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If you read one WWI account this week, make it this one. Bitola, 1917, a rich Macedonian town turned into a target. The occupation, the famine, then the shelling. This thread is a reminder of what โwar on civiliansโ looks like. ๐งต
Before WWI, Bitola was a trade hub, whitewashed houses in green orchards, tied to Salonica by rail. A place people fought over on maps, long before they fought over it with guns. ๐ฝ
After 1915, Serbia retreats through Albania in winter. Thousands die on the road. Bulgaria moves in, claiming Bitola as theirs. The question was never just borders, it was how conquerors treat people. ๐ฝ
Exploring Platoโs Cave
(This image is a depiction of Plato's Allegory of the Cave, a philosophical parable from his work Republic)
Platoโs Allegory of the Cave, presented in Book VII of his dialogue The Republic, is one of the most influential metaphors in Western philosophy
(This image is a depiction of Plato's Allegory of the Cave, a philosophical parable from his work Republic)
Platoโs Allegory of the Cave, presented in Book VII of his dialogue The Republic, is one of the most influential metaphors in Western philosophy
It serves as a profound illustration of human perception, the pursuit of knowledge, and the challenges of enlightenment. Written around 380 BCE, the allegory is part of a larger conversation between Socrates
(Platoโs teacher and the dialogueโs protagonist) and Glaucon about the ideal state and the role of education in achieving justice. Below, Iโll break it down step by step, explore its key elements, interpretations, and lasting impact.
Let's get this clear. Alex Pretti and another observer, were violently attacked my ICE agents, and then Alex Pretti shot dead, because ICE agents were angered, that they were filming them with their phones. This was assault and then murder.
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Footage from the scene shows this in an unambiguous way. Without any just cause, ICE agents violently shoved the female observer to the ground, and when Alex Pretti tried to shield her from further violent attack, he was similarly attacked, without any just cause.
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Stills from the scene from just seconds before his murder, show Alex Pretti holding his phone. He is non-violently speaking to an ICE agent, trying to man handle him. At no point did he draw or display a weapon, that could justify this.
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@TPBlue4 @SecVetAffairs 1).
The 37-year-old Alex J. Pretti, an intensive care nurse from Minneapolis, is another fatal victim of incompetent @ICEgov agents
Jan. 24, 2026
โ๏ธ @CBSNews cbsnews.com/minnesota/liveโฆ
โ๏ธ @NBCNews nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lโฆ
nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lโฆ
โ๏ธ facebook.com/photo?fbid=135โฆ
The 37-year-old Alex J. Pretti, an intensive care nurse from Minneapolis, is another fatal victim of incompetent @ICEgov agents
Jan. 24, 2026
โ๏ธ @CBSNews cbsnews.com/minnesota/liveโฆ
โ๏ธ @NBCNews nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lโฆ
nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lโฆ
โ๏ธ facebook.com/photo?fbid=135โฆ
@TPBlue4 @SecVetAffairs @ICEgov @CBSNews @NBCNews 2).
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โ๏ธ @ABC abcnews.go.com/US/alex-prettiโฆ
โ๏ธ ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐น๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ (@nytimes) x.com/i/status/20152โฆ
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โ๏ธ @ABC abcnews.go.com/US/alex-prettiโฆ
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@TPBlue4 @SecVetAffairs @ICEgov @CBSNews @NBCNews @washingtonpost @ABC @nytimes Please unroll @threadreaderapp. Thank you in advance ๐
@RonFilipkowski 1).
โHitler understood the value of language [...] ยปTo that end, he paid lip service to the tenets suggested by a name like National Socialist German Workersโ Party...
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โHitler understood the value of language [...] ยปTo that end, he paid lip service to the tenets suggested by a name like National Socialist German Workersโ Party...
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@RonFilipkowski 2).
