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@VincentParry2 Excellent

Good morning.

@VincentParry2 Half of society are like large children. Irresponsible linear thinkers.

Another Uncle Vince Story Time The recent 60 Minutes piece about ordinary people stepping up during disasters brought back memories of my time trying to be a good neighbor in Northern Virginia. What I learned is that preparedness and neighborly help often get repaid with entitlement, hypocrisy, and resentment. One neighbor lost her mind the day she saw me in uniform. She called me a “baby killer,” even though I had always been civil to her. About six months later, a major storm tore through the area, downing trees and limbs everywhere. My next-door neighbor (a federal law enforcement officer) and I grabbed our chainsaws and went to work. We cleared roads, cut up fallen trees, and helped elderly neighbors stack firewood. As we were finishing up, the same woman who had insulted me came storming out and demanded we help her next. I looked her straight in the eye and said, “I will never assist someone who called me a baby killer.” Her screaming and cursing could be heard across the entire neighborhood. A few years later, my ex-wife and I moved to a new neighborhood with more space. I bought a Honda 7kW generator over her strong objections. I told her we needed to be our own first responders. When Superstorm Sandy brushed through and left us without power for days, the generator kept our house running. She happily bragged to her mother and friends about how great it was to have power and lights—never once admitting I was right or offering a simple “thank you.” During another storm, I ran extension cords from the generator so neighbors could charge their phones. A woman who had previously been rude to me (after seeing me heading to the range) walked up expecting the same courtesy. I told her she was welcome to charge her phone, but asked if she really wanted help from “a man who wants more school shootings”—her exact words to me earlier. She turned and stormed off without another word. Before a big snowstorm one year, I advised my coworkers to get some cash, a single-burner stove, and canned food—just basic preparedness. Most of the women in the office mocked me for being paranoid. Four or five days later, once roads were finally passable, many stores were cash-only. One of those same coworkers called me in a panic. She hadn’t prepared, hadn’t eaten in three days, and the store wouldn’t take her card. She asked if she could borrow cash for food. After my divorce, I moved into a condo. Last spring we took another bad storm and lost power again. I had two solar generators running my fridge and fans. The next morning, while recharging one with solar panels and the other in my car, a neighbor walked by and demanded I stop. She claimed my idling car was contributing to global warming and the solar panels were “unsightly.” I calmly explained what I was doing and why. She then demanded I lend her one of the generators because I had “two of them.” Every single person mentioned above was a teacher, a government employee or contractor, or worked in media. These weren’t random one-offs. Their attitude and influence are very real. Preparedness gets ridiculed—until the lights go out. Then the same people who mocked you or insulted you suddenly expect you to solve their problems. Funny how that works.

@VincentParry2 I hope their timing chain cover is leaking and their PDK fluid is contaminated!

I went to the gym at lunch. I patiently waiting for an opening to turn right and this Porsche Macan was honking insistently behind me. So I wanted an extra second or two. They pulled out passed me as they weaved in and out of traffic. Next thing blue lights. As I drove pass..the driver is yelling at me.

@QuintusCurtius Q what are your thoughts on AI in law firm work? accounting? Financial planning?

You often hear people complaining about law firm billing. But in my experience these big accounting firms are worse. A lot worse. A lot of paper-shuffling going on, and people getting billed huge amounts to prepare tax returns, financial reports, etc. This is not rocket science. It's numbers, people. There are a lot of great accountants out there, but look for the smaller operations, or the solo practitioners.

@teachmonkey2fly @DJSnM Thank you! (For not perpetuating the myth that this was a units conversion issue)

@DJSnM This snafu reminds me of the 1999 Mars Climate Orbiter mission that resulted from Lockheed software which provided thrust values in imperial units instead of metric thrust values expected by JPL mission controllers. This led to 4.45x thrust applied for the entry burn

According to a NASA report Lunar Trailblazer failed because the software pointed the solar panels *away* from the Sun. The NASA panel says Lockheed did not properly test the solar panel pointing software before launch. npr.org/2026/02/26/nx-…

@MikeyDiMercurio @CinemaTweets1 Thank you. Was wondering if you were a larper because your posts are sometimes a bit much. However this one confirms you are smart and real.

@CinemaTweets1 This movie’s premise is so deeply flawed that no one qualified in submarines will watch it.

