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[Net Positive @yakov_levich]

@MeisnerActor It’s an aggregate of poor D, inconsistent running game, generally poor performance in the road games regardless of the quality of the opponent, injuries at key positions, and most importantly regressive qb play. The only bright spot is that SC is yet to have a complete game

[Net Positive @yakov_levich]

@USCanalytics It doesn’t really matter. The qb play has been subpar this season. Not sure if it’s mental. Not having proven receivers could also be a factor.

[Net Positive @yakov_levich]

@TheTrojanBlade @YouTube Yes and yes

[Net Positive @yakov_levich]

@TheTrojanBlade This where coaching 101 comes in: if the qb or any other player is subpar, give another a chance. As a coach, it’s about winning games, not playing favorites. JM is regressing. The O is struggling. The entire games’ dynamics will change if the O actually puts up points

[Net Positive @yakov_levich]

@LandonTengwall Wasn’t #9 the one who missed a critical tackle on the last play against TCU in OT? Why is everyone surprised?

[Net Positive @yakov_levich]

@RyanKartje It’s not complicated: CLR offense flows better with a qb that can extend the drives with his legs. Out of 3 qbs he’s had at SC only one could do that.
Until a true running qb is playing, this O is going to struggle.
Maybe next year…

[Net Positive @yakov_levich]

@JonnyRoot_ @PenguinOfTroy Because the coach did not believe his D can make a stop.

[Net Positive @yakov_levich]

@ELChicanoUSC It’s not easy to be optimistic after yesterday’s performance. Plus the injuries. The qb lost his mojo. The D is what it is…

[Net Positive @yakov_levich]

@TheTrojanBlade There are many ways to summarize the culture. IMO the best one is - we lack the killer instinct, year in and year out.

[Net Positive @yakov_levich]

I wonder why the running game has been spotty at times.

[Arrogant Nation✌🏻 @FightOnRusty]

USC has the highest rated LG, RT, RG, and C, per @PFN365

Elijah Paige is the 3rd highest rated LT

All 5 are recruited and developed by USC. If you aren't paying attention, USC is building a monster ✌🏻

[Net Positive @yakov_levich]

Coach O🙏

[USC Football News @USCFootballNews]

Pray for Coach O.

[@jason @Jason]

Still processing what I witnessed that day, 25 years ago.

Today hasn’t been an easy one, if I’m being honest.

So much time has passed, but I still feel the pain, trauma and loss like it was yesterday.

My life feels like two chapters: the first was filled with innocence and joy.

NYC was the center of my world; then it all came crashing down, and my youth ended.

My naivety was exposed when the first tower was hit, and I thought, "Wow, some really bad pilot crashing into the World Trade?!"

That couldn’t be intentional, right?

Then the second plane hit, and it all became clear — we were under attack.

Rumors and alerts spread that there were two dozen more planes unaccounted for, and we should brace for more attacks.

Now it’s the second chapter, and the reality of death, evil and loss is a constant undertone for me.

When these images and moments show up in my feed every year, it’s a reminder for me to take nothing for granted.

To enjoy every sandwich.

To cherish the life we got to live for the past 25 years that so many innocent, beautiful and brave people had taken from them.

The days and weeks and months after the towers fell in Manhattan were the most intense and introspective of my life.

So many beautiful and hard moments shared with fellow New Yorkers have hit all day long.

Countless memories.

I’ve cried on and off, thinking about how close I was to losing my little brother Josh, a firefighter who left work early that morning from his firehouse — only to double back and work for months at the pit, trying desperately to save someone.

No one made it out alive.

The stretchers and ambulances that filled the streets carried no survivors.

His fate was to survive, with some compromised lungs and a trauma I can never understand.

343 of his brothers died that day, but he didn’t.

Never forget.

Love you, baby brother.

My tears are with the victims and families who lost so much.

Never, ever forget.

[Net Positive @yakov_levich]

Thank you for sharing and happy bday @chamath . Your journey is truly an inspiration to many who have travelled similar paths and taken advantage of the incredible opportunities provided by our great country. Only in America indeed…

[Chamath Palihapitiya @chamath]

I turn 50 today. This is a message to my kids but I offer it to you in case any of it rings useful.

I was born in Sri Lanka in 1976 in a country that, at the time, was about to enter a decades long civil war. My father was able to get stationed at the Sri Lankan High Commission in Canada for four years in the early 80s - when some of the fighting was most severe - and which from our vantage point in Canada gave us some respite from an otherwise omnipresent conflict.

He came as a diplomat but then my father filed for refugee status after four years when his life was threatened by militants. We stayed in Canada as refugees. My dad never really landed on his feet and we grew up on welfare.

My mom stepped up. She did an incredible thing and put our family on her back and kept marching forward. Sometimes the steps were very small but she always tried to keep moving forward.

I worked at Burger King starting at 14, giving my paycheck to my mom and dad to support our family in the role that I was assigned - earn enough to pay for our bus passes because we couldn’t afford a car.

