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@VincentCrypt46 no, chickens are clean, duck make a terribl mess. past duck owner

Anyone have Chickens and Ducks and do they share the same coop?

@PRSandgren @Tonyvoteblue @heydave7 where did wealktiest person on the planet come from? certainly not fact. one look to saudi oil.

@Tonyvoteblue @heydave7 An example, Elon took all of the $ he made from the sale of PayPal and sunk all of it into Space X and Tesla. He nearly lost it all. Now, he is the wealthiest person on the planet. Look at the innovation those companies have created and the many thousands of jobs also created.

Here are some notes on the anti-billionaire ideology - and why it might do more harm than good: At the heart of the frustration with wealth inequality - especially among younger people - are several overlapping ideas. Broadly, they stem from the following premises: 1. Zero-Sum View of Wealth: Many who rail against “billionaire greed” subscribe to an implicit zero-sum assumption that if the rich are gaining wealth, it must be coming at the direct expense of everyone else. This perspective sees the economic pie as fixed; a bigger slice for billionaires means a smaller slice for ordinary people. 2. Moral Indictment of Profit: There is also an underlying moral stance that profits at very high levels are inherently exploitative. Under this view, earning billions can only happen through unethical means - mistreating workers, hiking prices, or bending regulations. 3. Suspicion of Capitalism Itself: An increasingly vocal segment of young people critiques market economies as rigged or fundamentally unjust. They note that, in their eyes, capitalism privileges capital (ownership) at the expense of labor (wages), and perpetuates a system that traps people in lower socioeconomic strata. 4. Focus on “Equality of Outcome” Over “Equality of Opportunity”: The critique often goes beyond wanting fair chances for everyone. Instead, it emphasizes the relative gap between the top and bottom, rejecting the idea that big disparities can exist even when upward mobility is possible. 5. Conflation of Net Worth With Liquid Cash: A common misconception is that billionaires have all their “net worth” in spendable forms. In reality, most wealth is tied up in assets (stock in a company, real estate, etc.). This fuels the anger because it appears that billionaires “hoard” money and choose not to share it. Why These Ideas Can Be Misleading or Harmful 1. Zero-Sum Thinking Overlooks Wealth Creation In many industries—think technology, medicine, communications—total wealth isn’t static. When someone creates a product or service that millions of people value (like smartphones, software, or life-saving drugs), it grows the economic pie. That’s not to say exploitative practices don’t exist, but simplistic zero-sum frameworks gloss over the dynamic, generative nature of innovation. 2. Misplaced Moral Indictment Painting all (or most) large-scale profit as immoral doesn’t address nuances: there are ethical ways to build wealth (improving supply chains, investing in local communities, fair business practices) and unethical ways (sweatshops, unfair contracts, environmental destruction). Lumping all billionaires into the “bad guy” category overlooks differences between, say, a biotech founder who develops critical medicines versus a predatory lender. 3. Ignoring the Benefits of Investment Much billionaire wealth can be tied to investments that themselves foster economic growth and job creation. When venture capitalists fund startups, they often take on significant risk. While it can lead to high personal returns, it also creates industries (and jobs) from the ground up. The ideology that all returns on investments are undeserved fails to account for the role that investment plays in building healthy economies. 4. Weakening Incentives Kills Innovation When the system heavily penalizes individuals who become extremely successful, it removes the natural “carrot” that drives ambitious endeavors. Launching a startup or spearheading a major breakthrough usually involves massive risks — entrepreneurs sacrifice time, money, and personal stability on a venture that might fail. If the potential rewards are cut off or capped too drastically, fewer people will bother to take the leap. This doesn’t just affect a handful of hopeful billionaires; it reverberates throughout society as whole industries and transformative ideas (whether in medicine, clean energy, or technology) never get off the ground. In other words, when wealth creation stops being worthwhile, everyone loses out on progress, jobs, and critical innovations that improve lives. 5. “Taxing Billionaires Out of Existence” Derails Society This approach doesn’t just strip personal fortunes; it severs the capital fueling innovation, startups, and major philanthropic efforts. Without high-stakes investments, lifesaving research and transformative technologies often stall. A scorched-earth method of “leveling wealth” might sound fair, but it ultimately starves society of the breakthroughs and funding necessary for widespread progress. Yes, young adults face serious economic pressures - from soaring housing costs to student debt - but framing every concern as “wealth inequality” injects a needless negativity that can distort the real issues. A more constructive focus is keeping living costs down and creating a robust, opportunity-rich economy. That means controlling inflation - primarily through efficient government spending and lower national debt - while removing barriers to innovation and enterprise. By prioritizing stable monetary policy, competitive markets, and better education, we give more people the tools to thrive, rather than just harping on “inequality.”

@CTdegenerate @X__Anderson no it was not. biden has gensler and always did. him and the fake indian

@X__Anderson The last US SEC administration was under Trump.

