Mike Dillingham

[THE SWAMP @SwampUF]

Ya don’t have a pulse if this doesn’t hit ya hard!! 🐊🐊

-The Swamp-

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

Tom Cruise invited all of the AMC theater employees in the building with him to watch ‘THE ODYSSEY’ in IMAX.

(Source: https://t.co/dr7XY6bw6Q)

[Variety @Variety]

Richard Linklater credits Gen Z with fueling the movie theater comeback:

“Just when you thought all these young people who grew up on TikTok are done with movies, it turns out they like to go with their friends. The theatrical film experience has been under threat for 80 years, and it always withstands the ups and downs because we are communal beings.”

Read the full cover story: https://t.co/NYmIGLuk8A

[Mike Dillingham @gatormike7]

@EASPORTSCollege Air Force! 🛩

[Rob Schneider 🇺🇸 @RobSchneider]

FACT CHECKED ✅🇺🇸

[Mike Dillingham @gatormike7]

@OrlandoMagic No way this has to be April Fools joke

[Mike Dillingham @gatormike7]

@JoshPateCFB Will be an interesting revisit at the end of season 😉 I like that Jon guy 🐊

[Mike Dillingham @gatormike7]

@disclosureday Very good movie @AMCTheatres thought provoking and strong message of empathy. Always a characteristic of a Spielberg film.

[Mike Dillingham @gatormike7]

@CoachTrautFB @GatorsFB So cool! Go Gators 🐊

[Scottie Pippen @ScottiePippen]

“The biggest mistake we make in life is thinking we have time”

- Kobe Bryant

[Deep Psychology @DeepPsycho_HQ]

The Japanese Samurai had a rule: never make a decision before you can answer this one question.

In feudal Japan, elite samurai were trained never to act until they could honestly answer one question their masters repeated for decades: "If I die tomorrow, does this choice still matter?"

It wasn't philosophy. It was a mental filter designed to cut through fear, ego, and short-term emotion in seconds.

Most modern decisions are made under invisible pressure: deadlines, social approval, FOMO. The result is a life built on reactions instead of clarity.

When you start applying the samurai question daily, something shifts. Small irritations lose power. Big risks become obvious. You stop chasing things that won't matter next year.

The samurai understood that true strength isn't speed. It's the ability to see clearly when everyone else is rushing.

[Mindset Machine  @mindsetmachine]

This speech that still gives chills 20 years later 🥶

[Tim Tebow @TimTebow]

God can speak through anyone in the room.

I've been in rooms with some incredibly talented and experienced people in my life.
And some of the most powerful moments I've witnessed didn't come from the most impressive resume in the room.
They came from someone who almost didn't speak up.

Don't silence what God might be trying to say through you.

[kristen shaughnessy @kshaughnessy2]

The SEC is quietly killing the Consolidated Audit Trial

The SEC DELETES all Consolidated Audit data older than three years?

“The SEC’s Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) is the most important weapon the SEC has to fight crime on Wall Street.

It allows the SEC to monitor in real time the activities of Wall Street’s biggest and most dangerous financial firms and identify if they are manipulating the markets or otherwise breaking the law. 

That’s why the financial industry has attacked the CAT from the start: they don’t want to be monitored, caught breaking the law, and punished. 

Unfortunately, Trump’s SEC isn’t interested in catching lawbreakers; it’s actually making it easier both to break the law and not get caught. 

That’s what crippling the CAT is going to do: it’s as if a police department shut off the maps app in its police cars and required the cops on the beat to find their way to crime scenes blindfolded. 

“Late last Friday, the SEC issued an order that, among other things, deletes all data older than three years from the CAT. This is shocking…”

https://t.co/dlzx7cJpxP

[Jeopardy! @Jeopardy]

Ryan Gosling throws a Hail Mary during Final Jeopardy! #ProjectHailMary

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

Anonymous

I’ve been a barber for 20 years. Most guys just want a fade and to talk about football.
Yesterday, a young man walked in. He looked rough. Grease under his fingernails, work boots covered in dust.
"I need a shave," he said. "And a cut. Make me look... respectable."
I draped the cape over him. As I raised the scissors, I noticed he was trembling. The chair was actually vibrating.
I put the scissors down.
"You okay, son?" I asked. "Nervous about a date?"
He looked at me in the mirror. His eyes were bloodshot.
"No, sir," he whispered. "My little brother died on Tuesday. The funeral is in an hour. I want to look like the big brother he looked up to."
The shop went silent. The other customers stopped talking.
I didn't rush. I gave him the works. I used the hot towel. I used the straight razor. I trimmed every stray hair. I even polished his boots while the hot towel was on his face.
When I spun the chair around, he looked like a new man. He stood taller.
He reached for his wallet.
"Put that away," I said.
"I can pay," he argued. "I work hard."
"I know you do," I told him. "But your money is no good here today. Go be with your family. Go make him proud."
He choked up. He grabbed my hand and held it tight. "Thank you," he said. "I felt like I was falling apart. I feel ready now."
He walked out with his head held high.
A haircut can't fix a broken heart. But sometimes, it gives you the dignity you need to carry it.

[Mike Dillingham @gatormike7]

@nakedjockman 🎯

[Prem Soni @ValueWithPrem]

15 things to do with your father while he is still alive. I lost mine 8 years ago.

1. Ask him what he was like at your age because once he was the same age you are right now & Watch his face light up as he tells you stories from when he was younger

2. Record his laugh when he tells one of his signature jokes. Someday you will replay the video over and over just to hear it again

3. Ask him about the proudest moment of his life. (Odds are he will say when you were born)

4. Ask him his favourite songs
Listen to them together, laugh, sing and be happy. These will become your most cherished memories in years to come

5. Take a picture of him doing something he loves. Watching tv, gardening, playing the guitar, anything. When you look back these will be the pictures that will make you smile the most

6. Tell him you love him even if it's something you don't normally do.

7. Tell him you are proud to be his son/daughter This will mean more to him than you realise (even if he doesn't show it)

8. Listen to music from his youth and watch him turn from dad into a young man again

9. Take a short video of him talking about something random sacred Someday even the ordinary things he said become

10. Bring up something you are thankful for from years ago

11. Ask him what it was like for him growing up

12. Call him for no reason
Don't take being able to do this for granted.
Someday you would give anything to hear his voice again.

13. Take a picture of just the 2 of you together

14. Ask him to show you an old photo of him because seeing him young will remind you that he wasn't always Dad

15. Tell him something you are struggling with, no matter what age you are Because even when your grown it means the world to him to feel like he can still help

Let him give you advice, even if you don't need it because one day you will give anything to hear his voice guiding you again

[Culture Crave 🍿 @CultureCrave]

Finn Wolfhard on the theatrical experience and Netflix buying Warner Bros

"There’s nothing like seeing a movie in a theater. It’s a communal experience and I do believe that if theaters go away, it’s not going to be as fun of a world. Going to the movies is something that makes you feel like you’re not alone, and when everything is condensed into one thing on your TV, it amplifies antisocial life"

"We’re at a huge transitional period for the industry. 'Stranger Things' is ending and Netflix is about to buy Warner Bros., and I don’t know what that’s going to look like. Consolidating and trying to have a monopoly on film is not going to work"

"Streaming is amazing and streaming should be able to have a place, but it shouldn’t be killing theaters"

(via @esquire)

[Mike Dillingham @gatormike7]

@realDonaldTrump Respectfully, we don't have a record stock market. We have a corrupt and manipulated stock market that favors the hedge funds. Dark pools and illegal shorting are running rampant.