Zen Simmons retweeted
We're supposed to take their hip hop opinions seriously? 😭😭😭😭
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Zen Simmons retweeted
RIP Taurian Fontenette aka Air Up There aka Mr 720 (1983-2026)
One of the greatest dunkers ever
And1: 720 Dunk
VIDEO: ESPN, AND1
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🚨 POLITICAL LOYALTY IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR CRITICAL THINKING! 🧠🔥
Some people treat politics like a sports rivalry. 🏟️🤣
Their team can do no wrong, the opposing team can do no right, and anybody who refuses to pick a side becomes the enemy! 🤦🏾♂️
💯 HERE’S WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND!
You can disagree with someone without labeling them.
You can challenge someone’s political beliefs without attacking their character.
And you can demand accountability without pledging allegiance to a political party! 🎯
🧠 THE TRUTH DOESN’T NEED YOUR PERMISSION TO BE TRUE!
Facts don’t suddenly become false because they make you uncomfortable.
Evidence doesn’t lose credibility because it challenges your favorite politician.
And accountability shouldn’t depend on whether there’s a D or an R next to somebody’s name! 🚨
🔥 STOP CONFUSING POLITICAL ALLEGIANCE WITH INTELLIGENCE!
I’m not interested in protecting political parties from criticism. I’m interested in examining their actions, questioning their decisions, and demanding answers!
💯 YOU DON’T HAVE TO AGREE WITH ME. JUST COME PREPARED TO DEFEND YOUR ARGUMENT WITH SOMETHING OTHER THAN YOUR EMOTIONS!
👇🏾 LET’S TALK! 🎤
When did disagreeing with someone’s political beliefs become a reason to attack their identity instead of debating their argument? 🤔🔥
#ny #nyc #fyp
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🚨 Professor Jiang: The U.S. Is Running a Textbook Ponzi Scheme and Petrodollar Is Under Real Stress
Professor Jiang warned that America’s debt system works like a giant Ponzi scheme. Scott Bessent just proved him right in real time.
The UK, China, Japan, South Korea and others are now selling U.S. Treasuries. When sellers outnumber buyers, the price of the bonds drops… and the interest rate (the “yield”) shoots up. Higher yields mean it suddenly costs America a lot more to borrow money.
So what does Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent do?
He starts buying those same long-term bonds himself to prop up the price and keep yields from exploding even higher. Here the government is using its own money (or newly created money) to buy its own debt because foreigners no longer want it. The music is slowing down.
For 50 years the system worked like this: Gulf countries agreed to sell oil only in U.S. dollars. That forced every country in the world to keep holding dollars as reserves and buying U.S. Treasuries just so they could buy oil. It was the secret engine that kept demand for American debt alive.
That engine is now sputtering.
Saudi Arabia just recorded zero oil sales to the United States for the first time ever. Gulf countries are struggling to sell oil at the same scale, and the old “you must use dollars” rule is showing massive cracks.
When the world no longer needs as many dollars to buy oil, and when big countries stop buying America’s long-term debt… the whole system that has kept U.S. borrowing cheap for decades starts to break.
That’s what we’re watching in real time.
Not a conspiracy. Just math and incentives finally catching up.
Zen Simmons retweeted
Injuries 11/2
OKC:
Alex Caruso - Out
Cason Wallace - Out
Chet Holmgren - Out
Jalen Williams - Out
Nikola Topic - Out
Thomas Sorber - Out
CLE:
Peyton Watson - Questionable
Jaylon Tyson - Out
Nae'Qwan Tomlin - Out
ATL:
Jalen Johnson - Questionable
Jock Landale - Out
Henri Veesaar - Out
Kingston Flemings - Suspended
Mouhamed Gueye - Out
IND:
Yet to submit (b2b)
BKN:
Yet to submit (b2b)
NYK:
Jose Alvarado - Questionable
CHI:
Jalen Smith - Probable
Nic Claxton - Doubtful
PHI:
Joel Embiid - Questionable
Ariel Hukporti - Out
Dominick Barlow - Out
DET:
Isaiah Joe - Questionable
Jalen Duren - Out
CHA:
Kon Knueppel - Out
Grant Williams - Out
WAS:
Alex Sarr - Questionable
Anthony Gill - Questionable
Justin Champagnie - Out
Tristan Vukcevic - Out
ORL:
Yet to submit (b2b)
MIL:
None
MIN:
Anthony Edwards - Out
Donte DiVincenzo - Out
NOP:
Trey Murphy III - Probable
Yves Missi - Out
Jordan Poole - Out
MEM:
Quinten Post - Questionable
Scotty Pippen Jr. - Doubtful
SAC:
Zach LaVine - Questionable
Dylan Cardwell - Questionable
Keegan Murray - Out
Ben Simmons - Out
Maxime Raynaud - Out
DAL:
Kyrie Irving - Questionable
Santi Aldama - Doubtful
Tarik Biberovic - Out
Dereck Lively II - Out
Sergio de Larrea - Out
BOS:
Yet to submit (b2b)
HOU:
Clint Capela - Questionable
Reed Sheppard - Questionable
Steven Adams - Out
UTA:
Jaren Jackson Jr. - Out
Jusuf Nurkic - Out
SAS:
Tobias Harris - Out
Jayden Quaintance - Out
POR:
Ja Morant - Out
Shaedon Sharpe - Out
DEN:
Alpha Diallo - Questionable
Spencer Jones - Out
Julian Strawther - Out
MIA:
Tim Hardaway Jr. - Questionable
LAL:
Yet to submit (b2b)
PHX:
Mark Williams - Out
GSW:
Gui Santos - Out*
(*advance — full team yet to submit [b2b])
TOR:
Yet to submit (b2b)
LAC:
Yet to submit (b2b)
Zen Simmons retweeted
On October 20, ConEd mechanic Koran Irvine was fatally shot by retired NYPD detective Victor Romero, who claimed the 46-year-old father was swerving into his lane, prompting him to discharge his weapon at Irvine's rear window amid moving traffic on George Washington Bridge - the world's busiest motor vehicle bridge. Romero drove home and returned to work the next day, where NYPD detectives asked him to voluntarily come in for questioning. One week following the tragic incident, a grand jury indicted Romero on second-degree murder charges - an upgrade from a manslaughter charge he previously received. He was granted bail and remains free. Status Coup's @jonfarina documents a rally by Irvine's family and friends in Lower Manhattan following Romero's indictment.
Video by @blue_lanes
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Hasn’t even been 24 hours since we exchanged numbers
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
This account (signup country NG/Nigeria) posts multiple similar text screenshots of quick money asks after exchanging numbers, a common engagement bait tactic on X.
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