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OMG watch this, from 2004: "He played first base by the University of Santa Clara and was drafted by the Texas Rangers" and then @GavinNewsom almost hits the photographer😂
(Narrator: "He was not, in fact, drafted by the Texas Rangers, nor did he play baseball at Santa Clara")
(Narrator: "He was not, in fact, drafted by the Texas Rangers, nor did he play baseball at Santa Clara")
@GavinNewsom And he hasn't gotten any better... this is from yesterday 😂
And who can forget when he completely obliterated the poor little Chinese school kid while playing basketball last fall?
Please, Gavin, you need to issue a safety warning before trying to do the sports ball thing.
Please, Gavin, you need to issue a safety warning before trying to do the sports ball thing.
Lantian "Jay" Graber - another one of those CEOs whose background I question. 
The New Yorker, April 2025
"Since launching, in early 2023, Bluesky had positioned itself as a refuge from X, the site formerly known as Twitter....newyorker.com/magazine/2025/…
"Since launching, in early 2023, Bluesky had positioned itself as a refuge from X, the site formerly known as Twitter....newyorker.com/magazine/2025/…
Then, after the tech billionaire turned Trump backer Elon Musk acquired the platform, in October of 2022, it devolved into a circus of right-wing conspiracy theories. Liberals began fleeing"..🤔
Stanford University again 🤔
Philip Zimbardo became known for his 1971 Stanford prison experiment, which was later criticized. He was the founder &president of the Heroic Imagination Project,a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting heroism in everyday life by training people how to resist bullying.
While at Yale, he married fellow graduate student Rose Abdelnour; they had a son in 1962 and divorced in 1971.
She co-edited Understanding The Lord of the Rings: The Best of Tolkien Criticism (Houghton Mifflin, 2004)
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She co-edited Understanding The Lord of the Rings: The Best of Tolkien Criticism (Houghton Mifflin, 2004)
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A lot of “conservatives” advocated for bringing over tens of thousands of Afghans and then supported reduced vetting. Those people were and still are idiots.
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30 November 1941: The Rumbula forest massacre
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German forces occupied Riga in early July 1941 after the invasion of the Soviet Union. In August, the Germans ordered the establishment of a ghetto in the city; this ghetto was sealed in October 1941, imprisoning some 30,000 Jews.
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German forces occupied Riga in early July 1941 after the invasion of the Soviet Union. In August, the Germans ordered the establishment of a ghetto in the city; this ghetto was sealed in October 1941, imprisoning some 30,000 Jews.
2/n In late November & early December 1941, the Germans announced they intended to settle the majority of ghetto inhabitants "further east." On November 30 & December 8-9, at least 25,000 Jews from the Riga ghetto were shot by German SS & police units & their Latvian auxiliaries
3/n in the nearby Rumbula Forest. The surviving 4,000-5,000 Jews were incarcerated in an area of the ghetto known as the "small or Latvian" ghetto. The Germans also deported some 20,000 Jews from Germany, Austria & the Protectorate of Bohemia & Moravia to Riga. The section of the
Congratulations to Barbados, MY HOME, on our 59th year of Independence and our 4th year as a Republic!
Today also marks the installation of our 2nd President, His Excellency Lieutenant Colonel The Most Honorable Jeffrey Bostic, who alongside our Honorable Prime Minister Mia Mottley will continue to lead Barbados with excellence!!
Barbados I L🇧🇧VE YOU!!!! #Bajan2DeBone
Today also marks the installation of our 2nd President, His Excellency Lieutenant Colonel The Most Honorable Jeffrey Bostic, who alongside our Honorable Prime Minister Mia Mottley will continue to lead Barbados with excellence!!
Barbados I L🇧🇧VE YOU!!!! #Bajan2DeBone
AI experts from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google are using 5 prompting techniques that 99.9% of people have never heard of.
But once you learn them, your outputs will instantly level up.
Here’s how they work:
But once you learn them, your outputs will instantly level up.
Here’s how they work:
1. Constraint-Stacking Prompts
Experts don’t ask the model to “write better.”
They stack constraints that force higher-order reasoning. The model becomes sharper because it has to satisfy multiple conditions at once.
Example:
“Rewrite this paragraph with
• a grade 5 clarity level
• 2 insights that a senior engineer would respect
• a logical chain with each sentence adding new information
• a single takeaway in the final line”
This forces the model to optimize for clarity, depth, structure, and purpose all at once.
Experts don’t ask the model to “write better.”
They stack constraints that force higher-order reasoning. The model becomes sharper because it has to satisfy multiple conditions at once.
Example:
“Rewrite this paragraph with
• a grade 5 clarity level
• 2 insights that a senior engineer would respect
• a logical chain with each sentence adding new information
• a single takeaway in the final line”
This forces the model to optimize for clarity, depth, structure, and purpose all at once.
2. Reversal Prompts
Instead of asking the model to “give the answer,” experts ask it to predict the wrong answer first, then correct itself.
