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[Defiant L’s @DefiantLs]

Michael Jordan: The thing that I remember the most about my father... He always said is, take a pause before you make a decision and say what if. The purpose for saying what if is that whatever decision you make is always going to have consequences

[Dear Son. @DearS_o_n]

WHAT THE F*CK ARE YOU AFRAID OF

- Death : We’re all gonna die.

- Bankruptcy : You can make it all back.

- Shame : Everyone will forget in a week.

- Rejection : It happens to everyone.

- Failure : It’s part of the path.

- Judgment : They’ll judge anyway.

- Losing people : Not all are meant to stay.

- Making mistakes : You’ll survive them.

- Taking risks : Regret hurts more.

Live every day like it's your last day.

[The married man @marriedmn]

Social media has ruined more marriages than infidelity ever could.

People see perfectly curated vacation photos, romantic dinners, and “couple goals” posts every day and start comparing their real, messy marriage to someone else’s highlight reel.

Wives scroll through endless validation from likes, comments, and thirsty DMs, making their husband feel average. Husbands see younger, more submissive women online and start resenting the woman at home. One small argument and she’s already posting indirects or venting to thousands.

Social media feeds egos, creates unrealistic standards, keeps exes and orbiters just one tap away, and makes people believe there’s always something better out there.

Real marriage is boring days, tough seasons, and choosing each other anyway. But social media makes that feel like failure.

The comparison game is silently destroying homes while everyone pretends their life is perfect online.

[Robert J. O'Neill @mchooyah]

Messi is Catholic. Mohammed didn’t take the wheel. Argentina 3 / Egypt 2…

[Marine Grunt @03MarineGrunt]

It appears X took down my factual history of Islam for some reason.
Here it is again. Islam, founded in 622 with its first act of mass violence in 622. Zero years as “the religion of peace.” Help me share these facts incase it gets taken down again please. Education is power.
622 Islam was founded
622 Ethnic cleansing of Jews from Mecca & Medina
622 Extermination of the 14 Arab-Jewish tribes
629 1st massacre in Alexandria
1033 1st Fez Pogrom (ethnically targeted violence), Morocco
1066 Mass murder in Granada
1106 Ali Ibn Yousef Ibn issues death penalty for all Jews
1165 Chief Rabbi of the Maghreb burned alive
1220 10s of thousands of Jews slaughtered in Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Egypt
1276 2nd Fez Pogrom, Morocco
1385 Khorasan massacres, Iran
1438 1st Mellah Ghetto Massacres
1465 3rd Fez Pogrom, Morocco
1517 1st Hebron Pogrom (Jewish massacre) Palestine
1517 Marsa Ibn Ghazi massacre, Libya
1577 Passover massacre, Ottoman Empire
1588-1629 Mahalay Pogroms (series of violent attacks & murder) Iran
1630-1700 Yemeni Jews forced into Dhimmi Sharia
1660 2nd Safed Pogrom, Palestine
1679 Sanaa massacres, Yemen
1747 Mashhad massacres, Iran
1785 Tripoli Pogrom, Libya
1790 Tetuan Pogrom
1805 1st Algiers Pogrom, Algeria
1808 2nd Mellah Ghetto massacre
1815 2nd Algiers Pogrom
1820 Sahalu Lobiant massacre, Syria
1828 Baghdad Pogrom, Iraq
1830 3rd Algiers Pogrom
1830 Ethnic cleansing of Jews, Iran
1834 2nd Hebron Pogrom, Palestine
1834 Safed Pogrom, Palestine
1839 Mashasi Jew massacre, Iran
1840 Damascus Affair
1844 1st Cairo Pogrom
1847 Dar al-Qamar Pogrom, Lebanon
1847 Ethnic cleansing of Jews from Jerusalem
1848 1st Damascus Pogrom, Syria
1850 1st Aleppo Pogrom, Syria
1860 2nd Damascus Pogrom
1862 1st Beirut Pogrom, Lebanon
1864-1880 Massacre in Marrakesh, Morocco
1866 Kuzguncuk Pogrom, Turkey
1867 Massacre of Barfurush, Turkey
1868 Eyub Pogrom
1869 Massacre in Tunis & Sfax, Tunisia
1870 2nd Alexandria Pogrom
1870 1st Istanbul Pogrom
1871 1st Damanhur massacre, Egypt
1872 Edirne massacre, Turkey
1872 1st Izmir Pogrom, Turkey
1873 2nd Damanhur massacre
1874 2nd Izmir Pogrom
1874 2nd Istanbul Pogrom
1874 2nd Beirut Pogrom
1875 2nd Aleppo Pogrom
1875 Massacre on Djerba Island, Tunisia
1877 3rd Damanhur massacre
1877 Mansura Pogrom, Egypt
1882 Homs Pogrom, Syria
1882 3rd massacre in Alexandria
1890 3rd Damascus Pogrom
1890 Tunis Massacee
1891 4th Damascus Pogrom
1897 Tripolitania massacre, Lybia
1901 3rd massacre in Cairo
1901 4th Massacre in Alexandria
1903 Taza & Settat Pogroma
1903 1st Port Sa’id massacre, Egypt
1907 Casablanca Pogrom
1908 2nd Port Sa’id massacre
1911 Shiraz Pogrom
1912 4th Fez Pogrom
1917 Baghdad massacre
1920-30 Arab riots, Palestine
1921 1st Jaffa riots, Palestine
1922 Djerba massacres, Tunisia
1929 3rd Hebron Pogrom
1929 3rd Safed Pogrom
1933 2nd Jaffa riots
1934 Thrace Pogrom, Turkey
1936 3rd Jaffa riots
1941 Farhud massacres, Iraq
1945 4th Cairo massacre
1945 Tripolitania Pogrom
1947 Aden Pogrom
1947 3rd Aleppo Pogrom
1948 Oujda & Jerada Pogroms, Morocco
1948 Libyan massacre
1955 3rd Istanbul Pogrom
1965 5th Fez Pogrom
1967 Tunis riots
1967 Libyan riots
1969 Baghdad hanging of Jews
1970-PRESENT Christian massacres in Nigeria
1980-present Fulani attacks on Christians, Nigeria
2000’s-2010’s Islamic attacks on Christians, Egypt
2014-17 Christian genocide, Syria & Iraq
2015-present ISWAP massacre of Christian’s in Nigeria
2025 Mar Elias church massacre, Damascus
2025 Christian, Druze, Alawite genocide, Syria

