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Are these the cops who think the public should not be "untoward about paedophiles" @ThePosieParker ?
Ashley Boyd aka Rhys Cronin (why??), trans liaison nurse at the Great Western Hospital, chair of Swindon & Wiltshire Pride 2023.
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Ashley Boyd aka Rhys Cronin (why??), trans liaison nurse at the Great Western Hospital, chair of Swindon & Wiltshire Pride 2023.
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Ashley Boyd / Rhys Cronin "was regularly rostered as a triage nurse on the Paediatric Assessment Unit. He was not a qualified children’s nurse and was not authorised to carry out intimate examinations."
Who at @GWH_NHS enabled him?
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Who at @GWH_NHS enabled him?
2/4wiltshire999s.co.uk/swindon-nurse-…
Sign the Parliamentary Petition!
*Inquiry into sexual violence in NHS hospitals*
The case of paedophile nurse Ashley Boyd aka Rhys Cronin at @GWH_NHS shows NHS Trusts and Police enable child sexual abuse.
@wesstreeting
3/4petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7365…
*Inquiry into sexual violence in NHS hospitals*
The case of paedophile nurse Ashley Boyd aka Rhys Cronin at @GWH_NHS shows NHS Trusts and Police enable child sexual abuse.
@wesstreeting
3/4petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7365…
🧵🧵New paper w/ @zdgroff on the social discount rate and how policy should trade off costs and benefits for future generations.
TLDR: Contrary to standard cost-benefit analysis practice, people discount future generation's welfare far less than their own
TLDR: Contrary to standard cost-benefit analysis practice, people discount future generation's welfare far less than their own
The social discount rate is central to policy evaluation whenever we have intergenerational stakes- the social cost of carbon, R&D funding, deficits. The gap between low and high discount rates can flip cost-benefit conclusions entirely
While philosophers often argue for near-zero discounting, the standard economist approach calibrates discount rates to market interest rates (e.g. treasuries).
The logic: to reflect the public's time preferences, we should use the rates revealed in real-stakes decisions
The logic: to reflect the public's time preferences, we should use the rates revealed in real-stakes decisions
@Shayan86 1).
„[...] Nekima Levy Armstrong appeared in federal court on Thurs., but was processed and released after a judge found that there is not enough evidence to keep her in custody.
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„[...] Nekima Levy Armstrong appeared in federal court on Thurs., but was processed and released after a judge found that there is not enough evidence to keep her in custody.
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@Shayan86 2).
Activists targeted the church after identifying its pastor, David Easterwood, as the acting field director of the local @ICEgov office in St. Paul, NewsNation has confirmed.
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Activists targeted the church after identifying its pastor, David Easterwood, as the acting field director of the local @ICEgov office in St. Paul, NewsNation has confirmed.
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@Shayan86 @ICEgov 3)
The @WhiteHouse posted an apparently-doctored photo of Armstrong’s arrest on X that showed her crying as she was led towards the camera by an officer. However, @Sec_Noem (@KristiNoem) posted a different version of the photo which did not show Armstrong crying.”
Jan. 22, 2026
The @WhiteHouse posted an apparently-doctored photo of Armstrong’s arrest on X that showed her crying as she was led towards the camera by an officer. However, @Sec_Noem (@KristiNoem) posted a different version of the photo which did not show Armstrong crying.”
Jan. 22, 2026
Because it remains important to show the world what Russia looks like, the country that continues to spent hundreds of millions of dollars every night trying to freeze and terrorize the Ukrainian population, I have compiled a "best of" from my guides through Russia's cities.🧵
With its 200k inhabitants enjoying a life expectancy of 42 and having "life may be bad but at least it's short" as the unofficial motto, Dzerzhinsk is a must among worldwide chemical weapons enthusiasts, with popular tourist hotspots such as "The White Sea" and the "Black hole".
While a romantic sunset, sunrise or the sun in general is not something you're likely to experience in Norilsk, a city that fields a beautiful bi-annual Biblical plague when the local river runs red with pollution, is one for sure bound to go straight to your heart. And lungs.
Some stories wound me in the writing. The toll is a stress that burrows deep during research. When the weight grows unbearable, when it overwhelms, I step back, breathe, think. But I will not be ruled by fear. My allegiance is to democracy, and the stakes could not be higher.
The cunning of fear is that it needs no chains. It merely suggests that tomorrow is soon enough, that someone else will speak, and that the risk outweighs the duty. Fear stops the hand before it writes, and closes the throat before it speaks.
Fear is a thief of motion. It wins not by persuasion, but by paralysis. It whispers in our ear that stillness is safety, that silence protects. It makes cowards feel wise, inaction feel reasonable, retreat feel like strategy. So nothing moves. The moment passes, and passes again.
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There’s another media hoax from Minnesota. Legacy outlets churned out headlines about a 5-year-old child used as “bait” by ICE.
The reality? The kid’s father, an illegal immigrant, abandoned him when he saw the agents. As even these outlets later concede.
Look ⤵️
There’s another media hoax from Minnesota. Legacy outlets churned out headlines about a 5-year-old child used as “bait” by ICE.
