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Female British swimmers are making “really important” progress, based on performances at the Worlds 💪. That’s the view of 🇬🇧 head coach Bill Furniss, but also Katie Shanahan, Freya Colbert, Freya Anderson MBE, Anna Hopkin & Lauren Cox. Listen👇

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@katieshanahan_ @FreyaColbert @freyaandersonn @annahopkin @britishswimming @Swim_England @TSF_Com @WSNet @WSportsAlliance @ScottishSwim @LENaquatics @DaveHemmingsGBR @Propulsion_Swim Well done Lauren 💕🇬🇧👑

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@katieshanahan_ @FreyaColbert @freyaandersonn @annahopkin @britishswimming @Swim_England @TSF_Com @WSNet @WSportsAlliance @ScottishSwim @LENaquatics @DaveHemmingsGBR @Propulsion_Swim Didn’t see kathleen dawson at the worlds? Is she still swimming…

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@notnac_sadgut Certainly is, but she’s had a few challenging injury problems over recent years. Some encouraging performances at trials should hopefully mean she’ll be back in contention when back to full fitness early next year 🙏

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Wes Anderson on why he loves "Murmur of the Heart" (1971) & the s€duct!ve quality of it despite its taboo subject: "I LOVE French movies. I've got a strong prejudice in favour of them. A lot of my favourite directors are French, in particular Truffaut, Renoir and Louis Malle - and 'Murmur of the Heart' (1971) is probably my key Louis Malle movie. My first information on it was in a book of collected reviews by the critic Pauline Kael. But the first time I saw it was when it was re-released in America in the mid-Nineties. I was really ready for it - and I was blown away. "To me, that [!nc€st] aspect of the story never feels appalling. The stuff between him and the mother feels more kind of romantic almost - but also taboo and scary in a way, which makes it even more s€duct!ve. It's forbidden - you feel like they're crossing into very dangerous territory. But the way it's handled in the movie is somehow just right. You know it's not traumatic - it ends up being an expression of how close they are, and how connected they are, and the movie is about that relationship. I love Laurent because he's a combination of something I end up being drawn to in movies, somebody who's kind of brilliant in a way. He's younger than his brothers, but he's advanced beyond them. He's reading Camus and so on, and they make fun of him for being this kind of bookish person, and he has some jazz records that he loves - I like those aspects of his identity. But he's also got a really rebellious side, and I like the relationship between him and his brothers - I really think it's funny, and there's this kind of good wildness to it. "I also love the mother. In Antonioni's 'L'Avventura' (1960), as Anna, Lea Massari was totally cold and highly strung. But in 'Murmur of the Heart' she's very warm and sweet and romantic, and so appealing. With 'Rushmore' (1998), what I pictured making was a movie about someone at that age, the sort of movie that's only made in France, and a movie of the kind that I most admire by Louis Malle and Francois Truffaut - especially 'Murmur of the Heart'. What the movie ended up being, though, is I don't know what. Anderson could scarcely be more candid about his passion for Malle, who died in 1995. When Rushmore was released on a special-edition DVD, the studio held a party in New York in its honour. "They wanted us to screen 'Rushmore' and I just refused. I said, I've seen the movie too many times, everyone at the party's already seen it, so let's screen 'Murmur of the Heart' instead. It's a movie that I feel very comfortable being associated with, because I feel so connected to it." ("Film-makers on film: Wes Anderson", Mark Monahan, The Telegraph, 2002) P.S: Remembering the great Italian actress Lea Massari on her 93rd birthday!
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Wes Anderson on why he loves "Murmur of the Heart" (1971) & the s€duct!ve quality of it despite its taboo subject: "I LOVE French movies. I've got a strong prejudice in favour of them. A lot of my favourite directors are French, in particular Truffaut, Renoir and Louis Malle - and 'Murmur of the Heart' (1971) is probably my key Louis Malle movie. My first information on it was in a book of collected reviews by the critic Pauline Kael. But the first time I saw it was when it was re-released in America in the mid-Nineties. I was really ready for it - and I was blown away. "To me, that [!nc€st] aspect of the story never feels appalling. The stuff between him and the mother feels more kind of romantic almost - but also taboo and scary in a way, which makes it even more s€duct!ve. It's forbidden - you feel like they're crossing into very dangerous territory. But the way it's handled in the movie is somehow just right. You know it's not traumatic - it ends up being an expression of how close they are, and how connected they are, and the movie is about that relationship. I love Laurent because he's a combination of something I end up being drawn to in movies, somebody who's kind of brilliant in a way. He's younger than his brothers, but he's advanced beyond them. He's reading Camus and so on, and they make fun of him for being this kind of bookish person, and he has some jazz records that he loves - I like those aspects of his identity. But he's also got a really rebellious side, and I like the relationship between him and his brothers - I really think it's funny, and there's this kind of good wildness to it. "I also love the mother. In Antonioni's 'L'Avventura' (1960), as Anna, Lea Massari was totally cold and highly strung. But in 'Murmur of the Heart' she's very warm and sweet and romantic, and so appealing. With 'Rushmore' (1998), what I pictured making was a movie about someone at that age, the sort of movie that's only made in France, and a movie of the kind that I most admire by Louis Malle and Francois Truffaut - especially 'Murmur of the Heart'. What the movie ended up being, though, is I don't know what. Anderson could scarcely be more candid about his passion for Malle, who died in 1995. When Rushmore was released on a special-edition DVD, the studio held a party in New York in its honour. "They wanted us to screen 'Rushmore' and I just refused. I said, I've seen the movie too many times, everyone at the party's already seen it, so let's screen 'Murmur of the Heart' instead. It's a movie that I feel very comfortable being associated with, because I feel so connected to it." ("Film-makers on film: Wes Anderson", Mark Monahan, The Telegraph, 2002) P.S: Remembering the great Italian actress Lea Massari on her 93rd birthday!

