Gary Fitzpatrick

D.M. Global Leadership, M.Ed. Let's chat world & U.S. news, culture, education, politics, food, music and art #respectfully & #together
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[Gary Fitzpatrick @GFitzGlobal]

The start of it was before my time, but too many people forget that the Illinois tollway was initially sold to the public as a temporary toll and that it would end... And yes... JB thought it necessary to increase the cost, yet again, in 2026.

[Darren Bailey @DarrenBaileyIL]

In 1973, Illinois promised our roads would be toll-free. $27 billion dollars later... we’re still paying for a "temporary" toll.

[Gary Fitzpatrick @GFitzGlobal]

Fascinating discussion from 1995.. I recall the first time a friend showed me youtube in like 2000... Letterman's questions about advancements of technology (1995 level internet) to real life then, are very apropos to how we all interact with 2026 artificial intelligence/self-driving cars and such.

[West Lord @MyWestLord]

Bill Gates went on Letterman in 1995 to explain the internet and the whole room laughed at him.

He was 40 years old, worth $15 billion, the richest man alive.

Dave asked what the internet actually was.

Gates said people publish there, send electronic mail, find others who share their interests.

Dave called it the troubled loner chat room and the crowd roared.

Gates said you could hear a baseball game on your computer whenever you wanted.

Dave asked if radio rang a bell, then if tape recorders rang a bell.

More laughter while Gates just smiled and waited.

He had spent 20 years building toward 1 sentence a computer on every desk and in every home and he was already living in a 50,000 square foot house with screens on every wall pulling up any painting on command.

The audience heard a rich weirdo describing 2026.

Near the end Dave asked if there was another level coming, something nobody had imagined yet.

Gates went quiet, then said maybe someday computers could think, but it was a very tough problem with almost no progress, and some believed it would never happen.

Dave grinned we don’t want them to think, do we.

That was the only thing Gates got wrong that night.

30 years later every joke in that clip runs your life.

The internet won, baseball streams, and the computers think.

[Gary Fitzpatrick @GFitzGlobal]

To be most specific it was a Florida Gator.

[Dudes Posting Their W’s @DudespostingWs]

Arguably the greatest ESPN commercial ever made was Steve Irwin wrestling an alligator that casually walked out of the elevator

[Aaron Wiener @Wieneraaron]

"Okay, I'm done looking at my phone."

My phone:

[MAZE @mazemoore]

Right now CNN has person after person claiming that China doesn't interfere in our elections.

Apparently they don't watch CNN.

2024. CNN does a segment on Chinese election interference with Tony Blinken.

This is CNN.

[Gary Fitzpatrick @GFitzGlobal]

Thank you for the context... For a minute there, I almost mistook this as footage of folks opening the door at Last Chance Saloon in Macomb, IL from 2002 before Illinois banned smoking in bars and restaurants. This smoke is rough outside from Canada, but hanging for a few hours at a few Western Illinois U local bars pre-2005-ish was prolly alot worse.

[Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper]

WATCH: Aerial view of massive wildfires in Ontario, Canada

[Balogun @balogun]

HAPPY 4TH JULY AMERICA! 🦅🇺🇸

[Gary Fitzpatrick @GFitzGlobal]

Well we made it to 250 years.... Lots of fighting, arguing, debating, and also love and compassion to get there. All I wanna know is, who's coming with me for the next 250 years? :)

https://t.co/F0wSOhEHG7

[Troll Football @TrollFootball]

Forever in our hearts

[Tactical Manager @ManagerTactical]

Yes, the USMNT 🇺🇸 is pulling more viewers in the World Cup, in the USA, than the NBA Finals.

Let that sink in.

[LASIK.com @LASIKdotcom]

Still offering all @FIFAWorldCup refs free LASIK...

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

That was not the definition of a red card.

[Gary Fitzpatrick @GFitzGlobal]

Put em on Frontier Airlines. 😎😁🤣😎

[CentreGoals. @centregoals]

🚨🚨| BREAKING: Uruguay's Football Association have 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐃 the squad's private plane. ✈️❌

All players will return home on commercial flights after their World Cup exit.

[@MartinCharquero]

[Gary Fitzpatrick @GFitzGlobal]

Yes.... Aaaand all the Coach Pochettino haters should finally stop talking... Maybe also an apology???

[FOX Soccer @FOXSoccer]

"There's no one out there who can stop you, only you can stop you."

@KeeganMKey has a message for the @USMNT on #WCNow.

[Noah @NoahKingJr]

Twitter is basically talking to yourself in public and occasionally someone nods.

[Gary Fitzpatrick @GFitzGlobal]

Well.. Respectfully, CP, he is playing for the United States and not England or Crystal Palace. None the less, I would have loved for him to have banged that header in yesterday for a 5th goal.

[Crystal Palace F.C. @CPFC]

Our Chris Richards.

He completed all 83 passes he attempted for the @USMNT against Paraguay. The most passes with a 100% accuracy rate by any player in a @FIFAWorldCup match since 1966.

@OptaJack 📊

[Gary Fitzpatrick @GFitzGlobal]

Very solid outside foot technical finish for sure... As far as the passing... Paraguay likely had checked out defensively by this point.

[Rising Stars XI @RisingStarXI]

🇺🇸🤯 Mauricio Pochettino ball completely 𝗖𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗘𝗗 Paraguay.

[Gary Fitzpatrick @GFitzGlobal]

True

[USMNT Only @usmntonly]

Never forget when Tim Howard made a @FIFAWorldCup
record 16 saves for the USMNT against Belgium in the Round of 16 at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. 🔥

Secretary of defense. 🇺🇸

[Gary Fitzpatrick @GFitzGlobal]

Absolute legend..... https://t.co/m51yJHWwVz