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Being serious for a minute, and I probably don’t say this enough, but to this weird little community in this random corner of the internet: You’re welcome.

@SpursDaily_ Reckon he'll be fit for Leeds?

🚨Xavi #Simons has completed his ACL Surgery today.

@natelagos hell yeah. good luck man.

My mid life re-org is officially complete, and it required some big changes: 1. I’m stepping down as a CMO for a little while. I built a great new internal team at Adapt, and I’m sticking around to hire & onboard my replacement, so I’m confident they can continue to cruise on without me. 2. I want to spend my time working on the part of ecom marketing that I first fell in love with, the part that I’ve gotten really good at, and the part that I’ve seen as a CMO drive more incremental, profitable revenue for Adapt, Original Grain, and every other brand I’ve done it for than any other tactic: that’s my approach to performance copywriting & creative strategy. I’m now accepting clients who are spending more than $250k/mo on ads and are ready to start leveling up their messaging & performance creative starting on June 1st, hmu if you want to learn more. (my past employer has already signed up to be my first client, and I’m capping my client roster for the summer, so DM me if you want to be one of the next 2.) 3. I’m finally building a brand that I own 100% of. Shootin’ Doubles is on pace for its first $100k month, so I’m pumped to dig into that and will use all the money I make copywriting to continue to bootstrap this thing! But as y’all know, physical product companies are super cash intensive, so I need client work still lol. It’s scary venturing out on my own, but I’m very excited to write this new chapter📈

Ryan is correct. I'm just a retired ship captain. Nobody important outside a maritime niche. Yet this post smells like stolen valor. Let me explain… Stoicism without the battlefield, the sea & real pain is hollow. The Stoics talked constantly about battles, ships, storms & warriors, because they understood reality is not a TED stage. "Be like the promontory against which the waves continually break, but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it." Marcus Aurelius, Meditations Aurelius wrote that on campaign. He was an emperor commanding legions on the Danube frontier. Seneca opened his veins on Nero's order. Epictetus was sold in chains. Cato killed himself rather than submit to Caesar. The greatest Stoics earned their philosophy in command, in chains, in war. Ryan flies private and hangs with Tim Ferriss, Matthew McConaughey & NYTimes “influencers”. He knows his words are hallow without military experience. But he was unwilling to pay the price himself, so he stole the prestige. He has posted hundreds of times across his channels about the lectures he gives at the United States Naval Academy. Ask the obvious question: who benefited more from that relationship? The future destroyer captains, Marines, & fighter pilots he lectured? Or Ryan? "I don't think about you at all" is the tell. He didn't go to Annapolis to teach the midshipmen. He went to use them. The military gravitas his philosophy needs in order to mean anything: he doesn't have it. He's never served. He's never gone to sea. He's never carried the weight of command. So he went to Annapolis to be photographed near people who will. Today’s battlefields are the oceans and there are fewer than ten people in the world covering American seapower, sealift, and naval logistics for a large audience. The stuff that actually decides wars. Ryan was personally friends with one of them. Me. Sailed on my boat. Helped sketch his pivot to the Stoics. Never once called with a question about ships, the Navy, or the sea. The wider circle of maritime and military scholars I talk to weekly? Same story. None of them think about him at all. That's not absent-mindedness. That's design. Twenty years ago that might have been forgivable, because the seas were calm. Today the chokepoints are battlefields. The Red Sea. The Taiwan Strait. The Persian Gulf. The midshipmen Ryan lectured are now on the front lines of a world spinning out of control. Their lives depend on the United States understanding seapower again. Ryan contributed nothing to their understanding. He took the photo and left. He didn't want our knowledge. He wanted the credential. The Naval Academy was the prop. He used them to convince NYTimes book reviewers that he has military and nautical cred. Some will say maybe he was trying to help, just didn’t know how. If so he would have asked to see the actual front lines. A USO show on a carrier. A lecture in Djibouti. A passage on a US Merchant Marine ship running the Strait of Hormuz. I could have arranged any of it. But he "doesn't think about me at all." He would rather trade quotes with podcast bros, Hollywood stars, and the New York Times writer who traded Jesus for Ted Lasso. He doesn't care to see a real battlefield or a real storm at sea. His brand of Stoicism isn't built for that. His brand is this: intellectual weed. A way for readers to rationalize tuning out. He and his progressive self-help peers are the opioid of the managerial class. That's not Stoicism. The Stoics ran the Roman Empire and died for their principles. Ryan sells "Memento Mori" to give millennials an excuse to stop stressing about life and travel to safe places. Thinking about real navalists would have meant doing the actual work. The work was never the point. The point was selling Stoicism off a uniform he never wore. He used the United States military to move merch. "I don't think about you at all" is the receipt. It’s either cosplay or stolen valor.

@ProTheDoge @theisaacmed One of us

@theisaacmed @blabolaba Neither do I

I don’t usually tell people that I’m Brazilian. I left when I was 9 years old. Grew up in the USA. I feel more American than Brazilian. In fact, I don’t even really remember how living in Brazil is. I’m here visiting family for the first time in a decade. Rio may very well be one of, if not the most beautiful city large city I’ve ever been to. I’ve traveled a lot. Been to Spain. Japan. All over the USA, etc. No city is as intertwined with nature as Rio. Sheer mountains surround the city, with greenery literally everywhere. And I know what some of you will say. ‘But Isaac, it’s so dangerous’ I saw a Korean lady’s purse get stolen in front of my eyes in Rome. My fiancées promise ring got stolen out of our hotel room that same trip. I was almost attacked by some homeless dude in Hollywood Los Angeles. My dog scared him off. What I’m saying is that if you have some street smarts, it’s fine. Worth the visit. Worth checking out. Brazil isn’t as highly touristed as other countries but it’s certainly worth it. Anyway, I’m in Rio, then São Paulo and Joao Pessoa. Looking for local builders to connect with.

