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Mar 18
Part 3: The Logistical Trump Card. Fans debate parking. Developers ask two questions: How do you physically build a 70,000-seat dome? What does it cost to run it for 40 years? Arlington fails. Hammond dominates both. ๐Ÿปโฌ‡๏ธ๐Ÿงต Image
Building a fixed-roof dome means moving tens of thousands of tons of structural steel.
In Arlington Heights: wide-load flatbeds grinding through Route 53 and Northwest Highway for two solid years.
That's not a construction plan. That's a gridlock generator.
Hammond sits at the epicenter of North American steel production.
Cleveland-Cliffs Indiana Harbor and U.S. Steel Gary Works are miles from the site.
The footprint is crisscrossed by heavy-duty industrial freight rail spurs built for exactly this kind of load. Image
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Mar 18
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โ€ž @joekent16jan19 resignation [1] lays bare the schism within the @realDonaldTrump coalition between those who are skeptical of U.S. military interventions overseas and those who believe in the exercise of U.S. military might to advance Americaโ€™s interests around the world.โ€
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March 17, 2026

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Mar 18
African foreign students in the U.S. in 1961 โ€œexpressed surprise that Americans were proud to do almost any type of work.โ€

โ€œOne student said, โ€˜I think now that we should have more dignity of labor. Africans usually are not working to capacity.โ€™ Students commented that during their stay in the United States they learned for the first time that labor could be dignified.โ€Image
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โ€œIn contrast to Europe and the United States, where there is a tradition of students living meagerly while they study, the African countries have no such background of scholarly hardship. Therefore, it is often a shock to them when they come here and are obliged to adopt a lower standard of living. They feel they โ€˜lose status.โ€™โ€Image
The vast majority of African foreign students said they were treated โ€œthe same asโ€ or โ€œbetter thanโ€ other students by university personnel. Africans at black colleges were more likely to complain that their peers treated them โ€œworse thanโ€ other students than were those who attended predominantly white colleges.Image
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Mar 18
Meet the world's #1 visceral fat doctor.

Dr. Sean O'Mara.

He's spent decades researching the silent killer poisoning our bodies.

Here are his 7 key rules to destroy visceral belly fat:

1) Eat more meat Image
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Don't assume all meat is the same.

It's important to eat the highest quality possible.

Dr. Sean eats mostly grass-fed beef.

But you can't just eat meat... Image
2) Eat fermented foods

You need probiotic foods that contain living organisms which eliminate micro-toxins and bad carbohydrates.

He explains the power of fermented foods:
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Mar 18
The 12 Types of Kisses That Drive Women Absolutely Wild
(Most Men Only Know 2)

Master these and sheโ€™ll crave your lips for days. Image
1. The Tease (Almost)

Kiss Lean in slow, stop 1 inch away, let her feel your breath... then pull back with a smirk.
Repeat 2โ€“3 times. Sheโ€™ll grab YOU to close the gap. Tension = instant wetness.
2. The Neck Trail

Start soft behind her ear โ†’ slow, wet kisses down to collarbone. Add light nibble. Direct hit on erogenous zone. Watch goosebumps spread.
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Mar 18
$TDS: we remain long and are sharing a follow-up note at . Since our January report, earnings have been solid and thesis reaffirming. But itโ€™s worth discussing what comes next 1/6kerr.co/tds-2
With ~$750m of $VZ and $TMUS proceeds by 3Q (~$6 per $TDS share), the next catalyst is sale of the remaining C-Band (~$10 per share), expected to be monetized by late 2026/early 2027. 2/6
After that, buying in the $AD minority becomes the logical move. Consolidation creates strategic flexibility for the tower business, aligns with Carlson family objectives, and can be structured to preserve control while simplifying ownership. 3/6
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Mar 18
Russian Aleksander Dugin is running an op.

He named names, including @TuckerCarlson
@RealCandaceO
@RealAlexJones

Schismatic @CarloMVigano is the โ€œspiritual director of @GenFlynn (per Flynnโ€™s admission), and frequents Duginโ€™s conferences.