DepressedBergman

35,359 Aufrufe • vor 17 Tagen

Scrolling through Instagram and I see this Shelby Sapp’s video on how she walks up to construction workers and “uses a sales tactic” to get cigarettes from them. Now don’t get me wrong, Shelby is phenomenal at sales…but this right here illustrates what Nassim Taleb described as the “swimmers body illusion”. This would be a long read. But bear with me, this would help you think clearly and make better decisions. So Nassim Taleb wanted to lose weight, he decided to check different sports and what the people who participated in it looked like. Joggers looked scrawny and unhappy Body builders? Broad and stupid Cyclists? So bottom heavy. But swimmers? Now these looked phenomenal. Their bodies streamlined. So he decided to sign up at his local swimming pool and train hard twice a week. A short while he realized he had succumbed to an illusion. Professional swimmers don’t have perfect bodies because they train excessively…rather they’re good swimmers BECAUSE of their physique. i.e. How their bodies are designed is a factor for selection NOT the result of their activities. You also see this when female models advertise cosmetics and many female consumers believe the products make you beautiful meanwhile, the models are born attractive and then selected to market the products This is what the swimmers body illusion is, when we confuse selection factors with results. Back to Shelby Sapp—and by extension other creators. Whenever you see a creator who tends to be good looking go viral or become known for their craft, you’re safer to assume that it’s largely because they’re good looking than their skills ALONE (virality on social media can’t be divorced from appearance). Because someone who is significantly less appealing would likely be unable to pull it off. Therefore the results are not as a result of skill set but genetics—aka who they are. THIS SCENARIO…(I’m being specific…where…) Shelby Sapp walking up to construction workers in yoga pants and asking for a cigarette has NOTHING…to do with being good at sales. Instead it has everything to do with the fact that she’s a good looking young woman. It’s attraction at work not really persuasion. This is akin to when good looking people who observe that strangers are nicer to them, assume people are nice instead of concluding that they, themselves are good looking. Therefore as a rule of thumb…it’s better to learn from people who very close to you. Demographically, Psycho-graphically. If you’re faced with a choice to hire two people of equal skills and experience but one is significantly more physically attractive than the other…you’re safer to hire the LESS attractive option, because if they’ve been able to make such career progress despite being conventionally unattractive it safe to conclude that they’re good at what they do. This way you eliminate the risk of falling for the swimmer body illusion. I hope this helps you make better decision. (In who you choose to learn from and how you buy things)
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Scrolling through Instagram and I see this Shelby Sapp’s video on how she walks up to construction workers and “uses a sales tactic” to get cigarettes from them. Now don’t get me wrong, Shelby is phenomenal at sales…but this right here illustrates what Nassim Taleb described as the “swimmers body illusion”. This would be a long read. But bear with me, this would help you think clearly and make better decisions. So Nassim Taleb wanted to lose weight, he decided to check different sports and what the people who participated in it looked like. Joggers looked scrawny and unhappy Body builders? Broad and stupid Cyclists? So bottom heavy. But swimmers? Now these looked phenomenal. Their bodies streamlined. So he decided to sign up at his local swimming pool and train hard twice a week. A short while he realized he had succumbed to an illusion. Professional swimmers don’t have perfect bodies because they train excessively…rather they’re good swimmers BECAUSE of their physique. i.e. How their bodies are designed is a factor for selection NOT the result of their activities. You also see this when female models advertise cosmetics and many female consumers believe the products make you beautiful meanwhile, the models are born attractive and then selected to market the products This is what the swimmers body illusion is, when we confuse selection factors with results. Back to Shelby Sapp—and by extension other creators. Whenever you see a creator who tends to be good looking go viral or become known for their craft, you’re safer to assume that it’s largely because they’re good looking than their skills ALONE (virality on social media can’t be divorced from appearance). Because someone who is significantly less appealing would likely be unable to pull it off. Therefore the results are not as a result of skill set but genetics—aka who they are. THIS SCENARIO…(I’m being specific…where…) Shelby Sapp walking up to construction workers in yoga pants and asking for a cigarette has NOTHING…to do with being good at sales. Instead it has everything to do with the fact that she’s a good looking young woman. It’s attraction at work not really persuasion. This is akin to when good looking people who observe that strangers are nicer to them, assume people are nice instead of concluding that they, themselves are good looking. Therefore as a rule of thumb…it’s better to learn from people who very close to you. Demographically, Psycho-graphically. If you’re faced with a choice to hire two people of equal skills and experience but one is significantly more physically attractive than the other…you’re safer to hire the LESS attractive option, because if they’ve been able to make such career progress despite being conventionally unattractive it safe to conclude that they’re good at what they do. This way you eliminate the risk of falling for the swimmer body illusion. I hope this helps you make better decision. (In who you choose to learn from and how you buy things)

Bruno | Einstein of Marketing

104,950 Aufrufe • vor 20 Tagen

We’ve spent a lot of time at The Daily Brief writing about the less-visible parts of electronics — semiconductors, PCBs, and everything around them. Recently, we spoke to Murali Srinivasa from Lion Circuits, someone who’s spent years actually making PCBs, to understand how they really work. One thing that stood out was just how complex phone PCBs are. The board inside your smartphone is about a millimetre thick, but inside that sliver are 50–60 layers of copper stacked together. Signals move between these layers through tiny drilled holes, connecting everything. So the “board” inside your phone isn’t really flat. It’s a dense vertical structure squeezed into the thickness of a credit card. Making this is brutally hard. If even one layer shifts by about 50 microns, roughly half the thickness of a human hair , the entire board is scrap. That’s why PCB manufacturing isn’t just about machines or money. It’s about years of accumulated, hands-on know-how. It also helps explain why China leads in PCBs, and why India still struggles. We recently released a podcast digging into all of this — how PCBs work, why they’re hard to make, and what India missed along the way. Today, Shenzhen alone has 2,000 PCB factories. India has 200. The largest Indian factory probably wouldn't crack China's top 15. You can listen to the full conversation on YouTube. Link in the comments.
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We’ve spent a lot of time at The Daily Brief writing about the less-visible parts of electronics — semiconductors, PCBs, and everything around them. Recently, we spoke to Murali Srinivasa from Lion Circuits, someone who’s spent years actually making PCBs, to understand how they really work. One thing that stood out was just how complex phone PCBs are. The board inside your smartphone is about a millimetre thick, but inside that sliver are 50–60 layers of copper stacked together. Signals move between these layers through tiny drilled holes, connecting everything. So the “board” inside your phone isn’t really flat. It’s a dense vertical structure squeezed into the thickness of a credit card. Making this is brutally hard. If even one layer shifts by about 50 microns, roughly half the thickness of a human hair , the entire board is scrap. That’s why PCB manufacturing isn’t just about machines or money. It’s about years of accumulated, hands-on know-how. It also helps explain why China leads in PCBs, and why India still struggles. We recently released a podcast digging into all of this — how PCBs work, why they’re hard to make, and what India missed along the way. Today, Shenzhen alone has 2,000 PCB factories. India has 200. The largest Indian factory probably wouldn't crack China's top 15. You can listen to the full conversation on YouTube. Link in the comments.

