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“Look, I’m a coach, I’m not Harry Potter.” - José Mourinho #CFC

[Chris Williamson @ChrisWillx]

It’s all going to end, very soon, enjoy it.

“At your funeral, your friends and family will argue over who gets what.

People will want food to eat.

The topic will shift from your life to their lives.

They’ll drive away thinking about their looming to-do list.

Some people won’t be able to make it because ‘something came up’

And we worry about…a low performing post on social media.

Or what someone “thinks of us”.

Or a bad customer review.

Or whether we’re going to finish our to do list in time.

We die like we go to sleep.

With things unsaid and unfinished.

The only judge who has complete context on our lives, dies with us.

A reminder of the heavy weight we place on things that matter little.”

— @AlexHormozi

[Fľøkï @Dee_Floki]

France v Senegal FIFA World Cup 2026 through Geoff Lowe’s lens

[The Vigilant Fox 🦊 @VigilantFox]

The man who trains the Army's psyop division tells Joe Rogan he built a tool that scores any news event from 1 to 100 on how likely it is to be a psyop.

Chase Hughes does this work for the government. Now he says he's trying to make the entire playbook obsolete by making it visible.

HUGHES: "I'm the guy that trains psyops. In two days after I leave here, I'm going to Fort Bragg to train the United States Army psyop division. I'm the guy."

"I created a tool that will give you a 1 to 100 score on how likely something is a psyop."

"The invading of Iraq would score a 98 out of 100."

"My goal is to make people more expensive to influence."

Once you can see the playbook, it stops working on you.

[R(R) @real1800splurge]

somewhere in your 20s or 30s you’ll get the opportunity to rebuild your life after a negative loop. its very important that you see that journey through

[The New York Times @nytimes]

From @TheAthleticFC: There are 98 players born in France at the World Cup, and there are more French-born players (76) representing other nations than any other country at the tournament. Senegal’s squad has 10 of them. https://t.co/wut41fW7FS

[Ben Rothenberg @BenRothenberg]

Corentin Moutet, ungovernable.

[Electra @Electrarythm]

There is a certain type of person everywhere now, especially online.

He consumes endless information every day: philosophy, psychology, productivity, spirituality, neuroscience, business, self-improvement, history.

He knows a little about everything and deeply experiences almost nothing.

His entire identity becomes built around understanding instead of living.

He watches videos about confidence instead of speaking confidently. Reads about discipline instead of becoming disciplined. Studies relationships instead of learning how to love. Consumes motivational content instead of taking action.

He feels intelligent because he is constantly mentally stimulated. But stimulation is not transformation.

Most of the time, knowledge becomes emotional protection. Reality is unpredictable. Reality humiliates. Reality exposes weakness. Books and ideas do not.

Inside information, he can continue imagining himself as intelligent, deep, insightful, different from ordinary people. So he remains trapped in preparation.

He constantly feels as if he is "becoming" someone, while his real life remains strangely untouched. He develops sophisticated language for problems he never confronts directly. He can explain human behavior beautifully while being unable to handle ordinary discomfort, rejection, uncertainty, loneliness, or risk.

He slowly turns life into observation instead of participation.

The internet rewards this personality heavily. He receives validation for sounding aware rather than becoming capable.

Eventually, he begins confusing self-analysis with growth and information with wisdom.

But beneath the intelligence usually exists the same thing: fear. Fear of failure. Fear of embarrassment. Fear of reality answering back.

Because action destroys fantasy. The moment he truly acts, he can no longer hide inside potential.

[Salih GÜNEY💙 @seri702]

Evlenirsen pişman olursun. Evlenmezsen de pişman olursun. Çocuk yapsan da yapmasan da pişman olursun. Kierkegaard bunu 200 yıl önce şöyle söylemiştir:
"Neyi seçersen seç pişman olursun. Çünkü sorun tercihlerinde değil yaşanmamış bir hayatı romantize etmendir. İnsan her daim gidilmemiş bir yolu cazibeli ve gizemli bulur. Bu yüzden mesele en doğru seçimi yapman değil. Hangi pişmanlıkla yaşayacağını seçip karar vermendir."
Sen neye karar verdin?

[V @Spectator_V]

@brfootball Get spike lee’s goofy ass out of here. Go Knicks

[NEW YORK KNICKS @nyknicks]

for the boroughs and Knicks fans around the world 🏆

[ClaudeDevs @ClaudeDevs]

As a result of a US government directive, we are suspending access to Claude Fable 5 for all users. You can continue to use all other Claude models.

Here’s what this means for you:

Across Claude products, new sessions will run on your selected default model or Opus 4.8, and existing Fable 5 sessions will end with an error.

On the Claude Platform, requests to Fable 5 will also return an error. Please update your integrations to other Claude models.

We know this is a disruption to your workflows; we appreciate your patience and support.

