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US pressure on Zelenskyy has escalated sharply: according to two senior Ukrainian officials.
Washington is now pushing Kyiv to accept major territorial losses and other concessions in Trump’s peace plan — while Europeans tell Zelenskyy the opposite — Axios. 1/
Washington is now pushing Kyiv to accept major territorial losses and other concessions in Trump’s peace plan — while Europeans tell Zelenskyy the opposite — Axios. 1/
The core dispute:
- Russia demands all of Donbas, including areas it doesn’t control.
- Ukraine demands binding US security guarantees.
Ukrainian officials say the latest US proposal got worse after Kushner and Witkoff’s 5-hour meeting with Putin in the Kremlin. 2/
- Russia demands all of Donbas, including areas it doesn’t control.
- Ukraine demands binding US security guarantees.
Ukrainian officials say the latest US proposal got worse after Kushner and Witkoff’s 5-hour meeting with Putin in the Kremlin. 2/
Kyiv claims Kushner and Witkoff pushed for a yes on the call.
Ukrainian official: It felt like the US was trying to sell us the Russian desire to take the whole Donbas and wanted Zelenskyy to accept it over the phone. 3/
Ukrainian official: It felt like the US was trying to sell us the Russian desire to take the whole Donbas and wanted Zelenskyy to accept it over the phone. 3/
I audited 240 AI-generated articles that weren't ranking.
Applied a systematic quality improvement process.
Average position improved from 28 to 11 over 5 months (67% improvement).
Here's the exact audit framework: 🧵👇
Applied a systematic quality improvement process.
Average position improved from 28 to 11 over 5 months (67% improvement).
Here's the exact audit framework: 🧵👇
1/ The baseline situation:
Starting performance data:
Content analyzed:
- 240 articles published over 8 months
- All AI-generated (Claude and GPT-4)
- Human editing: 20-30 minutes per article
- Average word count: 1,800 words
Performance metrics (after 4 months):
- Average ranking position: 28
- Page 1 rankings: 18 articles (7.5%)
- Organic traffic: 3,200 sessions/month
- Engagement: 1:24 average time on page
Clear underperformance relative to expectations.
Starting performance data:
Content analyzed:
- 240 articles published over 8 months
- All AI-generated (Claude and GPT-4)
- Human editing: 20-30 minutes per article
- Average word count: 1,800 words
Performance metrics (after 4 months):
- Average ranking position: 28
- Page 1 rankings: 18 articles (7.5%)
- Organic traffic: 3,200 sessions/month
- Engagement: 1:24 average time on page
Clear underperformance relative to expectations.
2/ The systematic audit methodology:
Quality assessment process:
Evaluated each article across 8 categories (scored 0-10):
1. Factual accuracy (sources cited, data current)
2. Content depth (comprehensive vs superficial)
3. Unique value (original insights vs rehashed)
4. User intent match (answers actual query)
5. Structure quality (scannable, logical flow)
6. E-E-A-T signals (expertise demonstrated)
7. Technical SEO (proper optimization)
8. Engagement elements (visuals, examples, CTAs)
Articles scoring under 60/80 flagged for improvement.
Result: 187 articles needed substantial updates (78%).
Quality assessment process:
Evaluated each article across 8 categories (scored 0-10):
1. Factual accuracy (sources cited, data current)
2. Content depth (comprehensive vs superficial)
3. Unique value (original insights vs rehashed)
4. User intent match (answers actual query)
5. Structure quality (scannable, logical flow)
6. E-E-A-T signals (expertise demonstrated)
7. Technical SEO (proper optimization)
8. Engagement elements (visuals, examples, CTAs)
Articles scoring under 60/80 flagged for improvement.
Result: 187 articles needed substantial updates (78%).
Ukraine will hand Washington a revised 20-point peace plan today.
Zelenskyy wants to block a U.S. draft Europe sees as tilted toward Moscow.
Zelenskyy: Ukraine gives up no land, that’s the red line, Reuters.
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Zelenskyy wants to block a U.S. draft Europe sees as tilted toward Moscow.
Zelenskyy: Ukraine gives up no land, that’s the red line, Reuters.
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In London, Zelenskyy, Starmer, Macron and Merz met to boost Ukraine’s leverage before new talks with Washington.
They also pushed for U.S. security guarantees strong enough to stop the next Russian attack.
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They also pushed for U.S. security guarantees strong enough to stop the next Russian attack.
