Nope! I always say there is no such thing as self-made. It’s a myth.
It took millions of people - from my parents to mentors to friends to competitors to fans and voters - to write my success story. I did not write it alone.
That’s the American Dream - not a lie about going it alone - but the truth that none of us do, and there is always someone with their hand out to lift us up.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutional definition of birthright citizenship — meaning all children born in the United States are U.S. citizens.
I know people don’t want to make the connection, but being defiant and unapologetic in the face of clearly doing some shit that is wrong is a direct result of the last decade of political climate.
Pope Leo XIV on AI:
“Artificial intelligence needs to be disarmed. The word [disarmed] is strong I know, but deliberately chosen because this moment needs words capable of attracting attention, awakening consciences, and indicating paths forward for humanity.”
fundamental misunderstanding. Hershey’s is not for eating like a decadent Belgian chocolate. it is for shoving between two graham crackers and a campfire roasted marshmallow on a humid july night while you watch the lightning bugs flit around and listen to the crickets chirp.
Zeus: so two guys ran sub 2 hour marathons today
Pheidippidies: holy shit, I guess I’m going to meet them any second now
Zeus, unsure of how to soften the blow: No, they’re actually totally okay. In fact you were basically the only person to ever die from a marathon
the exact same thing happened to benjamin franklin but he had the humility and humanity to acknowledge he was wrong and warn other parents against the same mistake
A reminder that this is how politics - and shame - is supposed to work. A politician is accused of major scandals, crimes!, and their party disowns them and they are forced out not just from a race from but from public life.
You’re not supposed to re-elect them to the presidency.
i do not care if Trump's comments result in nothing tonight. no one who even thinks of saying the phrase "a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again" should be allowed to operate an ice cream stand, nevermind the most powerful office on the planet
NASA could spend 1.5 trillion dollars on rockets going up into space and down again for a year and I'd consider that a more meaningful and worthwhile investment than whatever we're doing in the Middle East.
nuclear energy is sitting right there. just sitting there. producing massive amounts of clean reliable power with a safety record better than literally every other energy source per kwh. and we're out here arguing about whether to put a solar panel on a parking garage. okay