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1/ Could Dmitri Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council, be lying about the current level of recruitment to the Russian army? This appalling and unprecedented scenario is considered by Russian warbloggers, who smell a rat in his claims of success. ⬇️ 
2/ 'Artjockey' has spotted something odd about recent claims made by Medvedev, and suspects statistical cheating:
"The day before yesterday, Medvedev announced that the contract recruitment plan was being met, and that talk of mobilisation was an enemy plot."
"The day before yesterday, Medvedev announced that the contract recruitment plan was being met, and that talk of mobilisation was an enemy plot."
3/ "He backed up his statement with statistics:
▪️ During the first 6 months [of 2026], “about” 200 thousand people and 16 thousand volunteers signed contracts;
▪️ Of these, 40,000 joined the unmanned systems forces.
▪️ During the first 6 months [of 2026], “about” 200 thousand people and 16 thousand volunteers signed contracts;
▪️ Of these, 40,000 joined the unmanned systems forces.
Dreamina Seedance 2.5 is unbelievable!
We're burning through an ungodly amount of credits for our feature film, Nexus.
But there's a trick to saving money with 30-second outputs that you need to know.
Let me show you the secret steps and prompts👇🏼🧵
We're burning through an ungodly amount of credits for our feature film, Nexus.
But there's a trick to saving money with 30-second outputs that you need to know.
Let me show you the secret steps and prompts👇🏼🧵
The script:
My writing partner and I start with an idea for a hook and then riff on the plot for a few hours.
These are anthology stories from our Nexus universe, exploring different creatures that are in danger.
The meeting is transcribed and then we upload it to Claude Fable 5 to put it into screenplay format.
I'm not a fan of AI writing but it's really just condensing what we've written into all the beats that we outlined on the call.
We do revisions and then I go through and create a shot list with claude of all the important beats i want to make sure shows up on screen.
My writing partner and I start with an idea for a hook and then riff on the plot for a few hours.
These are anthology stories from our Nexus universe, exploring different creatures that are in danger.
The meeting is transcribed and then we upload it to Claude Fable 5 to put it into screenplay format.
I'm not a fan of AI writing but it's really just condensing what we've written into all the beats that we outlined on the call.
We do revisions and then I go through and create a shot list with claude of all the important beats i want to make sure shows up on screen.
Look Development
Look dev always starts in Pinterest.
I'll save images that I like and these serve as references for myself and the other cinematographers to be inspired by as we design potential locations.
Look dev always starts in Pinterest.
I'll save images that I like and these serve as references for myself and the other cinematographers to be inspired by as we design potential locations.
By late October 1942, the United States had one operational fleet carrier left in the entire Pacific Ocean. One.
Japan had already announced her sunk three times.
She was still fighting.
This is the story of USS Enterprise..🧵1/5
Japan had already announced her sunk three times.
She was still fighting.
This is the story of USS Enterprise..🧵1/5
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She was a Yorktown-class carrier, commissioned in 1938, and her crew called her the Big E.
On the morning of 7 December 1941 she was at sea, heading back to Pearl Harbor after delivering fighter aircraft to Wake Island. She was due in the day before, and weather had held her up. That delay is the reason she was not sitting at her berth when the bombs fell.
But her aircraft were there. Eighteen Dauntless dive bombers had been sent ahead to fly in to Ford Island, and they arrived over Pearl Harbor in the middle of the attack, straight into a sky full of Japanese aircraft and American anti-aircraft fire. Seven were shot down. Eight of her airmen were killed.
Enterprise was the only American carrier with men over Pearl Harbor that morning, and the first to lose any.
Three days later her aircraft sank the Japanese submarine I-70, the first enemy warship destroyed by the United States after Pearl Harbor. She had been fighting for seventy-two hours.
She was a Yorktown-class carrier, commissioned in 1938, and her crew called her the Big E.