Markets by Zerodha

10,527 Aufrufe • vor 5 Monaten

Should Christian Nationalism and Catholic Integralism be taken seriously? Ben Sasse answers. “‘Should they be taken seriously?’ I mean, ultimately I think no — but I want to be humble about how and why we get there.” “Can people who are skeptical of a lot of Enlightenment assumptions be reasonable in making those cases? Of course. I'm pretty sympathetic to a lot of what the Enlightenment offered us in response to many of the things that had just come before. But that doesn't mean that the Enlightenment is at all a foretaste of heaven.” “I think there is a temptation right now to have an over-realized eschatology where people want to find a city that has foundations. ‘Right now, dang it, I'm ready to build it and I want it to be better and I want it now. And I want to smash the people who are in the way of it’ is tonally the way a lot of these folks talk.” “But philosophically, having a debate is one thing and claiming that they're doing practical politics is quite another. So I think it is important, without us, you know, trying to answer a lot of these questions, to at least acknowledge there are Catholic claims about integralism that a lot of Protestants seem to pine for and lust after without working through — what would that really mean?” “I just look at a lot of the debates of the last two months about women's suffrage and I just kind of want to shake my head and say, ‘Man, this is a weirdo online phenomenon.’ There is no chance on earth that any of these folks who are advancing some sub-varieties of Christian nationalism are actually thinking there's math by which they're going to end women's suffrage. And yet they talk like it. Because online, it seems really provocative to say things like that. And I don't really know what it's worth to linger on some of these silly online debates.” Watch: Listen:
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Should Christian Nationalism and Catholic Integralism be taken seriously? Ben Sasse answers. “‘Should they be taken seriously?’ I mean, ultimately I think no — but I want to be humble about how and why we get there.” “Can people who are skeptical of a lot of Enlightenment assumptions be reasonable in making those cases? Of course. I'm pretty sympathetic to a lot of what the Enlightenment offered us in response to many of the things that had just come before. But that doesn't mean that the Enlightenment is at all a foretaste of heaven.” “I think there is a temptation right now to have an over-realized eschatology where people want to find a city that has foundations. ‘Right now, dang it, I'm ready to build it and I want it to be better and I want it now. And I want to smash the people who are in the way of it’ is tonally the way a lot of these folks talk.” “But philosophically, having a debate is one thing and claiming that they're doing practical politics is quite another. So I think it is important, without us, you know, trying to answer a lot of these questions, to at least acknowledge there are Catholic claims about integralism that a lot of Protestants seem to pine for and lust after without working through — what would that really mean?” “I just look at a lot of the debates of the last two months about women's suffrage and I just kind of want to shake my head and say, ‘Man, this is a weirdo online phenomenon.’ There is no chance on earth that any of these folks who are advancing some sub-varieties of Christian nationalism are actually thinking there's math by which they're going to end women's suffrage. And yet they talk like it. Because online, it seems really provocative to say things like that. And I don't really know what it's worth to linger on some of these silly online debates.” Watch: Listen:

Sola Media

36,343 Aufrufe • vor 3 Tagen

FLASHBACK (5/1/23): Complementarian girlboss Allie Beth Stuckey (Allie Beth Stuckey) attacked the patriarchy after being told that she ought not be teaching in the public square. Allie first briefly described the patriarchal view, then quoted Joel Webbon (Joel Webbon) without attribution, who said in a sermon that he would not allow his wife to read certain books before he could screen them first (based). A few things to note here. Listen to the disdain in her voice as she finished quoting Webbon. It’s palpable. Also, right after reading the quote, she literally describes herself and her audience as STRONG and INDEPENDENT! I don’t think she can even hear herself. Brothers, you need to be aware that these female Christian influencers are very much given over to feminist tendencies. They may say and believe a lot of the right things, but that’s honestly not enough. Eventually, the feminist inside will come out, and you don’t want that influence on your wives and daughters. Werry’s Law is real, and it’s spectacular. Link:
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FLASHBACK (5/1/23): Complementarian girlboss Allie Beth Stuckey (Allie Beth Stuckey) attacked the patriarchy after being told that she ought not be teaching in the public square. Allie first briefly described the patriarchal view, then quoted Joel Webbon (Joel Webbon) without attribution, who said in a sermon that he would not allow his wife to read certain books before he could screen them first (based). A few things to note here. Listen to the disdain in her voice as she finished quoting Webbon. It’s palpable. Also, right after reading the quote, she literally describes herself and her audience as STRONG and INDEPENDENT! I don’t think she can even hear herself. Brothers, you need to be aware that these female Christian influencers are very much given over to feminist tendencies. They may say and believe a lot of the right things, but that’s honestly not enough. Eventually, the feminist inside will come out, and you don’t want that influence on your wives and daughters. Werry’s Law is real, and it’s spectacular. Link:

Defiant Baptist

66,015 Aufrufe • vor 10 Monaten

WATCH: Joe Lonsdale on Elon, Trump & the future of DOGE: "I'm obviously supportive of everything Elon did there. I was a little frustrated with the comment he made earlier this week, which was that, oh, there’s a tidal wave of AI coming and therefore we don’t need to worry about cleaning [up] government. I think that’s actually the wrong conceptual model..." Andrew Ross Sorkin: We often talk about DOGE. I know you’re an old pal of Elon’s. What do you think about some of the comments that Elon has made about DOGE recently? And just the talk about fractured relationships, the fractured relationship with the Trump Administration right now? Joe Lonsdale: Listen, there’s been a lot of mess there the last couple of weeks. We still have a lot of our smartest friends working at DOGE. They’re still cutting billions of dollars of nonsense. I’m really glad they’re there. I don’t want them to give it up. I'm obviously supportive of everything Elon overall did there. I was a little frustrated with the comment he made earlier this week, which was that, oh, there’s a tidal wave of AI coming. And therefore we don’t need to worry about cleaning the beach of the government. I think that’s actually the wrong conceptual model. The correct conceptual model, Andrew, is that AI is coming to our society, and it’s really important that AI ends up lifting everyone up. And the way it’s going to do that is through western civilization... so we have this civilization that’s based on the Enlightenment, based on property rights. It’s Judeo-Christian values. It’s classical virtues, it’s a functional civilization. We don’t want to give that all up for AI. We want to go in, we want to make healthcare and education work better, but we have to do it through the way it works. Andrew: What did you think he was saying there? Because here he was for a very long time saying, we need to actually make government more efficient. And then there seemed to be a little bit of a switch to say, actually, maybe not. Was that a lesson that he learned? Just sort of suffering in Washington in the swamp, or do you think that was really a view that, you know, I really is going to change everything, and basically everyone was wasting their time? Joe: I think making government work better is really, really hard. It takes a lot of persistence. It takes a lot of time. On the margin, his time might be better spent building these amazing AI companies, and I think that’s completely legit. But I don’t think we should discount the importance of fixing government, especially because of AI, because if we want to have everyone do better in health care and education and government itself, these things need to be functional. They need to work with it. They need to block crony capitalism. That means functional government. So you need both.
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WATCH: Joe Lonsdale on Elon, Trump & the future of DOGE: "I'm obviously supportive of everything Elon did there. I was a little frustrated with the comment he made earlier this week, which was that, oh, there’s a tidal wave of AI coming and therefore we don’t need to worry about cleaning [up] government. I think that’s actually the wrong conceptual model..." Andrew Ross Sorkin: We often talk about DOGE. I know you’re an old pal of Elon’s. What do you think about some of the comments that Elon has made about DOGE recently? And just the talk about fractured relationships, the fractured relationship with the Trump Administration right now? Joe Lonsdale: Listen, there’s been a lot of mess there the last couple of weeks. We still have a lot of our smartest friends working at DOGE. They’re still cutting billions of dollars of nonsense. I’m really glad they’re there. I don’t want them to give it up. I'm obviously supportive of everything Elon overall did there. I was a little frustrated with the comment he made earlier this week, which was that, oh, there’s a tidal wave of AI coming. And therefore we don’t need to worry about cleaning the beach of the government. I think that’s actually the wrong conceptual model. The correct conceptual model, Andrew, is that AI is coming to our society, and it’s really important that AI ends up lifting everyone up. And the way it’s going to do that is through western civilization... so we have this civilization that’s based on the Enlightenment, based on property rights. It’s Judeo-Christian values. It’s classical virtues, it’s a functional civilization. We don’t want to give that all up for AI. We want to go in, we want to make healthcare and education work better, but we have to do it through the way it works. Andrew: What did you think he was saying there? Because here he was for a very long time saying, we need to actually make government more efficient. And then there seemed to be a little bit of a switch to say, actually, maybe not. Was that a lesson that he learned? Just sort of suffering in Washington in the swamp, or do you think that was really a view that, you know, I really is going to change everything, and basically everyone was wasting their time? Joe: I think making government work better is really, really hard. It takes a lot of persistence. It takes a lot of time. On the margin, his time might be better spent building these amazing AI companies, and I think that’s completely legit. But I don’t think we should discount the importance of fixing government, especially because of AI, because if we want to have everyone do better in health care and education and government itself, these things need to be functional. They need to work with it. They need to block crony capitalism. That means functional government. So you need both.

American Optimist

14,037 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

Shapiro: When you have a president who is focused on making money for himself, that corruption leaves us all worse off because it means he’s picking favorites not based on what benefits the American people, but on what benefits him and his children. He’s picking sides in battles that ultimately are un-American because he’s putting his own profiteering ahead of the needs of the American people. That’s point one: his corruption has a real cost to the American people. Point two, though, is that what he’s doing seemingly is totally protected because the Supreme Court of the United States made one of its worst decisions, really over the last century, to give this president absolute and total immunity. And so he feels like he can do anything. So while he sits in that gilded Oval Office, he’s not focused on solving your problems, getting you health care, putting a roof over your head, or driving down your costs. Instead, he’s focused on trying to figure out how he can make a buck for himself and his family. And that is at odds with meeting the needs of the American people. So the first thing is his corruption has a cost to you, and the second thing is his corruption has been enabled by this Supreme Court, which has given him absolute and total immunity. That’s why we need real reform. That’s why we need anti-corruption laws at the federal level. I could make an argument that we need a 28th Amendment to our Constitution to bake in some stricter guardrails to protect the American people from a president of the United States who lacks integrity, ethics, and honor the way this president does. I think everything needs to be on the table. We need real reform.
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Shapiro: When you have a president who is focused on making money for himself, that corruption leaves us all worse off because it means he’s picking favorites not based on what benefits the American people, but on what benefits him and his children. He’s picking sides in battles that ultimately are un-American because he’s putting his own profiteering ahead of the needs of the American people. That’s point one: his corruption has a real cost to the American people. Point two, though, is that what he’s doing seemingly is totally protected because the Supreme Court of the United States made one of its worst decisions, really over the last century, to give this president absolute and total immunity. And so he feels like he can do anything. So while he sits in that gilded Oval Office, he’s not focused on solving your problems, getting you health care, putting a roof over your head, or driving down your costs. Instead, he’s focused on trying to figure out how he can make a buck for himself and his family. And that is at odds with meeting the needs of the American people. So the first thing is his corruption has a cost to you, and the second thing is his corruption has been enabled by this Supreme Court, which has given him absolute and total immunity. That’s why we need real reform. That’s why we need anti-corruption laws at the federal level. I could make an argument that we need a 28th Amendment to our Constitution to bake in some stricter guardrails to protect the American people from a president of the United States who lacks integrity, ethics, and honor the way this president does. I think everything needs to be on the table. We need real reform.

