Notre Dame QB commit Teddy Jarrard evades pressure, finds... 2027 ATH Braylon Calais for a 30-yard gain. Really well done by Jarrard here.show more

2027 Notre Dame QB commit Champ Monds (Wonderful “Champ”... Monds IV) avoids the sack and finds a way into the end zone. Extremely impressive TD from the very talented signal caller. 🎥: ESPNWestPalm on YouTubeshow more

Nutjobs want you to believe the following: A gunshot... so violent that it literally stretched of Charlie's neck and back so violently that for a moment he looked like the Hunchback of Notre Dame COULD NOT have been done with a .30-06 under ANY circumstances... But, it could DEFINITELY have been caused by a guy with a "palm gun" standing 20 feet away which produced no visible muzzle flash, no visible gas expansion, no visible recoil of any kind, and did not visibly startle the dozens of people standing in his immediate vicinity. Ian should have left his crackpipe back in Portland.show more

BMW M550d, G30/G31. Looks like a normal M-Sport 5... Series, however underneath is B57 quad-turbo diesel straight-six making 394 hp and 760 Nm of torque. That already sounds excessive. The engine isn’t just boosted. It’s been reinforced internally to handle the pressure, which is why it can deliver that kind of performance reliably. And the result is surprising. This thing moves hard Built for long distances, autobahn runs and effortless speed. 250 km/h comes quickly, and without a limiter it can push well beyond that with 280 km/h stock and here where its tuned its even further. You wouldn’t know if you have ever walked by one or one has driven past you just because it never had badges. No aggressive look like an M5 really. Debadge it, and no one can tell what it is. That’s what makes it a real sleeper.show more

The Red Sox also acquired prospect OF Carlos Gutierrez... (🔜) from the Giants in the deal that sent INF Marcelo Mayer back to the west coast. Gutierrez, 21, has been exceptional with San Francisco's High-A squad this season: ⚾️ .271 BA ⚾️ .826 OPS ⚾️ 15% BB / 20% K ⚾️ 124 wRC+ Gutierrez boasts an advanced approach at the plate, rarely chasing and limiting whiffs well. Baseball America also notes he rakes against fastballs. As far as the rest of the player? He's certainly a plus hit over power profile for now. The Red Sox have done a fantastic job of acquiring players with similar profiles, putting them on a bat speed program, and watching the EV90s (as well as SLG) take off. Enddy Azocar was one of those guys. Gutierrez is a more than capable defender in CF. He's got a good enough arm to stick there long term. He also runs very well (55-60 grade)... the 21-year-old has swiped 26 bases already this season. Gutierrez was signed by the Giants as an IAFA back in 2023 out of Mexico. He won't be Rule 5 eligible until 2027. The Red Sox lost a super high ceiling outfielder in Azocar earlier, but immediately replaced him with a sneaky good player in Gutierrez. Off the bat, I really like this acquisition and I see the vision. Good all-around tools and maybe some more pop on the way. Solid add.show more

Bryson DeChambeau’s next event after LIV Golf Andalucia is... the US Open, where he’ll attempt to win his 3rd gold medal. He spoke to Flushing It Golf at Valderrama about his preparation ahead of Shinnecock Hills and whether he feels any pressure after missing the last 2 cuts in majors: “Well, Valderrama is a ball striker's golf course. So you have to control your golf ball and hit the right shots under the gun with a lot of wind out here. It really is a great ball strikers paradise. The same as, you know, in the US Open. I think this is a great test.” Bryson shot rounds of 70, 71, 71 and 70 to finish T11 at Valderrama. Does he feel any pressure to perform after missing the cut at the Masters and the PGA Championship? “No. To be honest, missed cuts are gonna happen. I might miss all 4 of them in majors this year. That's just golf. Like, I’m playing great. I just haven't shown up when it mattered most. But I've played well out here on LIV, and I’m working on my golf swing really hard, and, I feel like it's in a really solid place. It's very close to some of my best golf ever. “Last week (in Korea) I had a great opportunity to win for the third time this year and didn't close the door. And that's just more learning, you know, if I had a little bit more knowledge of what to do in the golf swing, to get the ball to go straight in a few scenarios. I could have taken that championship down too. “So, I feel like I'm actually playing the most consistent I've ever played on LIV, which is great. And I think it's attributed to the switch to four rounds. No question.” Bryson says he’s going to head to Shinnecock early to get some extended work in and thinks it will be a huge benefit after not playing the course since the 2018 US Open. If he were to win it, he would join Tiger Woods and Hale Irwin as the only players to win 3 gold medals. It would also put him just 1 championship shy of equalling the all time US Open winners record of 4, held by Jack Nicklaus, Ben Hogan, Bobby Jones and Willie Anderson. So, as he’s a great student of golf history, does he ever think about it? “I'm very blessed to have done what I've done so far. But I'm still trying to pursue as many wins as I can, and, with the time and opportunity, I’d love to have a chance to win some more.” Bryson DeChambeau Crushers GC LIV Golf U.S. Openshow more

