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Landmark genetic study published in the journal Cell analyzed ancient DNA to map the genomic history of the Southern Levant. Findings offer powerful scientific evidence of Jewish indigeneity. cell.com/action/showPdf…
The study, "The Genomic History of the Bronze Age Southern Levant," analyzed genome-wide DNA from 73 ancient individuals across 5 archaeological sites, spanning the Bronze and Iron Ages (ca. 2500–1000 BCE). These people shared what we call "Canaanite" material culture.
Ancient DNA reveals 1. Core Ancestry: Ancient Canaanites were a genetic mix of local Stone Age (Neolithic) populations and migrants from the northeast (Zagros Mountains/Caucasus). 2. Genetic Homogeneity: "Canaanites" across different sites were highly genetically similar.
Why do people make easily testable claims of fact with such confidence when you can easily find out that they're WRONG?
Younger Maine Dems voted for Platner.
Older Maine Dems preferred Mills.
[Links below]
Maine also has had demographic drift which folks don't acknowledge. A considerable factor in Platner's success is that people who moved to the state only recently lean Democratic.
In 2024, 1 in 40 Mainers was a person who moved to the state that year alone. From 1/1/2020 to 8/1/2025, about 126,400 people moved to Maine according to the Portland Press Herald. Let's round up to 140,000 by 5/1/2026. That's out of 1.4 million.
So 1 in 10 Mainers is somebody who only moved to the State in the last 6 years. 39% were from other New England States - especially Massachusetts (19%) and New Hampshire (12%). Other blue states like California (5%) and New York (6%) were sources too.
Young professionals, remote workers, and families in their 30s and 40s are the primary demographics driving the recent wave of migration to Maine
Folks who move to Maine tend to do so because it costs less and moved to the urban areas in the south of the state. They're younger and bluer and Platner's generational and cultural contemporaries.
Otherwise, of the various older Mainers (60+, a cohort who generally went for Mills) who did break for Platner - they did say that they thought Platner's youth was a plus. It was mainly "she's too old to hold public office" thing, though a desire for "fresh blood" was a factor too. Old timer frustration with the Democratic Party as a whole wasn't really the driving force for Platner among old folks - it was Janet Mills in particular being very old (older than Collins!) and older voters thinking a younger candidate would be more electable.
Younger Maine Dems voted for Platner.
Older Maine Dems preferred Mills.
[Links below]
Maine also has had demographic drift which folks don't acknowledge. A considerable factor in Platner's success is that people who moved to the state only recently lean Democratic.
In 2024, 1 in 40 Mainers was a person who moved to the state that year alone. From 1/1/2020 to 8/1/2025, about 126,400 people moved to Maine according to the Portland Press Herald. Let's round up to 140,000 by 5/1/2026. That's out of 1.4 million.
So 1 in 10 Mainers is somebody who only moved to the State in the last 6 years. 39% were from other New England States - especially Massachusetts (19%) and New Hampshire (12%). Other blue states like California (5%) and New York (6%) were sources too.
Young professionals, remote workers, and families in their 30s and 40s are the primary demographics driving the recent wave of migration to Maine
Folks who move to Maine tend to do so because it costs less and moved to the urban areas in the south of the state. They're younger and bluer and Platner's generational and cultural contemporaries.
Otherwise, of the various older Mainers (60+, a cohort who generally went for Mills) who did break for Platner - they did say that they thought Platner's youth was a plus. It was mainly "she's too old to hold public office" thing, though a desire for "fresh blood" was a factor too. Old timer frustration with the Democratic Party as a whole wasn't really the driving force for Platner among old folks - it was Janet Mills in particular being very old (older than Collins!) and older voters thinking a younger candidate would be more electable.
