ill will

I like movies and roleplaying games. (he/him)

[ill will @WillFromAmerica]

Happy anniversary to the woman who’s given me the greatest 3 years of my life! Looking forward to many more of climbing, playing games, singing, and telling lots and LOTS of stories together. 💖💖💖

[ill will @WillFromAmerica]

This guy watched Whiplash and thought the message was "work really hard and you'll get really good at your job and everyone will love you"

[Vivek Ramaswamy @VivekGRamaswamy]

The reason top tech companies often hire foreign-born & first-generation engineers over “native” Americans isn’t because of an innate American IQ deficit (a lazy & wrong explanation). A key part of it comes down to the c-word: culture. Tough questions demand tough answers & if we’re really serious about fixing the problem, we have to confront the TRUTH:

Our American culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long (at least since the 90s and likely longer). That doesn’t start in college, it starts YOUNG.

A culture that celebrates the prom queen over the math olympiad champ, or the jock over the valedictorian, will not produce the best engineers.

A culture that venerates Cory from “Boy Meets World,” or Zach & Slater over Screech in “Saved by the Bell,” or ‘Stefan’ over Steve Urkel in “Family Matters,” will not produce the best engineers.

(Fact: I know *multiple* sets of immigrant parents in the 90s who actively limited how much their kids could watch those TV shows precisely because they promoted mediocrity…and their kids went on to become wildly successful STEM graduates).

More movies like Whiplash, fewer reruns of “Friends.” More math tutoring, fewer sleepovers. More weekend science competitions, fewer Saturday morning cartoons. More books, less TV. More creating, less “chillin.” More extracurriculars, less “hanging out at the mall.”

Most normal American parents look skeptically at “those kinds of parents.” More normal American kids view such “those kinds of kids” with scorn. If you grow up aspiring to normalcy, normalcy is what you will achieve.

Now close your eyes & visualize which families you knew in the 90s (or even now) who raise their kids according to one model versus the other. Be brutally honest.

“Normalcy” doesn’t cut it in a hyper-competitive global market for technical talent. And if we pretend like it does, we’ll have our asses handed to us by China.

This can be our Sputnik moment. We’ve awaken from slumber before & we can do it again. Trump’s election hopefully marks the beginning of a new golden era in America, but only if our culture fully wakes up. A culture that once again prioritizes achievement over normalcy; excellence over mediocrity; nerdiness over conformity; hard work over laziness.

That’s the work we have cut out for us, rather than wallowing in victimhood & just wishing (or legislating) alternative hiring practices into existence. I’m confident we can do it. 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

[hannah gais @hannahgais]

I am a huge fan of Hawk Tuah but you took my life savings.
I am a huge fan of Hawk Tuah but you took my life savings.
I am a huge fan of Hawk Tuah but you took my life savings.
I am a huge fan of Hawk Tuah but you took my life savings.
I am a huge fan of Hawk Tuah but you took my

[THEObr❂mic @theobromic_]

amazing how some white people are so racist they think ariana grande was a diversity hire

[rachel ⋆ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚ @motelroses]

I have another one…if you said something problematic 8-12 years ago you should not be cancelled for it in present day….i don’t even agree with the things I said last week LMFAO ppl grow like move on

[ill will @WillFromAmerica]

@toriariaria @JPasette Geb vs. Nex war incoming???

[Nia 🪩 @_johnsonator]

Spotify Wrapped is a bit…underwhelming this year.

Less unconventional data viz moments like in previous years (like the city matches, zodiac signs, etc). It was all very obvious.

The layoffs really show here.

[Charles Bramesco @intothecrevasse]

[me eating fries] the exquisite crispness of the outermost layer rendered golden by the oil, paired with the gentle toothsome potato hiding inside

[hp @effthingy]

what

[chart data @chartdata]

Charli xcx's 'BRAT' has been ranked the #1 album of 2024 by Rolling Stone.

[Mr. Chau @Srirachachau]

Look, nothing any of us can say is gonna beat the fact that he posted this himself

[ill will @WillFromAmerica]

In honor of 360 by charli xcx getting nominated for a grammy, that’s now the minimum ticket price for one of her concerts

[kieran ꕤ @thankAGnext]

I'm a professional color grader, and I fixed Wicked. Not perfect, but I think it looks better.

[ill will @WillFromAmerica]

Damn, the Wicked marketing team is really going all out

[Autumn 🍂 #TADCspoilers @doggygoth]

there has been a noticeable anti-trans shift in companies in past two weeks and it’s honestly horrifying

[I u k e @finaIRECKONlNG]

he’s so annoying

[Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @JoshEakle]

So it begins.

MAGA is about to find out how tariffs actually work first hand.

[jordyn youngblood 🧸 @whyjordie]

“I voted for him for cheap groceries”

[Radshyguy @Radshyguy]

to all of my lgbt friends and followers please don't hurt yourself no matter what happens