Mike Cully

Former TV journalist, CXO and lifelong student...proud Dad...entrepreneur...change agent and transformative leader. Travel is living. #SDSU #USC

[Levi Leatherberry @Levi_LCL]

🔥"Your mission is to fight for humans. Make sure we're not completely replaced."👾

Bill Maher has been wrong about a lot lately. But this? This he got exactly right.

👊Fight. For. Humans.

Read that again. Not fight for the climate. Not fight for "the system." Not fight for some abstract utopia where humanity has been optimized out of the equation.

Maher just described the circle jerk that is modern academia: Students use AI to write papers. Professors use AI to grade them. And somewhere in that automation, the human being—the actual thinking, struggling, growing person—has been deleted from the equation.

This is the defining issue of our time. Not because AI is "dangerous" in some sci-fi movie sense. But because we've become hopelessly dependent on the very thing replacing us. 90% of college students using AI academically. 73% of faculty dealing with "AI integrity issues"—which is a polite way of saying mass-scale cheating enabled by machines.

We've built a world where outsourcing your cognition isn't just accepted, it's encouraged. Where the path of least resistance leads directly to your own obsolescence.

And here's what the AI safety crowd won't tell you: They don't actually care if humans get replaced. They care if the *AI* is "aligned." They care about the machines. The rest of us are just biomass waiting to be optimized.

Maher's right. This generation's mission isn't to save the planet from humanity. It's to save humanity from becoming irrelevant. The highest calling isn't stewardship of some abstract future—it's stewardship of the species itself. All 8 billion of us. Plus the billions yet to come.

Fight for the humans. Because if we don't, we won't be around to fight for anything else.

Independent thought means having the courage to say: I am pro-human. Unapologetically. Without qualification. Not because I hate technology, but because I love *us*. Our art. Our struggle. Our messy, imperfect, irreplaceable minds.

The mission is humanity itself. Everything else is just code.

@billmaher

[Mike Cully @MikeDCully]

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[Chris Treviño @ChrisNTrevino]

NEWS: Kickoff times for #USC's first four weeks:

San Jose State 12 p.m. PT (NBC)
Fresno State 6 p.m. PT (FOX) (Friday)
Louisiana 8 p.m. PT (BTN)
at Rutgers 12:30 p.m. PT (3:30 ET) (CBS)

[Mike Cully @MikeDCully]

This is unfortunate and happens all too frequently. If you see an elephant, avoid it.

[CBS News @CBSNews]

Three people died and four others were injured after their vehicle collided with an elephant in Murchison Falls National Park, police said on Monday. https://t.co/ZJld2I1yWg

[We The People Party @wtpnational]

The revolution starts now.

Massive Independent exodus from the Republican Party incoming.

We The People will take our country back from the ground up.

Join us.

[Mike Cully @MikeDCully]

Of course.

[ABC News @ABC]

Grocery prices in the U.S. soared faster in April than any month in nearly four years, driving up the cost of everything from frankfurters to tomatoes to cupcakes, according to government data. https://t.co/qkff6Kke76

[Mike Cully @MikeDCully]

Epic day for a ballgame. Nice looking park too. @HillsboroHops

[Mike Cully @MikeDCully]

Of course.

[ABC News @ABC]

Grocery prices in the U.S. soared faster in April than any month in nearly four years, driving up the cost of everything from frankfurters to tomatoes to cupcakes, according to government data. https://t.co/OJyscchLTd

[Mike Cully @MikeDCully]

#Texas
Giant backyard squirrel.

[Mike Cully @MikeDCully]

Of course.

And let's not forget the price of gas too! Have a great day!

[ABC News @ABC]

Grocery prices in the U.S. soared faster in April than any month in nearly four years, driving up the cost of everything from frankfurters to tomatoes to cupcakes, according to government data. https://t.co/Txg9D5599q

[Mike Cully @MikeDCully]

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[Mike Cully @MikeDCully]

Of course.

[NBC News @NBCNews]

It has been assumed that hantavirus is contagious only if someone is in close contact with someone who’s having symptoms. Some experts now suggest it’s possible it may be more contagious than thought. https://t.co/RitYJH6aHT

[Mike Cully @MikeDCully]

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[Mike Cully @MikeDCully]

Of course.

[NBC News @NBCNews]

It has been assumed that hantavirus is contagious only if someone is in close contact with someone who’s having symptoms. Some experts now suggest it’s possible it may be more contagious than thought. https://t.co/IuZVsniv9d

[Mike Cully @MikeDCully]

Of course.

[FOX 12 Oregon @fox12oregon]

CDC says one Oregon resident possibly exposed to hantavirus
https://t.co/UWLEhRRTVc

[Mike Cully @MikeDCully]

I am selling a deluxe cruise package for 2 to Mexico next month, as now seems like a good time to sell an opportunity for an escape on these floating petri dishes.

[CBS News @CBSNews]

Health officials have identified at least 11 confirmed or suspected cases of hantavirus tied to an outbreak on the M/V Hondius cruise ship. https://t.co/G9wGBquA5K

[Mike Cully @MikeDCully]

#FightOn

[Ryan Kartje @RyanKartje]

News: USC and Notre Dame are in active discussions to resume their storied rivalry series, a source tells @latimes and the Times of Troy newsletter

Story below ⬇️

[Mike Cully @MikeDCully]

A MUST on my list whilst in #LA. Man I love that #pastrami. #TheHat

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

The fall of Portland, Oregon

Here are major retailers that left Portland over declining conditions due to Democrat policies from 2022–2026

- Nike Community Factory Store (Operated since 1984, 40 years)
Closed permanently because of 276 shoplifting reports in one year. They cited deteriorating public safety. Nike sent a letter to the mayor citing conditions

- Walmart (Both Portland Locations)
580 employees laid off

- Target (Three Stores)
Reason: Explicitly cited organized retail crime and shoplifting

- REI
Reason: Highest break-in rate in two decades; over $800,000 spent on extra security in 2022 (including multiple incidents, one with a vehicle through the doors on Black Friday)

- U.S. Bank (U.S. Bancorp Tower)
Announced it would not renew its long-term lease
Building Sale: Sold in July 2025 for $45 million (down from $372 million in 2015 — ~88% value decline).

- Wells Fargo
Announced plans to exit Portland

- Starbucks
Closed at least 5–6 Portland locations in September 2025 alone.

- Nordstrom Rack (Downtown)

- CVS Pharmacy (SW Broadway)
Reason: Employee cited shoplifting as a factor

Malls Major Retail Centers also closed

Pioneer Place Mall: Once had roughly 100 stores. It’s now down to 20. Described as a “dead mall.”

• Lloyd Center Mall: Confirmed for full demolition. Now 90% vacant

PacWest Center: Sold October 2025 for $55.7 million (down from $170 million in 2016. That’s a 67% drop)

- Montgomery Park: Sold August 2024 for $33 million (down from $255 million in 2019, that’s a 87% drop)