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Texan™️: my loves = my family and my white lab. I’m always training training to run ultras in far away places. Cancer survivor and drone pilot.

[sin_eater @p357]

@RickSmith I have the same cap. 🧢 love it!

[The Tennis Letter @TheTennisLetter]

Maja Chwalinska did not win Roland Garros, but she won the hearts of everyone over the last 3 weeks.

A journey that started from qualifying.

From world #114 to a new career high ranking of world #21.

The first qualifier in history to reach the Roland Garros final.

To think that in 2021, she stopped playing tennis for months due to a battle with depression and self doubt… Back then, it would’ve been nearly impossible for her to imagine herself in a Grand Slam final.

Her father worked as an electrician in the coal mines and her mother is a receptionist.

They worked tirelessly to support her dreams from the time she was little, and they uplifted her when she had to stop playing tennis to protect her mental health.

Her run in Paris reminded the world that if you work hard at your passion every day, if you have people who love you, and if you never give up on yourself, the ranking next to your name holds no meaning…

You can still make your own fairytale.

Congratulations on everything, Maja. 🥹

🇵🇱❤️

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

A 24-year-old Polish tennis player arrived in Paris last week ranked 114th in the world, with no sponsors, no guaranteed income, and no certainty she could even pay for her hotel room.

She had to win three qualifying matches just to enter the French Open main draw. Prize money is only paid at the end of the tournament, so a Polish sports drink brand quietly stepped in and covered her hotel bill.

Her name is Maja Chwalinska. And today, she plays in the French Open final.

Before this tournament, she had won exactly one Grand Slam main draw match in her entire career. She had battled depression so severe that in 2021 she couldn't get out of bed. She underwent knee surgery in 2022. She spent years grinding through small tournaments across Europe just to stay afloat.

Then she arrived in Paris, won three qualifiers, and kept winning. Zheng Qinwen. Elise Mertens. Maria Sakkari. Diana Shnaider. Nine straight matches. One set dropped.

She is now the first qualifier in French Open history to reach the final. The last time a qualifier reached a Grand Slam final, it was Emma Raducanu at the 2021 US Open. Raducanu won.

By simply making the final, Chwalinska has earned more prize money than her entire career combined. The runner-up cheque alone is $1.6 million. If she wins today, she takes home $3.25 million.
One week ago she couldn't pay for her hotel room.

[Nature Unedited @NatureUnedited]

At an aquarium in Japan, after closing time, some clever little otter pups help their grandpa tidy up their toys. As a reward, he gives them ice cubes

[sin_eater @p357]

I’m at a point in my life where I am ready to walk through the portal into the backrooms and just stay there waiting for Clark…

[sin_eater @p357]

@BoringBiz_ lol

[sin_eater @p357]

@neetintel @CellosSuits

[sin_eater @p357]

@BillAckman @X I hope you prevail and help bring an end to this bs. Also wishing your daughter a complete recovery

[sin_eater @p357]

@iamjesserichard @elwalvador Can I get one with soft hands?

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Chuck Norris stepping into the ring to face an undefeated kickboxing champion.

[The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee]

Dad Has Family Arrive At Airport Before It's Even Built https://t.co/v0bTaWrRoQ

[Paul Brown @0xQuasark]

BREAKING: Bryan Johnson is taking the world's strongest psychedelic, 5-MeO DMT, live on camera.

40,000 people are tuned in right now.
This is a world first!

Watch live ☝️
https://t.co/pEyDOdCFrU

[sin_eater @p357]

@Jkylebass @naweed To sell it properly overseas you need to launch it from a hilux/toyota

[Community Notes & Violations @CNviolations]

That was funny 😂

[Tuki @TukiFromKL]

🚨 Do you understand what happened in the last 12 hours?

> A CEO of a $200 billion company said on camera that 35% of new grads won't find jobs. He didn't even flinch saying it.

> Meta made $165 billion last year and is still firing 15,000 people because apparently record profit isn't profitable enough.

> Some random guy in Florida sold his entire house in 5 days using ChatGPT. No real estate agent, no commission, no experience. Just vibes and a $20 subscription.

