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Thank you Bryan Johnson. Jefferson is amazing. I will try to summarize the general dunk formula right now: 1. Height is a huge factor 2. Genetic jumping starting point 3. Age and injury history Then I would say 2 main things go missed: 1. Not being able to palm a ball is a huge barrier - not only to putting the ball through the rim, but holding back the JUMP INTENT itself. A small or foam ball (and even low rim if needed) can be a breakthrough to BECOMING A GOOD JUMPER. Getting well up over the rim is the first step and you can get better quality jumps without holding a ball. 2. A full squat. Think Wemby, 7+ feet tall, no chance genetically to be an Olympic weightlifter but then the top Olympic weightlifter of all time, pound for pound, is like 5’5” and no chance blocking Webmy’s dunk - and so FULL SQUAT tends to go missing! It gets overlooked. But I’ve seen NOTHING come close to how much it SUPPORTS dunk goal, because it strengthens legs AND KNEES. It’s almost like the worse you are at full squat, the more potential is waiting for you. For dunking, knee is NOT #1 power but knee PAIN is #1 BARRIER. Even in pro dunking you’ll now find the majority full squat. I personally coached many of them 8 years ago and it changed dunking, behind the scenes, forever. I’m not saying to work through pain. Here and on a weekly basis I post pain-free full squat strategy. 3. Similarly, seated calf machine goes underrated for extra Achilles support. So if we recap: Dunk is largely your starting point you can’t do anything about. But you can do a LOT with uninhibited jumping - that means neither ball nor knee pain or Achilles pain holding you back. Then, yes, any other power method is valid and can further boost! Doesn’t help that from 1970s to today, in many textbooks, “NO KNEE OVER TOES / NO FULL SQUAT” was forced on millions of students, despite no long-term research, which now shows that mistake.

Thank you Bryan Johnson. Jefferson is amazing. I will try to summarize the general dunk formula right now: 1. Height is a huge factor 2. Genetic jumping starting point 3. Age and injury history Then I would say 2 main things go missed: 1. Not being able to palm a ball is a huge barrier - not only to putting the ball through the rim, but holding back the JUMP INTENT itself. A small or foam ball (and even low rim if needed) can be a breakthrough to BECOMING A GOOD JUMPER. Getting well up over the rim is the first step and you can get better quality jumps without holding a ball. 2. A full squat. Think Wemby, 7+ feet tall, no chance genetically to be an Olympic weightlifter but then the top Olympic weightlifter of all time, pound for pound, is like 5’5” and no chance blocking Webmy’s dunk - and so FULL SQUAT tends to go missing! It gets overlooked. But I’ve seen NOTHING come close to how much it SUPPORTS dunk goal, because it strengthens legs AND KNEES. It’s almost like the worse you are at full squat, the more potential is waiting for you. For dunking, knee is NOT #1 power but knee PAIN is #1 BARRIER. Even in pro dunking you’ll now find the majority full squat. I personally coached many of them 8 years ago and it changed dunking, behind the scenes, forever. I’m not saying to work through pain. Here and on a weekly basis I post pain-free full squat strategy. 3. Similarly, seated calf machine goes underrated for extra Achilles support. So if we recap: Dunk is largely your starting point you can’t do anything about. But you can do a LOT with uninhibited jumping - that means neither ball nor knee pain or Achilles pain holding you back. Then, yes, any other power method is valid and can further boost! Doesn’t help that from 1970s to today, in many textbooks, “NO KNEE OVER TOES / NO FULL SQUAT” was forced on millions of students, despite no long-term research, which now shows that mistake.

KneeOverToesGuy

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"Lift lighter as you get older. Protect your joints." The standard advice. The wrong advice. What heavy lifting actually does for an ageing body: - Builds tendon stiffness, which protects joints rather than wearing them - Maintains the high threshold motor units that are first to disappear with age - Stimulates bone density, the thing osteoporosis attacks - Develops the strength reserve that keeps you independent at 80 What high reps do for an ageing body: - Generate more total fatigue per session - Take longer to recover from (a problem that compounds with age) - Do nothing for tendon stiffness - Do nothing for fast twitch preservation - Make you tired without making you strong Recovery capacity declines with age. The worst thing you can do is pick the more fatiguing option and call it gentle. The actual protocol: - Heavy enough to challenge the muscle (4-6 reps, near failure) - Machines for most of the work (less spinal load, less balance demand, more stimulus to the muscle, less risk) - Skip the 1RM testing, skip the maxing out on barbell squats and deadlifts - That isn't where the magic was anyway You don't need to max out a barbell to lift heavy. You need to challenge the muscle with a load it respects. The leg press at 200kg does this. The hack squat does this. The chest-supported row does this. None of them are ego lifts. All of them are heavy. Lifting lighter to "protect" your joints is how you arrive at 75 unable to stand up from a chair. Lifting heavy on machines is how you arrive at 75 carrying your own shopping.

"Lift lighter as you get older. Protect your joints." The standard advice. The wrong advice. What heavy lifting actually does for an ageing body: - Builds tendon stiffness, which protects joints rather than wearing them - Maintains the high threshold motor units that are first to disappear with age - Stimulates bone density, the thing osteoporosis attacks - Develops the strength reserve that keeps you independent at 80 What high reps do for an ageing body: - Generate more total fatigue per session - Take longer to recover from (a problem that compounds with age) - Do nothing for tendon stiffness - Do nothing for fast twitch preservation - Make you tired without making you strong Recovery capacity declines with age. The worst thing you can do is pick the more fatiguing option and call it gentle. The actual protocol: - Heavy enough to challenge the muscle (4-6 reps, near failure) - Machines for most of the work (less spinal load, less balance demand, more stimulus to the muscle, less risk) - Skip the 1RM testing, skip the maxing out on barbell squats and deadlifts - That isn't where the magic was anyway You don't need to max out a barbell to lift heavy. You need to challenge the muscle with a load it respects. The leg press at 200kg does this. The hack squat does this. The chest-supported row does this. None of them are ego lifts. All of them are heavy. Lifting lighter to "protect" your joints is how you arrive at 75 unable to stand up from a chair. Lifting heavy on machines is how you arrive at 75 carrying your own shopping.

Sama Hoole

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The architecture of this new world model is one of the most interesting things I've seen lately: Let me first explain how most world models work: They predict and render one frame at a time. If you are navigating in one of these worlds, and you look left, the model draws whatever looks right in the moment. Every time you change your viewpoint, the model has to imagine what should be there again, so it's very common for these models to "forget" what's in the world. For example, if you put a toy on the table, look away, then look back, the toy might not be there anymore. Tripo AI is releasing its Project Eden model, which works very differently: The model builds the world first, and then renders it based on that map. That map holds the real state of the world: the geometry, every object, where things are, what's already happened. The picture you see on screen gets generated from the map. This architecture flips the whole thing. Now, you get the following: 1. The world stops forgetting. Leave, come back, and the toy is still on the table because it lives in the map, not in the last frame you saw. 2. You can edit the world, and those changes persist for anyone who enters later. 3. Multiple people and AI agents can coexist in the world and see it from different perspectives. This is early research, but it's looking really promising. They just raised nearly $200M across two rounds to build it out. Tripo will be at SIGGRAPH 2026 (July 19–23, Los Angeles Convention Center). If you work in 3D, embodied AI, simulation, or anything spatial, go connect with them there.

