David Fock Chun Man

[Geosophy @Geosophyy]

How America Bought Louisiana 🇺🇸🤯

[Tony Jacob | FindaClip.com @tonjkb]

Historian Jared Diamond: "If Genghis Khan had been born 10 years later or 200 miles further away, we wouldn't know anything about him."

Jared Diamond: "Genghis Khan created the largest land empire in world history, all the way from China to Poland. And yet, there were other people who tried—Attila the Hun and Tamerlane the Turk. Why did Genghis Khan succeed?

Well, within the last 10 years, students of tree rings have figured out that on the Mongolian steppe, the wettest time in the last 2,000 years was the decade of Genghis Khan's birth. If he had been born 10 years later or 200 miles further away, we wouldn't know anything about Genghis Khan. But he happened to have been born at the right time and place because with all that rain, that meant hay to feed sheep and goats, to feed Mongol babies, and it also meant hay to feed Mongol horses to ride into battle.

So Genghis Khan was someone at the right time and place, but he had no idea, and we didn't have any idea until this tree ring study of the last decade."

[David Fock Chun Man @fcmdhyd]

@The_Click_Five Bangkok 2026 🤘🎸

[Cosmic Marvel @cosmic_marvel]

Jake Schreier says Sadie Sink’s Jean Grey will be the main character in the ‘X-MEN’ reboot film.

“[She is a] founding member of the X-Men and we will follow her story.”

[Logic Universe @LogicUniv]

🏨 The World’s Best Hotels — Top 10

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[Iain Cameron @theiaincameron]

Ever wondered why the District of Columbia is half-diamond shaped instead of complete? Well, it used to be a full diamond. However, in 1846, the entire Virginia half was handed back.

Guess the major reason why?

1/n

[Marcial Cuquerella @Mcuquerella]

La gesta de Colón en este vídeo es más impresionante aún

[Cyber_Racheal @CyberRacheal]

A must Watch!

[Lorxel ×͜× @lorxell]

I don't think people are talking enough about this scene in Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Technically, Peter Parker dies. That gunshot wasn't something he should've survived.

It wasn't Spider-Man's healing that saved him. It was Jean Grey.

She stayed outside the hospital for hours, using her powers to keep Peter alive. Every heartbeat. Every pulse. Every single breath he took before waking up... Jean was breathing for him.

Frank even points out that Peter shouldn't have survived that wound.

[GeniusThinking @GeniusGTX]

School spent 18 years teaching you a reflex that destroys real conversations.

Conor Neill puts it plainly:

"You finish your pitch and the customer says, 'Your product is too expensive!' You arrive home a few minutes late, your partner says, 'You are always late.' There's a dirty plate left on the table 'You never wash the dishes.' What do you say in this moment?"

Here's the trap Neill identifies:

"Most of you, me included, went through 14 years of school where we were taught one way to respond to questions. Teacher asks, 'How do you spell cats?' Student: 'C-A-T.' Teacher asks, 'What is osmosis?' Student explains in detail. For 14 years, you've been taught to give answers to questions. If you went to university, you probably had another 3 or 4 years of giving answers to questions."

And that conditioning costs you:

"In real life in persuasion, in getting to what the other person is really about, what their needs really are, the worst thing you can do is give an answer to a question."

Watch what happens when you answer:

"If someone says, 'Your product is too expensive,' and you say, 'No it's not! It's only €1,000'; you've lost every chance to understand what else is behind their reasoning. If you get home and your partner says, 'You're always late!' and you say, 'No, no, no, Tuesday I was definitely here on time', you're gonna have a crap weekend."

Why does the brain default to this?

"When your partner says, 'You're always late,' emotion goes up. And what happens? The thinking part disconnects. The way to make someone stupider is to insult them, object to them, tell them they are wrong. When you're asked a question, there's an emotional reaction, and the higher emotion goes, the lower thinking goes."

And it won't fix itself without work:

"If you don't practice this response, you're not going to be able to do it in the moment. If you don't practice repeatedly how you'll respond to 'You're always late,' 'You never wash the dishes,' 'Your product is too expensive,' 'Your competitor is better,' 'You failed us 3 years ago,' 'I don't trust your company', you're not going to be able to do it in the heat of the moment."

The alternative Neill teaches:

"When you are asked a question or given an objection, I want you to say: 'I understand.' And repeat in your words what they're saying. Then give an open question back."

In practice:

"'Your product is too expensive!' → 'I understand that money is an important factor for you. What other criteria will be used in making this decision?'"