This activates contrastive reasoning.
Example:
“Give me the worst possible explanation of vector embeddings.
Then rewrite it into the best possible explanation.
Highlight exactly what changed and why.”
The model becomes self-corrective, analytical, and far more precise.
Instead of asking the model to “give the answer,” experts ask it to predict the wrong answer first, then correct itself.
This activates contrastive reasoning.
Example:
“Give me the worst possible explanation of vector embeddings.
Then rewrite it into the best possible explanation.
Highlight exactly what changed and why.”
The model becomes self-corrective, analytical, and far more precise.
X hates LinkedIn.
But I just passed 805K followers and have generated $8.57M from the platform in the last 6+ years.
Here's how I use LinkedIn unlike anyone else:
But I just passed 805K followers and have generated $8.57M from the platform in the last 6+ years.
Here's how I use LinkedIn unlike anyone else:
Inside of this thread, you'll learn how to:
1. Design a profile that converts
2. Write content that goes wild
3. Recycle for 2x engagement
4. Interact with top creators
5. Leverage little-known features
6. Funnel people to your website
Let's dive in...
1. Design a profile that converts
2. Write content that goes wild
3. Recycle for 2x engagement
4. Interact with top creators
5. Leverage little-known features
6. Funnel people to your website
Let's dive in...
1. Design a profile that converts:
Here is the journey of a prospective follower.
1) Reads your content
2) Clicks your profile
3) Sees your banner
4) Looks at your headshot
5) Reads your tagline
6) Reads your about section
8) Follows or doesn't
Here is the journey of a prospective follower.
1) Reads your content
2) Clicks your profile
3) Sees your banner
4) Looks at your headshot
5) Reads your tagline
6) Reads your about section
8) Follows or doesn't
#تحليلات📑 | خلال الأشهر الماضية تصاعدت عمليات إسقاط الدعم السريع لطائرات الجيش السوداني، من بينها مسيّرات "أكنجي" التركية وطائرات "إليوشن- 76"، في تطور يعكس امتلاكه قدرات جوية متقدمة يتركز ثقلها الأكبر في مناطق سيطرته غرب البلاد.
🔻تطرح هذه التغيرات الميدانية تساؤلات حول نوعية الأسلحة التي يمتلكها الدعم السريع ومصادر حصوله عليها رغم العقوبات الدولية، وهو ما ستتناوله إيكاد في هذا التحليل عبر فتح ملف منظومات الدفاع الجوي لديه وأبرز عمليات إسقاط طائرات الجيش السوداني.
🔻تطرح هذه التغيرات الميدانية تساؤلات حول نوعية الأسلحة التي يمتلكها الدعم السريع ومصادر حصوله عليها رغم العقوبات الدولية، وهو ما ستتناوله إيكاد في هذا التحليل عبر فتح ملف منظومات الدفاع الجوي لديه وأبرز عمليات إسقاط طائرات الجيش السوداني.
🔻وفقًا للتسلسل الزمني للأحداث، جرى توثيق أول عملية إسقاط طائرة على يد الدعم السريع في أكتوبر 2024، وكانت على بُعد 77 كم جنوبي غرب البحيرة المالحة غربي مدينة الفاشر.
🔻في ذلك الوقت حللت إيكاد عملية الإسقاط، ليتبيّن أن الطائرة من طراز "إليوشن - 76"، ومن خلال هويات بعض الضحايا ورقم الطائرة رجّحنا أنها تتبع حلفاء الدعم السريع، وأن إسقاطها كان خطأ حينها.
🔻وفي فبراير 2025 أُسقِطت طائرة للجيش السوداني من الطراز ذاته بالقُرب من مطار نيالا، بواسطة ما يُرجّح أنها كانت منظومات دفاع جوي بالقرب من المطار.
🔻في ذلك الوقت حللت إيكاد عملية الإسقاط، ليتبيّن أن الطائرة من طراز "إليوشن - 76"، ومن خلال هويات بعض الضحايا ورقم الطائرة رجّحنا أنها تتبع حلفاء الدعم السريع، وأن إسقاطها كان خطأ حينها.
🔻وفي فبراير 2025 أُسقِطت طائرة للجيش السوداني من الطراز ذاته بالقُرب من مطار نيالا، بواسطة ما يُرجّح أنها كانت منظومات دفاع جوي بالقرب من المطار.
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A study comparing the immune system 3 months after COVID-19 and after influenza shows something clear.
SARS-CoV-2 leaves behind a far deeper and longer-lasting immune imprint than seasonal flu.
And the difference isn’t subtle🧵
SARS-CoV-2 leaves behind a far deeper and longer-lasting immune imprint than seasonal flu.
And the difference isn’t subtle🧵
Researchers used high-dimensional 40-marker CyTOF to map dozens of immune cell types in detail.
The result was so distinct that machine-learning models could accurately classify post-COVID vs post-flu individuals (AUC > 0.95).