Acyn

64,916 Aufrufe • vor 14 Tagen

This is Bill Maher at his best. Maher dragged Patton Oswalt out of his bubble and forced him to confront the brutal reality of the UK’s immigration crisis. He exposed the horrifying details of Muslim grooming gangs, while Oswalt tried to play dumb. Maher didn’t let him. MAHER: “What’s going on in England right is a lot of that.” OSWALT: “What’s going on in England?” MAHER: “Again, not in the bubble…a lot of violence, protests, immigration.” “Andrew Sullivan, for example, says places that my grandfather would not even recognize anymore as British.” “Like, immigration is great, anything can be too much. It’s become ‘Islamicized’ to put it briefly.” Oswalt tried to hand-wave it away. OSWALT: “Anything can be too much, but a lot of times the way that things are framed and represented, is also amplified so that they can make their point.” Maher hit him with the bombshell. MAHER: “But do you know about…the grooming scandal?” OSWALT: “No.” MAHER: “See, that’s a big story!” He then laid out the details the left refuses to confront: “I’m talking about Pakistani men, who were immigrants, who were grooming poor, impoverished White girls, mostly, and making them into prostitutes and sex slaves.” “Like really nasty shit, that would pass for more normal in a traditional Pakistani society, where women are not considered equal citizens.” Maher then delivered his most devastating point: “And if you don’t understand that, and that gender apartheid is the number one issue that you woke people should be concerned with, but seem not to be, then right away we’re not really seeing the world as the same way.” “I’m seeing it much more clearly.” “Gender apartheid should be your NUMBER ONE issue, if you really care about oppression, like a lot…I’m talking about hundreds of millions of the world’s women.” “And it’s mostly because of the tenets of Islam, to be perfectly honest about it.” “In the interest of DEI, they are allowing practices that are so illiberal—which is the great irony—this is the LEAST liberal thing you could be is treating women as a second-class citizen and getting away with shit like this.”
2:34

This is Bill Maher at his best. Maher dragged Patton Oswalt out of his bubble and forced him to confront the brutal reality of the UK’s immigration crisis. He exposed the horrifying details of Muslim grooming gangs, while Oswalt tried to play dumb. Maher didn’t let him. MAHER: “What’s going on in England right is a lot of that.” OSWALT: “What’s going on in England?” MAHER: “Again, not in the bubble…a lot of violence, protests, immigration.” “Andrew Sullivan, for example, says places that my grandfather would not even recognize anymore as British.” “Like, immigration is great, anything can be too much. It’s become ‘Islamicized’ to put it briefly.” Oswalt tried to hand-wave it away. OSWALT: “Anything can be too much, but a lot of times the way that things are framed and represented, is also amplified so that they can make their point.” Maher hit him with the bombshell. MAHER: “But do you know about…the grooming scandal?” OSWALT: “No.” MAHER: “See, that’s a big story!” He then laid out the details the left refuses to confront: “I’m talking about Pakistani men, who were immigrants, who were grooming poor, impoverished White girls, mostly, and making them into prostitutes and sex slaves.” “Like really nasty shit, that would pass for more normal in a traditional Pakistani society, where women are not considered equal citizens.” Maher then delivered his most devastating point: “And if you don’t understand that, and that gender apartheid is the number one issue that you woke people should be concerned with, but seem not to be, then right away we’re not really seeing the world as the same way.” “I’m seeing it much more clearly.” “Gender apartheid should be your NUMBER ONE issue, if you really care about oppression, like a lot…I’m talking about hundreds of millions of the world’s women.” “And it’s mostly because of the tenets of Islam, to be perfectly honest about it.” “In the interest of DEI, they are allowing practices that are so illiberal—which is the great irony—this is the LEAST liberal thing you could be is treating women as a second-class citizen and getting away with shit like this.”