This was a video of Kit I had animated... with Atlabs AI in the past. I feel a bit more comfortable showing it because I have something better with similar scenes but extended, that I plan on posting later. Kit Bodega is obviously going through muscle growth here. Kit is owned by the maker of Gameoverse Rubber Ross. I really should have put Kit's arms were mechanical but oh well... Not much else that should be said, the new version that I plan on posting later has me considering a couple of ideas on how I can attempt MG content going forward. A link for the Atlabs website will be in the comments. If you have an atlabs account I hope the video I show on what models I use for my content helps you. Sorry for pushing the video creation back for September but I hope if you get adequate information it will be worth the wait. I also hope it gets some of you considering trying atlabs for Ai animations. The video I make might not cover muscle growth content but hopefully it should still help in showing how Ai video content can be directed. This video is sfw In every way. This video was animated with AtlabsAi. It was all done with Ai #AtlabsAi #musclegrowth #musclegrowthanimation #KitBodegashow more

Kerry Roberts complained about being a “victim” of “harassment”... for “the crime of telling the truth” yesterday on Good Morning America. Then she took the witness stand & admitted to lying under oath & committing perjury at a grand jury to protect Jen McCabe. The Feds are the ONLY reason we know this information. What does that tell you? These witnesses are comfortable lying under oath at the state grand jury because they know they’ve got immunity from DA Michael Morrissey’s Office. They’re protected. But suddenly, once under investigation by the Feds, and under the threat of federal perjury charges while on the witness stand at a federal grand jury, a whole lot of admissions and truth started coming out. This is also why Brian Higgins testified (at the federal grand jury) that he saw someone, that fit John O’Keefe’s criteria, enter the house. Higgins didn’t know what the Feds knew at the time, and being an ATF agent, he’s surely well aware of the fact that he could be facing prison time for lying to a federal agent. The only reason Kerry Roberts changed her testimony and told the truth—that she never heard Karen Read ask Jen McCabe to Google anything—was because she knew she no longer had the protection of her friends at the federal grand jury. This is what the general public finds so outrageous about these “witnesses”. It’s how they brazenly lie to your face to frame an innocent woman for a murder she did not commit, and then if you dare call them on it, they have to make themselves “victims” by whining and crying about “hawassment” and “witness intimidation”. The public is going to be critical and unfavorable of you when you willingly lie to coverup and frame someone else for murder. That’s a necessary age-old aspect of society called “shame”. If you don’t like it, don’t lie or do shameful things. It’s really that simple. #KarenRead #KarenReadTrial #KarenReadTrial2 #FreeKarenRead #JusticeForJohnOKeefeshow more

It's easy to make up figures, but Russia shows... you facts, what does Zelensky show to back up his claims? Nothing. For every 1 Russian casualty 20 Ukrainians fall. Russia dominates Ukraine 9 to 1 is fire power. A single FAB-3000 could eliminaтe 100+ soldiers. That's reality. You may not like it, CNN didn't say so, so that makes me wrong to you, but yet you show nothing to counter these figures. Drone warfare is fairly 1:1. Ballistic, heavy bombs, artillery is incomparable and you know it but can't accept these facts. I'm not here to celebrate over dеаd men, it hurts me to see Ukrainians dуing in such numbers. Russian soldiers are contracted, trained, well paid with high morale. Ukrainians? They are dragged off the streets into vans, 2 weeks of training if lucky and then off to the front. Do you criticize that? Or it's justified by Zelensky? Again, outside the physical domination by Russia, it is also psychologically more dominant. You either lie to yourself after reading this or you just ignorant. Western media has done more damage for the average Ukrainian than it has made gains in the PR warfare. Russia's win is slow, calculated, hold, devastate the lines and advance a few KMs. It's a conflict of attrition, many have been so brainwashed they believe the American war in Iraq is standard warfare or else Russia is losing. "Kiev in 3 days". Does Russia need to commit a genocide to win? Is that what you are asking. Be real with yourselves.show more

