jkvatek

If it moves, we shoot it!

[jkvatek @jkvatek]

14
Each green box is worth 4;
4+4+4+4=16
Each orange box is worth 6
6+6+6=18
So green + green + orange or
4 + 4 + 6 = 14

[Seda @usludurkizim]

bunu çözersen, mantık seviyen ortalamanın üstündedir.

çözebilir misin?

[jkvatek @jkvatek]

The answer is 12.
36 divided by 1/4 is 144
The square root of 144 is 12

[farmanX @farman4x]

It looks simple, but most people get it wrong.

Can you solve it right?

[jkvatek @jkvatek]

Forever this has been my favorite song and this tweet very much frames the “Why.” This is arguably the most poignant version, it is Gilmour’s “Hurt.”

[Emotion & Music @Emotion78687]

David Gilmour Plays “Wish You Were Here” Like a Man Who Has Lived Long Enough to Understand It

There is a point in David Gilmour’s unplugged performance of “Wish You Were Here” when the song stops feeling like a piece of rock history and starts feeling strangely personal. The melody is familiar enough to belong to everyone now, but Gilmour plays it with none of the distance that usually comes with a classic being performed decades after its release. There is no attempt to recreate the scale of Pink Floyd or to turn the song into a grand retrospective. He simply sits with the guitar and lets the music occupy the room.

That simplicity changes the way the song lands. When “Wish You Were Here” was released in 1975, its sense of absence was closely connected to Syd Barrett and to the growing distance between the person he had been and the band that had moved on without him. The song was written in a very specific moment, but its emotional reach turned out to be much wider. Almost anyone can hear something of their own life in the idea of looking at someone or something that is no longer within reach.

The original recording even builds that feeling of distance into its opening. Gilmour’s guitar appears to come through the sound of a radio before the fuller acoustic guitar enters, creating the impression that the music is arriving from somewhere else. In the unplugged performance, that barrier is largely removed. The guitar is no longer coming through a radio or surrounded by the elaborate atmosphere of a Pink Floyd production. It is right there, close and unprotected, which makes the words feel less like part of a famous recording and more like something being remembered in real time.

Gilmour’s restraint is important here. He does not need to prove that he can still play the song. The phrasing does the work. Notes are allowed to hang in the air, while the small pauses between them give the melody room to breathe. His voice carries the effects of time rather than trying to hide them, and that may be the most affecting part of the performance. The song has aged because the person singing it has aged, and the years between the original recording and this performance are suddenly part of what we hear.

That gives “Wish You Were Here” another meaning. The song is still about absence, but absence changes as we grow older. It can mean a friend who disappeared from your life, a place that no longer exists, a relationship that could not survive, or simply a version of yourself that you can remember but never return to. Gilmour does not have to explain any of that. His age, his voice and the stripped-down arrangement allow the listener to bring those memories into the song.

Perhaps that is why this performance feels more moving than a faithful recreation of the original ever could. Gilmour is not trying to take the listener back to 1975. He is showing what happens when a song survives for decades and gathers new meaning along the way. The melody remains almost exactly where we left it, but the person hearing it is no longer the same.

And that may be the quiet power of “Wish You Were Here”: the song has stayed still long enough for all of us to change around it.

[jkvatek @jkvatek]

Chicken fried steak and eggs over medium with a side of hash browns and toast. Coffee, leaded. Ice water with lemon. Yup - been there, done that.

And in the South? Glorious @WaffleHouse.

[Steakeater 🥩🥃 @Hypocycloid13]

Did you guys, back in the 80’s, close the bar at 2:00 am. and then head to Denny’s for breakfast ? Your whole group packed into that big circular booth ? Barely fit. Ordered so much food. Then the check. Everyone just throwing $20 on the table. The girl got a $70 tip. Man I miss those days.

[jkvatek @jkvatek]

Big time flex. Glimpse of what was to come.

[Chess Feed @chess_feed]

13 year old Magnus Carlsen getting bored of playing against legend Garry Kasparov

[jkvatek @jkvatek]

@RyanPaganetti It’s called home field advantage for a reason.

[jkvatek @jkvatek]

You do know the football trophies are publicly displayed in the front lobby of the Football Building, don’t you?

[Barstool UCF @UCFStool]

Tons of people talk about a true UCF Hall of Fame building, but what about going simple and awesome:

Turn the Arena’s lobby into a trophy room ⚔️

[jkvatek @jkvatek]

X = 30°

[Elif @Elifbenad]

Bunu çözersen geometri bilgin ortalamanın üstündedir.

X kaçtır ?

[jkvatek @jkvatek]

X = 30°

[Lina @linadreaamy]

Bunu çözebilenlerin matematiği gerçekten iyi.

x kaçtır ?

[jkvatek @jkvatek]

🤔

[MERICA MEMED @Mericamemed]

So fucking glad to hear it.

[jkvatek @jkvatek]

Lest anyone ever underestimate Dolly Parton’s talent…

[Daniel Hannan @DanielJHannan]

An apt day to remember that Dolly Parton once recorded a cover of Stairway to Heaven - and, in defiance of every moral law in the universe, she absolutely owned it.

