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@ImBreckWorsham Same guy. Was doing worse than you realised already.

I miss the OLD crazy kind of Trump. Mean tweets. Low gas prices. Affordable real estate. My 401K soaring. No new wars. What happened to that guy?

@LtColTruthstar @TomLondon6 I'm far from convinced. A group of vocal nationalists think that... Having lived in a few places myself, I find most are proud of their nationality, etc. but don't spend their time saying/think 'best nation on earth.'l... better than rest.'

@equality111111 @TomLondon6 Again, most think they are exceptional. If you think otherwise, live in a few countries for a bit to find out yourself.

The Nazis thought that Aryans/Germans were SUPERIOR to all other races, they were ÜBERMENSCHEN The Americans think they are EXCEPTIONAL The Israelis think they are CHOSEN These beliefs are highly dangerous

@Matt_Pinner I live in The Netherlands. It's 👍

If you were forced to live in Europe, Where would you choose?

@RadioFreeTom Trump may be the symbolic top of the tree... but has trump exposed the appalling underbelly? That he can do whatever he wants... That he is not the only horrid leader USA has... That the violence and national exceptionalism baked into The UD is dangerous and widespread.

We could argue that Trump 1 was a one-off, a freak occurrence. But electing him *twice*? Raises reasonable questions about what kind of electorate would do that.

@TkeeTennessee You must take some responsibility for this. Trump was and is the most obviously horrible person. You knew it. You did.

I’ve had this post pinned to my profile since early November 2024 because of what it represented to me: my daughter’s first time exercising her right to vote. My belief, despite having doubts, in the democratic process. My belief in a movement and person I felt would fight for real change. I recently unpinned it given what I am experiencing … feelings of betrayal, confusion, anger, gullibility. And instead of fellow patriots understanding these very real feelings MANY are experiencing, we are met with insults (doomer, panican, libtard) completely unwarranted and childish AF. I’ll say it again, it takes a helluva lot more courage to go against the grain than to be a simp for it. RIP to the America I longed for and tried to believe in. 😢

@LtColTruthstar @TomLondon6 A lot. Lots of countries are proud of their heritage and culture. They may also think their methods are really good compared to others. But... That doesn't mean they think they are exceptional or anointed in some form. This feeling of false superiority is dangerous.

@TomLondon6 What society doesn't think they are better?

@edwinhammeren @interesting_aIl Slightly hyperbolic. 😂

@interesting_aIl Yes. They're basically sheds that can withstand hurricanes that are the combined force of every storm you've ever experienced in Germany for your entire life, at once.

American houses are basically sheds?

@tommysantos14 Incorrect. He has changed foreign policy for the rest of the world. He has killed people. They won't forget what the US has done.

When Trump leaves office: The Department of War will go back to being the Defense Department. The Trump Kennedy Center will go back to being the Kennedy Center. The Gulf of America will once again be the Gulf of Mexico. The unfinished East Wing (it won't be finished by the end of Trump's term) will be rebuilt by the next president, and it will not be a ballroom. Federal agencies packed with unqualified loyalists will fire those people and rehire the career experts Trump fired. The Department of Justice will go back to enforcing the law instead of protecting the president. Scientific agencies like NOAA, the EPA, and the CDC will go back to publishing research without political interference. The U.S. will re-align with its allies and not with its enemies. The presidential pardon power will stop being used as a rewards program for loyalists. Inspectors General will go back to investigating corruption instead of getting fired for it. The White House press room will go back to having briefings, with real journalists and not podcasters. U.S. foreign policy will stop revolving around flattering dictators. And the world will progress as though Donald Trump never existed.

@Bromleyr6 @UnaFarmaceutica @Mrdecent000 It's 2 regions... North and south Holland...

@UnaFarmaceutica @Mrdecent000 Holland is not a country; it is a region in the Netherlands.

Name me 3 countries_

@AlexNowrasteh Crumbs... That's pants.

I should have known when the cover had Romans riding elephants.

My son wanted a book about the Punic Wars for kids. He alerted me to some issues with it.

@Isaac2003_v2 @Ali_lulu73 How many years old is a baby?

@Ali_lulu73 You can't have the 0th of anything

I hate to say it but the Americans are right on this one. Brits should get off our high horse for once and admit that sometimes, on rare occasions, our cousins across the pond are right

@benphillips76 If my son's start to follow this shit, they are going to face an absolute barrage of critique... They will need to win it if they want to continue it in my household... Good news, they lose.

I watched the Louis Theroux documentary on the Manosphere (it’s really good - do watch it). I saw it with my 18-year-old daughter. Five things I learned from viewing it with her:

@_charihawkins And you are a superb athlete!! Putting an average person on treadmill for theae speeds would be quite interesting too. 2 hour marathon a full sprint for many!!

A 2-hour marathon = a 4:35 mile… 26 times in a row. 🤯 I jumped on the treadmill to compare: ⏱️ 2-Hour Marathon: 4:35/mile (13.1 MPH) ⏱️ 3-Hour Marathon: 6:52/mile (8.7 MPH) ⏱️ 4-Hour Marathon: 9:10/mile (6.6 MPH) ⏱️ 5-Hour Marathon: 11:27/mile (5.2 MPH) The change in running mechanics is wild.

@TheNextSummitA1 Better to hike with headphones than not hike... It harms no one.

Hot take: Hiking with headphones defeats the purpose of being in nature. Agree or disagree?

@PeterMcCormack Point of thought. Is football to blame? Are these teams playing optimal football? Or at least trying to, with the most modern knowledge, data, fitness, etc. Do the rules need altering drastically?

The Premier League is boring. Arsenal, City and now Liverpool have ruined it, essentially they have F1’d the game. The data tells them to horseshoe the box, don’t take risks, play percentages and win set pieces. There are no personalities anymore. All boring athletes. The Championship is far more entertaining. I’m all for the European Super League, let them have it and the Prem can go back to being affordable and exciting.

@NikTek Could go for a walk instead. The real world is even more open. 👍

Crimson Desert world is so massive and diverse, it took John Linneman from Digital Foundry roughly 4 hours of traversal and exploration to go from the opening village to the desert. He also noted that he hasn't felt this need to explore since RDR2 and Breath of the Wild.

@NorthsideGooner @OptaJoe @premierleague Was born in 2009

@OptaJoe @premierleague Think that’s 2010’s. We’ve had lots of scorers from the 2000’s.

2000s - Max Dowman's goal means there's now been a Premier League goalscorer born in every year of the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Decades.

@IanJaeger29 What a dick. The world decided international law. The EU try to follow it, unlike US warmongers.

Marco Rubio calls out the European Union directly: “The European Union does NOT get to decide what international law is, and they don’t get to tell us how to defend our national security.” 🔥🔥

@EvanAKilgore 2500 US Marines = the death of hundreds of thousands of Iranians... Do you pray for them too?

2,500 U.S. Marines are heading toward Iran tonight. Keep them in your prayers. This is NOT what I voted for. MAGA is dead.

@FPL_Mudi He changed his mind.

I really don’t understand this! BEN before deadline with 5min Changes the captaincy Haaalnd (C) To Bruno (C)!