Gene Hackman & Denzel Washington were spectacular in Tony Scott’s Crimson Tide. Two brilliant actors & one brilliant filmmaker. This is ‘90s filmmaking of the highest order. I give Hackman a lot of credit for recognizing Denzel’s genius early on & embracing a younger star.

@rookisaacman Perfection

AB fuel controller fixed

@Schwarzenegger Do you still see yourself as a freedom-screwer?

The number of pushups won’t matter until you change how you see yourself. If you see yourself as a lazy person, you’ll always quit. If you start to change who you are, and become someone who trains and doesn’t give up, that’s what matters. Identity change requires action. It’s the proof for your mind that you are someone different than it thinks right now. So start small. Prove to yourself that you’re someone who does 10 pushups and 10 squats right when you wake up every day. You can grow from there, but first we have to change who you think you are.

@samschmitz Throw in some TPU pads to buffer it?

Ok here is the answer: It is really, really loud. As loud as it could possibly be—over 120dB, measured up to 125. My phone will likely compress it, but you can hear it reverberate off of the walls.

@Dominic72042081 @ChivalryGuild This one, "No Colours or Crest" and "Alms for Oblivion". All three are excellent.

@ChivalryGuild Never heard of Peter Kemp. I'm going to look him up now Seems pretty based fighting for the Nationalists

When the Englishman Peter Kemp (fighting for the Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War) asked his commanding officer where the order to shoot the prisoners of the International Brigade came from, he got a memorable response. “As far as we're concerned, from Colonel Peñaredonda. But we all think the same ourselves. Look here, Peter, it's all very well for you to talk about international law and the rights of prisoners. You're not a Spaniard. You haven't seen your country devastated, your family and friends murdered in a civil war that would've ended eighteen months ago but for the intervention of foreigners. I know we have help now from Germans and Italians. But you know as well as I do that this war would've been over by the end of 1936, when we were at the gates of Madrid, but for the International Brigades … Whether they know it or not, they are simply tools of the Communists, and they have come to Spain to destroy our country! What do they care about the ruin they have made here? Why then should we bother about their lives when we catch them? It will take years to put right the harm they've done to Spain!”

@FutureJurvetson @CassiniSaturn @NASA All Hail Hexagon, we await Your command!

🪐 so many mysteries yet to be discovered There is an enormous persistent hexagon on the North Pole of Saturn, a 300 MPH rotating hurricane that has lasted 40 years already, maybe centuries. Each edge is longer than Earth’s diameter. It changes colors with the seasons. The oval sub-vortices spin in the opposite direction. It remains a mystery. Note: the first image is computer enhanced to remove smog. The next two come from science.nasa.gov/mission/cassin…

@dhh @tobi Hope the other car crashes are behind you this time! Best of luck!

Shopify LMP2 is back in action for the Daytona Rolex 24! New team, new codrivers, still @tobi and I at the wheel. Now riding with Rails and Omarchy too 🤘

@patinaresearch Infra Cammo Camaro

In the 1990s, Helge Meyer, a former Danish special forces operator, used a heavily modified 1979 Camaro to quietly deliver aid where regular convoys could not go. Built for speed, discretion, and reliability, it reached civilians in need night after night. No spotlight, no fame, just ingenuity, mobility, and a focus on helping people. The Camaro still exists and belongs to Meyer, who lives in Germany; he wrote the book of God’s Rambo about his missions

@emmawyd Outstanding, exponential growth

This year I moved across the country with the love of my life, did my first half marathon, got a chameleon, saw beautiful rivers and mountains, got stronger and faster, n so much more………can’t wait to see what I will do 2026 :)

@sendcutsend Leave block alone, what did he do to deserve this??

We’re doing something crazy! Make sure to follow Jim for live updates

@sendcutsend Ti-1023 right?

It’s time

@jimbelosic Please tell me its Ti-1023?

CAM is almost done, this will be going to production soon, waiting for a machine to open up

@malletcncworks Ordered 5 of these so far, they are excellent!

We do racetracks

@VincentParry2 TYFYS. We remember and are grateful.

Good morning and Happy Veterans Day. A salute to all my brothers and sisters for their service.

@VincentParry2 Your argument for equity? Well played!

They are the same picture.