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Paul Ahlstrom 🇺🇸 🇲🇽

@paulahlstrom

Believer, Husband, Father, Innovator, Author Nail It Then Scale It. On a mission to Cure Cancer, End Poverty & Disrupt Hollywood

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Dallin H. Oaks
Dallin H. Oaks@OaksDallinH·
People often inquire about the exact time of the Second Coming. While we cannot know that (see Matthew 24:36), what if the day of His coming were tomorrow? If you knew that you would meet the Lord tomorrow—through premature death or through His unexpected coming—what would you do today? As Jesus taught in His prophecy of the Second Coming, blessed is the “faithful and wise servant” who is attending to his duty when the Lord comes (see Matthew 24:45–46). “Wherefore,” the Savior tells us, “be faithful, praying always, having your lamps trimmed and burning, and oil with you, that you may be ready at the coming of the Bridegroom—For behold, verily, verily, I say unto you, that I come quickly” (Doctrine and Covenants 33:17–18). Jesus Christ lives. I testify that He shall come, as He has promised.
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Paul Ahlstrom 🇺🇸 🇲🇽
Paul Ahlstrom 🇺🇸 🇲🇽@paulahlstrom·
We are experiencing a new Renaissance where everyone is building and people are starting to care about truth again and reversing the effects of “An entire generation that learned to deconstruct and never learned to build. An entire generation knows how to suspect and no longer knows how to admire. An entire generation sees power everywhere and beauty nowhere.”
Brivael Le Pogam@brivael

Je veux présenter mes excuses, au nom des Français, pour avoir enfanté la French Theory (qui a enfanté la pire des merdes idéologiques : le wokisme). Nous avons donné au monde Descartes, Pascal, Tocqueville. Et puis, dans les ruines intellectuelles de l'après-68, nous avons donné Foucault, Derrida, Deleuze. Trois hommes brillants qui ont fabriqué, dans l'élégance de notre langue, l'arme idéologique qui paralyse aujourd'hui l'Occident. Il faut comprendre ce qu'ils ont fait. Foucault a enseigné que la vérité n'existe pas, qu'il n'y a que des rapports de pouvoir déguisés en savoir. Que la science, la raison, la justice, l'institution médicale, l'école, la prison, la sexualité, tout n'est qu'une mise en scène de la domination. Derrida a enseigné que les textes n'ont pas de sens stable, que tout signifiant glisse, que toute lecture est une trahison, que l'auteur est mort et que le lecteur règne. Deleuze a enseigné qu'il fallait préférer le rhizome à l'arbre, le nomade au sédentaire, le désir à la loi, le devenir à l'être, la différence à l'identité. Pris isolément, ce sont des thèses discutables. Combinées, exportées, vulgarisées, elles forment un système. Et ce système est un poison. Car voici ce qui s'est passé. Ces textes, illisibles en France, ont traversé l'Atlantique. Les départements de Yale, de Berkeley, de Columbia les ont absorbés dans les années 80. Ils y ont trouvé un terreau qui n'existait pas chez nous : le puritanisme américain, sa culpabilité raciale, son obsession identitaire. La French Theory s'est mariée à ce substrat, et l'enfant de ce mariage s'appelle le wokisme. Judith Butler lit Foucault et invente le genre performatif. Edward Said lit Foucault et invente le post-colonialisme académique. Kimberlé Crenshaw hérite du cadre et invente l'intersectionnalité. À chaque étape, la matrice est française : il n'y a pas de vérité, il n'y a que du pouvoir, donc toute hiérarchie est suspecte, toute institution est oppressive, toute norme est violence, toute identité est construite donc négociable, toute majorité est coupable. Voilà comment trois philosophes parisiens, qui n'ont probablement jamais imaginé leurs conséquences pratiques, ont fourni le logiciel d'exploitation à une génération entière d'activistes, de bureaucrates universitaires, de DRH, de journalistes, de législateurs. Voilà comment on a obtenu une civilisation qui ne sait plus dire si une femme est une femme, si sa propre histoire mérite d'être défendue, si le mérite existe, si la vérité se distingue de l'opinion. C'est de la merde pour une raison simple, et il faut la dire calmement. Une civilisation se tient debout sur trois piliers : la croyance qu'il existe une vérité accessible à la raison, la croyance qu'il existe un bien distinct du mal, la croyance qu'il existe un héritage à transmettre. La French Theory a entrepris de dynamiter les trois. Pas par méchanceté. Par jeu intellectuel, par fascination du soupçon, par haine de la bourgeoisie qui les avait nourris. Mais le résultat est là. Une génération entière a appris à déconstruire et n'a jamais appris à construire. Une génération entière sait soupçonner et ne sait plus admirer. Une génération entière voit le pouvoir partout et la beauté nulle part. Je m'excuse parce que nous, Français, avons une responsabilité particulière. C'est notre langue, nos universités, nos éditeurs, notre prestige qui ont donné à ce nihilisme son emballage chic. Sans la légitimité de la Sorbonne et de Vincennes, ces idées n'auraient jamais traversé l'océan. Nous avons exporté le doute comme d'autres exportent des armes. Ce qui se construit maintenant, en silicon valley, dans les labos d'IA, dans les startups, dans les ateliers, dans tous les lieux où des gens fabriquent encore des choses au lieu de les déconstruire, c'est la réponse. Une civilisation se reconstruit par les bâtisseurs, pas par les commentateurs. Par ceux qui croient que la vérité existe et qu'elle vaut qu'on s'y consacre. Par ceux qui assument une hiérarchie du beau, du vrai, du bon, et qui n'ont pas honte de la transmettre. Alors pardon. Et au travail.