I’m a Maine reporter who went to high school with Graham Platner. Here’s what explains his success
themainemonitor.org/graham-platner…
Poll shows Graham Platner with large lead over Gov. Mills in Democratic Senate primary
mainepublic.org/politics/2026-…
Maine U.S. Senate Election 2026: Latest Polls
nytimes.com/interactive/po…
Platner opens 33-point lead over Mills, leads Collins in new Maine U.S. Senate poll
mainebeacon.com/platner-opens-…
In Maine, Many Older Women Prefer Graham Platner for Senate
nytimes.com/2026/03/27/us/…
Thousands of people moved to Maine since the pandemic. The influx isn’t over.
pressherald.com/2025/08/24/tho…
themainemonitor.org/graham-platner…
Poll shows Graham Platner with large lead over Gov. Mills in Democratic Senate primary
mainepublic.org/politics/2026-…
Maine U.S. Senate Election 2026: Latest Polls
nytimes.com/interactive/po…
Platner opens 33-point lead over Mills, leads Collins in new Maine U.S. Senate poll
mainebeacon.com/platner-opens-…
In Maine, Many Older Women Prefer Graham Platner for Senate
nytimes.com/2026/03/27/us/…
Thousands of people moved to Maine since the pandemic. The influx isn’t over.
pressherald.com/2025/08/24/tho…
@speechboy71
🚨 Leonid Schneider’s Documented Pattern of Academic Fraud & Harassment
1. Fraudulent PhD Thesis (2008)
After receiving formal faculty approval, Schneider inserted an obscene middle-finger cartoon (professor flipping off a student) into his doctoral thesis — falsely labeled as a scientific figure — and had it permanently archived in the official Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf library database. This was later confirmed in writing by Dean Prof. Martin Heil (Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences) in a direct email to ScienceGuardians.
⚠️ Such deliberate post-approval alteration of an officially approved doctoral document may constitute document forgery under § 267 StGB (Urkundenfälschung), punishable by up to 5 years imprisonment or a fine (in serious cases up to 10 years). It may also provide grounds for revocation of the doctoral degree.
2. Ongoing Sadistic Harassment
Years of vicious, targeted ad-hominem attacks and defamation against various members of the academic community including senior U.S. scientists and journal editors.
⚠️ Language and accusations of this nature and intensity strongly support criminal liability under German law (Erlensee, 63526, Frankfurt Rhine-Main area):
• §185 StGB (Insult) – up to 1 year imprisonment or fine (up to 2 years if public)
• §187 StGB (Intentional Defamation / Verleumdung) – up to 2 years imprisonment or fine
• §238 StGB (Cyberstalking) – up to 3 years imprisonment
• Potential civil claims under BGB (§823, §1004, §253) for damages and injunctive relief (thousands to tens of thousands of euros)
A clear, multi-year pattern of misconduct with serious criminal and civil implications.
Full evidence thread below ⬇️
1. Fraudulent PhD Thesis (2008)
After receiving formal faculty approval, Schneider inserted an obscene middle-finger cartoon (professor flipping off a student) into his doctoral thesis — falsely labeled as a scientific figure — and had it permanently archived in the official Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf library database. This was later confirmed in writing by Dean Prof. Martin Heil (Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences) in a direct email to ScienceGuardians.
⚠️ Such deliberate post-approval alteration of an officially approved doctoral document may constitute document forgery under § 267 StGB (Urkundenfälschung), punishable by up to 5 years imprisonment or a fine (in serious cases up to 10 years). It may also provide grounds for revocation of the doctoral degree.
2. Ongoing Sadistic Harassment
Years of vicious, targeted ad-hominem attacks and defamation against various members of the academic community including senior U.S. scientists and journal editors.
⚠️ Language and accusations of this nature and intensity strongly support criminal liability under German law (Erlensee, 63526, Frankfurt Rhine-Main area):
• §185 StGB (Insult) – up to 1 year imprisonment or fine (up to 2 years if public)
• §187 StGB (Intentional Defamation / Verleumdung) – up to 2 years imprisonment or fine
• §238 StGB (Cyberstalking) – up to 3 years imprisonment
• Potential civil claims under BGB (§823, §1004, §253) for damages and injunctive relief (thousands to tens of thousands of euros)
A clear, multi-year pattern of misconduct with serious criminal and civil implications.
Full evidence thread below ⬇️
2/ 🚨 Full Exposé on Leonid Schneider’s Fraudulent PhD Thesis (2008)
In 2008, after the faculty had already granted formal approval, Leonid Schneider secretly inserted an obscene middle-finger cartoon into his doctoral thesis (falsely presented as a scientific figure) before it was permanently archived in the official Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf library database.
