Every four years we take the best 11 athletes in every other country and put them up against the 4000th best athletes in America, and see if we can win. It's a crazy exercise.
@ShamsCharania “So the Celtics traded Jaylen Brown?”
“That’s correct, Dave.”
“And they originally wanted Giannis, correct?”
“Yes, right.”
“But they ended up with Paul George?”
“Correct, but they also got draft picks.”
“Are these draft picks any good?”
“No, Dave.”
One reason the US is considering acquiring Greenland is to secure access to seafood that could potentially bring back unlimited shrimp at Red Lobster. - US official to the New Yorker
I genuinely think a lot of millennials are reaching the same conclusion at the same time.
We grew up watching technology make life better every year. Cell phones. iPods. Smartphones. An app for everything. It felt like the future was arriving right in front of us, and we couldn’t wait for what came next.
Then somewhere along the way, it changed.
Everything became a subscription. Social media became algorithms. Every day feels like another once-in-a-lifetime event. The things that were supposed to save us time somehow ended up demanding more of our attention than ever.
We were sold convenience.
What we got was a world that feels faster, louder, more expensive, and somehow less human.
And that’s why so many people I know dream about a completely different life now. Not more technology. Not more optimization.
Just a quiet job, a flip phone, a small town, and a place where life feels real again.
All my friends are texting me asking me about the missing scientists…
Imagine a world where one government figures out thermonuclear fusion and thus limitless clean energy before everyone else.
They hide it for decades but use it for military supremacy. Treat the economy like a game of sim city.
In such a world it wouldn’t be unusual to see unidentified flying objects or for high ranking military scientists to disappear without the government saying a word. Secrecy is paramount.
That’s the world you live in.
Don’t you see it?
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The government in 1773: we are going to tax you without representing you
Us in 1773: that’s some bullshit. We aren’t paying that, also fuck your tea and enjoy this war
The government in 2026: is literally stealing kids and raping and eating them
Us in 2026: I better log onto turbo tax to pay them
TSA catches you with any liquids over 3.4 ounces it’s thrown away.
TSA sends you through the fake machine any beeps you get searched.
But if you’re a Somali traveling with millions in a suitcase they turn a blind eye.
This country is gone to the fucking dogs.
This is too wholesome 🥹
RFK Jnr's story about his son taking Ayuasca is equal parts beautiful and a wonderful testimony for how psychedelics can save your life.
And what he says at the end, is exactly what we need from the government right now.
I believe in 2 things:
1. That every adult should have the right to alter their mind however they see fit
2. That no government should ever have the right to tell us not to