You are being manipulated.
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Viganรฒ, the Russiaphile:
So, when you see this organizationโ€ฆand three of the individuals directly tied to Duginโ€ฆknow youโ€™re witnessing manipulation: Image
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Mar 18
STOP TELLING CLAUDE "CHECK MY GRAMMAR".

Bad prompt = Bad result.

Here are the prompts that actually work: Image
1. The Voice Match

"Rewrite this to sound like me, not AI.

Here's how I actually talk: [paste 3 real messages/emails]

Match my sentence length, line breaks, and rhythm. Don't copy words. Copy patterns.

Now rewrite: [your draft]"
2. The Word Filter

"Words I avoid: [list them]

Words I use constantly: [list them]

Rewrite this using only MY vocabulary: [paste draft]

If you catch yourself using words from my avoid list, stop and replace immediately."
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Mar 18
AO & AAO Recruitment (Agriculture department): Endless Delays, Uncertainty & Cancellation โ€“ Aspirants in Limbo ๐Ÿšจ

AO & AAO recruitment notification from Sept 2024 faced repeated delays due to clarifications on sports quota, internal reservations & procedural matters.
Why Many Agriculture Graduates Demand KEA Over KPSC for Future AO/AAO Exams! ๐Ÿšจ

KPSC has faced serious public concerns in various recruitments (as widely reported):
AEE: 10 candidates implicated in OMR tampering (FSL-confirmed; High Court observations on irregularities )
KAS/Gazetted Probationers Mains: Allegations of 10-15 consecutive roll numbers from same room clearing โ€” govt-ordered probe/scrutiny (March 2026)
PDO: Alleged question paper delays & malpractice concerns leading to protests
Plus repeated translation issues, delays & controversy.
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Mar 18
A contribution from the Lithuanian government has resulted in a total overhaul of a Ukrainian school bomb shelter.
The shelter has been completely upgraded and can now safely host up to 190 students during russian aerial threats.
Thank you to our Lithuanian friends! ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Image
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Mar 18
The only guide to prompt engineering you'll ever need.

I went through every resource Anthropic and OpenAI have published publicly.

Here are 10 techniques that actually work in 2026: Image
1/ Role + Context stacking

Forget "act as an expert." That's beginner stuff.

The real move: give the model a role AND the situation it's operating in.

Instead of "you're a marketing expert" try:

"You're a direct response copywriter who's written 200+ landing pages for SaaS companies. I'm launching a B2B tool. My buyer is a VP of Engineering who hates being sold to."

The more specific the operating context, the sharper the output.

Generic personas = 60% quality.
Specific role + situation = 94% quality.

Anthropic calls this "grounding the model in your world." OpenAI calls it "system prompt clarity."

Same principle. Works every time.
2/ Chain of thought forcing

Most people ask for the answer. Smart people ask for the reasoning first.

Here's the technique: add "Think through this step by step before giving your final answer" to any complex prompt.

Sounds obvious. Almost nobody does it.

I tested this on the same Claude prompt โ€” with and without it.

Without: a decent answer in 3 sentences.
With: a 10-step breakdown that caught 2 edge cases I hadn't considered.

The model isn't smarter. You just unlocked a reasoning layer it wasn't using.

OpenAI's internal docs call this "deliberate thinking mode." The difference on hard problems is not subtle.
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Mar 18
The inequality causes crime narrative is activist science. 43 studies. 1,341 estimates. Half the data never published.

Corrected effect: near zero.

Inequality doesnโ€™t drive crime. Image


Pazzona, M. (2024). Revisiting the income inequality-crime puzzle. World Development, 176sciencedirect.com/science/articlโ€ฆ
US: Choe (2008) ran 40 regressions. Zero positive significant results. Doyle et al. ran 36. Zero. Kang (2016) ran 149. 4

1990s: inequality rose every year. Homicide fell 40%.

2025: homicide fell 21%, largest single-year drip. Lowest rate since 1900. Is inequality better? No.
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