David Taylor

Mechanical Engineer, perpetual student, new to the twitterversosphere

[New Orleans Saints @Saints]

wanna LEVEL(Z) 🆙??

RT for your chance to win an autographed Cam Jordan jersey 🔁

#Saints | Rules 🔗https://t.co/WtTNlLKHJ9

[End Wokeness @EndWokeness]

New crosswalks in Monmouth Beach, NJ for America 250

Every city should do this

[Jenna latour @latour_jenna]

North LA people make sure to check her out👏👏👏

[Chad Prather @WatchChad]

The bad news: Team USA lost to Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic Final last night.

The good news: Venezuela’s Eugenio Suárez gave glory to Jesus Christ BY NAME on national television for ALL to see 🙏

“God is good. All the glory is for Lord Jesus...He was with us the whole time. We have to glorify, put his name in front of everything”

[David Taylor @DavidDETLTU]

@gotechplsdntdie Brutal has been my word for Tech athletics for a while now. Every disappointing loss my son and I look at each other and just say...."Brutal".

[David Taylor @DavidDETLTU]

@On3

[David Taylor @DavidDETLTU]

@ASimpleMan20 @SethDillon @AuronMacintyre If someone says the measure of a man is X, they are not literally saying that X is how you obtain the man's height and weight and suit size. Similarly what Scalia said "what makes an American is X, is not literally saying X is how you determine who is American. Seems simple.

[ArchaeoHistories @histories_arch]

In 1783, King George III asked an American painter what George Washington would do now that he had virtually won the war. The painter replied that the General intended to return to his farm in Virginia. The King was stunned. He reportedly said, "If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world."

Throughout history, victorious generals almost always seized the throne. From Caesar to Cromwell, military success usually meant political dictatorship. The concept of voluntarily walking away from absolute power was practically unheard of. But George Washington wasn't like other men.

By December 4, 1783, the British surrender at Yorktown was past, and peace was finally assured. Washington commanded a powerful, seasoned army that adored him. Conversely, many of his officers were unpaid and angry at the inefficient Congress. They had the guns, the manpower, and the loyalty to install a new monarch. He could have been King George I of America.

Instead, on this day in history, Washington walked into the Long Room at Fraunces Tavern in lower Manhattan. The room was filled with his most loyal officers—men like Henry Knox and Baron von Steuben—who had frozen with him at Valley Forge and bled with him for eight long years.

The atmosphere wasn't celebratory. It was heavy with inevitable separation. Washington, usually stoic and commercially reserved, poured a glass of wine and looked at his brothers-in-arms with visible emotion. "With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you," he said, his voice shaking. "I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honorable." He didn't order them. He didn't demand their allegiance. He hugged them.

One by one, the hardened soldiers wept openly. Washington embraced each man in silence. There was no pomp, no ceremony, and no speeches about future conquests. It was just a quiet goodbye between warriors who had done the impossible. Immediately after leaving the tavern, Washington didn't march on Congress to demand payment or power. He rode to Annapolis, Maryland, resigned his commission, and went home to Mount Vernon to plant crops.

He did the impossible.
He refused the crown.
He trusted the people.

By stepping down, he ensured that the United States would be a republic ruled by laws, not a kingdom ruled by force. He proved that the military serves the people, not the other way around. It was the final, and perhaps greatest, victory of the Revolution.
The world watched in awe as the American Cincinnatus returned his sword to its sheath, proving that character is the strongest constitution of all."

#archaeohistories

[LA Tech Football 🏈 @LATechFB]

𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐁𝐎𝐖𝐋 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 🏆

#HBTD | #BarkLouder 🐶🏈

[David Taylor @DavidDETLTU]

@ClayTravis This is exactly why the autobids are necessary. It shouldn't be about viewership numbers. It shouldn't even be about the "12 best teams" (determined by who). It should be about the best team. And if a team finished 4th in their conference they are not the best team.

[Robert Griffin III @RGIII]

If you think Group of 5 teams don’t belong in the College Football Playoff, you don’t actually love college football.