The reality? The kid’s father, an illegal immigrant, abandoned him when he saw the agents. As even these outlets later concede.
Look ⤵️
Here’s how these hoaxes start. @washingtonpost alleges ICE used a 5-year-old kid as “bait” to arrest his father.
Not until five paragraphs into the piece do they acknowledge what really happened: the child’s father, an illegal immigrant, abandoned him when he saw ICE.
Not until five paragraphs into the piece do they acknowledge what really happened: the child’s father, an illegal immigrant, abandoned him when he saw ICE.
But this allegation was everywhere. We saw the same thing from @AP.
Explosive claim in the headline: “used as ‘bait’” (from the school, no less)
Reality: six paragraphs down, father abandoned child.
Explosive claim in the headline: “used as ‘bait’” (from the school, no less)
Reality: six paragraphs down, father abandoned child.
We regret to inform you that pickup artists and pranksters have discovered Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses. They're creeping on women on the street, bothering firefighters at work, and harassing retail workers for content. (🧵1/7)
The videos all have one thing in common: They prove that anyone can become the unwitting star of someone else's social video. Consent doesn't enter into it at all.
Lawyers say there's nothing you can do about it in most cases. But creator Brad_Podray told us that's not the point. "I know it’s legal. I don’t care...I think it’s weird and creepy, and it shows a very predatory mindset."
@katrosenfield Americans expect that our federal law enforcement officers will perform their duties with professionalism.
Of course, especially given the interference by poorly informed civilians in various locations in Minnesota, mistakes will be made, but then fix them.
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Of course, especially given the interference by poorly informed civilians in various locations in Minnesota, mistakes will be made, but then fix them.
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@katrosenfield The standard, traditional joint investigation into the death of Renee Good should be conducted in the standard manner.
Remember, the sainted Obama @AGLynch @SallyQYates Administration ran out the clock on Eric Garner in Staten Island, New York.
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Remember, the sainted Obama @AGLynch @SallyQYates Administration ran out the clock on Eric Garner in Staten Island, New York.
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@katrosenfield @AGLynch @SallyQYates Our federal government should enforce federal law.
If people don’t like the law, Congress can change it.
When Members of Congress complain about federal law, but don’t even pretend to try to change it - introducing legislation, citizens lose confidence in everything.
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If people don’t like the law, Congress can change it.
When Members of Congress complain about federal law, but don’t even pretend to try to change it - introducing legislation, citizens lose confidence in everything.
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The average age gap in human history and prehistory was 7.5 years. In the late paleolithic it was closer to 10.
Are today's typical age gaps smaller than the ideal? If our instincts for mate value were established along this timeline (they were), then, perhaps yes.
Are today's typical age gaps smaller than the ideal? If our instincts for mate value were established along this timeline (they were), then, perhaps yes.
You can read my analysis of age gaps based on attractiveness at the link below.
jsanilac.com/dispelling-bea…
jsanilac.com/dispelling-bea…
The average life expectancy for adult men in the paleolithic was around 51, with a significant number of early deaths caused by accident and violence. This should push age gaps down statistically. If you removed that effect, the average gap would increase.
We ran a poll of a focus group of verified Islamabad fans on X (verified via email) to get their opinion on retention and some other matters related to @IsbUnited Thread 1/8 @AliNaqvi808 @Rehan_ulhaq . Thread - 1/8
We assumed Farhan, Shadab and Naseem would be platinum options. All respondents gave Shadab as an answer. No surprises there. The response was o one sided I cant even do a chart for this question :) [2/8)
We asked who they would retain from Agha, Carey or Nawaz if those were the options in Diamond. Majority said Nawaz. Agha got 0 votes! [3/8]
@POTUS @GOP @TheDemocrats @JoeBiden @HouseDemocrats @HouseGOP @SenateDems @SenateGOP @nytimes @USATODAY @latimes @DailySignal @WashTimes @dcexaminer @CNN @CBS @washingtonpost @FoxNews @BreitbartNews @AmericanLawyer
Yes, absurd, @GWGoldnadel. We see how many Judeo-Christians are victims whose suffering is silenced.
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I think, @GWGoldnadel, that the Mitterrand era deliberately disrupted human relations in France, probably for multiple reasons.
Can we say that there is, in the reductio ad hitlerum as in intersectionality, the will to make all oppositions pass for malevolence ?
Indeed, intersectionality is an African-style reductio ad hitlerum, enriched by marketing segmentation.
I think, @GWGoldnadel, that the Mitterrand era deliberately disrupted human relations in France, probably for multiple reasons.
Can we say that there is, in the reductio ad hitlerum as in intersectionality, the will to make all oppositions pass for malevolence ?
Indeed, intersectionality is an African-style reductio ad hitlerum, enriched by marketing segmentation.
