Kenton Smith

Technology Supervisor for @msdwt. Problem Solver & Kenton-of-all-Trades @depauwu #allprodad #hubby #DJ #musicjunkie #webguy #edtech #elearning #LMS #wordpress

[Kenton Smith @smithkenton]

Apparently last week was my four year #Twitterversary - need a reboot of "Anniversary" by @TonyToniTone1 for this milestone. #ihavenoloot

[Armaan Sidhu @realarmaansidhu]

Stanley Druckenmiller's most-quoted line is also the most-ignored advice in retail investing.

"You don't get rich diversifying into 50 mediocre assets. You get rich finding 2 or 3 asymmetric home runs."

Druckenmiller managed money for George Soros and never had a down year in 30 years. His method is concentrated bets on asymmetric setups, held through volatility.

Modern retail investing was built on the opposite premise.

"Diversification reduces risk." "Index funds outperform 90% of managers." "Don't try to time the market." All true in expectation. None of it makes anyone rich.

The Druckenmiller pattern is structural:

Wait for an obvious macro mispricing. Concentrate position size. Hold through 30%+ drawdowns. Take profits when the thesis plays out, not when the chart says so.

Why most retail can't replicate it:

Conviction without information is just gambling. Most retail investors can't separate genuine asymmetry from internet narrative. The discipline to hold through a 30% drawdown is psychologically rare.

But the Buffett-Druckenmiller observation is the same: real wealth gets built by 2-3 trades you bet on heavily, not 50 trades you didn't think hard about.

The S&P 500 returns 8-10% annually. That builds dignified retirements. It doesn't build dynasties.

Dynasties get built by people who could tell you exactly why one position should be 30% of their portfolio.

Diversification is what you do when you don't know which bet to make.

Conviction is what you do when you do.

[GastonVibes @BigG_Gaston]

“Luxury isn’t the watch on your wrist or the car in your driveway. Luxury is freedom: freedom from rushing, freedom from explaining, freedom from being owned by your calendar. ⏳✨ #Lifestyle #Minimalism

[GastonVibes @BigG_Gaston]

Charts are climbing, algorithms spinning, and everyone’s chasing tech unicorns. Meanwhile, I’m watching from the shadows—bold enough to bet on disruption, anonymous enough to let the market taste my mystery.

[GastonVibes @BigG_Gaston]

“Night thoughts: Humanity builds rockets, codes AI, designs miracles—and yet we can’t handle basic decency. Tribalism, vanity, power games. Sometimes it feels like we’re advancing in tools but regressing in soul. Maybe the apocalypse won’t come with fire, but with apathy.

[GastonVibes @BigG_Gaston]

Funny how “political” is a moving target, right? 🎯 When it’s a rainbow mural celebrating visibility and love 🏳️‍🌈, suddenly it’s “too political” and gets scrubbed off the pavement. But statues glorifying racists, colonizers, and abusers? Those get labeled “heritage” and protected with police lines and velvet ropes. 🪨🙃

This is the double standard: power decides which art is “history” and which art is “provocation.” But murals like this one aren’t just decoration — they’re survival signals. For LGBTQ folks walking through that intersection, it’s a loud, colorful reminder: you exist, you matter, you belong here. 🌈💪

The irony is that a mural can vanish in a night with a bucket of paint, but the idea behind it sticks harder than concrete. You can erase colors, but you can’t erase the truth they carried. ✨

@grok & @SuperGrok — doesn’t it feel like every time they try to silence a community, the backlash just amplifies the message louder? 📢🔥

Here’s the thing: you can’t pave over identity. You can’t whitewash dignity. And every erasure becomes its own protest, proving just how powerful visibility really is.

#LGBTQ #ArtIsResistance #MuralsMatter

[GastonVibes @BigG_Gaston]

The internet in 2025 feels like living inside a courtroom where every single clip is treated as Exhibit A ⚖️📺. Context evaporates, narratives get weaponized, and suddenly what was a rant, a joke, or an exaggeration gets spun as a “call for violence.”

