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Wow Jack Ryan movie Calling out Venezuela as the Biggest threat on the world stage………

This is Thomas Sowell's take on legal vs. illegal immigration.

launch off a mountain near Interlaken, Switzerland 📹Wolfgang Siess

Wise words “My name’s Frank. I’m 64, a retired electrician. Forty-two years I spent running wires through houses, fixing breakers, making sure people had light in their kitchens and heat in their winters. Never once did anyone ask me where I went to college. Mostly, they just wanted to know if I could get the power back on before their ice cream melted. Last May, I was at my granddaughter Emily’s school career day. You know the drill — doctors, lawyers, a software guy in a slick suit talking about “scaling startups.” I was the only one there with a tool belt and work boots. When it was my turn, I told the kids, “I don’t have a degree. I’ve never sat in a lecture hall. But I’ve wired schools, hospitals, and your principal’s house. And when the hospital generator failed during a snowstorm in ’98, I was the one in the basement with a flashlight, keeping the lights on for newborn babies upstairs.” The kids leaned forward. They had questions — real ones. “How do you fix stuff in the dark?” “Do you make a lot of money?” “Do you ever get zapped?” (Yes, once, and it’ll curl your hair.) When the bell rang, one boy hung back. Small kid, freckles, hoodie too big for him. He mumbled, “My uncle’s a plumber. People laugh at him ’cause he didn’t finish high school. But… he’s the only one in the family who can fix anything.” I looked that boy in the eye and said, “Kid, your uncle’s a hero. When your toilet overflows at midnight, Harvard ain’t sending anyone. A plumber is.” Here’s the thing nobody told me when I was young — the world doesn’t run without tradespeople. You can have all the engineers you want, but if nobody builds the house, wires the power, or lays the pipes, those blueprints just sit in a drawer. We’ve made it sound like trades are what you do if you can’t go to college, instead of a path you choose because you like working with your hands, solving problems, and seeing your work stand solid for decades. Four years after high school, some kids walk away with diplomas. Others walk away with zero debt, a union card, and a skill they can take anywhere in the world. And guess what? When your furnace dies in January, it’s not the diploma that saves you. A few weeks ago, that same freckled kid’s mom stopped me at the grocery store. She said, “You probably don’t remember, but you told my son trades are important. He’s shadowing his uncle this summer. First time I’ve seen him excited about anything in years.” That’s the part we forget — for some kids, knowing their path is respected changes everything. It’s not about “just” fixing wires or pipes. It’s about pride. Purpose. The kind that sticks with you long after the job’s done. So next time you meet a teenager, don’t just ask, “Where are you going to college?” Ask, “What’s your plan?” And if they say, “I’m learning to weld,” or “I’m starting an apprenticeship,” smile big and say, “That’s fantastic. We’re going to need you.” Because we will. More than ever. And when the lights go out, you’ll be glad they showed up.”

I believe minority-based scholarships should continue to exist—they’ve played an important role in expanding opportunity and addressing real disparities. However, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that public colleges and universities can no longer consider race in admissions. That decision, whether we agree with it or not, is now the law of the land. More than a year ago, the Ohio Attorney General issued guidance directing our public universities to stop using race or any similar classifications in their admissions and scholarship processes. Senate Bill 1 does not change that—it simply brings Ohio law into alignment with the Supreme Court’s ruling and the AG’s existing directives. During the legislative process, I introduced an amendment to protect minority-based scholarships. Unfortunately, that amendment was tabled based on legal concerns tied to the Court’s decision and the AG’s interpretation.While public institutions can no longer administer race-based scholarships, private organizations, community groups, and alumni associations are still free to offer scholarships for minority students—as long as those funds are awarded and administered independently from the school. This is a complex issue that touches on law, equality, and opportunity. I’ll continue to advocate for creative, lawful solutions that ensure all students—especially those from historically underserved communities—have a fair shot at success.

American Yellow Warbler.

@kat_kuhl_ Just a random note from a stranger - I'm glad you exist. Of all the tabletop podcasters, You're at least as good as Matt Mercer or Troy Lavallee, in many ways, you are better, you remain one of the best GM's I've ever heard. Thanks for being Awesome! ⭐

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Must read books: 1. Letting Go, David Hawkins 2. Meditations, Marcus Aurelius 3. Let the Moon Be Free, Eric Baret 4. Be Here Now, Ram Dass 5. Surrender Experiment, Michael Singer 6. Dune, Frank Herbert 7. Healing is Voltage, Jerry Tennant 8. The Way of the Superior Man, David Deida 9. Plato Dialogues 10. I Am That, Nisargadatta Maharaj 11. Becoming Supernatural, Joe Dispenza 12. Why Materialism is Baloney, Bernardo Kastrup 13. Quantum Healing, Deepak Chopa 14. Siddhartha, Herman Hesse 15. Beyond Good & Evil, Nietszche 16. Medical Nemesis, Ivan Illich 17. We want to live, Aajonus Vonderplanitz 18. Generative Energy, Ray Peat 19. Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill 20. Mastery, Robert Greene 21. Change your thoughts change your life, Wayne Dyer 22. At least one sacred religious text (Bible, Upanishads, Koran, etc) What did I miss?

Father and daughter dance on their walk

Kevin Briggs, a former California Highway Patrol officer, is known for his extraordinary efforts in preventing more than 200 people from taking their lives on the Golden Gate Bridge. When Briggs encounters someone in distress on the bridge, he typically initiates a conversation by asking how they are doing and inquiring about their plans for the following day. If the individual has no plans, Briggs often suggests making plans together, even inviting them to return to the bridge if things don’t work out. One poignant moment captured in 2005 shows Briggs spending 60 minutes talking with Kevin Berthia, ultimately persuading him to climb back over the bridge's rail. Berthia went on to marry and have several children. For his compassionate and life-saving work, Kevin Briggs has earned the nickname ‘Guardian of the Golden Gate.’

I think about this G.K. Chesterton passage a lot.

@lexfridman Re: W -You were right. I think you did an admirable attempt of creating a pause in the flow. Provide a chance to rethink. He's just not willing… yet. I appreciate you.

Eruption on Mount Etna gives the illusion of a Phoenix in the sky 🐦‍🔥🌋

15. J. R. R. Tolkien’s response to his German publisher's 1938 inquiry about his heritage:

5. On November 20, 1905, Mark Twain wrote the ultimate letter of complaint: "Dear Sir, Your letter is an insoluble puzzle to me. The handwriting is good and exhibits considerable character, and there are even traces of intelligence in what you say, yet the letter and the accompanying advertisements profess to be the work of the same hand. The person who wrote the advertisements is without doubt the most ignorant person now alive on the planet; also without doubt he is an idiot, an idiot of the 33rd degree, and scion of an ancestral procession of idiots stretching back to the Missing Link. It puzzles me to make out how the same hand could have constructed your letter and your advertisements. Puzzles fret me, puzzles annoy me, puzzles exasperate me; and always, for a moment, they arouse in me an unkind state of mind toward the person who has puzzled me. A few moments from now my resentment will have faded and passed and I shall probably even be praying for you; but while there is yet time I hasten to wish that you may take a dose of your own poison by mistake, and enter swiftly into the damnation which you and all other patent medicine assassins have so remorselessly earned and do so richly deserve. Adieu, adieu, adieu! Mark Twain"

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