Tom McDonnell

[Tom McDonnell @tmcdonnell]

@Antunes1 France isn’t just importing footballers — it’s exporting them. Roughly 75 players born on French soil are playing for other countries at this tournament. Nearly one in twelve players in the entire World Cup came out of France. France is THE global supplier of talent.

[Tom McDonnell @tmcdonnell]

Boston Dynamics CEO: America's next 250 years will be built by robots. Here's what's standing in the way | Fortune https://t.co/A01WNtrJKs

[Tom McDonnell @tmcdonnell]

Great example of a new generation in Europe.
Norway World Cup goalscorer Nusa's dual-national story https://t.co/p5lmjHZdKr

[Tom McDonnell @tmcdonnell]

The World Cup didn’t move anyone. It just shows us how the planet rearranged itself — and reminds us that the children of that rearrangement are now the ones in charge. Their parents crossed borders. They get to choose who to play for. And that is the vote that truly counts.

[Tom McDonnell @tmcdonnell]

What the World Cup Tells Us About a Generation of Migration Hand a sociologist a government census and they can tell you where people live. Hand them a World Cup roster and they can tell you something better, where the world's people went, and what their children decided to do

[Tom McDonnell @tmcdonnell]

Lay it all side by side and the World Cup becomes the most honest headcount we have. A census tells you where a person sleeps. A team sheet tells you who he could have played for and who he chose. It maps both the old routes and something newer: belonging has gone plural.

[Tom McDonnell @tmcdonnell]

@adam_purner I was there and you captured it perfectly, an amazing event.

[Tom McDonnell @tmcdonnell]

@uscfan981 1980s All-Decade Team by WAR
C: Gary Carter
1B: Eddie Murray
2B: Lou Whitaker
3B: Mike Schmidt
SS: Cal Ripken Jr.
LF: Rickey Henderson
CF: Robin Yount
RF: Andre Dawson / Dale Murphy
Rotation: Stieb, Clemens, Blyleven, Welch, Valenzuela
Closer: Smith #MLB #80sBaseball

[Tom McDonnell @tmcdonnell]

@VinnysCorner1 Bill Lee

[Tony Robbins @TonyRobbins]

Reminder: class is in session. It's called LIFE. Don’t waste a minute.

— from Saint-Tropez, with love

[Nav Toor @heynavtoor]

A scientist in Denmark figured out how to make Claude prepare his job applications. He open-sourced the whole thing.

His name is Mads Lorentzen. He is a PhD geophysicist. He built it on top of Claude Code and released it under MIT license.

Here is what it does. You fork the repo, fill in your background once, and it runs a five-step pipeline for every job you want to apply to.

Step 1. It reads the job posting and scores how well you fit.

Step 2. It drafts a tailored CV in LaTeX, picking only the experience that matches.

Step 3. It writes a cover letter framed around what you would bring to the role.

Step 4. A second AI agent reviews the first agent's work, points out weaknesses, and the first agent revises.

Step 5. It compiles both into clean PDFs you can send.

The whole thing is a folder of markdown files. The candidate profile, the writing style rules, the CV templates, the interview prep notes. Every step is plain text you can read and change.

The job portal search is built for Danish boards. The application workflow itself works for any country.

489 stars. 270 forks. A fork-to-star ratio that high means people are using it, not only bookmarking.

Mads is not a startup founder. He built this because he needed it for himself, then shared it.

This is the future of job hunting. Not a service you pay for. A workflow you own.

(Link in the comments)

[Khairallah AL-Awady @eng_khairallah1]

Eric Schmidt (ex-Google CEO): “if you really want to make money, it’s actually easy. found an agentic AI company.”

If I had only 30 days to do that , I'd begin here and save this:

Agent Architecture
https://t.co/Xyy3e9AjAQ

Claude Code 101:
https://t.co/tZbHeRDWkj

Claude Code in Action:
https://t.co/RDYEVbydhW

Prompt engineering (official):
https://t.co/aYQzAWmObh

Interactive prompt tutorial (hands-on):
https://t.co/5k9My0hYgY

CLAUDE.md & how to give Claude memory:
https://t.co/gtmOGKAvDe

Skills, teach Claude reusable workflows:
https://t.co/DJFqh3E6OB

MCP, time connect Claude to Slack, GitHub, Drive:
https://t.co/XbRdmmcYmP

Routines (automate tasks 24/7):
https://t.co/LGbhOeWWdJ

Claude Code Ultimate Guide (community):
https://t.co/56DAmEuqH8

Awesome Claude Code (skills, hooks, plugins):
https://t.co/jUIBuxvV5K

All 13 Anthropic Academy courses (free certs):
https://t.co/rHn0gDmtGH

Claude Code full docs:
https://t.co/KYHnapDdHG

All of this is for free at $0/month

Then read this guide by this builder

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

You can crash your yard's mosquito population without spraying a single chemical with a Mosquito Bucket of Doom.

Fill a 5-gallon bucket about two-thirds with water. Drop in a handful of grass clippings, leaves, or hay. Let it sit for a day, then drop in a Bti dunk (also called Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis, sold at any hardware store as "mosquito dunks," about $10 for six).

Mosquitoes are powerfully attracted to fermenting water and will lay their eggs in your bucket. Bti is a naturally occurring soil bacterium that produces a toxin that kills mosquito, blackfly, and fungus gnat larvae only.

This method doesn't harm bees, butterflies, fireflies, fish, frogs, birds, pets, or people. BTI dunks are EPA-approved for organic use and safe in animal water troughs and birdbaths.

One dunk lasts about 30 days. Top off the water as it evaporates. Cover with 1/2-in Mesh Hardware Cloth to prevent animals from getting trapped and put the bucket somewhere shady where pets and kids won't get into it.

The bucket becomes a mosquito magnet and a dead end. Compare that to fogging the entire yard with pyrethroids, which kills every insect in it, including the predators that eat mosquitoes.

Doug Tallamy's Homegrown National Park has been running the "Mosquito Bucket Challenge" since 2021. The more buckets in a neighborhood, the bigger the dent. One bucket per yard is a great start.