To make this as simple as possible. From the Trump administration’s perspective: 🔹 Bitcoin is not a ”US crypto.” 🔹 Ethereum is definitely not a ”US crypto.” 🔹 XRP is a ”US crypto.” The largest one. Yes, I know crypto assets are decentralized… but the largest holder of XRP is a US company. XRP was designed by American software developers residing in the US. Ripple is also expanding US dollar usage around the world & has created a next generation cross-border payments system that has to follow US sanctions and banking laws. Nothing would make more sense to me than Ripple & XRP being a US secret weapon that other countries would also get behind. Funny how the last US SEC administration gave Ethereum and BTC a free pass while going after XRP.

@VincentCrypt46 not a deer .its a fox. probably only15 pounds or so.

Eagle carrying an entire adult deer

@realdogenews irs

Which department do you want us to audit first? Be sure to give us a follow as we begin to audit and clean up this corrupt government.

@RandoLand_us so this is mental health problem?

Chinese TW are at threefold higher odds of HIV infection compared to their cisgender men who have sex with men peers yet no intervention or public health initiative exists to address their HIV prevention needs. Chinese TW also face multi- levels gender minority stress in a high stigma societal context, which in turn adversely affects their behavioral health, awareness of services, and HIV service-seeking behaviors (e.g., testing), which ultimately contribute to heightened HIV risk. There is an urgent need for evidence-based gender affirmative program as a potential way to engage TW in HIV prevention services and enhance their psychological and sexual health in high-stigma, LMIC contexts such as China. Building on the gender minority stress framework and transgender resilience intervention model, and informed by our team’s prior work MHEALTH for HIV-related mental and behavioral health, we propose to develop a mobile app-based intervention (entitled “Zhen Wo”/”true self”) delivered by TW peer counselors, who will provide gender-affirmative counseling and skills training that aim to reduce internalized transphobia and sexual risk behaviors, enhance coping and mental health, self-advocacy skills and resource utilization to combat multi-levels gender stigma and structural barriers, and promote engagement in HIV prevention services. By developing a low-cost, MHEALTH program delivered by TW peers and establishing a protocol that engages with existing community resources, the true self program has the potential to achieve scalability and sustainability, if proven to be efficacious. The aims of this early phase, clinical project include: (1) conduct formative interviews with Chinese TW (n = 25) and stakeholders (n = 10) to identify stigma-related factors at various levels that contribute to poor mental health, sexual risk, and HIV testing, coping strategies, resources, and preferences for intervention content and delivery procedures; (2) develop the true self program for Chinese TW at risk for HIV, followed by a small open pilot (n = 10) to finalize intervention protocol; (3) evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, safety, and preliminary effects of the true self program via a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with TW with recent condomless/PREP-less sex (n = 60). We will conduct quantitative assessments at baseline, 3-month, and 6-months follow-ups. We will conduct exit-interviews with TW assigned to the true self condition (n = 30) to identify areas for further improvement and understand barriers and facilitators of engagement, along with interviews with stakeholders (n = 18) to inform future efficacy and implementation study designs. This developmental grant will provide essential data to guide subsequent r-series application for a fully- powered RCT and invest in capacity development for researchers and transgender health professionals in China.

National Institutes of Health grant (2024) Amount: $173,197 Recipient: Brown University Purpose: Developing and testing a stigma reduction focused, gender affirmative mobile health (MHEALTH) program to engage Chinese transgender women (TW) in HIV prevention via promoting their mental and sexual health, HIV self-testing and use of HIV and gender-related community and medical resources. usaspending.gov/award/ASST_NON…

@DoNotJeet @David_G_94 @FinanceLancelot win my ass. what exactly do thousands of job replaced workers retrain into . and who supports their families while they recover from economic ruin in between !

@David_G_94 @FinanceLancelot We all know automation will lower costs, and increase speeds. Those who want to work in the industry will get better, more specialized training. It's a win for everyone

Union leader sounds serious about this 40,000 port worker strike starting October 1. A prolonged port strike would be devastating for the U.S./European economies. Likely the perfect excuse the shipping companies need to automate many of the sytems. x.com/i/status/18402…

@traderaider42 @BehizyTweets then you dont understand money and power!

@BehizyTweets I don't see the cabal as being small. I think it's all Obama. I think he has so much dirt on them than he runs America in their names

WATCH: Maria Bartiromo says there's a "small cabal" of people who control the Media, Academia, Hollywood, etc., working to stop Donald Trump by any means necessary "Trump came on the scene and was polarizing to so many people that they went crazy. And I think that there's a small cabal who hate him so much and have convinced their constituents, media, academia, Hollywood, and I saw that as being incredible unfairness." - Via the @sagesteele podcast Yesterday, Megyn Kelly went off on the crooks, and now Sage Steele & Maria Bartiromo as well. I hope they keep calling out the corruption so the whole country can wake up.

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@marvinmusk hi

@General_Oluchi @CollinRugg geo location with phone. easy peesy.

@CollinRugg Good job to the father!! How did he know where to find the driver and his daughter?

