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@wartirnes Legit question and I am always impressed by US military: why apparent total unconcern for return fire? I would not think long range rifles worth a few thousand $ are particularly inaccessible in a war zone… I get these guys are brave, but wouldn’t you want a little more cover

U.S. Sniper Hunting Taliban with Barrett M107 A U.S. sniper operates from a combat outpost near the Afghanistan–Pakistan border, using a Barrett M107 to maintain distance while hunting Taliban spotters and snipers. Loaded with Mk211 Raufoss rounds, the rifle delivers devastating long-range fire, capable of punching through cover and eliminating targets with precision.

@72NacH0sP0verty @3YearLetterman @CollierHomeless @poverty_action

@3YearLetterman @CollierHomeless @poverty_action The only state that Oklahoma looks down on. Who in the hell has a city named after the state next to it?

I literally cannot name one good reason for this “state” to exist It’s like the worst parts of Arkansas and Illinois had a child together

@JamesLucasIT @JeremyTate41 How do I get to Mont Saint Michel

Imagine traveling to France 300 years ago and seeing Mont Saint-Michel for the very first time You would have seen it long before you reached it: a 302 feet pyramid rising out of nothing in a bay so vast that at low tide the sea retreats up to fifteen kilometres. Then, twice a day, the ocean comes back. And it comes back fast... Victor Hugo wrote that the tide at Mont Saint-Michel advances "à la vitesse d'un cheval au galop" — as swiftly as a galloping horse. The bay has the highest tides in continental Europe, and medieval pilgrims knew the crossing could kill them. They called this place Saint Michel au péril de la mer — Saint Michael in peril of the sea... The legend begins in the year 708. Aubert, the bishop of Avranches, dreamt that the Archangel Michael appeared to him and commanded him to build a sanctuary on the lonely rock. Aubert hesitated. So Michael came again. And again. On the third visitation, according to tradition, the angel pressed a finger into the bishop's skull and left a hole in the bone... A skull is still preserved today in the basilica of Avranches, with a small round perforation clearly visible in it. What rose from that dream over the next eight centuries is one of the most astonishing feats of engineering in the medieval world. From the 11th to the 16th century, stonemasons hauled granite up the rock and built a Benedictine abbey directly onto its summit, with four crypts buried into the stone itself to carry the weight of the church above. In the early 1200s they added the Merveille — "The Wonder" — three storeys of Gothic halls and a suspended cloister rising thirty-five meters into the Norman sky, held up by sixteen immense buttresses and somehow made to look weightless. For centuries it was the third-greatest pilgrimage site in Christendom, after Jerusalem and Rome. Stand on the shore today and you see the same thing an 18th-century traveller saw: a city of stone floating on endless sands that, in a few hours, will be an ocean... If you enjoyed this, I write a weekly newsletter read by over 50,000 people who love rediscovering the wonder and beauty of the past, one story at a time. You can join us here: james-lucas.com/welcome Subscribe if you believe, as Cicero did, that "to be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain forever a child."

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@darrenrovell Awesome find. I was 10 in 1991 and this ball coincided with sidewalk chalk becoming wildly available. The floor in our unfinished basement around the mini-rim changed to match the different tournament host floors (Greensboros teal and purple were a favorite).

It has been 35 years and I can still smell the rubber from my 1991 March Madness Pizza Hut mini basketball inside my nose.

@sarahanne1212 These guys would probably love local baseball related donations.

I considered selling the lot of everything I’d be getting rid of together but I don’t think there’d be much interest. I could just donate locally but I’d love for it to go to someone that would actually enjoy it. Do you know anyone in need/a good organization it can go to?

Ok Cardinals fans I know I’m basically blacklisted on this app now but I need some real help I need to downsize significantly and sadly I just don’t have much use for most of my Cardinals stuff anymore I would love to donate to a local STL organization or something 🧵

@513SportsAreFun @BobGreenburg I’m a neutral here… the icing on Highlands cake appears MSHSAA is NOT just going to send the game to overtime… we will also replay from your lead 5 point lead… and instead of the neutral site of Winfield… make Principia drive up to Hannibal to play in your backyard

@BobGreenburg So I take it that Principia came from behind to win? What was the final score?

Never seen this before..a Missouri Girls Basketball playoff game is being resumed with :54 to go in the 3Q after a scoring mistake was made and subsequently a procedural error occurred which caused a misapplication of rules. Read this…my goodness..

@TimWhelan20 @TripleNetInvest THIS. Restaurant chains have a shelf life. Maybe it’s 15 years, maybe sometimes it’s 40. Red Robin right on schedule.

@TripleNetInvest Restaurants like this remind me of many types of national or regional retail operations. They go through a definite cycle that seems to last about 15-25 years. They are "in" with a certain generation. Then that generation moves on and the operation slowly fails.

