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The Universe has already said "yes" to your noble dreams and aspirations. It's waiting for you to fully agree!

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Do you have feelings & impulses that lead to hate? Listen & then reflect honestly. You're so important!

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@cremieuxrecueil Yes & genuine trust can never be built (rebuilt) w/o transparency. It's a universal relationship truth. Many institutions & people flaunt how much they disdain trust by hiding, dodging, deflecting.

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@cremieuxrecueil Great chart. I think with Grok 4.5 Opus level release yesterday, it's perhaps time to include it in the conversation now. Am I getting it wrong?

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@readswithravi Absalom Absalom! By William Faulkner

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@mattvanswol Matt: may God bless you(rs )with yet greater peace, health, and prosperity. You do much good. May it return to you pressed down, shaken together, and running over.

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@stevesi Borland example is perfectly relevant. Trust was broken, it was never fully restored, despite walking it all back. Engineers, definitionally, are ultra sensitive to artifice & falsity. Will be interesting to see if such credibility arcs unfold increasingly faster today, too.

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@cremieuxrecueil You do such wonderful work! As medievalist, the “Dark Ages” sobriquet also has a history. They actually weren’t so dark! This name was coined (😉) by the following generation who claimed they were more “enlightened”.

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@elonmusk This is precisely like Syndrome in ‘The Incredibles’ building the robots so he could be heroic fighting the robots.

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If you are in self doubt & feeling like giving up on a lot, know this: you’re doing better than you think you are. I promise. We tend to be needlessly so hard on ourselves & defeat ourselves. The world will try to do that plenty well on its own. Don’t help it.

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@romanhelmetguy @kevinnbass I laud your wise call to learn from the classics, but (w/ respect) I caution us all: we cannot hate, kill, revenge & insult our way to a better world. This is also *the* key lesson from ancient records. Keep rising. —j

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@ZeekArkham Nearly all from my era (b. 1966) went all-in on MLK's message of hope, unity, & right living. I will always defend him, his mission, & method (non-violent resistance!). He was an imperfect messenger of a flawless message. Peace!

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@KatieMiller Having raised six boys who are men of purpose & compassion who protect, create, nurture, invent, & lead, it pains me to see people with such stunted & sickly views. Boys are NOT defective girls. https://t.co/T2WNUZwqFb

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@readswithravi Crucial Conversations - we desperately need the skills & willingness to talk when the stakes are heighest. I have personally purchased hundreds of copies & given them away. Zero theory. It's all instantly useful tactics.

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@yacineMTB We have 6 sons, I have always been sole earner. I have quietly felt such exhaustion. Many times. But we must compartmentalize. We then crack on. If you need a bit of a boost, just text me and I’ll give you a pep talk. You’re going better than you think.

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@drantbradley A wonderfully remarkable man. He was willing to put himself on the line for defending the inherent dignity of all human beings.

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@mattvanswol Yet more evidence of our true culture. I refuse to surrender my optimism about the future. I am not unfamiliar with the inhumanity around us. But there are far more reasons to have hope. It's not close.

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@pmarca Leadership requires having an actual vision and braving every obstacle to achieve it. The circles I have blessed to run in are chock full of people who proven this infallibly true. I am relentlessly optimistic about our future. It’s exciting!

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@DaThermidorian @DangerousThinkg I've seen this fellow do another parody. Is he popularly known for doing such things?

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@buckleyplanet I join my voice with yours. I’ve long yearned for that radio show needs to become real.

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@curraheevet @lamps_apple @BerzekSavant You may indeed be right. I think we can all recall times when we either hastily did something of poor quality or let our passion about a situation compromise our composure & accuracy. I hope the best for Shawn. He’s a good egg.