The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false (i.e., the standards of thought) no longer exist.
Hannah Arendt
A woman hiking in Canada nearly became a grizzlyโs next meal and the video circulating right now is genuinely one of the most intense wildlife encounters you will ever watch - her dog is with her, a massive grizzly is right there, and somehow she kept her head together long enough for both of them to walk away breathing.
That is not a small thing. Most people talk tough until nature is standing ten feet in front of them and every instinct in your body is screaming to run, and running is exactly the worst thing you can do.
Grizzlies are built to chase, they top out over 700 pounds and can cover ground faster than any human alive. The people who survive these moments are the ones who override pure fear with pure discipline and this woman did exactly that.
If you hike, camp, or spend any real time in the wilderness - bear spray is not optional, it is the difference between a story you tell and one somebody else tells about you.
Could you have kept your cool?
Hats off to her.
Pinker spent decades studying language at Harvard and wrote the style guide he wished had existed when he started writing.
Most style guides tell you what the rules are.
His tells you why the rules exist inside the brain trying to read what you wrote.
Bad writing is not a character flaw.
It is a failure of empathy.
You cannot get inside your reader's head by trying harder.
You get there by understanding how their brain actually works.
That understanding is one book away.
Sheryl Crow speaks out after Trumpโs UFC 250 event: โTo stay quiet means to turn a blind eye. And so I am saying this. What happened last night on the lawn of the White House was disgraceful and void of decency. Powerful, rich people filled the lawn to watch a violent sport that ended with a vile and racist comment. All while the average American cannot afford healthcare, gas, and cost of living. Do not be fooled. This administration is corrupt and does not give a damn about the American people. It only cares about making money hand over fist at the expense and in spite of our democracy. If we continue to support this kind of distraction from reality, we are no better than them. Let's be better, America.โ
Our biggest problem isn't Trump. He's just a symptom of those who vote for his evilness. He's just a front man, a mouth piece for the hateful citizens who reside in close proximity to us all.
Trump is the cosigner, a proxy who allows them to be sick and evil b*stards in public. The elected officials who cheat an lie for him are the real problem. The Elon Musk types. The Supreme Court is a problem. Congress is a problem.
The rich people who receive the spoils of their wealth without really helping society is a problem. Trickle Down is not a thing.
Reminder that the Trump regime is still blowing up suspected โdrug boatsโ โ killing 197 people since September.
But no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're taking Trump's word for it.
This is murder. We must not lose sight of this lawlessness.
And just like that, itโs completely VANISHED from the media.
A sitting congressman, Ted Lieu, said on the record the Epstein files are being blocked because they show Trump raped and threatened to kill children.
Lets make this viral again ๐
Today, a federal judge determined what we've known all along, the Trump admin was engaged in a vindictive prosecution against Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
This is a win for all our rights & the Constitution.
instead of watching 2 hours of Netflix tonight, watch this Stanford lecture
it's the clearest explanation I've seen of how ChatGPT and Claude actually work
useful whether you've never touched AI in your life or have been using it every day for the past year
I took the key ideas and turned them into a practical guide on how to actually get 100% out of Claude
find it below
The Epstein Files are that bad. They truly are.
How do I know?
โข They spent $30M to get rid of Massie.
โข They started a war which created mass casualties.
โข They even gave us alien's. ALIENS!
This is how bad those files are.
RELEASE. THE. COMPLETE. EPSTEIN. FILES.