Andy Knight II

Making business and thinking less complicated than people pretend it is.

[Andy Knight II @AndyKnightII]

@enchantedhottie @FunAva007 @TravisNei @TheTigreTwins @AnaDivincienzo @Kadi_Kat_ @TheEdgerPoe @seanachiejimK @Jagsfan67 @WeHaveHope231 You keep him that busy?

[Andy Knight II @AndyKnightII]

@enchantedhottie @FunAva007 @TheTigreTwins @AnaDivincienzo @Kadi_Kat_ @TravisNei @TheEdgerPoe @seanachiejimK @Jagsfan67 @WeHaveHope231 lol

[Andy Knight II @AndyKnightII]

@TravisNei @FunAva007 @enchantedhottie @seanachiejimK @TheTigreTwins @AnaDivincienzo @TheEdgerPoe @WeHaveHope231 @Kadi_Kat_ She does seem to collect people. We already have Kirstin and Ana, and now it seems like Maci is becoming fond of her too.

[TheNewPhysics @CharlesMullins2]

🚨 ROLLS-ROYCE JUST RAN A JET ENGINE ON 100% HYDROGEN AND IT REACHED FULL TAKE-OFF POWER.

In a landmark test, a Rolls-Royce jet engine successfully operated at full thrust using only hydrogen fuel for the first time in history.

The engine was tested across a complete simulated flight cycle, including fault scenarios, proving that hydrogen can not only burn inside a modern aero gas turbine but can deliver the power needed for real commercial flight.

Why this matters:
• Aviation is one of the hardest sectors to decarbonize
• Hydrogen produces zero CO₂ when burned — only water
• This test validates that hydrogen combustion, fuel systems, and engine controls can work together at full power
• It moves hydrogen aviation from theory into practical engineering reality

The deeper implication is huge:
We are now seeing the first real proof that large commercial aircraft could one day fly on hydrogen instead of kerosene.

While many challenges remain (especially hydrogen storage and airport infrastructure), this test removes one of the biggest technical doubts: whether a jet engine can actually deliver full power on hydrogen.

The race toward zero-emission flight just took a major step forward.

What do you think will hydrogen or battery-electric eventually power most commercial flights?

Follow for more frontier energy and sustainable technology.

[Andy Knight II @AndyKnightII]

@enchantedhottie @Bluelov21790224 Not if his girlfriend is doing her job right

[Andy Knight II @AndyKnightII]

@enchantedhottie @FunAva007 @TravisNei @TheEdgerPoe @seanachiejimK @AnaDivincienzo @Jagsfan67 @WeHaveHope231 @TheTigreTwins @Kadi_Kat_ You are consistent.

[Andy Knight II @AndyKnightII]

@enchantedhottie @TravisNei @FunAva007 @AnaDivincienzo @TheEdgerPoe @seanachiejimK @WeHaveHope231 @TheTigreTwins @Kadi_Kat_ @Jagsfan67 jail time bro

[Andy Knight II @AndyKnightII]

@enchantedhottie @FunAva007 @grok @TravisNei @TheEdgerPoe @seanachiejimK @AnaDivincienzo @Jagsfan67 @WeHaveHope231 @TheTigreTwins @Kadi_Kat_ go with red

[Andy Knight II @AndyKnightII]

@FunAva007 @enchantedhottie @Jagsfan67 @TheEdgerPoe @TravisNei @seanachiejimK @WeHaveHope231 @AnaDivincienzo @Kadi_Kat_ @TheTigreTwins how old is Maci?

[Wonder of Science @wonderofscience]

Fascinating footage of a human white blood cell chasing a bacterium captured through a microscope.

📽️: David Rogers

[Coinvo @Coinvo]

🇺🇸 REP. NANCY MACE: "We want the Death Penalty for anyone who rapes children."

[Andy Knight II @AndyKnightII]

@FunAva007 @enchantedhottie @AnaDivincienzo @TheEdgerPoe @WeHaveHope231 @Jagsfan67 @TravisNei @seanachiejimK @TheTigreTwins @Kadi_Kat_ Did you just crawl out from under a rock? Have you seriously never been to a Walmart before?

[Andy Knight II @AndyKnightII]

@TravisNei @FunAva007 @enchantedhottie @AnaDivincienzo @Kadi_Kat_ @WeHaveHope231 @Jagsfan67 @TheEdgerPoe @seanachiejimK @TheTigreTwins I believe that’s a monarch butterfly caterpillar. We have them here in New Hampshire.

[Andy Knight II @AndyKnightII]

@FunAva007 Is that the Vaccinium shrub growing out of the moss?

[Andy Knight II @AndyKnightII]

A good business case study

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Toys R Us wasn’t destroyed by Amazon alone — after a 2005 leveraged buyout saddled the company with roughly $5 billion in debt while private equity firms collected millions in fees, the retailer eventually collapsed, leaving more than 30,000 workers without jobs and many initially without severance.

Toys R Us was once one of the biggest names in American retail, a store so iconic that for generations of children its aisles felt like a second Christmas morning. But its downfall was not simply about online shopping or Amazon overpowering another legacy retailer.

The company’s real troubles began in 2005, when it was taken private through a leveraged buyout that loaded the business with billions of dollars in debt. Instead of investing heavily in modernizing stores, improving its online presence, or competing with rivals like Walmart, Target, and Amazon, Toys R Us spent enormous amounts of money just paying off what it owed.

By the time the company filed for bankruptcy in 2017, the brand was still widely recognized, but financially cornered. Many stores had become outdated, its digital strategy lagged behind competitors, and thousands of employees were left vulnerable when the retailer finally collapsed.

The human cost was immediate. Roughly 30,000 to 33,000 workers lost their jobs, and many initially received no severance pay. Following public backlash and pressure from organized workers, private equity firms Bain and KKR later contributed to a hardship and severance fund, though it came only after the closures had already devastated employees and their families.

Toys R Us was originally founded in 1948 by Charles Lazarus as a baby furniture store called Children’s Bargain Town.

[Elonogy @ElonogyX]

Elon Musk: "In the next 6 to 12 months, we’ll be doing our first implants for vision, where even if somebody is completely blind, we can write directly to the visual cortex."

"Long term, you would have very high resolution and be able to see multispectral wavelengths... you could see in infrared, ultraviolet, radar. It's like a superpower situation."

[Imtiaz Mahmood @ImtiazMadmood]

The ultimate holy grail of clean energy is closer than we think. A revolutionary new fusion reactor design is officially on track to connect directly to the power grid, bringing us a massive step closer to potentially powering the entire planet by 2030.

Unlike traditional nuclear plants, fusion generates boundless energy by mimicking the exact process that powers our sun, fusing atoms together instead of splitting them. This incredible technology produces zero greenhouse gases and leaves behind no long-lived radioactive waste, promising an era of completely clean, limitless electricity for everyone!

[Andy Knight II @AndyKnightII]

@Rainmaker1973 I would get a proof set

[Andy Knight II @AndyKnightII]

@AnaDivincienzo Well… when a mommy and a daddy who love each other and...

[Andy Knight II @AndyKnightII]

@AnaDivincienzo @FunAva007 @enchantedhottie @TheEdgerPoe @TravisNei @seanachiejimK @WeHaveHope231 @TheTigreTwins @Kadi_Kat_ @Jagsfan67 you two are like the good angel and the bad angel on my shoulders