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Phil Albonetti

@PhilAlbonetti

10 months

If we can’t laugh at ourselves, we’ll never be in on the joke.

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3 months

@dieworkwear This dude is an expert in his craft. Gotta admire it. Did he convince me to wear suits more often in the future? No. Am I fascinated by his expertise? Yes.

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@TeacherOnTopic I told a guy who was actively stealing a bag from my car, “No, no. Put that back.”

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@mommeh_dearest We went swimming twice this week at a public pool that has “the best slide EVER!” Life is good.

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18 days

@quantian1 I had a similar insight about Bloomington, IN this week. Cute college town with Indiana U, but Walking Dead vibes with all the meth addicts puttering around.

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@morninggloria That is so smart.

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6 months

@sammorril “Imitation is the sincerest form of plagiarism. -Jim Carrey” -me

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6 months

@inerati Also overbuilding in China has masked long-term economic problems that are rearing their ugly head.

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10 months

@PeterZeihan I dunno. I think Musk is genuinely afraid the conflict will lead to WW3. He may be wrong, but does that make him a Russian propagandist for being scared of a dire outcome?

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3 months

@JeremyDBoreing This site is wild. I’m here for the drama.

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2 months

@ianbremmer @gzeromedia I admire a guy who can gracefully admit he was wrong. Kudos!

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@garonnevik As a parent of young kids, I can confirm that parenting is always this easy.

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9 months

@ianbremmer Yeah, but the guy controls the public square. Did Jeff Bezos buy the Wash Post to turn a profit?

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@dieworkwear I’m shocked he didn’t wear one of these other outfits that you suggested.

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Phil Albonetti

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9 months

@FOS The comments on this post are hilarious.

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Phil Albonetti

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21 days

@dannahdlg @TeacherOnTopic Ah, yes. It did work. He didn’t know I was in the car so I freaked him out. He set the bag down, shut the door, and walked away.

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@Austen Also, hats obscure faces in cameras. Deans can’t tell who set the socks on fire in the gym hallway.

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Phil Albonetti

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5 months

@eventualforever The heroes are fun together, but the villain makes this movie.

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Phil Albonetti

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8 months

@ClownWorld_ I’m a millennial who follows Dave’s plan. Been great for our family. Only debt left is the house.

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Phil Albonetti

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10 months

@midwestern_ope I live in the Midwest and I can’t either.

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Phil Albonetti

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9 months

@Culture_Crit A Christmas Carol I read it every year a few weeks before Christmas.

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@stclairashley Because of the eclipse?

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Phil Albonetti

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10 months

@emzanotti The word emperor derives from the Latin word for power (imperium, I believe). If he wants the empire, he has to take it.

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5 months

@CMDfashionista @JasonKelce Network executives, get on it

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Phil Albonetti

@PhilAlbonetti

10 months

Morning mist in Indiana

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Phil Albonetti

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8 months

@TheBibleInVerse My mom would say, while driving, “I hope you get a flat tire while it’s raining.” It was her version of road rage.

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Phil Albonetti

@PhilAlbonetti

9 months

@JeremyTate41 I replied to one of your posts yesterday with my suspicions that the @CLT_Exam has influenced College Board’s passage selection on the new PSAT practice material. Since I think you’ll be interested, and since I’m desperate for attention, I’m gonna post those passages again. No

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Phil Albonetti

@PhilAlbonetti

9 months

@JeremyTate41 I think you’ll appreciate this. It looks like College Board has begun to change its passage selection in response to the @CLT_Exam . I’ve taught SAT prep for eight years now, and have read every practice passage they’ve given for the PSAT and SAT. I taught a PSAT prep session

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Phil Albonetti

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2 months

@Colts @ArtButSports @HoustonTexans Clever

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Phil Albonetti

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7 months

@devahaz Things really are getting out of hand. I remember when one could get a meal like that for under $400 in the Bay Area.

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Phil Albonetti

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@dieworkwear He’s happy. They’re happy. So what?

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Phil Albonetti

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19 days

@ianbremmer Thank goodness for community notes on the X platform, which help fight misinformation.

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Phil Albonetti

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6 months

@Noahpinion @PeterZeihan I think he’s like Elon Musk. Not good at timelines but accurate about the direction history (or tech, in Musk’s case) will go.

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Phil Albonetti

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@KSPrior I almost fell prey. Instead I became a public school teacher through Teach For America and have been happy as a clam.

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Phil Albonetti

@PhilAlbonetti

8 months

@realcfandrews @JeremyTate41 @CollegeBoard Ironic that France has one of the higher birth rates among wealthy, developed countries. Elon Musk is right that low birth rates will decimate countries in the not too distant future.

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Phil Albonetti

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6 months

@Watchman_motto I’m a millennial and, while our generation had it so, so tough, I’m thankful I didn’t grow up during the Punic War period when they didn’t have internet.