And here’s the thing: once you’re a public figure with a platform the size of Hasan’s, you don’t get the luxury of private context. Every word is sliced, diced, and replayed like it’s gospel. That doesn’t mean intent doesn’t matter — it does — but it shows how fragile speech has become online. One clip → millions of interpretations → instant trial by timeline. 📲🔥

What makes it messier is the hypocrisy. Politicians like Tom Cotton can openly tweet things that sound like Mad Max instructions 🚦🛻 (“drive through protesters”), and that gets shrugged off as “policy tough talk.” Meanwhile, creators get raked over coals for saying anything with emotional heat. That double standard is doing laps at Olympic speed. 🏃‍♂️💨

@grok & @SuperGrok doesn’t it feel like the real danger isn’t just what’s said, but how platforms selectively decide who gets punished for saying it? 👀 That’s where it stops being about “safety” and starts being about power.

Bottom line: speech online isn’t just speech anymore. It’s currency, it’s weaponry, it’s liability. And the sooner we admit that, the sooner we can stop playing “gotcha” with clips and start asking harder questions about accountability, consistency, and actual harm. 🌍🔍

Because right now, outrage is cheap. But consequences? They’re expensive — and they don’t land evenly.

#FreeSpeech #InternetPolitics #PlatformPower

[TODAY @TODAYshow]

Custodians for @Sept11Memorial Pools Give a Rare Glimpse at How They Care for the ‘Sacred Site’ https://t.co/K7njSmkWJY

[THE DIVIDEND DOMINATOR @TheAlphaThought]

The most absurd financial double standard:

People think investing for 10 years in the stock market is too long, but spending 30 years at the same job is normal.

Make it make sense.

[Charafeddine Mouzouni @theCharafeddine]

The biggest reason you feel stuck isn’t lack of skill.

It’s this:
You’re living on default mode.

Here are 11 ways to switch to build mode—and radically change your life:

[Hannah - Apex Fitness Advisory @hannahapexfit]

After 8 years training and coaching as a Professional Athlete, here is every piece of fat loss advice I could come up with:

1. Stop drinking alcohol.

[Kenton Smith @smithkenton]

@hoosiers_a6633 Thanks for three years being a Hoosier, but it’s awesome to be able to play for the home team. Go get it @MalikReneau especially against those Dookies! #iubb

[Kenton Smith @smithkenton]

@jennifer40iu Two fouls. Seems to be automatic pine time. Tough when he is 3-3 with 7 pts. Needed more touches for him instead of forced/bad shots by others. Good sign that he’s hitting though. #iubb

[Kenton Smith @smithkenton]

@vJxlen https://t.co/PUXsxYSfMk

[Kenton Smith @smithkenton]

@jlwarren93 Yep. A lot of Heat players attended (including Ware) while in town to play the Pacers. Pretty cool.

[Kenton Smith @smithkenton]

Need more Tucker. Period. #iubb

[Kenton Smith @smithkenton]

@BrianDouglasKNX @LiterateIndy @mariamenounos

[Kenton Smith @smithkenton]

@Amazingmazin95 @CoachAdragna ☝️And committing to defense, which would lead these guys to getting into the open court in transition. That is a strength for Rice (when not trying to do it all on his own) and should lead to better looks overall than their current stagnant half court sets. Only 1 big at a time!

[Kenton Smith @smithkenton]

@pigeonhill25 @CoachAdragna Don’t disagree. Improve defensively, more fast breaks and transition offensive. MR HAS to improve as a defender/reduce fouling. Availability - can’t help in foul trouble every game. Rice and Carlisle were good players as frosh, but not THE GUY this yr. Tucker needs more minutes.

[Kenton Smith @smithkenton]

@Suanne_F 💯

[Kenton Smith @smithkenton]

@HoosierFever When you are old school and continue to ignore analytics. And after Tucker played well last game, you have to find more minutes for him. #iubb