David Kallio

VT Alum/Hokie Fan for life / Proud Father & Husband / Born in Minnesota and Vikings/Twins Fan

[David Kallio @david_kallio]

@davidpollack47 Vacation the original

[David Kallio @david_kallio]

@SonsofSatVT Major Fundraiser
Football first mentality
Great communicator

[Adam Rossi @rossiadam]

Virginia Tech's Diggeridoos Tunnel Digging Team are world champions!

They won first place at the Not-a-Boring Competition, run by Elon Musk's The Boring Company.

Over 8 days, their tunnel boring machine dug further than any other into wet Texas clay, in a downpour, against 7 university teams from 3 countries.

This win has been years in the making.

They took the fastest launch design award in 2021 and climbed from there: top 5, then 2nd, then the Innovation Award and 2nd again last year.

Each time refining and improving on a shoestring against better-funded international teams.

This year, in the worst conditions the competition’s ever seen, they brought the title home to Blacksburg.

I'll keep saying it: I don't care what grade you made in Differential Equations. I care about what you did on a team like this.

These students poured hundreds of hours into this because they wanted to help crack one of modern engineering’s hardest problems.

The bigger picture is why this competition matters so much.

@elonmusk started The Boring Company after one too many “soul-destroying” LA traffic jams.

He argues cities have maxed out their surface space and the only direction left is down. His vision is for vast underground networks that move people and freight around at superfast speeds, and reclaim the surface space back from cars and trucks.

But current tunnelling machines are notoriously slow and expensive, often moving slower than a garden snail once you factor in setup, maintenance, and muck removal (the competition is branded as "Beating the Snail”).

The student challenge exists to crowdsource the breakthroughs that will finally make tunneling 10x faster and cheaper, finding the next-generation of engineers who’ll crack it.

The Diggeridoos are those engineers.

My company @totalshield_llc sponsors this amazing team.

If you run a technical company and haven't looked at the competition teams at your local university, you're missing one of the best hiring pipelines in the country.

Career fairs don't show you who performs under pressure, but this sure does.

Congratulations, Diggeridoos. Go @virginia_tech Hokies!

[David Kallio @david_kallio]

@Uvafan15 Eat it as always you need us to sell out that dump

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@Araoluwanimi01 Buy Nivedea stock

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@elonmusk @grok what is the main id to vote

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Such a good dog!! Eat it @Uvafan15

[Mike Barber @StillMikeBarber]

UVA is honoring a retiring K-9 … and she just did her business on the court at JPJ.

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@Tyler_Polumbus Bear shit in the woods?

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[Virginia Tech Softball @HokiesSoftball]

Top 20 Status 🗨️

#Hokies

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Boom 💥

[Virginia Tech Women's Basketball @HokiesWBB]

OUR HOUSE. OUR STATE. 🏆

#CommonwealthClash | @SmithfieldBrand

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@1980MiracleTeam @netflix Great documentary!! Loved seeing the story all
Over again

[Netflix @netflix]

MIRACLE: THE BOYS OF '80 premieres January 30.

Relive the story of "Miracle on Ice" told with never-before-seen 16mm footage and firsthand reflections from the 1980 US Hockey team players who delivered a historic Olympics victory against the USSR at the height of the Cold War.

[James Franklin @coachjfranklin]

65,632 Seats, 65,632 people in those seats makes a statement! #LetsGoHokies

[David Kallio @david_kallio]

So true!

[Don Williams @Don_K_Williams]

Athlete: Coach… I think I want to quit.

Coach: Okay. Then let’s talk about why.

Athlete: I’m tired. All the early mornings, the pain, the pressure. Sometimes I wake up and wonder what I’m even doing this for.

Coach: That’s not quitting. That’s being human. Doubt shows up when you’re close to something that matters.

Athlete: But I’m not even sure I’m good enough. I look around and see people stronger, faster… happier.

Coach: Comparison is a liar. It shows you everyone’s surface but hides their struggle. You don’t need to be better than them. You need to be better than yesterday.

Athlete: What if I never win? What if I give everything and still fall short?

Coach: Then you’ll walk away with something most never touch—truth. The kind you only find when you’ve emptied yourself for something bigger than comfort.

Athlete: So… you think I should keep going?

Coach: I think you already know the answer. You wouldn’t be having this conversation if you truly wanted to stop. You just want someone to remind you that it’s worth it.

Athlete: It hurts, Coach. Some days, it really hurts.

Coach: Good. That means you care. And nothing worth having comes without pain. Now breathe. You’ve made it through every hard day so far.
Most quit before the breakthrough!

Don’t be like most!

[David Kallio @david_kallio]

@SonsofSatVT Collinsworth

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Eat it @Uvafan15

[Rick J @rickjeff78]

No Tobi, No Problem

Short handed Hokies show the ACC goes through Blacksburg as they take little brother behind the woodshed.

Virginia Cavalier fans might need to invent a whole new sport—just to finally have something they can beat Virginia Tech at.

[David Kallio @david_kallio]

I swear this announcer sounds like James Franklin or is it just me?
Go Hokies!!

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@JohnnyLCKai Stud!!!

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