It was hoped that the combination of nationalism and socialism would attract a class of society who was frightened by communism, and felt themselves to be patriotic Germans, who nonetheless had been failed by the traditional bourgeois liberal or conservative parties,
It was hoped that the combination of nationalism and socialism would attract a class of society who was frightened by communism, and felt themselves to be patriotic Germans, who nonetheless had been failed by the traditional bourgeois liberal or conservative parties,
@RonFilipkowski 3).
said Kristin Semmens, an associate professor of history at the University of Victoria [1] [2]. ยปIt was more a cynical trick of language and propaganda than a real commitment to socialist valuesยซ.โ
Sept. 11, 2024
said Kristin Semmens, an associate professor of history at the University of Victoria [1] [2]. ยปIt was more a cynical trick of language and propaganda than a real commitment to socialist valuesยซ.โ
Sept. 11, 2024
@taxedatgunpoint โContinuing Education ARB training manualโ, written by Comptrollerโs office, extends inferior statutory jurisdiction โDue Process of Lawโ, for entities like banks, over top Peopleโs common lawโs jurisdiction โDue Process of Lawโ ie per TX Art 1 ยง19.
cont:
cont:
@taxedatgunpoint See Chapter 1, 2nd paragraph, Due Process ref & footnote to SCOTUS McKesson ruling regarding a statutory entity:
This choice favors statutory & so called โcase lawโ precedent over intent in Texas Constitution Article 1 ยง19.
cont:comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/propertyโฆ
This choice favors statutory & so called โcase lawโ precedent over intent in Texas Constitution Article 1 ยง19.
cont:comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/propertyโฆ
@taxedatgunpoint See history lesson on 5A DPoL in Section II pp 37-44 of SCOTUS Justice Gorsuch concurrence,
destroys Ch1โs 2nd paragraph ARB role in DPoL for a Texan, as
JUDICIARY is REQUIRED, &
Legislature barred from DPoL manipulation.
cont:supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/โฆ
destroys Ch1โs 2nd paragraph ARB role in DPoL for a Texan, as
JUDICIARY is REQUIRED, &
Legislature barred from DPoL manipulation.
cont:supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/โฆ
@AntounNabhan @MilesTaylorUSA @peterproctor Federal LEOs were there to enforce federal law.
Minnesota cannot nullify federal law.
Minnesota cannot nullify federal law.
@AntounNabhan @MilesTaylorUSA @peterproctor The person chose to engage with federal LEOs.
His choice. compactmag.com/article/how-prโฆ
His choice. compactmag.com/article/how-prโฆ
@AntounNabhan @MilesTaylorUSA @peterproctor @threadreaderapp please unroll
@TheJFreakinC @Shayan86 1).
The 37-year โAlex Jeffrey Pretti, was an intensive-care nurse described by the Minneapolis police chief as a U.S. citizen with no criminal record.
The 37-year โAlex Jeffrey Pretti, was an intensive-care nurse described by the Minneapolis police chief as a U.S. citizen with no criminal record.
@TheJFreakinC @Shayan86 2).
Federal officials said he was armed, but there is no sign in videos analyzed by The NYT that he pulled his weapon, or that agents even knew he had one until he was already pinned on the sidewalk.โ
Jan. 24, 2026
Federal officials said he was armed, but there is no sign in videos analyzed by The NYT that he pulled his weapon, or that agents even knew he had one until he was already pinned on the sidewalk.โ
Jan. 24, 2026
@TheJFreakinC @Shayan86 3).
๐ฟ๐๐ ๐น๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ (@nytimes)
โข nytimes.com/live/2026/us/mโฆ
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๐ฟ๐๐ ๐น๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ (@nytimes)
โข nytimes.com/live/2026/us/mโฆ
โข nytimes.com/2026/01/24/us/โฆ
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #MECFS as a Two-System Network Stalemate Hypothesis:
Bottom-up Energy Crisis โก๏ธ meets โฌ ๏ธ Top-down Brake Failure.
When cellular energy fails, the brainโs switch flips: GABA calm flips to hyperarousal
Result? Brownouts (PEM, fatigue etc) a ๐งต
Bottom-up Energy Crisis โก๏ธ meets โฌ ๏ธ Top-down Brake Failure.