Group of 5 teams belong in the CFP if they earn it.

JMU and Tulane earned their way in.

Anyone trying to gate keep the CFP and keep Group of 5 teams out is carrying water for the wrong people.

Football fans love underdogs. Sports fans love Cinderellas. If they get crushed in the game, that’s okay.

We’ve seen perennial powerhouses get crushed in the College Football playoffs and those same voices didn’t say those teams didn’t belong in consideration for the CFP ever again.

-Alabama lost 44-16 to Clemson in 2019
-Oklahoma lost 63-28 to LSU in 2019
-Ohio State lost 31-0 to Clemson in 2016
-Ohio State lost 52-24 to Alabama in 2021

All are in the CFP this year because they earned it.

We’ve seen Cinderellas beat the big dawgs throughout College Football and College Sports history.

So whether JMU and Tulane get blown out, hold their own, or win their games in the CFP, the result shouldn’t be used against all group of 5 teams to keep them out of the CFP.

An undefeated or 1 loss Group of 5 conference champion earns their way into the CFP.

The size of your brand shouldn’t determine your spot in the CFP.

Winning games matters.

If you’re gonna carry water for anyone, carry it for the PEOPLE OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL. They don’t all live in 2 conferences.

[Robert Griffin III @RGIII]

So it’s okay if a Power 4 team gets BTA in the playoffs but it’s not acceptable for a Group of 5 team to get BTA because of Strength of schedule? I thought everyone was eligible to get BTA.

Blowouts in the College Football Playoff have always been common place. No matter what Power 4 or Group of 5 conference you play in:

-Alabama lost 44-16 to Clemson
-Oklahoma lost 63-28 to LSU
-Ohio State lost 31-0 to Clemson
-Ohio State lost 52-24 to Alabama
-TCU lost 63-7 to Georgia
-Florida State lost 59-20 to Oregon
-Michigan State lost 38-0 to Alabama
-SMU lost 38-10 to Penn State
-Notre Dame lost 30-3 to Clemson
-Tennessee lost 42-17 to Ohio State

Just add JMU and Tulane to the list and keep it moving. No one said to keep these Power 4 teams out of the playoff FOREVER after their bad loss. So stop trying to punish all Group of 5 teams for it.

[David Taylor @DavidDETLTU]

@BowTiedBroke Crazy

[David Taylor @DavidDETLTU]

RT @LATechFB: THE FRESHMAN 💥

How about that for your first career sack? @ZhericHill

Ruled targeting, but we're still posting because it…

[CBS Sports College Football 🏈 @CBSSportsCFB]

"Unless you just want this to turn into flag football, that's not targeting."

@TMcHargue16 says he could not disagree with this targeting call any more.

[Josh McDaniel 📷 @TheRealJoshMAC]

@LATechMButler Foot still on the ground and a literal picture perfect tackle.

[David Taylor @DavidDETLTU]

@SteaknShake Really sad our Steak and Shake closed years ago. Would love to have one nearby.

[Stu Smith @thestustustudio]

🚨 ArabCon laughs at October 7 Attacks “condemnation” question, Professor Abdulhadi vows to never condemn armed resistance

At ArabCon, Amer Zahr, adjunct professor at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, turned the October 7 attacks into a punchline. He asked, “Do you condemn October 7th?” — and the panel and audience erupted in laughter, a ghoulish reaction given the atrocities of that day.

San Francisco State University’s Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi immediately followed by rejecting any criticism of violence:

“I condemn Israel and the United States and all oppression and imperial war around the world. I never ever condemn Palestinian resistance and any resistance around the world.”

[NBADAWGBOY @NBA_DAWGBOY]

Idk what it is but that win against USM got me remembering this song and video from 2012‼️ Something about it just always had me ready to run through a wall and still does‼️‼️ #BarkLouder #HBTD

[Radiance Technologies @radiancetechinc]

We're thrilled to announce that Radiance Technologies, @LSUHS, and @LATech have united for a $5.85M DARPA contract to fuel defense biology innovations. https://t.co/kaRY2Gub55