Tim Welch

VP @ Zaner-Bloser

[Macalester Athletics @MacalesterScots]

𝘼𝙇𝙇-𝘼𝙈𝙀𝙍𝙄𝘾𝘼 𝙎𝘾𝙃𝙊𝙇𝘼𝙍-𝘼𝙏𝙃𝙇𝙀𝙏𝙀𝙎! 🥎📚
16 Macalester softball players earned All-America Scholar-Athlete accolades from @NFCAorg! The Scots ranked 11th in team GPA in all of Division III. @MacalesterSB #GoScots https://t.co/O9ohnpMfPW

[Coach Keizer @CoachKeizer]

Keep your game and skills sharp for the winter
@BIG3UA Rise-up fall league
Register today
https://t.co/iP1zSGfX4d

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

[Dustin @r0ck3t23]

Egypt forgot how to build the pyramids.

Rome forgot how to build the aqueducts. Some still carry water today. What they built still stands. Neither civilization remembers how they did it.

Musk: “You look at great civilizations like ancient Egypt, and they were able to make the pyramids, and they forgot how to do that.”

Musk: “And the Romans, they built these incredible aqueducts. They forgot how to do it.”

No army invaded them. The knowledge just stopped getting used, and the moment it did, it was gone.

Same collapse. Compressed into fifty years instead of a thousand.

Musk: “In 1969, we were able to send somebody to the moon… Then the space shuttle retired, and the United States could take no one to orbit.”

Musk: “People are mistaken when they think that technology just automatically improves… it will, by itself, degrade.”

Capability doesn’t sit in a vault. It only exists inside the people doing the work right now.

The second they stop, it doesn’t pause.

It disappears.

That should not scare you. It should focus you.

Nobody loses a civilization to war. They lose it the moment they stop building.

Nobody is owed the future. It belongs to whoever keeps building it.

[KanekoaTheGreat @KanekoaTheGreat]

Erling Haaland spent $134,000 on a book he'll never read.

Then gave it away.

Last December, he and his father quietly bought the 1594 edition of Snorri Sturluson's Kings' Sagas at auction — the most expensive book ever sold in Norwegian history.

Only one copy exists on earth.

They donated it to the public library in Bryne.

The town where Haaland grew up.

One condition: it stays open. Anyone can walk in and read it.

What actually is this book?

Written in 1230, it chronicles Norwegian kings from the age of gods through medieval history — warriors, farmers, kings from the exact coastal region Haaland calls home.

The 1594 edition was the first time it was ever printed in Norwegian.

Before that it lived in manuscripts, locked away from ordinary people for 350 years.

He bought the moment his people's history became something they could hold — and handed it to the next generation.

"I want the book always to lie open so people can read about those who came from where I come from."

He scored twice for Norway today in his first ever World Cup match.

The kings in that book would've approved.

[Tim Welch @TimWelch6]

@CoachCup @SCNAthletics @IHSAState Good luck!

[Glenbard North Hoops @GNPantherHoops]

Summer camp is right around the corner! We’re excited to get back in the gym, compete, and get to work.

[Macalester Athletics @MacalesterScots]

𝘼𝙇𝙇-𝙈𝙄𝘼𝘾! 🥎🏅
Martha Miller, Elizabeth Welch and Safiya Butler were named All-MIAC today! Tess Bojorquez and Callia Holland received All-MIAC honorable mention. Congratulations, Scots! @MacalesterSB #GoScots https://t.co/axNkZjsnMk

[MIAC @MIACathletics]

#MIAC announces 2026 Softball awards #d3softball
READ MORE: https://t.co/kBFDxvwVgV

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Newly released video from the splashdown of Artemis ll on Friday, April 10, 2026, shows the moment that U.S. Navy Divers cracked the door open and entered the Orion to greet the Astronauts, welcoming them back to Earth after their journey around the Moon.

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

THE ARTEMIS II ECLIPSE.
April 6, 2026.

Totality, beyond Earth. From lunar orbit, the Moon eclipses the Sun, revealing a view few in human history have ever witnessed. Photo: NASA

[Brian Cain @BrianCainPeak]

@UCLAWBB Just dominated their way to the NCAA National Title and their assistant coach / mental performance coach played a massive role. Great article here about her work.

https://t.co/sq1OaFCtmg

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Ben McCollum shares what it feels like to be around first-place people and a first-place culture.

"I went to Northwest Missouri State, and my first practice with Steve Tapmeyer - best coach I've ever been around - I sat there and I'm like, 'This is what first place feels like. This is what a first-place culture feels like. This is what first-place people feel like.'"

That was the wake-up call. He realized what first-place people have:
"They've got an extreme work ethic. They've got an edge to 'em that other people don't - a competitive spirit."

Then he quoted John Thompson:
"You can tame a fool a lot quicker than you can resurrect a corpse...We want guys with a little edge to 'em."

You can coach skills, but you can't coach competitive spirit. You don't want to consistently coach their effort and attitude.

The last thing they look for: Energy givers.
"Over the years, we found that guys that are moody don't make it in our program."

"If you're moody, if you have low energy, if you suck the life out of the building - you don't make it."

Talent isn't enough. Your energy matters. Your attitude matters.

Successful people have a competitive edge, they bring energy, and they look to consistently get better.

They raise the standard through what they do.
(🎥 Watts Happening Podcast)

[Macalester Athletics @MacalesterScots]

𝑺𝑪𝑶𝑻𝑺 𝑾𝑰𝑵! 🥎
The softball team got back on track with a victory over Worcester State at THE Spring Games in Florida. Elizabeth Welch had three hits on the day, with her first hit today being the 100th of her career! Go Scots! @MacalesterSB https://t.co/T3Fc93t9Ni

[Glenbard North Hoops @GNPantherHoops]

Matt Welch! 4A All-State Special Mention

[Glenbard North Hoops @GNPantherHoops]

Lamari Carpenter and Matt Welch All-Area!
Oturo Redento Honorable Mention!
Nice job guys!

[Daily Herald Preps @dhpreps]

Daily Herald DuPage County boys basketball All-Area team https://t.co/lEnzro0EiD

[Tim Welch @TimWelch6]

Congratulations @MattWelch114 ! Incredibly proud of you for the countless hours you have put into earning this.

[Glenbard North Hoops @GNPantherHoops]

Matt Welch! 4A All-State Special Mention

[Baseball @mlbelites_]

The art of catching a baseball. This is a must watch ⚾️💯

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Mark your calendars for March 14

The Gamma Normids meteor shower is coming