On the morning of 7 December 1941 she was at sea, heading back to Pearl Harbor after delivering fighter aircraft to Wake Island. She was due in the day before, and weather had held her up. That delay is the reason she was not sitting at her berth when the bombs fell.
But her aircraft were there. Eighteen Dauntless dive bombers had been sent ahead to fly in to Ford Island, and they arrived over Pearl Harbor in the middle of the attack, straight into a sky full of Japanese aircraft and American anti-aircraft fire. Seven were shot down. Eight of her airmen were killed.
Enterprise was the only American carrier with men over Pearl Harbor that morning, and the first to lose any.
Three days later her aircraft sank the Japanese submarine I-70, the first enemy warship destroyed by the United States after Pearl Harbor. She had been fighting for seventy-two hours.
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What followed was the hardest year the US Navy has ever had.
In April 1942 she escorted the carrier Hornet deep into Japanese waters so that Jimmy Doolittle's bombers could reach Tokyo, flying cover for the whole raid.
In June she was at Midway. Her dive bombers were among those that caught the Japanese carriers with their hangars full of fuel and ordnance, and in a matter of minutes the Pacific war turned.
In August, at the Eastern Solomons, she took three bomb hits and had to go back for repair. In October, at the Santa Cruz Islands, she was hit again. In that same battle the Hornet was sunk.
And that left one. Of all the American fleet carriers in the Pacific, Enterprise was the only one still able to fight.
Somewhere in that run of battles, Japanese radio announced three separate times that she had gone to the bottom. She had not. Her crew began to hear that the Japanese had started calling her the Grey Ghost.
What followed was the hardest year the US Navy has ever had.
In April 1942 she escorted the carrier Hornet deep into Japanese waters so that Jimmy Doolittle's bombers could reach Tokyo, flying cover for the whole raid.
In June she was at Midway. Her dive bombers were among those that caught the Japanese carriers with their hangars full of fuel and ordnance, and in a matter of minutes the Pacific war turned.
In August, at the Eastern Solomons, she took three bomb hits and had to go back for repair. In October, at the Santa Cruz Islands, she was hit again. In that same battle the Hornet was sunk.
And that left one. Of all the American fleet carriers in the Pacific, Enterprise was the only one still able to fight.
Somewhere in that run of battles, Japanese radio announced three separate times that she had gone to the bottom. She had not. Her crew began to hear that the Japanese had started calling her the Grey Ghost.
My 6 page lawsuit that already moved the Governor, the WisDOJ, the Wis. Elections Commission, the JCAR committee, 8 attorneys and counting. But I'm posting 9 pages, you'll see why. Note the dates of the documents. It is highly likely your state does not have a valid State Plan for HAVA either. It must be updated each time there is a significant change to your election statutes. @AAGDhillon @realDonaldTrump @DAGToddBlanche
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Do communists want to abolish religion??
A thread 🧵
A thread 🧵
Many people believe that communism wants to wage a war against religion.
Stalin addressed this issue directly in a conversation with Enver Hoxha.
He stated:
"The religious feelings of the people must not be offended."
Stalin addressed this issue directly in a conversation with Enver Hoxha.
He stated:
"The religious feelings of the people must not be offended."
Why?
Because religion does not emerge out of nowhere.
For Stalin, religious beliefs were the product of a long historical development and formed part of the lives of millions of people.
For this reason, they required patience, not provocation.
Because religion does not emerge out of nowhere.
For Stalin, religious beliefs were the product of a long historical development and formed part of the lives of millions of people.
For this reason, they required patience, not provocation.
Can a simple blood test reveal who will recover from #LongCOVID—and who won’t?
➡️ A new study identifies two promising biomarkers: GDF-15, a marker of mitochondrial stress, and VCAM-1, a marker of vascular endothelial injury.
➡️ Patients whose symptoms persisted for at least 6 months maintained significantly higher levels of both markers, despite having little evidence of ongoing systemic inflammation. 1/
➡️ A new study identifies two promising biomarkers: GDF-15, a marker of mitochondrial stress, and VCAM-1, a marker of vascular endothelial injury.