He calls this Conversation Aikido:

"Martial arts are about using the energy and force of the opponent against them. In Judo, if someone punches you, you pull their arm and allow the energy to keep flowing. In Aikido, the concept is you go toward the punch. You go toward the energy. If someone punches you, if someone asks you a question, if someone objects, the Aikido method is to go toward them and see the world from their view."

For the harder personal moments:

"'You're always late!' → 'I understand you feel frustrated.' 'I understand you feel let down.' You'll have to work on this quite a few times over the next 10 years to find the set of words that captures what the other person feels, what's behind it. Then ask: 'What can we do now?' 'What happened during the day?' 'What would you like to talk about?'"

By defending, you go blind:

"When a client says 'You're too expensive' and you say 'No, we're not!' you learn nothing about who else they're considering, what other criteria are important, what process they've gone through, who else is involved in the decision."

Neill's guarantee:

"By giving the answer, we shut down the possibility of hearing what's really going on in the other person's mind. But if you say 'I understand,' accept the energy coming from the other person, and give back an open question, I guarantee that if you do it 4 times, the answer to your 4th open question begins to be the real underlying need, issue, or interest of the person you're listening to."

[Nux @mherlihy0816]

Chess visualized

[Noah Cat @Cartidise]

iPad mini 5 vs. Galaxy Z Fold8

it’s like an iPad mini 5, but without the thick bezels

[Ice Universe @UniverseIce]

Heads up! Samsung has introduced a very useful upgrade to the Privacy Display feature on the Galaxy S26 Ultra in One UI 9.

For example, if you've enabled Privacy Display only for YouTube, when you minimize the video into Picture in Picture (PiP) and return to the home screen, only the PiP window will remain protected by Privacy Display. Your home screen and other apps will no longer be affected.

In previous versions, once Privacy Display was enabled, the entire screen stayed in privacy mode, even after switching to PiP, making it much less flexible.

This means One UI 9 finally supports independent Privacy Display for Picture in Picture. It keeps your PiP content private without affecting the rest of the interface, making the feature much more practical than before.

[Winna F.C. @WinnaFC]

Cabo Verde players on IG.😂♥️

[Hunter 🎮 @NextGenPlayer]

Sony is limiting Disc Drive for PS5 orders to one per customer “Due to high demand”

▶️ https://t.co/5kylHu9ABm

[Anime Posts @animeposts]

CAN’T WAIT

[Chino @ChinoUTD]

🚨 Arsene Wenger on Brazil vs Japan:

🗣️ Reporter:
“This felt like a proper World Cup knockout game?”

🗣️ Wenger:

“No. It felt like a final that accidentally got scheduled too early. Some matches deserve one winner. This one deserved more time.”

[SnoopyAndWoodie @Anklebiters0904]

Thank you japan 🫶🐾🇯🇵

[SethOfficial @UTD_Seth001]

🚨 Zlatan Ibrahimović on Japan crashing out of the 2026 FIFA World Cup after their heartbreaking defeat to Brazil:

“Football can be very cruel. Today Japan leave the World Cup, but they leave with their heads held high. They pushed Brazil to the edge, made them suffer and forced one of the greatest football nations in history to fight until the very end. That’s something no one can take away from them.”

“I don’t want to hear anyone calling this a failure. Failure is not giving everything. These players gave everything. They ran, they fought, they believed and they represented their country with incredible pride. Sometimes football rewards you, sometimes it breaks your heart. Today it broke Japan’s heart.”

“I saw the tears after the final whistle, and those tears tell you everything. They cared. They believed they could make history, and for a long time they looked capable of doing exactly that. The result hurts, but the performance deserves respect from the entire football world.”

“If Japan continue producing players with this mentality, this won’t be the last time they surprise the biggest nations. They have shown courage, discipline and personality throughout this tournament. Today they lost the match, but they won the respect of millions of football fans around the world.”

{@FoxNews }

[INKU @Inku_fr]

LE COMPTE OFFICIEL DU MANGA BLUE LOCK APRÈS LA DÉFAITE DU JAPON 🇯🇵 FACE AU BRÉSIL 🇧🇷 EN COUPE DU MONDE ! ⚽️

« Jusqu'à la toute dernière seconde, pas une seule personne n'a abandonné.

C'était un match d'une intensité exceptionnelle, absolument palpitant.

Cette amertume d'aujourd'hui servira de tremplin vers les victoires de demain.

À tous les joueurs, merci infiniment pour tous vos efforts.

Merci du fond du cœur… ! »