[V @Spectator_V]

@AdamSchefter It’s called the New York Knicks

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

This is free advice from an expensive psychologist. If you’re an anxious person, do everything for fun. Go to a job interview for fun. Submit documents for fun. Start a blog for fun. Anxiety feeds on importance. Don’t make everything a matter of life and death.

[V @Spectator_V]

@AdamSchefter The New York Knicks effect

[Vfynn_🥷🏼 𐙚 @Vfynn_]

🚨🗣️ 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Wayne Rooney: “One came on for 20 minutes and changed the entire game. The other started and held his team back.”

“People keep telling me football is about reputation. No, it’s about impact.

Look at the difference. Messi comes on with 20 minutes left and completely changes the game. One penalty, one goal, defense-splitting passes, involvement in the build-up, leadership, composure. Argentina instantly looked sharper, more fluid, more ruthless. That’s what greatness is. You don’t need 90 minutes to dominate a match when your football brain is operating two steps ahead of everyone else.

Now look at Ronaldo. Portugal controlled possession, created chances, had the game where they wanted it, but their attack looked blunt. Missed chances, poor decisions, shots when simple passes were available, free-kick into the wall, an offside goal, and then he’s off at halftime. The uncomfortable truth is Portugal looked more cohesive, more dynamic, and more dangerous after he left the pitch.

If Portugal are serious about going deep in this tournament, they need to stop making decisions based on history. Ronaldo’s legacy is untouchable, but trophies aren’t won with memories. Right now, he looks more like a luxury than a necessity.

The difference between Messi and Ronaldo at this stage isn’t talent. It’s adaptation. One accepts what the game needs. The other still wants the game to revolve around him.

And before Ronaldo fans get angry, ask yourselves one question: if his name wasn’t Cristiano Ronaldo, would he still be starting?”

[Tai Lopez @tailopez]

The most skilled people I know who are still broke and stuck all share one thing. They stopped believing in themselves and never got that belief back.

[Sam Stoffel @sam_stoffel]

Founder of lululemon on what he'd tell every 25 year old:

"I'd tell them that every person in the world is an individual with a different genetic makeup and a different upbringing and the way that you're thinking is so radically different than every other person in the world and incomparable that if you have an idea and you want to move forward with it, don't worry so much about the competition because nobody will be able to replicate you and the way you think about it."

[Atlas Press @realAtlasPress]

Leonardo da Vinci's greatest paragraph

[Mudit @muditfx]

— Žižek, on not obsessing with psychoanalyzing oneself all the time

[CONSEQUENCE @consequence]

Conan O'Brien used his Harvard University commencement speech to argue that humility and the human connection matter far more than any diploma.

"I always recognize the enormous role of luck in my life. Refusing to see how luck has played a role in anyone's success is simply ignorant. Many people are happy to mistake a lucky poker hand for their own brilliance, and fighting that human instinct has kept me sane.

"I honestly believe that community, spontaneity, and a real commitment to humility has helped me build a rich life that means much more to me than any diploma. And believe me, I'm not saying the goal is to renounce accomplishments, but rather to metabolize them. If you carry your victories lightly, other qualities –- kindness, originality, courage, humor, and humanity –- have room to emerge.

"Maybe the greatest lessons I've learned along these lines have been through my 24 travel shows. I have degraded myself in Cuba, Ghana, Korea, Armenia, half of Europe, Argentina, Thailand, Mexico, and Greenland, where I visited a real estate office and tried to buy the country. When I travel to another land, every quality I have discussed -- community, adaptation, and a sincerely humble approach -- are all necessary. When you don't speak the language, no one truly cares where you went to college, and you have no choice but to make friends.

"It's on these travels that I learned a great lesson: let yourself be bad at things. I have been a bad dancer in every country I have visited. But the people laugh because it turns out everyone everywhere is related to at least one terrible dancer. For me, humility on these trips can easily lead to humiliation, which is also a useful tool.

"Three weeks ago, I visited Amsterdam, dressed up as Van Gogh, and forced my way into the Van Gogh Museum, where I started loudly demanding a cut of the merchandising because I made no money during my lifetime. Guards forcibly ejected me. I was roundly mocked by patrons for my pathetic display. But I did see a lot of smiles. And not one person said, now that's a Harvard grad.

"In Tokyo, I met with a teacher of Japanese etiquette who volunteered I wasn't her type. And when I asked her why, she just said, 'face.' In Ghana, after accepting a royal invitation, I was kicked out of the Ashanti Palace by the Queen Mother, because her favorite soap opera was starting.

"I understand that I am preaching modesty and connection at a time when this is not in style. We are living through a period of extreme narcissism. Our current leadership in Washington believes that empathy is a weakness and that our nation stands supreme and alone. Add to that, everyone here today has a phone in their pocket that is algorithmically programmed to celebrate you and you alone by making you the protein-maxing hero of your own special journey.

"Much has been written about how isolated and siloed we've become, but for me, the antidote is quite simple. By de-emphasizing what makes us special — in your case, a prized degree — we can really find one another, not as an exercise in virtue, but as a path towards greater laughter, love, and real growth."