The architecture of this new world model is one of the most interesting things I've seen lately: Let me first explain how most world models work: They predict and render one frame at a time. If you are navigating in one of these worlds, and you look left, the model draws whatever looks right in the moment. Every time you change your viewpoint, the model has to imagine what should be there again, so it's very common for these models to "forget" what's in the world. For example, if you put a toy on the table, look away, then look back, the toy might not be there anymore. Tripo AI is releasing its Project Eden model, which works very differently: The model builds the world first, and then renders it based on that map. That map holds the real state of the world: the geometry, every object, where things are, what's already happened. The picture you see on screen gets generated from the map. This architecture flips the whole thing. Now, you get the following: 1. The world stops forgetting. Leave, come back, and the toy is still on the table because it lives in the map, not in the last frame you saw. 2. You can edit the world, and those changes persist for anyone who enters later. 3. Multiple people and AI agents can coexist in the world and see it from different perspectives. This is early research, but it's looking really promising. They just raised nearly $200M across two rounds to build it out. Tripo will be at SIGGRAPH 2026 (July 19–23, Los Angeles Convention Center). If you work in 3D, embodied AI, simulation, or anything spatial, go connect with them there.

Santiago

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“Most people don’t care if someone says licensed instead of certified.” AKA: You don’t care that Leah blatantly lied about her credentials and misled thousands of people. And that is exactly where you’re wrong. People absolutely care because those words are not interchangeable. They may ignore it because of the sunk cost fallacy, but people who have not tied their entire identity to apophenia and these conspiracy theories will understand why it matters. That is why Leah blocks people with a following when they call her out for lying. “Licensed” communicates a higher level of professional oversight, scrutiny, and accountability than “certified.” That is why people use the term. It carries more authority. A genuine question for the defenders of theleahfiles: You told us Erika’s alleged lies about her college accolades were enough to destroy her credibility. You even used those allegations to insinuate that she could be involved in covering up Charlie’s assassination. Meanwhile, Leah has been doing phony “deep dives” into financial structures and business dealings. As a licensed professional who reviews financials and has experience with multiple business structures, I can see that she is either ignorant of how these arrangements work or deliberately misleading people into believing there are nefarious financial dealings without sufficient evidence. Yet with Leah: • She publicly claimed she was licensed, doubled down when I asked where she was licensed, and later changed it to certified. • She publicly claimed she had been doxed, but later acknowledged that the image and information people found came from a public X post made by a former employer. Meanwhile, the person she accused, Lisa Knows, ended up having non-public personal information circulated online. Yet now Brave Report you are saying none of this matters. So which standard are you using while claiming to be “seekers of truth”? If alleged dishonesty was enough for you to conclude that Erika might be involved in a cover-up, why doesn’t the same reasoning cause you to question Leah’s credibility and integrity? Or was it never really about honesty? Is it simply about who you want people to believe? And if Leah’s followers paid for her content because they believed she was a licensed fraud examiner, and that was a major reason they trusted her “investigations”, I think they should ask for a refund.

“Most people don’t care if someone says licensed instead of certified.” AKA: You don’t care that Leah blatantly lied about her credentials and misled thousands of people. And that is exactly where you’re wrong. People absolutely care because those words are not interchangeable. They may ignore it because of the sunk cost fallacy, but people who have not tied their entire identity to apophenia and these conspiracy theories will understand why it matters. That is why Leah blocks people with a following when they call her out for lying. “Licensed” communicates a higher level of professional oversight, scrutiny, and accountability than “certified.” That is why people use the term. It carries more authority. A genuine question for the defenders of theleahfiles: You told us Erika’s alleged lies about her college accolades were enough to destroy her credibility. You even used those allegations to insinuate that she could be involved in covering up Charlie’s assassination. Meanwhile, Leah has been doing phony “deep dives” into financial structures and business dealings. As a licensed professional who reviews financials and has experience with multiple business structures, I can see that she is either ignorant of how these arrangements work or deliberately misleading people into believing there are nefarious financial dealings without sufficient evidence. Yet with Leah: • She publicly claimed she was licensed, doubled down when I asked where she was licensed, and later changed it to certified. • She publicly claimed she had been doxed, but later acknowledged that the image and information people found came from a public X post made by a former employer. Meanwhile, the person she accused, Lisa Knows, ended up having non-public personal information circulated online. Yet now Brave Report you are saying none of this matters. So which standard are you using while claiming to be “seekers of truth”? If alleged dishonesty was enough for you to conclude that Erika might be involved in a cover-up, why doesn’t the same reasoning cause you to question Leah’s credibility and integrity? Or was it never really about honesty? Is it simply about who you want people to believe? And if Leah’s followers paid for her content because they believed she was a licensed fraud examiner, and that was a major reason they trusted her “investigations”, I think they should ask for a refund.

Nish Perez 🇺🇸🇵🇷

16,195 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat

After 3 incredible years and 1.6M students later, my journey at ALX Africa has come to an end. It has been a life-changing experience, during which I made a lot of friends, worked with an incredibly dedicated team, and met so many talented students. A few numbers. We scaled from a few thousand students to 1.6M students on our platform. Students loved it and many of them took more than one course: 4M total! For the famous #ALX_SE Software engineering program, our SE students made an average of 2,000 commits and our checker reviewed 180M of their projects. That’s 2B lines of code… and that was before Claude Code. They actually wrote these themselves (unless Kimba said otherwise :) A big thank you to all my SE team mates, I am so proud of what we have accomplished, and I will really miss you all. Thank you to Fred for the trust he put in me and always supporting my crazy new and disruptive ideas. Thank you to my students. It was an honor to work with you, watch you struggle but relentlessly move forward, no matter what, until you got this job. To those who are still struggling finding this job, keep pushing forward. Don’t let go. You got this. You all have worked so hard and I am so proud of you. You are the greatest thing I've ever been part of and I can't wait to see what impact you will have on the world. It’s your turn to shine now, and hopefully for some of you to give back to the community whenever you are in a position to. I hope you’ll keep sharing the good news with me when you get this internship, this job, or when you launch your company. These messages are everything to me. In any case, I’ll be watching you from afar, and you can count on me to continue answering all your LinkedIn and X messages. Can’t conclude without ALX Africa’s signature: continue to “Do Hard Things”. Remember who you are, where you are coming from, and where you set out to go. I’ll see you there soon. With love. J PS: Want to know what's next for me? Drop your email here:

After 3 incredible years and 1.6M students later, my journey at ALX Africa has come to an end. It has been a life-changing experience, during which I made a lot of friends, worked with an incredibly dedicated team, and met so many talented students. A few numbers. We scaled from a few thousand students to 1.6M students on our platform. Students loved it and many of them took more than one course: 4M total! For the famous #ALX_SE Software engineering program, our SE students made an average of 2,000 commits and our checker reviewed 180M of their projects. That’s 2B lines of code… and that was before Claude Code. They actually wrote these themselves (unless Kimba said otherwise :) A big thank you to all my SE team mates, I am so proud of what we have accomplished, and I will really miss you all. Thank you to Fred for the trust he put in me and always supporting my crazy new and disruptive ideas. Thank you to my students. It was an honor to work with you, watch you struggle but relentlessly move forward, no matter what, until you got this job. To those who are still struggling finding this job, keep pushing forward. Don’t let go. You got this. You all have worked so hard and I am so proud of you. You are the greatest thing I've ever been part of and I can't wait to see what impact you will have on the world. It’s your turn to shine now, and hopefully for some of you to give back to the community whenever you are in a position to. I hope you’ll keep sharing the good news with me when you get this internship, this job, or when you launch your company. These messages are everything to me. In any case, I’ll be watching you from afar, and you can count on me to continue answering all your LinkedIn and X messages. Can’t conclude without ALX Africa’s signature: continue to “Do Hard Things”. Remember who you are, where you are coming from, and where you set out to go. I’ll see you there soon. With love. J PS: Want to know what's next for me? Drop your email here:

Julien Barbier 🙃❤️🏴‍☠️

19,008 Aufrufe • vor 5 Monaten

Since last night, our emergency services have been working at the sites of the Russian strikes. A wicked attack – as of now, we know of dozens of wounded, including children and a pregnant woman. Sadly, four people have been killed. My condolences to their families and loved ones. About 430 drones and 18 missiles were used in the strike, including ballistic and aeroballistic missiles. This was a deliberately calculated attack aimed at causing maximum harm to people and civilian infrastructure. In Kyiv alone, dozens of apartment buildings have been damaged. The Azerbaijani Embassy was hit by debris from an Iskander missile. The main target of the attack was Kyiv, and strikes also hit Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Odesa regions. According to preliminary data, the Russians used a Zircon missile in the Sumy region this morning. Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko has already reported on the progress of rescue operations at the sites. I am grateful to everyone helping our people. Commander of the Air Force Anatolii Kryvonozhko also reported on the results of our air defense work. I thank our warriors for their effective actions. Ukraine is responding to these strikes with long-range strength, and the world must stop these attacks on life with sanctions. Russia is still able to sell oil and build its schemes. All of this must end. A great deal of work is underway with partners to strengthen our air defense, but it is not enough. We need reinforcement with additional systems and interceptor missiles. Europe and the United States can help. We are counting on real decisions. Thank you to everyone who helps.