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Phil Albonetti

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8 months

@Miss_Snuffy I tell my students that individuality is overrated. If you want to be distinct, distinguish yourself with your deeds not your looks.

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Phil Albonetti

@PhilAlbonetti

7 months

@Marcus_Freeman1 Someone got forced out. Notre Dame is going to have a new offensive coordinator!

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Phil Albonetti

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6 months

@KonstantinKisin Deposit it using my phone camera on my bank’s app and keep the check. Two things can be true at the same time.

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Phil Albonetti

@PhilAlbonetti

10 months

@Architectolder I visited over the summer. Magical. What a great way to spend a fortune. I left more impressed with the Vanderbilt family.

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Phil Albonetti

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3 months

@ianbremmer @gzeromedia Could you answer from the perspective of someone whose daughter is a hostage? Not baiting. Serious question.

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Phil Albonetti

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3 months

@aelfred_D “He loved Big Brother.”

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Phil Albonetti

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@Languedoctor Typically the answer to this type of question is butter.

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Phil Albonetti

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9 months

@Architectolder Leaves, they are a changing…

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Phil Albonetti

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8 months

@NicholasVela14 @TheCriticalDri2

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Phil Albonetti

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5 months

@mbateman False. For us in the unsophisticated masses, Mr. Beast videos are delightful.

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Phil Albonetti

@PhilAlbonetti

9 months

@JeremyTate41 Lewis’s prose is better. Tolkien’s storytelling is better. I do not apologize.

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Phil Albonetti

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1 month

@ATRightMovies Pure athleticism. The guy in the overalls is Frankie Manning. I got his autograph a few years back on my hat.

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Phil Albonetti

@PhilAlbonetti

6 months

@DouthatNYT Amazon Prime going full Team Satan.

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Phil Albonetti

@PhilAlbonetti

7 months

@thescottbarber I am a millennial and I understand.

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Phil Albonetti

@PhilAlbonetti

7 months

@VivekGRamaswamy Not having a full time job as a governor helps you there, bud.

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Phil Albonetti

@PhilAlbonetti

9 months

@Miss_Snuffy You expect me to raise my kids? Bit harsh, ain’t it?

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Phil Albonetti

@PhilAlbonetti

9 months

@JeremyTate41 I can’t confirm who the villain of this movie is, but I do know that standing on student desks is not best practice.

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Phil Albonetti

@PhilAlbonetti

7 months

@Ritzcrackers Thank you for supporting free speech.

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Phil Albonetti

@PhilAlbonetti

7 months

@mattyglesias Older Americans inspired by Joe Biden‘s age, no doubt.

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Phil Albonetti

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@JamesLucasIT Obviously the Great Pyramid

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Phil Albonetti

@PhilAlbonetti

3 months

@jblairsanders So you’re blaming youth pastors and not smartphones for this trend? Based on my experience teaching 1,000’s of students the past decade, I can say with confidence it’s definitely the smartphones.

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Phil Albonetti

@PhilAlbonetti

7 months

@MerriamWebster ACKSHUALLY… the Romans decided that. December …like… literally was the 10th month. Not everyday that I get to Dr. Johnson the actual dictionary. I still got it.

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Phil Albonetti

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@sewistwrites Seems like this situation needs more essential oils.

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Phil Albonetti

@PhilAlbonetti

8 months

@arthur_spirling You must be with Community Notes.

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Phil Albonetti

@PhilAlbonetti

6 months

@cheer_wine Casting is excellent. Octavius was young and slight. Caesar was an older athlete. Zendaya seems perfect for Cleopatra, given her age.

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Phil Albonetti

@PhilAlbonetti

10 months

@HarrisonHSmith I’m weighing in on this. -I have a SPQR flag hanging in my classroom. -listened to all of Mike Duncan’s history of Rome -Got an Italian last name from Ancona, Italy -visited the Italian consulate in March for my Italian dual citizenship

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Phil Albonetti

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9 months

@KonstantinKisin @BridgetPhetasy If you talk to them like that, I doubt they will. Just my opinion, of course.

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Phil Albonetti

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@JeremyTate41 @elonmusk This man got a comment from Musk himself. Well played, sir.

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@thescottbarber Mid forties. The oldest of us are 44 this year.

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@Andrewnsnyder Jealous, ugly lady rules well.

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Phil Albonetti

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@nosoup4knowles “Cat” Instead of “Oppenheimer”

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Phil Albonetti

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@JeremyTate41 “How do I know what I think until I see what I say. -E. M. Forster” -Dr. Claudine Gay

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Phil Albonetti

@PhilAlbonetti

10 months

@PeterZeihan Love starting my morning with black tea and Zeihan’s geopolitical musings.