📌 This fraudulent insertion was later confirmed in writing by Dean Prof. Martin Heil (Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences) in a direct email to ScienceGuardians.
🔗 Complete documentation, screenshots & archive links:
x.com/SciGuardians/s…
In 2008, after the faculty had already granted formal approval, Leonid Schneider secretly inserted an obscene middle-finger cartoon into his doctoral thesis (falsely presented as a scientific figure) before it was permanently archived in the official Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf library database.
📌 This fraudulent insertion was later confirmed in writing by Dean Prof. Martin Heil (Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences) in a direct email to ScienceGuardians.
🔗 Complete documentation, screenshots & archive links:
x.com/SciGuardians/s…
3/ 🚨 Ongoing Sadistic Harassment
For years, Leonid Schneider — a Ukrainian-born national residing in Germany — has conducted vicious, targeted ad-hominem attacks and defamation campaigns against scientists and members of the academic community worldwide — using extreme derogatory language and unsubstantiated accusations of fraud and misconduct.
⚠️ There are increasing allegations that these malicious campaigns are paid hit contracts — commissioned smear operations carried out for financial payment by interested parties.
📌 This pattern strongly supports criminal liability under German law (Erlensee, 63526):
• §185 StGB (Insult) – up to 2 years
• §187 StGB (Intentional Defamation) – up to 2 years
• §238 StGB (Cyberstalking) – up to 3 years
• Civil claims under BGB for substantial damages
🔗 Full documentation and examples:
x.com/SciGuardians/s…
For years, Leonid Schneider — a Ukrainian-born national residing in Germany — has conducted vicious, targeted ad-hominem attacks and defamation campaigns against scientists and members of the academic community worldwide — using extreme derogatory language and unsubstantiated accusations of fraud and misconduct.
⚠️ There are increasing allegations that these malicious campaigns are paid hit contracts — commissioned smear operations carried out for financial payment by interested parties.
📌 This pattern strongly supports criminal liability under German law (Erlensee, 63526):
• §185 StGB (Insult) – up to 2 years
• §187 StGB (Intentional Defamation) – up to 2 years
• §238 StGB (Cyberstalking) – up to 3 years
• Civil claims under BGB for substantial damages
🔗 Full documentation and examples:
x.com/SciGuardians/s…
For Ukrainian children, childhood is about air alerts at night, rushing to shelters, and waiting for brief reunions with a parent defending the country.
Despite everything, they continue to dream, play, support one another, and believe in a peaceful future.
Help protect Ukrainian children. Join Sky Defense.
u24.gov.ua/sky-defense?ut…
Despite everything, they continue to dream, play, support one another, and believe in a peaceful future.
Help protect Ukrainian children. Join Sky Defense.
u24.gov.ua/sky-defense?ut…
If the government is successful in providing dedicated cycling tracks all along the roads in Tamil Nadu, then most of the middle-class youth would shift to cycling as their mode of personal transportation in an effort to minimalism. @actorvijay @CMOTamilnadu @TVKVijayHQ
Cycling is perceived as an unsafe mode of personal transportation in roads congested with motor vehicles. Dedicated cycling tracks would do magic aplenty. @actorvijay @CMOTamilnadu @TVKVijayHQ
@actorvijay @CMOTamilnadu @TVKVijayHQ Pioneers:
Chandigarh: Often highlighted as a model with an extensive network of over 200 km of dedicated, well-maintained cycle tracks running through its planned sectors. These are shaded and provide relatively safe, separated paths.
Chandigarh: Often highlighted as a model with an extensive network of over 200 km of dedicated, well-maintained cycle tracks running through its planned sectors. These are shaded and provide relatively safe, separated paths.
BREAKING:
Scientists just ran the first-ever clinical trial of creatine in Alzheimer’s patients.
Brain creatine went up.
Memory and thinking improved.
But the same supplement FAILED a 5-year, 1,741-patient Parkinson’s trial in 2015.
What changed?
What does this mean for brain energy?
A thread on the most fascinating story in brain energy research right now. 🧵🧪
#Alzheimers #Parkinsons #Creatine
Scientists just ran the first-ever clinical trial of creatine in Alzheimer’s patients.
Brain creatine went up.
Memory and thinking improved.
But the same supplement FAILED a 5-year, 1,741-patient Parkinson’s trial in 2015.