NEW: Father absolutely obliterates Uber driver after allegedly finding him r*ping his daughter in the backseat of the driver's car. 58-year-old Ahmed Ali was arrested after he was caught r*ping a young woman in his car. Ali had picked up the woman from a bar in WA. The woman was too intoxicated to take herself home so she got an Uber. Ali allegedly manipulated the Uber app to make it look like he dropped her off at home but took her to a secluded area instead. When she didn't come home, her father went looking. He found her with no clothes on in the backseat of Ali's car. Ali had his pants down and he tried jumping to the front of the car. The father then beat Ali to stop him and two shots were reportedly fired. The Uber driver was so badly beaten that he needed medical attention. The court found probable cause for second-degree r*pe and first-degree k*dnapping. Video: @fox13seattle

@catturd2 i love it!!!!! activate yesterday!!

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@Space_Station @elonmusk @SpaceX who exactly is providing this footage from above? hmmmmmm????

The @SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft soars 262 miles over China as it approaches the station for docking around 7:16am ET.

@RippleRiddler1 ripple is not a US co. japan ,dubai ,england, more likely.

Do you really think that BRICS countries like Saudi Arabia, Russia, China and Iran would use the US company #Ripple $XRP for digital payments? Countries in Asia-Pacific, UAE and Africa would adopt other alternatives, Wadzpay $WTK is one of them. $WTK storm is coming !

@PharaohX33 i lurk but time to time i reply. thank you!

I wanted to share this XRP perspective with you all. XRP touched .17 cents in December of 2020 after Ripple was sued & has not gone down there since. This is important. In June of 2022, XRP touched roughly .28 cents and accumulated within that overall range for nearly a whole year. In July of 2023, XRP was given regulatory clarity and price pumped higher, touching roughly .94 cents. XRP then retraced and touched roughly .43 cents in August of 2023. An accumulation zone was created there as many were bearish due to lack of overstanding & bearish disease. Those on my team have been prepared this entire time. No stress. Everything has been going exactly as planned. XRP accumulated within this range for ONLY 60 days before finally breaking out and pushing to the upside in October of 2023. As I type this, the price is slowly rising. The question you need to ask yourself is... Why did XRP accumulate for TWELVE months... Push higher (in July of 2023)... Retrace again (in August of 2023)... & only went sideways for TWO MONTHS... While respecting that accumulation range and the low created in June of 2022 (.28 cents) AND the low created in Decemeber of 2020 (.17 cents) ⁉️ So basically... Price continues to retrace yet create HIGHER LOWS since Ripple was sued in December of 2020. That is nearly THREE YEARS AGO. That is extremely important. & some are still thinking that price is going to go down there? In my personal opinion, it would have already happened. I don't try to predict. I adapt. & when you adapt to what's currently happening on the charts... You'll overstand my perspective. One final thing, though... Hypothetically speaking... Let's say XRP did drastically fall to low catastrophic levels... Refer back to the retracement that occurred a few months ago in August of 2023, where XRP went sideways for ONLY 60 days. What is this telling you? That regardless of what happens... The XRP chart is alive. Things are speeding up. Things are lining up. Things will happen way quicker now. We will no longer experience 12 months of accumulation. All of that is done and over with. XRP has clarity now. The case against Brad & Chris has been dismissed. Things are different today. You've made it through the most challenging times. What's on the other side... Is for those who've been tough enough... To presevere, grow, and endure anything & everything that came their way. You'll receive everything you deserve on the other side. If you've made it this far on this message, I genuinely appreciate you. Comment "🔥🔥🔥" below to let me know you made it this far. I truly want to know who actually read this entire message. It means a lot. & to my lurkers... Yes, I know you're reading every tweet I post yet, never like or retweet. I still appreciate you. We're all on this journey together. It's been a hell of a ride. The fun hasn't even started yet. This is only the beginning. I wish you all the very best on your journey. We will all get to celebrate and laugh about all of this one day.

@VincentCrypt46 fork tine groove

Tesseract giveaway. (Check my timeline for video of Terrasect) Guess what this Micro-Photography pic is correctly and be entered in a random drawing to win the 12inch Tesseract. Rules: 1: One guess only. Multiple guesses are disqualified. 2: No more guesses past 12pm Eastern tomorrow. 3: If no one gets it will give a hint. 4: Will pay for shipping to the lower 48 states in USA only. Overseas winners will have to pay for shipping. 5: Must be able to give an address that I can ship if you win. Good Luck!

@VincentCrypt46 hinge of a pair of glasses

Let's practice. What is this?

Tomorrow at 8pm eastern going to do a Micro-Photography guessing game to give away the 12" Tesseract. Everyone that guesses the picture right will be entered into a random drawing on Wednesday night. I'll try not to make the picture too hard.

@VincentCrypt46 sounds like your circuit is one leg of a 220 or two leg circuit and that 220 is being used so your lite circuit is causing an imbalance and weird voltages. check panel source.

Any electricians here? Have a 110v line that test ok. Line to neutral test = 116v Line to Ground = 116v Ground to neutral = 0v I hardwire a floodlight and test... Line to neutral test = 170v Line to Ground = 40v Ground to neutral = 0v Anyone know what is going on?

@BabaCugs i thought you were leaving!

@Dalbodog vets charge a hefty fee to be in the room. sinful but true! i deeply regret not being with my boy when euthenized.