Matthew Berry

“No man steps in the same river twice” — Heraclitus. Endure to the end. Seek truth relentlessly. I read books. @Ch_JesusChrist

[Matthew Berry @MatthewBerry]

If only there were a written history of these people

[Ole Lehmann @itsolelehmann]

people are dramatically underappreciating how much this discovery rewrites history

> for decades, archaeologists believed the amazon could only support small, scattered communities because its soil was too poor for large, complex civilizations

> then deforestation started exposing giant circles + squares carved into the ground, and the theory began falling apart

> the intact jungle still hid the true scale, so researchers flew lidar over 4,500 km² and digitally peeled away the trees

> they found 396 previously unknown earthworks, some surrounded by ditches 5m deep + connected by roads

> across the full region, they estimate 20,000+ structures spread over an area roughly the size of syria

> most belonged to a 2,500-year-old society researchers call the aquiry

> its peak population is estimated at 1.25-3 million people (the city of rome had roughly 1 million)

> so while rome ruled the mediterranean, this supposedly impossible forest society may have supported 1-3 romes worth of people

> which raises the obvious question: how did a region archaeologists thought was infertile feed millions?

> it turns out this part of the amazon has unusually fertile soil, and they grew maize + squash while actively managing the surrounding forest

> then around 850-950 ad, their ceremonial centers were suddenly abandoned, and researchers still have no idea why

> and all of this came from a territory covering less than 3% of the amazon

what else is still hiding beneath the other 97% of the Amazon??

[ThePersistence @ScottPresler]

I was kicked out of a dinner in South Dakota because I’ve consistently pushed the SAVE America Act.

Instead of listening to the grassroots, our Republican Senate defied us for 2 years

& delivered losses in Alaska, Kansas, & Mississippi.

Our new Republican Senate minority just voted to re-elect Senator Thune.

Why do South Dakota Republicans continue to vote for him in the primary?

“I’m the assh@le saying you can’t come in.”

[Justin Hart @justin_hart]

No matter where you look, your political representatives, your teachers, even your parents are mortal people, and they're going to disappoint you.

But take into consideration this one-minute clip from one of my favorite Latter-day Apostles, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland.

[Matthew Berry @MatthewBerry]

@hauserdan The sequel is gonna suck

[Matthew Berry @MatthewBerry]

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[Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok]

There are currently 28 federal judicial vacancies. 11 already have nominees.

Republicans need to confirm and fill every single one in the next few weeks.

This should be a top priority for the Senate GOP.

[Matthew Berry @MatthewBerry]

Atlas Shrugged irl

[Glenn Beck @glennbeck]

The Left has begun to unleash a campaign of vengeance on @elonmusk. But did they even think this through?! Because it won’t end well for them.

Last Saturday, two chartered party buses, funded by a network of left-wing non-profits, rolled up right in front of Elon’s house. They danced in the street for an hour and hit a Cybertruck piñata. But wait... aren’t these the same leftists that were insisting just last week that Elon was buying the election? Maybe they were celebrating that they were wrong.

Then you have NYU Professor Scott Galloway. He went on stage and boasted to a crowd about taking a dump in the passenger seat of his own Tesla before selling it. I can guarantee Elon wasn’t hurt by that. The only people affected by his “protest” were whoever bought that car from him and whoever had to clean up that mess.

And now, there’s incoming Texas governor Gina Hinojosa. She’s already pressuring state agencies to hold off on SpaceX land deals right next to Starbase until she takes office.

And of course, there’s half of Congress that’s threatening to sue him into oblivion.

I have a serious question for all these people: How do you think this will end?

Elon is a trillionaire with a rocket company. If Texas tries to shut him down, he’ll just move to another state. If Congress tries to make his life a living hell, he’ll move to any other country that wants his businesses and innovations. I’m sure Argentina would love for him to build there.

And if the whole world turns on him, there’s always space.

When government power and mob tactics get unfairly weaponized against builders like Elon, they leave. But guess what happens after that? Because it’s even worse for our country.