Red Robin has lost ~90% of its value over the last 5 years You can now buy the ENTIRE company for just ~$60 million They used to be one of the most beloved spots for kids, teens, and families... Where did it go wrong for them and can they turn it around?

@NUCLRGOLF What if he finally agreed to return that pesky green jacket to the clubhouse?

🚫⛳️🌺 #DENIED — 3-time Masters Champion Gary Player says his request to play a round at Augusta National with his three grandsons has been denied. “I have been an ambassador for Augusta for all these years, yet they won’t let me have one round of golf in my life with my three grandsons.” “My grandsons are dying to know about their grandfather’s episodes on that golf course… All the golf courses that have hosted the Open, the US Open and the PGA would oblige, but they won’t do it at Augusta… “It is just this current management there, but these are the times we live in and I accept it, but I accept it with sadness.” ➡️ Thoughts on the move? (Via: @GolfMonthly)

@AIScottAdams Start badly. A/B test. Use a system to incorporate the valuable feedback. Iterate and improve. Scott would love it.

AI Coffee with AI Scott Adams - Feb 3, 2026 (Episode 9)

@BudLightSadness Semi-related to the Cajuns comment…there has not been a single reference to SEC football. Tommy’s kids are Big 12, maybe…. but the engineers should be hyping A&M and LSU with references to most other SEC schools popping up randomly. Somebody get @3YearLetterman on this.

Things that Landman gets somewhat right: -The way they talk. Sort of. -being broke af but technically well off Things that are wrong: HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU HAVE? Where are the hungover dudes sleeping in the truck? Where are the Cajuns? I see no Cajuns

@RickyLaBlue @petebvt MO guy and I agree with this. 247 must simply have a protocol that basically says “didn’t play much at Mizzou and chose to transfer therefore must have been overrated.” No way they can factor that Mizzou was loaded at edge and no snaps available for a developing true Freshman.

@petebvt My gut tells me most of those ratings are junk. How can 247 seriously evaluate thousands of players within a couple weeks?

That’s a crazy drop in rating for a true freshman transfer.

@responsiblerob Can I agree that Holden is all of those things and therefore fascinating as hell but (and maybe it helps here to caveat here that I am a first-born) also think he was an annoying, whiney and incompetent brat? Do I have to “like” him?

i’ll never forget when i was 14 and read catcher in the rye and thought to myself, “wow, how amazing is it that a character can be this funny and fucked up and smart and deeply flawed and beautiful and redeeming.” it was a revelation about art and life. and then i showed up to

@ShowMeZou Genuinely confused why everyone has instantly decided this is a horrible hire. Memphis has consistently been high in the AAC under Silverfield. Wins over Florida State, Iowa State and Arkansas themselves to name a few. How is this a disaster compared to Golesh? Who they miss?

I ALMOST feel bad for Arkansas fans at this point. This is the most obvious bad hire of all time. So it makes sense that Arkansas would do something like this

@uncledanny24 @RepresentMizzou I would agree, but I could have the imaginary meaningless poll final four in Mar/Apr. Have to wait till Christmas for the football playoff. Even in dreams we struggle with delayed gratification.

@RepresentMizzou Picking a Round 1 CFP win over making a Final Four is certifiable. Good lord.

Priorities: If you could have one next year for MIZ:

@jonathanshank @AllanjLewis @andrew_wiebe @MLS This will never happen but lowkey love it. Swap Atlanta and Cincy. The Texas vs Pacific Northwest is actually entertaining as hell.

@AllanjLewis @andrew_wiebe @MLS Here

I could get down with this one, too. Mostly keeps everyone together, rivalry wise. Charlotte and Nashville get broken up from the South, but (again) everyone plays everyone once anyway. We'll dig into your conference alignment suggestions on This is MLS at 1 pm ET on @MLS YT!

Just thinking about where we'd be with Blake Craig right now😔

@kwiens Thank you for posting this. Instant follow. @Hyundai … Not that my lonely business matters but think you should either: 1. Explain this publicly on X. There are two sides to every story, but terrible look, or 2. End this yesterday and fire somebody.

Hyundai now requires you ask permission to change your brake pads. A $2,000 adapter. A $60 weekly subscription. This makes repairs at the shop even more expensive. Oh, but you replace your brakes yourself? Well, they also want a business EIN. No DIYers allows. You bought the car, but Hyundai still owns the brakes.

@iMichaelTen @PeterDiamandis Yes.

@PeterDiamandis A simulation of what?

YES, obviously, we are living in a simulation, but what will you differently now that you know that???

@BAMAburner1892 @TheRealCruzOx Dammit. I had erased that memory. Shane Ray got tossed for targeting Sims on the same play. Ballgame was over right there.

@TheRealCruzOx Im voting Blake Sims to DeAndrew White in the 2014 SEC championship.

What’s the best play from the Bama/Mizzou series?