Since last night, our emergency services have been working at the sites of the Russian strikes. A wicked attack – as of now, we know of dozens of wounded, including children and a pregnant woman. Sadly, four people have been killed. My condolences to their families and loved ones. About 430 drones and 18 missiles were used in the strike, including ballistic and aeroballistic missiles. This was a deliberately calculated attack aimed at causing maximum harm to people and civilian infrastructure. In Kyiv alone, dozens of apartment buildings have been damaged. The Azerbaijani Embassy was hit by debris from an Iskander missile. The main target of the attack was Kyiv, and strikes also hit Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Odesa regions. According to preliminary data, the Russians used a Zircon missile in the Sumy region this morning. Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko has already reported on the progress of rescue operations at the sites. I am grateful to everyone helping our people. Commander of the Air Force Anatolii Kryvonozhko also reported on the results of our air defense work. I thank our warriors for their effective actions. Ukraine is responding to these strikes with long-range strength, and the world must stop these attacks on life with sanctions. Russia is still able to sell oil and build its schemes. All of this must end. A great deal of work is underway with partners to strengthen our air defense, but it is not enough. We need reinforcement with additional systems and interceptor missiles. Europe and the United States can help. We are counting on real decisions. Thank you to everyone who helps.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський

230,410 Aufrufe • vor 10 Monaten

I just went through Anthropic’s threat report & woah! This is genuinely the craziest article I’ve read all month. They documented hackers, governments, scammers and Chinese AI labs all using Claude in completely different ways. & some of the cases are insane. Here’s a TLDR; ⟣ A suspected Russian state linked group used Claude across phishing, intrusion, data theft and malware development, including rebuilding malware after security products detected it. According to the article, more than 20 organizations were targeted. ⟣ ShinyHunters-linked hackers used AI agents to scan 1.8M Android apps for exposed secrets and help run breaches across multiple companies. Anthropic says the agents did nearly all the work in some operations. ⟣ A China-based group built an automated exploit setup that could research vulnerabilities, build offensive tools and keep working against targets with little to no supervision. ⟣ Claude was also being used for government surveillance. One consultant used it to build Lakana 360 for Mali’s intelligence service, a system designed to monitor roughly 25M SIM cards across the country, including calls, messages, voice interception, watchlists and automated intelligence dossiers. The finished system runs locally, so even if anthropic bans the account, it won’t shut it down. ⟣ Anthropic found Claude being used across six weapons programs. One Yemen-based group used multiple Claude Code instances while working on guided rockets, ballistic missiles and a hypersonic-glide project. They actually tested one of the rockets, it failed, and they returned to Claude afterwards to diagnose the problem. ⟣ A Russia-based team was working on autonomous FPV kamikaze drones capable of identifying target classes, including humans, and approving lethal engagement without a human making the final call. ⟣ One China-linked project built electronic-warfare and air-defense suppression systems, then later changed its scenario to 12 targets in Taiwan, including radar sites, air bases and command infrastructure. ⟣ Anthropic found multiple influence operations too, including fake news networks, fake political accounts, propaganda operations and systems built to copy the writing style of real people. ⟣ Then there’s this fucking dating operation. More than 20 dating apps. > 4,700+ AI personas. > 25,000+ people talking to them. > Around 2.36M Claude messages in two weeks. And when someone wanted a video call or social follow, real gig workers could step in to make the fake profile look legit. ⟣ Then Anthropic gets into distillation. They say they’ve now caught campaigns from Alibaba, Moonshot, DeepSeek, Xiaomi, SenseTime and MiniMax. Alibaba alone allegedly ran 151M+ Claude exchanges between May and July, peaking at almost 3M per day. (I just wrote a piece on distillation before this) > Moonshot: 23M+. > DeepSeek: 12.1M+ in 14 days. And this is where it gets messy. Anthropic says Moonshot and DeepSeek were sometimes routing requests from their own users through Claude without telling them. Those requests included internal company documents, source code, live credentials, surveillance data and other sensitive information. ⟣ Some labs were also actively trying to extract Claude’s hidden reasoning. Anthropic says one lab tested 12,000+ different requests, each trying a different method, until it found techniques that worked and scaled them up. That’s the TLDR. Got me feeling like 👇

zhod

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I just sold my startup Talknotes for $200,000 on acquire.com 💸🤯🤩💰🥳🎉 I launched it last August when I was looking for an idea I could grow with paid ads, and made a MVP in one week. I took it from $0 to $7500 MRR in just 11 months. 👉 Here is how I grew it from zero: 💡 Idea: I got the idea when I tried to write a tweet using Google Doc's transcription tool, but it was terrible. And I was pretty sure I wasn't the one too lazy to type. So I made my own solution, and Talknotes was created. The audience is pretty broad so it was a perfect fit for Meta ads However… ✅ Validation: My rule is to only reinvest what the project generates, so, no ads until I make enough cashflow ❌ Listing on startup directories + a few Twitter sales generated $700 after 10 days. Yes, it's not much, but more than enough to show there is interest in the product and tell me to keep working on it 🤩 I started adding the features users requested, but the launch effect started to wear off and daily revenues quickly went to $0 after a few weeks 🫥 I got depressed and almost gave up on the app... 😔 But luckily, my friends and Dan Kulkov pushed me to continue And I'm glad they did because In October, I launched on Product Hunt 😸 and it blew up 🤯 It got Product of the Day and reached $1500 MRR thanks to the media coverage 🚀🚀 Until then, everything was done using vanilla JS/CSS/HTML + Node for back end. It's simple and easy, but I saw the limitations, so I remade the app using Nuxt to make it easier in the future 🏗️ (thanks to @blackevilgoblin and Piotr Jura for the content/courses! Tim Bennetto as well for the basics!) After that, I took a break and then launched ads on Facebook. The strategy is simple: Catch people's attention, and show them how the app can help them improve their life. No need to over-complicate 🙅‍♂️ Making good creatives is 80% of the job when doing ads on Facebook, most of the technical stuff is done by AI now. Thanks to the boost in traffic, I implemented a feedback loop: 1) Get new users 👥 2) Learn to know them with the onboarding form 💬 3) Make more ads based on the data you get from onboarding 📝 And it completely blew up. MRR doubled in ~2 months However... In May, I had a bad burnout 🥵😩 Multiple bugs slipped into the app, and I had to spend 2 days fixing everything in an emergency while revenues plummeted. This completely fucked me up mentally and had a hard time working on the app after that ( 💀💀 So I decided to list it on acquire.com and made a Twitter post ( I listed it for $200,000, a pretty low price considering the revenues and fast growth. I could have gotten $300,000 if I accepted payment over time, but $200,000 today is better than $300,000 tomorrow for me. 🚨 The process went smoothly until we tried to use Escrow, which almost fucked up the whole deal. (details: I got extremely lucky because the buyer really wanted to buy the app, but this could have ended the deal. We had to wait over a week to get the money back from them, even tho they said they already refunded it. But luckily, after threatening them, they sent it back the next day 🙃 The buyer finally got the money back, I transferred every asset to him, and he sent me the wire. With the profit made from the app + the sale, and other projects, I'm 30% away from being a millionaire 🤯 With this amount, I can pretty much retire in Asia if I want to. But that's just the beginning, I’m going to launch new projects soon! 🚀 But before that, I need to take a real vacation and detox. My brain is completely fucked up by those last 2 months. I gained weight, and got brain rot from scrolling all day waiting for the acquisition to move forward 💀💀 Surprisingly, doing absolutely nothing is 10x more exhausting than working 15h per day 🥱 Now, all this might sound like an overnight success. It is not ‼️ This is the result of 7 years of failure and working like a madman. I launched over 40 projects in those 7 years, and most of them failed. But a few took off, and that’s all I needed All those weeks working 15h/day without weekends and vacation feels soul-sucking when you don’t see the end, but this is what took me there You only need to win once to snowball everything. Work hard, focus, fail a lot and keep shipping fast. 🚀🚀 Thanks to you for reading until here, and thanks to everyone who supported me 🤞

