, a little bit of CBS Economist.
Every now and then you encounter it on a plane and you think you know what's going on, and I had a perception of Donald Trump initially, from the moment he walked down the staircase in Trump Tower to announce.
And then over the course of 6-7 years, I realized that some of those fundamental things that I was told about him were just totally false. And there was enough content online where I was almost afraid, but it started with Charlottesville.
I was almost afraid to look at it because I'm like, I think I was lied to. And then I saw it. I saw what he said, but then I saw the portrayal. I had originally believed that portrayal until I saw the truth.
And then I just started to go down that rabbit hole.
So for me, it was an evolution where I was like, I can't believe I'm being lied to by this group of people whose sole responsibility is to hold truth, to power. The key word there is truth to power, not your perception or your desires. And I just think that that, that, I mean, red-pilled me, I guess in a way”
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@itsjohncrotty …… he should really wait until he sees it !
Alex Griswold@HashtagGriswold
Thesis: Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers accidentally kneecapped the WWII movie as a genre. Everyone said "well, we can't top that," and now every entry is "come marvel at the DARING nerds who solved logistical problem" x.com/metoffice/stat…
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Nervous as hell for this
Forecasts were so important to the UK, the RAF sacrificed planes & parts to keep Ireland’s pilots in the air reporting
But the Blacksod & general forecasts were just a tiny facet of Ireland’s extensive and exclusive contribution to the Allies
Have the researchers delved into the story to discover Ireland was risking its neutrality across dozens of categories to aid the Allies? Or the 9% of Irelands population that went to the UK
Or will the forecast & its sender be framed as some outlier, some exception to the otherwise ‘strict neutrality’ claimed in the 20th century, but long since shown to be inaccurate following declassification in 1999? ⬇️
A nation waits…
x.com/itsjohncrotty/…
Met Office@metoffice
The first trailer for ‘Pressure’ is here, the film which tells the story of the most important weather forecast; the D-Day forecast. Andrew Scott stars as Group Captain James Stagg – the Met Office meteorologist tasked with delivering the weather forecast and helping shape D-Day's plans. In cinemas 9 September. #pressuremovie @StudiocanalUK
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Coming soon: ‘Éire🇮🇪 in WW2 - The True Story’ (600 pages), with authors Jim O’Neill, John Crotty and Donard de Cogan. Introduction by Maj-Gen (Retired) Adrian O’Murchú. After 80 years of lies and myths, it’s time to reveal the TRUE contribution and sacrifice from Éire🇮🇪 in WW2.
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@itsjohncrotty @Helen_Fields @Helen_Fields @EisenhowerTime
Looking forward to this. ….. big Irish angle with Blacksod Co Mayo weather station
Met Office@metoffice
The first trailer for ‘Pressure’ is here, the film which tells the story of the most important weather forecast; the D-Day forecast. Andrew Scott stars as Group Captain James Stagg – the Met Office meteorologist tasked with delivering the weather forecast and helping shape D-Day's plans. In cinemas 9 September. #pressuremovie @StudiocanalUK
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This guy !
The Irish at War@irelandbattles
#OnThisDay 1907 General James Gavin was born in New York to unwed-Irish parents who put him up for adoption. Gavin became the youngest Major General in the @USArmy. He commanded the 82nd Airborne Division in WW2 & later aimed to end segregation in the Army. #Ireland #History
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@thierrychanu @StationSimone Not 2016 Thierry ….. Unplugged from early 2000s
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Très bonne journée avec @StationSimone!
6 mars 1946, naissance il y a 80 ans, de David Gilmour
"Wish You Were Here"
(Live at Pompeii, juillet 2016)
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Fantastic…. Well done AYC 💪
The Dead Rabbit@deadrabbitpub
Last week, we hosted a few VIPs from Ardoyne Youth Club - which has been working to improve the lives of young people in North Belfast for 50 years - it’s also the very place where Jack grew up, which made the visit all the more special.
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@Helen_Fields @biomulv Helen …. Winters story is a lesson in leadership. Read this after BoB
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@Helen_Fields @biomulv And there wouldn’t have been a miniseries if Tom Hanks hadn’t read the book in preparation for Saving Private Ryan
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Rewatching Band of Brothers. And yes, filming specifications have moved on as have effects, but dear God, the acting is sublime. Damian Lewis in this is an absolute bloody master.
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@Roadman_Podcast Well I remember a lad in our club who was a big unit who spent a crazy amount of money on a carbon seatpost😄
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What’s the most you’ve ever spent on a piece of cycling kit,
what was it and was it worth it?
