FreeThinkingLass

@KatyinIndy I mentor youth. I don't have a lot of data points on Indian children, since most of our immigrant children are Chinese. However, the ones I've worked with come across as less intelligent. Entitled, but not especially bright. The children from Chinese families are much brighter.

As a tech worker, who had to work with these foreigners for over 20 years, they are not smarter in any way, shape or form than Americans… Or ever will be!!! They have lower IQ’s and can’t learn or work like Americans. During WWII high school women built airplanes, tanks, bombs, ships and everything else needed for the military and learned how to do it rapidly……because Americans are born with higher IQ’s.

@tyromper That is so true. When my husband is working on a project, fixing something, or helping a buddy, all is well with the world.

My dad convinces my son the entire homestead & property falls apart if he doesn't "help" my dad: •Get the mail. •Feed the cat. •Blow leaves off the driveway. •Spray paint old used shooting targets. My son wakes up SO PUMPED to help. Always learning from my pops. Best way to keep toddler boys busy, happy, out of trouble, & active is to GIVE THEM A MISSION. Funny enough, older men are like this too. We need a MISSION otherwise we start to languish as well.

@EvarielSC @GeriPerna I ordered some linen separates from Lands End. I haven't tried them on yet. Some of the retailers are responding.

@GeriPerna Organic cotton, hemp and linen is so hard to find !!!

Cotton clothing should not be THIS difficult to find.

@vivelaliberte @GeriPerna I have bought cotton sheets from LLBean and MyPillow. Both very nice quality. MyPillow is also a great place to buy cotton terry bathrobes and bath linens.

@GeriPerna also add trying to find 100% cotton sheets...cool, crisp, not too heavy, not too thin, quality, affordable, etc.,

@Jill2BetsyT @GeriPerna Jockey has cotton undies - apart from the elastic of course. When I shopped for some things for my husband they even had the option of US made cotton. It was more $$, but I want to encourage them and went for it.

@GeriPerna Yup ever tried searching for 💯 cotton undies and socks???? 🩲 🧦 😬 i cant find it

@dissidntdad It's things like this that make it harder for me to cull my closets (and the rest of the house). Even if I haven't worn something in a while, I know I can't replace it in kind.

people will ask: “Gregory, what radicalized you.” and I’ll say: “buying a 50 year old L.L. Bean polo that was made in the USA on eBay and it being higher quality than one I bought a few years ago.”

@ProudofusUK I'm just loving these stories. This is part of my husband's heritage, and that of our children. Such amazing resourcefulness and determination shine through. Thank you!

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 1829. Five machines. One mile of track. The world was never the same. 🚂 In October 1829 the Liverpool and Manchester Railway held a competition. The world's first inter-city passenger railway was nearly built. Nobody knew what should pull the trains. The directors wanted stationary engines fixed to the ground. Hauling carriages with cables. George Stephenson disagreed. The directors said: prove it. A £500 prize. One mile of level track. Rainhill, Lancashire. Ten entered. Five showed up. One was powered by a horse. 🐴 The crowd favourite was the Novelty. Small, elegant, built in London. Never tested on a real railway before the day. Then there was Sans Pareil. Heavy, dark, powerful. Built in Shildon, County Durham. And the Rocket. Built in Newcastle by Robert Stephenson. George's 26-year-old son. Quietly confident. The Novelty went first. The crowd erupted. Then its boiler joints failed. Then failed again. Sans Pareil ran powerfully. Then its cylinder cracked. The Rocket kept running. Day after day. Run after run. Hauling thirteen tons. Then on the morning of the 8th of October they uncoupled the load. And the Rocket ran free. Thirty-two miles an hour. 🚂 The crowd had never seen anything move that fast. The Rocket was the only locomotive to complete the trials. £500 prize. And the contract to build every locomotive for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. One year later the railway opened. A Member of Parliament stepped onto the track. William Huskisson, the railway's most passionate supporter, became the world's first railway fatality. The railway opened anyway. History doesn't pause. The Rocket became the template for every steam locomotive built for 150 years. Within twenty years Britain had six thousand miles of railway. It started in a field in Lancashire. With one family from Newcastle who believed a locomotive could win. Did you know this story? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 Nobody thought a locomotive could do it. One family from Newcastle proved them wrong. We tell the stories because we think they matter. Be Part Of Us. 👉 proudofus.co.uk/support Be Proud Of Us. 🇬🇧

@ToonDazza I've been careful for over 50 years. Being bullied by student gangs will teach you lifelong lessons. When I meet someone new, I don't assume anything one way or the other, but my trust takes a little time to develop. I'm largely immune to sob stories. Seen it all.

I was never a racist. I am now. The Left have created division , pandering to Muslims whilst shitting on white people. Double standards daily from praying in public to beating up female police officers. Jailing for a tweet but suspended sentences for Muslims raping kids. I wasn’t a racist - The Left Made Me one.