I just sold my startup Talknotes for $200,000 on acquire.com 💸🤯🤩💰🥳🎉 I launched it last August when I was looking for an idea I could grow with paid ads, and made a MVP in one week. I took it from $0 to $7500 MRR in just 11 months. 👉 Here is how I grew it from zero: 💡 Idea: I got the idea when I tried to write a tweet using Google Doc's transcription tool, but it was terrible. And I was pretty sure I wasn't the one too lazy to type. So I made my own solution, and Talknotes was created. The audience is pretty broad so it was a perfect fit for Meta ads However… ✅ Validation: My rule is to only reinvest what the project generates, so, no ads until I make enough cashflow ❌ Listing on startup directories + a few Twitter sales generated $700 after 10 days. Yes, it's not much, but more than enough to show there is interest in the product and tell me to keep working on it 🤩 I started adding the features users requested, but the launch effect started to wear off and daily revenues quickly went to $0 after a few weeks 🫥 I got depressed and almost gave up on the app... 😔 But luckily, my friends and Dan Kulkov pushed me to continue And I'm glad they did because In October, I launched on Product Hunt 😸 and it blew up 🤯 It got Product of the Day and reached $1500 MRR thanks to the media coverage 🚀🚀 Until then, everything was done using vanilla JS/CSS/HTML + Node for back end. It's simple and easy, but I saw the limitations, so I remade the app using Nuxt to make it easier in the future 🏗️ (thanks to @blackevilgoblin and Piotr Jura for the content/courses! Tim Bennetto as well for the basics!) After that, I took a break and then launched ads on Facebook. The strategy is simple: Catch people's attention, and show them how the app can help them improve their life. No need to over-complicate 🙅‍♂️ Making good creatives is 80% of the job when doing ads on Facebook, most of the technical stuff is done by AI now. Thanks to the boost in traffic, I implemented a feedback loop: 1) Get new users 👥 2) Learn to know them with the onboarding form 💬 3) Make more ads based on the data you get from onboarding 📝 And it completely blew up. MRR doubled in ~2 months However... In May, I had a bad burnout 🥵😩 Multiple bugs slipped into the app, and I had to spend 2 days fixing everything in an emergency while revenues plummeted. This completely fucked me up mentally and had a hard time working on the app after that ( 💀💀 So I decided to list it on acquire.com and made a Twitter post ( I listed it for $200,000, a pretty low price considering the revenues and fast growth. I could have gotten $300,000 if I accepted payment over time, but $200,000 today is better than $300,000 tomorrow for me. 🚨 The process went smoothly until we tried to use Escrow, which almost fucked up the whole deal. (details: I got extremely lucky because the buyer really wanted to buy the app, but this could have ended the deal. We had to wait over a week to get the money back from them, even tho they said they already refunded it. But luckily, after threatening them, they sent it back the next day 🙃 The buyer finally got the money back, I transferred every asset to him, and he sent me the wire. With the profit made from the app + the sale, and other projects, I'm 30% away from being a millionaire 🤯 With this amount, I can pretty much retire in Asia if I want to. But that's just the beginning, I’m going to launch new projects soon! 🚀 But before that, I need to take a real vacation and detox. My brain is completely fucked up by those last 2 months. I gained weight, and got brain rot from scrolling all day waiting for the acquisition to move forward 💀💀 Surprisingly, doing absolutely nothing is 10x more exhausting than working 15h per day 🥱 Now, all this might sound like an overnight success. It is not ‼️ This is the result of 7 years of failure and working like a madman. I launched over 40 projects in those 7 years, and most of them failed. But a few took off, and that’s all I needed All those weeks working 15h/day without weekends and vacation feels soul-sucking when you don’t see the end, but this is what took me there You only need to win once to snowball everything. Work hard, focus, fail a lot and keep shipping fast. 🚀🚀 Thanks to you for reading until here, and thanks to everyone who supported me 🤞

Nico

458,235 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren

Despite all their threats against Peter Obi and his supporters in Lagos state, despite all the threats from desperate landlords, Baales, CDC chairman, agberos, APC members against supporting any other party outside the APC, attending political rallies outside that of the APC, and supporting anyone outside Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, yesterday they were taken by surprise by the number of persons who turned out for the NDC primaries across the state. The crowd was unprecedented and unbelievable in different locations across lagos. The message was very simple and clear. Their threats did not work, Peter Obi still have his support base intact in lagos state, and the NDC with Peter Obi as presidential candidate will still defeat Tinubu in 2027 in lagos state, and also win several of the National Assembly seats on Peter Obi's political wave. Since yesterday, the people who issued these threats have been restless. They have been holding meetings to discuss the massive turnout the NDC primaries recorded. If primaries can be this crowdy without any financial inducement or vote buying for NDC aspirants, how will the 2027 election be when Obi's name will be on the ballot. These old men and agberos have been worried. Now that the NDC primaries are over in Lagos state, it is time for NDC to prepare for their future threats. NDC must be prepared to resist and counter any form of threats from these old desperate corrupt men. If Tinubu is popular than Peter Obi in lagos state as claimed, you don't need to threaten anyone to vote for him. If Tinubu has performed creditably well as claimed by you idiots, then you don't need to threaten anyone to support or vote for him. If Tinubu is so loved by Lagosians and Nigerians as you all claimed, you don't need to threaten anyone to go back to Anambra. Let his performance in government campaign for him. Let his love speak for him. This is not 2023, when obi votes were intentionally reduced in Lagos state. When obi supporters and non-indigenes were intentionally stopped and denied from voting. This is not 2023 when innocent voters were attacked, injured and killed because they don't support APC. They should know that In this current NDC of 2027 .....

Despite all their threats against Peter Obi and his supporters in Lagos state, despite all the threats from desperate landlords, Baales, CDC chairman, agberos, APC members against supporting any other party outside the APC, attending political rallies outside that of the APC, and supporting anyone outside Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, yesterday they were taken by surprise by the number of persons who turned out for the NDC primaries across the state. The crowd was unprecedented and unbelievable in different locations across lagos. The message was very simple and clear. Their threats did not work, Peter Obi still have his support base intact in lagos state, and the NDC with Peter Obi as presidential candidate will still defeat Tinubu in 2027 in lagos state, and also win several of the National Assembly seats on Peter Obi's political wave. Since yesterday, the people who issued these threats have been restless. They have been holding meetings to discuss the massive turnout the NDC primaries recorded. If primaries can be this crowdy without any financial inducement or vote buying for NDC aspirants, how will the 2027 election be when Obi's name will be on the ballot. These old men and agberos have been worried. Now that the NDC primaries are over in Lagos state, it is time for NDC to prepare for their future threats. NDC must be prepared to resist and counter any form of threats from these old desperate corrupt men. If Tinubu is popular than Peter Obi in lagos state as claimed, you don't need to threaten anyone to vote for him. If Tinubu has performed creditably well as claimed by you idiots, then you don't need to threaten anyone to support or vote for him. If Tinubu is so loved by Lagosians and Nigerians as you all claimed, you don't need to threaten anyone to go back to Anambra. Let his performance in government campaign for him. Let his love speak for him. This is not 2023, when obi votes were intentionally reduced in Lagos state. When obi supporters and non-indigenes were intentionally stopped and denied from voting. This is not 2023 when innocent voters were attacked, injured and killed because they don't support APC. They should know that In this current NDC of 2027 .....

