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why is making friends so hard?
here's what it actually takes to build meaningful friendships. a thread 🤍
here's what it actually takes to build meaningful friendships. a thread 🤍
step 1: are you meeting people in general?
start going to things.
events, parties, sports teams, clubs, community groups, classes, discussions. don’t be picky. try to meet one person per event.
get comfortable getting out of your comfort zone!
smile, be open, be genuinely curious, follow-up when you vibe with someone.
start going to things.
events, parties, sports teams, clubs, community groups, classes, discussions. don’t be picky. try to meet one person per event.
get comfortable getting out of your comfort zone!
smile, be open, be genuinely curious, follow-up when you vibe with someone.
step 2: are you meeting the RIGHT people?
you don't feel like anyone you meet is "your people" -- the ones you’d want to keep seeing and get to know better.
it feels isolating.
start to pick events more intentionally.
> what events actually felt good? which didn't?
> think about what you love, and find groups who do those things.
hate talking about work? avoid networking events.
love being active? join a sports team.
curious mind? try improv, discussion groups, language learners, hackathons.
get creative!
ask around to see what's out there.
don't be afraid to try out different flavors of the same event. the ‘vibe’ of a running group will differ from club to club across the same city.
you don't feel like anyone you meet is "your people" -- the ones you’d want to keep seeing and get to know better.
it feels isolating.
start to pick events more intentionally.
> what events actually felt good? which didn't?
> think about what you love, and find groups who do those things.
hate talking about work? avoid networking events.
love being active? join a sports team.
curious mind? try improv, discussion groups, language learners, hackathons.
get creative!
ask around to see what's out there.
don't be afraid to try out different flavors of the same event. the ‘vibe’ of a running group will differ from club to club across the same city.
You're the president in 2029. The political leadership of Chicago and Illinois are holding an emergency press conference. They're broke. No more money for cops, teachers, trash collectors.
The question, from @ProfSchleich:
Do you bail them out? statecraft.pub/p/should-the-f…
The question, from @ProfSchleich:
Do you bail them out? statecraft.pub/p/should-the-f…
It's not a crazy hypothetical.
Chicago itself operates 4 pension funds. All of them are in big trouble, as is Illinois' state pension system.
Chicago itself operates 4 pension funds. All of them are in big trouble, as is Illinois' state pension system.
7 of the 10 worst-funded local pension systems in America are in the Chicago area.
What on earth is going on.
Seriously.
Where are the doctors raising the awareness about this?
Where are the journalists screaming?
What is wrong with everyone?
Hospital episodes for babies with heart valve problems in England.
Seriously.
Where are the doctors raising the awareness about this?
Where are the journalists screaming?
What is wrong with everyone?
Hospital episodes for babies with heart valve problems in England.
Two to four year old infants with heart problems.
Five to nine year old kids with heart valve problems.
1: Let’s talk about Steve Witkoff, because I think the narrative of him being a “useful idiot” is a dangerous trap to walk in.
It’s darker than that.
Witkoff has spent three decades swimming in russian money, russian mob circles, and russian real-estate pipeline.
A thread 🧵
It’s darker than that.
Witkoff has spent three decades swimming in russian money, russian mob circles, and russian real-estate pipeline.
A thread 🧵
2: He isn’t just “a MAGA dude” advising Trump on Russia–Ukraine.
Witkoff is of russian descent, built his fortune through NYC networks flooded with post-Soviet criminal money, and is now pushing the kremlin wishlist so called “peace plan”
It’s not a coincidence.
It’s continuity.
Witkoff is of russian descent, built his fortune through NYC networks flooded with post-Soviet criminal money, and is now pushing the kremlin wishlist so called “peace plan”
It’s not a coincidence.
It’s continuity.
3: In the 1990s, Manhattan’s luxury real estate became the #1 laundromat for russian criminal networks fleeing the collapse of the USSR.
The FBI has testified to Congress about this era. It was no secret.
And who rose to power right then?
Steve Witkoff & Donald Trump.
The FBI has testified to Congress about this era. It was no secret.
And who rose to power right then?
Steve Witkoff & Donald Trump.
I decided to do a deep dive to figure out what it would take for European voters to change the law to allow them to deport migrants. For instance, say the voters of Italy wanted to deport Syrian terrorists to Syria. What would they need to do, legally to get that outcome? 🧵
The blocker to this is the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), adopted in 1950 in response to Nazi atrocities.
Article 3 bans torture. You might think torture means e.g. waterboarding someone to extract information. But through the magic of case law it means much more.
Article 3 bans torture. You might think torture means e.g. waterboarding someone to extract information. But through the magic of case law it means much more.
From the 1950s to the 1970s, Article 3 just meant you couldn't torture people in the normal sense. In 1978 an ECHR case expanded the definition of torture (or rather "inhumane treatment") to be about suffering caused, not, you know, actual torture.