@marcoangeli So you're telling us @takaichi_sanae is a rock star!

O mundo concorda: ela é uma gracinha. Sanae Takaichi, a primeira ministra do Japão, conquistou Trump e todo mundo. Ela já tocou bateria, pilota moto e adora rock. Foi uma entusiasta de motocicletas por cerca de 20 anos -dos 16 aos 37 anos de idade- e sua moto principal era a Kawasaki Z400GP. Em suas mãos, hoje, o Japão encerra um ciclo histórico de pacifismo. Sanae tem o maior orçamento de defesa do japão desde a Segunda Guerra: US$ 58 bilhões. O Japão constrói capacidade real de contra-ataque: Mísseis de cruzeiro com alcance de 1.000 km. Enxames de drones. Caças de nova geração em parceria com a Europa. Em março, o Japão dedicará 2% do PIB para defesa. Será o terceiro maior orçamento militar do planeta, atrás apenas de Estados Unidos e China. Mas Sanae Takaichi não é apenas uma gracinha: A respeito das pretensões chinesas, afirmou publicamente: -"Se a China avançar sobre Taiwan, o japão responderá militarmente.' Sanae sabe muito bem o que faz e quem a acompanha. Ao seu lado estão os EUA, a Coréia do Sul, a Austrália e as Filipinas. Além de encantadora, Sanae Takaichi está do lado certo da história. Sorte do mundo. Fonte: @blognaointendo, tks *The world agrees: she's a sweetheart. Sanae Takaichi, Japan's first female prime minister, won over Trump and everyone else. She used to play drums, ride motorcycles, and loves rock music. She was a motorcycle enthusiast for about 20 years—from age 16 to 37—and her main motorcycle was the Kawasaki Z400GP. In her hands, today, Japan closes a historic cycle of pacifism. Sanae has Japan's largest defense budget since World War II: US$58 billion. Japan is building real counter-attack capability: Cruise missiles with a range of 1,000 km. Swarms of drones. New generation fighter jets in partnership with Europe. In March, Japan will dedicate 2% of its GDP to defense. It will be the third largest military budget on the planet, behind only the United States and China. But Sanae Takaichi is not just a pretty face: Regarding Chinese ambitions, she publicly stated: -"If China advances on Taiwan, Japan will respond militarily." Sanae knows very well what she's doing and who's supporting her. On her side are the USA, South Korea, Australia, and the Philippines. Besides being charming, Sanae Takaichi is on the right side of history. Lucky for the world.

@White_Pr1me Why is tap water good enough for our family but she has to use bottled for KoolAid?

There is a deep injustice when a productive society is forced to sustain an underclass that has become comfortably reliant on the taxpayer. It is a fundamental betrayal when the labor of the (White) working class is harvested to subsidize those who have abandoned the responsibility of self reliance, effectively turning a temporary 'safety net' into a permanent entitlement that rewards stagnation.

@BrexitBassist I've long found Oreos inedible. They changed the formula for the creme layer years ago. I can't abide them now. Another piece of childhood gone. Hubs is going to miss Ritz. I'll need to find a substitute.

Regarding Cadbury's imitation Chocolate. Mondelēz global multinational company bought out Cadbury from Kraft in 2012, they also own Oreo and Toblerone and Ritz. Only a small amount is made in Birmingham, it's mostly made worldwide. I am now boycotting all Mondelēz products

@ChiefEngineerCE If 55 million visas get cancelled, I hope it's before my adult kids buy houses rather than immediately after. This would be my wish for them.

What would America look like if 55 million Visas were cancelled? If 55 million visas were cancelled overnight, America would change in ways few could imagine. At first it would look chaotic. Hospitals short on nurses. Tech firms unable to staff support teams. Crops left to rot because migrant labor vanished. For a few months, the headlines would scream collapse. But then something else would happen. Wages would climb. Trades and apprenticeships would surge. Colleges that depended on foreign tuition would close, but community colleges would thrive again as Americans re-trained. Housing prices in major cities would fall for the first time in decades. Renters would finally have leverage. Families that were priced out could buy homes again. The GDP might dip at first, but the money would start circulating locally. People who thought they’d never matter in the economy would suddenly be needed again. The country would remember how to build, grow, fix, and teach without importing labor. It wouldn’t be easy, but it would be ours. (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2024; DHS Yearbook of Immigration Statistics, 2023; Borjas, G. “Labor Market Effects of Immigration,” NBER 2018; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 ACS; Institute of International Education, 2024 Open Doors Report.)

@Watchman_motto That is really lovely. These transitions aren't easy on anyone.

