Karol Fike

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.

[Karol Fike @kefike]

“It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”
—Deuteronomy 31:8

[D. Scott Fritchen @DScottFritchen]

K-State men’s track and field team finishes eighth overall at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. They finished fourth at the NCAA Indoor Championships as well.

Two top 8 national finishes in a single year.

This is just the beginning.

[Ben Boyle @RealBenBoyle]

2 Nattys in 3 days for Jumps U!

[D. Scott Fritchen @DScottFritchen]

BIG FINAL DAY: K-State men’s team is No. 2 heading into its final day of the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon. The men’s track events begin Friday at 7:00 p.m. on ESPN2.

K-State men could finish top 7 in indoor and outdoor NCAA Championships for the first time in history.

[Tim Everson @iamtimeverson]

#LongJumpU

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Artificial intelligences do not undergo experiences, do not possess a body, do not feel joy or pain, do not mature through relationships, and do not know from within what love, work, friendship or responsibility mean. Nor do they have a moral conscience, since they do not judge good and evil, grasp the ultimate meaning of situations, or bear responsibility for consequences. They may imitate or even simulate, but they do not understand what they produce, for they lack the affective, relational, and spiritual perspective through which human beings grow in wisdom. #MagnificaHumanitas

[Neetu Arnold @neetu_arnold]

University of California STEM professors want standardized tests back due to severe math deficiencies among students:

“We now observe preparation gaps so severe that instructors must reteach middle school mathematics”

“The current admissions metric, based primarily on GPA & essays, can no longer reliably distinguish readiness for university-level STEM majors in an era of severe grade inflation & AI assisted application essays”

[Sama Hoole @SamaHoole]

The year is 1950. Your doctor lights a cigarette and tells you smoking is fine. He read it in a study. He is telling the truth about having read it. He does not know, or is not saying, that the study was funded by the tobacco industry.

The year is 1958. Your doctor tells you to eat less fat. The evidence is contested. The contestation is not in the public messaging. The food industry has been helpful in clarifying which findings deserve attention. Some researchers who published contradictory data have been quietly defunded. Ancel Keys is on the cover of Time magazine.

The year is 1962. Your doctor prescribes thalidomide to your pregnant wife for morning sickness. It has been approved. The FDA gave it the green light in Europe. Twelve thousand children will be born with severe limb malformations before anyone in an official capacity acknowledges the problem. The families are told the drug was safe. The drug was approved. Both of these things remain true.

The year is 1972. Your doctor prescribes Valium. Britain is in the grip of a benzodiazepine wave that will last two decades. The dependency risk is known internally. It is not shared. Your doctor is not lying to you. He was not told either.

The year is 1999. Your doctor prescribes Vioxx for your arthritis. It is newer than ibuprofen, well-tolerated, and Merck has a study showing it works. Merck also has internal data suggesting it roughly doubles the risk of heart attack. This data will not reach your doctor for four more years. Fifty thousand people are estimated to have died in the interim. Merck eventually settles for 4.85 billion dollars. No criminal charges are brought.

The year is 2002. Your doctor prescribes OxyContin. Purdue Pharma trained its sales representatives to tell doctors the addiction risk was less than one percent. That figure came from a letter, not a study. The letter was about patients with terminal cancer on short-term doses in hospital settings. Your doctor is a GP with a patient who has a bad back. Nobody draws a distinction. Nobody is required to.

The year is 2008. Your doctor checks your cholesterol. Your LDL is elevated. You are prescribed a statin. Nobody mentions that the number needed to treat for primary prevention is approximately 250. Nobody mentions that the muscle deterioration you'll notice over the next two years is listed as a rare side effect rather than a documented pattern affecting a meaningful percentage of patients. The trial that informed the prescription was funded by the manufacturer.

Now it is today.

Your doctor has new guidelines. New studies. New consensus.

He is confident.

He has always been confident.

The confidence has never been the problem.

The confidence is, in fact, precisely the problem.

[K-State Athletics @kstatesports]

❝ That's the reason why I wanted to be here... such a great community of people that love K-State and I'm glad to be one of 'em. ❞ - Head Coach Casey Alexander

@KStateMBB x #EMAW

[Rock Creek High School @RockCreekHS]

Rock Creek, shout out to our Band Program for supporting our Basketball teams this week! We have received several compliments regarding their performance and play. Our favorite "You should charge admission!"

[Brent Maycock @BrentKSHSAA]

With all due respect, there are pep bands that are really good at state. And then there's Rock Creek. Another level.
@RockCreekHS

[K-State Athletics @kstatesports]

Another 53K+ at The Bill 👌

[K-State Extension @kstateextension]

With kidding season approaching, Kelsey Bentley, K-State small ruminant specialist, shares insights from the recent publication Kidding Resources for Beginning Goat Producers.
https://t.co/I9o1pbb6dv

[Rock Creek High School @RockCreekHS]

And Rock Creek, your 4A Girls 4x400 State Champs!

[Rock Creek Track and Field @rockcreektf]

To cap off our 2025 state track meet, with only bringing 9 girls, they end in 4th place with 52 points!

The boys also only brought 9 boys and they end with 15 points.

Congratulations Mustangs!!! @RCHS_PTO @RockCreekHS

[Dr Jordan B Peterson @jordanbpeterson]

Let go of who you think you need to be and just be who you are.

[Warren Smith @WTSmith17]

I am struggling to find the words to describe what an honor & incredible experience this conversation was. Thank you @jordanbpeterson

https://t.co/NzuNdKp4ks

[Bishop Robert Barron @BishopBarron]

Just saw “Conclave.” If you are interested in a film about the Catholic Church that could have been written by the editorial board of the New York Times, this is your movie. The hierarchy of the Church is a hotbed of ambition, corruption and desperate egotism, Conservatives are xenophobic extremists and the liberals are self-important schemers. None can escape this irredeemable situation. The only way forward is the embrace of the progressive buzz words of diversity, inclusion, indifference to doctrine, and the ultimate solution is a virtue signaling Cardinal who takes the Papal name of Innocent and who is a biological female. Since it checks practically every woke box, I’m sure it will win a boatload of awards, but my advice is to run away from it as fast as you can.

[Tony Dungy @TonyDungy]

Dear VP Harris: I hear you make this statement all the time. Exactly what “faith” are you talking about when you say you don’t have to abandon it to support abortion? Are you talking about the Christian faith that says all babies are made in the image of God (Gen 1:26), that God places them in the womb (Jer 1:5) and that we should not take any life unjustly (Luke 18:20)? Are you talking about that faith or some nebulous, general “faith” that says we’re good enough, and smart enough to make our own decisions? What “faith” are you talking about?

[K-State Bound @KStateBound]

Calling future Wildcats 🗣️

We're one month out from the Kansas Apply Free Days! Any Kansas resident can apply to @KState for FREE regardless of age or income. Start your application early to make sure you’re ready to submit on time!

#KStateBound x #ApplyKansas