Caleb Knapton

Just a fly on the wall, trying not to land in anyone's ointment.

[Dan Burmawi @DanBurmawy]

Hany Ramzy was the last Christian player on Egypt’s national soccer team.

After he was seen making the sign of the cross following a goal for Egypt, an unofficial decision was made to exclude Christian players from the national team.

Although Christians make up an estimated 10–15% of Egypt’s population, they are banned from senior government positions and many other areas of public life.

[Cody Bockelkamp 🛋️ @praximtheology]

GUYS. ITS HERE.

And it’s gorgeous.

@FoundersMin

[Caleb Knapton @CalebKnapton]

@gpatrickhubbard They didn't appear to be trying to win the game. Of course France is much better, but Morocco has shown they can punch above their weight. Not today.

[Caleb Knapton @CalebKnapton]

What a disappointing showing from Morocco. Why even make it this far of you're going to perform like that.

[Peter Girnus 🦅 @gothburz]

I am the Director of Repair Authorization at John Deere.

Today the FTC made us give farmers the right to repair the machines they already own. It took a lawsuit, a 10-year settlement, and $1 million paid to 5 states. Read the terms. We kept the part that matters.

Here is what we sold you. Steel. 400 horsepower. A cab, a seat, a mirror, a nameplate with your county's dealer on it. You own all of it. It is yours the way a piano is yours.

Here is what we did not sell you. The word go.

A modern tractor does not run on diesel alone. It runs on authorization. When a part fails and you bolt in a new one, the machine does not simply work. The new part has to be paired, and pairing happens through our software, and our software lived, until this morning, only in the hands of a dealer. You could hold the wrench. You could not give the machine permission to accept what the wrench installed.

And when an emissions sensor trips, the machine does something my department is quietly proud of. It goes to limp mode. Full steel, full fuel, reduced to walking speed. 3 miles an hour, in October, with rain in the forecast and the whole year standing in the field. The only thing that lifts it is our authorization, and for years the only hands that held our authorization drove out from the dealership, when they could, for a fee.

We sell the steel once. We sell the permission forever.

So when they say we lost today, read the settlement the way I read it.

10 years. We report our compliance every 60 days, then once a year, which is to say we have turned handing you your own machine into a paperwork schedule that runs through 2036. Any new repair tool we build, we only have to share once more than 50% of our dealers already have it. We decide when a dealer has it. We build the clock and we wind the clock.

They call it the right to repair. What we granted is the right to ask our software for permission, on terms we file every 60 days.

You own the tractor. You always did.

We own the word go.

And today we agreed, in writing, to a ten-year plan for slowly, carefully, on a reporting schedule, learning to say it a little less often.

[Caleb Knapton @CalebKnapton]

Spotify introduced me to Hermanos Gutierrez this week, and man, they are so perfect at what they do. If you need music to study, work, or just relax, this is it.
@HermanosGMusic

[Caleb Knapton @CalebKnapton]

The writing for local news stories has gotten really bad.

It's one sentence per line, double-spaced.

Many times alternating text line, picture, text line, picture, etc.

And the actual writing is clunky.

Is this what we can expect from the new generation of journalists?

[Caleb Knapton @CalebKnapton]

I can't believe this ref was allowed a round of 16 game at the #fifaworldcup, he has a habit of losing control of games. #suicol

[Caleb Knapton @CalebKnapton]

Tim Ream, having a nightmare tonight. And this is not even a quick Belgium attack.
The whole backline seems out of sorts.

[Caleb Knapton @CalebKnapton]

All these #Ai graphics that everyone is suddenly making... yes they look semi-professional, but they also all look absolutely identical.

[Caleb Knapton @CalebKnapton]

I generally like the British announcers at the @FIFAWorldCup (though there are better ones out there). But when calling international games like this, try harder to leave your EPL obsession at the door. You can tell they don't realize it.

[Caleb Knapton @CalebKnapton]

The funk of weed is destroying everywhere you go. It cannot be stressed enough how incredibly evil & stupid legislators are.

[Caleb Knapton @CalebKnapton]

At least we know he was as uncomfortable giving his speech as everyone else was listening to it.

[i like food @messedupfoods]

straight from the source

[Caleb Knapton @CalebKnapton]

Haaland almost screwed up that tap-in.

These Norway jerseys are weird, looks like they're playing in over-sized t-shirts.

[Caleb Knapton @CalebKnapton]

Despite being neighbors, I just can't root for Canada. They're a bunch of unlikeable busters & their coach is insufferable.
They're also known for cheating, which isn't cool.

[John Arnold @johnarnold]

The 4-year bachelor's degree is more a product of history than necessity. Accreditation, financial aid, licensing, and employer expectations have locked it in. But there's a growing movement to give colleges the flexibility to determine which programs can, and should, be 3 years.

[Protestia @Protestia]

This is a phenomenal testimony and worth the 10 minutes.

'Alex Reads Tarot' was a popular and prominent social media creator in the 'WitchTok space, where she gained a large following by posting daily tarot readings, zodiac updates, and paid spiritual readings.

Then, without warning, she nuked her social media accounts, deleted all her videos, changed her handle to 'Alex in the Ordinary,' changed her look, and announced in an emotional testimony that she's become a Christian as a result of Christ calling her to Himself.

She is clear: “Jesus Christ has saved my life.”

She notes that once the account is gone, she will not be making any more social media content, but rather will be stepping out of the spotlight to pursue her good God and Savior and His call on her life.

Keep this sister in your prayers!

[Raymond Ibrahim @RaymondIbrahim5]

JD Hall appeared on Tucker Carlson saying that Muslims were "very kind" to Christians, didn't "tax churches," and even "took care of our holy sites."

In this brief video, I debunk these claims with the actual historical record:

[Caleb Knapton @CalebKnapton]

@WassonWatch Dude, there were two giraffe babies from a Virginia zoo missing for like a year (just recovered last week).
It happens!