For the first time in over 50 years, humans are Moonbound.
At 6:35 p.m. EDT (2235 UTC) NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and the Orion spacecraft lifted off from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, sending four astronauts on a planned test flight around the Moon and back. https://t.co/0Q9ZB4IWVI
I didn't really know anything about Charlie Kirk
Until this week Kirk was a name and face I would occasionally see someone retweet on here and I would scroll past. I'd seen 2 or 3 short videos taken from Tiktok of him debating some low IQ college student but that was it.
I'm generally not interested in MAGA. I broadly believe in many of their goals, but find much of the rhetoric and policy implementation to be self defeating. To me Kirk was another Ben Shapiro or Tim Pool. All MAGA, all the time.
Immediately following his shooting my shock was political and societal. Another step down in what seems to be the never ending descent of American, and thus Western, society. Another sad day for free speech, no matter what you thought of the man's politics.
Then in the following hours my timeline was filled with videos of Kirk as a father, and my heart broke. I saw a man that was clearly devoted to his family and who loved them, and was loved in return, a great deal. I felt that love forever torn apart. I saw a daughter that would never run to her father and wrap her arms around him again.
The following day I saw more videos on here, and out of respect and curiosity I watched them all. Maybe they would make some sense of why someone felt the need to end this man's life and rob his children of a father. They did not.
Contrary to the tweets spreading through X as some kind of justification, what I found was a man who was deeply religious. I man that had a true belief system, and not one that he bent or shaped to fit to modern society. For example. he absolutely believed that homosexuality was a sin because that was what the bible told him, but he did not hate or think less of those people. Many of his close friends such as Peter Thiel and David Rubin were gay.
What I see when I watch the videos of Kirk is a fan of deep faith who put that faith above everything else. I see a man who treated everyone with compassion and civility. I see a man that was friendly and open and honest.
Honestly, I see a man that is braver and better than I. Not because he put himself in danger by wanted to talk to people, but by handing himself completely over to a belief system that I've never been able to get my head around. Like many of us, the idea is alien to me.
I can't say I don't watch his videos with a tinge of jealousy. What I see is a man who was completely happy. A man confident in his faith and who led his life accordingly. A man who not just believed, but acted on his belief.
At a time when so many people seem empty and depressed, it's hard not to be a little jealous of a person that seemed so fulfilled.
With this in mind, it's been incensing to see him slandered on here by people without any of the faith and none of the commitment. To see people take the man's faith and turn it into something twisted and hateful.
I knew nothing of the man in life, but I will try to listen to him more in death.
This Thursday (7/10), we will be donating 100% of profits from all 36 locations to support Texas flood victims.
Donations will benefit the Austin Disaster Relief Network's "Central Texas Flood" efforts.
Visit any P. Terry's location with your to help support those in need.
Any contact that I can get in the Hunt Kerrville area I’d like to send a bunch of food for those in need. Please RETWEET and hopefully we can get in-touch with the right person.
Today I’m joining the Army Reserve, alongside some of the titans of the tech world: @boztank, @kevinweil, and @bobmcgrewai.
Our mission: help the Army transform for future missions and adopt bleeding-edge tech.
America wins when we unite the dynamism of American innovation with the military’s vital missions. This was the key to our triumphs in the 20th century. It can help us win again.
I’m humbled by this new opportunity to serve my country, my home, America. 🇺🇸
Sources: Arizona State and Kenny Dillingham have agreed to a new five-year contract that will put him in the top tier of Big 12 coach salary. It offers a pathway through performance incentives for the deal to extend to 10 years.
@MattBarrie how is that your colleagues have no earthly idea where ASU is located? How is it possible they don’t take the 10 seconds to confirm they have the right logo? I need you to get these people in line - remind them they are paid to know sports.