FFS.
We've entered a new age of climate extremes:
A supersized El Niño is colliding with a planet already superheated by climate change.
The latest @WMO report shows once again that leaders must get serious by cutting emissions faster, accelerating a just transition from fossil fuels & delivering the finance & protection vulnerable countries need.
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These whiny little tossers just had this video pulled off our YouTube, so on no account retweet it so that anyone else might see it.
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nobody is “accusing” scott of saying something. we are sharing and responding to clips, in which scott explains clearly and repeatedly that traitors like the rosenbergs were executed. he explains how. and he says that this should happen to musk. tired of these stupid games.
UPDATE: Scott Galloway reached out to me earlier today and asked me to call him. I'm glad I did.
I've read @profgalloway's books, listened to his podcasts, and appreciated his willingness to confront campus antisemitism and debate people he vigorously disagrees with, including @BenShapiro with comity (and more than a little comedy).
That's why his recent comments about Elon Musk surprised and troubled me.
My central criticism was that Scott called Musk a "traitor to the West" while invoking Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were executed for espionage.
I think it was a careless statement, but I don't think Scott is calling for Musk's execution. Too many people on this platform are making that accusation, but it's an oversimplification. He told me he explicitly opposes capital punishment. I still believe the analogy was overblown.
We also discussed what actually happened with Starlink and Starshield in Ukraine. What was restricted, when, by whom, and under whose authority? I agree with him that we need to know what actually happened for transparency's sake. Sunlight is the best disinfectant.
Scott acknowledged that if Musk was legitimately enforcing a commercial agreement, not meddling in wartime policies as a private citizen, the accusation of treachery would be unwarranted. I hope that if that occurs, he will retract it publicly.
We agree that serious accusations require serious evidence.
I raised Scott's role as a UC Regent because I believe those entrusted with governing the best university on the planet deserve particular scrutiny. I never called for his removal, nor do I want him removed.
Scott explained why that framing troubled him. I listened, and I understand his concerns better.
Despite disagreeing with my criticism, Scott offered to defend my academic freedom and my right to criticize him.
As a professor, I teach students to revise their conclusions when confronted with new evidence. Today I was reminded that professors must also reconsider their own approach, too.
I stand by the substance of my criticism. But my tone should have been more collegial.
Our conversation strengthened my respect for Scott's generosity and commitment to the University of California, a system that transformed both our lives. As a two-time native son of the UC system, I think Scott will play a vital role on that august board.
Lastly, and most remarkably, two podcast hosts managed to have a contentious discussion and find common ground without recording another podcast about it.
A first in (unrecorded) history.
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8 Marines flew across six states to a quiet terminal in Montana to say a final goodbye to a fellow aged soldier. Bishop, a Belgian Malinois, served with them in Afghanistan for 7 grueling months. He walked ahead, logging 9 trained alerts and 9 microseconds where his sudden stillness froze the line behind him. One Marine said he has two children today because of this dog. Thank you for your service, Bishop! 🫡🇺🇸🫡🇺🇸
Good morning X.
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Can you imagine a world where the college football playoff wasn't decided by people who went to journalism school?
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Greatest book review of my life
What did those monsters do to @katrosenfield to make her brain work like this? She seems like a nice girl who likes hiking and yoga and her cute dog—but meanwhile she’s hatching these insane dark twisted stories...😅
(Fantastic read. I loved it! I’m sad it’s over. This is the second book I’ve read in a row that reminded me of what it was like to read before phones, when the most interesting thing available to me was to dissolve myself inside the pages of a book, where I could experience someone else’s existence and follow their trajectory to try to understand the mysteries of their life—and where I was surprised by where the story went. I need more novels like this. These days I mostly read non-fiction and I sometimes re-read classics. Maybe one reason for the decline in reading is a decline in the quality of the new books available to us. I dislike most contemporary fiction, with rare exceptions. This was one of those exceptions. Read it!)
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if you ever happen to find yourself shitting in your own car
because you are mad at elon musk about politics
consider for a moment you may be mentally ill
Scott Galloway says he owned a Tesla, but sold it because of Elon.
"Not before taking a giant dump in the passenger seat. True story."
He's gone from suggesting Elon be executed to telling stories of taking dumps in a car he owned because it was made by Elon's company.
This is a broken, deranged and utterly toxic individual.
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Seeing a lot of lefty’s melting down at Chewy and CashApp for pulling their advertising on Jennifer Welch’s show, lot of crying about “free speech”, so thought I’d give you think helpful reminder
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This is infinitely superior to a smoke filled room full of morons. Go argue with a wall
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The “climate crisis” is doing no such thing.
That's because the climate crisis is a figment of your imagination.
Hope this helps, Tedros Axnafinfubc Gehafiwsibxza
The Climate Crisis is fuelling disease outbreaks.
The Climate Crisis is driving higher rates of heart and lung disease.
The Climate Crisis is driving higher rates of cancer and asthma.
The Climate Crisis is making healthy diets less affordable.
I call on leaders ahead of #COP31 to put people's health at the centre of negotiations. @WHO recommendations are here: bit.ly/4A8LPgm
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The lives of the Polish police officers were saved by two of the country’s best surgeons who were having lunch right next to where the shoot-out took place.
The men can be seen in the picture below discussing their next steps while stopping the bleeding on one of the officers.
- Prof. Michał Pędziwiatr is the Head of the II Department of Surgery at the Jagiellonian University and the Deputy Head of General, Oncological, Metabolic and Emergency Surgery at the University Hospital.
- Dr Mateusz Wierdak is a specialist general surgeon the Jagiellonian University Hospital.
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The rhetoric and actions taken by the eight people indicted in the University of Michigan conspiracy case was not just extreme. It was violent, threatening, and openly conspiratorial.