Disappear in December and set yourself 12 months ahead with detailed rules:
1. Mental Sharpness
1. Mental Sharpness
You can't dominate your goals with a distracted mind.
• Plan tomorrow before you sleep
• Wake up before the noise (6-8 AM)
• Attack the hardest task first
• 3-4 hrs of deep work daily
• Sunday = strategy day
• Plan tomorrow before you sleep
• Wake up before the noise (6-8 AM)
• Attack the hardest task first
• 3-4 hrs of deep work daily
• Sunday = strategy day
• Replace cheap dopamine with high-return input: Books > YouTube > Podcasts > Netflix > Tik Tok
Focus is a weapon. Treat it like one.
Focus is a weapon. Treat it like one.
If you’re prepping for BFCM and stuck on creative, start here.
These 3 ad styles cut CPA in half, scaled harder than anything else we ran in Sept/Oct,
and take less than an hour to make 🧵
These 3 ad styles cut CPA in half, scaled harder than anything else we ran in Sept/Oct,
and take less than an hour to make 🧵
1️⃣ SALE ANNOUNCEMENT
We ran this for Cherrypick - the founder on camera, writing out “Birthday Sale” with b-roll of kids playing with the product after.
What made it work:
• Clean thumbnail - “20% OFF Sitewide” front and center
• They used their hero product to announce the sale
• B-roll stitched of kids enjoying it
(This 10-second clip beat polished studio ads by roughly 2–3x in CPA.)
We ran this for Cherrypick - the founder on camera, writing out “Birthday Sale” with b-roll of kids playing with the product after.
What made it work:
• Clean thumbnail - “20% OFF Sitewide” front and center
• They used their hero product to announce the sale
• B-roll stitched of kids enjoying it
(This 10-second clip beat polished studio ads by roughly 2–3x in CPA.)
2️⃣ FOUNDER STORY
We used this as a quick story video for Cherrypick - a packing voiceover clip:
The voiceover described how the brand grew, what it means to families, and gratitude for the people who made it possible.
The framework: Reflect → Appreciate → Invite.
Share what you’ve built, thank the people behind it, and invite them to keep growing with you.
(This simple gratitude clip outperformed every testimonial on both cost and engagement.)
We used this as a quick story video for Cherrypick - a packing voiceover clip:
The voiceover described how the brand grew, what it means to families, and gratitude for the people who made it possible.
The framework: Reflect → Appreciate → Invite.
Share what you’ve built, thank the people behind it, and invite them to keep growing with you.
(This simple gratitude clip outperformed every testimonial on both cost and engagement.)
IMO, Nairobi-Mau Summit highway will take at least 5 years to complete. I estimate the earliest competion date at 2030 unless the following are adressed:
1. Detailed Engineering design for the entire corridor including drainage, slope protection , tunnels, and any bridges.
1. Detailed Engineering design for the entire corridor including drainage, slope protection , tunnels, and any bridges.
2. Comprehensive land valuation and processing of titles all along the road reserve where land acquisition is confirmed subject to the proposed design. Proposed design has to be optimized to reduce these acquisition costs hence will take time on the iteration.
3. Effectively mapping PAPs and preparing the RAP. This is part of the Socio Economic assessment. Each of the PAPS has to be mapped out and valuation done for all of these guys to ensure each is satisfied failure to which project can't proceed.
By imagining a best possible self, optimism & mood significantly increased.
Fake it till you make it.
Fake it till you make it.
12 months ago I started using AI to build software.
Today: 45+ MVPs shipped, $200K+ generated.
This is the exact system behind it all. ↓
Today: 45+ MVPs shipped, $200K+ generated.
This is the exact system behind it all. ↓
@ignytlabs @aimvpbuilders 🎥 Full walkthrough:
1/ Planning (most people skip this)
Everyone jumps straight into Cursor or Claude Code.
Big mistake.
Before you write a single line of code:
• Go into ChatGPT
• Brain dump your entire idea
• Get your PRD ready
• Create UI Development Plan
• Use MoSCoW framework (Must/Should/Could/Won't have)
20-30 minutes here saves you weeks later.
Everyone jumps straight into Cursor or Claude Code.
Big mistake.
Before you write a single line of code:
• Go into ChatGPT
• Brain dump your entire idea
• Get your PRD ready
• Create UI Development Plan
• Use MoSCoW framework (Must/Should/Could/Won't have)
20-30 minutes here saves you weeks later.
SEXY SRAVYA PAPA
PART 14:
1/1
SRAVYA: Hey BABLU ela tagutaru ra deeni antu edho movies lo chusinatlu intaku mundu na friends valla Boyfriends tagutunte chusinatlu teskuni smoke notlo teskuni uffffff ani edho baitaki vadilesa haha intena antuna
BABLU: arere ala tagutara cigarette
PART 14:
1/1
SRAVYA: Hey BABLU ela tagutaru ra deeni antu edho movies lo chusinatlu intaku mundu na friends valla Boyfriends tagutunte chusinatlu teskuni smoke notlo teskuni uffffff ani edho baitaki vadilesa haha intena antuna
BABLU: arere ala tagutara cigarette
2/2
SRAVYA:oy mari inkela
BABLU: Lopaliki teskuni throat loapliki lagi vadalali apude kada asalu kick adhi kada tagadam ante
SRAVYA:rey BABLU na valla kadu
BABLU:Friend ani chepav intena nenu unna kada ra chupista antu SRAVYA notlo 🚬 petti lagi throat teskuni sssssss antu vadulu
SRAVYA:oy mari inkela
BABLU: Lopaliki teskuni throat loapliki lagi vadalali apude kada asalu kick adhi kada tagadam ante
SRAVYA:rey BABLU na valla kadu
BABLU:Friend ani chepav intena nenu unna kada ra chupista antu SRAVYA notlo 🚬 petti lagi throat teskuni sssssss antu vadulu
3/3
SRAVYA: lopaliki teskuni ahhghhhh ahhghhhh antu gattiga cough chesa amma na valla kadu BABLU
BABLU: are inkosari try chey emkadu antu malli tagincha
SRAVYA: konchem lagi bablu chepinatlu sssss antu tongue meeda pause chestu slow ga lagi vadila jivvumandi malli cough lite ga
SRAVYA: lopaliki teskuni ahhghhhh ahhghhhh antu gattiga cough chesa amma na valla kadu BABLU
BABLU: are inkosari try chey emkadu antu malli tagincha
SRAVYA: konchem lagi bablu chepinatlu sssss antu tongue meeda pause chestu slow ga lagi vadila jivvumandi malli cough lite ga
“After 100 days on the position — the last 20 of them hell — I finally broke out of the encirclement,” Ukrainian soldier Oleksandr Honcharuk on his FB.
My brothers-in-arms “buried” me twice, because given the conditions I was in, they believed survival was almost impossible. 1/
My brothers-in-arms “buried” me twice, because given the conditions I was in, they believed survival was almost impossible. 1/
Oleksandr: Someone shades captured villages in red, I think every day about my comrade who was killed just a few meters from me.
Our group came under mortar fire during movement, and Russian drones surrounded us, leaving almost no chance. 2/
Our group came under mortar fire during movement, and Russian drones surrounded us, leaving almost no chance. 2/
Oleksandr: I ordered 2 fighters to crawl to cover, and stayed to knock down the drones because I no longer had the strength to move.
No heroism — just a real assessment of the odds. Someone had to stay and give the others a chance. 3/
No heroism — just a real assessment of the odds. Someone had to stay and give the others a chance. 3/
@TheBigMoneyShow @dagenmcdowell @BrianBrenberg @RiggsReport @JackieDeAngelis @LouBasenese Really great segment just now, guys. Three important points you just made:
1) Housing prices are falling, and that is GOOD.
2) If mortgage rates come down further, prices will go back up, because "people can afford more".
3) Talk of "crisis" will cause more bad gov decisions.
1) Housing prices are falling, and that is GOOD.
2) If mortgage rates come down further, prices will go back up, because "people can afford more".
3) Talk of "crisis" will cause more bad gov decisions.
@TheBigMoneyShow @dagenmcdowell @BrianBrenberg @RiggsReport @JackieDeAngelis @LouBasenese Hey @TheBigMoneyShow , please post the entire segment about housing! Really good discussion.
Algunas reflexiones sobre la votación de hoy en el Parlamento Europeo relativa al Sahara Occidental
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Primera.
Es verdad que no se ha obtenido la mayoría absoluta para bloquear la enmienda introducida por la Comisión para sustituir la referencia al "país de origen" (Sahara Occidental) por el de las "regiones" de origen (con terminología y demarcación impuesta por Marruecos)...
Es verdad que no se ha obtenido la mayoría absoluta para bloquear la enmienda introducida por la Comisión para sustituir la referencia al "país de origen" (Sahara Occidental) por el de las "regiones" de origen (con terminología y demarcación impuesta por Marruecos)...
Segunda
y sin embargo, el resultado ha sido abrumador:
- 359 votos a favor de respetar la denominación de origen "Sahara Occidental"
- 188 votos a favor de los cambios que complacen al ocupante del Sahara Occidental.
Y esto tiene un significado político y puede tenerlo jurídico
y sin embargo, el resultado ha sido abrumador:
- 359 votos a favor de respetar la denominación de origen "Sahara Occidental"
- 188 votos a favor de los cambios que complacen al ocupante del Sahara Occidental.
Y esto tiene un significado político y puede tenerlo jurídico