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If you think you're too small to make a difference, try sleeping in bed with a mosquito!

@gtconway3d Love it!

This proposal deserves serious study

@lady_valor_07 @startrek101tos A. The best!

Do you still consider Joe Biden one of the best leaders of our time? A. Absolutely 👍 B. No, one of the worst

@jmwind Great story! Carney is a VERY smart guy. You're right he's in the right job for the moment

I interviewed Mark Carney for a job. It was 2021. We were looking to bring in a board member or executive who could help us think about entrepreneurship in the context of the global economy. I was asked to interview a guy named Mark. I Googled him. He had a decent CV. In our call after brief introductions, he jumped straight in and said, “I see on Strava that you’re a runner and you live in...” It threw me off a bit. He had clearly done his homework. Borderline stalking. We talked about running for a while. He was good at small talk. He casually mentioned that he runs marathons now and then. Mental note: he does his homework. Also, is he distracting me so I do not get to my questions? I started worrying he would try to schmooze me instead of getting into anything substantive. In my defence, I had done some homework too. I had not stalked him on social media, but I had read several articles he had written. I learned that he leaned strongly globalist and believed that most of our challenges do not respect borders and will only be solved collaboratively. I wanted to see if he could argue against his own position. More specifically, I asked when countries should invest in self-reliance. For context, I explained how, in software, we have learned that purely centralized systems fail in obvious ways. But overly distributed systems fail too, when small issues propagate across too many dependencies. I asked whether societies behave the same way. Are we sometimes too decentralized? When should countries accept less efficiency and invest in more centralization or self-reliance? He smiled. I could not tell whether he thought the question was childish or whether I had annoyed him. Then he broke the silence and said, “This is a great parallel. Give me a second to think about it.” We ended up having a great conversation. That said, it took him a lot of words to make his point. Professional talker. He liked the exercise. I could tell he had spent so long defending global collaboration that he had not fully prepared for this angle. I did not know it at the time, but he was in the middle of writing Value(s), which is essentially an ode to global cooperation. We went over time. It did not faze him. He cared about finishing the discussion. At that point he was improvising, and it felt natural and fun. It was a genuinely thoughtful discussion. I learned a lot. In the end, he did not join us. But we all wanted him to. When I see him in his current gig, a small part of me laughs that I might have helped warm him up. The more I think about that conversation, the clearer it becomes that he probably did not want his current Prime Minister role. Not in the way people want promotions or titles. Some people spend a lifetime preparing for problems they hope never arrive. When the moment shows up anyway, they step in. Not because it is appealing, but because it is necessary. This just happened to be his moment.

@ChrisDJackson Indeed! 👍

I know mine does. 🖐️ How about you?

@fopminui You're an angel, and so are 4000 other truckers! Thank you!

@lady_valor_07 37 for me!!

7 for me!

@NoahBookbinder @CREWcrew Thank you! I have this bookmarked so I can refer back from time to time! It's overwhelming!

@TheRealThelmaJ1 Come to BlueSky! 💙 It's really wonderful there!

I follow 26,000 of you. I see none of you in my feed. Nothing but MAGA propaganda. Elon has pushed it too far, if he wants this to be Truth Social he has succeeded.

@ChrisDJackson @JoeBiden Indeed! 👍

The fact that President Biden released this statement despite everything Trump has said about him and his family says a lot about his character and sense of duty. Make no mistake — if the roles were reversed, Trump wouldn’t do the same. 46 remains the better man, and the better president.

I am deeply grateful and relieved that this day has come – for the last living 20 hostages who have been through unimaginable hell and are finally reunited with their families and loved ones, and for the civilians in Gaza who have experienced immeasurable loss and will finally get the chance to rebuild their lives. The road to this deal was not easy. My Administration worked relentlessly to bring hostages home, get relief to Palestinian civilians, and end the war. I commend President Trump and his team for their work to get a renewed ceasefire deal over the finish line. Now, with the backing of the United States and the world, the Middle East is on a path to peace that I hope endures and a future for Israelis and Palestinians alike with equal measures of peace, dignity, and safety.

@newyorkcitykopp Headed to NYC Sunday!! Can't wait!

@NormEisen Fantastic!!

Good news in VOA case! Judge just granted our & wonderful cocounsel & clients motion for order to show cause & strongly called out the government's games He ordered gov to produce a plan for restoring VOA's programming as required under the statute

@newyorkcitykopp Come to BLUESKY💙🩵 We're friendly and curious over there! @blondieBombshell.bsky.social ( I ALWAYS LOVE your meandering through NYC! 🍎)

@SteveRattner @Lawrence That's really interesting 🤔. It would be great to update the chart .

This chart is a bit dated (2016), but it’s interesting that Harvard — despite its conflict with the Trump administration — isn’t among the most liberal universities.

@Wimbledon @DjokerNole That was an AMAZING rally and shot by Djokovic at the end! He even laughed! 😅

No. Words. 🤯 #Wimbledon | @DjokerNole

@TheDailyShow Hahaha! 🤣 "Tomorrow , We're gearing up to put out the flames on any WaMo we see. It's dangerous work, but I feel confident we can handle it."

Ken Burns Presents: A Soldier's Dispatch from the Front Lines in L.A.

@donkoclock @TerryMoran Hi DONK! 👋 I surely miss you on Bluesky! 🫂💞 I hope all is well with you!

Terry Moran was just Fired by ABC News over calling Stephen Miller is a "world-class hater." Drop another 💙 for @TerryMoran! Let him know we still support him.

@ChrisDJackson @DrBiden Yay!!

🚨 BREAKING: @DrBiden has been named Chair of the Milken Institute’s new Women’s Health Network—aimed at tackling long-standing disparities in women's health research and care. A huge honor and well-deserved recognition for her lifelong advocacy. Congratulations, Dr. B! 👏 👏 👏 👏

@philipshenon A monarchy is only as good as it's King 👑. Jesus Wept is a page turner. You packed so much information in a beautifully written way, that I can't put it down. I am learning so much. Thank you.

@philipshenon I have a very fraught relationship to organized religion. This book hasn't made it better. But I certainly have great respect for certain people who dared to challenge the church eg Pope John XX111, Hans Kung to evolve in many ways. 2)

Kirkus Reviews: “Jesus Wept: An extraordinary accomplishment: controversial, but crucial for discussions in today’s Catholic Church.” kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/p…