PIDOMNIGERIA

55,335 Aufrufe • vor 3 Monaten

Today seemed, IMO, to be a significant statement practice for Jacob Cowing. He grabbed one of Brock Purdy's numerous (perfect) deep passes but it goes deeper than that. HIGHLIGHTS: 🏈A few minutes earlier, Cowing and Marques Sigle collided on a deep corner attempt. Cowing was down for a while and limped off — it even looked like his day might be over. But Cowing returned and made the best catch I've seen from him in a 49ers uniform on a 40-yard laser over the middle. The resilience there definitely counts for something, especially considering Cowing's early-career availability issues 🏈Nick Bosa sighting! Did some running on the field while the 49ers were practicing for the first time in a couple weeks. Looked good. CMC (tightness) later watched team drills in person 🏈Keion White (adductor) popped the sled during practice, a good sign of progress 🏈Purdy's top-notch camp continues. He's driving the ball, he's layering the ball, he's hitting deep shots, he's been money on the gimmes, and he's escaping when needed. Many crisp connections between Purdy and the Mike Evans/De'Zhaun Stribling duo — #15 caught a TD vs Deommodore Lenoir 🏈Will Cowing be the 49ers' top punt returner? He caught several reps today. Notably, Jordan Watkins — coming off a very good showing in the preseason opener at WR — muffed one and was upset about it 🏈D-linemen CJ West and Titus Leo both left practice early with injuries 🏈Best 1-on-1 work of rookie OT Enrique Cruz Jr.'s young career came today. Held up well vs Ogbo Okoronkwo and Xavier Thomas. Progress! 🏈Rookie WR Will Pauling catch a nice red-zone TD from Jones, beating Jack Jones in coverage 🏈Rookie DT James Thompson Jr. remains an active presence. Good run stop today. Also had rookie LB Jaden Dugger with a run stop. Tall young LBs, including Larry Worth, continue getting good shine 🏈George Kittle said he's hitting top speeds and has a chance to play Week 1. He praised TE Luke Farrell's growth within the offense in Year 2 — thinks he'll have a big year (Farrell caught a couple more passes today) 🏈Klay Kubiak doesn't believe QB Kurtis Rourke's rib injury will keep him out for a long time. Kubiak said the 49ers deemed Rourke to be better than a 7th-round talent but think he was still available there because of the ACL tear he played through in 2024 🏈This was Malik Turner's most productive offensive practice. Caught a deep one from Purdy vs Upton Stout and also a TD from Mac Jones on a play fake earlier 🏈Jones to Deebo on a rainbow deep pass: Nice play 🏈Final play of practice — the last camp session with fans at the 49ers' facility this year — went to the defense. Very nice Upton Stout PBU against Stribling in the end zone The 49ers will travel to LA tomorrow and conduct a joint practice with the Chargers Tuesday. Brock Purdy … Justin Herbert Mac Jones … Trey Lance Kyle Shanahan … Jim Harbaugh Klay Kubiak … Mike McDaniel Good work coming!

Today seemed, IMO, to be a significant statement practice for Jacob Cowing. He grabbed one of Brock Purdy's numerous (perfect) deep passes but it goes deeper than that. HIGHLIGHTS: 🏈A few minutes earlier, Cowing and Marques Sigle collided on a deep corner attempt. Cowing was down for a while and limped off — it even looked like his day might be over. But Cowing returned and made the best catch I've seen from him in a 49ers uniform on a 40-yard laser over the middle. The resilience there definitely counts for something, especially considering Cowing's early-career availability issues 🏈Nick Bosa sighting! Did some running on the field while the 49ers were practicing for the first time in a couple weeks. Looked good. CMC (tightness) later watched team drills in person 🏈Keion White (adductor) popped the sled during practice, a good sign of progress 🏈Purdy's top-notch camp continues. He's driving the ball, he's layering the ball, he's hitting deep shots, he's been money on the gimmes, and he's escaping when needed. Many crisp connections between Purdy and the Mike Evans/De'Zhaun Stribling duo — #15 caught a TD vs Deommodore Lenoir 🏈Will Cowing be the 49ers' top punt returner? He caught several reps today. Notably, Jordan Watkins — coming off a very good showing in the preseason opener at WR — muffed one and was upset about it 🏈D-linemen CJ West and Titus Leo both left practice early with injuries 🏈Best 1-on-1 work of rookie OT Enrique Cruz Jr.'s young career came today. Held up well vs Ogbo Okoronkwo and Xavier Thomas. Progress! 🏈Rookie WR Will Pauling catch a nice red-zone TD from Jones, beating Jack Jones in coverage 🏈Rookie DT James Thompson Jr. remains an active presence. Good run stop today. Also had rookie LB Jaden Dugger with a run stop. Tall young LBs, including Larry Worth, continue getting good shine 🏈George Kittle said he's hitting top speeds and has a chance to play Week 1. He praised TE Luke Farrell's growth within the offense in Year 2 — thinks he'll have a big year (Farrell caught a couple more passes today) 🏈Klay Kubiak doesn't believe QB Kurtis Rourke's rib injury will keep him out for a long time. Kubiak said the 49ers deemed Rourke to be better than a 7th-round talent but think he was still available there because of the ACL tear he played through in 2024 🏈This was Malik Turner's most productive offensive practice. Caught a deep one from Purdy vs Upton Stout and also a TD from Mac Jones on a play fake earlier 🏈Jones to Deebo on a rainbow deep pass: Nice play 🏈Final play of practice — the last camp session with fans at the 49ers' facility this year — went to the defense. Very nice Upton Stout PBU against Stribling in the end zone The 49ers will travel to LA tomorrow and conduct a joint practice with the Chargers Tuesday. Brock Purdy … Justin Herbert Mac Jones … Trey Lance Kyle Shanahan … Jim Harbaugh Klay Kubiak … Mike McDaniel Good work coming!

David Lombardi

64,773 Aufrufe • vor 26 Tagen

Story time: Let me start with this: Not all beautiful girls you see have a clean pussy some na 1week spoilt Titus sardine. I linked up with this old time secondary school friend 2021, She was all slim very beautiful, had nice shape, funny enough she sprayed a nice perfume that day. This happened in Elomaz Hotel Asaba Delta State. After long chats we decided to meet up and fuck, I booked a room told her to check in that I would come when am back from work, which she did. So when I got to the hotel later that night Immediately I entered the room, a foul smell hit me as I opened the door, I really didn't take it to heart tho I thought it was the room smell so I called the reception to come with an air freshener. (Fast Forward) After they sprayed the air freshener everywhere was back to normal, me and the girl started gisting talking about her journey so on and so forth, I ordered food and drinks for her, the vibe was still there not until....... The time to nack reach, we started kissing smooching gradually my hand was going down gradually, I now started fingering her ( note her skirt was still on, for people that will say why didn't I perceive it) In slow motion I moved down to give head😭😭😭😭 Bro death flashed before my eyes, cus I could feel my heart stopped for some seconds, the smell was more than that of a death rat no cap. The urge and aspiration vanished In a twinkling of an eye. If u see the way I threw her out of the bed, I didn't even know how I got that strength from, I was like wtf is smelling, in the process of asking I mistakenly picked my my nose, my brothers and sisters I almost died the finger I used had dried then so the smell was more at very close range, omor Ieave the girl for the hotel and went home. Narrating this story am still perceiving the odd smell, abeg ladies please take care of your pussies abeg. Copied!!!

