When elite universities uploaded all of their courses online for public consumption, we collectively realized that the limiting reagent for global intelligence is not access to information, it's motivation.

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Greatness comes from saying "no" to impulsive desires. - I wanted to check my phone when I woke up, but I didn't. - I wanted to skip the daily workout, but I didn't. - I wanted the cinnamon roll at the coffee shop, but I didn't. - I wanted to watch YouTube while coding, but I

Nuclear ☢️ !!!

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No one tells you how much you’ll miss your kids while you’re at work, or the feeling of missing out every day. One of life’s lessons, cherish the moments when you have them.

4 day weekends?! Once a month?! Look, that’s a privilege the vast majority of civilians don’t have, let alone other service components, this is why the U.S. Air Force gets the “soft” reputation that it has. Ultimately if not having a 4 day weekend forces you to not reenlist you were

The real wealth is waking up excited about your day, not just your bank balance Are you excited about ur product(s) / business(es)?

Having a 900k mortgage (w/ a 6,500/mo payment on a 12k/mo income)... with 700k saved for retirement is back-ass backwards. You only have your kids for a short time... Screw having a 7-figure retirement acct. at 36... Instead, pay the mortgage down, have a 2,000/month

Almost nobody is busy, to be clear. And 95% of those who are have more than one child. If you are childless and under 30 you have probably never once been busy your entire life.

To our greatest ally wayyy across the big pond 🇦🇺 and those from NZ #AnzacDay2025 a big thank you!

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“Build new battleships with 16” birdshot” got me dogpiled by armchair historians—and futurists quoting Elon’s “drones make ships obsolete” line. Here’s the truth: Every Navy program is failing because admirals are stuck between 1945 or 2045. That’s how we got LCS. Zumwalt.

*Unless you join the Navy or Merchant Marine

can anyone tell me why plastering the environmental equivalent of 100 iphones per square meter all over a countryside that used to be covered in olive trees is any better than just putting one nuclear power plant there that generates 1000x as much power?

Corporate ownership of residential real estate should be illegal Nothing about this should be controversial

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President Donald J. Trump Iran is willing to return to negotiations as long as the U.S. doesn’t intervene. Decades of Middle East meddling haven’t made us safer. Interventionism has failed. It’s time for diplomacy, not endless war.

How about we just upzone the downtowns of every single medium to large city in the nation instead.