Bob Praus

When institutions become feminized, they become less merit-based by using less objective quality standards. In fact, as the standards of effectiveness become more feminized they appeal to women more. There is a reason STEM is dominated by men. It's not easy to subjectivize standards when dealing with objective facts that define quality.

Once institutions reach 50% women, they rarely stop there. Helen Andrews points out that many fields keep feminizing — 52%, 55%, 56%… and in psychology, it’s now 75% female graduate students. It’s not just women out-competing men and hitting natural balance. As environments become more feminized, they often start feeling unwelcoming to men: different conversation styles, more gossip and factions, less tolerance for certain kinds of debate. Men quietly leave, especially those drawn to the harder, more analytical sides of the field, which accelerates the shift. The cycle becomes self-reinforcing. Andrews suggests the only way to reverse it may be deliberately carving out spaces where men can work and debate in a more masculine way — without apology. It’s an uncomfortable but honest observation about how institutions quietly change character over time. Do you see this pattern playing out in fields you’re familiar with? Is there a healthy way to push back without turning everything into a gender war?

@elonmusk Of course. Contact me if you want to do the same for laser weapons. The Straits of Hormuz would be open now if you had been working on it.

Indeed, it was *because* I was not from the aerospace industry that SpaceX made such radical breakthroughs. Same for Tesla. Those in the industry would have if they could have.

@shea_jordan @tedcruz @SenTedCruz There is no airport in Laguna Beach. How would you know?

Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was spotted earlier today, January 20, 2026, on a plane heading to Laguna Beach as the state of Texas braces for a rare ice threat and arctic cold front.

@CBSNews That's always been the rule. The operative word is peaceful.

Federal agents can't arrest or use pepper spray on peaceful protesters in Minneapolis, a judge rules. cbsn.ws/45gqS6x

@allenanalysis Resistance is illegal. Protesting is not.

🚨 BREAKING: A federal grand jury is now issuing subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over an alleged “conspiracy to impede” ICE. So after flooding Minneapolis with masked federal agents, the next move is criminalizing resistance and putting state leaders in the crosshairs.

@Rajatsoni @WallStreetApes While they worked, they ate food and had shelter and perhaps provided the same for their children. And the money they paid for food and shelter went to others who also needed food and shelter. It's complicated, but that is how modern life works.

The entire financial system is a scam. Designed to keep you working for as long as possible People work 8-10 hours a day for 50 years They take 2 weeks of vacation per year They sacrifice time with family and friends They give up on their hobbies All to pursue a currency that can be printed out of thin air

This American’s mom just died and was going through her paperwork Her mom and dad paid in roughly $1 million combined into social security throughout their lives Her dad died before he could collect, her mom only collected for 4 years at 32k per year They got back $128,000 combined from social security before they both died after paying in a million This is a scam

@vegastarr Light is invisible to the eye until it interacts with matter.

I want to ask a real question 🤔 How does the Sun’s light supposedly travel through a perfect vacuum… yet space remains a black void? No illumination between the Sun and Earth. No glowing solar system. Then suddenly — light appears only when it hits Earth ☀️🌍 Same with the Moon 🌕 The Sun somehow lights only the Moon — but not the space around it. If light truly traveled and spread the way we’re told, space wouldn’t be dark. The explanation makes no sense. But people accept it because the lie is big… and repeated long enough. Question everything.

@mjfree The hip is actually part of a human torso.

Can anyone tell me which frame of this video the ICE officer is hit in the torso?

@ClaireFosterPHD Yes. Libs riot when they don't get their way. A clear pattern.

Obama: Peace Trump: Riots Biden: Peace Trump: Riots Do people really not see the pattern here?

@ewarren I'll give it to you: you are great at distributing money that is not your and that you've never earned.

The fight for Democrats to win nationwide, up and down the ballot, starts now. That’s why I’m giving over $400,000 from my own campaign to 23 state parties—a down payment for November. More on my decision:

@OliLondonTV Besides, he's hiding the oil in his belly.

Maduro loyalist threatens to personally stop any American that tries to get Venezuelan oil: “No Yankee is going to come boss us around in the oil facilities. Chávez lives! Independence and socialist homeland!”

@Acyn On more than one occasion, AOC has implied that her male critics want to sleep with her.

Fox Producer: Jesse Watters would like to invite you on his show AOC: He has sexualized and harassed me on his show. FP: That’s not true AOC: He accused me of wanting to sleep with Stephen Miller. So why don’t you tell me what you think is acceptable to tell a woman.

@chesi_crypto You don't know math or current interest rates.

Literalmente podrías: - Poner $100k USD en un banco que pague 7% de interés - Vivir de los $4.000 mensuales que te paga en intereses Por qué la gente no hace esto?

@compliantvc America invents the tech that they piddle with in Amsterdam.

My friend works in tech in Amsterdam He makes a top 1% income (€58k) Leaves work at 4:15pm sharp (work end time closely enforced by government) Commutes home via bike (only 7 minutes) Kids walk home from free daycare a few minutes later He never has to worry about medical bills or saving for retirement Yet gets to work for one of the most innovative startups in the world (it's a GDPR consulting business) Tell me again why America is the best place for tech workers?

@hearinladotcom Uhh, Illegal immigration during the Biden years.

Looks like those ppl who moved to Texas and Florida sobered up real fast

@LePapillonBlu2 Yes, it can be explained. But, like most reasoned arguments, you'd never understand it.

Can someone please explain to me how Trump invading Venezuela for oil and regime change, is any way different from Putin’s invasion of Ukraine for land and resources?

@Kekius_Sage This is not a contradiction. The fact that pi is irrational does not imply that its magnitude is infinite.

π is infinite, yet every circle is finite. Where does the contradiction really lie?

@PAHoyeck You would have been more wrong than you are if you said median. You don't understand.

For posterity: 1. This is a silly joke. 2. By "average," I mean "mean." 3. The joke is that the vast majority of people are obviously not below the mean. 4. I would have liked to put it in terms of the median, but I figured relatively few would understand. 1/

Very distressing that the enormous majority of people's mathematical literacy is well below average.

@Dearme2_ Most entrepreneurs work 9-9.

The richest men in the world are: 75% Entrepreneurs. 15% Investors. 7% Athletes. 3% Artists. 0% Employees. Nobody got rich with a salary. 9-5 is a scam.

@klara_sjo There is only one star in the solar system. The less you know, the dumber you sound.

The more you know.