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Clint Teeples
Clint Teeples@TeeplesCY·
New report ranks Utah #1 in family structure index, based on high marriage rate, high percentage of children in two-parent households, and high fertility rate. Utah is also the #1 state for: – Volunteerism – Economic Outlook – Births to Married Mothers – Weekly Church Attendance – Donations to Charitable Causes Utah has the lowest childhood poverty rate in the country and the lowest rate of households receiving public assistance or SNAP benefits. For the fourth consecutive year, U.S. News and World Report has named it the best state in the nation. It’s reasonable to say that Utah is the greatest success story of the American experiment.
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Bubblehead@iverson_je75780·
@ToonHive Make it about Jesus and maybe I'll see it.
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ToonHive@ToonHive·
‘DAVID’ has now surpassed $49.75 million at the worldwide box office. The film had a $60.9M budget.
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Benny Johnson@bennyjohnson·
Took my kids to see Angel Studios’ new film ‘David’ and it’s something special. It perfectly brings Scripture to life. The animation and music is incredible. My kids were locked in and even the theater applauded. If you have time, go see it. Well done @AngelStudiosInc
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Andrej Karpathy
Andrej Karpathy@karpathy·
Agency > Intelligence I had this intuitively wrong for decades, I think due to a pervasive cultural veneration of intelligence, various entertainment/media, obsession with IQ etc. Agency is significantly more powerful and significantly more scarce. Are you hiring for agency? Are we educating for agency? Are you acting as if you had 10X agency? Grok explanation is ~close: “Agency, as a personality trait, refers to an individual's capacity to take initiative, make decisions, and exert control over their actions and environment. It’s about being proactive rather than reactive—someone with high agency doesn’t just let life happen to them; they shape it. Think of it as a blend of self-efficacy, determination, and a sense of ownership over one’s path. People with strong agency tend to set goals and pursue them with confidence, even in the face of obstacles. They’re the type to say, “I’ll figure it out,” and then actually do it. On the flip side, someone low in agency might feel more like a passenger in their own life, waiting for external forces—like luck, other people, or circumstances—to dictate what happens next. It’s not quite the same as assertiveness or ambition, though it can overlap. Agency is quieter, more internal—it’s the belief that you *can* act, paired with the will to follow through. Psychologists often tie it to concepts like locus of control: high-agency folks lean toward an internal locus, feeling they steer their fate, while low-agency folks might lean external, seeing life as something that happens *to* them.”
Garry Tan@garrytan

Intelligence is on tap now so agency is even more important

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Paul Ahlstrom 🇺🇸 🇲🇽@paulahlstrom·
Correction to your comments: Angel Studios is a publicly traded company with tens of thousands of shareholders (owners) from around the world. Probably none of them are the LDS Church (Mormon Church) When you crowd Fund, you have to pay people back for their investment, therefore you need to charge for the movie. Also, crowd funding covers the cost of making the movie, but it doesn’t cover the cost of distributing the movie.
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Mimi
Mimi@Mimi10011965·
@teameffujoe @AngelStudiosInc Angel Studios is the Mormon Church - the same group who crowd funds the Chosen. But if most of the $$ for David was crowd funded why are the charging at the movie theatres ?
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DiscussingFilm
DiscussingFilm@DiscussingFilm·
‘MARTY SUPREME’ is now Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes at 95% • One of the highest-rated movies of Timothée Chalamet’s career. Read our review: bit.ly/MartyDF
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Benny Johnson
Benny Johnson@bennyjohnson·
BREAKING: Angel Studios’ ‘DAVID’ SMASHES Box Office Records, Becoming The #1 Animated Film In The Country. With a $22 MILLION opening weekend, it blew past the new SpongeBob, Zootopia2, and Sydney Sweeney movies. @AngelStudiosInc’s faith-based, family films continue to dominate theaters year after year. King of Kings (2024): $19.4M DAVID (2025): $22M This is what winning the culture looks like.
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DAVID
DAVID@the_david_movie·
Turns out, the crowd likes a good giant-slayer. 🤷‍♀️ #DAVID earns an 🅰 CinemaScore. Now playing in theaters!
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Global Box Office
Global Box Office@GlobalBoxOffice·
The biblical animated musical DAVID has hit nearly $20M in pre-sales — the biggest pre-sale window ever for @AngelStudiosInc! This confirms what we said early this week, it is poised to be the #1 animated movie in America this weekend, outgrossing both SpongeBob and Zootopia. King is back to the throne! 👑
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KAG3-CO@Kag3C·
@WallStreetMav And if you want a full detailed drama on David, tune into House of David series. It’s excellent and 2nd season just finished.
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Wall Street Mav
Wall Street Mav@WallStreetMav·
David is one of the oldest tales in our history. This is the only family and faith based movie coming out this Christmas season. Disney and Paramount are allegedly using their distribution strength to keep David out of theaters. They are allegedly threatening to withhold Zootopia, Avatar and SpongeBob from theaters that show David. Why are Disney and Paramount allegedly targeting a Christian movie? Based on their history and woke agenda in their movies, this raises serious questions. Disney and Paramount don't want the competition of a child friendly, family oriented movie from a small studio like Angel Studios. #PromoteDavid
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Kevin Ryan Tao
Kevin Ryan Tao@kevintoaster·
I felt so embarrassed 🙈 and proud 🥹 at the same time to be called out in front of everyone! I am glad that you were able to get on the Forbes 30 under 30, especially because I could not. The book I bought her was Nail It Then Scale It. I recommend it highly, and also Ready Fire Aim, for anyone who wants to launch their own brand. If you want to join a community of ambitiously kind brandstarters, come check out the @chicagobrandstarters !
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Jeffrey Harmon
Jeffrey Harmon@JeffreyHarmon·
House of David on Amazon is really good. I just subscribed to the @watchonwonder project.
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