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[Illinois Football @IlliniFootball]

Built by Tank. Backed by everyone.

[Capt. Kylan Boswell @CaptKyBoswell]

Dear Family —

Thank you.

During my time we made history, not just for ourselves, but for generations to come. And to think, it happened here, in my own hometown.

Now, as I lay down my arms, I reflect on my time in the Orange & Blue.

Mother… I’m returning to the Farm.

— KB

[Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9]

What A Blast! 906pm on Thursday over Chicago. All that lightning in one moment...this is one image. #storm #chicago #weather #news #ilwx

[Illinois Men's Basketball @IlliniMBB]

We were always a Final Four team.

[RedditCFB @RedditCFB]

Illinois State is believed to be the first school ever to qualify for the Semifinals in a D1 postseason tournament in Football, MBB, and WBB in the same academic year. They lost an overtime heartbreaker in the FCS Final, and are headed to the NIT Semifinal and WNIT Fab Four.

[Capt. Kylan Boswell @CaptKyBoswell]

Dear Mother —

Our journey… continues.

We defeated Iowa in a hard fought battle for immortality.

Now, we prepare to head back to the Midwest. Where we’re among the last four platoons being sent to battle.

I send my best to Fort Chambana… we fight for the Farm.

I-L-L

— KB

[Illinois Athletics @IlliniAthletics]

The only one. No comparisons.

[Old Time Football 🏈 @Ol_TimeFootball]

Nothing will ever top the 1958 #NFL championship halftime show
#SuperBowl

[Peter Girnus 🦅 @gothburz]

Last quarter I rolled out Microsoft Copilot to 4,000 employees.

$30 per seat per month.

$1.4 million annually.

I called it "digital transformation."

The board loved that phrase.

They approved it in eleven minutes.

No one asked what it would actually do.

Including me.

I told everyone it would "10x productivity."

That's not a real number.

But it sounds like one.

HR asked how we'd measure the 10x.

I said we'd "leverage analytics dashboards."

They stopped asking.

Three months later I checked the usage reports.

47 people had opened it.

12 had used it more than once.

One of them was me.

I used it to summarize an email I could have read in 30 seconds.

It took 45 seconds.

Plus the time it took to fix the hallucinations.

But I called it a "pilot success."

Success means the pilot didn't visibly fail.

The CFO asked about ROI.

I showed him a graph.

The graph went up and to the right.

It measured "AI enablement."

I made that metric up.

He nodded approvingly.

We're "AI-enabled" now.

I don't know what that means.

But it's in our investor deck.

A senior developer asked why we didn't use Claude or ChatGPT.

I said we needed "enterprise-grade security."

He asked what that meant.

I said "compliance."

He asked which compliance.

I said "all of them."

He looked skeptical.

I scheduled him for a "career development conversation."

He stopped asking questions.

Microsoft sent a case study team.

They wanted to feature us as a success story.

I told them we "saved 40,000 hours."

I calculated that number by multiplying employees by a number I made up.

They didn't verify it.

They never do.

Now we're on Microsoft's website.

"Global enterprise achieves 40,000 hours of productivity gains with Copilot."

The CEO shared it on LinkedIn.

He got 3,000 likes.

He's never used Copilot.

None of the executives have.

We have an exemption.

"Strategic focus requires minimal digital distraction."

I wrote that policy.

The licenses renew next month.

I'm requesting an expansion.

5,000 more seats.

We haven't used the first 4,000.

But this time we'll "drive adoption."

Adoption means mandatory training.

Training means a 45-minute webinar no one watches.

But completion will be tracked.

Completion is a metric.

Metrics go in dashboards.

Dashboards go in board presentations.

Board presentations get me promoted.

I'll be SVP by Q3.

I still don't know what Copilot does.

But I know what it's for.

It's for showing we're "investing in AI."

Investment means spending.

Spending means commitment.

Commitment means we're serious about the future.

The future is whatever I say it is.

As long as the graph goes up and to the right.

[IlliniAllDay @the207]

Make it happen!

[New York Jets @nyjets]

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RT to get our guy Isaiah Williams to the Pro Bowl #ProBowlVote

[Illinois Men's Basketball @IlliniMBB]

2025-26 Pronunciation guide. Save for future reference.

[Illini Isaac @IMAbrose]

Not targeting: Targeting:

[Illinois Football @IlliniFootball]

Packed the bags. Handled business. 1-0

[The Field Pass @TheFieldPass]

The 10 Best Plays of the 2024 Illini Football Season

A Thread 🧵:

[IlliniAllDay @the207]

@ALionEye Send the drone to follow him.

[Illinois Football @IlliniFootball]

13 games to make them remember who this team was.

[Dana Goldberg @DGComedy]

Ladies, just a reminder that lesbianism doesn’t always have to be nature. It can be an active choice.

[IlliniAllDay @the207]

@pragressive7 @KamalaHarris And I am also watching KS as a potential flip to blue for pres.

[IlliniAllDay @the207]

@pragressive7 @KamalaHarris I am not even thinking of really knowing anything Tuesday night. Thursday it will be called.

[FlyWithKamala @flywithkamala]

Kamala’s great nieces are too stinkin cute in this GOTV video. Vote for AUNTIE.