Overton

3,679,239 Aufrufe • vor 8 Monaten

250709 | #ATEEZ #Hongjoong on how creative expression beyond music inspires his growth as an artist , TOKTOQ pop (voice) live (rough translation): I’m also studying design and slowly creating things on my own, step by step. I’ve said something similar before, but honestly - who knows what might happen in the distant future, right? For now, though, I’m still in the process of learning more about myself - my tastes, my design style, and how I work. And I know that if I ever do create something, our ATINYs would definitely take interest and support it. But as I continue getting to know myself, I just want to say - and I’ll say this clearly - I have absolutely no intention of starting a brand or selling anything at this point. Not even a little bit. Right now, I just see this - working and designing - as another way of expressing myself. That’s all it is. At least for now, I don’t have any plans beyond that. So I know there are people who hope I might do something more with this, and on the other hand, there may also be some fans who start to wonder, “Is he planning something?” - and maybe feel a bit uneasy about it. Because it could seem like I’m taking on too much or not focusing on my main work. But I’m very aware of that myself, and honestly, I don’t want that to happen. I really don’t. So to be clear - I’ll say it firmly - I don’t have any such plans right now. It all started simply because I wanted to try wearing clothes from different brands, and eventually, I thought, “I want to wear what I want,” or “I want to create something I’d like to wear.” That’s the situation I’m in. I just want to keep expressing myself. As long as it doesn’t become a burden for me or interfere with my schedule, I’d love to keep doing fun and creative things and share them with our ATINYs. So… it’s really just that. Since I’ve been using something like a stylized “HJ” - kind of like a personal mark - some people might start thinking, “Oh, is he launching a brand?” But absolutely not. That’s not the case at all. I’ve just been adding that mark to the clothes I make because I think it looks nice, and it kind of makes it feel like it’s mine. That’s really all there is to it. To be honest, I do want to make a tag eventually, but the design isn’t fully clear in my head yet - I haven’t figured it out. So for now, I’m just using the logo that’s in my mind. And honestly, it’s not like I’m trying to hide anything or doing something secretly behind my members’ backs. I just wanted to talk about it openly and put it out there. Because that way, I can really have fun with it. And if our ATINYs say, “Oh, that looks nice,” then I can just feel happy about it as it is. And even if I end up making something that doesn’t turn out so great sometimes, if ATINYs say, “You made that?” - even that, I can just laugh and enjoy it for what it is. So that’s what it is. That’s really the reason. Continuously creating - not just in music, but in other areas too - gives me so much energy. And I truly believe that this kind of creativity brings new inspiration to my performances as well. I think that’s what it is - the process of constantly making something new gives me another kind of drive, another kind of motivation. That’s what it feels like to me. So… that’s why I enjoy it. And honestly, that’s also why - even more so - I feel more motivated when it comes to things like choreography practice, or even just the basics of rapping. It makes me want to put in even more effort.
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250709 | #ATEEZ #Hongjoong on how creative expression beyond music inspires his growth as an artist , TOKTOQ pop (voice) live (rough translation): I’m also studying design and slowly creating things on my own, step by step. I’ve said something similar before, but honestly - who knows what might happen in the distant future, right? For now, though, I’m still in the process of learning more about myself - my tastes, my design style, and how I work. And I know that if I ever do create something, our ATINYs would definitely take interest and support it. But as I continue getting to know myself, I just want to say - and I’ll say this clearly - I have absolutely no intention of starting a brand or selling anything at this point. Not even a little bit. Right now, I just see this - working and designing - as another way of expressing myself. That’s all it is. At least for now, I don’t have any plans beyond that. So I know there are people who hope I might do something more with this, and on the other hand, there may also be some fans who start to wonder, “Is he planning something?” - and maybe feel a bit uneasy about it. Because it could seem like I’m taking on too much or not focusing on my main work. But I’m very aware of that myself, and honestly, I don’t want that to happen. I really don’t. So to be clear - I’ll say it firmly - I don’t have any such plans right now. It all started simply because I wanted to try wearing clothes from different brands, and eventually, I thought, “I want to wear what I want,” or “I want to create something I’d like to wear.” That’s the situation I’m in. I just want to keep expressing myself. As long as it doesn’t become a burden for me or interfere with my schedule, I’d love to keep doing fun and creative things and share them with our ATINYs. So… it’s really just that. Since I’ve been using something like a stylized “HJ” - kind of like a personal mark - some people might start thinking, “Oh, is he launching a brand?” But absolutely not. That’s not the case at all. I’ve just been adding that mark to the clothes I make because I think it looks nice, and it kind of makes it feel like it’s mine. That’s really all there is to it. To be honest, I do want to make a tag eventually, but the design isn’t fully clear in my head yet - I haven’t figured it out. So for now, I’m just using the logo that’s in my mind. And honestly, it’s not like I’m trying to hide anything or doing something secretly behind my members’ backs. I just wanted to talk about it openly and put it out there. Because that way, I can really have fun with it. And if our ATINYs say, “Oh, that looks nice,” then I can just feel happy about it as it is. And even if I end up making something that doesn’t turn out so great sometimes, if ATINYs say, “You made that?” - even that, I can just laugh and enjoy it for what it is. So that’s what it is. That’s really the reason. Continuously creating - not just in music, but in other areas too - gives me so much energy. And I truly believe that this kind of creativity brings new inspiration to my performances as well. I think that’s what it is - the process of constantly making something new gives me another kind of drive, another kind of motivation. That’s what it feels like to me. So… that’s why I enjoy it. And honestly, that’s also why - even more so - I feel more motivated when it comes to things like choreography practice, or even just the basics of rapping. It makes me want to put in even more effort.