[Lord Of Warri @Lord_Of_Warri]

If you hold a gun and I hold a gun,
we can talk about the law—
because power is balanced,
and justice has room to breathe.

If you hold a knife and I hold a knife,
we can talk about rules—
because fear is shared,
and respect becomes necessary.

If you come empty-handed and I come empty-handed,
we can talk about reason—
because dialogue works
when no one feels cornered.

But if you have a gun and I only have a knife,
then truth no longer lives in words.
It lives in your hands,
and mercy becomes a choice, not a principle.

And if you have a gun while I have nothing,
what you hold is no longer just a weapon.
It is my voice.
My rights.
My future.
My life.

This is why history is never written by the peaceful alone,
but by those who understood that power respects power.
This is why people who disarm themselves in the face of aggression
are told later to “be patient” while everything they own is taken.

History has shown this one lesson again and again:
Peace without balance is fragile,
Justice without strength is powerless,
and dialogue without security is Meaningless.

A people that cannot defend their existence
will always be told to be patient
while others decide their fate.

A people who refuse to be erased
must first refuse to be defenseless.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Read The Story of Civilization by Durant

[Alvin Foo @alvinfoo]

On the first day, God created the dog and said, "Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years."

The dog said, "That's a long time to be barking. How about only ten years and I'll give you back the other ten?"

And God saw it was good.

On the second day, God created the monkey and said, "Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this, I'll give you a twenty-year life span."

The monkey said, "Monkey tricks for twenty years? That's a pretty long time to perform. How about I give you back ten like the dog did?"

And God, again saw it was good.

On the third day, God created the cow and said, "You must go into the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer's family. For this, I will give you a life span of sixty years."

The cow said, "That's kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years. How about twenty and I'll give back the other forty?"

And God agreed it was good.

On the fourth day, God created humans and said, "Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. For this, I'll give you twenty years."
But the human said, "Only twenty years? Could you possibly give me my twenty, the forty the cow gave back, the ten the monkey gave back, and the ten the dog gave back; that makes eighty, okay?"
"Okay," said God, "You asked for it."

So that is why for our first twenty years, we eat, sleep, play and enjoy ourselves.

For the next forty years, we slave in the sun to support our family.
For the next ten years, we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren.

And for the last ten years, we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone.

Life has now been explained 😁

Source : unknown

[Time Capsule Tales @timecaptales]

Chuck Norris held a 183-10-2 record and was a 6x world champion in full contact bare knuckle karate.

On top of that, he beat heavyweight kickboxing world champion Joe Lewis 3 consecutive times and also had a brutal sparring match with undefeated kickboxing world champion, Bill Superfoot Wallace, that lasted an hour and a half. According to Wallace, they practically stalemated and "beat the crap out of each other".

Chuck was trained in kickboxing/boxing by Benny The Jet Urquidez and was also trained in BJJ by the Gracies and Machados for 20 years. Even being able to submit Carlos Machado himself on occasion.

Chuck had a 315 Ibs bench press at 180 lbs bodyweight and was said to have a grip back in the day that nobody could escape from because he was so strong. Even Jean Claude Van Damme said he'd never fight Chuck Norris, despite being a kickboxing world champion himself.

Chuck held a 10th degree black belt in Chun Kuk Do, a 9th degree black belt in Tang Soo Do, an 8th degree black belt in Taekwondo, a 5th degree black belt in Karate, a 3rd degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and a black belt in Judo.

Rest in peace, Chuck!

[Dallas Stars @DallasStars]

An absolute masterpiece 😮‍💨

[Dustin @r0ck3t23]

Elon Musk just identified which jobs go first, and it destroys every assumption about who’s safe.

Musk: “AI is going to take over those jobs like lightning. Anything that is digital, which is like just someone at a computer doing something.”

Not factory workers. Office workers. The people who spent decades assuming education and desk jobs meant security are actually first.

Musk: “Anything that’s physically moving atoms… those jobs will exist for a much longer time.”

Output is a file? Vulnerable. Output is physical? Protected. That’s the entire framework.

Musk: “AI is really still digital.”

AI doesn’t need a body. Doesn’t need an office. Just needs access to the same software you use. Executes faster. Never tires. Costs nothing to scale.

But it can’t weld. Can’t wire a building. Can’t fix pipes or work soil.

Musk: “Literally welding, electrical work, plumbing. Those jobs will exist for a much longer time.”

Trades aren’t the vulnerable jobs. They’re the durable ones. Physical presence, real-world adaptation, manual dexterity provide protection no digital credential offers.

Analyst, accountant, paralegal, programmer, anyone producing files and documents, automates first because digital work is exactly what AI does natively.

Person moving atoms has natural defense. Physics, unpredictable environments, material resistance create friction AI can’t scale past.

Person moving bits has nothing. No friction. No physical barrier. Just software AI already operates better than most humans.

The assumption that desk work and degrees represent safety just inverted completely. College graduate producing documents faces faster displacement than the electrician producing installations.

Society spent generations telling people trades were beneath them. Pushed everyone toward offices and screens. Turns out the people who didn’t listen built the most automation-resistant careers.

Most ironic outcome of the AI revolution. The work society treated as inferior turned out to be the work society couldn’t replace. And the work society valued most turned out to be the easiest to eliminate.

[DK🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸 @1Nicdar]

130 schools said no.
He led the losingest program in college football history to a national championship anyway.
Fernando Mendoza was a 2-star recruit from Miami.

He tried to walk on at his hometown school. They passed.
So did FIU.
So did FAU.
So did everyone else.

At 17, he was sitting in his bedroom, crying over a silent recruiting inbox—after driving to 18 camps with his dad and sending highlights to more than 100 programs.
Not one FBS offer.
His only option? Yale. No scholarship. No NFL path.

Everyone told him to be “realistic.”
“Know your place.”
“Be grateful.”
He didn’t listen.
Because Mendoza understood something most people miss:
The worst outcome isn’t failing.
It’s never getting the chance to try.

Two weeks before signing day in 2022, his phone rang.
Cal needed a body. One offer. Out of 134 schools.
He took it.
He arrived as the third-string quarterback.
Spent a year on the scout team.
Lost his first four starts.
Got sacked 41 times behind a broken offensive line.

Still got up. Every time.
Then Cal brought in a transfer instead of building around him.
So Mendoza left the only school that had ever said yes.
He transferred to Indiana—the losingest program in college football history.

People laughed.
“Career suicide.”
“Graveyard program.”
“Nobody wins there.”
One coach told him something different:
“I’m going to make you the best Fernando Mendoza possible.”
That was enough.
Mendoza wasn’t just playing for football.
His mother has battled multiple sclerosis for 18 years.