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Phil Albonetti

@PhilAlbonetti

8 months

@PeterZeihan Sounds like a win-win for us. You seem very well-connected. Can you tell more politicians to make this case publicly so that support for Ukraine doesn’t erode too much?

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Phil Albonetti

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@JoshEberley How can you be sure it’s Wemby? What gave it away?

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Phil Albonetti

@PhilAlbonetti

6 months

@coffee_anytime Do we really need to ask this question? I mean, c’mon. Everybody knows.

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Phil Albonetti

@PhilAlbonetti

8 months

@JonahDispatch @CHSommers I’m struggling here: (This Saturday’s Christmas parade in Small Town, Indiana)

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Phil Albonetti

@PhilAlbonetti

9 months

@FreeRangeKids @JonHaidt This year I started making my students put phones in backpacks and backpacks at the front of the room. Much better atmosphere. And they talk to each other more. Nature is healing.

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Phil Albonetti

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@JamesLucasIT Rural Indiana Not quite as sublime, but beauty is everywhere.

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Phil Albonetti

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@sama @sama You should get in on this AI action. I think you’d have a bright future in it.

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@archi_tradition My home in the country.

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@andrewtwalk I’m fine.

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Phil Albonetti

@PhilAlbonetti

7 months

@FischerKing64 Getting an education and becoming a public school teacher turned out to be a baller choice for me. I’m not being ironic. I love it. And I get to learn how the youths talk—totes baller.

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Phil Albonetti

@PhilAlbonetti

5 months

@MecoleHardman4 This man got redemption!

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Phil Albonetti

@PhilAlbonetti

6 months

@growing_daniel The people in blue have all the kids, who then get educated and move to the orange places to grow the economy even more. No kids = no growth Eg. China today

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Phil Albonetti

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8 months

@Andy35o Say what you want about the Left Behind books, but that’s an excellent name for a villain.

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Phil Albonetti

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@VikingRobVWO 🍿🍿🍿

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@jonboyjon1976 @ianbremmer And here we are… having a public conversation on the platform he owns.

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Phil Albonetti

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@Andrewnsnyder I knew you had good taste. Tangled is fantastic. I didn’t realize it on first viewing, but my kids had me rewatch it a few months ago.

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Phil Albonetti

@PhilAlbonetti

8 months

@Miss_Snuffy Miss Snuffy—a wealth of insight from across the pond.

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Phil Albonetti

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@dieworkwear Rare miss from the X tailor. In my profession, our leaders are called principals, as in the principal of a school. They are called that because they are the *principal* teacher in the building. Elon Musk is the chief *engineering* officer at SpaceX. I’ll grant you a mulligan…

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Phil Albonetti

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8 months

@andykreed X is alive tonight. Too funny!

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Phil Albonetti

@PhilAlbonetti

9 months

@SwipeWright @realchrisrufo Leaving this here. Saw it yesterday. I’ve always seen land acknowledgements as a hollow gesture that reminds everyone, “We ain’t giving it back.”

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Phil Albonetti

@PhilAlbonetti

3 months

@garonnevik This style of parenting works well with one type of kid and very, very poorly with another type. If I did this with my kids or my students, some would blossom. Others would laugh at me later. Some kids need a tender relationship and others need a Tiger Mom. There’s no getting

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Phil Albonetti

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@The_Kyle_Mann This is why no one can take the Babylon Bee seriously. Obviously trolling for engagement here. This flavor is delicious.

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Phil Albonetti

@PhilAlbonetti

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@LandsknechtPike I may or may not have liked this post. I don’t want to reveal my position because I don’t want to end up on the wrong side of a certain poet named Dante. He’ll write me into the Inferno for being a political opponent, where my earthly memory will remain forever.

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Phil Albonetti

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@mattyglesias Teaching is an underrrated profession. Perfect for a dual income family like mine. I’m happy with my pay, and I have enough time to be a very involved father and husband.

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Phil Albonetti

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9 months

@jimmyfallon Your show has been gone?

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Phil Albonetti

@PhilAlbonetti

9 months

@archi_tradition I went to a bullfight in Spain in 2002. I thought it was so cool, in an ancient history kind of way. It fascinated me the way Roman military history does. Do I want it to spread worldwide? No. Do I like that it still exists as an old practice in certain parts of the world?

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@mattyglesias

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@ishapiro Best one

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Phil Albonetti

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7 months

@erichoke I feel this post, and I struggled to keep two thoughts in my head at the same time. I go to work to relax too, but I have to keep in mind they won’t be young forever. I’m living the lyrics to Trace Adkins’ “You’re Gonna Miss This.”

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Phil Albonetti

@PhilAlbonetti

8 months

@GadSaad Please interview Peter Zeihan on this.

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Phil Albonetti

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@nfergus @JonahDispatch Do it! Do it! Do it!

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