James Willard

[James Willard @jwillard99]

@ClownWorld I saw this dude’s exhibit at LEGO BrickCon Atlanta this year. Amazing.

[The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee]

Rudolph Changes Name To Rolanda, Dominates Female Reindeer Games https://t.co/BChwy499LI

[Gina Acosta @ginacostag_]

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang’s best career advice:

“Passion isn’t enough, you’ve got to endure.”

[Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok]

Today, the first 238 Tren de Aragua criminals and 23 dangerous MS-13 members—including top ringleaders—arrived at El Salvador’s CECOT prison from the U.S.

This is exactly what I voted for!

[Hugh Ross @RTB_HRoss]

Question of the Week: How do you reconcile the Genesis genealogies with the scientific understanding that modern humans have existed for over 200,000 years.
My Answer: The 200,000+ years for modern humans' existence is an upper limit. Between 50,000 & 250,000 years ago there is no radioisotope clock. For that date range scientists are dependent upon indirect clocks with huge systematic errors (see https://t.co/j7FQSfycPI). One such clock puts the origin of anatomically modern humans at 150,000±100,000 years. For my next book, Noah’s Flood Revisited, I assembled the best indirect clocks. Together, they place the origin of anatomically modern humans at 98,000–196,000 years ago. As for the Genesis genealogies, it is important to recognize that Hebrew words for father (ab) and son (ben) can equally mean grandfather, great grandfather, great great grandfather, etc. and grandson, great grandson, great great grandson etc. Also, none of the biblical genealogies are complete. Names are included or excluded to make theological points. For an exegetical treatment of the Genesis genealogies see https://t.co/2aGE5jt0ck. Bottom line: there is no conflict between the biblical and scientific dates for the origin of modern humans

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Wishing you a warm holiday season and a lit New Year

[Kaizen D. Asiedu @thatsKAIZEN]

If you know someone who can’t let go of the fact that Trump is a felon, please send them this.

It may not change their mind, but it might open it.

[Steven Crowder @scrowder]

BREAKING: DOJ Chief of Public Affairs Admits Trump Indictments Are a Politically Motivated "Perversion of Justice"; Reveals Lawfare Involved in Making Former President a "Convicted Felon" Backfired on Democrats; Claims His Former Colleague Alvin Bragg's Case is "Nonsense" And Alleges He Was "Stacking Charges"

“He[Alvin Bragg] was just stacking charges and rearranging things just to make it fit a case.”

“I think the case is nonsense.”

“It’s a perversion of justice.”

“It’s a travesty of justice.”

“It’s a mockery of justice.”

“The whole thing is disgusting.”

“That’s why he’s[Trump] surging in the polls.”

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Great capture! 📷 Since 2012, Dragon has delivered over 300,000 lbs of critical cargo and supplies, as well as thousands of scientific research experiments to and from the @space_station

[James Willard @jwillard99]

@iammarklynch @clownworld Except, this legislation never passed so it’s therefore not true.

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

NEW: Hamas is currently going on a killing spree, murdering men, women and children in Israel and parading dead bodies around.

This is the most serious escalation between Israel and Hamas since the 10-day war in 2021.

The attack from Hamas, who is funded by Iran, comes just weeks after President Joe Biden unfroze $6 billion in funds to Iran.

The amount of destruction caused by this administration is devastating.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Trudeau is trying to crush free speech in Canada. Shameful.

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

BREAKING: Hunter Biden received a $250,000 payment from Beijing with Joe Biden's home address listed as the beneficiary address.

But keep in mind: Joe Biden has never talked to his son about overseas business dealings.

Just months after Biden announced his run for president, the wire was made to Hunter Biden with Joe Biden's 1209 Barley Mill Rd address in Wilmington, Delaware listed as the beneficiary.

The wire that was received came from Jonathan Li, the CEO of BHR Partners.

This is the same man that Joe Biden sat down with for coffee according to testimony from Devon Archer.

Biden also allegedly wrote a college recommendation for Li’s daughter to Georgetown.

Nothing to see here!

