DShawnK

Called an "Evil Genius” by Esquire Magazine... Fun Maker. 🏝️

[DShawnK @dshawn]

Let’s all keep pretending that #Bitcoin is not the most perfect currency.

[DShawnK @dshawn]

@hthieblot https://t.co/rVSOpcnGrk

[DShawnK @dshawn]

@LeighWolf My great great grandfather died fighting to end slavery. He was from Pennsylvania and we are still very proud of him and what he fought for. Thank you Grandpa.

[DShawnK @dshawn]

@BradleyRawkStar @coinbase Happens to me every month. Almost not worth it.

[DShawnK @dshawn]

@jiratickets The exact spot where Alexander Hamilton was gun down by Burr.

[Robert Sterling @RobertMSterling]

Sgt. Nicole Gee didn’t just give her life for our country. She also gave us one of the most powerful photos of our 20 years in Afghanistan.

There is no greater humanitarian than the American warfighter.

[DShawnK @dshawn]

Right back at you.

[Dustin @r0ck3t23]

Elon Musk just defended America better than every politician in Washington combined.

Musk: “After World War 2, the US could have basically taken over the world and any country. Like we got nukes, nobody else got nukes. We don’t even have to lose soldiers. Which country do you want?”

One nation on earth held a weapon nobody else had.

Total dominance. Zero competition. No risk of retaliation.

Every empire in history that held that kind of advantage used it.

Rome. The Mongols. The British. The Ottomans.

They conquered until they collapsed.

America had a bigger advantage than all of them combined.

And it rebuilt the countries it just defeated.

Musk: “The United States actually helped rebuild countries. So it helped rebuild Europe, it helped rebuild Japan. This is very unusual behavior, almost unprecedented.”

Almost unprecedented?

It had never happened before. Not once in 5,000 years of recorded history.

The Marshall Plan wasn’t foreign aid.

It was the most radical act of restraint any superpower ever committed.

America turned its enemies into allies. Turned rubble into economies. Turned surrender into partnership.

Germany went from ashes to the economic engine of Europe in a generation.

Japan went from unconditional surrender to the third largest economy on earth.

Three years after the war, America was flying food into Berlin.

A city in the heart of the nation that just tried to destroy it.

That’s not policy.

That’s a civilization deciding what it is at the exact moment it has the power to be anything.

You’re being told a story right now.

That America is the villain of history.

You hear it everywhere. Media. Universities. Social platforms.

Musk: “There’s always like, well America’s done bad things. Well of course America’s done bad things, but one needs to look at the whole track record.”

Every nation on earth has dark chapters. Every single one.

The difference is what a country does when nobody can stop it.

And when nobody could stop America, it fed its enemies and rebuilt their cities.

Musk: “The history of China suggests that China is not acquisitive. Meaning they’re not going to go out and invade a whole bunch of countries.”

Probably right.

China has historically built walls, not fleets.

But the real question isn’t about borders anymore.

We’re approaching a moment that mirrors 1945 in ways nobody has fully processed yet.

AI is going to give a handful of people a power advantage that makes nuclear monopoly look quaint.

If someone is going to hold that kind of power, who do you want it to be?

The country that conquered when it could? Or the one that rebuilt when it didn’t have to?

Every alliance. Every trade route. Every economy.

Billions lifted out of poverty.

All of it traces back to one act of restraint that had never been done before.

And carries no guarantee of being repeated.

The most powerful thing America ever did wasn’t building the bomb.

It was what it didn’t do after.

[9th Life @_9th_Life_]

Ever notice how many dudes in their late 40s and 50s are in amazing shape at the gym?

A lot of people assume they are all divorced having a midlife crisis.

While this may be true in some scenarios (considering how many marriages end in divorce), I don’t think it’s the whole story.

What it really comes down to is having their priorities in check.

Family to feed. A wife they don’t want fucking the pool boy. Kids they want to keep up with. Career established. Done chasing bullshit dopamine.

They’re not in the gym to impress anyone. They’re in the gym so they’re around to see their grandchildren grow up. Protect what they’ve built. Stay in the fight.

Most guys in their 20s train for the mirror. Guys in their 50s train because they have people in their life that need them to be at the top of their game.

Which one are you actually doing?

[Mads @europemaxxed]

this is when you know you're doing well in life

[Christian Schneider @Schneider_CM]

“Jump Around” at the UW-Madison graduation ceremony

[Congressman Brandon Gill @RepBrandonGill]

Today I asked an abortion advocate what her favorite method of abortion is.

[DShawnK @dshawn]

@Emotion78687 All the Feels…

[Kevin | Large Fam Dad @LargeFamDad]

My boss's boss is like 42, never married, no kids. Earns $275-300K per year. Goes on a minimum of two international vacations a year w/ his girlfriend. 10+ days, all out.

Eats the best food, stays in top notch accomodations. Excursions, tours, nicest beaches, etc.

Great guy, I'm happy for him.

But what I've realized is that without kids, you end up chasing a lifestyle that has to continually be topped in order for you to be satisfied and find happiness.

What he and others like him don't understand is that when you have children, seeing THEM experience life's most basic things and watching their eyes light up at all the "firsts", brings greater pleasure and joy than any vacation or travel experience ever could.

Seeing THEM try blueberries for the first time is greater than dining at the best 5 star restaurant in Europe.

Seeing THEM learn how to walk is greater than walking the Great Wall of China or strolling along the most picturesque beach.

Watching THEM giggle uncontrollably at "peek-a-boo" tops any A-list comedian act.

Seeing THEIR excitement when building a fort out of cardboard boxes and making a door big enough for daddy is superior to staying at 5-star resorts.

Flying kites with THEM far outweighs excursions like parasailing or helicopter rides.

Seeing THEM perform a recital on stage for the first time is more rewarding than watching a Broadway show or top notch symphony orchestra.

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When you have children, all of a sudden you realize that life's greatest joys are not in the pursuit of things or pleasure or travel, but rather in the LOVE and bond you share with your very own image bearers.

Seeing the beauty and magnificence and wonder of life all over again for the first time through THEIR eyes and expressions gives you something the world simply cannot offer, nor even come close.

[Gain of Fauci @DschlopesIsBack]

Starting to think that the party funding the KKK and trying to kill presidents probably aren’t the good guys.

[FXHedge @Fxhedgers]

At this point I am just assuming any NGO is a money laundering scam.

[DShawnK @dshawn]

@RonDeSantis Aerosmith….

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@DomenickDoran @ByEricPratt If you use a VPN at all the app shows a blank screen. Not even the scores.

[DShawnK @dshawn]

@ByEricPratt I had a similar issue. I have MLB and tried to stream a Brewer games while on spring break in Palm Beach. NOPE. They were playing the Marlins 2 hour drive away. Blackout.

[DShawnK @dshawn]

@ThrillaRilla369 Every single Dramatic MAN! Just give us the facts. Be a man.