Story time: Let me start with this: Not all beautiful girls you see have a clean pussy some na 1week spoilt Titus sardine. I linked up with this old time secondary school friend 2021, She was all slim very beautiful, had nice shape, funny enough she sprayed a nice perfume that day. This happened in Elomaz Hotel Asaba Delta State. After long chats we decided to meet up and fuck, I booked a room told her to check in that I would come when am back from work, which she did. So when I got to the hotel later that night Immediately I entered the room, a foul smell hit me as I opened the door, I really didn't take it to heart tho I thought it was the room smell so I called the reception to come with an air freshener. (Fast Forward) After they sprayed the air freshener everywhere was back to normal, me and the girl started gisting talking about her journey so on and so forth, I ordered food and drinks for her, the vibe was still there not until....... The time to nack reach, we started kissing smooching gradually my hand was going down gradually, I now started fingering her ( note her skirt was still on, for people that will say why didn't I perceive it) In slow motion I moved down to give head😭😭😭😭 Bro death flashed before my eyes, cus I could feel my heart stopped for some seconds, the smell was more than that of a death rat no cap. The urge and aspiration vanished In a twinkling of an eye. If u see the way I threw her out of the bed, I didn't even know how I got that strength from, I was like wtf is smelling, in the process of asking I mistakenly picked my my nose, my brothers and sisters I almost died the finger I used had dried then so the smell was more at very close range, omor Ieave the girl for the hotel and went home. Narrating this story am still perceiving the odd smell, abeg ladies please take care of your pussies abeg. Copied!!!

Cyborg Warlord

13,714 Aufrufe • vor 26 Tagen

A group of alleged child predators were arrested after they'd been working around children and families aboard a Disney cruise. They were apprehended by the same immigration agents Democrats want to defund. KNSD reported Wednesday that a Disney cruise docked in San Diego after a trip with stops in Ensenada, Baja California, as well as Catalina Island, where federal agents took several employees into custody. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Sandra Grisolia released a statement about the raid: “On April 28, HSI San Diego arrested twenty-three crewmembers from multiple cruise ships at the Port of San Diego as part of Operation Tidal Wave. The arrests targeted individuals suspected of involvement with Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), based on information received from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children." Political commentator Libs of TikTok posted footage of the arrests to social media platform X. "The arrestees were transported to Los Angeles for processing, and their visas were revoked," the ICE spokeswoman continued. The New York Post clarified that it's unclear which other ships from companies outside of Disney may have been involved. Dharmi Mehta, a passenger on a Disney cruise, said that witnessing the arrests was "really unsettling." She commented on the arrest of the head waiter, saying, “So that was just my big concern like how is he gonna reach out to his family? Does the family even know that he’s not getting back on the ship today?” Mehta later attended a press conference with immigrant rights groups. Benjamin Prado from Union del Barrio stated, “This is not an isolated incident,” adding, “In fact, it has become a growing pattern, not only here in San Diego but throughout this country. “It is our responsibility as a society, as working people, to really denounce these actions by Customs and Border Protection, by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the prolonged detention of migrant workers, whether it be here in our own community as well as those that work on ships." Perhaps Mehta and Prado feel differently now knowing they're defending accused child predators. The arrested included Filipinos, an Indonesian, and a Portuguese crewmember. Per the New York Post, U.S. Customs and Border Protection stated of those individuals, "Officers confirmed all subjects were involved in either the receipt, possession, transportation, distribution, or viewing of CSEM or child pornography." CSEM stands for "child sexual exploitation material." Disney needs to do a lot more vetting when hiring their crew members. Parents are likely mortified to know these monsters were lurking around their children. If Democrats had their way, the operation to catch these people would not have gone through. Immigration officials are compared to Adolf Hitler's Gestapo or some other secret police for a totalitarian regime. By interfering with their work, real evil is allowed to flourish.

A group of alleged child predators were arrested after they'd been working around children and families aboard a Disney cruise. They were apprehended by the same immigration agents Democrats want to defund. KNSD reported Wednesday that a Disney cruise docked in San Diego after a trip with stops in Ensenada, Baja California, as well as Catalina Island, where federal agents took several employees into custody. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Sandra Grisolia released a statement about the raid: “On April 28, HSI San Diego arrested twenty-three crewmembers from multiple cruise ships at the Port of San Diego as part of Operation Tidal Wave. The arrests targeted individuals suspected of involvement with Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), based on information received from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children." Political commentator Libs of TikTok posted footage of the arrests to social media platform X. "The arrestees were transported to Los Angeles for processing, and their visas were revoked," the ICE spokeswoman continued. The New York Post clarified that it's unclear which other ships from companies outside of Disney may have been involved. Dharmi Mehta, a passenger on a Disney cruise, said that witnessing the arrests was "really unsettling." She commented on the arrest of the head waiter, saying, “So that was just my big concern like how is he gonna reach out to his family? Does the family even know that he’s not getting back on the ship today?” Mehta later attended a press conference with immigrant rights groups. Benjamin Prado from Union del Barrio stated, “This is not an isolated incident,” adding, “In fact, it has become a growing pattern, not only here in San Diego but throughout this country. “It is our responsibility as a society, as working people, to really denounce these actions by Customs and Border Protection, by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the prolonged detention of migrant workers, whether it be here in our own community as well as those that work on ships." Perhaps Mehta and Prado feel differently now knowing they're defending accused child predators. The arrested included Filipinos, an Indonesian, and a Portuguese crewmember. Per the New York Post, U.S. Customs and Border Protection stated of those individuals, "Officers confirmed all subjects were involved in either the receipt, possession, transportation, distribution, or viewing of CSEM or child pornography." CSEM stands for "child sexual exploitation material." Disney needs to do a lot more vetting when hiring their crew members. Parents are likely mortified to know these monsters were lurking around their children. If Democrats had their way, the operation to catch these people would not have gone through. Immigration officials are compared to Adolf Hitler's Gestapo or some other secret police for a totalitarian regime. By interfering with their work, real evil is allowed to flourish.

The Western Journal

90,609 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten

ANDY IS FOR US. NOW, AS PRIME MINISTER, HE CAN DELIVER JUSTICE. Andy Burnham has been the loudest and most consistent political champion of ExcludedUK since the beginning of our campaign. In his own words, which you can watch in the video below: “The support for you is strong and it will always be there, the reason being because the level of injustice that you have faced is indefensible.” He listened when others would not. He gave our members a platform. He publicly recognised the devastating injustice inflicted on 3.8 million UK taxpayers who dutifully paid into the system, but were deliberately left without parity of Covid-19 financial support when they needed it most. During his first speech as Labour leader, Andy spoke about putting political power at the service of people and places that had been waiting too long to hope again. He promised to bring back the hope. He also spoke about the Hillsborough Law and the importance of ensuring that people who have suffered institutional injustice are finally given truth, accountability and justice. The ExcludedUK community is one of those communities. More than six years later, thousands remain trapped by debt, lost businesses, lost homes, damaged health and severe mental distress. More than 40 people connected with our campaign saw no other way out than to take their own lives. Towards the end of his leadership speech, Andy also spoke about supporting British business and rebuilding the economy. That promise must include the company directors, freelancers, sole traders, newly self-employed people and small business owners who were legally prevented from trading, denied fair and equal support and forced to carry the financial consequences personally. These businesses did not fail because they were unviable. They were failed by government policy. Andy has taken part in ExcludedUK livestream events, listened directly to our members and repeatedly highlighted the need to secure justice for the excluded. During our livestream on 24 June 2024, he told us: “The public see you and the public support you.” He also promised: “We will work with you to make sure that the excluded is recognised as one of the injustices that this country needs to rectify.” Andy made his commitment unmistakably clear: “I supported you back in the pandemic, and we support you now. The passage of time doesn’t change that.” And he recognised the strength of our case: “The support for you is strong and it will always be there, the reason being because the level of injustice that you have faced is indefensible.” Today, Andy Burnham is no longer simply one of our strongest supporters. He is our Prime Minister. He now has the power to turn those commitments into meaningful action. For the 3.8 million, bringing back hope must mean recognition, accountability, parity and justice. Prime Minister, you have always stood with us. Now is the time to come through on your promise. Bring back the hope. Deliver justice for the excluded. #ExcludedUK #WeAreNotGoingAway #Relentless

