James Nicholas

Professional kid.

[James Nicholas @z_man_95]

@OfAthenry Arnie Grape said it best.

[James Nicholas @z_man_95]

@rpernett @AnatoliUkraine starSHIELD was used, not starLINK.

[James Nicholas @z_man_95]

@mooseincrisis I live in the back of the woodlands.

[Rabbi Jeff @RabbiJeffx]

OMG!!! INSANE

𝗫 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗗 𝗠𝗬 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗔𝗦 𝗛𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗘𝗖𝗛 for using Grok to expose a Jewish man’s fabricated 𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗖𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗩𝗜𝗩𝗢𝗥 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬.

𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗜𝗦 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔 𝗙𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗛𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗘𝗖𝗛?

[James Nicholas @z_man_95]

@LucilleGall75 @RepJayapal No, we just elect them.

[FeelGoodThoughts @feelgoodtale]

My son announced on Tuesday evening, during dinner, that for Halloween he wanted to dress up as a fart.

I literally almost choked on the water I was drinking. He’s six years old. He was just sitting there, serious, with spaghetti sauce on his chin, saying: “I want to be a big brown fart cloud.” My husband looked at me like it was my job to handle the situation. I didn’t know what to say. Where do kids even get these ideas? I told him absolutely not. To pick something normal — a superhero, a dinosaur, anything else. He made that stubborn face that means “he’s never going to let this go.”

He started explaining to me, with the utmost seriousness, that farts are funny, that everyone would laugh, and that it would be the best costume ever. I was exhausted after work, my head was pounding, and I lost my patience. I said: fine. You want to be a fart? Make it yourself. I’ll help you find the materials, but the rest is up to you. I thought he’d give up after ten minutes. He didn’t.
He spent the next three days in the living room, working with brown and beige fabrics I helped him order, because apparently he needed “fart-colored tulle” — a phrase I never thought I’d say. He watched tutorials on my phone about how to gather fabric, asked me for help with the knots, but insisted on arranging every single layer himself. He got frustrated twice, was close to crying, but kept going. His little hands working carefully, his tongue between his teeth as he focused.

Yesterday he finished. He put it on and strutted around the house, proudly showing it off to his father and grandmother, who both looked absolutely stunned. I thought I’d be embarrassed, but instead I felt a strange pride. My son said he wanted to be a fart, I told him to figure it out himself, and he… actually did it.

He’s been sleeping in it for two nights. Two neighbors have already asked if I can make one for their kids, too. I told them he’s taking orders now. Eight dollars per cloud. He’s never been so confident in his life.

[Brivael Le Pogam @brivael]

Dans 50 ans, les livres d'histoire diront qu'Elon Musk a gagné une guerre que personne ne savait qu'on était en train de perdre.

Une guerre commencée il y a 100 ans, dans une cellule de prison italienne.

En 1926, Mussolini fait arrêter un intellectuel sarde de 35 ans. Au procès, le procureur aurait dit : « Nous devons empêcher ce cerveau de fonctionner pendant vingt ans. »

Il s'appelait Antonio Gramsci.

Son cerveau n'a jamais cessé de fonctionner. En prison, il a rempli des milliers de pages qui sont devenues l'un des textes politiques les plus influents du XXe siècle. Je pense qu'on est en train de vivre le moment où sa théorie s'effondre.

Laissez-moi vous expliquer.

Gramsci se posait une question simple. Pourquoi la révolution communiste a-t-elle réussi en Russie mais échoué partout en Occident ?

Sa réponse : en Occident, le pouvoir ne tient pas seulement par l'État, la police et l'armée. Il tient par la culture. Par ce que les gens trouvent normal, évident, « de bon sens ». Il appelle ça l'hégémonie culturelle.

Donc, pour prendre le pouvoir, il ne faut pas d'abord prendre le palais. Il faut d'abord prendre les esprits. Les écoles. Les universités. Les journaux. Le théâtre. L'édition. Les tribunaux. C'est la « guerre de position » : une conquête lente, institution par institution. Quand la culture a basculé, la politique suit toute seule.

Quarante ans plus tard, l'activiste allemand Rudi Dutschke en fera un slogan : la longue marche à travers les institutions.

Pendant des décennies, on a vécu avec une énigme que personne n'arrivait vraiment à expliquer.

Pourquoi presque tous les artistes sont-ils de gauche ? Les acteurs, les chanteurs, les profs, les journalistes, une bonne partie de la magistrature. Pourquoi un pays pouvait voter à droite élection après élection et voir quand même sa culture parler d'une seule voix ?

