Maybe one of the biggest mistakes modern culture made was treating responsibility as the enemy of freedom.
Marriage restricts you. Children restrict you. Owning a home restricts you. Caring for family restricts you. A career restricts you. Community obligations restrict you.
Of course they do. Anything meaningful places demands on you.
But if you remove every obligation in pursuit of maximum freedom, eventually you’re left with a life where nobody needs you, nothing depends on you and there’s very little bigger than yourself.
We talk constantly about wanting meaning while systematically avoiding the exact commitments that tend to create it. And I guarantee you there’s going to be a lot of sad and lonely people in our aging generation because of this nearsighted pursuit.
The US federal budget is $7 trillion.
There are 535 in the Senate and Congress.
They collectively allocate that money.
Specifically: 7000/535 = 13 billion per official.
Which means AOC is a political billionaire.
She allocates far more than any market billionaire.
Indeed she allocates ten billion liquid, per year.
A market billionaire has one billion, illiquid, per life.
So: AOC spends 10-100X what a market billionaire has.
It's not even close.
She's right about one thing, though.
AOC didn't earn the tens of billions she spends.
The state taxed that money, by force.
@iztok_franko Bummer - not just for the missed shot at a deep playoff run, but even more for losing a real test of this roster next to Luka under playoff pressure, and a clear read on what still needs to be added for the years ahead.
Luka is such an underrated defender bro
🪄 0.84 PPP allowed in isolation
🪄 Top 10 in steals
🪄 Top 7 in charges drawn
🪄 95th percentile in shots contested
🪄 87th percentile in rim contests
The Luka can’t play defense narrative is so stupid.
I think I have hit my breaking point with Luka Doncic, however, I will not break
It’s frustrating watching your favorite player continue to push through and break records and precedents either set by himself previously or the greatest player’s ever to touch a basketball. All with no credit, actually the opposite, hate and constantly being discredited. He has put to rest all of the negative downsides people had with him. Out of shape? In the best of his life. Doesn’t play defense? Leads the league in steals this month . Not a winner? His team is about to finish TEN games above what the media had predicted, all with a lackluster roster that had both of his co-stars missing 20+ games respectively
All we want is appreciation towards his greatness
And after voting that out too...
🇪🇺 ChatControl is back with a vengeance
The Conservatives (EPP) are attempting to force a new vote TODAY (March 26) seeking to reverse the European Parliament's NO on indiscriminate scanning of ALL your private messages, emails and photos
This is a direct attack on democracy and blatant disregard for your right to privacy
If you're European contact your representatives now, with this handy form:
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If not, please share this tweet so more people see it and we can block the vote
It's crazy they keep just bringing back whatever they want until it's passed!
Obviously now we see the European Commission is controlled by powerful evil lobbying groups 👺
Lakers opened the season 16-5. Great start was as key to their success as this recent run is. Esp with LeBron missing 14 first games. Luka averaged 35/9/9 during that stretch.
Luka & Lakers hit a couple rough stretches later, most teams do. But seems they get remembered more.
@iztok_franko High USG%, heavy minutes, short rotation. Is Reddick chasing short term odds perfection at the expense of sustainability and long terms goals? LA expanded last year’s roster but it seems we are seeing same patterns.
@MatejSportinfo Prepelič v prvi peterki tudi nima smisla. Napd ni problem, obramba je.
Rabili bi najboljše obrambne igralce ob Luki v prvi peterki. Če tega ni, se nasprotnik razleti in pride v ritem, ko mi samo še lovimo.
@josefchen@jaklerad In addition to flavor pairings, it would be great to include combinations that enhance nutrient absorption. Even better if users could share their blood test results and receive personalized food pairings based on specific deficiencies. Plus flavor 😋