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When a former US Treasury Sec uses the phrase “break the glass”, it’s worth asking why. Sure, good sound bites get attention, but that’s unlikely to be the motive here, this particular individual gets plenty of that anyway.
So, I dug a bit deeper. /1
(a long 🧵, buckle up)
So, I dug a bit deeper. /1
(a long 🧵, buckle up)
Last week, Henry Paulson gave an interview to Bloomberg in which he urged the US Treasury to prepare “an emergency break-the-glass plan which is targeted and short-term, on the shelf, so it’s ready to go when we hit the wall”. /2
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
It’s notable that Paulson uses the word “when”, not “if”.
This is coming from the man who led the US Treasury during the Great Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2008. /3
This is coming from the man who led the US Treasury during the Great Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2008. /3
WHY YOU FEEL SLEEPY AFTER EJACULATION
M heavy, relaxed, almost “knocked out” feeling after ejaculation is real, and it is not just in your head.
There is something happening in your body that many people don’t understand
Let me explain
Check my comment below 👇🏾
M heavy, relaxed, almost “knocked out” feeling after ejaculation is real, and it is not just in your head.
There is something happening in your body that many people don’t understand
Let me explain
Check my comment below 👇🏾
🔑 What happens in your body
During sex, your body is in a high-alert state. Your heart rate rises, blood pressure goes up, and your brain is very active.
After ejaculation, everything drops suddenly, your body moves into a calm, rest mode. That shift alone can make you feel sleepy.
During sex, your body is in a high-alert state. Your heart rate rises, blood pressure goes up, and your brain is very active.
After ejaculation, everything drops suddenly, your body moves into a calm, rest mode. That shift alone can make you feel sleepy.
🔑 Hormone release
After ejaculation, your body releases certain chemicals that promote relaxation and sleep. One of them is Prolactin. It is strongly linked to sexual satisfaction and can make you feel drowsy.
Another one is Oxytocin. It creates a sense of calm, comfort, and emotional closeness. This also helps your body relax deeply.
Your brain also releases Serotonin and endorphins, which improve mood and reduce stress, but can also make you feel sleepy.
After ejaculation, your body releases certain chemicals that promote relaxation and sleep. One of them is Prolactin. It is strongly linked to sexual satisfaction and can make you feel drowsy.
Another one is Oxytocin. It creates a sense of calm, comfort, and emotional closeness. This also helps your body relax deeply.
Your brain also releases Serotonin and endorphins, which improve mood and reduce stress, but can also make you feel sleepy.
Today at Stellar House CDMX, five @TheBAFNetwork Hackathon teams presented their projects and the problems they're solving.
First up: @accesly is developing “the auth infrastructure for Stellar,” enabling one-click authentication through Google log-in.
First up: @accesly is developing “the auth infrastructure for Stellar,” enabling one-click authentication through Google log-in.
Next, @pollar_xyz is building “the financial infrastructure onboarding for apps on Stellar,” improving the onboarding experience for users.
Zelena is enabling better logistics for LATAM-based businesses by leveraging stablecoins.
China gained more from the Iran war than anyone — without firing a single shot.
Diplomatic leverage, military intelligence, energy dominance, rare earth dependency — Axios. 1/
Diplomatic leverage, military intelligence, energy dominance, rare earth dependency — Axios. 1/
The US committed roughly 80% of its JASSM-ER stealth cruise missile inventory to the Iran fight, pulling stockpiles from the Pacific.
The conflict significantly depleted US supplies of Tomahawk and Patriot missiles, THAAD interceptors and drones. 2/
The conflict significantly depleted US supplies of Tomahawk and Patriot missiles, THAAD interceptors and drones. 2/
Beijing got a free masterclass in modern American warfighting: how the US uses AI to target, how it rotates carrier groups, how cheap Iranian drones drain its most expensive interceptors.
For Chinese war planners gaming out a Taiwan invasion, it was better than any simulation. 3/
For Chinese war planners gaming out a Taiwan invasion, it was better than any simulation. 3/
Ukraine rep. to UN Melnyk: Russia murders civilians. They strike ambulances, emergency personnel and firefighters. Between March 30th-April 13th, Russia launched over 3600 strike UAVs, 1350 guided bombs and more than 40 missiles against Ukraine, killing at least 70 civilians. 1/
Melnyk: Russia does not control more than 20% of the Donetsk region territory. This is pure blackmail. Russia demands Ukraine to abandon one of the most heavily fortified and logistically developed defensive lines. 2/
Melnyk: We must not forget that beyond these fortifications there are cities and villages where Ukrainians live. How can we leave hundreds of thousands of these people?
To seize the territory, Putin would have to send at least another 1.5M soldiers. 3X
To seize the territory, Putin would have to send at least another 1.5M soldiers. 3X
I'm the only Michigan Democrat who won a Trump district in 2024. I know how hard it is to win, and serving in the Minority, I know the consequences of losing. Both losing elections and losing sight of what matters and what unites us.
What I saw on the MDP Convention floor is deeply troubling – for what it says about who we are, how we win, and whether we will be able to meet this urgent moment.
Some thoughts & our path forward 🧵
What I saw on the MDP Convention floor is deeply troubling – for what it says about who we are, how we win, and whether we will be able to meet this urgent moment.
Some thoughts & our path forward 🧵
First and foremost, enthusiasm is great, but too much of the behavior we saw on the floor is not acceptable. We need to be able to disagree, while treating one another with dignity and respect.
