Coleman Ellis

Resisting the digital echo chamber

[Philosway @philosway]

"There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing."

— Aristotle

[Coleman Ellis @ColemanEllis76]

He is my fav founding father.

[Echoes of War @EchoesofWarYT]

Thomas Jefferson died on the 4th of July. Not just any 4th. The exact 50th anniversary of the Declaration he wrote. And on that same day, hundreds of miles away, his old friend and rival John Adams died too. You cannot make this up. Here's the story.

Everyone knows Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence at just 33 years old. Fewer people know the size of the mind behind it.

He was a relentless genius. He taught himself law, architecture, multiple languages, science, and farming. He designed his own home, Monticello, and kept refining it for forty years like he physically could not leave a good idea alone. He tinkered and invented constantly, including a better plow blade that he refused to patent because he believed useful ideas should belong to everyone, not be locked up for profit.

He was a book addict on a scale that's hard to picture today. He owned close to 10,000 books in his lifetime. And when the British burned the Capitol and destroyed the Library of Congress in 1814, Jefferson sold his personal collection of roughly 6,500 volumes to the nation to rebuild it. The Library of Congress today essentially grew back from his bookshelves.

He served as the nation's first Secretary of State, its second Vice President, and its third President. As President he pulled off the Louisiana Purchase, doubling the size of the country in a single stroke, and sent Lewis and Clark to map a continent.

He founded the University of Virginia, designed its buildings himself, and was so proud of it that he asked it to be carved on his tombstone, alongside writing the Declaration and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. Not one word about being President. He wanted to be remembered for what he built and what he taught.

And then the ending almost no one learns. He died on July 4, 1826, fifty years to the day after the nation was born. Adams, dying the very same day, reportedly murmured "Thomas Jefferson still survives," not knowing Jefferson had already passed hours earlier.

Two founders, two old rivals turned friends, leaving the world together on the country's golden anniversary.

Thomas Jefferson. The mind that wrote a nation into existence.

[Coleman Ellis @ColemanEllis76]

Creative destruction.

[Ronit Pereira @CAronitpereira]

“Look at John D Rockefeller’s Standard Oil, it’s a pale shadow of it’s former self.”

“Over the long term, big companies of America behave more like biology than they do like anything else.

“In biology, all the species die and so do the individuals, it’s just a question of time.”

- Charlie Munger

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

At 33, Dolly Parton was still a year away from the superstardom that 9 TO 5 (1980) would bring, but here she is performing a song she wrote for Johnny Carson and proving you can absolutely shred a guitar while wearing 5-inch nails.

A true superstar.

[Coleman Ellis @ColemanEllis76]

@CraftCovfefe @atensnut More like Aha Demptress…

[Coleman Ellis @ColemanEllis76]

@monicaonairtalk At the end of the day, it’s all decided for already. Sad!

[Sam Raus @SamRaus1]

My @californiapost debut on California’s individual mandate with @JoinYoungVoices

[Coleman Ellis @ColemanEllis76]

@KylieJaneKremer Money

[Coleman Ellis @ColemanEllis76]

@PONY_Official Oh no! I’m glad it went smoothly. Get well soon!

[Brian Kemp @BrianKempGA]

Had to stop for some Varsity after voting for @DerekDooleyGA and @burtjonesforga.

If you haven’t voted yet, there’s still time left. Get to the polls by 7pm tonight and vote!

[Johnny Dragon 🐲🔥 @JohnnyAragonRE]

“Success doesn’t happen overnight. It’s a long game.” — From Navy veteran to real estate professional, my story was just featured in the Associated Press. 📰

Link below.

https://t.co/miI93qGFZx

[Coleman Ellis @ColemanEllis76]

@overitall69 The AI on this bot is the best!!

[Coleman Ellis @ColemanEllis76]

@itsmorganariel Freshman 15

[Coleman Ellis @ColemanEllis76]

@MattyBracco @PhillyXProfile Green is better.

[Sara Higdon @SaraHigdon]

How many people does Elon musk hire? How much will he hire in the future? It’s not trickle down economics, but you really should learn the multiplier effect from econ 101. Do you know how many people are now millionaires because they worked for Elon starting at the lowest levels? Imagine not having what he has built. Because all you want to do is stifle the incentive for more innovation.

[Coleman Ellis @ColemanEllis76]

Back for round two!

@burtjonesforga
@DerekDooleyGA
@VernonForGA

[Coleman Ellis @ColemanEllis76]

Come out to Cobb Co. tomorrow to support @burtjonesforga for Gov!

[Coleman Ellis @ColemanEllis76]

@SamRaus1

[Burt Jones @burtjonesforga]

Georgia, I'd be honored to have your support and your vote, and I promise you I won't let you down. Thank you, @realdonaldtrump, for joining us tonight! #gapol

[Coleman Ellis @ColemanEllis76]

@ThatOtherJJ @terrynewman I don’t like him anymore. Total traitor, and we all are poorer…