[jkvatek @jkvatek]

I think, to this day, for men and especially men who have a brother, for men who know brotherhood, this movie is profound. This scene? It is the truth we will all learn in our time.

We are all haunted by waters and if we aren’t, we missed out on life.

[The Ways of A Gentleman @Gentleman_Ways]

This scene from A River Runs Through It always hits hard.

A beautiful reminder that life moves fast, and we must cherish the people we love while they are here.

Taking a few days off X to be fully present.

See you all soon.

[jkvatek @jkvatek]

If the Regal Beagle had wheels.
IYKYK

[Dangerous Thoughts @DangerousThinkg]

Better than a minivan

A shaggin wagon

This is what vans were like when they were all custom

[jkvatek @jkvatek]

22 seasons, Saturday was the second most sacred day of the week. 22 campaigns with coaches, players, and staff. Long days, some that bled into the next. Greatest time of my life. I often wish I could go back - to be with those people again. #CFB

[Kenny Chesney @kennychesney]

Boys Of Fall would not have been the same without my good friend @SeanPayton. This is Sean giving a pregame speech in Naperville, Illinois where he played High School football. This speech wasn’t scripted. He spoke from heart. Sean is a great football coach but he is a great communicator and motivator. This speech still gives me chills. Sean I am forever grateful. It’s football season everyone. KC

[jkvatek @jkvatek]

Wow. I mean, yeah. Makes a lot of sense, TBH.

[Dina Shakti 🇬🇧 🇱🇰 @Dina_Shakti]

Interesting. Thoughts?

[jkvatek @jkvatek]

@DavidCovucci @zach_barnett Since it’s an all new coaching staff and pretty much an all new roster of players, this is actually a good idea. Gives everyone a chance to figure out where things are located, how long it takes from place to place, try the food, make corrections…

[jkvatek @jkvatek]

Incredible story. Great pitcher but better human being. These kinds of stories are why I love sports.

[the Sports ON Tap @thesportsontap]

In 2013, Mariano Rivera announced it was his last season.

Every team in baseball lined up to give him retirement gifts. A gold record. A rocking chair made from broken bats. A fire hose nozzle from the FDNY.

He accepted all of it.

But at every single ballpark, he asked for something else first.

He wanted to meet the employees.

Not the executives. Not the owners. The ushers, the ticket sellers, the custodians, the grounds crew. The people who show up at 6 a.m. and leave at midnight and never get thanked by anybody.

The Yankees' media relations director helped coordinate it, working with each team to pull together a group.

And Rivera did it at stop after stop, all season long, in his final year, at 43 years old, while still closing games.

Here's what he told about 20 Rangers employees in Arlington:

"We would never have a chance to see you guys, and that's why I wanted to do this. That was important to me, to make sure to thank those that work behind the scenes. No one sees them."

In Cleveland, he sat down with 25 staff members for half an hour before a game.

And partway through, he stopped and asked a question.

"Where's the drummer?"

For forty years, a man named John Adams had sat at the top of the bleachers in Cleveland with a bass drum, pounding out a beat to start rallies. Every home game. Four decades. He bought his own ticket for the seat next to him so the drum could sit there.

Adams raised a drumstick from the back of the room so Rivera could find him.

Rivera's response: "Hey, you the man. Being loyal, being there day in and day out. I really respect that."

At Fenway, he finally met a man named Baz who had been a fixture in that ballpark for decades. Baz afterward: "Pretty special. I've got tears in my eyes."

In Anaheim, where Rivera made his major league debut in 1995 and got his first career save in 1996, he sat with longtime Angels staffers and listened to their stories.

At every one of these, he took a photo with every single person and handed each of them a signed baseball.

His explanation of the whole thing:

"I want to be remembered as a player that gave for others. It's not that I'm better than anyone else; that's not true. I have been blessed and treat everybody the same because I wanted to be treated like that. With respect."

And this wasn't a farewell lap by a guy limping to the finish.

He saved 44 games that season with a 2.11 ERA at 43 years old. He pitched a scoreless inning at the All-Star Game, which kept his career All-Star ERA at 0.00 across thirteen appearances.

He finished with 652 saves, the most in the history of baseball, and a 0.70 postseason ERA that will probably never be approached.

In 2019 he became the first player ever elected to the Hall of Fame unanimously. Every single ballot.

Not Ruth. Not Mays. Not Aaron. Mariano Rivera.

The greatest closer who ever lived spent his last season making sure the people nobody notices got to be noticed once.

For more stories like this, follow us on any platform @thesportsontap

[jkvatek @jkvatek]

63.

[jkvatek @jkvatek]

Evelyn. She went by “Lonnie,” a shortened version of her last name, but her real first name was a true classic, just like her. ❤️

[jkvatek @jkvatek]

@KevinSmithRB
Second best RB I was ever around - and the other guy set the all time rushing record and won the Heisman.

[Walk-On Redshirts @walkonredshirts]

Name a player who didn't win the Heisman but you would die on the hill telling everyone they deserved it