@jacob_posel @theisaacmed Same

@blabolaba @theisaacmed Me neither (I’m not Brazilian)

@SniersMoregut Big fan of Bill Cosby. Just not his comedy

Lenny Henry

@chadmumm In the garage

Where are you playing golf today?

@adamislucky @MehtabKarta My wife hasn’t used the golf clubs I got her last year so I think I’ll get her a better set.

@MehtabKarta I heard they like receiving useful gifts like vacuum cleaners nd other appliances

What do you get your wife for mother's day if she doesn't like jewelry or really anything material 😅

@MehtabKarta @ron_ecomm Ron rn

@ron_ecomm Uhhh you might wanna google what edging means lol

im still out of stock with some key products because of chinese new year fuck this holiday man im edging so hard right now they are all restocking next week

@ChereneAubert Thank fuck for that. More ditch digging less data analysis please.

soon the cheap labor will be given to humans and AI will do the hard tasks

@EricLDaugh Rory just played Bryson a few weeks back. Was a great back and forth 2-day battle.

🚨 JUST NOW — Q: "Saudi Arabia is pulling the plug on LIV Golf. Once that tour is gone, do you think the PGA Tour should welcome the defectors back with open arms?" PRESIDENT TRUMP: "Well, I do. In fact, if I had time, I'd love to watch television today because the PGA Tour is playing at Doral, the Cadillac championship!" "They're at my tournament right now, the PGA. In two weeks, LIV is going to be at my course right here on the Potomac." "I do believe that all of the golfers should be playing, the great golfers should be playing against each other." "I want to see Rory playing Bryson DeChambeau!" "They have great players on the LIV. But it's almost like people want to see that. That's why the Masters were so good, because you saw everybody together." "Because they're great. If they weren't, you know, the tour really will, the tour wants to have the best player. You can't have the best player that they're boycotting." "I'm not sure what's happening with LIV. But they are playing in my course two weeks on the Potomac, beautiful course. But right now, they're playing at Doral, which I own." "And if I ever, if we end this early, I'll be able to watch for about three minutes before I get back!"

@thespursweb Lankshear

Which Tottenham striker is the closest to being considered ‘world class?’ 🤔

@jaybsauceda On the way to our hotel in Belize. Driver just stopped at a tamale stand run by this lady who I think was his mom, and we were like, “guess we’re buying tamales”… They were really good

What's the most random place you've purchased tamales from?

@kanekallaway THEM WITH THE BLUE FINGERNAILS

Who is god-tier at paid social ads?

@cwamidon Many people are saying this

people actually look at this and will tell you with a straight face that the president has great taste, some might say the best taste

@NotZainAgain @Seanfrank

@Seanfrank Can you post an example pic of the meal service?

Ways to use money to make your life easier: here is a list of things you can pay for to make your life A LITTLE more convenient (with prices) Laundry service- Fluff and fold. someone will come pick up your laundry, do it, and bring it back folded. Roughly $150 a week Meal service- Skip door dash and uber eats. Meal plan delivery. 10-12 meals, set to your macros. about $10 a meal, so $150-$180 all in At home haircut- hate waiting and scheduling? local barbers will come to you, cut your hair outside for $100 + tip. Weekly house cleaners- dont do bi weekly. who are you fooling? $200 bucks every week. Tesla- Car drives itself. I didnt realize how much anger I had in traffic. now I just chill and look outside. $500 bucks a month Quest blood tests- I dont want to die. Doctors do not care about a healthy 30 year old. Every quarter, I get a blood test. $300 a pop. MRI- Same as above. $2000 once a year to guarantee you dont have a brain tumor. Wholefoods delivery- Included in amazon prime. save yourself the trip to the grocery store and there is NO MARK UP (unlike instacart) Layflat airplane seats- Most domestic first class is trash. but if you have to fly cross country or intl, lay flat only. $2,500 minimum now, more like $4,000 Youtube premium- A no brainer for under $20 a month. No ads and more money in your fav creators pocket Mobile car wash- prob not really worth it. but for $200 bucks someone will come to your house and detail your car. --- all this stuff is extra. none of it will make you happier. but if you NEED more time and have extra money, good starting list

@oliverbrocato If this is intentional then it's genius tbh

@theisaacmed @NotZainAgain Can't wait for part 2 to finally find out

@blabolaba @NotZainAgain It’s a good breakdown tbh

I started a podcast with my close friend @NotZainAgain 40 days ago. We just hit 200 subs. Having a blast. Tested a few different formats and I think we finally found our flow recently. We have some really cool stories coming on soon: A guy who sold his DTC sports brand and pivoted to community and Pilates Someone who bought a tiny brand and took it nationwide into target by leveraging TikTok shop. Brought on a friend to explain to me why everyone is mad about Amazon at the moment (I’m dumb) Is this just an excuse for me to learn more about cool people? Yes.