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In today’s Wumao Soup, we’ll talk about Taiwan, the sovereign country the Chinese Communist Party insists is not a country, but constantly threatens to invade just like a country, while the “antiwar” crowd is eagerly encouraging them to start that war, endangering millions.
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Taiwan is a country, a state. It has its own territory, government, army, police, courts, taxes, passports and elections, just like any other country.
The only difference? Its neighbor, imperialist China, wants to invade it, and other countries try to please the big bully.
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The only difference? Its neighbor, imperialist China, wants to invade it, and other countries try to please the big bully.
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Taiwan’s official name is the Republic of China, or ROC. The ROC was founded in 1912, after the fall of the Qing dynasty. The People’s Republic of China, or PRC, was founded by democidal dictator Mao Zedong and his communist party, in 1949, after fighting against the ROC.
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Look at what Western civilization has always boldly celebrated: confident, radiant, unapologetic femininity.
From the vibrant bare-breasted priestesses and goddesses of ancient Minoan Crete — powerful, sensual, and life-affirming — to the great masterpieces of European art, ⬇️
From the vibrant bare-breasted priestesses and goddesses of ancient Minoan Crete — powerful, sensual, and life-affirming — to the great masterpieces of European art, ⬇️
⬇️ where women shine as goddesses, muses, and queens of their own destiny. And all the way to the timeless elegance of a bride in delicate white lace, radiating love, beauty, and freedom in the open air. ⬇️
⬇️ This is the contrast no one wants to admit:
One culture asks women to disappear behind fabric and rules.
The other invites them to shine — body, soul, and spirit. ⬇️
One culture asks women to disappear behind fabric and rules.
The other invites them to shine — body, soul, and spirit. ⬇️
10 facts about Nicholas II that will make you question everything you were taught:
1. Under Nicholas II, the ruble was considered one of the strongest currencies in the world. Russia operated on the gold standard, and the Russian Empire held one of the largest gold reserves on Earth. A significant part of that reserve later passed to the USSR and remains connected to the reserves of Gokhran and the Central Bank to this day.
1. Under Nicholas II, the ruble was considered one of the strongest currencies in the world. Russia operated on the gold standard, and the Russian Empire held one of the largest gold reserves on Earth. A significant part of that reserve later passed to the USSR and remains connected to the reserves of Gokhran and the Central Bank to this day.
2. By 1913, Russia had one of the fastest growing economies in the world. The Empire earned almost as much from butter exports as from gold. In just 15 years, butter exports increased from 2,600 to 82,000 tons. Russia was rapidly becoming one of the world's largest agricultural and industrial exporters.
3. During the 20 years of Nicholas II's reign, the population of Russia grew by around ~ 50 million people. The growth came from high birth rates, strong family structures, low urban demographic decline, and the rapid settlement of new territories.
Blair putting on full display what is in many ways his special ability - to lay out a political argument grounded in his own view of global trends (globalisation in the 2000s, tech in the 2020s). But…
The truth, awkwardly for an essay that argues that policy not politics must come first, is that this is an essay that puts politics not serious policy first
On policy, this paints in broad brushstrokes but has far too little actual engagement with the country that is the canvas for those brushstrokes. The author rightly highlight global change (tech and geopolitics) but not the gritty interaction with Britain in the 2020s
Blair’s essay is a substantial intervention on what's wrong with Britain & with Labour, with a detailed alternative agenda. Dismissing it is silly. But engaging with it reveals that it's both forward-looking & stuck in the past, with an agenda that is radical but not 'centrist'🧵
Blair is right to call out the hollowness of a politics without ideas: more precisely, without an analysis of the way the world is changing, a conception of how Britain will succeed in that world, & a supportive political strategy. Labour has had no political economy for too long
Blair's also right that, whether you want a leadership contest or not, having one that is unanchored in a contest of ideas doesn't help the country or the party. Though it's far from ideal doing this while governing, a debate about Labour's philosophical & policy choices is vital
That “concentration camp” soundbite KEEPS cropping up. This is the Italian members deploying it upon arrival home. This is totally coordinated messaging and exposes just how fake these people are.
Here’s a second Italian Flotilla ghoul using the Nazi slur to throw at Israel. Despicable.
h/t @habibi_uk
h/t @habibi_uk
@habibi_uk I wonder whose idea it was to invoke the term “concentration camp” to describe a perfectly ordinary warship that their comrades were previously doing circus tricks in.
