Blake

Husband / Father / Raider Fan / Nature Enthusiast/ tweets are my own

[Blake @NatureRaider]

@AdamSchefter Are these the prices to attend Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding?

[Blake @NatureRaider]

@Michael_Haz Only one thing can save Taco Bell now

[Blake @NatureRaider]

Only a matter of time until this is a picture of a robot, “beep-boop made your salsa since 2027”

[Noah Verrier @NoahVerrier]

My oil painting of an Uncrustable

[Stock Report @StockReportt]

$NVDA CEO Jenson Huang just said to buy energy stocks.

Here are 5 nuclear energy stocks that could 10x before 2030 ☢️👇

[Bill Brooklyn @BillBrooklyn10]

I’ll only say it once.
This might be the fastest way to hit $1 million by the end of 2026:
$INTC (Intel) → $112 Must buy

$ONDS (Ondas) → $9 Must buy

$IREN (IREN Ltd) → $59 Must buy

$ASTC (Astrotech) → $13 Must buy

$RKLB (Rocket Lab) → $140 Must buy

$MU (Micron Technologys) → $860 Must buy

I often get asked why I don’t turn this into paid content, but for me, sharing stock information is just a hobby. I’m not financially struggling, so I choose to share it for free.

NFA

[Autopilot @joinautopilot]

Breaking: The Trump administration is in talks to take ownership stakes in U.S. drone companies

5 stocks worth watching:

• Unusual Machines $UMAC
*Makes domestic drone components. The only public company named in the talks

• Ondas Holdings $ONDS *Makes systems that detect and shoot down enemy drones

• AeroVironment $AVAV
*Makes the loitering munitions and recon drones U.S. troops use in combat

• Kratos Defense $KTOS
*Builds unmanned combat jets and target drones for the Pentagon

• Red Cat Holdings $RCAT
*Makes small tactical drones for U.S. military and law enforcement

[Blake @NatureRaider]

@minordissent would have been better if they just made sure each turtle made it on their own to the ocean on its own time without being picked off by birds or crabs

[Dr MuVenda @Ndi_Muvenda_]

In Kruger National Park, South Africa, veteran ranger Sipho Nkosi suffered a heart attack while on solo patrol. His vehicle was found empty, and search teams began looking for him.

What the park’s remote trail cameras revealed broke the hearts of everyone who saw the footage.

An old bull elephant — known to rangers as “Mnumzane” (Zulu for “Sir”) — had found Sipho’s body. For three full days and nights, the elephant refused to leave. He stood guard, gently touching the ranger with his trunk, chasing away hyenas and jackals that came too close, and even covering parts of the body with branches and leaves.

On the third night, the elephant was still there — visibly grieving, swaying slowly beside his fallen friend. Only when the full recovery team arrived with vehicles did Mnumzane finally step back, watching solemnly as they carried Sipho away.

Park officials later confirmed that Sipho had rescued this same elephant as a calf years earlier after poachers killed his mother. The elephant had never forgotten.

One colleague who viewed the footage whispered:

“He didn’t come to say goodbye. He came to make sure no one disrespected his brother.”

Mnumzane still visits the exact spot regularly. Rangers now leave fresh water and fruit there in honor of both.

[Nature is Amazing ☘️ @AMAZlNGNATURE]

A 17 year-old Lion survived for five years after going blind because her daughters stayed by her side and refused to abandon her.

Researchers observed the lionesses helping the elderly matriarch by allowing her to feed first and staying close to guide and defend her, showing an extraordinary level of social bonding rarely seen so clearly in wild predators.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

A massive brown bear was spotted navigating the high-altitude peaks of Alaska.

[Autism Capital 🧩 @AutismCapital]

This is a teachable moment. Never give up. Anything can happen in life. It's never over. Keep pushing. Stay relentless. Stay focused. Win. You love to see it.

[Blake @NatureRaider]

@Bmutch @samesfandiari @devahaz 💯

[Blake @NatureRaider]

@RashmanTheHorse Has anyone just blown these meetings off to see what happens?

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

Orcas have brain structures you don't have.

Neurobiologist Lori Marino's MRI work on killer whales identified a fourth cortical segment called the paralimbic lobe. It sits next to the limbic system and handles emotion and social awareness. It doesn't exist in humans or in any land mammal. In orcas, it's so elaborated it erupts into the cortex.

Their cortical limbic lobe, the region handling self-awareness and social processing, is exceptionally developed. Their brain weighs roughly 12 pounds, four times the mass of yours. They have spindle cells, the same neurons that let humans reason about other minds.

When an orca surfaces and locks eyes with you, it's running a social assessment with neural hardware specialized for exactly that. It knows you're a separate being. It knows you're watching it back. It's evaluating you.

Here's what should recontextualize the clip. In all of recorded history, wild orcas have killed zero humans. Zero documented fatalities. One surfer was bitten off California in 1972, and the orca released him the moment it realized he wasn't a sea lion. A 12-year-old was bumped in Alaska in 2005. The orca approached, touched him, turned back.

Orcas hunt great white sharks. They coordinate wave attacks that sweep seals off ice floes. They take down moose swimming between islands. They have every capability to kill you. They have never chosen to.

Marino's explanation: the orca neocortex is developed enough to instantly distinguish a human from prey. Other researchers point to orca culture, the traditions passed through pods across generations, in which humans simply aren't food.

That look is recognition and restraint. From a mind built for social cognition at a scale your brain can't reach.

[Nostalgia @nostalgiaa]

‘How are you so focused under pressure?’

Me in 1995:

[NFL Rumors @nflrums]

Breakdown of former #Raiders Jamarcus Russell by Mel Kiper

[Blake @NatureRaider]

@Simon_Ingari My favorite is when when people zoom into the same meeting from their desk

[Blake @NatureRaider]

@TommyGunnNBA My new desk while I rehab my torn acl while working in corp America while taking care of 3 kids. It can be done.

[Blake @NatureRaider]

@News24680 You can hear this photo. Great shot!