Where did you go, Charlie? Well, hello everyone! Yes,... it is really me. I am back! As a great number of you had noticed, I have been missing online for almost two months now. I disappeared almost as soon as the trial for the Southport Massacre ended. Public opinion and concern has been split as to why I went missing; between those who thought I had a breakdown after covering the massacre, and those who thought I had caved to government pressure to stop reporting upon the cover-up. Neither of these, thanks to the strength of public feeling and the support of my colleagues, is true. What really happened? Three days after the trial ended, my X/Twitter account was hacked. My profile remained intact; live but inactive. Except for one thing...My viral timeline of the Southport massacre had been unpinned and DELETED. This timeline had been collated on the day of Axel Rudakubana's sentencing, and detailed exactly what had taken place on that dreadful summer's day in Southport. It exposed how the UK Government had failed time and time again to prevent this monster from moving about with freedom, and what they and other authorities had done to cover-up their incompetence, and the devastating consequences of their political agenda. This timeline had been see by 50 million people within 3 days – and was recognised as one of the most authoritative records of the Southport massacre. But, just as my account was gaining momentum, and I had the platform to explore the depth of the corruption in this case – including the anti-white sentiment of Rudakubana being glossed over by the Establishment and mainstream media – this detailed timeline of evidence was deleted, and I was locked out the account until this morning. (More on this to follow.) I do not know who did this to me, or what caused X to withhold my account from me for almost two months. But there is one thing of which I am certain: Whoever did this did not want the hideous truth about the Southport Massacre in the public domain...show more

I genuinely want our 🇮🇳 economy to reach $5... trillion by 2027. But with GDP growth at 6.4% in Q2 FY26 & FII's pulling out ₹1.75 lakh crore in 2024-25, #Budget2026 on February 1st must deliver bold reforms ! 📈 👉Sharing my 7 critical expectations from our FM Nirmala Sitharaman ji 👇.. 📊 Cut LTCG tax back to 10% & double exemption to ₹2.5 lakh 12.5% tax is killing long term returns for every equity investor. Before July 2024 we paid only 10% above ₹1 lakh & people stayed invested happily. Government hiked it suddenly & broke confidence. Roll back to 10% now. Raise exemption from ₹1.25 lakh to ₹2.5 lakh so small SIP guys with ₹10k-20k monthly build wealth without tax on modest gains. Foreigners pulled ₹1.6 lakh crore in 2024-25 partly due to this. Want them back? Stop squeezing returns & protect investors. 📊 Bring STCG tax down from 20% to 15% Jump from 15% to 20% in July 2024 was brutal. Short term traders pay 33% more tax now. Volumes crashed & retail participation dropped hard in late 2024. Less trading means poor liquidity & bad prices for everyone. Drop to 15% now. Markets will wake up, volumes jump, exchanges compete globally. More action means better valuations & wealth for all. 📊 Abolish STT completely or cut by 50%, end double tax nonsense STT on every buy & sell plus capital gains tax on profit is pure double robbery. No major country does this. Government took ₹78000 crore from STT in FY26. Remove STT fully or slash rates half. Make trading cheap & retail will flood back huge. 📊 Massive infra push, commit ₹15-18 lakh crore capex & finish fast ₹11.2 lakh crore capex is too small for $5 trillion by 2027 or beating China on infra. Announce ₹15-18 lakh crore for roads, ports, airports, metros, defence & digital. But projects stuck years in clearances & land fights. Force single window clearance in 30 days. Set fast track courts for disputes in 6 months max. Give infra status to real estate & affordable housing for cheap loans. Every ₹1 spent creates ₹4-5 in cement steel construction. This pushes infra & capital goods stocks 100-150% in 3 years & millions jobs. 📊 Manufacturing boom, 10 year tax holiday plus 50% first year depreciation Make India better than Vietnam Bangladesh Mexico for factories. Give new units 10 years zero tax, especially Tier 2-3 cities. Allow 50% depreciation on machinery first year for cash flow boost. Extend PLI to 25 sectors like toys footwear auto parts chemicals. Cut customs slabs from 8 to 4 simple. One time amnesty to clear old stuck money. This means export boom, jobs, profits & engineering chemical stocks fly. 📊 Put ₹50k-75k extra cash in middle class pockets yearly Raise standard deduction to ₹1.5 lakh from ₹75000, saves ₹15k-22k tax. Increase 80D to ₹1 lakh from ₹25000 as medical costs exploded post COVID. Boost home loan deduction to ₹3 lakh from ₹2 lakh. These put ₹50k-75k extra in 10+ crore salaried hands yearly. Money goes to cars travel education. Consumption is 55% GDP & drives FMCG auto retail stocks up fast. 📊 GST 2.0, fix ITC delays & make business easy ITC refunds take 3-6 months & block crores cash. Give refunds in 30 days max. One single portal for all. Reduce high GST on EV batteries & parts. Faster refunds let companies invest hire grow. Profits rise, stocks valuations up, dividends better for investors ! Looking forward to a really proactive & well thought budget 2026. 👉 Folks, Are your ready for a blockbuster #Budget2026? @zerodhaonline Nirmala Sitharaman Ministry of Finance PIB India valuepickr Narendra Modi CA Anil Singhvi Zee Business ReserveBankOfIndia Nirmala Sitharamanoffc @varinder_bansal Kaushik Basu Arvind Subramanian Sanjeev Sanyal Prof. Krishnamurthy V Subramanian Jayati Ghosh Karan Bhasin Bibek Debroy @ArvindPanagariya Prof. Shamika Ravi @neelkanthmisra #Budget2026 #TaxReform #InvestInIndia #MakeInIndia #MiddleClassRelief #CapitalGainsTax #InfraPush #ManufacturingBoom #GSTReform #InvestorDemandshow more

