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[ZP @zzpat15]

This made me tear up

[Stanford University @Stanford]

The most important briefings of the day.

Karl Deisseroth, professor of bioengineering and of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, shares the news of his Nobel Prize with his kids.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity.

[Elizabeth Williamson @NYTLiz]

Heroes’ welcome last night for the National Symphony Orchestra, opening its 96th season, outside its padlocked Kennedy Center home. The show goes on, in venues across the region.

[ZP @zzpat15]

@duolingo Thank you! I’m sure it’s a coincidence but it’s back to the normal icon finally and I’m glad to have that miserable melting thing gone from my Home Screen

[ZP @zzpat15]

@duolingo In celebration, could you please change your app icon? The current one is so miserable! Thanks

[ZP @zzpat15]

@whoinvitedjon Scoop paste in 1 tbsp dollops and spread out on parchment paper. Into the freezer. Then store in a container or baggie. Use as needed

[ZP @zzpat15]

Playing after a while…
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[chris evans @notcapnamerica]

“Your item has shipped”

BITCH IS IT REALLY SHIPPED OR DID YOU JUST PRINT THE LABEL?

[Jerome Adams @JeromeAdamsMD]

When you say hello or thank you to someone in Spanish, and they immediately start speaking to you as if you’re fluent… which you are most definitely not…

[ZP @zzpat15]

@skominers I cannot tell you how invested I am in these stolen KitKats 😂 imagine…somewhere out there is a criminal mastermind sitting on a mountain of chocolate wafers…. It’s a movie waiting to be made

[American Bird Conservancy @ABCbirds]

🥇 We aren't saying Alysa Liu "Stole the Look" from the White-crowned Sparrow, but we aren't not saying it either. Congrats on an epic win!

Learn how to help birds on and off the ice on our blog:
https://t.co/Mf2aH0C7jO

[Apolo Anton Ohno @ApoloOhno]

Ilia Malinin: 15 consecutive wins. The only human to land a quad Axel. So much hype and the spotlight was bright.

But tonight at the moment that mattered most:

8th place

His words: "It was definitely mental."

That's honesty & ownership. And it takes a hell of a lot of courage to say that than to make excuses.

Every Olympics, the "destined" champion faces THIS moment. A decade of prep. One performance. The body is ready - but did anyone prepare the mind for THAT pressure?

The inner game is still the most underutilized edge in sport.

Ilia is only 21. He'll be back & he will face the fire once again. I was cheering for him tonight, and I’ll be there when he comes back again.

[NBC Olympics & Paralympics @NBCOlympics]

Olympic sportsmanship at its finest. 🙌 #WinterOlympics

[Bear Of The Day! @BearOTD_]

Lots of people suggesting 747 should join the NFL draft, so I should clarify that that the only team he is open to playing for is @ChicagoBears

[Elmo @elmo]

That Bunny was AMAZING. Elmo thinks he should be called Good Bunny! Elmo loves you, Mr. Good Bunny! ❤️🎶🐰

[ZP @zzpat15]

Funny

[Sandra Boynton @SandyBoynton]

This is the ideal Sunday to appreciate exotic wildlife. #superbowl #buffalowings #badbunny #seahawks

[ZP @zzpat15]

We are going backwards!

[NBC News @NBCNews]

Health officials in New Mexico are warning against consuming raw dairy products after a newborn baby in the state died from a listeria infection that they say was likely contracted when the baby's mother drank raw milk during pregnancy. https://t.co/IrpNL3sO9z

[ZP @zzpat15]

This!

[james hong @jhong]

<random stream of consciousness rant>

My kids are Asian American.

They play the piano but I presume it does nothing for their college apps. A bazillion people play the piano, it isn't differentiating. I made my kids take piano lessons to learn at an early age that doing new things is hard and frustrating, but if they work hard and practice a lot, it gets easier and then it's fun for life. It's a life lesson, not a grinding thing. They could have learned this by doing lots of other things too, but I also love music and that I can play anything by ear, and I wanted them to have that too.

I make my kids care a lot about their grades, because I want them to care about anything they spend their time doing and to learn to try their absolute best at anything they do. It doesn't matter to me if their grades suck as long as they put in real effort. That's not grinding, that's just a life lesson about giving a shit about what you spend your time on. My daughter loves to sing and dance now, odds are it's not a career for her but she tries her absolute best and I know where she got that from.

People think Asian parents just care about the outcome of getting into college or landing some white collar career. Maybe it's true for other Asian parents, I don't know. For me I want them to grind on the things they care about because learning the process of grinding will make them better at whatever they end up wanting to do , whatever it is. I don't want to raise a bunch of whiners who don't put in the work and then expect participation trophies.

Odds are so stacked against my kids getting into a top school anyway, especially for my son who likes stem stuff. I tell him he should just go to community college or even skip college and just learn whatever he needs to learn using books/internet/AI and finding a grunt job in the industry to get experience. Truth is there is a possibility all the jobs as we know it won't even exist because of AI, so really I think people are giving way too much a shit about something that might not even matter in the future. I primarily want my kids to go to a good college just so they can find smart lifelong friends.

Mainly I want them to find things in life that they would do for free, and figure out a way to turn those things into their career. Really the truly scarce resource is time not money. I don't want them to find ways to make money I want them to find ways to happily spend their time.

My kids are creative, don't know what these people are talking about when they say my kids get good grades so they must just be robots that memorize shit and don't really understand things well enough to be creative at anything. I myself had a 4.6 in high school, took 8 or 9 Apps that I got 5s on, had high SAT scores, went to Berkeley where I got an award as the top overall engineering graduate. Six years later Entertainment Weekly had me on a list of the top 100 most creative people in entertainment. Am I that creative? Probably not, but anyone making the statement Asians aren't creative can tell me what publication called them creative.

All this "Asians are xyz" shit is really tiresome... and for the record my kids don't cheat they sometimes get lousy scores, and then I spend a lot of time and effort trying to help them. I try very hard to instill in them that they should never lie and that cheating is just cheating themselves because the grades don't matter but not learning things does. I'm honest with people, I try to be nice, I help people whenever I can

We volunteer to help people, and my kids will not start a bogus club or nonprofit.

These are my values. They don't sound to me like all the weird shit I've seen posted, making presumptions about us because we are of Asian descent. If you don't like how I raise my kids and don't want your kids near mine, that is your right and absolutely fine. Do what you want, but stop thinking you know shit about me, and for the love of God, stop whining. ✌️

[ZP @zzpat15]

Happy Birthday Elmo!!!

[Elmo @elmo]

TODAY IS ELMO'S BIRTHDAY!!!! ❤️🎉🥳🎁🎈🪩🎊🎂👏⭐️🧁