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Lifelong Learner

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Kenny Smith Reveals Jordan processed criticism differently from everyone else. Most stars protected their weaknesses. Jordan hunted them. That obsession eventually became the defining trait of his career. - EssentiallySports https://t.co/B1FzgBpVjM

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Ronny Chieng's 'F*ck AI' Speech Met With Cheers From Harvard Graduates: "AI is just going to end up making mediocre people dumber," the 'Daily Show' star cautioned. https://t.co/A2nHauTYC9

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How 34 generations of ancient warrior training helped build a once-in-a-generation NBA superstar - via @ESPN App https://t.co/v2dJz2tdAy

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SF wants to stop housing projects from being blocked over shadows https://t.co/K7tKYOCyXl

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Mayo Clinic AI helps specialists detect pancreatic cancer up to 3 years before diagnosis in landmark validation study - Mayo Clinic News Network https://t.co/bAP77k0MUt

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California fast-food wage hike causing automation, researchers say | Fox News https://t.co/fpOFw0s01f

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Jerome Tang fired by Kansas State 'for cause' after blasting players as dispute over $19m deal breaks out https://t.co/cXVVbjvaYb

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Paul announces NBA retirement after 21 seasons - via @ESPN App https://t.co/Tel5333TeP

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How much do S.F. teachers make vs. city workers? Much less.  https://t.co/1ElHUfMHuw

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Corporate layoffs: A closer look at the real reasons for cuts https://t.co/UgROtKY8aD

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Layoffs in January were the highest to start a year since 2009, Challenger says https://t.co/YGQbQ7yKuP

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Psalm 23:4 - Even though I walk
through the darkest valley
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me. https://t.co/GIy97GFA3U

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“Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.”
1 Timothy 4:12 NIV https://t.co/yaqotPXD2K

[Mike Netter @nettermike]

Sentiments of Venezuelans

I’m going to say this once, and I don’t care if it makes people uncomfortable.

If you have never lived in Venezuela
If you did not grow up there
If you did not watch your country collapse in real time
If you did not stand in food lines
If you did not watch your parents lose everything they built
If you did not have to leave your home with nothing

Then shut the fuck up.

You do not have an opinion.
Your opinion does not matter.
And you don’t get to lecture anyone about what’s happening there.

I’m Venezuelan.
I lived there most of my life until my early twenties.
I watched my country go from a functioning democracy to full blown socialism right in front of my eyes.

This is not politics to me.
This is trauma.

Before socialism, Venezuela was not perfect, but it worked.
There was trade.
There was money coming in.
There was investment from the US.
There were jobs.
There was food.
There was medicine.

My family had five businesses.
We had our home
We had investments.
We had a future.

Then the government started nationalizing everything.
Private companies were taken.
Foreign investors were pushed out.
Imports were blocked.
Price controls destroyed production.
Corruption exploded.

And everything died.

Not slowly.
Violently.

People didn’t suddenly become poor because of “capitalism” or “the US” or whatever bullshit slogan people like to repeat online.

They became poor because socialism destroyed incentives, destroyed production, destroyed trust, and destroyed hope.

People today in Venezuela are not debating ideology.
They are trying to survive.

They are trying to find food.
Trying to find medication.
Trying to keep their families alive.

So when I see people in the West posting from comfortable homes, full fridges, stable currencies, and safe streets talking about “imperialism” or “US bad” or “Trump this or that”

No.
It’s not complicated.
You’re just ignorant.

China is not rebuilding Venezuela.
Russia is not rebuilding Venezuela.
Cartels are not rebuilding Venezuela.

They are stealing.
They are extracting.
They are draining what’s left.

If the US comes in and reinvests
If refineries get rebuilt
If infrastructure gets restored
If imports open back up
If food, water, and medicine become accessible again
If people can work and earn with dignity

Then yes.
Let them take all the oil they want.

Because at least something gets built instead of destroyed.

This is something to celebrate.
Not because it’s perfect.
But because for the first time in a long time, there is hope.

Hope that families can eat.
Hope that people don’t have to flee their country.
Hope that Venezuela can function again.

If you’ve never lived through a country collapsing
If you’ve never watched socialism destroy everything around you
If you’ve never had to leave your home because staying meant starvation

Then again
Shut the fuck up.

This isn’t theory.
This isn’t politics.
This is lived experience.

By Stephen Subero

[Chamath Palihapitiya @chamath]

California is disguising a proposed asset seizure tax as a "Billionaire Tax," but the math doesn't add up.

They wanted $100B from 200 Californian billionaires but $500B in wealth has already fled the state, leaving a $25B hole in their plan.

And it’s still only a proposal. Imagine how much more wealth will leave if this actually makes the ballot??

Why should you care?

The fine print in the bill allows the California legislature to apply this asset tax to non-billionaires as well whenever they want. Your car, home and jewelry would all count.

California isn’t coming just for the rich.

This bill, while disguised as a tax on the wealthy, is actually the infrastructure to tax everyone in California even more - but now on everything you own.

Instead, why not fund our budget by first stopping the waste??

[C Mak @onlineadguy]

“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”
Romans 12:2 NIV https://t.co/90ytEbkz7W

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People Who Drink Bottled Water on a Daily Basis Ingest 90,000 More Microplastic Particles Each Year | WIRED https://t.co/RG1Vub2IPk

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The Doomsday Glacier Is Getting Closer and Closer to Irreversible Collapse | WIRED https://t.co/QpcnAhUwkw

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This Million-Dollar Founder Has No Marketing Team. Just 40 AI Agents. | by Aakash Gupta | Oct, 2025 | Medium https://t.co/o0t5YCGQIv

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The Amount GM Spent On The Cruise Robotaxi Will Shock You https://t.co/6D5RluGheh