What changed?
What does this mean for brain energy?
A thread on the most fascinating story in brain energy research right now. 🧵🧪
#Alzheimers #Parkinsons #Creatine
First: why does creatine even make sense for the brain?
Your brain is an energy hog. Your neurons are always energy-hungry.
They run on ATP.
Creatine = your brain’s emergency battery pack.
It rapidly regenerates ATP when demand spikes.
In both Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, this energy system breaks down.
Mitochondria fail. Neurons starve.
#BrainHealth #Mitochondria
Your brain is an energy hog. Your neurons are always energy-hungry.
They run on ATP.
Creatine = your brain’s emergency battery pack.
It rapidly regenerates ATP when demand spikes.
In both Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, this energy system breaks down.
Mitochondria fail. Neurons starve.
#BrainHealth #Mitochondria
In 2015, the NIH ran one of the largest nutritional supplement trials ever done.
1,741 Parkinson’s patients.
10g creatine/day. 5 years.
Result:
stopped early for futility.
No benefit on movement, thinking, or daily life.
This wasn’t a small study.
It was rigorous.
The failure is real and matters.
So why is creatine back in the headlines?
#Parkinsons
1,741 Parkinson’s patients.
10g creatine/day. 5 years.
Result:
stopped early for futility.
No benefit on movement, thinking, or daily life.
This wasn’t a small study.
It was rigorous.
The failure is real and matters.
So why is creatine back in the headlines?
#Parkinsons
NEW
Recently ousted Rep. Thomas Massie just described Section 224 of the 2027 NDAA as a “treasonous merger” of the American and Israeli militaries. 🧵
Recently ousted Rep. Thomas Massie just described Section 224 of the 2027 NDAA as a “treasonous merger” of the American and Israeli militaries. 🧵
2/
Massie emphasizes this provision would further integrate the defense and security interests of both nations in ways he believes undermine U.S. sovereignty.
Massie emphasizes this provision would further integrate the defense and security interests of both nations in ways he believes undermine U.S. sovereignty.
3/
Section 224 is still alive. It would expand U.S.-Israel defense integration across AI, cyber, weapons development, research, testing, and industrial cooperation.
It survived committee and is now moving through the NDAA process. It is not law yet. Which makes this a critical window for those who oppose the merger.
Section 224 is still alive. It would expand U.S.-Israel defense integration across AI, cyber, weapons development, research, testing, and industrial cooperation.
It survived committee and is now moving through the NDAA process. It is not law yet. Which makes this a critical window for those who oppose the merger.
1) Some simple but difficult truths:
2) John Thune is a lameoid douchenozzle. But it was four RINOs, not Thune, who killed the SAVE act. Three of them will be replaced by MAGA this election.
3) If you replaced Thune today with J.D. Vance, & reintroduced SAVE it would fail by 4.
2) John Thune is a lameoid douchenozzle. But it was four RINOs, not Thune, who killed the SAVE act. Three of them will be replaced by MAGA this election.
3) If you replaced Thune today with J.D. Vance, & reintroduced SAVE it would fail by 4.
4) Mail-in voting & "Late counting" is a major problem & a serious threat to real democracy & functioning government. But it wouldn't change the CA elections. The problem in CA is TOO MANY DEMOKKKRATS (an at-least 3m voter registration lead).
5) The solution in CA is to register 3 million more Rs. We need 100 Scott Preslers.
6) Many of you want to think everything is a conspiracy. Nope. It's STRUCTURAL. 99% of our problems are structural, namely voter registration, bloated voter rolls with dead voters, illegals.
6) Many of you want to think everything is a conspiracy. Nope. It's STRUCTURAL. 99% of our problems are structural, namely voter registration, bloated voter rolls with dead voters, illegals.
If I wanted to reverse insulin resistance without medication, these are the 8 simple things I would do every day:
1. Walk after meals...🧵
1. Walk after meals...🧵
Your muscles can help clear glucose after eating.
Try this after your biggest meals:
- Walk 10–15 minutes
- Keep the pace easy
- Do it after carb-heavy meals
- Don’t sit immediately after eating
This helps your body use glucose without needing as much insulin.