We built an in-laws house on our property in the woods behind the barn. Very similar to the one pictured. My parents live there currently. I have some thoughts. It’s very difficult to handle elderly parents. Especially those of the boomer generation. Of course all of us have to handle the concept of our own death and nobody wants to die. I think boomers are especially avoidant of this topic and from my experience will do anything to avoid even acknowledging that they will someday pass away. But you really don’t have a lot of options for when your parents are old. Do you put them in a home? That’s mad expensive and those places are miserable. Do you let them wither away in their own home - in my case a 1hr commute? How does that work when they need help? If you have the means, I think this kind of thing is the best option. They get To live somewhere rent free which helps with their finances. You’re close by if they need help. And the grandkids can visit as often as they want. All other struggles aside.

@bankertobuilder And to top it all off, your road is always kept plowed in the wintertime.

This is a commuter’s dream We built these homes directly on the main interstate The instant you leave your driveway, you’re already on the highway headed to work We’ve cut commute times down by several minutes for all our new residents

@PeterSweden7 "I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction" - Clarence Darrow

BREAKING: Two far-left extremists in Rome, Italy, have blown themselves up while preparing a bomb for a planned attack. They both died in the exolosion.

@Watchman_motto I was always fascinated with bermed houses. My husband advised against them because of water issues. We have a high water table, and he saw the inevitability of leakage, condensation, and mold. That may be why I never see them, along with egress issues.

Love this floor plan. The only thing I would change is the garden room would be a courtyard instead. People want such different things out of a home today. Bet you most people would say the rooms are too small.

@tebsf @Watchman_motto It looks like the laundry is on the main level beside the stairs to the basement. It's hard to read the captions.

@Watchman_motto Now that is a good floorpan... help me understand the steps (if laundry in basement - nope)? Nook in kitchen not needed make a nice pantry. Friends of mine just built a very similar house with a pool in the middle and an outdoor kitchen/dining living area - Florida so year round.

Now this one is genius. Personally I would ditch the swimming pool and just make that area a lawn/formal garden/fire pit area. But you can imagine having friends over after kids have gone to bed and they would never hear you no matter how loud it would get. We have two couples on a regular “game night” once a month. Which usually involves some drinks and always involves raucous noise.

@Watchman_motto I really like this. The study can be used as a library, office or spare bedroom. Nice for entertaining. It calls for a generous lot and a good climate for growing plants. It requires very good insulation. The sprawling design would lose heat faster than a multi-storey building.

@maze_sarayn @educatedandfree Admins tend to be risk averse. Many will hire an alum who will predictably fit in, rather than a more knowledgeable outsider. You can also have department faculty who nix the application because they feel threatened by a strong candidate. People are people.

So, to give my personal experience anecdote as a teacher. My degree and cert for is in history. I can teach every grade. When it comes to hiring in education and I know this isn't very much new to anyone but hiring teachers in my opinion is based on vibes. Ive been turned from down many many positions. No reason is ever given but I would often surmise that Im just lousy at interviews or someone is way better than me was picked but I have seen others who were picked over me and that made me question it tremendously. One time, I was passed up for a position for a student teacher, not even certified yet when I was right there not doing much in the front office. I bare no ill will towards the student teacher but I can tell she had no idea what she was doing. I feel like I rubbed the social studies department head the wrong way when I only interacted with her once and I was in a rush. I guess she held a grudge. The next time I had this happen to me in a different district was for a guy who had no background in history, he was a non cert "teacher" and he got moved right into a teaching position to teach a state tested history class when I was told "nah we dont have any positions open". I still believe its part in due Im just crap at interviews but from picks I often see that do make it to full time positions. I think its the hirers preference and not caring if they are the best pick for the job. I can say this about any field or whatever but when it comes to education. The people who often do hiring for schools don't care about if your kid is getting the best educator or have great grasp on content but who they just have a good vibe with. Call it sour grapes but man, when going to district wide PDs and a lot of the other teachers teaching history have no idea what theyre even talking about while I rot away at an alternative school just makes my skin crawl at admin.

The stuff the TEACHERS don’t know would shock most educated adults. Or not. But if you do know that they don’t know, why do you keep subjecting your children to them? open.substack.com/pub/educatedan…

@educatedandfree @Le__Joo I agree. Some of our best classroom discussions started with a student asking an unusual question. Sometimes I'd say 'I don't know, let's think', and dive into the possibilities with them Socratically. It takes confidence and depth to bob and weave in front of a class.

Thats not what I’m saying. What I’m saying is while they may know slightly more than the kids, they are not anywhere near as knowledgeable as the schools and they pretend they are. Their lack of authority and resultant insecurity has a bunch of knock-on effects that most people don’t think twice about, but can really harm their students, not the least of which is spectacularly bad teaching because they DK t have the knowledge to draw upon to really explain much of anything to a curious student.