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Proud parents Nicola and Keith Wood celebrate with their son, Tom after Ireland U20's brilliant 31-21 win over England ☘️🏴
Days like these 💚
Absolutely love this @sportsfilebren snap from The Rec 📸👏
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Brilliant acting
Mark Tilbury@marktilbury
10 movies on money you should watch this weekend: 1. Margin Call
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@itsjohncrotty Ike is my leadership hero John ….. A General who led the allies to victory and a politician who warned us about the military industrial complex
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Oh man! Here’s hoping for some depth of research
The Irish were providing such important weather data, the Air Ministry said the supply of planes sent to Dublin for forecast duty could not be left dwindle.
Despite the obvious requirements elsewhere
They even sent qualified instructors to train Irish pilots, another violation of an alleged neutrality
Thanks for sharing 👍🏻
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@EisenhowerTime ….. big Irish angle in this
Pressure@pressurethefilm
In the hours before D-Day, one decision changed the world. Based on the untold true story. PRESSURE is only in theaters May 29, starring Andrew Scott, Brendan Fraser, Kerry Condon, Chris Messina and Damian Lewis. Watch the trailer now.
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Mark Foran retweetledi
Context:
The story you're referring to is about **Graham Walker**, the former CEO of **Fibrebond Corp.**, a family-owned manufacturing company based in Minden, Louisiana (specializing in modular structures like concrete buildings for utilities and data centers).
In 2025, Walker sold Fibrebond to Eaton (a multinational power management company) in a deal valued at approximately **$1.7 billion** (some reports note the base was around $1.4 billion, with adjustments bringing it to $1.7 billion to include the employee portion).
Walker made it a **non-negotiable condition** of the sale that **15% of the proceeds**—roughly **$240 million**—be set aside as bonuses for the company's **540 full-time employees**. Notably, these employees did not own any company stock or equity; the payout was purely at Walker's insistence as recognition for their loyalty through tough times (including layoffs, fires, and lean years under his leadership since he became CEO in 2015).
Key details:
- The bonuses averaged about **$443,000 per employee**.
- Payouts were structured to be paid out **over 5 years**, contingent on employees staying with the company (now under Eaton's ownership). This acts as a major retention incentive.
- Longer-serving employees received significantly more than the average, based on tenure and other factors.
- Distributions began in June/July 2025, with personalized envelopes delivered—many workers initially thought it was a prank or joke due to the massive amounts.
- Walker described it as a matter of fairness and faith: "Close to a quarter-billion dollars in employees' hands felt fair," and he hoped to hear stories of its impact even decades later.
This has been widely covered as an uplifting example of generous leadership, appearing in outlets like The Wall Street Journal (the primary source), Fortune, New York Post, People, and various local Louisiana reports. It boosted the local economy in small-town Minden, with employees using funds for things like paying off mortgages, buying homes/vehicles, starting businesses, or funding education.
It's a real, verified event from late 2025, and the viral posts (including on X) often highlight it as a rare "real boss move" in corporate America.
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@Roadman_Podcast You need to have the legs to match before you rock up to a club ride on one of those !
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JUST IN: The average cost of a new road bike with a top of the line group set is now $10,700
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@EisenhowerTime ……. A true leader
Mike Netter@nettermike
Dwight D. Eisenhower walked back onto the beaches where he once sent thousands of young men into history’s deadliest storm. In April 1964, nearly 20 years after D Day, Eisenhower returned to Normandy for a special episode of CBS Reports titled D-Day Plus 20 Years. Cameras followed him as he revisited Omaha Beach and the invasion sites. But this was not a victory tour. It was a reckoning. In 1944, Eisenhower had made the hardest decision of his life. Launch the invasion. Or delay and risk disaster. If it failed, the war could be lost. If it succeeded, thousands would still fall. He signed the order anyway. And accepted full blame if it went wrong. On June 6, 1944, boys barely out of high school stormed these beaches. Many never left them. Waves turned red. Sand became graves. Freedom was bought with lives. Twenty years later, Eisenhower stood where they had fallen. Older. Quieter. Heavier with memory. No speeches. No celebration. Just reflection. He remembered the letters he wrote to families. The nights he lay awake. The faces he never forgot. He had commanded millions. But he never forgot the individuals. This visit was not about power. It was about responsibility. A commander returning to the place where he asked everything from others. And knew the cost. He did not see beaches. He saw sons. He saw sacrifice. He saw history written in blood and courage. And he never stopped honoring it. May this act as a reminder for all who complain about our great country
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