Emiliano Morado

You must make a Choice to take a Chance or your life will never Change

[Today in History @TodayinHistory]

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

Today in 1862, the outnumbered Mexican army defeated the invading French force at Battle of Puebla.

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

Gas prices are at crazy levels--fire Obama!

[Investing.com @Investingcom]

*FED'S POWELL WILL STAY ON AS GOVERNOR "FOR A PERIOD OF TIME" AFTER MAY 15

*POWELL: I PLAN TO KEEP A LOW PROFILE AS A GOVERNOR

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Possibly Messi’s best free-kick ever, with a gorgeous visualization of the Magnus effect

[Justin Banks @RealJGBanks]

BREAKING: THE U.S JUST ANNOUNCED A
$1.5T DEFENSE BUDGET

Here are the top 15 names to benefit:

1. $PLTR - Palantir
2. $AVAV - AeroVironment
3. $KTOS - Kratos
4. $RKLB - Rocket Lab
5. $ASTS - AST SpaceMobile
6. $PL - Planet Labs
7. $ONDS - Ondas
8. $OSS - One Stop Systems
9. $LMT - Lockheed Martin
10. $NOC - Northrop Grumman
11. $HII - Huntington Ingalls
12. $GD - General Dynamics
13. $MP - MP Materials
14. $LHX - L3Harris
15. $RTX - RTX

[Context Football @futbolscreen]

I was impressed by Neymar’s ball control, until Messi touched. 🥶🐐

[Andrés Onrubia Ramos @AndiOnrubia]

Luis Enrique, desde que llegó al PSG en 2023:

▪️Primera temporada:

🏆Ligue 1
🏆Supercopa
🏆Coupe de France
🔹Semifinales de la Champions

▪️Segunda temporada:

🏆Ligue 1
🏆Supercopa
🏆Coupe de France
🏆Champions
🥈Final del Mundial de Clubes

▪️Tercera temporada:

🏆Supercopa de Europa
🏆Intercontinental
🏆Supercopa de Francia
⌛️Ligue 1
❌Coupe de France (octavos)
⌛️Semifinales de la Champions League

-Cuando llegó al PSG, en 2023, el club había disputado tres semifinales de la Champions en toda su historia. Con él en el banquillo, ya van tres semifinales consecutivas.

-Máximo porcentaje de victorias con el PSG en Champions, campeón en 2025 y camino de la segunda final consecutiva.

Entrenador histórico. Su trabajo es impresionante.

[Emiliano Morado @Milis_MC]

I miss Luis Enrique… ❤️💙

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Engineering is real magic

[FERDINAND OMONDI @FerdyOmondi]

FIFA expanded the World Cup from 32 to 48 teams.

UEFA, where Italy and Denmark play, took the biggest share with 16 slots.

Haiti and Curaçao are from CONCACAF, not Europe, and they earned their places by competing in qualification and taking advantage of the expanded field.

The World Cup is not an entitlement cup. Nobody gets in by reputation alone. Everyone has to earn it. Including Italy and Denmark.

[All Fútbol MX 🇲🇽 @AllFutbolMX]

Goosebumps with the mythical Estadio Azteca plus the Mexican National Anthem. 🏟️🔊

AURA. 💚🤍❤️

[Jesse Cohen @JesseCohenInv]

Meanwhile, in Iraq, you can now enjoy your steak dinner with a breathtaking missile strike show in the sky.

What a time to be alive.

[Atlas Press @realAtlasPress]

“Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer the negative elements in your life, don’t sit at home and think about it. Go out and get busy.”

— Dale Carnegie

[Athenaeum Book Club @athenaeumbc]

A powerful scene in the Odyssey happens when Odysseus finally returns to Ithaca after twenty years of war and wandering.

You would expect the story to end with celebration, with the hero coming home, the family reunited, and order restored.

Homer does something far stranger.

Odysseus arrives disguised as a beggar, because Athena warns him that the palace has been taken over by more than a hundred suitors who have been living there for years, eating his food, drinking his wine, and pressuring his wife Penelope to marry one of them.

They believe Odysseus is dead and in their minds the kingdom is already theirs.

So the king of Ithaca walks through his own halls dressed in rags while the men stealing his house sit comfortably at his tables. They mock him, throw scraps at him, and one of them even strikes him, and Odysseus takes it. That is the remarkable part, because the same man who blinded the Cyclops and survived twenty years of disasters now stands quietly while strangers insult him in his own home. Homer tells us his heart burns inside his chest and that he wants to attack them immediately, yet he restrains himself and waits.

Instead of striking, Odysseus studies the room carefully. He counts the men, watches their habits, and quietly observes which servants remain loyal and which have betrayed him. The hero of the Odyssey does something most people cannot do, which is delay revenge until the moment is right.

Eventually Penelope announces a contest and brings out Odysseus’ great bow, declaring that she will marry the man who can string it and shoot an arrow through twelve axe heads lined up in a row. One by one the suitors try and fail, because none of them can even bend the bow. Then the beggar asks for a turn. The suitors laugh at first, but the bow is eventually handed to him.

Odysseus takes it in his hands and strings it effortlessly. Homer says the sound of the bowstring tightening rings through the hall like the note of a swallow. Then he places an arrow on the string and sends it cleanly through all twelve axe heads.

In that moment the beggar disappears. Odysseus turns the bow toward the suitors and reveals who he is.

What follows is one of the most brutal scenes in Greek literature. The doors are sealed and the suitors realize too late that they are trapped inside the hall. Odysseus, his son Telemachus, and two loyal servants begin killing them one by one. There is no escape, no mercy, and no negotiation. The men who spent years consuming another man’s house die inside it.

It is a violent ending, but Homer wants you to understand something important. The real danger to Odysseus was never just the monsters and storms on the long journey home. It was the possibility that someone else might take his place while he was gone. When Odysseus finally returns, he reminds everyone in Ithaca of a simple truth: a man’s home is not truly his unless he is willing to fight for it.

[liminal @Liminal1988]

Art of becoming the 1%

[Atlas Press @realAtlasPress]

"Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old."

—Franz Kafka

[Justin Banks @RealJGBanks]

MARKETS STAY VOLATILE

Inflation in hotter than expected
Growth came in weaker than expected

• PCE above estimates
• GDP missed by a mile
• Government spending had its biggest drop since 2020

Translation:
The Fed doesn’t have a reason to cut yet

[Jesse Cohen @JesseCohenInv]

🚨Trump raises new global tariffs to 15% from 10% after the Supreme Court overturned his prior tariffs.

Monday morning selloff?

[Emiliano Morado @Milis_MC]

Train your rational mind to accept your intuitive impulses

[UEFA Champions League @ChampionsLeague]

1000 IQ Messi 🧠

#UCL