This is NOT a #paid promotion. Some people may... not like what I’m saying here - honestly, I don’t care. Two days ago, I drove on the Ganga Expressway for the first time after its inauguration - from NH-9 to the Bareilly-Badaun Highway. Seriously 😳 What an amazing experience! 😍 If you sit at home and only watch the news, it may feel like the Ganga Expressway is in terrible condition. But after actually driving on it, I have to say - the Ganga Expressway is genuinely very well built. Yes, I accept that there have been incidents at some locations. But most of the issues happened during the rainy season, where slope protection got damaged and the top-level side was affected. If the soil underneath itself isn’t stable because of water, how can the top layer remain perfectly in place? That doesn’t mean the earthwork was not done properly. In fact, in many places, the earthwork has been executed very well. But when it comes to water - who can really win? If the overall condition was as bad as some reports make it sound, this expressway would look more like the Lucknow–Kanpur Expressway, where you can see significant repair work at many locations. I’ll be driving the entire Ganga Expressway very soon, and then I’ll see what the actual condition is from one end to the other. One more thing. For the general public, the Ganga Expressway is one single project. But I look at it differently. At a major level, I divide it into 4 sections - and when I look at it microscopically, I see around 12 different sections. And if I talk at this micro level: 🔹 The section built by L&T is absolutely top-notch. 🔹The initial portion built by CDS Infra has a little bounce. If you drive above 100 km/h, you can definitely feel it. 🔹After that, the section built by HG Infra is also absolutely top-notch. I’ll cover the condition beyond Binwar this month and share what I actually find on the ground. And if you want to watch the vlog, it’s already LIVE on my second channel. Link : At the end, I’ll only say one thing: Don’t judge the Ganga Expressway by sitting at home. Go drive it yourself. Trust me, you’ll genuinely enjoy the drive. 🚗💨 UPEIDA Government of UP Yogi Adityanath Nand Gopal Gupta 'Nandi'show more