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In Brussels, von der Leyen, Costa and Rutte told Zelenskyy: No peace without full sovereignty and real long-term security.
Seven EU states pressed to finally use frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine.
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Seven EU states pressed to finally use frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine.
3/
For the next two days, members of the 🇿🇦 Western Cape Network on Disability (WCND) will be presenting at a 2-day event on Unseen Disabilities organised by the South African Human Rights Commision (SAHRC).
There are several reasons why this is a big deal.
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There are several reasons why this is a big deal.
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For me, the biggest is that there will be presentations by bedbound people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME, previously called #MECFS) and #LongCovid, and two of those presenters will be there in person, which means EVERYONE will be issued with N95 respirators.
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I will be talking mainly about neurodevelopmental disabilities, and my associates will be talking about intellectual disability, deafness, and late hearing loss.
This is not SUCH a big thing, though, because all of us do get awareness-raising opportunities from time to time.
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This is not SUCH a big thing, though, because all of us do get awareness-raising opportunities from time to time.
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Before influencers discovered ribeye and ketones, there were doctors treating patients with meat.
Curing obesity, diabetes, and chronic disease with steak and butter.
They were ridiculed. Suppressed. Erased from history.
This is their story. 🧵
Curing obesity, diabetes, and chronic disease with steak and butter.
They were ridiculed. Suppressed. Erased from history.
This is their story. 🧵
DR. JOHN ROLLO (1797)
The absolute genesis. A Scottish military surgeon treating diabetic British Army officers.
This was before insulin. Before metformin. Before anything.
Captain Meredith showed up: 232 pounds, excessive thirst, urinating constantly. His urine evaporated down to molasses-like residue.
The absolute genesis. A Scottish military surgeon treating diabetic British Army officers.
This was before insulin. Before metformin. Before anything.
Captain Meredith showed up: 232 pounds, excessive thirst, urinating constantly. His urine evaporated down to molasses-like residue.
Rollo's radical prescription: "Meat, fat, and rancid pork. Blood pudding at breakfast. Milk with lime water."
No bread. No vegetables. No starchy foods.
Within weeks, Meredith's thirst disappeared. Urination normalized. No more glucose in his urine.
He lost 70 pounds and reversed his diabetes.
Rollo published "An Account of Two Cases of the Diabetes Mellitus" in 1797.
The first documented proof that diabetes could be controlled through diet.
His meat-heavy, low-carb approach remained standard diabetes treatment for 120 years. Until insulin arrived and made dietary treatment unprofitable.
No bread. No vegetables. No starchy foods.
Within weeks, Meredith's thirst disappeared. Urination normalized. No more glucose in his urine.
He lost 70 pounds and reversed his diabetes.
Rollo published "An Account of Two Cases of the Diabetes Mellitus" in 1797.
The first documented proof that diabetes could be controlled through diet.
His meat-heavy, low-carb approach remained standard diabetes treatment for 120 years. Until insulin arrived and made dietary treatment unprofitable.
Thread Ary Abittan / Brigitte Macron
A publier partout
A publier partout
1. Il n'est jugé innocent, ça a fini en NON LIEUX, non lieu ne veut pas dire innocent
2.
🔥 THREAD: The Silver–Oil Ratio Just Hit Its 2nd Highest Level in History — And Nobody Seems to Understand What This Means
(Read this before you sleep… if you still can.)
(Read this before you sleep… if you still can.)
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Something insane is happening in the commodity world.
Not in gold.
Not in copper.
Not in oil.
➡️ In SILVER.
And it’s flashing a warning signal we haven’t seen in decades.
Something insane is happening in the commodity world.
Not in gold.
Not in copper.
Not in oil.
➡️ In SILVER.
And it’s flashing a warning signal we haven’t seen in decades.
2/
The silver-to-oil ratio—how many barrels of oil 1 oz of silver can buy—just spiked to the 2nd highest level in modern history.
Let that sink in:
🥈 One ounce of silver buys more energy than almost any time since WWII.
The silver-to-oil ratio—how many barrels of oil 1 oz of silver can buy—just spiked to the 2nd highest level in modern history.
Let that sink in:
🥈 One ounce of silver buys more energy than almost any time since WWII.