The result was so distinct that machine-learning models could accurately classify post-COVID vs post-flu individuals (AUC > 0.95).
The biggest differences appeared in chemokine receptors - the navigation system that tells immune cells where to go.
Post-COVID patients showed markedly increased CXCR3 and CCR6 across multiple lymphocyte populations (T, NK, pDC, monocytes).
This is a unusual and consistent signature.
Post-COVID patients showed markedly increased CXCR3 and CCR6 across multiple lymphocyte populations (T, NK, pDC, monocytes).
This is a unusual and consistent signature.
“Drone operators are hunted. You feel it from your first day.”
As casualties rise, Ukraine relies on civilians to fill drone units. Training lasts just 15 days before deployment near the front. Dozens of women now serve or train, with more joining monthly — The Guardian.
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As casualties rise, Ukraine relies on civilians to fill drone units. Training lasts just 15 days before deployment near the front. Dozens of women now serve or train, with more joining monthly — The Guardian.
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Dasha, 37, commands a mixed unit near the eastern front. “It’s not about proving anything. It’s about necessity. Everyone is stretched. Everyone is adapting.”
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Elisabeth, 30, an FPV pilot, says the hardest part isn’t gender but survival: “People stopped caring who was a woman. They cared who could fly.” Each mission means risking or taking lives.
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Historian Antony Beevor: "For Russians, conspicuous cruelty is a necessary weapon of war."
The atrocities in Ukraine aren't aberrations — they're rooted in centuries of uniquely brutal warfare.
And the West failed to see it coming — The Telegraph. 1/
The atrocities in Ukraine aren't aberrations — they're rooted in centuries of uniquely brutal warfare.
And the West failed to see it coming — The Telegraph. 1/
Russian mass rape, torture, and murder in Bucha aren't the work of rogue soldiers — they're systematic. The 19,500 missing Ukrainian children show what Russian conquest really means. 2/
Russian soldiers are themselves brutalized by torture from their own comrades. In the 1990s, there were 5,000 suicides yearly among conscripts — and Russian generals thought it was funny.
One made recruits dig their own graves "since they'd need them before long." 3/
One made recruits dig their own graves "since they'd need them before long." 3/
RED + NIR LIGHT CUT ICU STAY BY 30% IN NEW TRIPLE-BLIND TRIAL
A randomized, triple-blind, sham-controlled clinical trial published in the Journal of Biophotonics in January 2024 reports that daily photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT), targeted red and near-infrared light applied to large muscle groups, meaningfully accelerated recovery in critically ill ICU patients.
The intervention: a 15-minute PBMT session each day delivered through an LED “light blanket” placed over the arms and legs.
ICU length of stay was reduced by ~30% compared to sham.
Patients receiving PBMT improved mobility at more than twice the rate of controls, increased global muscle strength by 12% while the sham group declined by 9%, and showed a 34% improvement in handgrip strength versus a 13% decrease in controls. All secondary outcomes were statistically significant.
The authors note that baseline severity scores (SAPS 3) were comparable between groups, suggesting that the observed improvements reflect the therapy rather than differences in patient status at admission.
Considering the scale and relevance of the effects, if reproducible, PBMT may represent one of the most potent ICU therapies ever studied.
Thank you to @RogerSeheult @MedCramVideos for making me aware of this study 📖.
#photobiomodulation #redlight #infraredlight #science #health #mitochondria
A randomized, triple-blind, sham-controlled clinical trial published in the Journal of Biophotonics in January 2024 reports that daily photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT), targeted red and near-infrared light applied to large muscle groups, meaningfully accelerated recovery in critically ill ICU patients.
The intervention: a 15-minute PBMT session each day delivered through an LED “light blanket” placed over the arms and legs.
ICU length of stay was reduced by ~30% compared to sham.
Patients receiving PBMT improved mobility at more than twice the rate of controls, increased global muscle strength by 12% while the sham group declined by 9%, and showed a 34% improvement in handgrip strength versus a 13% decrease in controls. All secondary outcomes were statistically significant.
The authors note that baseline severity scores (SAPS 3) were comparable between groups, suggesting that the observed improvements reflect the therapy rather than differences in patient status at admission.
Considering the scale and relevance of the effects, if reproducible, PBMT may represent one of the most potent ICU therapies ever studied.
Thank you to @RogerSeheult @MedCramVideos for making me aware of this study 📖.
#photobiomodulation #redlight #infraredlight #science #health #mitochondria
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„The @WhiteHouse confirmed media reports that said there was a second strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean on Sept. 2, which killed the survivors of an initial strike. The House and the Senate have begun inquiries into the second strike.”
Dec. 1, 2025
„The @WhiteHouse confirmed media reports that said there was a second strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean on Sept. 2, which killed the survivors of an initial strike. The House and the Senate have begun inquiries into the second strike.”
Dec. 1, 2025
@RonFilipkowski @WhiteHouse 2).
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