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🗣️ “𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙖𝙢 𝙄 𝙤𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙞𝙣 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝?” Mamelodi Sundowns coach Miguel Cardoso has hit back at criticism, saying they’re being judged differently from other teams. 📹 #SABCSport’s Velile Mnyandu 🇿🇦 #SABCSportFootball

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SITREP: Cuba Uprising President Trump has been saying since at least December that Cuba is “Ready to Fall” The last few days, it appears it is inevitable. 🔻The Spark: A Massive Blackout - On March 4, a huge failure at the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric power plant (one of Cuba’s biggest) knocked out power across the western half of the island, including most of Havana. —— Millions went dark. Many areas have now been without electricity for 60+ hours straight (some neighborhoods hit 20 hours a day). —— On top of that: chronic food shortages, no fuel, and empty shelves. The Cuban government is blaming U.S. sanctions and a “fuel blockade.” In reality, it’s the loss of cheap Venezuelan oil. Just as President Trump said — Cuba is entirely supported by Venezuela. 🔻 What’s Happening on the Streets Right Now Protests kicked off on the night of March 6 and are now in their third straight day (mainly at night). They’re not one giant march like 2021—these are “spontaneous neighborhood reactions” - Arroyo Naranjo (Lawton, Mantilla, Los Pinos), Regla, Guanabacoa, Marianao, Centro Habana (Belascoaín street), San Miguel del Padrón, Playa, Cotorro, Vedado, and more. - Other areas: Parts of Matanzas province and mentions in Granma. 🔻 What people are doing: - banging pots and pans from balconies and streets (the sound is nonstop at night). - Street blockades, singing the national anthem, and chanting “¡Queremos libertad!” (“We want freedom!”), “¡Abajo el comunismo!” (“Down with communism!”), and “¡Basta!” (“Enough!”). - Burning trash for light and warmth — nights in Havana are being called “apocalyptic” with smoke and darkness everywhere. - Fresh graffiti: “Patria y Vida,” “Díaz-Canel singao,” “Se acabó.” No centralized leaders. It’s regular Cubans saying they’ve had enough after 67 years. 🔻 Government Response: - Heavy police and security in affected neighborhoods (some areas feel “militarized”). - Reports of detentions and beatings (one named activist was injured). - Partial internet and phone blackouts to slow videos from spreading. - The Official line: “This is all stirred up by the U.S.” They say the plant is repaired, but power is still unstable. How much of this is organic? How much of this is a CIA color revolution being conducted on the most corrupt nations on the planet? Remains to be seen, but I’m here with popcorn. President Trump has been saying it over and over with displeasure — China has infiltrated Cuba, which was bad news for us. What a wild time to be alive.

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Tamika Mallory has finally decided to address the controversy surrounding Jay-Z’s continued relationship with Target during the boycott. I’ve already shared my own thoughts on the situation, but I wanted to highlight her explanation because, in my opinion, it perfectly illustrates why I believe many activists and public figures apply different standards depending on who they’re talking about. Take a listen. Key Takeaways from Tamika Mallory: • She said she didn’t initially see the criticism because she has been busy organizing activism efforts, events, and work in Washington, D.C. According to her, her son eventually brought the online criticism to her attention after people began saying she wouldn’t speak on the issue because it involved Jay-Z. • She stated that no one can silence or muzzle her and that she has never had relationships requiring her to stay quiet in exchange for support. She said people at Roc Nation, including executives like Desiree Perez, know she speaks her mind and has never been afraid to disagree with them. • She explained that Jay-Z’s relationship with Target was already established long before the boycott began. According to her, the boycott was aimed at discouraging new partnerships with Target, not requiring existing partners to end longstanding business relationships. • She contrasted that with pastors and others who entered into new partnerships with Target after the boycott began, saying those were the types of deals she believed undermined the movement. My Thoughts: In my opinion, this explanation raises more questions than it answers. If the boycott made exceptions for longstanding business relationships, where were those guidelines communicated publicly? This is the first time I’ve heard that distinction being made. More importantly, why does that same grace not extend to everyday people? What about elderly individuals whose closest store is Target? Parents with young children who rely on the nearest Target for medicine, diapers, groceries, or other necessities? Many people were criticized simply for shopping there out of convenience or necessity. Why is Jay Z’s longstanding corporate relationship viewed as an acceptable exception, while ordinary people trying to care for their families were often judged more harshly? Toward the end of the discussion, Tamika said she wished wealthy people had voluntarily chosen not to continue doing business with Target during the boycott. But after spending much of the conversation explaining why his existing relationship made the situation different, that statement felt contradictory to me. What I find most interesting is that Tamika says she was so busy organizing and doing activism work that she didn’t initially see the criticism. Yet, when it comes to other people exercising their own freedom of speech, freedom of expression, or making decisions she disagrees with, she always seems to find the time to weigh in, criticize, and even chastise them. Now that the criticism is directed at someone she has a relationship with, we’re hearing explanation after explanation and exception after exception. In my opinion, that’s the hypocrisy. My issue isn’t whether people choose to boycott Target or not. Everyone’s circumstances are different, and people should make the decisions that are best for themselves and their families. My issue is the apparent double standard. Fair Use Notice: This video contains excerpts used for purposes of commentary, criticism, news reporting, and discussion. The clips are presented in accordance with the principles of fair use under 17 U.S.C. § 107. All rights to the original content remain with their respective owners. Source: TMI Podcast (Tamika Mallory & Mysonne) Referenced Timestamp: Approximately 25:00