Time to get real! Why did I list such well-known cases, and what could they have possibly to do with what happened in #Vienna? To make it less confusing, I recap all my different activities & intentions which are connected to those events one way or the other and also reveal some
information about topics which will make you roll with your eyes and make me an unreliable witness in the opinion of the very most of you. I struggled with this part, which is by far the most essential, obviously. In the end, I came to the conclusion to not give a damn about what
you might believe or not. Only very few IF even anyone will take my words seriously, so why on earth should I even CARE when I think that the very most of you are ridiculous Muppets anyway?! No clue! I filed that thought as brain fart and simply start to throw it out there! 😐
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Just so people fully grasp the significance of this event...
We've had a space program since we captured Nazi V-2 rockets. It really sucks. I don't really need to go into the inefficiencies, incompetence and failures of the massive NASA government bureaucracy.
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Just so people fully grasp the significance of this event...
We've had a space program since we captured Nazi V-2 rockets. It really sucks. I don't really need to go into the inefficiencies, incompetence and failures of the massive NASA government bureaucracy.
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We know all that.
The point is, 75 years of space program, $hundreds of billions$ spent. Initially, it was inspiring, patriotic. Explorers in a new frontier. And we beat the Russians, as the space race was part of the Cold War. We invented tons of sweet tech that...
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We know all that.
The point is, 75 years of space program, $hundreds of billions$ spent. Initially, it was inspiring, patriotic. Explorers in a new frontier. And we beat the Russians, as the space race was part of the Cold War. We invented tons of sweet tech that...
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...became the basis of American prosperity and supremacy. Thus I reject the idea that the money was wasted.
But what *didn't* we get? We didn't escape our gravity well. Yes, we put some people in orbit, and some on the Moon. And then we pretty much stopped.
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...became the basis of American prosperity and supremacy. Thus I reject the idea that the money was wasted.
But what *didn't* we get? We didn't escape our gravity well. Yes, we put some people in orbit, and some on the Moon. And then we pretty much stopped.
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Brutal -- but accurate -- assessment of the results of Trump's year one policies by @wsj_douglasj and @JonathanEmont of the WSJ
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"Strip out imports of energy, food and raw materials, and China is on track this year to post a surplus in manufactured goods of around $2 trillion, a huge sum that is on a par with the annual national income of Russia or Italy" 2/
Exports are a big enough share of China's economy (~ 20%) that two years of 10% or more export volume growth can drive an overall increase in manufacturing output even if the domestic economy is the in doldrums
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?wsj.com/world/china/ch…
1/ When considering our current American milieu and the rise of the MAGA Kristen, one in which we are ruled by a despotic pedophile who is loudly and gleefully supported by countless American Evangelical clergy and laity, it's important we recognize several unassailable facts:
2/ First, MAGA and the MAGA Kristen are not political or religious movements. They are unadulterated and unredeemed human-nature driven by its core power-lust and *expressed* via political means using culture war issues as shibboleths and identity markers.
3/ Second, the current war on immigrants is not only driven by a racism foundational to America, defined not only by racial superiority but also credal narcissism … and is a direct continuation of the War on Terror. There is no separation between the two.
Instacart (CART) just became the first retailer to offer full checkout inside ChatGPT.
No app.
No website.
Just:
“I need ingredients for salmon pasta” → ChatGPT → Instacart → payment → done.
This is the beginning of agentic commerce.
And the mortgage version of this is coming faster than anyone realizes.
No app.
No website.
Just:
“I need ingredients for salmon pasta” → ChatGPT → Instacart → payment → done.
This is the beginning of agentic commerce.
And the mortgage version of this is coming faster than anyone realizes.
In the grocery world, CART just became the execution endpoint for AI.
In mortgages, there’s only one company architected to fill that role:
BETR (Better Home & Finance).
And Wall Street still thinks it’s a cyclical refi story.
It’s not.
It’s becoming the mortgage engine of the AI economy.
In mortgages, there’s only one company architected to fill that role:
BETR (Better Home & Finance).
And Wall Street still thinks it’s a cyclical refi story.
It’s not.
It’s becoming the mortgage engine of the AI economy.
Here’s the key:
AI agents (OpenAI, Apple, Anthropic, Google) will soon do everything from:
– home affordability
– rate shopping
– payment calculations
– lender comparisons
– doc collection
– KYC
– underwriting prep
– investor routing
But they cannot originate or underwrite the loan themselves.
They need a licensed, automated execution layer.
AI agents (OpenAI, Apple, Anthropic, Google) will soon do everything from:
– home affordability
– rate shopping
– payment calculations
– lender comparisons
– doc collection
– KYC
– underwriting prep
– investor routing
But they cannot originate or underwrite the loan themselves.
They need a licensed, automated execution layer.
