Why smart people often do stupid things: Intelligence isn't a substitute for wisdom.
Intelligence is the capacity to learn. Wisdom is converting learning into good judgment.
Using brainpower requires willpower. It takes self-control to choose future gains over current impulses.
@aperrincycling
Deafening silence
As students dissemble
Puzzle pieces of text
Only to reassemble them
Into meaningful chunks
That scream understanding
To anyone who truly listens.
Jesus Christ. Listen, if your drop your kid off a boy and he comes back a girl, take that child back to school because you took home the wrong child. Enough of this bullshit! Teachers can’t even give your kid an Advil without parental consent.
BREAKING: This moment during Kamala Harris’ interview with Fox News was by far her best moment of the campaign. Retweet to make sure every American sees this powerful moment.
Trump’s Project 2025 explained hilariously, terrifyingly, and perfectly.
Trump’s Project 2025 will end America as we know it and turn it into the White Christian Nationalist version of Afghanistan.
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@aperrincycling@Spill_Words@KainAuthor@MatthewMCSmith@TopTweetTuesday I had read a lifetime ago that poetry is experience. Poetry, unlike any other type of writing, tries to break an experience down to is pure essence. You do a wonderful job of this with all your writings Andy. You freeze moments beautifully.
BREAKING: Pete just cooked JD Vance.
"He said people who don't have children have no physical commitment to the future of the country… When I was deployed to Afghanistan, especially when there was a rocket attack going on, my commitment to this country felt pretty physical." 🔥
.@PeteButtigieg: "If your party has been systematically against unions, against a higher minimum wage, against paid family leave, against overtime, then just because you found Hulk Hogan and Kid Rock and put them on a stage doesn't make you a friend of the working man."