ANDY IS FOR US. NOW, AS PRIME MINISTER, HE CAN DELIVER JUSTICE. Andy Burnham has been the loudest and most consistent political champion of ExcludedUK since the beginning of our campaign. In his own words, which you can watch in the video below: “The support for you is strong and it will always be there, the reason being because the level of injustice that you have faced is indefensible.” He listened when others would not. He gave our members a platform. He publicly recognised the devastating injustice inflicted on 3.8 million UK taxpayers who dutifully paid into the system, but were deliberately left without parity of Covid-19 financial support when they needed it most. During his first speech as Labour leader, Andy spoke about putting political power at the service of people and places that had been waiting too long to hope again. He promised to bring back the hope. He also spoke about the Hillsborough Law and the importance of ensuring that people who have suffered institutional injustice are finally given truth, accountability and justice. The ExcludedUK community is one of those communities. More than six years later, thousands remain trapped by debt, lost businesses, lost homes, damaged health and severe mental distress. More than 40 people connected with our campaign saw no other way out than to take their own lives. Towards the end of his leadership speech, Andy also spoke about supporting British business and rebuilding the economy. That promise must include the company directors, freelancers, sole traders, newly self-employed people and small business owners who were legally prevented from trading, denied fair and equal support and forced to carry the financial consequences personally. These businesses did not fail because they were unviable. They were failed by government policy. Andy has taken part in ExcludedUK livestream events, listened directly to our members and repeatedly highlighted the need to secure justice for the excluded. During our livestream on 24 June 2024, he told us: “The public see you and the public support you.” He also promised: “We will work with you to make sure that the excluded is recognised as one of the injustices that this country needs to rectify.” Andy made his commitment unmistakably clear: “I supported you back in the pandemic, and we support you now. The passage of time doesn’t change that.” And he recognised the strength of our case: “The support for you is strong and it will always be there, the reason being because the level of injustice that you have faced is indefensible.” Today, Andy Burnham is no longer simply one of our strongest supporters. He is our Prime Minister. He now has the power to turn those commitments into meaningful action. For the 3.8 million, bringing back hope must mean recognition, accountability, parity and justice. Prime Minister, you have always stood with us. Now is the time to come through on your promise. Bring back the hope. Deliver justice for the excluded. #ExcludedUK #WeAreNotGoingAway #Relentless

ExcludedUK Official

14,059 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat

I cannot comprehend what happened today. I literally cannot wrap my brain around the fact that you’re no longer here. Your last text to me was on Friday night, making a joke about the student driver sticker on my car as my son learns to drive. I had no idea that would be our last laugh together. Matt was so much more than a coworker—he was a close friend for years. Back when I did traffic at WISH-TV, we were constantly texting, bonding over how much we hated getting up early, keeping up with the morning commutes, and building a friendship that only grew deeper over time. We talked about everything: our struggles, spirituality, fitness, and relationships. He became like a brother to me. I will forever cherish our late-night coffee meetups just to talk about life. Matt was actually the one who brought me to WIBC. He told me, “Johnette, these people are amazing and you have to come work here.” By the grace of God, it all worked out. I’ll never forget showing up on my first day and receiving the biggest hug from him. Or how I used to steal his protein bars 😂 Or how he’d be sore from working out, and I’d send him stretching videos because he was always complaining about his hips. When Matt came on my podcast, he was so open about his own struggles that it gave me the courage to share mine. Because of Matt, I found the strength to share my past journey with substance abuse publicly. Today reminded me that at Radio One, we are far more than just coworkers—we are a family. We cried, hugged, and grieved together for a man we all loved and adored. I haven’t been able to stop crying today, and I am still trying to process everything. But I know I’m not alone in this grief; so many of us are feeling the deep void he left behind. Matt, I love you. You will never be forgotten. Thank you for loving all of us so well and for never giving up. You ran the race, and now it’s our turn to carry the torch for you. Until we meet again, I will cherish every single moment we had together. You left a lasting impact on so many lives, and you finished well. 🖤 93 WIBC Indianapolis

I cannot comprehend what happened today. I literally cannot wrap my brain around the fact that you’re no longer here. Your last text to me was on Friday night, making a joke about the student driver sticker on my car as my son learns to drive. I had no idea that would be our last laugh together. Matt was so much more than a coworker—he was a close friend for years. Back when I did traffic at WISH-TV, we were constantly texting, bonding over how much we hated getting up early, keeping up with the morning commutes, and building a friendship that only grew deeper over time. We talked about everything: our struggles, spirituality, fitness, and relationships. He became like a brother to me. I will forever cherish our late-night coffee meetups just to talk about life. Matt was actually the one who brought me to WIBC. He told me, “Johnette, these people are amazing and you have to come work here.” By the grace of God, it all worked out. I’ll never forget showing up on my first day and receiving the biggest hug from him. Or how I used to steal his protein bars 😂 Or how he’d be sore from working out, and I’d send him stretching videos because he was always complaining about his hips. When Matt came on my podcast, he was so open about his own struggles that it gave me the courage to share mine. Because of Matt, I found the strength to share my past journey with substance abuse publicly. Today reminded me that at Radio One, we are far more than just coworkers—we are a family. We cried, hugged, and grieved together for a man we all loved and adored. I haven’t been able to stop crying today, and I am still trying to process everything. But I know I’m not alone in this grief; so many of us are feeling the deep void he left behind. Matt, I love you. You will never be forgotten. Thank you for loving all of us so well and for never giving up. You ran the race, and now it’s our turn to carry the torch for you. Until we meet again, I will cherish every single moment we had together. You left a lasting impact on so many lives, and you finished well. 🖤 93 WIBC Indianapolis