On nous répondait : « c'est parce que les gens éduqués sont de gauche. »

Je crois que la réponse est plus simple. Gramsci avait écrit la recette, et elle a été appliquée. Quand tu contrôles qui obtient la subvention, le poste, la bonne critique, le prix, l'invitation sur le plateau, tu contrôles ce qui devient « la culture ».

La même énigme existait à l'échelle du monde.

Pourquoi tant de pays en développement, notamment en Amérique latine, revotaient-ils encore et encore pour des gouvernements socialistes ou de gauche radicale ? Venezuela, Bolivie, Nicaragua, l'Argentine des Kirchner, la Colombie de Petro. L'économie s'effondrait, les cartels prospéraient, le chaos s'installait. Et pourtant le même vote revenait.

Ma conviction : la pauvreté n'était pas un accident du système. C'était un électorat. Et autour, il y avait tout un écosystème d'ONG, de médias « indépendants » et de programmes de « société civile », financé en grande partie par l'argent occidental.

Puis, début 2025, il s'est passé quelque chose que personne n'avait jamais osé faire.

Elon et DOGE ont ouvert les livres de USAID. Une agence quasi intouchable depuis 1961, des dizaines de milliards de dollars par an. La grande majorité des programmes ont été coupés, et l'agence a été absorbée par le Département d'État.

Le robinet a été fermé.

Et regardez ce qui s'est passé depuis.

Bolivie : le MAS perd le pouvoir après presque vingt ans. Équateur : Noboa réélu. Honduras : la droite reprend le pays. Chili : Kast élu. Argentine : Milei remporte largement les élections de mi-mandat.

Et il y a deux jours, le Brésil.

Jair Bolsonaro est inéligible, condamné à 27 ans de prison. La gauche pensait avoir refermé le chapitre. Lula, 80 ans, briguait un quatrième mandat face à un pays qu'on disait acquis.

Dimanche, son fils Flávio est arrivé en tête du premier tour. Plus de 47 % contre près de 45 % pour Lula. Lula lui-même a reconnu un résultat « inattendu ».

Le plus grand pays d'Amérique latine est à un second tour de basculer.

Le plus grand virage à droite du continent depuis des décennies.

Coïncidence ? Je ne crois pas. Quand le financement disparaît, le récit perd ses haut-parleurs.

Il reste un dernier vrai bastion. L'Europe.

Bruxelles finance ses propres réseaux d'ONG, avec une opacité que même la Cour des comptes européenne a pointée. Les grandes fondations comme l'Open Society de Soros. Les entités supranationales qui produisent de la norme sans jamais passer devant un électeur.

C'est la dernière forteresse de l'hégémonie culturelle. Et elle commence à se fissurer.

Je suis convaincu que tout ça va s'effondrer, et plus vite qu'on ne le pense.

Gramsci avait raison sur un point essentiel : la culture précède la politique. Mais il avait oublié que ça marche dans les deux sens. Quand une culture artificielle perd ses perfusions, ce qu'il y a de vrai en dessous remonte à la surface.

Ce qui vient après, je crois que c'est une renaissance. Une culture qui recommence à aimer la beauté, l'ambition, la science, la civilisation qui l'a fait naître.

Et dans les livres d'histoire, on se souviendra que tout a commencé quand un homme a décidé de regarder les comptes.

Il fallait quelqu'un d'assez riche pour ne dépendre de personne, d'assez fou pour s'y attaquer et d'assez libre pour encaisser la haine qui allait suivre.

Merci Elon.

[Justin Brave💡 @justinbrave21]