We don’t name-call. We don’t belittle and bully. We don’t shout people down. We don’t make them feel unwelcome or unsafe based on who they are.
We reject all forms of hate, including both antisemitism and Islamophobia.
We don’t name-call. We don’t belittle and bully. We don’t shout people down. We don’t make them feel unwelcome or unsafe based on who they are.
We reject all forms of hate, including both antisemitism and Islamophobia.
We will never beat MAGA by practicing their division. We win by being the opposite.
1/ Russian companies are blocking foreign IP addresses in a bid to block VPNs, stranding thousands of Russians abroad without access to money, flight details, or taxes. Major Russian apps are also being repurposed to scan users' phones for VPNs and secretly obtain user data. ⬇️
2/ While apps such as Telegram, Instagram, and WhatsApp have been blocked in Russia, millions of Russians still access them daily using VPNs. However, the Russian government is working hard to choke off this access by deterring VPN use (while not yet banning them).
3/ Russian online service providers have been ordered by the government to block access from VPN IP addresses. They are taking a very crude approach of blocking all foreign IP addresses, causing great inconvenience to travellers, as Russian blogger 'Abu' complains:
Musee de Romanite - The archeological museum of Nîmes is located in a modern building finished in 2018 with a 360 rooftop to view the city. The museum contains finds from the Gallic, Roman and Medieval period! Small thread 🧵
Gallic sculptures from the VII-Vth century BC, still a very different style from later Roman examples.
Roman mosaics!
Rural Nebraska is pro-life.
Always has been. Always will be.
So why do pro-life policies keep losing ground?
Here’s the truth no one wants to say out loud… 🧵
Always has been. Always will be.
So why do pro-life policies keep losing ground?
Here’s the truth no one wants to say out loud… 🧵
It’s not because Nebraska changed.
It’s because our elections changed.
Mail-in ballots.
Ballot harvesting.
Weeks-long voting windows.
All of it stacked in favor of Omaha & Lincoln.
It’s because our elections changed.
Mail-in ballots.
Ballot harvesting.
Weeks-long voting windows.
All of it stacked in favor of Omaha & Lincoln.
Follow the money.
$400,000+ in “Zuckerbucks” flooded Lancaster County in 2020.
Foreign billionaire Hansjörg Wyss has poured MILLIONS into Nebraska ballot efforts.
This isn’t grassroots.
It’s engineered influence.
$400,000+ in “Zuckerbucks” flooded Lancaster County in 2020.
Foreign billionaire Hansjörg Wyss has poured MILLIONS into Nebraska ballot efforts.
This isn’t grassroots.
It’s engineered influence.
Arles / Arelate - Roman colony founded by Caesar in 46 BCE. The city became an important hub with an amphitheatre, theatre, forum, circus, and even its own productive mint! In later periods the city shrank. Nevertheless the city contains noteworthy Romanesque remains - Thread 🧵
Amphitheatre (70-80 AD) - built slightly before the one in Nîmes both in the Flavian period. Arles still has some structural problems that are fixed in Nîmes. This includes the lack of a barrel vault but instead stone slabs that collapse because of the pressure on the galleries.
The towers were added in the middle ages on each of the cardinal directions (one is lost) when the arena was transformed into a fortress.
Finally!
After 2 yrs, our invited review on the imaging of #COVID-19 has been published.
It’s a message to the world of science and medicine.
(When I die I want the last line of the conclusion to be read out at my funeral)
A thread …
Link 👇👇👇
doi.org/10.1093/bjr/tq…
After 2 yrs, our invited review on the imaging of #COVID-19 has been published.
It’s a message to the world of science and medicine.
(When I die I want the last line of the conclusion to be read out at my funeral)
A thread …
Link 👇👇👇
doi.org/10.1093/bjr/tq…
2/18
(Annoyingly the review is currently behind a paywall, but I can send a copy to anyone I know.)
In summary, the world of medicine and science massively failed from the outset of the pandemic to collaborate to understand #COVID-19 (the disease)
And because of this …
(Annoyingly the review is currently behind a paywall, but I can send a copy to anyone I know.)
In summary, the world of medicine and science massively failed from the outset of the pandemic to collaborate to understand #COVID-19 (the disease)
And because of this …
3/18
The world of medicine failed to intelligently build a model of the pathophysiology of #COVID-19 (the disease) leading to huge misunderstanding and failure to research/treat the disease intelligently.
The world of medicine failed to intelligently build a model of the pathophysiology of #COVID-19 (the disease) leading to huge misunderstanding and failure to research/treat the disease intelligently.
Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, “Remembering the Israeli Independence Day – A Bit Differently
It might seem strange that I worded the title of this comment as I did. For Israelis this year, it will not be a time of parades and as many parties.
1)
It might seem strange that I worded the title of this comment as I did. For Israelis this year, it will not be a time of parades and as many parties.
1)
It will be a day of celebration, but also a day of concern, thanks to the barbaric enemy that must be destroyed, and thanks to the revelation that the world is still ready to sacrifice Jews and
2)
2)
even the Jewish State for the sake of keeping things quiet in Europe and on university campuses, and looking at political and economic interests.
And this year we are faced with an analysis of what went wrong on October 7, 2023, and
3)
And this year we are faced with an analysis of what went wrong on October 7, 2023, and
3)