According to the indictment, one defendant said: “I’m gonna be the dirtiest f**king doctor ever.”
Another said: “get into that house then burn it down.” 🧵
Dude, it's over. Just stop with your pseudo-religion.
. @Miss_Snuffy is again casting doubt on the seriousness of climate change.
Sorry but you’re not fit to be a headteacher if you’re telling us that Oxford University, Cambridge, NASA, Harvard, Yale are wrong.
What message does that send kids - respect education but not the parts whose findings I don’t politically agree with?
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Cette image résume tout de l’attentat a Cracovie elle est glaçante.
Un fonctionnaire de police, à genoux sur le pavé de Cracovie, radio à la main, l’arme de l’assaillant posée à ses côtés.
C’est Jakub Kulik, ancien parachutiste de la 6e Brigade aéroportée, devenu policier. Face à un homme armé d’une carabine, d’un gilet pare-balles et d’un casque, il n’avait que son pistolet. Il a avancé malgré tout.
Trois impacts de balle. Il reste néanmoins en position, jusqu’à ce que la scène soit sécurisée.
Un homme qui a accompli son devoir au moment où cela était nécessaire, au prix de sa propre intégrité.
L’image dit ce que les mots peinent parfois à exprimer : le courage silencieux, la responsabilité tenue jusqu’au bout, le prix payé pour protéger d’autres vies. Sans lui, le bilan du 7 novembre aurait
été plus lourd encore.
Respect éternel.
Pray for Pologne. 🇵🇱 🙏
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Man who repeatedly proves that decline is a choice
> Haiti gangs snatch 4 Salvadorans
> they think they just bought themselves a negotiation
> Bukele goes public saying bring them back or you're done
> they try to hand him 4 random bodies and say it was them
> he calls out their bs
> sends 2,000 troops into Haiti
> tells the leader to gather their gangs so he can fight them
> gangs run to the UN for a deal
> refuses all deals
> ignores the UN mandate
> pushes into gang territory and starts cleaning them
> does more in two weeks than the UN did in 13 years
Bukele might be the greatest leader of the 21st century
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5,000 years of world history on a single timeline. Zoom in. You could spend 30 minutes exploring this.
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Any Harvard graduate student who participated in this planned class disruption should be disciplined to the fullest extent possible under Harvard’s policies.
The professor tried to move the class and couldn’t. His students were disrupted while trying to complete an in-class exam.
Completely unacceptable.
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Bill Maher and Coleman Hughes finish each other's sentences for 3 minutes straight as they lay out how teachers' unions wrecked public education.
The MS NOW host thought she could sit this one out quietly. Then Maher turned and lobbed a grenade right at her.
MAHER: "The reason why they don't know that socialism didn't work... is because NOBODY taught them in school."
HUGHES: "A lot of kids go to underperforming public schools, which is our euphemism for government-funded daycare centers with occasional school-like activities."
MAHER: "I knew they weren't learning anything, but like you said, it's like a daycare center and not a good one."
HUGHES: "And I think people on the left want to blame funding because that's the easy issue. But the truth is, this school was well funded. You know, it's 50,000 per pupil at this school. The problem isn't the funding. It's that you can't fire anyone bad."
MAHER: "Yes.... The problem is the union, the teachers union, is too powerful. We've seen it in results in states where the union is less powerful, the schools do better."
HUGHES: "I call it the chalkboard mafia."
MAHER: "The problem, the unions protect bad schools and bad teachers, and the party protects the union. It's almost impossible in a lot of these cities to fire a teacher. I mean literally like you could sell drugs to a kid and it's got to be two offenses before we get—"
HUGHES: "It wasn't that long ago that the unions lobbied for a law in New York State to ban even collecting data that you would use to assess which teachers are better than others. You can't even get the data. So obviously the teachers union serves the teachers, they don't serve the students, and if you're a Democrat or any American that's serious about public school reform, you have to challenge the teachers union, period."
MAHER: "And I think in this school, where they were learning nothing with no supervision and absentee principals and teachers, I think spending 50,000 dollars per year per student, it's not money. That's what you always hear from the left. 'Oh, it's underfunded.' It's not the funding. The funding isn't the issue."
HUGHES: "No, it hasn't been for a very long time."
MAHER: "I think this is the kind of thing I will NEVER hear on MS NOW."
ALI VITALI: "I think you hear a lot of perspectives on MS NOW."
MAHER: "I don't ever hear that one."
CONTEXT: Maher and Hughes aren't making this up. On the latest Nation's Report Card, high school seniors posted the lowest reading and math scores ever recorded on the test.
And getting rid of bad teachers is nearly impossible. Federal survey data shows the average school district dismissed just 0.2 tenured teachers for poor performance in a year. That's roughly 1 in 500.
Meanwhile, students do better long-term in states where unions have less power.
A 2019 study in the American Economic Journal found that boys who went to school in states that forced districts to bargain with teachers' unions went on to earn about $2,100 LESS per year as adults compared to boys in states without those laws.
If a business failed this badly, someone would get fired. As Hughes put it: "The teachers union serves the teachers; they don't serve the students."
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Jenner Welch and Angie Sullivan, this is repulsive. Regardless of anyone’s political position, the mirth you express about the brutal murder of another human being is repugnant. It is a disgusting display of a complete lack of empathy, respect for human life, compassion, maturity, and personal morals. There is no personal standard being upheld by either of you. @Hanover_Square Press, @YouTube @ApplePodcasts
Podcasters Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan can't stop laughing at the thought of digging up Charlie Kirk's corpse and "doing it" again to him.
After laughing for 30 seconds straight, the women falsely claimed that Tyler Robinson was a 'MAGA person.'
They will celebrate your death, laugh uncontrollably, and still be fully convinced they're the "good guys."