50 legendary internet rabbit holes you can spend hours exploring👇

1. https://t.co/BKQKtCoHx7 — Watch the world via live satellite imagery
2. https://t.co/skHM6ihO1M — See every plane currently in the sky
3. https://t.co/3wHLr5BTqs — Track all ships at sea in real time
4. https://t.co/wneZoYkXVV — Live map of winds and storms
5. https://t.co/th5qTv4uYt — Watch lightning strikes hitting Earth in real time
6. https://t.co/ugJruuA2MX — Live list of recent earthquakes
7. https://t.co/KjzFm8Mv5H — Ocean cables carrying the internet
8. https://t.co/ihBKAFPlqM — Watch forests disappear from space
9. https://t.co/QO76fqkPBq — The world's statistics, second by second
10. https://t.co/6aNOFkpEaE — Current number of tweets and searches being posted
11. https://t.co/Ng5YgeOtoO — Compare the true sizes of countries
12. https://t.co/8nxdhZQnea — Maps from centuries ago
13. https://t.co/KxBUC8vkvs — Archive of 150,000 historical maps
14. https://t.co/jCKAhsYH7r — World map drawn by volunteers
15. https://t.co/d5QWs5njpu — Look out the window of a random person around the world
16. https://t.co/RKjjmyqV5D — Virtual walks through cities
17. https://t.co/foY7sojylA — Teleport to a random spot on Earth
18. https://t.co/ZJ889iuSUd — Catalog of the world's strangest places
19. https://t.co/wVGZkiJ20o — Interactive knowledge experiences
20. https://t.co/j1VNMfYDcy — Scale journey from atom to universe (Updated HTML5 link)
21. https://t.co/CvOBtl9Vm8 — Explore the solar system in 3D
22. https://t.co/RnlofaWs0Q — Real sky map in your browser
23. https://t.co/1PlQgAjbMU — NASA's astronomy picture of the day
24. https://t.co/2RuTZvWdt3 — NASA's entire visual archive, free
25. https://t.co/beEkHBgT5l — Visual articles told through data
26. https://t.co/RMccQyBARG — The state of the world with real data
27. https://t.co/gNH6mlzyjF — What we mistakenly think we know about the world
28. https://t.co/ZrVElnYKY2 — Visualizing complex data
29. https://t.co/ahtXNpo1de — World Bank's open data
30. https://t.co/ShMYouw5GP — Turkey's official statistics database
31. https://t.co/GqEd2SxdGe — Archive of millions of books, films, and software
32. https://t.co/8ijFqv85Ff — 70,000 free books whose copyrights have expired
33. https://t.co/Gt6dp7gGNG — Record of every book in the world
34. https://t.co/LogFrI4LvX — U.S. Library of Congress digital archive
35. https://t.co/O9XxbTPkbZ — Europe's cultural heritage archive
36. https://t.co/lQg0HnHYrx — America's digital library collection
37. https://t.co/TcOIZ5l4tt — Tour museums from home
38. https://t.co/6wMBrfTaPl — Download artworks in high resolution
39. https://t.co/trYjdzxThm — Archive of 250,000 artworks
40. https://t.co/Jgz9Abg2UC — Forgotten visual treasures of history
41. https://t.co/y4axNFEMBi — Free archive of culture and education
42. https://t.co/wkw7PgTFlB — Met Museum's open collection
43. https://t.co/AZ98yxOlXC — Family tree of music genres
44. https://t.co/UWyCzSQMRQ — Pick a country and decade to listen to that era
45. https://t.co/Q0NMpm9XqQ — Turn Wikipedia edits into audio
46. https://t.co/lT2YvOjawm — Random knowledge well
47. https://t.co/tukI2JCMXp — Time, sunrises, and sky events
48. https://t.co/A8xsuxYqHd — Live stream of science news
49. https://t.co/RrqPEgwNK3 — Free preprints of scientific papers
50. https://t.co/4ZyBN6Hpdk — Visualize data with live code

Save this. You’ll definitely need some of these later. 🔖

Follow @justinbrave21 for more useful websites, AI tools & tech resources.

[James Nicholas @z_man_95]

@ChattyTexan Shamrock, pop. 1700 has three Indian restaurants.
Blew my mind.

[Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 @FmrRepMTG]

🚨 Former IRS Special Agent Joe Banister says he hasn’t filed a federal income tax return since after 1998. He isn't in jail.

Joe Banister shares his account of leaving the IRS in 1999, being indicted in 2004 on charges tied to amended returns he prepared for a client, and being acquitted on all four counts in 2005. He also discusses his book, his views on how the tax code defines key terms, and his claims about IRS computer systems. Joe and I also talk about the national debt and why we believe Americans should stay informed and engaged with their government.
Visit https://t.co/rbjh4l5mzn for the TRUTH behind taxes.

Watch the full interview 👇

[Dr. Simon @goddek]

Netanyahu is openly bragging about being able to hack any phone while threatening to plant false evidence on the phones of people who criticize Israel. These people are a danger to Western society. Very concerning.

[Jelly 果冻糕 @jellyjellycake]

how can you not believe in God when octopuses DREAM and otters have a favorite rock they carry around in a little SKIN POCKET and cows have BEST FRIENDS and bees are out there communicating the coordinates of flowers through INTERPRETIVE DANCE and they have REGIONAL DIALECTS??

cats are PURRING at frequencies associated with bone healing??? forests get absolutely incinerated and respond by growing FLOWERS??? dolphins literally invent NAMES for themselves and yell them across the ocean??? penguins are waddling around Antarctica looking for the PERFECT LITTLE ROCK to give their beloved???