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I watched every SEC Football Media Day press conference so you don’t have to. Here’s the best answer from every head coach: -- LSU Coach Lane Kiffin on why personal growth often comes from subtracting, not constantly adding: “If you really want to keep growing, a lot of people add things as they go versus subtracting things that are issues.” “Once you remove something from your life, you start to realize how many other people are addicted to it or need it.” “To be free of that has been interesting because you don’t compare.” “Social media… makes you compare your job, the city you live in, your vacation, your kids, your clothes, your car, your significant other.” “When you don’t see that all day, you’re free of that comparison.” “It’s been a way of being more present.” — Georgia Coach Kirby Smart explains how leaders should operate when their industry is changing rapidly: “What wins football games has not changed. Each coach has to decide within their own program what they want to major in.” You’ve got to be able to wear multiple hats. But you’ve got to choose which hats you want to wear the best.” “I’m not afraid to change what we need to change to be successful. I don’t have an ego that says you have to do it my way. I want to hear how you want to do it, and let’s find the best way.” — Oklahoma Coach Brent Venables on the player who asked for more money before he had earned a role, and how he responded: “Why don’t you worry about playing first before we worry about incentives?” — Kentucky Coach Will Stein on why he believes Kentucky can overcome its history and win at a championship level: “I think because of me, to be honest.” “I know what it takes. I’ve seen it at the highest levels. You’ve just got to believe. You’ve just got to put the ball down and play.” “The best determination of whether what you’re doing is working is putting the ball down and playing football.” “There are going to be bumps in the road. I’m prepared for tough moments and tough times. I already do self-talk with myself: ‘How can I stay neutral when stuff’s bad?’” “You’ve got to go attack. You can’t sit back and wait.That’s one thing I refuse to do at Kentucky—wait.” — Missouri Coach Eli Drinkwitz explains what Ahmad Hardy’s recovery taught him about the real purpose of coaching: “There was that moment where he realized he was mortal. I’ve been very proud of the way he’s approached his recovery and his rehab. His number one responsibility is to be a father, and then after that, to continue to be a great teammate.” “That’s exactly what coaching is all about. It’s about taking young men on a journey from 18 to maturity—and it’s a lifelong process.” “Regardless of how much the business changes or is disrupted, it’s still about helping players achieve their dreams.” “When Ahmad scores his first touchdown this year, I’ll be thinking about that journey from hospital bed to end zone.” — South Carolina Coach Shane Beamer takes complete ownership of South Carolina’s disappointing season and explains how adversity revealed the strength of the program’s culture: “There was no ceiling on the football program at South Carolina, and nothing has changed. We fell woefully short, and that’s on me. We don’t seek comfort from how close we were.” — Vanderbilt Coach Clark Lea on Vanderbilt’s disastrous 2023 season and explains how it became the turning point that eventually led to a 10-win season: “That’s called getting your ass kicked.” “It may have been the most important thing that’s ever happened to me as a head coach and to the program.” “The vision never left us.” “In 15 years, when I look back on this moment, what am I learning right now—not what am I feeling right now?” — Tennessee Coach Josh Heupel explains how to develop an inexperienced quarterback without coaching away what makes him special: “The players have to go learn it, earn it, and compete for it every single day.” “Each one of them is a little bit different. They’re the artist. You’ve got to hand them the paintbrush and let them go paint it.” — Florida Coach John Sumrall explains the attitude he wants to establish at Florida: “I may have some bad moments. I don’t have bad days.” “Attitude is demeanor, drive and desire. Demeanor is your body language. Your drive and desire is the mindset that you’ve never arrived, you can always get better.” — Texas A&M Coach Mike Elko on how he prevents complacency after a playoff appearance: “I show them our trophy case, and it’s empty.” — Ole Miss Coach Pete Golding explains how he defines an elite program beyond wins and football performance: “Elite programs aren’t designed for when they’ve got cleats on. Elite programs are designed for when they take them cleats off.” “Are they a better dude? Are they a better husband? Are they a better father?” — Auburn Coach Alex Golesh explains where real confidence comes from: “Real confidence, not fake confidence, but real, authentic, genuine confidence, comes from elite-level process day in and day out.” — Arkansas Coach Ryan Silverfield explains why rebuilding Arkansas required examining every detail: “The night I got there… I said, ‘We need to fix the light bulbs.’ How you do anything is how you do everything.” “People now are starting to catch on: this is how we need to do this. We need to be better here. We need to support this more.” — Mississippi State Coach Jeff Lebby explains why the next step for a talented young quarterback is not always making more plays—it is learning which plays not to make: “I don’t necessarily put a ceiling on K1. The way he goes about his business on the day-to-day to prepare himself to have success between the white lines—it’s elite.” — Alabama Coach Kalen DeBoer explains why reputation, returning talent and last year’s progress mean nothing until the new team proves it again: “That’s okay, because we’ve got to go prove it. It doesn’t matter how many guys you return.” “Until we prove it, we understand there’s going to be doubt.” — Texas Coach Steve Sarkisian explains how Arch Manning handled being hyped by outsiders, blamed when their predictions failed, and refused to respond publicly: “Arch Manning wasn’t on social media or television saying, ‘I’m going to be the first pick of the draft.’ All he did was work really hard.” “Then those same people wanted to criticize and demean him almost for letting them down because he didn’t live up to what they thought he was going to be.” “What he got put through probably would have melted or destroyed 99% of people in his shoes.” “All he did was stay consistent and true to who he was. He didn’t go back on social media and say, ‘I told you so.’” “I think right now he’s a very dangerous player because he learned a lot from last season.”

I watched every SEC Football Media Day press conference so you don’t have to. Here’s the best answer from every head coach: -- LSU Coach Lane Kiffin on why personal growth often comes from subtracting, not constantly adding: “If you really want to keep growing, a lot of people add things as they go versus subtracting things that are issues.” “Once you remove something from your life, you start to realize how many other people are addicted to it or need it.” “To be free of that has been interesting because you don’t compare.” “Social media… makes you compare your job, the city you live in, your vacation, your kids, your clothes, your car, your significant other.” “When you don’t see that all day, you’re free of that comparison.” “It’s been a way of being more present.” — Georgia Coach Kirby Smart explains how leaders should operate when their industry is changing rapidly: “What wins football games has not changed. Each coach has to decide within their own program what they want to major in.” You’ve got to be able to wear multiple hats. But you’ve got to choose which hats you want to wear the best.” “I’m not afraid to change what we need to change to be successful. I don’t have an ego that says you have to do it my way. I want to hear how you want to do it, and let’s find the best way.” — Oklahoma Coach Brent Venables on the player who asked for more money before he had earned a role, and how he responded: “Why don’t you worry about playing first before we worry about incentives?” — Kentucky Coach Will Stein on why he believes Kentucky can overcome its history and win at a championship level: “I think because of me, to be honest.” “I know what it takes. I’ve seen it at the highest levels. You’ve just got to believe. You’ve just got to put the ball down and play.” “The best determination of whether what you’re doing is working is putting the ball down and playing football.” “There are going to be bumps in the road. I’m prepared for tough moments and tough times. I already do self-talk with myself: ‘How can I stay neutral when stuff’s bad?’” “You’ve got to go attack. You can’t sit back and wait.That’s one thing I refuse to do at Kentucky—wait.” — Missouri Coach Eli Drinkwitz explains what Ahmad Hardy’s recovery taught him about the real purpose of coaching: “There was that moment where he realized he was mortal. I’ve been very proud of the way he’s approached his recovery and his rehab. His number one responsibility is to be a father, and then after that, to continue to be a great teammate.” “That’s exactly what coaching is all about. It’s about taking young men on a journey from 18 to maturity—and it’s a lifelong process.” “Regardless of how much the business changes or is disrupted, it’s still about helping players achieve their dreams.” “When Ahmad scores his first touchdown this year, I’ll be thinking about that journey from hospital bed to end zone.” — South Carolina Coach Shane Beamer takes complete ownership of South Carolina’s disappointing season and explains how adversity revealed the strength of the program’s culture: “There was no ceiling on the football program at South Carolina, and nothing has changed. We fell woefully short, and that’s on me. We don’t seek comfort from how close we were.” — Vanderbilt Coach Clark Lea on Vanderbilt’s disastrous 2023 season and explains how it became the turning point that eventually led to a 10-win season: “That’s called getting your ass kicked.” “It may have been the most important thing that’s ever happened to me as a head coach and to the program.” “The vision never left us.” “In 15 years, when I look back on this moment, what am I learning right now—not what am I feeling right now?” — Tennessee Coach Josh Heupel explains how to develop an inexperienced quarterback without coaching away what makes him special: “The players have to go learn it, earn it, and compete for it every single day.” “Each one of them is a little bit different. They’re the artist. You’ve got to hand them the paintbrush and let them go paint it.” — Florida Coach John Sumrall explains the attitude he wants to establish at Florida: “I may have some bad moments. I don’t have bad days.” “Attitude is demeanor, drive and desire. Demeanor is your body language. Your drive and desire is the mindset that you’ve never arrived, you can always get better.” — Texas A&M Coach Mike Elko on how he prevents complacency after a playoff appearance: “I show them our trophy case, and it’s empty.” — Ole Miss Coach Pete Golding explains how he defines an elite program beyond wins and football performance: “Elite programs aren’t designed for when they’ve got cleats on. Elite programs are designed for when they take them cleats off.” “Are they a better dude? Are they a better husband? Are they a better father?” — Auburn Coach Alex Golesh explains where real confidence comes from: “Real confidence, not fake confidence, but real, authentic, genuine confidence, comes from elite-level process day in and day out.” — Arkansas Coach Ryan Silverfield explains why rebuilding Arkansas required examining every detail: “The night I got there… I said, ‘We need to fix the light bulbs.’ How you do anything is how you do everything.” “People now are starting to catch on: this is how we need to do this. We need to be better here. We need to support this more.” — Mississippi State Coach Jeff Lebby explains why the next step for a talented young quarterback is not always making more plays—it is learning which plays not to make: “I don’t necessarily put a ceiling on K1. The way he goes about his business on the day-to-day to prepare himself to have success between the white lines—it’s elite.” — Alabama Coach Kalen DeBoer explains why reputation, returning talent and last year’s progress mean nothing until the new team proves it again: “That’s okay, because we’ve got to go prove it. It doesn’t matter how many guys you return.” “Until we prove it, we understand there’s going to be doubt.” — Texas Coach Steve Sarkisian explains how Arch Manning handled being hyped by outsiders, blamed when their predictions failed, and refused to respond publicly: “Arch Manning wasn’t on social media or television saying, ‘I’m going to be the first pick of the draft.’ All he did was work really hard.” “Then those same people wanted to criticize and demean him almost for letting them down because he didn’t live up to what they thought he was going to be.” “What he got put through probably would have melted or destroyed 99% of people in his shoes.” “All he did was stay consistent and true to who he was. He didn’t go back on social media and say, ‘I told you so.’” “I think right now he’s a very dangerous player because he learned a lot from last season.”