Before every snap, he thought of her.
“My mother is my why.”
Indiana went 16–0.
Beat six Top-10 teams.
Won their first Big Ten title since 1945.
Mendoza threw 41 touchdowns.
Won the Heisman—first in school history.
First Cuban-American to ever do it.

Then came the title game.
Miami. Near his hometown.
Fourth-and-4. Season on the line.
Quarterback draw.
The kid 134 schools rejected spun through defenders and dove into the end zone.

Game over.
Indiana—national champions.
The losingest program became the best team in America.
All because a 17-year-old refused to believe “no” was the end.

Rankings don’t decide your ceiling.
Gatekeepers don’t write your ending.
Being overlooked isn’t a verdict—it’s a starting point.

Sometimes all you need is one shot…
and the courage to bet on yourself when nobody else will.
Don’t quit.

Credit: Barclay Mullins

[Bridgett Fertig @LightOnLiberty]

Who made this?! 😂

Wait for it!

They should air this during the Superbowl commercials to show the public the Truth and vindicate President Trump.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Correct

[@XTexasGirlX @XtexasgirlX]

Finally! A cure for deranged liberals! Do you know anyone that could use Abrain?

[Traces of Texas @TracesofTexas]

The Texas Quote of the Day is brilliant. In 1822, nine year-old Robert Hancock Hunter moved to Texas with his family. His account of what they encountered is utterly classic. Here it is, exactly as he wrote it, misspellings and all

"I, R. H. Hunter, was born May first 1813 in Ohio in a little town Circleville in Pickaway Planes. I was a bout 4 years old when Father moved to Missouri, & in April 1822 come to Texas & on the 7th day of April we landed in San Jacinto Bay. We came a round by water in a small boat or a scow.

As we were sailing a long the coast, we spide a small boat on the beach, & went in shore at the Mouth of the Mamantough. There we stade 5 or 6 days, & fixt up the little schooner & we corked her up tite, put in the old mast that was broke down, & pute in something to eat that day, & tied our little Scow be hinde & set sale for Galveston with all of our goods & chattels in the Scow. While out a peace, a south east gale blowed up, & we come on untill a bout 8 or 9 oclock, when our scow broke loos & went a shore, & we come on to the mouth of what is now cald Taylors Bayou. There we campt. I Father & Jack our Saylor, went back to git the Scow. When tha got there, Old Yokham & a bout 30 men was there, & no scow, & the men all drunk on Pa's rum. He had a barrel of Rum on the scow, & he had to come a way the best he could, & got nothing. He lost every thing we had. Pa got back the next evening. He was gon two days, & we had nothing to eat. Jack kild an aligator, & rosted the tale, & we eat it, & not a drop of water to drink. Pa saved 4 trunks out of the scow, & in one of them was a bolt of domestic. Pa took it, & spread it out on the grass, and got it wet with due, & rung it in a bucket & that saved us untill we got to Galveston that evening.

When we got to Galveston we found 5 large emagrant ships laying at ancor in the harber. Capt John Roch & his big black ship was laying at ancor. He fiard a cannon to bring us too. When Pa came to Texas in 1821, he got acquainted with old man Anson Taylor on the Trinity & old man Taylor was on Capt Rochs ship, & knew Pa, & with his speaking trumpet cald us a long side & Capt Roch let down a chir & took us a board. Us little ones, was hungry. We had not eat anything for 3 days but the aligator tall. The Cook was at the Caboos a cooking. He had a pot of rice seting by. The old irishman ast us if we were not hungery, & we the children told him yesser. He gave us some spoons, & we piched in to the rice. Pa came around & seen us, children children what are you doing there. The old irishman hollered out, let them a lone, I put them thare. Tha are hungery let them eat. That rice et good. We stade with Capt Roch that night."

------- Robert Hancock Hunter, "The Narrative of Robert Hancock Hunter," 1860

Shown here: Robert Hancock Hunter with his grandchildren circa 1895. Robert died in 1902 at the age of 89.

[☠️Daddy Bones☠️ @UpBeatSkeletor]

Chaotic 😅
I love Swedish Chef

[Mindset Machine  @mindsetmachine]

A decade of therapy in one minute.

[Derrick Evans @DerrickEvans4WV]

This man just trolled the entire left by putting out a video about a fake crop he calls “splorn.”

He talks about how Trump’s tariffs are hurting his “splorn farm”

Left wing accounts shared it & CNN reached out to him for an interview 🤣