➡️ Patients whose symptoms persisted for at least 6 months maintained significantly higher levels of both markers, despite having little evidence of ongoing systemic inflammation. 1/
The findings reinforce a growing concept that LongCOVID may be driven less by persistent cytokine storms and more by chronic mitochondrial dysfunction and endothelial stress.
➡️ Monitoring GDF-15 and VCAM-1 could provide an objective way to track disease activity and identify patients at risk of prolonged illness. 2/
➡️ Monitoring GDF-15 and VCAM-1 could provide an objective way to track disease activity and identify patients at risk of prolonged illness. 2/
The future of #LongCOVID monitoring may lie not in inflammatory markers—but in signatures of cellular energy failure and vascular injury. 3/3
Source: Ono R, Ishii T, Takayama S, et al. Frontiers in Medicine. 2026. doi:10.3389/fmed.2026.1921822
Source: Ono R, Ishii T, Takayama S, et al. Frontiers in Medicine. 2026. doi:10.3389/fmed.2026.1921822
#LongCOVID may leave scars that are visible in the eyes—even when routine eye exams are normal.
➡️ A new study shows that persistent ocular symptoms can last from 3 months to 3 years after even non-hospitalized COVID-19, revealing a distinct syndrome marked by strabismus, impaired near vision, autonomic pupil dysfunction, corneal nerve loss, and chronic T-cell activation. 1/
➡️ A new study shows that persistent ocular symptoms can last from 3 months to 3 years after even non-hospitalized COVID-19, revealing a distinct syndrome marked by strabismus, impaired near vision, autonomic pupil dysfunction, corneal nerve loss, and chronic T-cell activation. 1/
Even more remarkably, tear fluid contained a molecular fingerprint of persistent neuroinflammation, allowing researchers to predict post-COVID ocular disease with 77–91% accuracy.
➡️ The eye may therefore serve as a window into Long COVID, offering accessible biomarkers of ongoing immune-mediated nerve injury. 2/
➡️ The eye may therefore serve as a window into Long COVID, offering accessible biomarkers of ongoing immune-mediated nerve injury. 2/
The eye is not merely affected by Long COVID—it may provide one of the most accessible windows into persistent neuroimmune dysfunction.
👉 Sometimes, the clearest evidence of Long COVID isn’t in the lungs or brain—it’s in the tears. 3/3
nature.com/articles/s4146…
👉 Sometimes, the clearest evidence of Long COVID isn’t in the lungs or brain—it’s in the tears. 3/3
nature.com/articles/s4146…
Restaurant SEO is completely different from other local businesses.
Restaurant customers search with urgency: "Best Italian food near me NOW"
Most restaurants optimize the wrong factors.
Here's what actually drives restaurant traffic: 🧵👇
Restaurant customers search with urgency: "Best Italian food near me NOW"
Most restaurants optimize the wrong factors.
Here's what actually drives restaurant traffic: 🧵👇
1/ The restaurant SEO game in 2026:
Restaurant customers search:
- On mobile (87% of searches)
- During meal times (rush hours)
- Looking for immediate service
- High intent (going out RIGHT NOW)
This creates opportunity: High-intent, time-specific searches.
But most restaurants ignore this urgency factor.
Restaurant customers search:
- On mobile (87% of searches)
- During meal times (rush hours)
- Looking for immediate service
- High intent (going out RIGHT NOW)
This creates opportunity: High-intent, time-specific searches.
But most restaurants ignore this urgency factor.