[Dan Isbell @DanTannaIsbell]

From what I am hearing from insiders, the F-35B in question was flying as wingman in a 2-ship formation (pretty standard training mission). The lead pilot inadvertently flew them into rapidly deteriorating weather that had embedded thunderstorms in them. Apparently, the wingman got hit by lightning and lost sight of the lead F-35B aircraft. In addition, his helmet mounted displays and all of his heads down cockpit instruments were also electrically damaged, and the screens all shut down. At that point, he had no visual or instrument references by which to maintain continued safe flight. This would be a fully-justified reason to eject, and that was a good pilot decision in that scenario and certainly would not be career ending.

I have been struck by lightning twice in an F-111, and one of those times was as a wingman when my flight lead inadvertently flew us into an embedded thunderstorm. Fortunately, in my case even though I lost sight of my flight lead (due to being flash blinded by the lightning), I executed a reduction in power and a turn away from flight lead to avoid a collision, and my F-111 suffered damage (including losing part of my right wingtip due to lightning), my standby attitude indicator was still working and I was able to fly back and land after declaring an emergency. I am empathetic to what that US Marine fighter pilot must have been going through in those moments, and I support his decision to eject. At least we did not lose both the jet and the pilot.

Also, all radios in the F-35 are software defined radios, so if the main avionics computer was taken out by the EMP from the lightning strike, there would not be any more transponder sending out position reports to the FAA. In that event, this stealth jet would have simply disappeared from radar (just like reported). Only after a thorough accident safety investigation will we know exactly what happened.

[Amiri King @AmiriKing]

An anonymous person from California has ID’d the cycling arsonist and will be claiming the $11k+ reward.

James "Jim" White Jr, a registered Democrat, has been identified as the man who set fire to a Trump sign in Raleigh NC.

His socials are currently going into complete lockdown mode.

[Stephen Horn @stephenehorn]

@AmiriKing Article w/ more details:
https://t.co/HWzbFOBUxj

[Carrie Severino @JCNSeverino]

If you think Justice Clarence Thomas would ever bow to the left-wing mob targeting him, go back and watch this legendary clip of his 1991 confirmation hearing:

Senator Hatch: “What’s Clarence Thomas going to do?”

Justice Thomas: “I’d rather die than withdraw… not for the purpose of serving on the Supreme Court, but for the purpose of not being driven out of this process. I will not be scared. I don’t like bullies. I’ve never run from bullies. I never cry uncle, and I’m not going to cry uncle today whether I want to be on the Supreme Court or not.”

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

If you sit in back-to-back meetings at work, read this:

Microsoft's Human Factors Lab studied 14 participants across two days of video meetings.

• Day 1: 4 back-to-back 30-min meetings.

• Day 2: 4 30-min meetings with 10-minute breaks in between.

Participants wore EEG caps to monitor electrical activity in their brains.

The results were fascinating...

The two key takeaways:

Takeaway 1: Back-to-Back Meetings Promote Stress

Back-to-back meetings created an accumulating buildup of stress in the brain.

Anticipation of transitions caused further spikes.

Short breaks in between meetings allowed the brain to reset and never experience the stress buildup.

Takeaway 2: Breaks Promote Performance

Back-to-back meetings resulted in negative levels of frontal alpha symmetry, a brain state connected to lower levels of engagement.

Short breaks in between meetings resulted in positive levels, meaning participants performed better.

Conclusion: Take More Breaks

The conclusion of the study seems to be that short breaks in between meetings are necessary:

• Eliminate stress buildup
• Improve performance
• Reduce impact of attention residue

I started implementing 25-minute meetings into my schedule (a built in 5-minute break) and immediately noticed a positive impact.

A short walk or some movement in that window provided a clear reset.

25-minute meetings also eliminate the 5 minutes of “how about the weather” low value chit chat most meetings open with.

If you set the tone to dive in and stay focused, there are few things that take more than 25 minutes.

Try it!

If you enjoyed this or learned something, follow me @SahilBloom for more in the future.

[James Willard @jwillard99]

@therevelator77 @dom_lucre

[Ashley St. Clair @stclairashley]

Another devastating head shot by community notes