@BillKel83375959 @cam_driskill @ClearSmoke2024 @ColFitzger82043 @DahlgrenDDG43 @F_O_E86 @FStuvek @iksakorp @jeff_0372 @Ken1Zip13
@Marine124626185 @MarineMSgt67 @mcooper572 @MiezinD @FredP72 @COptimiztic
And since obamacareNOT transposed the Mitterrand era to the United States—hence the incredible number of lawyers in the @TheDemocrats—the Clinton, Obama, Warren, and Harris couples, husbands and wives, eight lawyers, should be seen as a very damaging maneuver.
@Marine124626185 @MarineMSgt67 @mcooper572 @MiezinD @FredP72 @COptimiztic
And since obamacareNOT transposed the Mitterrand era to the United States—hence the incredible number of lawyers in the @TheDemocrats—the Clinton, Obama, Warren, and Harris couples, husbands and wives, eight lawyers, should be seen as a very damaging maneuver.
DR has been doing an excellent job, but some context is missing, specifically around the three real purposes of Davos.
Collusion
Proof of life
Narrative testing
Let me explain 🧵
Collusion
Proof of life
Narrative testing
Let me explain 🧵
Note: I’ve never attended, but I have close friends who do, and I’ve reported for decades from similar off-the-record gatherings hosted by billionaires in the shipping and industrial sectors. Davos isn’t unique. It’s just the most visible version.
PRIMARY PURPOSE: COLLUSION
Before the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, collusion wasn’t illegal—it was normal. Industry leaders met openly, wrote letters, and signed agreements to divide markets, suppress wages, avoid taxes, and eliminate competition.
This coordination was enforced by bankers. If you didn’t play along, you didn’t get financing.
We’re taught that J.P. Morgan personally orchestrated this system for profit, but when he died, his estate was under $80 million. Immense by modern standards, yes—but a fraction of Rockefeller or Carnegie. Morgan wasn’t the ultimate beneficiary. He was an agent, largely acting on behalf of private families in London.
When Theodore Roosevelt doubled down on antitrust enforcement, that model broke. The British elite needed a replacement. Cecil Rhodes’ answer was the Round Table—a secret society designed to coordinate power indirectly. But secrecy is fragile. It gets exposed.
So they adapted.
Instead of secret societies, they created trade organizations—the precursors to modern NGOs. Each industry got one. Media was invited to public sessions to provide cover, while real decisions were made in private, behind closed doors. “Transparency” without access.
But that only solved coordination within industries. How do you collude across industries?
You capture the pipeline.
Elite universities became the sorting mechanism. Promising candidates were identified early—often via scholarships like Rhodes—and routed into industry, finance, government, or think tanks.
Instead of industries negotiating directly, coordination was outsourced to think tanks. Institutions like Chatham House published “best practices” and “future trends.” Anyone could read them—but only those trained at elite schools truly understood what they meant or how to implement them.
This system accelerated during the Roosevelt and Taft years and culminated in the election of an academic—Woodrow Wilson. The public trusted academics. That trust proved invaluable.
The result?
•Tariffs killed via the 16th Amendment
•Monetary policy handed to banking interests via the Federal Reserve Act
•State power weakened through the 17th Amendment
•And, ultimately, U.S. entry into WWI
At its most basic level, that’s what Davos is today. Anyone can attend if they have money. The collusion happens elsewhere.
Before the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, collusion wasn’t illegal—it was normal. Industry leaders met openly, wrote letters, and signed agreements to divide markets, suppress wages, avoid taxes, and eliminate competition.
This coordination was enforced by bankers. If you didn’t play along, you didn’t get financing.
We’re taught that J.P. Morgan personally orchestrated this system for profit, but when he died, his estate was under $80 million. Immense by modern standards, yes—but a fraction of Rockefeller or Carnegie. Morgan wasn’t the ultimate beneficiary. He was an agent, largely acting on behalf of private families in London.
When Theodore Roosevelt doubled down on antitrust enforcement, that model broke. The British elite needed a replacement. Cecil Rhodes’ answer was the Round Table—a secret society designed to coordinate power indirectly. But secrecy is fragile. It gets exposed.
So they adapted.
Instead of secret societies, they created trade organizations—the precursors to modern NGOs. Each industry got one. Media was invited to public sessions to provide cover, while real decisions were made in private, behind closed doors. “Transparency” without access.
But that only solved coordination within industries. How do you collude across industries?
You capture the pipeline.
Elite universities became the sorting mechanism. Promising candidates were identified early—often via scholarships like Rhodes—and routed into industry, finance, government, or think tanks.
Instead of industries negotiating directly, coordination was outsourced to think tanks. Institutions like Chatham House published “best practices” and “future trends.” Anyone could read them—but only those trained at elite schools truly understood what they meant or how to implement them.
This system accelerated during the Roosevelt and Taft years and culminated in the election of an academic—Woodrow Wilson. The public trusted academics. That trust proved invaluable.
The result?
•Tariffs killed via the 16th Amendment
•Monetary policy handed to banking interests via the Federal Reserve Act
•State power weakened through the 17th Amendment
•And, ultimately, U.S. entry into WWI
At its most basic level, that’s what Davos is today. Anyone can attend if they have money. The collusion happens elsewhere.
