Joshua Ambrose @Caleboid

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Joshua Ambrose @Caleboid

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Dear @Cristiano, Today hurts. Not just for Portugal, but for millions of people who grew up watching a young boy from Madeira turn impossible dreams into reality. The World Cup was the one chapter everyone wanted to see end differently. Football can be beautiful, but it can also be cruel. Sometimes it gives legends the endings they deserve. Sometimes it doesn't. But trophies alone have never defined greatness. Greatness is waking up every day and refusing to accept limits. It's inspiring generations to believe that talent means nothing without relentless work. It's breaking records people once thought were untouchable. It's carrying the weight of a nation for over two decades and never hiding from the responsibility. You taught us that discipline beats excuses. That sacrifice creates legends. That age is just another challenge to overcome. You didn't just score goals—you changed the mentality of an entire generation. Millions of kids started playing football because of you. Millions of people learned what dedication looks like because of you. Millions believed in themselves because Cristiano Ronaldo never stopped believing in himself. Some will judge careers by one trophy. History will remember the man who conquered England, Spain, and Italy. The man who became Portugal's greatest captain. The man who climbed to the top through hard work, not shortcuts. The man who inspired countless athletes across every sport. No result can erase that. Whether people call you the greatest or not will always be debated. That's football. But what can never be debated is your impact on the game, your relentless mentality, and the legacy you've left behind. The World Cup may not be yours. But football will always remember your name. Thank you for the memories. Thank you for the inspiration. Thank you for showing the world what relentless ambition looks like. Forever one of the greatest to ever play this beautiful game. 🐐❤️

It's been 10 years since Christopher Nolan's masterpiece, Interstellar. 🌌 A thread 🧵 on its greatness and brilliance.

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I spent 6 months backpacking alone through India in 2018 & 2019, traveling primarily by overnight bus. As a 6-foot tall tattooed white man I was monetarily taken advantage of many times, and viewed alternately as a walking ATM or photo opportunity wherever I went. But by God’s providence I was never physically assaulted nor meaningfully threatened. However, I also traveled for 3 years in preparation to visit the country. I had learned hard lessons of situational awareness and personal security. Despite that, it took all my strength to complete the journey through India. It was the conclusion of my travels for a reason. Many times I did see malice in the eyes of moto-taxi drivers, though. And I heard stories of tourists being driven to remote locations and blackmailed out of their belongings by cab drivers, which is why taxi security at New Delhi airport is such a huge deal. India is not a safe country to travel in. While not “dangerous” like a country at war, it is a nation of unimaginable corruption at levels that would shock an average Westerner. And it is barely civilized even in many popular locations, like Agra where the Taj Mahal is. Especially because your skin color marks you as a target in ways you can’t hide. Liberal Americans have this view of the rest of the melanated world as one big song of Kumbaya, crying out against the oppression of the white West. This could not be further from the truth. Violence, bigotry, and hatred are standard operating practice of the residents of many countries. Members of foreign nations express racism to and about each other that make our “micro aggressions” look like a sneeze. Such people laugh at our naive ignorance of the way the world really is, which is why Westerners are often such easy marks. (Not suggesting this couple.) America, Aus/NZ and Europe are the safest regions on Earth in part because the Christian West regards each human being as made in the image of God. We are not mere fantasies suffering through the illusion of Samsara, as in Hinduism and Buddhism. Human rights came from the Christian tradition for this reason. And no religion on Earth has ever honored women as much as Christianity does. Christ spoke with and healed women (Luke 8, John 4), even appearing to them first in His resurrected form in all four Gospels. (Matt 28, Mark 16, Luke 24, John 20) This was a profound affirmation of the innate value of women, in a Jewish and Roman culture that regarded them far lower in value than men. So when feminism demolished the Christian West under the banner of “smash the patriarchy” it actually invited a level of barbarism towards women that they had previously been largely sheltered from, by God’s decree. Yes there were and are abusive men in the West. Just as there were and are many, many good people in the East. But life as a woman in Europe and America far surpasses the safety and security of life of a woman in the East. The British ended the Hindu practice of Sati (widows burning themselves on the pyre of their husbands) during colonization, for example. And look up what Gandhi said about women and how he treated them, sometime. And then there’s Islam. The great blessing of my solo travels was that I got to see many beautiful things about the more than 30 countries I visited, including India. But I also got to see them for what they are. I firmly maintain that true global travel will turn anyone into a raging conservative. It did me. I pray for the speedy recovery for this couple and that it does not make them bitter. It easily could. I would prefer it make them honest, which I imagine it will.

pagliacci the hated 🌝 @Slatzism

3 years ago

a travelvlog couple trying to visit every country in the world decided to go to India as their latest destination. 11 hours ago they announced they were at the hospital because he had been beaten up and she had been gang raped by 7 men.

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Joshua Ambrose @Caleboid

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@rpomumbai Okay thank you for the clarification!

@rpomumbai File number - BO1078003682023 Tatkal Passport has been issued a month and half back but PCC still not received. Very urgent that I get that done. Any update on my case?

@rpomumbai File number- BO1078003682023

Made me fall in love with tennis. Only regret that I never witnessed him in person.

Roger Federer @rogerfederer

4 years ago

To my tennis family and beyond, With Love, Roger

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Bill Gates has quietly become the largest farmland owner in America. At the same time, he’s become a leading voice in the push for “synthetic meat.” Here’s the story of how Bill Gates is waging a war on meat to make millions - and hiding behind “climate change” to do it.

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