Reading with your baby isn’t always as simple as... it might seem. Earlier this week, a parent asked how I’d advise reading to a toddler who may not have the attention span for a full book and who, when handling them, often tears the pages. I’m so glad you asked! This fantastic video, shared to TT a couple years back by hanzcakess, illustrates both the realities of - and several important lessons for - parents and caregivers when it comes to reading with infants and toddlers. First, when reading with very young children it’s important to begin with realistic expectations. At this little guy’s age (which I’m going to guess is around a year, give or take 2 months) babies‘ attention spans are VERY limited. Think 1-2 minutes tops. What does that mean for you? First it means that you’re unlikely to make it through an entire book. And that’s just fine. Rest assured that there’s still great value in the activity. Further, don’t be surprised if your child is more interested in interacting with (or at the earliest stages, even chewing on) the book itself rather than attending to the story it contains. That’s ok too. For both reasons, beginning with sturdy, laminated board books is well advised. Not only do these tend to be super short (with most intended to accommodate for babies’ brief attention spans), but they’re made to withstand the rigors of handling by infants and toddlers. Now, some might look at this video and (on first glance, at least) see primarily inattention. But not me! Here’s what I see: First, I see a completely normal toddler who’s already putting some really impressive book knowledge on display. Notice he’s advancing front to back and left to right as he turns pages sequentially. They’ve done this often. Also want to shout out what a truly fantastic job Dad is doing here. Notice that he’s totally letting his son dictate the terms the activity. He’s not insistent on completing the text, but goes with the flow as his son turns the pages. As the pages turn he’s helping to illustrate that the print on each one contains a unique message. And he’s singing the text! Brown Bear is a great book for this and many board books lend themselves particularly well here. Your baby isn’t judging your singing voice. Kudos on making the experience engaging. In light of all the above, don’t be afraid to stray from the text altogether as needed and use this time to simply engage in conversation about the pictures and introduce some new vocabulary. Finally, while lap reading is fantastic, at this age you may also find benefit in reading face to face, allowing your child to tune into your expressions alongside the book. Remember, there’s nothing your baby loves seeing more than you. Rest assured this stage doesn’t last forever. You’ll be snuggling up for longer sessions in no time. And while we’re on the topic of reading, I want to give a special shout out to my friends at Reach Out and Read, which is a fantastic program you may know from distributing books and sharing advice like this via your pediatrician’s office. Today I’m thrilled to be the guest on their newest podcast, discussing my book The Daycare Myth. I’ll include a link in the first reply below.show more

I watched so you did not have to and... here is the breakdown!!!! Nearly 2 hours. Plenty of nostalgia. Plenty of vibes. Lots of feelings. But when the net was wide open for actual clarification? Dead air. Total time Chris Albert spoke 1,501 seconds Which is 25 min and 1 sec. So on an almost 2 hour show, he spoke for about 25 minutes total. Roughly 21% of the entire show The remaining time was largely filled by the hosts themselves frequently cutting him off, reframing questions, finishing answers for him, or moving the conversation along before he ever had to sit in discomfort or explain anything fully. 0 minutes of that time addressed the major unresolved timeline and movement issues Oddly missing from this fact-based discussion No explanation for how Colin got home 20 min AFTER Chris that night, despite a four-minute head start No explanation for why Chris’s wife that went to 34 Fairview with donuts for brian Jr. pulled behind a car that was not there only an hour earlier with no explanation then, turned around, came back to get him, returned again, stayed 30 min, then left, all on the morning John was found. No mention of parents allegedly coordinating to quietly clean up a house-destroying party involving minors in which his son was one No discussion of repeated allegations of Colin being removed from bars for underage drinking. We were told this channel is about facts, not opinion. So we treated it like a data exercise. We timed everything Chris talked about, so you didn’t have to. Here’s how nearly two hours were spent 2 min saying they tried to “let the court system play out,” while explaining his New Year’s Day Twitter Space tour and condemning Sean McCabe’s comments 37 sec on moving to Canton in 1974 35 sec explaining it’s normal to work in the town you grew up in (we agree) 35 sec on Canton no longer being blue-collar and now very expensive 44 sec reminiscing about red paint stains in his childhood garage was misrepresented by the defense 1 min on town politics 15 sec explaining what a Select Board is 50 sec on handling public comment and being a “First Amendment guy… to a degree” 38 sec announcing he’s not running again 25 sec on how he keeps his cool during public comment 15 sec on pineapple pizza 52 sec explaining Colin was 17 when John died and can’t play college football with his cousin 45 sec expressing loss for how his family has been treated 10 sec referencing a blogger saying “horrible things” about Colin 26 sec blaming the media for selling and sensationalizing a story 20 sec saying he’s mind-boggled 48 sec explaining why the term “McAlberts” is dehumanizing 28 sec criticizing Yannetti’s performance was upsetting to him while stating John was his friend 42 sec explaining the fence-straddling photo was a joke 1:50 on “Nebbercracker” and a childhood yard incident 10 sec about his wife bringing donuts to a nephew for his birthday was not weird 32 sec blaming Karen for making his family look like villains 1 min on selling his house and convincing his brother to sell 24 sec saying Nebbercracker was the best part of the trial 1:12 on knowing Michael Proctor but not really knowing him 10 sec saying he was never alone with Proctor 11 sec correcting the “pin it on the girl” claim (which we agree with) 1 min praising Jillian Daniels as a great family supporter and defender 1 min explaining early lack of support made him sad 15 sec thanking the hosts 31 sec discussing starting a “Defend the Truth” media page 30 sec saying both sides were horrible and doxxed people 24 sec on feeling isolated at first 33 sec minimizing the Proctor gift as “just gratitude for solving a murder in one day” 28 sec saying he’s still friends with the O’Keefes and they eat at his pizza shop 38 sec saying Mr. O’Keefe sits with him for long periods of time 43 sec lamenting being made into villains 30 sec saying the case took years off his parents’ lives 35 sec thanking supporters and saying “the truth is on our side”show more

