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born in a log cabin in kentucky in 1809, raised in poverty, and almost entirely self-educated, abraham lincoln became a successful lawyer in springfield, illinois, where he married mary todd. lincoln came to the presidency with little experience-a few years in the illinois legislature and one term in congress. but he had a remarkable gift for helping people see the war as a test of popular government, "of the people, by the people, and for the people" (gettysburg address).

after his assassination in 1865, lincoln came to be seen as a leader of nearly mythic proportions-a towering, legendary figure who had saved democracy and freed the slaves.

(see: emancipation proclamation)

a goddess who somehow makes being a redneck look good.

nike shares have lost about 76% of their value over the past five years.

the company’s market value has fallen from around $264 billion to roughly $57 billion.

the main reasons seem to be a flawed direct to consumer strategy, a lack of innovation, the rise of competitors like hoka and on running, weakness in china, and heavy discounting caused by excess inventory.

management has admitted to some of those strategic mistakes and is trying to rebuild relationships with traditional wholesale partners, put more emphasis on product innovation, and clean up inventory.

the problem is that the market seems to expect the recovery to take a long time.

personally, my reason for moving away from nike is much simpler: comfort, design issues, and declining product quality.

the last four pairs i bought all had problems.

when a company this big is selling shoes that literally squeak with every step, something has gone seriously wrong.

right now, this is probably the best ai video model on the market for cinematic output.

the biggest difference is how well it can work with reference material. a lot of other video models still struggle with that, but seedance 2.5 handles it well enough that the gap suddenly feels pretty big.

people are basically watching what this model can do with their mouths open.

and with bytedance behind it, the company that owns tiktok, it also has serious money and infrastructure behind the technology.

if it keeps improving at this pace, advertising is going to feel it first, and the film industry probably will too.

according to aristotle, one swallow does not make a summer.

the story feels suffocating, and this suffocating quality could've been made a bit more epic. the film isn't actually bad, but at this point should nolan work with a different technical team (the camera work and editing especially)? an epic film's camera angles need to be epic too, fast cuts and the like belong in today's action films. 7/10.

it's unbelievable, a team that gets senselessly romanticized, oh, they're the game of football itself, oh, they're the salt-and-woman-scented streets of buenos aires... get outta here with that!

if a european team had pulled the dirty tricks these guys pulled, they'd have been banned from the next world cup. these guys protested by turning their backs to the stage during the trophy ceremony, come on, what did you even play, what did you even do, what right of yours got trampled on that you're protesting like this, are you saying we couldn't beat up the spaniards with our fists after the match so we're doing this instead!?

by the way messi, you should be ashamed of that pathetic move you pulled to get cucurella sent off, wanting to slander a guy young enough to be your kid just to get him ejected suits you just fine...

if spain hadn't won the world cup, he would've taken most of the blame. there was probably a lot of pressure on him.

he's still very young, though. hopefully we'll get to see him live up to his potential in future tournaments.

because of the scandal over the red card suspension being deferred, i am hoping belgium just refuses to take the field. there is no way a disgrace like this stands. let us see how the referee is going to give a card against the usa now.

what really runs a relationship is the fear in it. whoever is more afraid of losing something, the relationship takes shape around their fear. the one who's afraid of being alone constantly gives in. the one who's afraid of being abandoned constantly controls. the one who's afraid of being seen as inadequate constantly proves themselves. two people's fears determine the entire dynamic between them. that's why if you want to understand a relationship, rather than looking at who's dominant and who's timid, you have to look at who's afraid of what. because what runs a relationship isn't a person, but the thing that person runs from the most.

what sharply sets this guy apart from cristiano is this: for this guy, his teammates are ready to give their lives, they'd die for him. cristiano ronaldo? he's got quite a few people who hate him, bruno fernandes chief among them, if you ask me.

a scandal that took place on us soil and will go down as the biggest disgrace in us history.
the scandal: https://x.com/.../status/2072571826274750773?s=20

for those surprised that it has the third largest water reserves in the world, i'd like to remind everyone that the amazon isn't just the name of a shopping website.

look how japan's explosive speed and disciplined play gets results against brazil's loose, languid, ambling style. i'd say the japanese are playing at 100% efficiency if not for the misplaced passes, but when two-thirds of the stadium is yellow and the opponent is a brazil carrying 5 stars on its chest, that much nervousness is bound to happen.

just because messi scored 5 goals in 2 matches, all the footballers started banging in two or three each and joining the race for the golden boot. the match where dembele scored 3 goals.