Johnette Cruz

73,403 Aufrufe • vor 18 Tagen

Today, I want to share two big lessons I learnt in the past one month. So here’s what happened. It all started with an unexpected physical setback of all places in Port Blair (now Sri Vijayapuram) on 20th December. That morning, I suddenly suffered what is called in medical terms, bilateral foot drop, meaning I lost all power in my feet. I couldn’t walk without support (the 1st video shows the limpness in feet); Somehow, I got back to Delhi on a wheelchair. As I consulted Dr Satnam Chhabra, renowned neurosurgeon (he had treated me earlier) at the Gangaram Hospital. He was worried and immediately recommended surgery since my L-4 disc was compressing the nerve. As I was mentally preparing to undergo the surgery in the last week of 2024, many dark and negative thoughts were playing in the mind (will I have to spend rest of my life on wheelchair? Will prolonged sitting and writing be a problem?) My immediate family was equally worried since we were told, it normally takes 6-7 months of intense physiotherapy and exercise to regain the strength and ‘flex’ in my feet even after the surgery. As I waited for the scheduled day of surgery and as the year was ebbing away, pessimism was creeping in. Then a friend suggested I consult Dr Sandeep Vaishya, another highly-skilled neurosurgeon and executive director of Fortis Hospitals. Thanks to this friend, Dr Sandeep said he will carry out a ‘key-hole’ surgery, which is quicker than an open surgery and takes lesser time to heal. So, on 30th December, I was wheeled into the operation theatre. Five hours later, I was back in the room and by evening, the hospital physiotherapist made me walk, albeit with support (2nd video). As the New Year dawned, I was back home! Now came the part entirely dependent on my own mental and physical strength, support and care by my wife and children. Thus began the recovery process. After a weeklong break, our websites and YT channels were back to work in the meantime. Since I know nothing else but work, it was hard to stay away from office. So, I took courage in both hands and went to office on 3rd January so as to assess my own ability to recover quickly (3rd video). Two weeks since then, life is almost back to normal (4th video, welcoming Nana Patekar to office on 17th January). I like to consider myself as a practical, take-life-as-it-comes-kind of a guy. And so far life has indeed been a busy, fulfilling journey with no time to philosophise much but the last 30 days have taught me to think deeper. Why am I sharing these details? Because of two reasons: A reinforcement of my own long-held belief that life can be extremely uncertain and therefore one must live in the moment, enjoy every opportunity that comes one’s way to achieve whatever your aim in life is and not plan too much for the future. And two, family, friends and their support is the greatest wealth one can acquire. Celebrate them and this incredible gift called life. Rest is all peripheral.

Today, I want to share two big lessons I learnt in the past one month. So here’s what happened. It all started with an unexpected physical setback of all places in Port Blair (now Sri Vijayapuram) on 20th December. That morning, I suddenly suffered what is called in medical terms, bilateral foot drop, meaning I lost all power in my feet. I couldn’t walk without support (the 1st video shows the limpness in feet); Somehow, I got back to Delhi on a wheelchair. As I consulted Dr Satnam Chhabra, renowned neurosurgeon (he had treated me earlier) at the Gangaram Hospital. He was worried and immediately recommended surgery since my L-4 disc was compressing the nerve. As I was mentally preparing to undergo the surgery in the last week of 2024, many dark and negative thoughts were playing in the mind (will I have to spend rest of my life on wheelchair? Will prolonged sitting and writing be a problem?) My immediate family was equally worried since we were told, it normally takes 6-7 months of intense physiotherapy and exercise to regain the strength and ‘flex’ in my feet even after the surgery. As I waited for the scheduled day of surgery and as the year was ebbing away, pessimism was creeping in. Then a friend suggested I consult Dr Sandeep Vaishya, another highly-skilled neurosurgeon and executive director of Fortis Hospitals. Thanks to this friend, Dr Sandeep said he will carry out a ‘key-hole’ surgery, which is quicker than an open surgery and takes lesser time to heal. So, on 30th December, I was wheeled into the operation theatre. Five hours later, I was back in the room and by evening, the hospital physiotherapist made me walk, albeit with support (2nd video). As the New Year dawned, I was back home! Now came the part entirely dependent on my own mental and physical strength, support and care by my wife and children. Thus began the recovery process. After a weeklong break, our websites and YT channels were back to work in the meantime. Since I know nothing else but work, it was hard to stay away from office. So, I took courage in both hands and went to office on 3rd January so as to assess my own ability to recover quickly (3rd video). Two weeks since then, life is almost back to normal (4th video, welcoming Nana Patekar to office on 17th January). I like to consider myself as a practical, take-life-as-it-comes-kind of a guy. And so far life has indeed been a busy, fulfilling journey with no time to philosophise much but the last 30 days have taught me to think deeper. Why am I sharing these details? Because of two reasons: A reinforcement of my own long-held belief that life can be extremely uncertain and therefore one must live in the moment, enjoy every opportunity that comes one’s way to achieve whatever your aim in life is and not plan too much for the future. And two, family, friends and their support is the greatest wealth one can acquire. Celebrate them and this incredible gift called life. Rest is all peripheral.

Nitin A. Gokhale

45,498 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

Bolt knew something was wrong before the wrench hit the floor. He was the shop dog at Martinez Auto Repair, a brown rescue mutt with oil stains permanently coloring the fur near his paws. He had been found sleeping behind the tire rack one winter and never really lett. Everyone loved him. Customers brought biscuits. Mechanics blamed him for missing sandwiches. Bolt greeted delivery drivers like he owned the place. But he belonged most to Frank. Frank was sixty-four, stubborn, and the kind of man who ignored pain if there was work to finish. On a Tuesday afternoon, he was under a lifted pickup changing a brake line when Bolt suddenly stood up. The dog had been asleep beside the office door. Now his ears were forward. He walked to Frank's legs and whined. "Move, buddy," Frank muttered. Bolt didn't move. He pawed the floor. Frank rolled out from under the truck, annoyed. Then he grabbed his chest. The wrench slipped from his hand. Bolt barked once. Sharp. Ditterent. Wrong. The young mechanic in the next bay looked over just in time to see Frank sink to one knee. Bolt ran to the office, jumped against the counter, and knocked the red service bell onto the floor. The sound brought everyone running. Paramedics said later it was a heart attack. They said the timing mattered. Frank survived. At the hospital, when he finally opened his eyes, his tirst question was, "Where's the dog?" The nurses didn't allow pets in that unit. So the mechanics took turns holding their phones up for video calls. Bolt stared at the screen every time, head tilted, contused but listening. When Frank came back to the shop two weeks later, Bolt walked to him slowly. No jumping. No barking. No wild greeting. He simply pressed his head against Frank's knee and stayed there. Frank sat on an overturned bucket and cried in front of all the mechanics who pretended not to notice. Now Bolt wears a little patch on his collar that says Assistant Manager. He still sleeps near the office door. But if Frank works too long without sitting down, Bolt stands up and stares. Frank listens now. Sometimes the best employee in the building does not know how to hold a wrench. But he knows exactly when the man holding one needs saving.

Bolt knew something was wrong before the wrench hit the floor. He was the shop dog at Martinez Auto Repair, a brown rescue mutt with oil stains permanently coloring the fur near his paws. He had been found sleeping behind the tire rack one winter and never really lett. Everyone loved him. Customers brought biscuits. Mechanics blamed him for missing sandwiches. Bolt greeted delivery drivers like he owned the place. But he belonged most to Frank. Frank was sixty-four, stubborn, and the kind of man who ignored pain if there was work to finish. On a Tuesday afternoon, he was under a lifted pickup changing a brake line when Bolt suddenly stood up. The dog had been asleep beside the office door. Now his ears were forward. He walked to Frank's legs and whined. "Move, buddy," Frank muttered. Bolt didn't move. He pawed the floor. Frank rolled out from under the truck, annoyed. Then he grabbed his chest. The wrench slipped from his hand. Bolt barked once. Sharp. Ditterent. Wrong. The young mechanic in the next bay looked over just in time to see Frank sink to one knee. Bolt ran to the office, jumped against the counter, and knocked the red service bell onto the floor. The sound brought everyone running. Paramedics said later it was a heart attack. They said the timing mattered. Frank survived. At the hospital, when he finally opened his eyes, his tirst question was, "Where's the dog?" The nurses didn't allow pets in that unit. So the mechanics took turns holding their phones up for video calls. Bolt stared at the screen every time, head tilted, contused but listening. When Frank came back to the shop two weeks later, Bolt walked to him slowly. No jumping. No barking. No wild greeting. He simply pressed his head against Frank's knee and stayed there. Frank sat on an overturned bucket and cried in front of all the mechanics who pretended not to notice. Now Bolt wears a little patch on his collar that says Assistant Manager. He still sleeps near the office door. But if Frank works too long without sitting down, Bolt stands up and stares. Frank listens now. Sometimes the best employee in the building does not know how to hold a wrench. But he knows exactly when the man holding one needs saving.

Gabriele Corno

147,432 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat