Algernon Sidney

escribir es actuar

[Algernon Sidney @ForPatriots]

If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism. —Thomas Sowell

[Stuart Buck @stuartbuck1]

One of my favorite insights in all of life:
https://t.co/IM7ISYxGGl

I read this passage aloud once at a lunch for a friend/colleague who was moving to another state for a new job. Everyone at the lunch was in tears, and she was moved beyond words.

[🚫👁️Drinks on Saturday🇺🇸 @drinkonsaturday]

Is anyone else just "done"? Over it? Checked out?

A ton of people are quietly tapping out—finger off the pulse, zero fcks left. The 24/7 outrage machine, algorithmic rage-bait, and endless doom loop burned everyone out. What started as "staying informed" became toxic addiction to drama that rarely changes anything real.

Why now? Information overload hit critical mass. Polarization turned every issue into a team sport where nuance dies. Brains aren't wired for this volume of negativity; we adapt by detaching (psych call it "compassion fatigue" or "psychic numbing"). Post-pandemic + economic grind + AI-amplified noise accelerated it.

Is it a good sign? Often yes. Checking out from the spectacle can mean reclaiming attention for your actual life—family, skills, local reality, building shit. The "pulse" was mostly manufactured hype anyway. Selective ignorance isn't apathy; it's sanity preservation. Stay engaged where it matters, ignore the rest. The world keeps spinning.

[Frank J. Fleming @IMAO_]

Billionaires don't steal money from me -- politicians do.

[Hillel Neuer @HillelNeuer]

Kuwaiti Shocks UN: “Mr. Chair, Who are the real colonizers? A Jewish Kingdom ruled in Judea for a thousand years. We, the Arabs, took this land... Israel frees Gaza from Hamas and Iranians from the Islamic Republic. What Israel is doing to the IRGC—stopping a genocidal regime from acquiring nuclear weapons—is a gift to humanity.”

[Clay Travis @ClayTravis]

An Al Jazeera opinion piece on the American and Israel attacks on Iran — and how hugely successful and organized they have been — is somehow better analyzed than any American media piece I’ve read on Iran. Seriously, read it: https://t.co/WSEV7bosMa

[Fixing Education @FixingEducation]

Schools spend hours trying to “reach” the kid who openly doesn’t care, while the kid who tries every day quietly gets ignored. We’re exhausting ourselves chasing resistance instead of investing in effort.

[Gad Saad @GadSaad]

Cultures are neither equal nor indistinguishable. Cultural relativism (a parasitic idea) coupled with suicidal empathy eradicates this obvious reality. It is a form of lobotomy that immobilizes people from stating that they do not wish to host people who hail from cultures that are antithetical to their foundational values. This simple reality is destroying the West.

[Algernon Sidney @ForPatriots]

@RichCimini Someone should ask Glenn why McDonald was the end rusher on the game winning kick. Why the switch?

[Mark Hemingway @Heminator]

This piece from Josh Trevino is excellent, and among other things, absolutely guts the "both sides" claim.

[Algernon Sidney @ForPatriots]

@ChrisDokish The 3 at the top haven’t been coach by this staff. There’s no way Jones and Benton should be as bad as they have been. Their coaching is awful

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

I can't stop thinking about this poem...

The final two lines bear repeating:

And make the ordinary come alive for them. The extraordinary will take care of itself.

How often have you been convinced that your joy, contentment, and fulfillment were on the other side of some extraordinary achievement?

• I'll be content when I get that promotion.
• I'll be fulfilled when I make director.
• I'll be joyful when I find a partner.

This "when, then" psychology traps our happiness in a conditional statement:

You get to be happy when you achieve that thing.

In a culture that obsesses over the extraordinary, there's much to be gained through simply shifting your focus to celebrate the ordinary.

How can you make the ordinary come alive today?

Every single thing you do today is something your 90-year-old self will wish they could go back and do.

That simple walk. That feeling of satisfaction when you figure out a tricky problem. That smile from a friend. That laugh from your child. That workout you wanted to skip. That conversation with your parents.

That ordinary moment you're tempted to ignore.

All of it.

So, the next time you find yourself wanting to skip through to the other side—to the end, the goal, the finish line:

Stop. Pause. And breathe it in.

This is it. This is real. This is life.

Make the ordinary come alive and the extraordinary will take care of itself.

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

Years of life advice distilled into one tweet:

[Matt Lisle @CoachLisle]

Still My favorite 82 seconds of TV the last couple of years.

Listen. Learn.
Be Curious. Not Judgmental.
#TedLasso

[Dan Go @CoachDanGo]

Most guys don't need therapy.

They need a gym membership, purpose, and a resilient attitude.

[🇨🇦 Antonio Tweets @AntonioTweets2]

Sound advice 😂

[Mark Manson @Markmanson]

You’ll be amazed at how things magically turn out great as soon as you stop giving a f*ck.

[Jared Kane @BaddestBearJew]

This is 🥶

@jharrison9292

[Daegan🇺🇸 @Daegan8182]

These baby AI videos are hilarious. Theo Von 🤣

[Algernon Sidney @ForPatriots]

@vukich @ThePoniExpress A less athletic Will Howard

This team is lost

[Ryan Long @ryanlongcomedy]

Man Whose Life is a Mess has Middle East Figured Out