Pedro Contipelli

Student at the school of life

[Pedro Contipelli @PC42661428]

My favorite poem

[Pedro Contipelli @PC42661428]

@structuralecon Write it up!

[Pedro Contipelli @PC42661428]

@cmuratori is right about everything. The tenders were incredible!

[Pedro Contipelli @PC42661428]

Take a moment to appreciate the thinkers who were ahead of their time. Whose ideas were shunned not for being wrong, but for being so powerful the world just wasn't yet ready to hear them.

[Brigham's Burner @FiredUpCoug]

I photographed a wedding last night.

The father of the bride is a good friend of mine, and he gave one of the best wedding speeches I’ve ever heard.

He was funny, gracious, eloquent, and deeply complimentary of his new son-in-law, who he very obviously loves. What impressed me most, though, was how well he kept it together while talking to his daughter.

She was seated in a chair at the edge of the lawn, with the guests fanned out around her. I wanted to get a photo of her face while he was speaking to her, so I moved behind the stage to capture it from that angle.

Tears were streaming down her cheeks.

Her love and adoration for her father were etched into the little rivulets they left behind.

When my friend finished his speech, he turned away from the audience to hand the microphone back to the MC.

He and I were the only ones who saw his face in that moment.

And it broke me.

The expression on his face was anguish.

Not because he was unhappy. Not because he didn’t love the man his daughter had chosen. He clearly did.

It was the anguish of a father who had held it together for his daughter, and then, for half a second, let himself feel the full weight of what had just happened.

In his face, I could see all of it.

Dancing with her while she stood on his feet. Reading stories with her curled up in his lap. Watching impromptu living room plays and concerts. The tiny hand in his. The bedtime prayers. The scraped knees. The first days of school. The countless little moments that don’t seem like much at the time, until suddenly they are everything.

I looked past him and saw my own little girls, my first grader and my third grader, and I felt a sharp little prick in my heart.

For one brief moment, I wanted to claw at the fabric of time itself and make it stop.

Every father wants his children to find love. To build a life. To have families of their own. I want that for my daughters, and I want it for my sons too.

But please.

Not too soon.

Last night reminded me that the greatest blessing of my life is being a father.

If you have children, cherish them.

And if you don’t, but you could, make room for them in your life.

My friend’s daughter brought him agony last night, but only because she has brought him so much joy. The kind of joy that makes goodbye hurt. The kind of joy that changes you forever.

And the kind that makes being a father the best thing in the world.

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

“No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist."

[Eric Jorgenson 📚 ☀️ @EricJorgenson]

This is why the supporters of @elonmusk work hard to "defend him."

Because it's not about Elon.

He's a symbol of progress.

[Tesla North America @tesla_na]

A Model Y driver started experiencing a medical emergency with chest pain mid-drive & called his son.

His son then remotely rerouted the car – which had FSD Supervised enabled – to the nearest hospital & let them know the vehicle was en route. ER staff were standing by on arrival.

Doctors later confirmed the quick reroute likely saved his life.

[Tim Denning @Tim_Denning]

I don’t want to be rich with a Lambo.

I want to:

• Hang out with my 3 year old daughter
• Take Monday off
• Walk in parks
• Have a picnic
• Read books
• Volunteer at a homeless shelter

That’s wealth.

[Soham Mehta @sohmehta]

The moment Steve Jobs pulled a MacBook Air out of an envelope and made marketing history.

[Pedro Contipelli @PC42661428]

@AlexHormozi "Those who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do."
- Apple (1997)

[Yun-Ta Tsai @yunta_tsai]

I bought SpaceX stocks not for sale, but as tokens to remember that there are brave people determined to take humans to space for the last 25 years.

Many big companies went public during that time, like Google, Facebook, etc.

But these brave people did not pursue hot trends and money, but only one singular goal — a multi-planet civilization.

Today is the day to remember and honor their valor and perseverance.

[Pedro Contipelli @PC42661428]

@rfleury @awscloud gets to keep their account

[Nancy Rommelmann @NancyRomm]

My daughter sends. She knows all about this. Also please come over so I can feed you

[Frank Brown @FrankBr05713205]

I teach auto shop at a small high school. We work on students cars, teachers cars, students parents cars and some community people cars. We only charge for parts and not labor, so we saved some people a lot of money last school year. This last school year we did 126 oil changes, 68 brake jobs, 85 alignments, 4 steering racks, 22 tune ups, 32 struts, 20 shock absorbers, 4 transfer cases, mounted and balanced 82 new tires, 4 timing chains, 15 valve cover gaskets, 14 thermostats, 4 radiators, 12 in tank fuel pumps, 8 EVAP canisters, 6 exhaust manifolds, 4 mufflers, 15 AC repairs including evacuate and recharge, 8 alternators, 22 batteries, 9 starters and so much more! Proud of those students I am!

[Ali Yahya @alive_]

i still think about this

specialization is for insects

[▼ Kiel James Patrick @KJP]

If you want to hate America watch the news, if you want to love America drive across it. 🇺🇸

[HSVSphere @HSVSphere]

Amazing advice.

[Pedro Contipelli @PC42661428]

@FiredUpCoug Get the @smartereveryday grill scrubber to go along with it!

[Jaynit @jaynitx]

Jeff Bezos reveals the simple phrase that saved him countless arguments running Amazon

"Disagree and commit is a really important principle that saves a lot of arguing"

"One of my direct reports would want to do something. I'd think it was a bad idea. We'd go back and forth and I'd often say, you know what, I don't think you're right, but I'm going to gamble with you"

"You're closer to the ground truth than I am. I've known you for 20 years, you have great judgment"

"At least then you've made a decision and I'm agreeing to commit to that decision. I'm not going to be second guessing it, sniping at it, or saying I told you so"

"I'm going to try actively to help make sure it works. That's a really important teammate behavior"