Josh Chambers

62,975 views • 24 days ago

▶️ NEW: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes, invited U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham to Jerusalem this weekend to deliver an unambiguous case for military escalation across Gaza, Iran, and Lebanon — pressing maximalist Israeli positions that cut directly against President Trump’s efforts to secure peace and stabilize the region. The remarks come as Trump weighs competing paths ahead of a planned December 29 meeting with Netanyahu. Turkey’s foreign minister Hakan Fidan has warned of a “huge risk” that Trump’s Gaza peace could collapse without a “substantial” intervention with Netanyahu. But, after meetings with Israel’s prime minister, foreign minister, and defense minister, as well as senior IDF and Israeli intelligence officials and U.S. military leaders, Graham told reporters the following: ⸻ 🔴 On Gaza and Hamas “disarmament” “Hamas is not disarming. They’re rearming. They’re not interested in giving up power. They’re consolidating power.” “Phase two is an aspiration that cannot be achieved, in my view.” “Ninety days after the ceasefire, Hamas is stronger, not weaker.” “You cannot have a good outcome in Gaza with Hamas still armed. I don’t believe you can develop a part of Gaza if Hamas controls the other part.” “We need a plan quickly. Put Hamas on a time clock to disarm. If they don’t disarm, I would encourage President Trump to unleash Israel to finish off Hamas.” “It would be a long, brutal war, but necessary.” “There will never be peace in this region until Hamas is finished off militarily and politically.” ⸻ 🔴 On Iran “Iran is up to no good.” “We obliterated the Iranian nuclear facilities. We did not obliterate Iran’s desire to have a nuclear weapon.” “The regime hasn’t changed at all. They still want to destroy Israel and consider America the Great Satan.” “If there’s credible evidence they’re going back into the enrichment business at other sites, or rebuilding ballistic missiles that could threaten Israel or Europe, we should hit them before they can do that.” “Appeasement does not lead to peace.” “The only language radical Islam understands is force.” Later, when asked if Israel should strike Iran again: “Hit them as hard as you can, as often as you can. Make sure they can’t develop a nuclear weapon.” “If you see an effort to regenerate the enrichment program, hit it.” “If you see an effort to build more ballistic missiles … hit it NOW.” ⸻ 🔴 On Lebanon and Hezbollah “The trend lines in Lebanon are, quite frankly, optimistic.” “The Lebanese government has decided to call for Hezbollah to disarm.” “If Hezbollah gave up their heavy weapons, that would be a godsend for Lebanon and the region.” “If Hezbollah refuses, we should engage in military operations with Israel and the United States to achieve that goal.” “Hezbollah either gives up their heavy weapons voluntarily, or we come up with a military campaign to take them out.” “Once Hamas and Hezbollah are off the table, two proxies of Iran, the likelihood of a Saudi-Israel deal goes up dramatically.” ⸻ 🔴 On Turkey and a Gaza ‘stabilizing force’ “The idea that Turkey would be part of a stabilizing force would rock Israel to its core.” “There is no political support anywhere in Israel for Turkey being involved.” “Turkey’s comments against Israel are beyond the pale.” “If anybody thinks Turkey should be involved on the ground in Gaza, you would create a massive political crisis inside Israel.” ⸻ 🔴 On Israel, international criticism, and October 7 “Israel is not the problem. Hamas is the problem. Hezbollah is the problem. Iran is the problem.” “This is a war of television. You’re winning on the ground, but you’re losing in the air.” “The war aims are not genocide.” “October 7 was designed to stop normalization between Saudi Arabia and Israel.” “If after October 7 Hamas is still standing, that would be the biggest mistake ever.” “You can’t rewrite history, but you can learn from it.”

▶️ NEW: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes, invited U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham to Jerusalem this weekend to deliver an unambiguous case for military escalation across Gaza, Iran, and Lebanon — pressing maximalist Israeli positions that cut directly against President Trump’s efforts to secure peace and stabilize the region. The remarks come as Trump weighs competing paths ahead of a planned December 29 meeting with Netanyahu. Turkey’s foreign minister Hakan Fidan has warned of a “huge risk” that Trump’s Gaza peace could collapse without a “substantial” intervention with Netanyahu. But, after meetings with Israel’s prime minister, foreign minister, and defense minister, as well as senior IDF and Israeli intelligence officials and U.S. military leaders, Graham told reporters the following: ⸻ 🔴 On Gaza and Hamas “disarmament” “Hamas is not disarming. They’re rearming. They’re not interested in giving up power. They’re consolidating power.” “Phase two is an aspiration that cannot be achieved, in my view.” “Ninety days after the ceasefire, Hamas is stronger, not weaker.” “You cannot have a good outcome in Gaza with Hamas still armed. I don’t believe you can develop a part of Gaza if Hamas controls the other part.” “We need a plan quickly. Put Hamas on a time clock to disarm. If they don’t disarm, I would encourage President Trump to unleash Israel to finish off Hamas.” “It would be a long, brutal war, but necessary.” “There will never be peace in this region until Hamas is finished off militarily and politically.” ⸻ 🔴 On Iran “Iran is up to no good.” “We obliterated the Iranian nuclear facilities. We did not obliterate Iran’s desire to have a nuclear weapon.” “The regime hasn’t changed at all. They still want to destroy Israel and consider America the Great Satan.” “If there’s credible evidence they’re going back into the enrichment business at other sites, or rebuilding ballistic missiles that could threaten Israel or Europe, we should hit them before they can do that.” “Appeasement does not lead to peace.” “The only language radical Islam understands is force.” Later, when asked if Israel should strike Iran again: “Hit them as hard as you can, as often as you can. Make sure they can’t develop a nuclear weapon.” “If you see an effort to regenerate the enrichment program, hit it.” “If you see an effort to build more ballistic missiles … hit it NOW.” ⸻ 🔴 On Lebanon and Hezbollah “The trend lines in Lebanon are, quite frankly, optimistic.” “The Lebanese government has decided to call for Hezbollah to disarm.” “If Hezbollah gave up their heavy weapons, that would be a godsend for Lebanon and the region.” “If Hezbollah refuses, we should engage in military operations with Israel and the United States to achieve that goal.” “Hezbollah either gives up their heavy weapons voluntarily, or we come up with a military campaign to take them out.” “Once Hamas and Hezbollah are off the table, two proxies of Iran, the likelihood of a Saudi-Israel deal goes up dramatically.” ⸻ 🔴 On Turkey and a Gaza ‘stabilizing force’ “The idea that Turkey would be part of a stabilizing force would rock Israel to its core.” “There is no political support anywhere in Israel for Turkey being involved.” “Turkey’s comments against Israel are beyond the pale.” “If anybody thinks Turkey should be involved on the ground in Gaza, you would create a massive political crisis inside Israel.” ⸻ 🔴 On Israel, international criticism, and October 7 “Israel is not the problem. Hamas is the problem. Hezbollah is the problem. Iran is the problem.” “This is a war of television. You’re winning on the ground, but you’re losing in the air.” “The war aims are not genocide.” “October 7 was designed to stop normalization between Saudi Arabia and Israel.” “If after October 7 Hamas is still standing, that would be the biggest mistake ever.” “You can’t rewrite history, but you can learn from it.”

Drop Site

203,583 views • 7 months ago

the boyz concert ending ment | day 3 ((flustered hyunjae because younghoon’s ment basically said everything he wanted to say 😅)) 🐱 you’re always right after younghoon hyung 🎁 why am i always the one going after you..? let me see your letter (members laughing) 🎁 first of all, i want to start by saying thank you. earlier, it really felt like younghoon read my mind, he was thinking almost exactly the same things as me 🍞 🤷🏻 🎁 wow, he seriously said everything i wanted to say 🍞 that’s so mean 🎁 it’s not mean, i’m being serious! 🦝 i know, even if this hyung isn’t good with words, his heart is warm 🎁 i can’t just repeat everything like a parrot 🦝 his heart is warm 🎁 really… (silence) 🦝 just take your shirt off and end it 🍞 that would be the best 🦄 not bad, they’re asking you to do it 🦝 everyone, please calm down 🎁 can i say my ment too? honestly, i don’t need anything else, i just want to take this moment… like younghoon said earlier, to us who were once nothing, our deobis who gave us such great love, support, warm words, and kind expressions… i want to say that i’m most grateful to you 🎁 back when we were nothing… (getting choked up) ah, now that my brain’s working, the emotions hit right away. i really… you know, we’ve been doing this since we were young, and we’ve received so much help from so many staff members and employees around us. if it weren’t for them, we would never have been able to stand here… so i want to sincerely thank them as well 🎁 and lastly, to the members… for the past 10 years… of course, we have a leader, but… i’m sorry for being an immature older brother, for not being a cool or reliable one. i should’ve worked harder… i should’ve tried harder to push forward together with everyone 🎁 (laughs as he gets choked up) why does my voice sound like it has autotune? 🎁 yeah, those are the thoughts i’ve been having. today, you all worked so, so hard. eric, you really worked hard, i always joke around and nag you, but thank you for always doing your best. and to each and every one of you, i want to say you did an amazing job. i feel like i wouldn’t be able to say this if it weren’t for a moment like this, and you know i’m not really good at saying things like this… so i’m using this as an excuse to say it 🎁 deobis, thank you so sincerely for coming today. next time… when is it? we’ll see each other again on our debut anniversary, right? until then, let’s stay healthy, both physically and mentally. let’s keep talking and take care of each other. thank you #현재 #HYUNJAE #더보이즈 #THEBOYZ

the boyz concert ending ment | day 3 ((flustered hyunjae because younghoon’s ment basically said everything he wanted to say 😅)) 🐱 you’re always right after younghoon hyung 🎁 why am i always the one going after you..? let me see your letter (members laughing) 🎁 first of all, i want to start by saying thank you. earlier, it really felt like younghoon read my mind, he was thinking almost exactly the same things as me 🍞 🤷🏻 🎁 wow, he seriously said everything i wanted to say 🍞 that’s so mean 🎁 it’s not mean, i’m being serious! 🦝 i know, even if this hyung isn’t good with words, his heart is warm 🎁 i can’t just repeat everything like a parrot 🦝 his heart is warm 🎁 really… (silence) 🦝 just take your shirt off and end it 🍞 that would be the best 🦄 not bad, they’re asking you to do it 🦝 everyone, please calm down 🎁 can i say my ment too? honestly, i don’t need anything else, i just want to take this moment… like younghoon said earlier, to us who were once nothing, our deobis who gave us such great love, support, warm words, and kind expressions… i want to say that i’m most grateful to you 🎁 back when we were nothing… (getting choked up) ah, now that my brain’s working, the emotions hit right away. i really… you know, we’ve been doing this since we were young, and we’ve received so much help from so many staff members and employees around us. if it weren’t for them, we would never have been able to stand here… so i want to sincerely thank them as well 🎁 and lastly, to the members… for the past 10 years… of course, we have a leader, but… i’m sorry for being an immature older brother, for not being a cool or reliable one. i should’ve worked harder… i should’ve tried harder to push forward together with everyone 🎁 (laughs as he gets choked up) why does my voice sound like it has autotune? 🎁 yeah, those are the thoughts i’ve been having. today, you all worked so, so hard. eric, you really worked hard, i always joke around and nag you, but thank you for always doing your best. and to each and every one of you, i want to say you did an amazing job. i feel like i wouldn’t be able to say this if it weren’t for a moment like this, and you know i’m not really good at saying things like this… so i’m using this as an excuse to say it 🎁 deobis, thank you so sincerely for coming today. next time… when is it? we’ll see each other again on our debut anniversary, right? until then, let’s stay healthy, both physically and mentally. let’s keep talking and take care of each other. thank you #현재 #HYUNJAE #더보이즈 #THEBOYZ

For Hyunjae

10,491 views • 3 months ago

The German People Need to Demand Accountability I start by saying there's something very suspicious in the German government's relations with the defense industry. A while back, I talked about 30mm and 35mm ammunition costing US$1,000 each and even more. I talked about the 4x4 Caracal costing US$600,000. How is it possible for a 4x4 without armor or any weapons to cost that much? I also talked about artillery ammunition reaching prices in the range of €3,500-€4,000 and even more. All made in Germany. Now comes the serious issue of the HX-2 drones. In 2024, Germany allocated about €300 million for the purchase of 4,000 units of the initial model, the HF-1. It turns out that published reports indicate that Ukrainian military considered the HF-1 expensive and ineffective compared to other solutions available in the field. The drone was built from plywood, which generated criticism about its durability and resistance in real combat environments. About 40% of the delivered units remained in stock unused at the end of 2025, signaling a low adoption rate by combat units due to the reported problems, one of them being the absence of AI. Although marketed as "intelligent," documents indicate that essential AI components for navigation and autonomous attack were missing in the delivered models. This fact alone should have triggered an investigation in Germany, but that's not what happened. The solution was to convert half of that contract to the more advanced model, HX-2. The result was the same or even worse. Although the company claims to have conducted tests in three countries, the results suggest at least fraud. In Ukraine, only about 25% of the drones managed to take off successfully due to mechanical failures in the launch catapult. This has nothing to do with battlefield interferences, but rather with the low quality of the delivered product, and it didn't stop there. Although designed to be immune to interferences, the drones suffered from Russian jamming, which resulted in frequent loss of connection with the operator. And the most serious is that another problem repeated itself, with the delivered HX-2 lacking essential promised Artificial Intelligence components, such as autonomous terminal guidance and visual target acquisition. All this resulted in a hit rate of about 1/3 of the launched drones. The German government still plans a direct contract of approximately €267.7 million to equip its new brigade in Lithuania with drones HX-2. I imagine that, given the current scandal, this will be interrupted. There's something very strange going on in the relations between the German government and the defense industry. I'm talking about many billions invested in a strange way and that people need to demand more transparency.

The German People Need to Demand Accountability I start by saying there's something very suspicious in the German government's relations with the defense industry. A while back, I talked about 30mm and 35mm ammunition costing US$1,000 each and even more. I talked about the 4x4 Caracal costing US$600,000. How is it possible for a 4x4 without armor or any weapons to cost that much? I also talked about artillery ammunition reaching prices in the range of €3,500-€4,000 and even more. All made in Germany. Now comes the serious issue of the HX-2 drones. In 2024, Germany allocated about €300 million for the purchase of 4,000 units of the initial model, the HF-1. It turns out that published reports indicate that Ukrainian military considered the HF-1 expensive and ineffective compared to other solutions available in the field. The drone was built from plywood, which generated criticism about its durability and resistance in real combat environments. About 40% of the delivered units remained in stock unused at the end of 2025, signaling a low adoption rate by combat units due to the reported problems, one of them being the absence of AI. Although marketed as "intelligent," documents indicate that essential AI components for navigation and autonomous attack were missing in the delivered models. This fact alone should have triggered an investigation in Germany, but that's not what happened. The solution was to convert half of that contract to the more advanced model, HX-2. The result was the same or even worse. Although the company claims to have conducted tests in three countries, the results suggest at least fraud. In Ukraine, only about 25% of the drones managed to take off successfully due to mechanical failures in the launch catapult. This has nothing to do with battlefield interferences, but rather with the low quality of the delivered product, and it didn't stop there. Although designed to be immune to interferences, the drones suffered from Russian jamming, which resulted in frequent loss of connection with the operator. And the most serious is that another problem repeated itself, with the delivered HX-2 lacking essential promised Artificial Intelligence components, such as autonomous terminal guidance and visual target acquisition. All this resulted in a hit rate of about 1/3 of the launched drones. The German government still plans a direct contract of approximately €267.7 million to equip its new brigade in Lithuania with drones HX-2. I imagine that, given the current scandal, this will be interrupted. There's something very strange going on in the relations between the German government and the defense industry. I'm talking about many billions invested in a strange way and that people need to demand more transparency.

Patricia Marins

23,210 views • 6 months ago

Trump Supporters Are Pathetic Cucks, And Other Notes The middle east continues to burn under the administration of the self-proclaimed “President of Peace”. Donald Trump says he’s “reinstating” the US blockade on Iranian ports after reportedly green lighting Saudi Arabia to reignite its war on Yemen. Trump and his handlers built a whole political platform out of “no more endless wars” and then immediately changed the Defense Department to the Department of War and started launching never ending wars. Being a Trump supporter in 2026 is like staying best friends with a man who stole your wife. He’s deceived and betrayed you at every turn and you’re still swinging from his nuts? That’s cucky, humiliating behavior. He promised to end the wars, and instead he started a new war. He promised the Iran war would be over in a few weeks, and months later it shows no sign of stopping. He promised to put America first, and instead he’s putting Israel first. He promised to cut government waste, and he’s pouring unfathomable amounts of treasure into the military-industrial complex. He promised to drain the swamp, and he became the single most corrupt president in US history. He promised to fight the deep state, and went on to promote the longstanding agendas of the most evil people in Washington and Langley which even his terrible predecessors had resisted. These are all objective, indisputable facts. If you disagree with any of them, it’s because you’re performing ridiculous mental contortions to justify your groveling support for a man who has betrayed you. It’s so self-debasing. Get up off the floor, pull your tongue back into your head, and have some fucking dignity. ❖ Congressman Randy Fine has been tweeting about how heartbroken he is to lose Lindsey Graham. It really is amazing how all the absolute worst people on earth are grieving this man. Like literally every single one of them. The list of Graham's mourners is a who's who of genocidal psychopaths. ❖ Everyone currently saying “I disagreed with Lindsey Graham on many things, but” is telling you they didn’t actually disagree with Lindsey Graham all that much. “I disliked his politics, but — “ You liked his politics a lot more than I did, that’s for damn sure. That’s why you are sad that he is dead while I am happy. If you’re in any way sad that a 71 year-old warmongering psychopath died, it’s because you didn’t care about his victims. You didn’t care about the populations he was constantly pushing to incinerate with high-tech war machinery. If you did, you wouldn’t feel inclined to mourn the passing of their abuser. If you’re expressing condolences for Lindsey Graham’s death, you’re saying you care more about looking like a kind and caring person than you care about actually being one. ❖ Whenever I read a new report about Israeli prison abuses, I think about how horrifying it would be to be a Palestinian captured alive by the IDF. You know they’re going to torture you. You know they’re going to rape you. Probably over and over again, for months. If you’re a devout Muslim, killing yourself is off the table. You just have to sit there knowing you’re going to be plunged into hell on earth. ❖ When an apartheid state does evil things I will criticize it. Tell me I’m not allowed to criticize the apartheid state and I’ll criticize it even more. Use government power to stomp out criticism of the apartheid state and I’ll make criticism of the apartheid state my full-time job. ❖ Liberal Zionists tell me, “Most Israelis disapprove of Netanyahu!” I tell them, nobody gives a fuck. No one cares which apartheid political party Israelis prefer. Nobody cares which genocidal political leader they’d rather have as their prime minister. Every Israeli faction is evil and is supported by evil people. ❖ It’s funny how they call it “generative artificial intelligence” when it neither generates anything nor exhibits intelligence. It just copies the stuff humans said and did. It doesn’t come up with its own ideas. It shows no signs of insight, understanding or creativity. They keep needing to feed it human-generated material in order to improve it because it’s incapable of generating its own material. We haven’t created artificial intelligence, we’ve created a toy that regurgitates our own intelligence back at us. ❖ Reading by Tim Foley:

Trump Supporters Are Pathetic Cucks, And Other Notes The middle east continues to burn under the administration of the self-proclaimed “President of Peace”. Donald Trump says he’s “reinstating” the US blockade on Iranian ports after reportedly green lighting Saudi Arabia to reignite its war on Yemen. Trump and his handlers built a whole political platform out of “no more endless wars” and then immediately changed the Defense Department to the Department of War and started launching never ending wars. Being a Trump supporter in 2026 is like staying best friends with a man who stole your wife. He’s deceived and betrayed you at every turn and you’re still swinging from his nuts? That’s cucky, humiliating behavior. He promised to end the wars, and instead he started a new war. He promised the Iran war would be over in a few weeks, and months later it shows no sign of stopping. He promised to put America first, and instead he’s putting Israel first. He promised to cut government waste, and he’s pouring unfathomable amounts of treasure into the military-industrial complex. He promised to drain the swamp, and he became the single most corrupt president in US history. He promised to fight the deep state, and went on to promote the longstanding agendas of the most evil people in Washington and Langley which even his terrible predecessors had resisted. These are all objective, indisputable facts. If you disagree with any of them, it’s because you’re performing ridiculous mental contortions to justify your groveling support for a man who has betrayed you. It’s so self-debasing. Get up off the floor, pull your tongue back into your head, and have some fucking dignity. ❖ Congressman Randy Fine has been tweeting about how heartbroken he is to lose Lindsey Graham. It really is amazing how all the absolute worst people on earth are grieving this man. Like literally every single one of them. The list of Graham's mourners is a who's who of genocidal psychopaths. ❖ Everyone currently saying “I disagreed with Lindsey Graham on many things, but” is telling you they didn’t actually disagree with Lindsey Graham all that much. “I disliked his politics, but — “ You liked his politics a lot more than I did, that’s for damn sure. That’s why you are sad that he is dead while I am happy. If you’re in any way sad that a 71 year-old warmongering psychopath died, it’s because you didn’t care about his victims. You didn’t care about the populations he was constantly pushing to incinerate with high-tech war machinery. If you did, you wouldn’t feel inclined to mourn the passing of their abuser. If you’re expressing condolences for Lindsey Graham’s death, you’re saying you care more about looking like a kind and caring person than you care about actually being one. ❖ Whenever I read a new report about Israeli prison abuses, I think about how horrifying it would be to be a Palestinian captured alive by the IDF. You know they’re going to torture you. You know they’re going to rape you. Probably over and over again, for months. If you’re a devout Muslim, killing yourself is off the table. You just have to sit there knowing you’re going to be plunged into hell on earth. ❖ When an apartheid state does evil things I will criticize it. Tell me I’m not allowed to criticize the apartheid state and I’ll criticize it even more. Use government power to stomp out criticism of the apartheid state and I’ll make criticism of the apartheid state my full-time job. ❖ Liberal Zionists tell me, “Most Israelis disapprove of Netanyahu!” I tell them, nobody gives a fuck. No one cares which apartheid political party Israelis prefer. Nobody cares which genocidal political leader they’d rather have as their prime minister. Every Israeli faction is evil and is supported by evil people. ❖ It’s funny how they call it “generative artificial intelligence” when it neither generates anything nor exhibits intelligence. It just copies the stuff humans said and did. It doesn’t come up with its own ideas. It shows no signs of insight, understanding or creativity. They keep needing to feed it human-generated material in order to improve it because it’s incapable of generating its own material. We haven’t created artificial intelligence, we’ve created a toy that regurgitates our own intelligence back at us. ❖ Reading by Tim Foley:

Caitlin Johnstone

17,411 views • 1 month ago

Tim Hortons is trying to bully us into silence — but we've got a plan to fight back Tim Hortons is trying desperately to shut us up — they’ve called the police on our reporters three times, and now they just had their lawyers file a legal complaint against us, trying to get our store banned off of the internet. For two weeks, we’ve been telling the truth about Tim Hortons and their gross plans to hire foreign workers instead of young Canadians. Our reporting has been a problem for them, because they’ve just started a huge PR campaign to rebrand themselves as Canadian — likely because Dunkin’ Donuts is about to open up hundreds of locations in Canada later this year. Tim Hortons thinks it can win back customers by pretending to be Canadian. But we discovered that, even though Tim Hortons says they are hiring Canadians, they are still actively bringing foreign workers to Canada by using the government’s Temporary Foreign Worker program. So we went to some of those Tim Hortons locations with job listings and asked them why they claim to be hiring locals when, in fact, they are still hiring foreigners. Why lie? One of those Tim Hortons managers lied about it, saying he didn’t know anything about it, while I was literally holding his restaurant's ad for foreigners in my hands. So they courageously kicked us off the property, saying we couldn’t talk to any store managers or owners anymore. They thought maybe that would stop us from exposing their lies. Yeah, no. We kept reporting on their plans to import hundreds of foreign workers. We talked to people going to the Tim Hortons drive-through — and 100% agreed: stop hiring foreigners; hire Canadians instead. Well, that made them go nuts. They had their top lawyer send us a threat letter, telling us that if we go back to ask any more questions, they “will report the trespass to police and pursue all available remedies, including charges under the application act and civil action.” Translation: if we ask them any more questions, they’ll call the cops, press charges, and sue us in civil court, too. Have you ever seen a more thin-skinned bully than Tim Hortons? By the way, it’s obvious why they’re panicking — they’re literally the number one user of foreign workers of any restaurant chain in the country. They are the worst of the worst. Well, obviously, we don’t stop our journalism just because some corporate lawyer threatens us. So we went out again and again and again — but, because we respect private property, we just stood on the public sidewalk. Even still, the crazed lunatics at Tim Hortons literally called the police. I say again: our reporters didn’t go in. Didn’t even come close. They just stood with the Tim Hortons in the background — and these bullies called 911. Can you believe it? They have a corporate PR crisis, independent journalists are exposing their lies about hiring Canadian, and somehow they think that calling the police is the solution? To do what? Arrest us? Put us in jail? Did you know that Tim Hortons is now owned by a Brazilian hedge fund called 3G? Maybe that’s how it works in Brazil — if you criticize a large company, the police will harass you. But we’re in Canada now, hombre. They threatened us with a lawsuit. We didn’t stop. They threatened to call the police. We didn’t stop. So today, they lashed out in a new way: they lodged a trademark complaint against Rebel News, trying to get Shopify to ban our merchandise from being sold. This is the shirt they’re complaining about. It’s clearly not made by Tim Hortons; it’s clearly a gentle criticism of Tim Hortons, wishing they were Canadian again, not foreign. And they had their lawyers send a threat letter to Shopify, saying it’s illegal. Well, I know something about trademark law myself. It’s meant to stop people from passing themselves off as the real thing, to stop confusion in the market. So if you set up Tom Hortons, and made it look the same, that would be a trademark violation — because you’re trying to trick people into thinking it’s the real thing. But criticizing Tim Hortons is not a trademark violation. In fact, criticism and satire are specifically permitted under trademark law. This is literally like an editorial cartoon, very gently ribbing Tim Hortons for hiring foreigners instead of Canadians. But now they’ve filed a trademark dispute, a kind of lawsuit, against us at Shopify. And we have to hire lawyers to respond — and to do so within 48 hours, or we could have our t-shirt suspended from the site, and potentially have our whole store shut down. They’re doing whatever they can to destroy us, to stop us from revealing the truth about their foreign worker scam. So what should we do? Should we be like the rest of the media and cheer for Tim Hortons? Of course not. Here’s my plan — and I need your help: Step 1: We’re going to keep doing journalism about Tim Hortons, how they favour foreign workers over Canadians, and all sorts of other unethical conduct we’re digging up about them. Step 2: We’re going to sell a lot more t-shirts and coffee mugs about Tim Hortons. If we have to go to court to teach these bullies a lesson about free speech, so be it. But you never know — if Tim Hortons gets its way, you won’t be able to get these anymore. That would make them hard-to-find collectibles! Anyways, give Tim Hortons the finger by buying the t-shirt that obviously enrages them, the big bullies. Step 3: We’ve got to ramp up our Tims Boycott petition. Last I checked, we have 14,000 signatures on it — but we need ten times as many! If you haven’t signed it yet, please go to REPORT by Ezra Levant 🍁🚛:

Tim Hortons is trying to bully us into silence — but we've got a plan to fight back Tim Hortons is trying desperately to shut us up — they’ve called the police on our reporters three times, and now they just had their lawyers file a legal complaint against us, trying to get our store banned off of the internet. For two weeks, we’ve been telling the truth about Tim Hortons and their gross plans to hire foreign workers instead of young Canadians. Our reporting has been a problem for them, because they’ve just started a huge PR campaign to rebrand themselves as Canadian — likely because Dunkin’ Donuts is about to open up hundreds of locations in Canada later this year. Tim Hortons thinks it can win back customers by pretending to be Canadian. But we discovered that, even though Tim Hortons says they are hiring Canadians, they are still actively bringing foreign workers to Canada by using the government’s Temporary Foreign Worker program. So we went to some of those Tim Hortons locations with job listings and asked them why they claim to be hiring locals when, in fact, they are still hiring foreigners. Why lie? One of those Tim Hortons managers lied about it, saying he didn’t know anything about it, while I was literally holding his restaurant's ad for foreigners in my hands. So they courageously kicked us off the property, saying we couldn’t talk to any store managers or owners anymore. They thought maybe that would stop us from exposing their lies. Yeah, no. We kept reporting on their plans to import hundreds of foreign workers. We talked to people going to the Tim Hortons drive-through — and 100% agreed: stop hiring foreigners; hire Canadians instead. Well, that made them go nuts. They had their top lawyer send us a threat letter, telling us that if we go back to ask any more questions, they “will report the trespass to police and pursue all available remedies, including charges under the application act and civil action.” Translation: if we ask them any more questions, they’ll call the cops, press charges, and sue us in civil court, too. Have you ever seen a more thin-skinned bully than Tim Hortons? By the way, it’s obvious why they’re panicking — they’re literally the number one user of foreign workers of any restaurant chain in the country. They are the worst of the worst. Well, obviously, we don’t stop our journalism just because some corporate lawyer threatens us. So we went out again and again and again — but, because we respect private property, we just stood on the public sidewalk. Even still, the crazed lunatics at Tim Hortons literally called the police. I say again: our reporters didn’t go in. Didn’t even come close. They just stood with the Tim Hortons in the background — and these bullies called 911. Can you believe it? They have a corporate PR crisis, independent journalists are exposing their lies about hiring Canadian, and somehow they think that calling the police is the solution? To do what? Arrest us? Put us in jail? Did you know that Tim Hortons is now owned by a Brazilian hedge fund called 3G? Maybe that’s how it works in Brazil — if you criticize a large company, the police will harass you. But we’re in Canada now, hombre. They threatened us with a lawsuit. We didn’t stop. They threatened to call the police. We didn’t stop. So today, they lashed out in a new way: they lodged a trademark complaint against Rebel News, trying to get Shopify to ban our merchandise from being sold. This is the shirt they’re complaining about. It’s clearly not made by Tim Hortons; it’s clearly a gentle criticism of Tim Hortons, wishing they were Canadian again, not foreign. And they had their lawyers send a threat letter to Shopify, saying it’s illegal. Well, I know something about trademark law myself. It’s meant to stop people from passing themselves off as the real thing, to stop confusion in the market. So if you set up Tom Hortons, and made it look the same, that would be a trademark violation — because you’re trying to trick people into thinking it’s the real thing. But criticizing Tim Hortons is not a trademark violation. In fact, criticism and satire are specifically permitted under trademark law. This is literally like an editorial cartoon, very gently ribbing Tim Hortons for hiring foreigners instead of Canadians. But now they’ve filed a trademark dispute, a kind of lawsuit, against us at Shopify. And we have to hire lawyers to respond — and to do so within 48 hours, or we could have our t-shirt suspended from the site, and potentially have our whole store shut down. They’re doing whatever they can to destroy us, to stop us from revealing the truth about their foreign worker scam. So what should we do? Should we be like the rest of the media and cheer for Tim Hortons? Of course not. Here’s my plan — and I need your help: Step 1: We’re going to keep doing journalism about Tim Hortons, how they favour foreign workers over Canadians, and all sorts of other unethical conduct we’re digging up about them. Step 2: We’re going to sell a lot more t-shirts and coffee mugs about Tim Hortons. If we have to go to court to teach these bullies a lesson about free speech, so be it. But you never know — if Tim Hortons gets its way, you won’t be able to get these anymore. That would make them hard-to-find collectibles! Anyways, give Tim Hortons the finger by buying the t-shirt that obviously enrages them, the big bullies. Step 3: We’ve got to ramp up our Tims Boycott petition. Last I checked, we have 14,000 signatures on it — but we need ten times as many! If you haven’t signed it yet, please go to REPORT by Ezra Levant 🍁🚛:

Rebel News

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Like seemingly everyone on this app I have plenty of opinions about Twitter > X and figure now is a good time to open up a bit about my experience at the company. I tweeted for years into the void for the love of it like many of you, but after selling my startup to Twitter in 2020 I finally got to see it from the inside. Up close it was both amazing and terrible, like so many other companies and things in life. As someone with a maniacal sense of urgency built into me, Twitter often felt siloed and bureaucratic. Dumb power plays, reorgs and team name changes for the sake of someone’s ego were distractions that occurred too regularly. You couldn’t just be a builder — you also needed to be a politician. I was shocked by how old and bespoke the infrastructure was, but there was little will to think beyond quarterly earnings calls because we were all beholden to the masters of mDAU and revenue growth as a public company. It often felt like things were held together with duct tape and glue, and that many people had just accepted that a small product change could take months or quarters to build. Management had become bloated to accommodate career growth and the company culture felt too soft and entitled for my own taste. Healthy debate and criticism was replaced by a default refrain of “no, that can’t be done” or “another team owns that so don’t touch it”. Teams could spend months building a feature and then some last-minute kerfuffle meant it’d get killed for being too risky. Just talking directly to customers could turn into a turf war and create deadlocks between functions. I recall one such episode where a teammate spent a month trying to get clearance to reach out to some creators. He went through 3 layers of management and 6 different functional teams. In the end 4 executives were involved in the approval. It was insanity, and unfortunately I saw several top performers get burnt out and demoralized after exhausting experiences like that. Most people were good at their jobs but it was nearly impossible to fire poor performers — instead they got shuffled around to other teams because few managers had the will or resources to figure out how to get them out. A high performance culture pulls everyone up, but the opposite weighs everyone down. Twitter often felt like a place that kept squandering its own potential, which was sad and frustrating to see. The person who was best at cutting through the BS and inspiring a vision during my tenure was Kayvon Beykpour, but he wasn’t fully empowered to run the company since he wasn’t the CEO. Despite those real issues, I was lucky enough to work with some of the most talented people in the business at Twitter in product, design, engineering, research, legal, BD, trust & safety, marketing, PR and more. Often it was a small cross-functional team of intrinsically motivated people who made the biggest impact by challenging some core assumption. Those teams were very fun to be on but they felt like the exception rather than the rule. The months of waiting for the deal to close in 2022 were particularly slow and painful; it felt like leadership hid behind lawyers and legal language as all answers about the company’s future notoriously included the phrase “fiduciary duty”. Colleagues openly talked about how Twitter was being sold because leadership didn’t have conviction in their own plan or ability to fix longstanding problems. Although I didn’t know much about Elon I was cautiously optimistic – I saw him as the guy who built incredible and enduring companies like Tesla and SpaceX, so perhaps his private ownership could shake things up and breathe new life into the company. My take on what’s happened since then is full of lived nuance. When people ask why I stayed it’s easy to answer: optimism, curiosity, personal growth and money. From the beginning I saw that some changes Elon was going to make were smart and others were stupid, but when I’m on a team I uphold the philosophy of “praise in public and criticize in private”. I was far from a silent wallflower. I shared my opinions openly and pushed back often, both before and after the acquisition. I made peace with the fact that I didn’t have psychological safety at Twitter 2.0 and that meant I could be fired at any moment, and for no reason at all. I watched it happen repeatedly and saw how negatively it impacted team morale. Although I couldn’t change the situation I did my best to shine a light on folks who were doing important work while being an emotionally supportive leader for those who were struggling to adapt to the more brutalist and hardcore culture. In person Elon is oddly charming and he’s genuinely funny. He also has personality quirks like telling the same stories and jokes over and over. The challenge is his personality and demeanor can turn on a dime going from excited to angry. Since it was hard to read what mood he might be in and what his reaction would be to any given thing, people quickly became afraid of being called into meetings or having to share negative news with him. At times it felt like the inner circle was too zealous and fanatical in their unwavering support of everything he said. When individuals encouraged me to be careful about what I said I politely thanked them and said I would not be taking their advice. I had no interest in adding to a culture of fear or walking on eggshells around Elon. Either he would respect me for being real or he could fire me. Either outcome was okay. I quickly learned that product and business decisions were nearly always the result of him following his gut instinct, and he didn’t seem compelled to seek out or rely on a lot of data or expertise to inform it. That was particularly frustrating for me since I believed I had useful institutional knowledge that could help him make better decisions. Instead he'd poll Twitter, ask a friend, or even ask his biographer for product advice. At times it seemed he trusted random feedback more than the people in the room who spent their lives dedicated to tackling the problem at hand. I never figured out why and remain puzzled by it. I don’t think things had to be as difficult or dramatic as they turned out to be but I can’t say I’d bet against Elon or count him out. He’s smart and has enough money to make a lot of mistakes and then course correct when things go awry. As the largest shareholder he can tank the value in the short-term, but eventually he’ll need things to turn around. His focus on speed is incredible and he’s obviously not afraid of blowing things up, but now the real measure will be how it get reconstructed and if enough people want the new everything app he is building. I learned a ton from watching Elon up close – the good, the bad and the ugly. His boldness, passion and storytelling is inspiring, but his lack of process and empathy is painful. Elon has an exceptional talent for tackling hard physics-based problems but products that facilitate human connection and communication require a different type of social-emotional intelligence. Social networks are hard to kill but they’re not immune from death spirals. Only time will tell what the outcome will be but I hope X finds its footing because competition is good for consumers. In the meantime, I have a lot of empathy for the employees who are working tirelessly behind the scenes, the advertisers who want a stable platform to sell their stuff on, and the customers who are experiencing chaotic updates. It’s been a madhouse. Twitter moved at the speed of molasses and suffered from bureaucracy but now X is run by a mercurial leader whose instinct is driven by the unique and undoubtedly weird experience of being the biggest voice on the platform. Many of you know me from the sleeping bag incident where I slept on a conference room floor, so I figure, let’s talk about that too. Going viral was an odd and interesting experience. I was attacked by people on the left and called a billionaire bootlicker, while simultaneously being attacked by people on the right for being a working mom who was demonized as an example of a woman choosing her career over her family. Thankfully I can laugh at myself and I don’t take armchair keyboard ideologues too seriously. Being the main character on the timeline, even for a few minutes, requires a thick skin and a strong sense of self. The real story is pretty simple. I was given a nearly impossible deadline for his first project and as the product lead I would never ask anyone to do anything I wasn’t willing to do myself. So I worked round the clock alongside an amazing team spanning many timezones, and we delivered it on schedule – truly against the odds. It was intense but also fun. Those first few months were wildly crazy but I wanted to be there and I have no regrets. Showing up and giving it your all should, in most cases, be celebrated. Obviously you can’t work at that pace forever but there are moments where bursts are mission critical. I’ve pulled many all-nighters in my career and also when I was a student for something that mattered to me. I don’t regret putting in long hours or being ambitious, and feel proud of how far I’ve come from where I started thanks in part to that type of work ethic. I think of life as a game, and being at Twitter after the acquisition was like playing life at Level 10 on Hard Mode. Since I like taking on difficult challenges I found it interesting and rewarding because I was growing and learning so rapidly. I realize our society today trends toward polarization but when it comes to this app, its owner, and its future, I am neither a fangirl nor a hater — I’m an optimistic pragmatist. This may really irritate the internet but you cannot pigeonhole me into some radical position of either loving or hating every change that’s occurred. I escaped my fundamentalist upbringing and am a free thinker these days. Everyone can be seen as both a hero or a villain, depending on who is telling what angle of the story. Elon doesn’t deserve to be venerated or vilified. He’s a complicated person with an unfathomable amount of financial and geopolitical power which is why humanity needs him to err on the side of goodness, rather than political divisiveness and pettiness. I disagree with many of his decisions and am surprised by his willingness to burn so much down, but with enough money and time, something new & innovative may emerge. I hope it does. Sometimes I get asked about how I felt when I got laid off, and the truth is it was the best gift I’ve ever received. Sure the headlines and punchlines wrote themselves but I was battle hardened by then. I knew that I’d worked in a way where I could walk out with my head held high. I have no bitterness about the Product Management team being dismantled, and it made sense for me to exit as nearly all of the remaining PMs were let go. Going on a sabbatical afterward has been exactly what I needed to decompress and I’m finally feeling rested and relaxed. I’m a creative and a builder, so sooner than later I’ll jump back into a high intensity company but I’m grateful for this season of thinking, reading, traveling and being with people I love. After having time to reflect I believe more than ever that the very best outcomes flow from great leadership that combines the head and the heart. I’d be remiss if I didn’t note that in all of this there is also a cautionary tale for anyone who succeeds at something — which is that the higher you climb, the smaller your world becomes. It’s a strange paradox but the richest and most powerful people are also some of the most isolated. I found myself frequently looking at Elon and seeing a person who seemed quite alone because his time and energy was so purely devoted to work, which is not the model of a life I want to live. Money and fame can create psychological prisons which may worsen mental health conditions. We’ve all seen high profile cases of celebrities who end up with some combination of depression, paranoia, delusions of grandeur, mania and/or erratic behavior. Living in an echo chamber is dangerous and being at the top makes a person even more susceptible to being surrounded by yes people when nearly everyone around you is on the payroll and somehow stands to benefit from being in your orbit. Figuring out how to keep “better angels” around in the form of family, friends, and teammates is critical to staying on the rails and enduring intense ups and downs. Everyone needs to hear hard truths sometimes and if you fire all the people who speak up then the reality distortion field may just turn into a vortex. I was drawn to Twitter because I’m obsessed with the problem of loneliness and connection between people. I find it fascinating & troubling that humans are getting lonelier as we simultaneously create a world that’s both safer and wealthier. I don’t believe that trade-off has to exist, which is why I keep returning to that theme in my personal and professional life. I realize this is too long of a tweet but Twitter was a weird and special place on the internet, and I’m grateful to have played a teeny tiny role in its story and evolution. I’m here for whatever comes next — on this app and in new places. Consumer social is very much alive and at a fascinating juncture, so I’ll be watching and participating and sharing hot takes because I don’t want to, and probably can’t, turn that part of me off. Perhaps X becomes a resounding success. Or it fails epically. Either way, I expect it will continue to be a very entertaining ride. 🫡

Esther Crawford ✨

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