I reported my abuse in 2010. I decided that... day I need to get justice. I drove down to Coventry from Huddersfield, walked into Little park street police station and made my complaint. Over 3 days I did multiple interviews in special units in Coventry and Halifax. I had to take myself back and relive the trauma, and at times I felt I was there again re living everything. Lucky for me all the files from the children's home of the groomers turning up, ringing the unit phones was very well documented in my daily staff logs which are in archive in Coventry city Council buildings for 70 years. Also Coventry Evening Telegraph did a piece on me in 1999. They sent an undercover journalist into my children's home who then reported about the groomers calling us on the units phone and collecting us. The men also made telephone cards with thier numbers on advertising me which were found by the staff. Despite all this this, and hospital reports of some of my attacks 3 or 4 months into the investigation, my case was closed down. I gave up. Now I have hope. All the proof is there. For the first time in 30 years I feel like im going to be heard, and those responsible will face justice. The life long damage this has done to me has been difficult to live with, as ive also lost a baby girl who was forced adopted because the UK social services believed I would never be able to parent because of the damage caused. Imagine, I gave birth and they walked into the delivery room and took her even before the placenta was delivered. UK social services have alot to answer to. Locking us victims up for months at a time to keep us safe....but groomers allowed to roam free. Today my journey for justice really begins. If there are any UK solicitors that see this and want to help, please get in touch. A massive thank you goes to Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧 for being our voice while the world stayed silent. GB News WestMidsPCC Camilla Tomineyshow more

Cole Tomas Allen, the man accused of opening fire... at the White House Correspondents’ dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C. Saturday, reported released a manifesto to his close family members only minutes before the shooting took place. The dinner, an annual event with President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, and other Trump administration officials in attendance, was cancelled and its attendees evacuated after gun shots rang out late Saturday night. On Sunday, the New York Post obtained and published what they report to be Allen’s full, 1,052-word manifesto in which he refers to himself as “Cole ‘coldForce’ ‘Friendly Federal Assassin’ Allen.” Among the many chilling details laid out in the manifesto, included in full below, are the following: Allen maintained he was “no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor”(referencing left-wing conspiracies related to President Trump) to commit crimes. He planned to target numerous Trump administration officials “prioritized from highest-ranking to lowest.” Allen was willing to “go through most everyone” in attendance at the event “if it were absolutely necessary,” rationalizing the violence because all those present “[chose] to attend a speech by a pedophile, rapist, and traitor and are thus complicit.” Various talking points and accusations levied against President Trump in the note appear to come directly from various misleading left-wing conspiracies and talking points spread by Democratic Party members and other U.S. leftists. What follows is Allen’s manifesto, as released by the New York Post, in full, with one minor edit to remove profanity: Hello everybody! So I may have given a lot of people a surprise today. Let me start off by apologizing to everyone whose trust I abused. I apologize to my parents for saying I had an interview without specifying it was for “Most Wanted.” apologize to my colleagues and students for saying I had a personal emergency (by the time anyone reads this, I probably most certainly DO need to go to the ER, but can hardly call that not a self-inflicted status.) I apologize to all of the people I traveled next to, all the workers who handled my luggage, and all the other non-targeted people at the hotel who I put in danger simply by being near. I apologize to everyone who was abused and/or murdered before this, to all those who suffered before I was able to attempt this, to all who may still suffer after, regardless of my success or failure. I don’t expect forgiveness, but if I could have seen any other way to get this close, I would have taken it. Again, my sincere apologies. On to why I did any of this:I am a citizen of the United States of America. What my representatives do reflects on me. And I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes. (Well, to be completely honest, I was no longer willing a long time ago, but this is the first real opportunity I’ve had to do something about it.) While I’m discussing this, I’ll also go over my expected rules of engagement (probably in a terrible format, but I’m not military so too bad.) Administration officials (not including Mr. Patel): they are targets, prioritized from highest-ranking to lowest Secret Service: they are targets only if necessary, and to be incapacitated non-lethally if possible (aka, I hope they’re wearing body armor because center mass with shotguns messes up people who *aren’t* Hotel Security: not targets if at all possible (aka unless they shoot at me) Capitol Police: same as Hotel Security National Guard: same as Hotel Security Hotel Employees: not targets at all Guests: not targets at all In order to minimize casualties I will also be using buckshot rather than slugs (less penetration through walls) I would still go through most everyone here to get to the targets if it were absolutely necessary (on the basis that most people *chose* to attend a speech by a pedophile, rapist, and traitor, and are thus complicit) but I really hope it doesn’t come to that. Rebuttals to objections: Objection 1: As a Christian, you should turn the other cheek. Rebuttal: Turning the other cheek is for when you yourself are oppressed. I’m not the person raped in a detention camp. I’m not the fisherman executed without trial. I’m not a school kid blown up or a child starved or a teenage girl abused by the many criminals in this administration. Turning the other cheek when *someone else* is oppressed is not Christian behavior; it is complicity in the oppressor’s crimes. Objection 2: This is not a convenient time for you to do this. Rebuttal: I need whoever thinks this way to take a couple minutes and realize that the world isn’t about them. Do you think that when I see someone raped or murdered or abused, I should walk on by because it would be “inconvenient” for people who aren’t the victim? This was the best timing and chance of success I could come up with. Objection 3: You didn’t get them all. Rebuttal: Gotta start somewhere. Objection 4: As a half-black, half-white person, you shouldn’t be the one doing this. Rebuttal: I don’t see anyone else picking up the slack Objection 5: Yield unto Caesar what is Caesar’s. Rebuttal: The United States of America are ruled by the law, not by any one or several people. In so far as representatives and judges do not follow the law, no one is required to yield them anything so unlawfully ordered. I would also like to extend my appreciation to a great many people since I will not be likely to be able to talk with them again (unless the Secret Service is *astoundingly* incompetent.) Thank you to my family, both personal and church, for your love over these 31 years. Thank you to my friends, for your companionship over many years. Thank you to my colleagues over many jobs, for your positivity and professionalism. Thank you to my students for your enthusiasm and love of learning. Thank you to the many acquaintances I’ve met, in person and online, for short interactions and long-term relationships, for your perspectives and inspiration. Thank you all for everything. Sincerely, Cole “coldForce” “Friendly Federal Assassin” Allen PS: Ok now that all the sappy stuff is done, what the hell is the Secret Service doing? Sorry, gonna rant a bit here and drop the formal tone. Like, I expected security cameras at every bend, bugged hotel rooms, armed agents every 10 feet, metal detectors out the wazoo. What I got (who knows, maybe they’re pranking me!) is nothing. No damn security. Not in transport. Not in the hotel. Not in the event. Like, the one thing that I immediately noticed walking into the hotel is the sense of arrogance. I walk in with multiple weapons and not a single person there considers the possibility that I could be a threat. The security at the event is all outside, focused on protestors and current arrivals, because apparently no one thought about what happens if someone checks in the day before. Like, this level of incompetence is insane, and I very sincerely hope it’s corrected by the time this country gets actually competent leadership again. Like, if I was an Iranian agent, instead of an American citizen, I could have brought a damn Ma Deuce in here and no one would have noticed s**t. Actually insane. Oh and if anyone is curious is how doing something like feels: it’s awful. I want to throw up; I want to cry for all the things I wanted to do and never will, for all the people whose trust this betrays; I experience rage thinking about everything this administration has done. Can’t really recommend it! Stay in school, kids.show more

