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[The Washington Sun @washingtonsun]

Welcome to The Washington Sun.
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[Sterling Snow @sterlingmsnow]

I reread this every year.

I cry like a baby every year.

Todd Beamer died a father, husband, and hero.

Todd: Hello… Operator… listen to me. I can’t speak very loud. This is an emergency. I’m a passenger on a United flight to San Francisco. Our plane has been hijacked.

Lisa: I understand. Can they see you?

Todd: No. There are three that we know of. They have knives — razor knives, like box cutters. Someone announced from the cockpit there was a bomb. It sounded fake.

Lisa: Your name?Todd: Todd Beamer. United Flight 93.Todd: They killed one passenger in first class. They forced most of us back. Fourteen of us here. Five flight attendants. The guy with the bomb ordered us to sit on the floor.

Lisa: Are you okay?

Todd: We’re going down… wait. No. We’re leveling off. We changed directions. We’re flying east again.

Todd: A guy named Jeremy called his wife. She told him two planes hit the World Trade Center. Lisa, is that true?

Lisa: I have to tell you the truth. It’s very bad. Both towers are gone. A third plane hit the Pentagon. Our country is under attack. I’m afraid your plane may be part of their plan.

Todd: Oh God. Lisa, will you do something for me? Call my wife and my kids. Promise me you’ll call.

Lisa: I promise.

Todd: Our home number is… You have the same name as my wife. Lisa. We’ve been married ten years. She’s pregnant with our third child. Tell her I love her. I’ll always love her. We have two boys — David, he’s 3, and Andrew, he’s 1. Tell them their daddy loves them and he is so proud of them. The baby is due January 12th. I saw an ultrasound. We still don’t know if it’s a girl or a boy.

Lisa: I’ll tell them. I promise, Todd.(Lisa patches in the FBI.)

Agent: Todd, your plane is on a course for Washington. Best guess is the White House or the Capitol.

Todd: I understand. I’ll be back.

Todd: Everyone knows this isn’t a normal hijacking. We have decided we will not be pawns in their plot.

Lisa: What are you going to do?

Todd: Four of us are going to rush the one with the bomb. Then the cockpit. A stewardess is getting boiling water. We’ll take them out.

Todd: Would you pray with me?They pray the Lord’s Prayer. Then: Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me.

Todd: God help me. Jesus help me.Are you guys ready? Let’s Roll.

[Isa @isssa0x]

A dead MIT professor accidentally destroyed the $20 billion executive coaching industry with one hour of lecture, and ten million people have already watched him do it.

He filmed it once in January 2018 and died eighteen months later.

Executive coaches charge fifteen thousand dollars a session to teach a third of what he covered in that one hour for free.

His name was Patrick Winston. He ran the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory from 1972 to 1997 and wrote the AI textbook every computer science major in the world read for thirty years.

Every January for four decades, he gave a lecture called "How to Speak."

His entire framework fits on a napkin.

Do not read. Be in the image. Keep images simple. Eliminate clutter. Start with an empathetic connection. End with a punch line the audience can repeat over dinner. Never open with a joke. Never end with "thank you."

That last rule alone has probably cost the executive coaching industry a hundred million dollars.

"Your success in life will be determined largely by your ability to speak, your ability to write, and the quality of your ideas. In that order."

That is the actual opening line of the lecture. Winston believed it strongly enough to spend fifty years teaching computer scientists how to talk.

Founders spend $80,000 on an MBA and then hire a communications coach to teach them the same material Winston filmed once for free. Engineers write brilliant code and lose promotions to teammates who watched this lecture on the train.

The lecture is free on MIT OpenCourseWare. The textbook is free on his page.

Winston died in 2019. Almost none of the ten million viewers have actually implemented the four rules on the napkin.

The napkin is free. The willingness to actually use it in your next meeting is the entire edge.

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

Covid was deadly

Our ICU trebled capacity over night

I was there

You weren't

You will not rewrite history

[Pleasure Architect @11Architect11]

immediately after female orgasm the brain releases the highest natural oxytocin spike outside of childbirth.

this 10 to 20 minute window determines whether she bonds to you at the deepest neurochemical level or quietly detaches. and 80% of men waste it by rolling over, checking their phone, or falling asleep

oxytocin is the bonding hormone. during the post-orgasm window her nervous system is completely open. emotional defenses are down. her brain is chemically primed to attach to whoever is physically present and emotionally attentive. this is the window where the deepest bonding forms. not during sex. after

if you withdraw during this window, physically or emotionally, her brain registers abandonment during its most vulnerable state. the oxytocin that was designed to bond instead triggers an anxiety response. she learns that sex leads to disconnection. over time her desire decreases not from lost attraction but from a conditioned association between intimacy and abandonment

- skin-to-skin contact during the post-orgasm window triggers additional oxytocin release in both partners. holding her against your chest amplifies the bonding cascade. this is neurochemistry not romance
- prolactin releases after orgasm creating the urge to sleep in men. resisting that urge for 15 minutes of present connected attention is what separates forgettable from unforgettable. the men she can't stop thinking about are the ones who stayed present after
- women who experience consistent post-sex affection report higher relationship satisfaction in studies regardless of the quality of the sex itself. what happens after matters as much as what happened during
- the vasopressin release in men during this window creates male pair-bonding specifically. staying present doesn't just bond her to you. it bonds you to her. the attachment mechanism is bidirectional
- verbal affection during this window carries 10x the emotional weight of the same words at any other time because her neurochemical state amplifies every input

the 10 minutes after require zero skill. zero technique. just presence. stay. hold her. speak softly. don't reach for your phone. the neurochemistry handles the bonding if you just remain in the room emotionally. the most powerful thing you can do after she finishes is nothing except being there

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I love this guy. Hunter Biden is awesome!

[𝙻𝙾𝚅𝙴 @itsloveculture]

Millie Bobby Brown sobre a adoção da filha: "Existem duas formas de ter um bebê: uma pela barriga e outra pelo coração. A minha menina veio pelo coração"

[Abigail Miller @Abigail_M2050]

Eminem & daughter Hailie just erased $700K in school lunch debt across 103 schools in Michigan! No child hungry, no shame. 🙏

While billionaires buy yachts, Slim Shady quietly paid debts for thousands of kids. This is how you use fame — compassion over clout! Real hero! 💛📚

[Freddy🇩🇪 @FreddyLA7]

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[alabamakarebear @Southernsatin]

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[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

I’m gonna post this video every day so we NEVER FORGET what Donald Trump did to the USA on Jan 6th

[alabamakarebear @Southernsatin]

Me trying to show affection:

[Nature Unedited @NatureUnedited]

A male turtle performing "claw fluttering" near the female's face as a courtship ritual to attract her

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[Not Your Average Liberal @NotAvgLiberal]

Hey MAGA….

Have you gotten your $5000. DOGE check yet?

How about the $2,800 tariff rebate check?

Are you paying less than $2.00 a gallon for gas?

How about the cost of electricity, natural gas, and groceries?

Fucking idiots.

We warned you.