When cellular energy fails, the brainโs switch flips: GABA calm flips to hyperarousal
Result? Brownouts (PEM, fatigue etc) a ๐งต
Bottom-up Crisis
Structural vulnerabilities (eg vascular compressions, connective tissue laxity) โ leaky capillaries + hydrostatic back-pressure โ โwet soilโ substrate.
This sets the stage for decadesโcompensated but vulnerable.
Structural vulnerabilities (eg vascular compressions, connective tissue laxity) โ leaky capillaries + hydrostatic back-pressure โ โwet soilโ substrate.
This sets the stage for decadesโcompensated but vulnerable.
Short-Circuit โก
COVID19/Pathogens turn the Wet Soil into a metabolic fire.
The system can no longer compensate for the pre-existing plumbing issues. Bottom-up crisis deepens with TRPM3 โbattery failureโ + IDO metabolic trap + purinergic eATP alarm โ massive energy drain
COVID19/Pathogens turn the Wet Soil into a metabolic fire.
The system can no longer compensate for the pre-existing plumbing issues. Bottom-up crisis deepens with TRPM3 โbattery failureโ + IDO metabolic trap + purinergic eATP alarm โ massive energy drain
Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process.
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscoโฆ
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscoโฆ
Minnesota courts have been inundated with these cases since the beginning of Operation Metro Surge last month. Here's a ruling by Judge Bryan from yesterday, freeing a man who as detained after living in the US for 20 years with no criminal record. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscoโฆ
Here's another ruling in Minnesota, also yesterday, releasing a man who was forcefully detained by ICE despite having *active* refugee status. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscoโฆ
I sit here in the twilight, looking back through the lenses of teachers.
I see Perlsโ insistence on the "here and now" of the body, Reichโs discovery of the "character armor" forged in muscle, and Lowenโs grounding in the biological truth of the organism.
I see Perlsโ insistence on the "here and now" of the body, Reichโs discovery of the "character armor" forged in muscle, and Lowenโs grounding in the biological truth of the organism.
I see the archetypal shadows of Jung, where the "Abrahamic Blade" is not a religious symbol, but a jagged rupture in the Collective Unconscious.
After thirty years of clinical observation, here is the synthesis. Here is the wound.
After thirty years of clinical observation, here is the synthesis. Here is the wound.
1. The Biological Castration of the Soul
The prepuce is not a "flap." It is the most sensitive sensory-motor interface of the male organism. To excise it in the cradle is to perform a somatic shock so profound that the ego is shattered before it even forms.
The prepuce is not a "flap." It is the most sensitive sensory-motor interface of the male organism. To excise it in the cradle is to perform a somatic shock so profound that the ego is shattered before it even forms.
Here's the first 202(c) order that supposedly involves backup generation. I'm struggling to make sense of it.
It says ERCOT "and its Balancing Authorities are authorized to direct to direct backup generation" at industrial and commercial facilities "to operate as a last resort"
It says ERCOT "and its Balancing Authorities are authorized to direct to direct backup generation" at industrial and commercial facilities "to operate as a last resort"
1. I thought ERCOT was the only balancing authority in ERCOT.
2. The order "authorizes" ERCOT to order backup generation. What does that unlock for ERCOT? What authority does it have over a backup gen, beyond what's in an interconnection contract?eia.gov/todayinenergy/โฆ
2. The order "authorizes" ERCOT to order backup generation. What does that unlock for ERCOT? What authority does it have over a backup gen, beyond what's in an interconnection contract?eia.gov/todayinenergy/โฆ
DOE can't delegate its emergency authority to ERCOT. Only DOE can order particular generators to operate. DOE can't bestow upon ERCOT the authority to choose unspecified backup gens and order them to operate, right?
Here's the order energy.gov/documents/ordeโฆ
Here's the order energy.gov/documents/ordeโฆ