I lost some of my faith in people yesterday.... Do you all remember this story of the woman we found on the road carrying a dead child? Around 3pm yesterday while I was at the hospital, I got a call from Ope Ola Grace. She sounded really confused. I asked what’s wrong then she said she saw this woman at Lafenwa begging for alms among the beggars. I told her to wait there and make sure she doesn’t leave, that I am on my way to confirm with my eyes because it can’t be possible. I got there with Seeker of Truth and it was indeed true. I couldn’t believe what I saw. How’s this possible?? We set up a business worth around N300k for her last December, gave her money, gave her husband extra money to keep. Enrolled her kids (all 3 of them) in school, supplied all needed school materials for one year. Bought at least 3 months worth of food supply for them as well. The Hon Commissioner for women affairs Hon. Motunrayo Adijat Adeleye also sent delegates to her with lots of needed items; 25kg bags of rice twice in the last 5 months, 10 crates of soft drink for the wife in January. The commissioner also made sure that her husband was among the 100 beneficiaries of the N100,000 disability grant of the RHI shared on the 17th of April by First Lady Remi Tinubu in Abeokuta. He confirmed that he received the N100k the same day. I called her at the spot to show her the woman and she was confused too. Like, “Jack, what else could we have done?” I asked people there, they said she’s been begging with them for more than a month. When I explained in details all the help we have provided for her in the last 5 months, they got angry, saying she should leave. That’s not even the worst part of this story. The worst, I fear, is she appears pregnant again. However she insisted she’s not, that she just ate eba, that’s why her stomach is big. We took her back home, the husband (visually impaired as I stated then) said he was not aware that she has been begging, and he can’t see, so no way to confirm if she’s pregnant. Everyone in her community said she goes out for 3-4hours everyday when the kids have gone to school to get ‘supplies’ for their mini-stall. They said some other troubling things about her that I won’t want to share here. I am confused on what to do next.show more

Played Kingdoms of the Dump for 30 hours, here... is my review: -The game is a loving homage to classic SNES RPGs like Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy, perfectly capturing their atmosphere -A tactical turn-based combat system with active elements, reminiscent of Super Mario RPG or more recently Expedition 33 -One of the most unique settings ever in an RPG -Incredible variety of enemies, all beautifully rendered in pixel art (boss design by Look Outside pixel artist) -The game is divided into multiple acts, taking you through a wide variety of regions and kingdoms -It’s full of charm and incredible attention to detail. Heal with rotting items, fight flying jellyshorts, and save using toilet paper rolls on toilets. Just lovely. -Fun fact: Game is made by 2 real janitors -The original soundtrack is an absolute banger, instantly transporting you back to the SNES era -There’s a Mode 7-style overworld that you can explore on foot, on a mount, or by airship -The overworld invites exploration and is packed with secrets and hidden areas -What brings the game into the modern era is a dedicated jump button. You can jump pretty much anywhere and explore the world on entirely new levels -There are also various characters, each with unique abilities outside of combat, and you can switch between them at any time -Characters are just lovely -The game is wonderfully written and well paced, full of great story moments and twists, but it’s only available in English at the moment -I would compare the difficulty to Chrono Trigger. It’s challenging but never unfair, and grinding is never necessary -If you die in a battle, you can retry it immediately -Enemies are visible before battle and can be avoided -Fast battles, quick in and out -Various battle themes -Fallen characters and those outside your active party still gain experience -The game is pure indie at heart, over eight years in the making and packed with content -Lots of side quests -Dedicated character quests that explore each character’s backstory -Secret weapons and bosses -Dungeons with puzzle elements -25 hours of story content (more with side stuff) -Only 20 bucks (discount right now) -Great on Steam Deck -Full controller support -Sometimes the jumping sections demand too much precision -I ran into a few bugs during my playtime. The game froze, I got stuck in walls, the music sometimes cut out, and I wasn’t able to use an item at one point -I reached out to the developers, and they have already responded with multiple updates Kingdoms of the Dump is a love letter to an era that produced some of the greatest RPGs of all time. It’s a modern classic, only held back by some technical issues. For me, it’s the best SNES game that was never actually released on a Super Nintendo. Verdict: 9/10 #KingdomsoftheDump 👑 Kingdoms of the Dump - OUT NOWshow more