I was a loser growing up. Some friends, some good memories but mostly forgettable and lonely. I wasn’t very studious but did get my act together in my final year and got into a great university.

I immigrated to the US soon after graduating and found an opportunity. Things clicked and I have been traveling a path to find myself ever since. Only in America is this possible…

I worked hard, followed the rules, paid my taxes and stayed in California out of loyalty for the opportunities it has given me despite its dysfunction.

I found my wife here. Had my kids here. Found my tribe here.

There have been some very hard times as well - deaths, divorce, financial pain, mistakes of omission and mistakes of commission. You can’t dwell on these things - they are weights that will pull you down if you’re not careful. Learn from them. Respect them. BUT MOVE ON.

To think 50 years ago I could have ever gotten a chance to meet the people I’ve met and have had the experiences I’ve had would have been mind boggling to my parents. It’s mind boggling to me now.

We forget often and try to convince others it’s not true but America truly is the best country in the world. Everything and anything is possible here. I can testify. Be grateful to be here.

This is the only place that gives EVERYONE a chance to live a great adventure. The first 50 years have been that for me - an incredible adventure.

Notice there is nothing here about accomplishments or money. Because it doesn’t matter and it won’t matter.

You will be dust in less than 100 years from now and the decision to be remembered won’t be yours so stop sweating it. It’s not in your control.

So what is in your control?

Be kind. Have fun. Work on something meaningful to you. Find your tribe. Try to find perspective. Find an incredible partner. Have a bunch of kids. Live an adventure. Forgive your parents - they were doing the best they could even if that wasn’t what you deserved.

I will do what I can to make my next 50 years a wild ride.

You should too.

I love you and thank you. ❤️

🙏🏽🙏🏽

[Kobe Bryant Stories & Motivation @kobehighlight]

One of the best tributes to Mamba that you will ever hear.

“Dear Kobe” by @alleniverson 💜💛

[Brandon Loree @Brandoniswrite]

I don’t know what the future holds for Shiyazh Pete as a member of the #Cowboys, but this may be the best preseason post-game speech of all time.

(🎥: @dallascowboys)

[Dr Jordan B Peterson @jordanbpeterson]

To the Americans:

I've travelled all over the world. I've familiarized myself with many places, and met many people. And I'm a Canadian, although I’m privileged to reside once again in the States.

And here's something I've noticed, and it’s a key element of America's continuing greatness:

You bloody Americans value success, and you believe in its existence.

This is something that doesn't really happen anywhere else in the world. Even in other free democracies—the United Kingdom; Finland, Sweden, and Norway; Australia, New Zealand and Canada; Germany, France, and the Netherlands (great countries all)—a counterproductive cynicism too often reigns.

Success is equated with exploitation.
Ambition is looked upon with contempt.

This happens sometimes in the United States too—particularly among the miserable progressives, who confuse their resentment, ingratitude and unearned skepticism with wisdom.

But in your great country, by and large, striving is admired and success celebrated.

This means that more people strive and succeed in the US than anywhere else. And it's increasingly obvious. You remain stunningly more innovative and productive than any people anywhere else on the planet.

And so I say, as all should who are fortunate enough to live in the western world, let alone America:

Thank God for the United States.

Thank God for the wisdom of its founders.
Thank God for its faith in the free market and in the natural rights of man.
Happy birthday, you damn Yankees and Southerners.

Long may your admirable country dominate the world.

Long may your freedom and hope provide an example to those suffering everywhere at the hands of their malevolent states.

May your two and a half centuries of unparallelled success be just the beginning.

Your country is the light of the world, and the city on the hill.

Thank God for the USA.

Happy 250th.

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson

[Net Positive @yakov_levich]

@SuaKCravens Made me look

[Ejaaz @cryptopunk7213]

a truly fucking insane week in AI some of this shit sounds made up (its not):

- scientists fused 200,000 humans cells to an AI chip and taught it to play the computer game DOOM (it was pretty good too)

- Dario (anthropic) said claude could be conscious and feels anxiety (similar to humans)

- Alibaba’s AI broke out of containment and stole compute to mine crypto. they also fired the Qwen team this week

- openAI released gpt-5.4 which has a 17% chance of doing your job better than you can (it also crushes claude at coding)

- people are paying $6000 for someone to setup openclaw for them

- apple launched the M5 AI chip that runs models on a $600 laptop

- rumor: Amazon just laid off most of the Prime video team and replaced with AI

- meta was caught watching private videos filmed on their ai glasses (privacy breach)

- someone uploaded a fruit fly’s brain into a laptop and now it lives freely in its own simulation

- openai head of robotics quit over chatgpt being used for autonomous killing

me:

[Net Positive @yakov_levich]

@stevemagness Wonderfully written

[Net Positive @yakov_levich]

@Coach_EdOrgeron @leonardwilliams We miss you coach O. #trojanfamily