Jose Lema

Christian, Father, Tennis Player, Coach, Runner, Soccer Player, Gamer, Juggler, Movie Watcher, and Software Guy @ RocketMortgage

[Jose Lema @tankete]

@MLS @ds_callender @AppleTV @ds_callender Where can I get that shirt?

[Jose Lema @tankete]

@BobKellemen What are some of your recent favorite board games?

[Jose Lema @tankete]

@chrislema Cool story bro. 😎

[Paul David Tripp @PaulTripp]

"Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another" (1 John 4:11). Here are 24 ways that you can express Christ-like love in your relationships! Which one convicted or motivated you the most?

[Jose Lema @tankete]

@finkelde While I think it’s wise to be a good steward of your limited time as a pastor and therefore a great idea to get context, there’s part of me that thinks the immediate anxiety is a separate issue that shouldn’t be ignored.

[Jared C. Wilson @jaredcwilson]

If your worship service is geared around making people feel good, you're training people to tie their faith to their mood. And if you train people to tie their faith to their mood, you set them up for disillusionment or denial of the faith when real life happens.

[Jose Lema @tankete]

@reverentgeek Praying for you brother!

[3four3 @3four3]

The #USWNT's current struggles are something that has been evident over the past 5-10 years and, to a lesser but still noticeable extent, since the 90s.

The women were never truly "great."

They never played technical or tactical football - two keys to playing the game to its highest potential. Instead, they mostly played the *mindless athletic type of game one can see on 99.9% of American youth, amateur, and pro soccer fields every day.

The women were just like the men, and in many ways worse.

But unlike the hyper-competitive and globally developed men's game, the rest of the world was not even slightly progressive and never cared for the women's game. In fact, the state of the women's game around the world is more aptly described as "which women's game?" It didn't really exist.

So, of course, our women dominated.

This is not meant to take away from the achievements of the individuals of the past.

"You can only play who is in front of you, blah, blah, blah ...",

but if we want to understand what's going on, we can't turn a blind eye to reality. Even if that reality hurts some feelings and challenges long-standing [incorrect] beliefs.

In the past 10 years or so, the world has become more progressive with respect to women and has allocated resources towards their infrastructure and development.

The result?

With just a modest amount of resources allocated to women's soccer elsewhere in the world, the gap with the #USWNT, which appeared insurmountable, rapidly shrank to the point we're at now.

The fact that just a fraction of the resources that the US allocates could cause the gap to shrink this much in less than a generation illustrates how much deep institutional knowledge and culture ("it's in the blood") matter.

To think that the current #USWNT coach is the culprit is superficial.

To think that "youth development" is the culprit is also superficial.

This is the result of an institutional, system-wide architecture.

One, which by the way, works just fine in the absence of true global competition (e.g. American Football, Baseball, Basketball, and for the time being, Women's soccer).

A simple perusal of my Twitter history shows I've been sounding this alarm for a while: https://t.co/s1Bz7ndr0V

Without a change in the root US architecture (a non-merit-based one), and with continued investment by overseas countries, the end result is that the women's advantage will continue to erode and approach the same global standing as the US men.

No doubt the #USWNT will still be a contender in the next World Cup. Beyond that, maybe not so much. But the expectations that they steamroll and strike fear into others are artifacts of the past.

[Jose Lema @tankete]

TURING MACHINE
DAILY CHALLENGE - 06/04/2023
#B52N5SA

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I BEAT THE MACHINE!
#TuringMachineGame

https://t.co/QAHBUXROpg

[Jose Lema @tankete]

TURING MACHINE
DAILY CHALLENGE - 06/01/2023
#B52FT3W

❌🔲✅🔲❌
🔲❌🔲✅✅
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I BEAT THE MACHINE!
#TuringMachineGame

https://t.co/QAHBUXSmeO

[Jose Lema @tankete]

TURING MACHINE
DAILY CHALLENGE - 05/31/2023
#B5JFVF

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I BEAT THE MACHINE!
#TuringMachineGame

https://t.co/QAHBUXSmeO

[Jose Lema @tankete]

TURING MACHINE
DAILY CHALLENGE - 05/30/2023
#B64BUB8

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THE MACHINE BEAT ME!
#TuringMachineGame

https://t.co/QAHBUXSmeO

[Jose Lema @tankete]

@PatrickKMiller_ It’s also interesting that while the value of wealth increased, the value of hard work decreased…

[Jose Lema @tankete]

@Noah_Z_Lema

[Jose Lema @tankete]

It's my #Twitterversary! I have been on Twitter for 16 years, since 22 Nov 2006 (via @twi_age).

[Noah Lema @Noah_Z_Lema]

I bet con artists love that you refer to them as artists lol

[Marcus Buckingham @mwbuckingham]

Clarity is the antidote to anxiety, and therefore clarity is the preoccupation of the effective leader. If you do nothing else as a leader, be clear.

[Jose Lema @tankete]

@jaredcwilson What about flipping the question? Which character would you like the most? I’d say George because I could always use a little levity. #georgeisgettingangry

[Jose Lema @tankete]

@gordlittle I’d love to try it

[Jose Lema @tankete]

@hairgrovear @jaredcwilson Hudson Hawk! Loved it! Would you like to swing on a star?