The next builder doesn’t come. If the Democrats make an example out of Elon because of his political stances, it tells all future innovators that they’re not safe here. Not unless they fall fully in line... kind of like fascism.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@stevenmarkryan Well, if they didn’t like $1T, they’re REALLY gonna hate $10T 😂

[Quentin L. Cook @CookQuentinL]

We cannot carry the message of the Restoration to all the world—we cannot be the light the Lord wants us to be—if we are not peacemakers.

[Matthew Berry @MatthewBerry]

@chrishardman Next?

[Matthew Berry @MatthewBerry]

@chrishardman The Brothers Karamazov rn

[David A. Bednar @BednarDavidA]

Can you and I overcome the propensities of the natural man or woman through willpower and goal setting and determination and discipline?

No.

We learn in the Book of Mormon that the Savior is at the center of our transformation:

“For the natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of Adam, and will be, forever and ever, unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint THROUGH the Atonement of Christ the Lord” (Mosiah 3:19).

[Matthew Berry @MatthewBerry]

@JackCarrUSA @BornPrimitive

[Matthew Berry @MatthewBerry]

@iowahawkblog lol

[Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson]

These are the most important words a White House Chief of Staff have ever spoken…

Listen. You know I am right.

[Dallin H. Oaks @OaksDallinH]

I recognize that many of you face significant challenges and uncertainties that cause stress, anxiety, and heartache. I pray for you. I love you.

I am thankful that social media allows me to provide you with encouragement, direction, and a reminder of eternal truths.

Please remember this: whatever difficulties you may be experiencing, Jesus Christ is the way to joy and peace.

People who subscribe to the doctrine of the gospel of Jesus Christ find that it makes their lives happier, more significant, and more resistant to the difficulties we all experience.

You have a Heavenly Father who has provided a plan for you. Trust in Him. With His help, you can find peace despite the trials and obstacles of mortality.

With love,
President Oaks

[Matthew Berry @MatthewBerry]

@RamboVanHalen lol

[Matthew Berry @MatthewBerry]

@Tough_Kunn @japan_nobunaga Thanksgiving is wonderful. We spend four or five days together as a family. It makes a big difference as children get married and move out of town

[Matthew Berry @MatthewBerry]

@fwaygotay Great post

[John Ʌ Konrad V @johnkonrad]

I live in one of the bluest states in America. I have kids and know plenty of young conservative men here.

Young women are a solid blue wall.

It was young men that decided this election.

Two things stand out from my conversations with them:

1. They don’t want war.

It’s not the fighting. They’ve watched an entire generation return from the Middle East struggling with PTSD, physical injuries, and shattered lives.

I thought the relatively low casualty count would help Trump. I was wrong.

The long Navy deployments and broken promises of a quick victory turned many against the war.

Young men think they’re invincible. They’re less afraid of dying than of spending the rest of their lives dealing with the physical and psychological scars of another Middle East war.

2. They don’t fear communism.

That doesn’t mean they support the DSA. They simply aren’t particularly concerned about it.

The Great Leap Forward, Soviet gulags, and East German Stasi were been removed from textbooks after Marxists took over the education system.

When I warn them about the dangers of the DSA and politicians like Mamdani, they tune out. Push harder, and they roll their eyes.

That’s a serious problem for Republicans.

And we’re losing them because of it.

[Matthew Berry @MatthewBerry]

From The Brothers Karamazov

“Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love, and in order to occupy and distract himself without love he gives way to passions and coarse pleasures, and sinks to bestiality in his vices, all from continual lying to other men and to himself. The man who lies to himself can be more easily offended than any one. You know it is sometimes very pleasant to take offense, isn’t it? A man may know that nobody has insulted him, but that he has invented the insult for himself, has lied and exaggerated to make it picturesque, has caught at a word and made a mountain out of a molehill—he knows that himself, yet he will be the first to take offense, and will revel in his resentment till he feels great pleasure in it, and so pass to genuine vindictiveness.”

[Matthew Berry @MatthewBerry]

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