> A man in Australia cured his dying dog's cancer with AI after every single vet told him there was nothing left to do. Built a custom vaccine from his couch.

> The guy who created Uber and left 300,000 taxi drivers broke is back. Building robots now because apparently ruining one industry wasn't enough.

> Tinder wants access to your camera roll. Your drunk photos, your 3am notes app meltdowns, your deleted selfies. They're calling it a "vibe check."

> Naval, the man who made hundreds of millions investing in software, just said software is dead. Four words and the entire industry felt it.

> And Anthropic removed the limit on how long their AI can think and then doubled everyone's usage for free. Because when the product is addictive enough you give the first taste away.

All of that happened today. Not this week, not this quarter. Today. A random Saturday in March.

This is worse than you being on meth.

[sin_eater @p357]

@alt_w_v_g I love your post!

[vittorio @IterIntellectus]

this is actually insane

> be tech guy in australia
> adopt cancer riddled rescue dog, months to live
> not_going_to_give_you_up.mp4
> pay $3,000 to sequence her tumor DNA
> feed it to ChatGPT and AlphaFold
> zero background in biology
> identify mutated proteins, match them to drug targets
> design a custom mRNA cancer vaccine from scratch
> genomics professor is “gobsmacked” that some puppy lover did this on his own
> need ethics approval to administer it
> red tape takes longer than designing the vaccine
> 3 months, finally approved
> drive 10 hours to get rosie her first injection
> tumor halves
> coat gets glossy again
> dog is alive and happy
> professor: “if we can do this for a dog, why aren’t we rolling this out to humans?”

one man with a chatbot, and $3,000 just outperformed the entire pharmaceutical discovery pipeline.

we are going to cure so many diseases.
I dont think people realize how good things are going to get

[Ethan Brooks @alt_w_v_g]

My kid's soccer game

Saturday morning

I'm on the sideline in cargo shorts

Six pockets

Two snack bars in the left thigh

Capri Sun in the right

Band-Aids in the back

Phone, keys, wallet distributed across the remaining three

Every pocket has a purpose

I look around

Every other dad is dressed like he's about to present at a Morgan Stanley client dinner

Loafers

On grass

One guy is wearing a Rolex Submariner to watch eight-year-olds miss the ball

I look at my wrist

Timex

$42

Tells the exact same time

The Rolex guy's kid just kicked it out of bounds

His watch did not help

Halftime

The dads gather near the cooler

One of them turns to me

"What do you do?"

I said "I adjust numbers"

He laughed

I wasn't joking

He said he runs a financial advisory firm

I said "so you charge people 1% to invest in the S&P 500"

He said "it's more nuanced than that"

I said "is it though"

He said "we provide comprehensive financial planning"

I said "what does that mean"

He said "asset allocation. Risk management. Tax optimization."

I said "so you put their money in an index fund, tell them not to panic when it drops, and send them a quarterly PDF"

He didn't respond

Another dad leaned in

Said he uses a financial advisor too

I asked how his portfolio did last year

He said "about 14%"

I said "the S&P did 18. So you paid someone to underperform an index you could have bought from your couch for free."

He said "yeah but I don't know how to do all that"

I said "do you know how to open an app"

He said "yes"

I said "then you know how to do all that"

The advisor looked at me

I looked at him

His Rolex was still telling the same time as my Timex

I said "look, I'm sure you're good at what you do. I just think what you do could be a YouTube video."

He said "there's value in the relationship"

I said "there's value in a lot of things. Doesn't mean they're worth 1% of everything you own. Every year. Forever."

Someone's kid scored

Nobody knew whose

We all clapped

The game ended 3-2

Or maybe 4-2

The scorekeeping was about as reliable as an actively managed fund

My kid ran over

She said "did you see my goal?"

I said "I saw all of them"

I didn't know which one was hers

But I was there

Cargo shorts fully loaded

Snack bars distributed

Capri Sun deployed

Band-Aid applied

Timex still ticking

Sent from my iPhone

[The Disrespected Trucker @DisrespectedThe]

Rest in peace Jake Larson. Thank you for your service.

Jake passed away at the age of 102 and the last survivor of D-Day.