Patrick Wilkins

Life is better on two wheels or on 4 legs. M.S. computer science at University of Louisville.

[Patrick Wilkins @PatrickTWilkins]

I love being married

[Cernovich @Cernovich]

Xbox CEO (no experience in games) takes over, fires American workers, and then gets appointed to a Federal Reserve position. What is the administration doing here?

[Patrick Wilkins @PatrickTWilkins]

@chrisbrunet @USTechWorkers @UofOklahoma University’s that do this. Should lose accreditation for the school that degree program is in.

[Patrick Wilkins @PatrickTWilkins]

@Cernovich Sue them when you get into a wreck and the illegal has no insurance

[Rep. Mitch Little @realmitchlittle]

This about sums it up. Frisco, Texas.

[Patrick Wilkins @PatrickTWilkins]

@libsoftiktok @LASchools Overturn plyer v doe

[U.S. Tech Workers @USTechWorkers]

Microsoft laying off U.S. workers while still requesting more H-1B visas is nothing new.

In 2014, while laying off thousands of employees, Microsoft was simultaneously lobbying Congress to expand the H-1B program. Senator @jeffsessions publicly criticized the company for asking for more foreign workers while eliminating American jobs.

When Congress refused to act, the Obama administration expanded work authorization for international students through the STEM OPT program in 2016, effectively creating a backdoor around the H-1B cap, a policy Microsoft had strongly lobbied for.

Microsoft will continue to sponsor visas because nothing in the law prevents the company from doing so. Meanwhile, Congress remains deadlocked on the issue, leaving the existing system in place. The Trump administration has the authority to end STEM OPT if it chooses. So far, however, the admin’s enforcement strategy has focused largely on Indian IT outsourcing firms while leaving the broader system that supplies labor to the largest technology companies intact. Not surprising considering the CEOs of some of the largest tech companies remain very close to the White House staff.

If the administration is serious about reforming employment-based immigration, ending STEM OPT would be one of the clearest places to start. It has the legal authority to do so.

[Patrick Wilkins @PatrickTWilkins]

@FrMatthewLC @FreeIrishman7 I like the black vestments for funerals. When someone is having a funeral can we request the black vestments?

[Han Shawnity 🇺🇸 @HanShawnity]

It's crazy to think that just 80 years after we literally nuked their cities, Japan is one of our closest friends and is commemorating our Independence Day with a fireworks show, while Palestinians are still mad that their great great grandparents had to move a few miles after losing a war they started and now need to murder as many people as possible for the rest of time.

[HeritageBulwark @hbulwark1]

As president of the Continental Congress in 1776, John Hancock put everything on the line when he became the first to sign the Declaration of Independence.

He wrote his name in large, bold script so that King George III could read it clearly without needing spectacles. According to one account, Hancock declared that the British ministry could now read his name without glasses and might even double the reward on his head. He knew he was signing his own potential death warrant, yet he did it with flair and zero hesitation.

The British had already marked him as a high value target. British forces marching toward Lexington and Concord were under orders that included capturing Hancock and Samuel Adams. Thanks to Paul Revere’s urgent warning the two men escaped just in time. Hancock had even prepared to fight alongside the militia as a colonel, but cooler heads prevailed, reminding him that his role in guiding the revolution was far more critical than one skirmish.

This wealthy merchant turned revolutionary leader used his fortune, influence and courage to help fund and unify the Patriot cause. John Hancock was the kind of man who did not just talk about liberty; he signed his name to it in a way the world would never forget. He was truly built different

[RedditCFB @RedditCFB]

Rolling with Morocco today, sorry Canada. 🫡🇺🇸🇲🇦

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Why is it ‘cancelled’ in the U.K. but ‘canceled’ in the U.S.?

Because we gave them that L in 1776.

[1776 Live @250YearsAgoLive]

After South Carolina reverses its position, Continental Congress votes to declare INDEPENDENCE from Britain, adopting a legal separation from the Crown.

Charles Thomson, Secretary for Continental Congress, uses hash marks to note how many colonies voted for the severance from the Crown.

John Adams writes in a letter to his wife, Abigail, that “the second day of July, 1776 will be the most memorable epoch in American history.”

But although newspapers report the independence, no mass celebrations break out.

[National Mall NPS @NationalMallNPS]

On July 2, 1776, delegates for the 13 American colonies voted to approve a resolution submitted by Richard Henry Lee announcing "That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown." With the vote complete, Congress began editing Thomas Jefferson's draft of the Declaration of Independence, getting ready to announce the decision to the world.

Painting of the Committee of Five presenting the draft of the Declaration of Independence to Congress by John Trumbull.
#history #IndependenceDay #Freedom250

[Weave Robotics @weaverobotics]

Today, we’re launching our home robot Isaac 1.

Isaac 1 deliveries will begin this fall.

Order yours below.

[Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog]

It's amazing that these decrepit neocon imbeciles have gotten every major issue wrong for 40 years and just absolutely insist on keeping their streak of unbroken wrongness alive at all costs. Yes, 27 million people immigrated here between 1880 and 1924. The difference is that they came here legally, there was no welfare state for them to leach off of, they were not flooding in from dysfunctional lawless third world hellholes, and they actually desired to assimilate into American culture. Oh and we had 250 million fewer people living in the country at the time. So in other words, it was nothing like our current situation. At all. Not remotely.

[Jeff Passan @JeffPassan]

The best team in baseball in June, by a decent margin, is the Miami Marlins. They're about to go 20-6, have outscored opponents 129-78 this month and have the lowest CBT payroll in MLB. The Marlins' third-highest-paid player is Giancarlo Stanton, who last played for them in 2017.

[Bernie Moreno @berniemoreno]

250 years ago today, the Committee of Five presented the Declaration of Independence to the Continental Congress.

God was unquestionably present in that room, guiding these men to have courage and conviction. Their sacrifice created the greatest country in history. It is our duty to ensure this republic endures. 🇺🇸

[FOX Sports: MLB @MLBONFOX]

The Rangers finish the weekend in 1st place in a pretty bizarre AL West 😳

[Haralabos Voulgaris @haralabob]

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[Mina Kimes @minakimes]

This would be true if the purpose of reading was purely utilitarian. No one is looking at maps for anything other than information; people read for a wide variety of purposes, many of which are contingent on the idea that original thought is involved.