Gary Mersham

Communication Scientist, consultant, helper outera and writer interested in startup and entrepreneurship communications

[SONS OF LIBERTY -MAGA MOVEMENT !!! @eagameover]

GOD BLESS YOU SIR 🫵🏻🫡
My respect 96 years .
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AMERICAN MADE .

The GOAT !!

Clint Eastwood Said Something About Getting Old That Stopped Me Cold.
Aging is not gentle.
You are still here. Still present. Still watching the world move. But the body that carried you through everything - the wars, the work, the wildness of youth - begins to ask for more than you can give it. Joints that never complained now speak up in the morning. Eyes that once took in everything now flinch at the light. Breathing, which never required a single thought, starts needing little pauses.
But none of that is the hardest part.
The hardest part is the quiet.
At a certain age, you reach for the phone and remember there is no one left to call.
The people who knew you when you were young - who remembered the same summers, the same streets, the same faces
- are gone. One by one, then all at once, until the memories you carry have no one left to share them with.
So you tell the stories anyway.
To whoever will listen. With a little more color than perhaps the truth deserves. With a touch of pride you've earned and a grief you don't always name. You know the person across from you wasn't there. You know they can't quite feel it the way you do.
But you tell them. Because the telling is the holding on.
Those stories are not just memories. They are the proof that a life was lived. That people were loved. That things mattered.
And if no one asks for them - you offer them anyway, quietly, like setting something down on a table and hoping someone picks it up.
Old age is not simply what happens to a face or a body.
It is memory looking for a place to rest.
And what an older person needs - more than advice, more than solutions, more than someone telling them how to feel - is simply someone willing to sit down, be still, and listen.
Not to fix anything.
Just to be there.
That is the whole gift. And it costs nothing.
~Wild Whispers .

[👑 Pahlavism 👑 @Pahlavism666666]

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Iran March 1968'
When Paul McCartney and his girlfriend the actor Jane Asher came to visit Tehran, they had Asheh Reshteh (noodle soup) and Piazo Sabzi (herb platter with onions) with 'Dogh' (yoghurt drink) and 'Vigen' Iranian artist played a song for them✨

#Pahlavism

[Tom Renz @RenzTom]

⁉️Are the people of Iran going to fight back against their regime?!?

This could be a very big deal. We cannot win in Iran without massive loss of US life unless the people of Iran stand up. If that happens this war could succeed in changing the nation.

I’m praying this happens and that this gamble ends up good for the America First and then the world.

[Don Keith @RealDonKeith]

🚨This is Sasha Sobhani, the son of an Iranian IRGC elite, living a lavish, party-lifestyle in the West, no hijab or modesty enforcement just luxury.

Meanwhile Iranian protesters are being executed in the streets

The regime elites' children often live privileged lives abroad: This is well-documented and widely reported for years. Many high-ranking Iranian officials, IRGC commanders, and clerical families have children studying/living in the US, Canada, Europe (including luxury lifestyles in places like Miami, London, Toronto).

Examples include children of former presidents, foreign ministers, and current officials attending Western universities or residing in affluent areas while the regime enforces strict Islamic rules at home.

Hypocrisy at its finest.

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

BREAKING: SpaceX engineers are working around the clock to bypass Starlink jamming by the Iranian regime.

[Gary Mersham @mersham_gary]

@iangcarroll 👌

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@cjsbishop Hi Chris, Jesse in comment below captures it from mico to macro. His last point is NZ's Achilles heel.

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https://t.co/AEOs9zNZzM

[Julia Ioffe @juliaioffe]

So Vladimir Putin, who has an ICC warrant out for his arrest, gets a meeting with the U.S. president on U.S. soil without having to give up or even promise anything—after ignoring and insulting Trump.

One more win for Putin, one more loss for Trump.

[Gary Mersham @mersham_gary]

Nz Pm #Luxon said on the #MikeHosking show this morning tha he wants to follow the #Estonian model of economic develoment. find out why here https://t.co/6JJrrgtGmx

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Ranking post-94 SA presidents by their performance #MoneywebNews https://t.co/rw5f1JUG6u via @Moneyweb

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An answer to NZ's growth challenge -an ideal opportunity in the global growth of data centres https://t.co/nDUxx6IE70

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The Indian publication The Week reports that at the Raisina Dialogue on geopolitical and geo-economic issues hosted by India, New Zealand PM Christopher Luxon is the chief guest at the event. #Luxon #NZ #trade

[Gary Mersham @mersham_gary]

Robotics, types, manufacture, supply chains, outlook — the works. https://t.co/RFvEP9ulq9

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RedNote intercultural communication as 7 million American influencers look to alternatives as TikTok ban looms https://t.co/GWKfB8i7EX

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Kiwi small businesses continue to lose to Chinese online https://t.co/b6THnEGJZp

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NZ is not alone needing lots more nurses. According to https://t.co/3Q8cnFQzH7, 42 U.S. states will be unable to meet nursing needs in 2030. McKinsey reports the U.S. reports a 10 to 20 percent shortage of between 200,000 to 450,000 nurses available for direct patient care.

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Xi Jinping’s Power Consolidation: Beyond 2025 - How Xi’s Leadership Shapes China’s Domestic and Foreign Policy Trajectory https://t.co/7qXkDfmDKT

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What Can GenZ learn from this chart?
https://t.co/Ax34tca8FZ

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What do DeepSeek and Rednote have in common? Why chinese companies need to recognise the value of #PublicRelations https://t.co/UmnkhXdaCg