CROWS REMEMBER YOUR FACE. THEY TELL OTHER CROWS ABOUT YOU. THEY TELL THEIR CHILDREN ABOUT YOU. YOU CAN HAVE GENERATIONAL BEEF WITH A BIRD.

goats have ACCENTS. rats GIGGLE when you tickle them. elephants mourn their dead. whales make SONGS and then OTHER WHALES LEARN THE SONG and suddenly everybody across the ocean is singing the new hit single.

monarch butterflies are born knowing how to fly thousands of miles to a place THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN. sea turtles hatch out of an egg, immediately sprint toward an OCEAN they have never seen, disappear into it for like THIRTY YEARS and then somehow come back to THE SAME BEACH???

birds can see COLORS THAT WE CANNOT SEE. there are colors happening RIGHT NOW that we don’t even get to know about.

there are sea slugs that eat algae and STEAL ITS CHLOROPLASTS and then are just like great thanks I’ll be PHOTOSYNTHESIZING NOW. there are mushrooms communicating underground. there are seeds sitting in the dirt for DECADES like no actually I will wait.

squirrels plant MILLIONS OF TREES because they simply cannot remember where they put their snacks.

A CATERPILLAR GOES INTO A LITTLE BAG, DISSOLVES MOST OF ITS BODY INTO ORGANIC SOUP, REARRANGES ITSELF, GROWS WINGS AND LEAVES.

and you’re telling me a tiny acorn knows how to become a 70-foot oak tree??? nobody tells it what to do??? it just has TREE INSTRUCTIONS INSIDE IT???

your body started as ONE CELL. ONE. and that cell divided itself into a brain that can think about its own existence and eyes that can look at stars and hands that can hold somebody else’s hands and a heart that runs on ELECTRICITY without you even asking it to???

the iron in your BLOOD was made inside a STAR.

I’M SORRY?????

we are walking around on a wet rock covered in bioluminescent oceans and singing whales and laughing rats and birds holding lifelong grudges and flowers exploding out of FIRE and somehow we’re supposed to act like this is a normal place to live?????????

[0️⃣BlackBetty ⚓️ @BabyD1111229]

Me: "May I please have the package insert for the flu vaccine?"

Rite-Aid Pharmacist: "Why?"

Me: "So I can read it."

P: "Which one?"

Me: "The one advertised with the little banners on every aisle."

P: "I will print you the information sheet."

Me: "No, that's not the same thing."

P: "What do you want to know? I can tell you."

Me: "I would just like to read the whole thing before I consider getting one...side effects, contraindications, effectiveness, ingredients like mercury."

P: "I don't think I have any. Let me check. (checks) Sorry, I can't give you one until the box is empty, because it has to stay in the box. And there isn't any thimerisol in the single dose flu shot any more. I can print you the information sheet."

Pharmacy co-worker with big smile at me: "Hi, I found one." (hands insert to me)

***

Here are some things in the insert not on the store's sheet:

1. The single dose vial contains mercury at ≤1mcg (This is called a "trace amount" by the industry.) The multi-vial contains 25 mcg.

2. People with egg allergies are contraindicated.

3. "Safety and effectiveness have not been established in pregnant women, nursing mothers and children under four. There are no adequate and well-controlled studies in pregnant women. This vaccine should be used during pregnancy only if clearly needed. It is not known whether fluvarin is excreted in human milk."

4. "Fluvarin has not been evaluated for carcinogenic or mutagenic potential, or for impairment of fertility."

5. "Antibody response is low in the geriatric population."

6. "Serious reactions, including anaphylactic shock, have been observed."

7. "There are no data to assess the concomitant administration of flu vaccine with other vaccines."

8. "The vaccine has been associated with an increased frequency of Guillain-Barre syndrome."

9. "In some studies, fluvarin protected up to 50% of subjects."

With love to those who read this far. Please share. 👊🏼

No one needs a #Flu shot!
(It unalived my mom…)

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[James Nicholas @z_man_95]

@Apple Who makes the micro chip?

[Steve 🇺🇸 @SteveLovesAmmo]

5 rules that you should live by:

1. If Bill Gates is involved, stay away from it.

2. If the CDC/FDA says it’s safe, it’s not.

3. If the media tells you something, it’s a lie.

4. If the government makes a law to help you, it will only hurt you.

5. All taxation is fraudulent theft.