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Patrick, Maker retweeted
As I was saying.
We have a communist violence problem.
BREAKING: Michigan Rep. Haley Stevens has asked for U.S. Marshals protection after receiving death threats over her endorsement of Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers.
VIA: @axios
Patrick, Maker retweeted
Every GOP candidate who has any hope of winning in the future needs to BEG Brandon Gill and Jace Yarborough to help them understand what it takes
But more importantly, more than just some cheap political advice to win an election, we need candidates who actually BELIEVE what Brandon Gill and Jace Yarborough believe
Patrick, Maker retweeted
There's a saying on American social media:
"Be the American that Japanese people think you are."
I'm Japanese. I've lived in Tokyo my whole life.
So let me tell you what we actually say about you, when you're not in the room.
"When someone falls down on the street, we pretend not to see. We're protecting their pride. Americans run straight at them. They don't care about the pride. They care about the knee." (Office worker, 38)
"An American will stop four lanes of traffic for a family of ducks. And then everyone in the cars claps for the ducks." (Taxi driver, 61)
"If you lend an American a pen, you will never see it again. If you need a kidney, they'll ask your blood type." (Nurse, 45)
"At kids' soccer games, they cheer when the other team's kid scores. The other team's parents look confused. Then they cheer too." (Youth soccer coach, 52, lived one year in Ohio)
"A man sneezed on a bus in Chicago. Eleven strangers said 'Bless you.' He said 'thank you' eleven times. Nobody on that bus thought this was strange." (University student, 21)
"At an airport in Texas, I watched a soldier try to pay for his lunch. The cashier said someone already had. He asked who. She said, 'Somebody who didn't want you to know.'" (Retired teacher, 70)
"American fathers cannot braid hair. But they will watch a video at midnight for an hour so their daughter's hair looks right on picture day." (Hair stylist, 33)
"I ran the Chicago Marathon once. Strangers stood in the cold for hours holding signs for people they will never meet. At mile 20, a man I'd never seen read the name off my bib and screamed it like he'd raised me." (Runner, 48)
"When Americans get lost, they ask a stranger. If the stranger is also lost, they become a team." (Tour guide, 39)
"They ask the waitress her name. And then they remember it." (Restaurant owner, 66)
And one more. From my father. He's 76. He doesn't say much about anything. This is the longest thing I have ever heard him say about another country.
"Every time something terrible happens in America, I watch the news, and I look for one thing.
The people running toward it.
There are always so many."
So, America.
You don't have to become the Americans we think you are.
We're not imagining you.
We're remembering you.
Patrick, Maker retweeted
I failed 21 SAS selection.
One hundred and twenty men started. Four finished. I was not one of them.
I do not tell that story to be humble. I tell it because of what happened next, which nobody ever asks about.
I went home. I was 19 years old and I had failed at the one thing I had told everyone I was going to do. There is a particular silence that follows that. Friends are kind. Family are careful. And you sit in your childhood bedroom and understand that the failure is now a fact about you.
Six months later I went back and did the whole thing again.
Passed the second time.
Here is what I actually learned, and it is not what people expect. It was not about grit. It was not about wanting it more. It was that the first attempt was not wasted, it was the reconnaissance. I knew where the ground broke you. I knew what the third day felt like. I was not braver the second time, I was better informed.
Most people treat a failure as a verdict.
It is data.
The only real failure is the one you refuse to go back and look at.
Patrick, Maker retweeted
Over the past 10 days, I became the digital Nick Shirley.
Using public & private records my AI agent swarm found ~$787 million in government billing that made absolutely no sense.
Thread 🧵
Patrick, Maker retweeted
Yes.
so were lobotomies. We rightly figured out how demonic they were and severely curtailed the practice.
We will be doing the same thing to baby killing soon enough.
Patrick, Maker retweeted
>Plot centers entirely around fighting extreme government taxation and overreach
>The Sheriff of Nottingham literally collects taxes from the church poor box
>Friar Tuck gets so fed up with the state disrespecting the Church that he physically throws hands with the Sheriff
>Casts the Crusades in a positive light
>Male protagonist who risks his life for his people
>Unapologetically traditional romance with Maid Marian without any modern subversion
>Climax is literally a raid to break political prisoners out of a corrupt jail
>Story resolves when the rightful, divinely-appointed monarch returns from the Holy Land to crush the corrupt politicians
>Ends with a beautiful church wedding and a happily ever after
We need to make Kid's stories based again
Patrick, Maker retweeted
Democrats literally bombed the capitol building and as a reward they all were pardoned and became college professors.
What the fuck are you talking about?
Patrick, Maker retweeted
"Anakin you were the chosen CNC machinist. We gave you pizza parties and 2% annual raises. Your base salary was low but you had unlimited OT. And now you are leaving the company? I thought we were like a family here?!?"
Patrick, Maker retweeted
When slowing down makes you faster...(& smoother...)
ADB (Autonomous Decentralized Bearing) is a patented technology developed by Sosuke Kawashima (Coo Space Co., Ltd.)
By introducing a small indent into the outer race of a deep groove ball bearing, the balls become self distributing & non-contacting without the need of a cage.
Translation: the balls don't bump into one another so no cage is required, which then means sliding friction is virtually eliminated, energy consumption is reduced by over 90%, and no lubrication is necessary.
That precise indentation I mentioned slightly decelerates and then accelerates each ball back to full speed as it passes over it. A small gap is thus created between the balls due to this change in speed. Any incidental contact between the balls acts as a restorative force, effectively transferring momentum between them and ensuring uniform spacing naturally.
Pretty cool stuff (and so very simple) in other words.
This technology is currently touted as being applied in deep sea & competition skate/bike/wheelchair cases, but seems like a prime candidate for any super low friction, demanding environment, and/or long life applications.
(All original video footage from Sosuke Kawashima on yt)
Patrick, Maker retweeted
I hate the Republican Party.
I’m voting straight ticket Republican tomorrow.
Patrick, Maker retweeted
You cannot save America without removing judges. Bukele didn’t save El Salvador by building a prison. He saved it by removing the judges.
The judges are the shield of the revolution.
DC federal judge tosses case against FBI officials accused of lying about Hunter Biden laptop trib.al/A1odp59
Patrick, Maker retweeted
If there's two characters that highlight the low level decline of the Republic its Jocasta Nu and Dexter Jettster in the Clone Wars.
Jocasta is a complete functionary. The star charts are purposefully tampered with to remove Kamino, and yet all she can reply is that if something is not in the Jedi Records, it does not exist... When Obi-Wan's basic analysis shows the Gravity pull of the missing star still reveals itself on a chart (as if a river was deleted but the valley remained)... Obvious stuff... And Yet Jocasta has failed upwards specifically because of this hyper formal compliance.
Meanwhile, Obi-wan has found a real expert: Dexter ... Running an archaic outer-rim themed Diner that he cannot find other work on Couresant, that he's the only one who can identify the unusual archaic weapon an assassin used.
This is a subtle nod to the classic 1950s American SciFi novel "Atlas Shrugged" in which an economic collapse is so severe and the government so corrupt that after months of searching legendary Philosopher and professor Hugh Akston is randomly found running a 50s highway diner. That it is the most senior work that won't involve morally compromising himself, or accepting a compromised quality out of line with his philosophy.
That's RIGHT! the weird Alien in the 50s diner is an important political theme and commentary! George thought of everything! He's even citing his primary sources in American dystopian/scifi fiction.
Patrick, Maker retweeted
I voted Democrat.
Because it's time we tried a different approach to policing.
Abdul El-Sayed asks some good questions, like, “Do police really need to use guns?”
I think bringing guns into tense situations only makes things worse.
Personally, I think police should carry bubble wands instead. They're an underrated crime-fighting tool. Blowing bubbles could help de-escalate the situation by lightening the mood and making everyone feel a little less intimidated.
It's hard to keep committing a crime when you're busy popping bubbles. 💙🗳️