Try this after your biggest meals:
- Walk 10–15 minutes
- Keep the pace easy
- Do it after carb-heavy meals
- Don’t sit immediately after eating
This helps your body use glucose without needing as much insulin.
2. Build meals around protein
Protein slows digestion and reduces blood sugar spikes.
Aim for:
- 30–50g protein per meal
- Protein before carbs
- Whole-food protein sources
- Fewer naked carbs
This makes your meals easier on insulin.
Protein slows digestion and reduces blood sugar spikes.
Aim for:
- 30–50g protein per meal
- Protein before carbs
- Whole-food protein sources
- Fewer naked carbs
This makes your meals easier on insulin.
I had a bit of a tiff with Josh yesterday (completely my fault as usual) but I do stand by my opinion that Platner is a sitting duck for Collins who will have 50 million dollars to attack him. Collins has won 5 times- in good Dem years and neutral years- against good candidates/1
and well funded candidates. In Presidential years and off years. When polling had her ahead and behind.
It could be that this is the year she is beatable. Run a campaign on Trump, make the election about Collins' support of Trump- her vote for Hegseth and the anti-Roe judges/2
It could be that this is the year she is beatable. Run a campaign on Trump, make the election about Collins' support of Trump- her vote for Hegseth and the anti-Roe judges/2
and you are in the ballgame. A good candidate of course is better than a merely acceptable candidate.
But the election has to be about Trump-Collins. I point to Ossoff's stump speech as the model. Ossoff obviously has grown into a GREAT candidate but his race was never seen/3
But the election has to be about Trump-Collins. I point to Ossoff's stump speech as the model. Ossoff obviously has grown into a GREAT candidate but his race was never seen/3
NEW: Virginia political organizer and a military vet file federal suit, seeking court order to HALT the UFC fight at White House:
"This plan is deeply corrupt.. President is giving (Dana) White & his company what none have enjoyed before: unfettered access to the White House.. to stage a private, for-profit sports event"
(MORE)
"This plan is deeply corrupt.. President is giving (Dana) White & his company what none have enjoyed before: unfettered access to the White House.. to stage a private, for-profit sports event"
(MORE)
MORE: In new fed. suit seeking a HALT to the White House UFC fight:
"The UFC is not being coy about the event’s pecuniary nature. One executive recently called it 'the greatest earned-marketing tool of all time.' He is far from the only one salivating at the business upside"
"The UFC is not being coy about the event’s pecuniary nature. One executive recently called it 'the greatest earned-marketing tool of all time.' He is far from the only one salivating at the business upside"
Suit challenging UFC fight at White House:
"The ostensible occasion for this spectacle is the semiquincentennial. Dana White says that the aim is to “to celebrate the 250th birthday of America.” Although June 14, 2026, will also be Trump’s 80th birthday, White has steadfastly maintained that the timing is just a coincidence"
"The ostensible occasion for this spectacle is the semiquincentennial. Dana White says that the aim is to “to celebrate the 250th birthday of America.” Although June 14, 2026, will also be Trump’s 80th birthday, White has steadfastly maintained that the timing is just a coincidence"
🧵 THREAD: Albania’s #FlamingoRevolution what the world needs to understand (1/10)
Albania’s 🇦🇱 youth have taken to the streets, night after night, city after city. Yes, Jared Kushner & Ivanka Trump’s $4B luxury resort triggered it. But anyone saying this is just about them is completely missing the point. Here’s what’s really happening. 👇
Albania’s 🇦🇱 youth have taken to the streets, night after night, city after city. Yes, Jared Kushner & Ivanka Trump’s $4B luxury resort triggered it. But anyone saying this is just about them is completely missing the point. Here’s what’s really happening. 👇
Ivanka said in a podcast they discovered the site by chance swimming from a friend’s boat to the island of Sazan, hiking barefoot to the top. “We were just captivated.” The real spark came in #Zvernec when fences went up around the protected site and private security was filmed violently dragging a protester away. That footage exploded across social media and thousands of Albanians poured into the streets.
🦩 Why flamingos? The resort is planned near the Vjosa-Narta protected lagoon, home to flamingos, Protesters took the flamingo as their symbol. This is now being called the Flamingo Revolution. And it’s spreading to diaspora communities in NYC, DC, London & Paris