2/ The restaurant local SEO framework:
1. GMB optimization for reservations + hours
2. Menu-based SEO (menu items are searchable)
3. Review velocity strategy (weekly, not total)
4. Photo freshness (weekly food photos)
5. Reservation integration (direct booking signals)
6. Wait time monitoring (if tracked)
Let me break each:
1. GMB optimization for reservations + hours
2. Menu-based SEO (menu items are searchable)
3. Review velocity strategy (weekly, not total)
4. Photo freshness (weekly food photos)
5. Reservation integration (direct booking signals)
6. Wait time monitoring (if tracked)
Let me break each:
5 signs your salah needs more khushu’
Salah is more than a physical act.
It is your conversation with Allah.
When the heart is absent, the body may still be praying, but the soul misses the sweetness of worship.
Here are 5 signs to reflect on:
It is your conversation with Allah.
When the heart is absent, the body may still be praying, but the soul misses the sweetness of worship.
Here are 5 signs to reflect on:
1. You rush through your salah.
Your focus is on finishing as quickly as possible instead of understanding that you’re standing before Allah.
The Prophet ﷺ prayed with calmness and taught us not to rush through our prayer.
Your focus is on finishing as quickly as possible instead of understanding that you’re standing before Allah.
The Prophet ﷺ prayed with calmness and taught us not to rush through our prayer.
As part of our semiannual investor calls, we like to do a section called "Top of Mind"
Here are a few things Elm is currently thinking about (1/4):
Here are a few things Elm is currently thinking about (1/4):
1. Sources of influence on interest rates and stocks
We have been thinking about this topic a lot since attending the Journal of Investment Management conference in Berkeley earlier this year-- we hope to dig into this more on an upcoming Elm research piece.
We have been thinking about this topic a lot since attending the Journal of Investment Management conference in Berkeley earlier this year-- we hope to dig into this more on an upcoming Elm research piece.
2. Net Equity Issuance
Excepting the COVID-driven spike, this trend (dotted red line) toward neutral or positive net issuance represents a pretty significant development. And it isn't limited to equities, with a large amount of AI-related buildout being financed with debt.
It's too soon to say for sure where this is going, but if AI-led growth continues and remains extremely capital intensive, it could have material implications for markets and the long-term returns investors require to provide funding.
Chart source: (@dampedspring + @DanielSimonyi)
Excepting the COVID-driven spike, this trend (dotted red line) toward neutral or positive net issuance represents a pretty significant development. And it isn't limited to equities, with a large amount of AI-related buildout being financed with debt.
It's too soon to say for sure where this is going, but if AI-led growth continues and remains extremely capital intensive, it could have material implications for markets and the long-term returns investors require to provide funding.
Chart source: (@dampedspring + @DanielSimonyi)
NOBODY TEACHES YOU HOW TO ACTUALLY TELL IF A COMPANY IS A GOOD BUY.
Most people look at a low P/E, a hot sector, or whatever is trending here.
Here is the real process:
Most people look at a low P/E, a hot sector, or whatever is trending here.
Here is the real process:
Start with the 200 week moving average.
Munger said if that was the only filter you ever used, you would beat the market.
A good business dipping under that line is usually fear or a macro scare. Above it, you are often paying for perfection.
Munger said if that was the only filter you ever used, you would beat the market.
A good business dipping under that line is usually fear or a macro scare. Above it, you are often paying for perfection.
Then demand high returns on capital, and durable ones.
Look at ROIC over 7 to 10 years, not the last two quarters.
Most companies earn their cost of capital and nothing more. The ones doing 15 to 25% for a decade while still growing are what actually compounds your money.
Look at ROIC over 7 to 10 years, not the last two quarters.
Most companies earn their cost of capital and nothing more. The ones doing 15 to 25% for a decade while still growing are what actually compounds your money.
We are awaiting the afternoon session of the 3rd and final day of the police misconduct hearing of DC Fletcher, which is estimated to begin at 1500.
Earlier threads are available at our Substack
tribunaltweets.substack.com/p/police-misco…
Earlier threads are available at our Substack
tribunaltweets.substack.com/p/police-misco…
The start time is now estimated to be 15:15 or slightly later.
Latest update is now a 15:35 start.