On Uthamaki’s Bogeyman Politics: Time to call the demonization of President Ruto what it is (a long thread)
In the days leading to President Ruto’s swearing in, some supporters sent apologies to the President-elect to the effect that they would not be attending the Garden Party in State House because from Kasarani they would turn right and attend to long standing matter.
The long standing matter was historical land injustices in Kiambu.Their immediate target was the vast Kenyatta estates between Kasarani and Gatundu, but by no means the only ones.
1/ Something very important is being missed in the Peter Murrell coverage. And it explains why Murrell was able to carry on the embezzlement long after he should have been stopped. And why John Swinney cannot hide behind the “victim of criminality” defence.🧵
2/ There are really two different stories about SNP finances which have ended up becoming unhelpfully conflated. The first story is about the crowdfunder money, which was supposed to be ringfenced for a future referendum campaign.
3/ The total amount of donations supposed to have been ringfenced ended up being £667k, according to a statement by Colin Beattie in June 2021. We know from contemporaneous reporting that the vast majority of this (£482k) was raised in the first half of 2017.
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Most people are overwhelmed by AI…
Not because there are too few tools but because there are TOO many 🤯
I break down the latest in AI tools:
→ What’s actually worth your time
→ What’s overhyped (so you don’t waste hours)
→ And what’s coming next before it goes viral 🚀
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Not because there are too few tools but because there are TOO many 🤯
I break down the latest in AI tools:
→ What’s actually worth your time
→ What’s overhyped (so you don’t waste hours)
→ And what’s coming next before it goes viral 🚀
Join smart creators staying ahead of the curve (it’s FREE):
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BREAKING: Israel this morning launched the “Land Registry and Settlement of Rights” online system for the occupied State of Palestine.
In May 2025, Israel’s Security Cabinet resolved to initiate comprehensive land title settlement across the West Bank. The objective was plain: to complete the juridical and administrative annexation of occupied territory through the wholesale registration of land under Israeli authority.
Operationalized on 15 February 2026, the scheme transferred powers to the Israeli Ministry of Justice and the Survey of Israel, allocated ILS 244 million (USD 79 million), and set in motion the permanent acquisition and registration of approximately 58 per cent of Area C, some 35 per cent of the West Bank excluding East Jerusalem.
The system, codenamed “Grenade”, was launched this morning and openly endorsed by Ministers Smotrich and Strook as “a central pillar in applying sovereignty in the territory and strengthening our hold and roots in Judea and Samaria.”
The candor is striking. What was once advanced incrementally, is now pursued through digitized cadastral engineering. A land registry presented as bureaucratic modernization is, in substance, an instrument for the consolidation of unlawful territorial acquisition.
International law is neither ambiguous nor silent. An occupying Power is prohibited from annexing occupied territory, permanently appropriating public or private property outside the strict limits of military necessity, or altering the legal status of the territory under occupation. Yet this is precisely what is now occurring, in broad daylight, through administrative and technological means designed to render unlawful presence increasingly irreversible.
In May 2025, Israel’s Security Cabinet resolved to initiate comprehensive land title settlement across the West Bank. The objective was plain: to complete the juridical and administrative annexation of occupied territory through the wholesale registration of land under Israeli authority.
Operationalized on 15 February 2026, the scheme transferred powers to the Israeli Ministry of Justice and the Survey of Israel, allocated ILS 244 million (USD 79 million), and set in motion the permanent acquisition and registration of approximately 58 per cent of Area C, some 35 per cent of the West Bank excluding East Jerusalem.
The system, codenamed “Grenade”, was launched this morning and openly endorsed by Ministers Smotrich and Strook as “a central pillar in applying sovereignty in the territory and strengthening our hold and roots in Judea and Samaria.”
The candor is striking. What was once advanced incrementally, is now pursued through digitized cadastral engineering. A land registry presented as bureaucratic modernization is, in substance, an instrument for the consolidation of unlawful territorial acquisition.
International law is neither ambiguous nor silent. An occupying Power is prohibited from annexing occupied territory, permanently appropriating public or private property outside the strict limits of military necessity, or altering the legal status of the territory under occupation. Yet this is precisely what is now occurring, in broad daylight, through administrative and technological means designed to render unlawful presence increasingly irreversible.
Third States and international organizations are legally obliged to refuse recognition of legislative amendments and institutional arrangements imposed upon the occupied Palestinian territory that purport to normalize an unlawful situation, and to give clear public notice that such measures will not be treated as lawful acts capable of producing legal effect.
High time to establish a more robust and structured coordination framework, bringing together humanitarian and development actors with Palestinian institutions, to articulate a unified legal, operational, and diplomatic response to Israeli-imposed land-registration measures.
linkedin.com/pulse/land-reg…
High time to establish a more robust and structured coordination framework, bringing together humanitarian and development actors with Palestinian institutions, to articulate a unified legal, operational, and diplomatic response to Israeli-imposed land-registration measures.
linkedin.com/pulse/land-reg…
The Israeli Civil Administration, overseen by Bezalel Smotrich, welcomes Israeli settlers - implanted in occupied Palestinian territory in grave breach of international law - to register land and property in their name.
The system (apart from being available exclusively in Hebrew and accessible to Israeli Bar accredited lawyers only) will compromise Palestinian individual housing, land, and property rights. To prove ownership through the land registration system, original documents must be provided. In cases where ownership was transferred during Ottoman or Jordanian rule, the original property ownership documents are often held in Turkey and Jordan, respectively. In the best-case scenario, obtaining these documents is complicated and expensive. In other cases, the relevant authorities have said they are unable to provide the documents or have not responded to requests.
In addition, land has often been owned by families for decades and in some cases, over a century, without ownership being recorded in a land registry. As a result, critical documents proving chain of ownership over such a long period are often lost. Furthermore, a single parcel of land may now be owned by multiple heirs, further complicating attempts to prove ownership.
The system (apart from being available exclusively in Hebrew and accessible to Israeli Bar accredited lawyers only) will compromise Palestinian individual housing, land, and property rights. To prove ownership through the land registration system, original documents must be provided. In cases where ownership was transferred during Ottoman or Jordanian rule, the original property ownership documents are often held in Turkey and Jordan, respectively. In the best-case scenario, obtaining these documents is complicated and expensive. In other cases, the relevant authorities have said they are unable to provide the documents or have not responded to requests.
In addition, land has often been owned by families for decades and in some cases, over a century, without ownership being recorded in a land registry. As a result, critical documents proving chain of ownership over such a long period are often lost. Furthermore, a single parcel of land may now be owned by multiple heirs, further complicating attempts to prove ownership.
1/ Six crippled Russian soldiers, some on crutches, are sent to their deaths in Ukraine with three bulletproof vests and two automatic rifles between them. "It's just fucking crazy," says the man filming it, who is now likely missing in action. ⬇️
2/ The video was filmed by 50-year-old Sergei Aleksandrovich Pisarchik, a soldier in the Russian Army's 69th Motorised Rifle Division. He sent it to his relatives on 21 May 2026 and stopped communicating afterwards.
3/ The division was reported to be fighting around Vovchansk north of Kharkiv earlier in the year.
Pisarchik says: "We are going on a combat mission with two assault rifles and three body armours for six of us. We are all cripples. It's just fucking crazy."
Pisarchik says: "We are going on a combat mission with two assault rifles and three body armours for six of us. We are all cripples. It's just fucking crazy."
My manager paid ₹1.5 crore for a 21th floor flat.
He sold it after 4 years.
Yesterday he told me everything. And he was ANGRY.
High-rise flat owners will NOT want to read this.
Reason 1 /13
They told me higher floors have no mosquitoes. Biggest scam ever.
He sold it after 4 years.
Yesterday he told me everything. And he was ANGRY.
High-rise flat owners will NOT want to read this.
Reason 1 /13
They told me higher floors have no mosquitoes. Biggest scam ever.
Reason 2
Dust and Noise? Worse than ground floor. No trees or buildings to block it at that height.
Dust and Noise? Worse than ground floor. No trees or buildings to block it at that height.
Reason 3
Had Vitamin D deficiency at 37. Doctor couldn't believe it.
No terrace access. Only one side gets morning sun. He stopped going for morning walks because coming down just to walk felt too heavy.
Had Vitamin D deficiency at 37. Doctor couldn't believe it.
No terrace access. Only one side gets morning sun. He stopped going for morning walks because coming down just to walk felt too heavy.