Irene | AhgaTiny🍋

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Lascaux Cave - the Sistine Chapel of the Paleolithic Period : Lascaux Cave is a Palaeolithic cave situated in southwestern France, near village of Montignac in Dordogne region, which houses some of most famous examples of prehistoric cave paintings... Close to 600 paintings – mostly of animals - dot the interior walls of the cave in impressive compositions. Horses are the most numerous, but deer, aurochs, ibex, bison, and even some felines can also be found. Besides these paintings, which represent most of the major images, there are also around 1400 engravings of a similar order. The art, dated to 17000-15000 BC, falls within the Upper Palaeolithic period and was created by the clearly skilled hands of humans living in the area at that time. The region seems to be a hotspot; many beautifully decorated caves have been discovered there. Exact meaning of the paintings at Lascaux or any of the other sites is still subject to discussion, but the prevailing view attaches a ritualistic or even spiritual component to them, hinting at the sophistication of their creators. Lascaux was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list in 1979, along with other prehistoric sites in its proximity. Art at Lascaux was both painted on and engraved into the uneven walls of the cave, artists working with edges and curves of the walls to enhance their compositions. Resulting impressive displays depict mainly animals, but also a significant amount of abstract symbols, and even a human. Of the animals, horses dominate the imagery, followed by deer and aurochs, and then ibex and bison. A few carnivores, such as lions and bears, are also present. The archaeological record of the area shows that the depicted animals reflect the fauna that was known to these Palaeolithic humans. The entrance of the cave leads away from the daylight and straight into the main chamber of the cave, the Hall of the Bulls. Aptly named, this space contains mostly aurochs, a now-extinct type of large cattle. In a round dance, four large bulls tower above fleeing horses and deer, the relief of the walls serving to emphasise certain parts of the paintings. The animals are shown in side-view, but with their horns turned, giving the paintings a liveliness indicative of great skill. So far, these animals are easily identifiable, but others are less clear-cut. Seemingly pregnant horse with what looks like one horn on its head. Another mysterious figure is depicted with panther skin, a deer's tail, a bison's hump, two horns and a male member. Creative minds have suggested it may be a sorcerer or wizard, but what it really represents is hard to determine. Beyond the Hall of the Bulls lies Axial Gallery, a dead-end passage, but a spectacular one at that. It has been dubbed the 'Sistine Chapel of Prehistory,' as its ceiling is home to several eye-catching compositions. Red aurochs stand with their heads forming a circle, while the main figures of Gallery stand opposite one another: a mighty black bull on one side, a female aurochs on the other, seemingly jumping onto some sort of lattice that has been drawn underneath her hooves. There are horses in many shapes, including one known as 'Chinese horse,' with its hooves depicted slightly to the back, demonstrating a use of perspective far ahead of its time. Towards the back of the passage, a horse gallops with its mane blowing in the wind while its companion falls over with legs in the air. Original cave was closed to public in 1963 CE, after it became clear that many visitors caused, among others, growth of algae on cave walls, dealing irreparable damage to the paintings. Despite closure, fungi have spread within cave, and efforts to control these issues and protect art are ongoing. Those looking for an alternative experience can visit Lascaux II, a replica of Great Hall of Bulls and Painted Gallery sections, which was opened in 1983 CE and is located a mere 200m from original cave. 🎥 : Credit to the Owner #archaeohistories
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Lascaux Cave - the Sistine Chapel of the Paleolithic Period : Lascaux Cave is a Palaeolithic cave situated in southwestern France, near village of Montignac in Dordogne region, which houses some of most famous examples of prehistoric cave paintings... Close to 600 paintings – mostly of animals - dot the interior walls of the cave in impressive compositions. Horses are the most numerous, but deer, aurochs, ibex, bison, and even some felines can also be found. Besides these paintings, which represent most of the major images, there are also around 1400 engravings of a similar order. The art, dated to 17000-15000 BC, falls within the Upper Palaeolithic period and was created by the clearly skilled hands of humans living in the area at that time. The region seems to be a hotspot; many beautifully decorated caves have been discovered there. Exact meaning of the paintings at Lascaux or any of the other sites is still subject to discussion, but the prevailing view attaches a ritualistic or even spiritual component to them, hinting at the sophistication of their creators. Lascaux was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list in 1979, along with other prehistoric sites in its proximity. Art at Lascaux was both painted on and engraved into the uneven walls of the cave, artists working with edges and curves of the walls to enhance their compositions. Resulting impressive displays depict mainly animals, but also a significant amount of abstract symbols, and even a human. Of the animals, horses dominate the imagery, followed by deer and aurochs, and then ibex and bison. A few carnivores, such as lions and bears, are also present. The archaeological record of the area shows that the depicted animals reflect the fauna that was known to these Palaeolithic humans. The entrance of the cave leads away from the daylight and straight into the main chamber of the cave, the Hall of the Bulls. Aptly named, this space contains mostly aurochs, a now-extinct type of large cattle. In a round dance, four large bulls tower above fleeing horses and deer, the relief of the walls serving to emphasise certain parts of the paintings. The animals are shown in side-view, but with their horns turned, giving the paintings a liveliness indicative of great skill. So far, these animals are easily identifiable, but others are less clear-cut. Seemingly pregnant horse with what looks like one horn on its head. Another mysterious figure is depicted with panther skin, a deer's tail, a bison's hump, two horns and a male member. Creative minds have suggested it may be a sorcerer or wizard, but what it really represents is hard to determine. Beyond the Hall of the Bulls lies Axial Gallery, a dead-end passage, but a spectacular one at that. It has been dubbed the 'Sistine Chapel of Prehistory,' as its ceiling is home to several eye-catching compositions. Red aurochs stand with their heads forming a circle, while the main figures of Gallery stand opposite one another: a mighty black bull on one side, a female aurochs on the other, seemingly jumping onto some sort of lattice that has been drawn underneath her hooves. There are horses in many shapes, including one known as 'Chinese horse,' with its hooves depicted slightly to the back, demonstrating a use of perspective far ahead of its time. Towards the back of the passage, a horse gallops with its mane blowing in the wind while its companion falls over with legs in the air. Original cave was closed to public in 1963 CE, after it became clear that many visitors caused, among others, growth of algae on cave walls, dealing irreparable damage to the paintings. Despite closure, fungi have spread within cave, and efforts to control these issues and protect art are ongoing. Those looking for an alternative experience can visit Lascaux II, a replica of Great Hall of Bulls and Painted Gallery sections, which was opened in 1983 CE and is located a mere 200m from original cave. 🎥 : Credit to the Owner #archaeohistories

Archaeo - Histories

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❗️okayy i wanna yap abt this here, so if u dont like it better leave me alone 🙂‍↔️ #GeminiFourth first of all, he said “i wouldn’t buy flowers for someone i love for a special occasion because i feel like they can’t use it, so i would give them a present, that’s very practical and i’d rather they use it everyday” which means, in general, he sees practical gifts as being more meaningful than flowers but in reality, he keeps giving flowers to the same person on every important occasion (ofc it’s fourth nattawat) 🙂‍↕️ and that shows there are a possibility ❗️fourth is the exception he knows the flowers he gives are a symbol of the bond between them, he cares more abt the receiver’s happiness than his own preference gemini isn’t the type of person who gives flowers to someone. but in reality, he’s already given fourth flowers at every important event. that means those flowers were never just random gifts to gemini 🫣😳 imo, sometimes ppl have their own principles, but when it comes to someone who means a lot to them, they’re willing to put those principles aside bc they know it’ll make that person happy. in relationships, ppl often do things they once said they’d never do. and gemini did that for fourth. then… he also said that the most important thing to him is “time” bc he’s always busy working. and usually he doesn’t remember special occasions. but if he’s willing to spend his free time on someone, that’s the romantic thing he does. now try to remember… 🫨🤭 - going to his friend’s important event twice to bring flowers - making sure to send flowers for his friend even when he was busy - going to visit his friend early in the morning on his birthday (bc he missed him) - and now he even often goes to the gym together with his friend 🫣 and that friend… we all know who it is 🙂‍↔️ (that number boy) he spends his time on fourth. the thing that’s the most valuable and the most important to him, besides his family oh boy… he said he’s not romantic but everything he does for fourth is so romantic… 😮‍💨😮‍💨 what am i supposed to do with this conclusion… bc in the end, it means he’s doing all of those most romantic things for his friend, that number boy fourth nattawat 😭😭 i can’t… this is so sweet… gemini is so sweet… maybe this is just my delulu, but i really believe gemfot have something that’s more than just friends… 🤭🤭 #trustmeagain
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❗️okayy i wanna yap abt this here, so if u dont like it better leave me alone 🙂‍↔️ #GeminiFourth first of all, he said “i wouldn’t buy flowers for someone i love for a special occasion because i feel like they can’t use it, so i would give them a present, that’s very practical and i’d rather they use it everyday” which means, in general, he sees practical gifts as being more meaningful than flowers but in reality, he keeps giving flowers to the same person on every important occasion (ofc it’s fourth nattawat) 🙂‍↕️ and that shows there are a possibility ❗️fourth is the exception he knows the flowers he gives are a symbol of the bond between them, he cares more abt the receiver’s happiness than his own preference gemini isn’t the type of person who gives flowers to someone. but in reality, he’s already given fourth flowers at every important event. that means those flowers were never just random gifts to gemini 🫣😳 imo, sometimes ppl have their own principles, but when it comes to someone who means a lot to them, they’re willing to put those principles aside bc they know it’ll make that person happy. in relationships, ppl often do things they once said they’d never do. and gemini did that for fourth. then… he also said that the most important thing to him is “time” bc he’s always busy working. and usually he doesn’t remember special occasions. but if he’s willing to spend his free time on someone, that’s the romantic thing he does. now try to remember… 🫨🤭 - going to his friend’s important event twice to bring flowers - making sure to send flowers for his friend even when he was busy - going to visit his friend early in the morning on his birthday (bc he missed him) - and now he even often goes to the gym together with his friend 🫣 and that friend… we all know who it is 🙂‍↔️ (that number boy) he spends his time on fourth. the thing that’s the most valuable and the most important to him, besides his family oh boy… he said he’s not romantic but everything he does for fourth is so romantic… 😮‍💨😮‍💨 what am i supposed to do with this conclusion… bc in the end, it means he’s doing all of those most romantic things for his friend, that number boy fourth nattawat 😭😭 i can’t… this is so sweet… gemini is so sweet… maybe this is just my delulu, but i really believe gemfot have something that’s more than just friends… 🤭🤭 #trustmeagain

biw 🌸

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The great Frank Lampard talking with the great Rodri about scanning. Mr Lampard calls it picturing, borrowing from his father’s term for it. “Pictures, pictures, pictures” Frank Lampard Snr used to shout from the sidelines as he watched his son progress at the West Ham Academy. Why? Because all team invasion sports are the same. At the heart of these games lie the skills of anticipation and decision-making. Players who scan their performance environment give themselves the opportunity to: 1. See opportunities to exploit them 2. See dangers to deal with them 3. See patterns to understand the game around them So, of course, it’s critical to instruct a player to scan. And, of course, creating activities in sessions that encourage scanning is crucial. But here’s the thing. Perhaps the most powerful way to promote scanning behaviour is to help players understand why ‘picture taking’ is important. So often, establishing the meaning underpinning behaviour can change behaviour. Useful can be to encourage players to understand that your team invasion sport is about actions and interactions. They constantly have to interact with their playing environment - teammates, opposition, space, ball, and target. Help them understand they are detectives of what’s happening around them. A Sherlock Holmes of the interacting elements emerging and dissolving, shifting and shaping around them. By moulding their interest in their performance environment, you help your players mentally in two ways. It places their focus of attention outwards - they get out of their head into the game - an external focus of attention. Importantly, it also increases their activation levels (alertness and readiness) due to a rise in their fascination with what’s going on around them (a dopaminergic link here, perhaps). Scanning, scanning, scanning Pictures, pictures, pictures …these are important instructions…but even more powerful could be to help players understand why they need to get their head up and start exploring the game around them.
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The great Frank Lampard talking with the great Rodri about scanning. Mr Lampard calls it picturing, borrowing from his father’s term for it. “Pictures, pictures, pictures” Frank Lampard Snr used to shout from the sidelines as he watched his son progress at the West Ham Academy. Why? Because all team invasion sports are the same. At the heart of these games lie the skills of anticipation and decision-making. Players who scan their performance environment give themselves the opportunity to: 1. See opportunities to exploit them 2. See dangers to deal with them 3. See patterns to understand the game around them So, of course, it’s critical to instruct a player to scan. And, of course, creating activities in sessions that encourage scanning is crucial. But here’s the thing. Perhaps the most powerful way to promote scanning behaviour is to help players understand why ‘picture taking’ is important. So often, establishing the meaning underpinning behaviour can change behaviour. Useful can be to encourage players to understand that your team invasion sport is about actions and interactions. They constantly have to interact with their playing environment - teammates, opposition, space, ball, and target. Help them understand they are detectives of what’s happening around them. A Sherlock Holmes of the interacting elements emerging and dissolving, shifting and shaping around them. By moulding their interest in their performance environment, you help your players mentally in two ways. It places their focus of attention outwards - they get out of their head into the game - an external focus of attention. Importantly, it also increases their activation levels (alertness and readiness) due to a rise in their fascination with what’s going on around them (a dopaminergic link here, perhaps). Scanning, scanning, scanning Pictures, pictures, pictures …these are important instructions…but even more powerful could be to help players understand why they need to get their head up and start exploring the game around them.

Daniel Abrahams

22,464 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr