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Most XRP holders are watching Dec 31, 2026 like it's a reveal date. It's not. Here is the actual timeline — every DTCC deadline, what has to be in place, and what we can actually know about XRP at each moment.
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Two SEC deadlines. Both are hard law, not suggestions.
Dec 31, 2026 → eligible cash Treasury transactions must clear through FICC
June 30, 2027 → eligible repo transactions must clear through FICC
Neither mandate requires XRP. Both create conditions where it becomes relevant.
Dec 31, 2026 → eligible cash Treasury transactions must clear through FICC
June 30, 2027 → eligible repo transactions must clear through FICC
Neither mandate requires XRP. Both create conditions where it becomes relevant.
July 2026 → DTCC's limited production tokenization pilot launches. First live tokenized Treasury securities on Canton Network. 50-firm working group executes production trades. Ripple Prime is in that group.
Watch: does XRPL appear in any connectivity documentation?
Watch: does XRPL appear in any connectivity documentation?
India's RSS -- an all-male paramilitary organization rooted in Hindu supremacy, violence, and anti-Muslim hate -- needs to massage its image, because the reality is ugly.
Here are some things everyone should know about the RSS... #Hindutva #RSS #India
Here are some things everyone should know about the RSS... #Hindutva #RSS #India
The RSS was among the world's fascist movements founded in the 1920s–30s.
The group adopted many methods of Balilla (image 1), Mussolini's youth group. Even today, the RSS likes to target boys for indoctrination. A good example is India's PM Modi (image 2).
The group adopted many methods of Balilla (image 1), Mussolini's youth group. Even today, the RSS likes to target boys for indoctrination. A good example is India's PM Modi (image 2).
RSS leaders admired the Nazis.
The most famous example is in 1939 when the RSS’s second leader, M. S. Golwalkar, wrote that Germany’s “purging the country of the semitic Race—the Jews” was “a good lesson for us in Hindusthan to learn and profit by.”
The most famous example is in 1939 when the RSS’s second leader, M. S. Golwalkar, wrote that Germany’s “purging the country of the semitic Race—the Jews” was “a good lesson for us in Hindusthan to learn and profit by.”
I spent my breakfast listening to 2 former spooks and a former career diplomat discussing the failures of President Trump's foreign policy. Either I'm living in an alternate universe or they are. ⬇️
1. They said that you can't bomb a country into submission. A week after we bombed all of Belgrade's powerplants and bridges in Serbia, they came to the negotiating table. With Iran, we've had a lack of will or have held out hope that leaving infrastructure intact will pay off.⬇️
2. They said the JCPOA nuclear treaty with Iran had stalled nuclear weapons development. Why did the treaty exclude inspections at Iran's military nuclear sites and inspections of new secret sites as we discovered them? Why did this diplomat claim that "Israeli intel agreed"? ⬇️
$SPX 0DTE Tactical Plan May 13, 2026
Market Environment:
SPX trading near 7398, almost flat from yesterday. Hot PPI data this morning may create sharp early volatility.
ATM IV at 17.2% with 0DTE expected move around ±29 points. 7400 remains the key battlefield pivot. More..
Market Environment:
SPX trading near 7398, almost flat from yesterday. Hot PPI data this morning may create sharp early volatility.
ATM IV at 17.2% with 0DTE expected move around ±29 points. 7400 remains the key battlefield pivot. More..
If SPX Goes Up:
7405 reclaim → 7415 (stop 7398)
7415 hold → 7425
425 breakout → 744
Upside Mechanics: Above 7415, dealer hedging and short covering can fuel a fast move toward upper liquidity zones. More..
7405 reclaim → 7415 (stop 7398)
7415 hold → 7425
425 breakout → 744
Upside Mechanics: Above 7415, dealer hedging and short covering can fuel a fast move toward upper liquidity zones. More..
If SPX Goes Down:
7390 loss → 7378 (stop 7398)
7375 breakdown → 7360
7360 fails → 7345
Downside Mechanics: Below 7390, dealers short flows may accelerate, dealer selling and trigger a volatility expansion lower.
(Big money can be made in this type of vol expansion) More...
7390 loss → 7378 (stop 7398)
7375 breakdown → 7360
7360 fails → 7345
Downside Mechanics: Below 7390, dealers short flows may accelerate, dealer selling and trigger a volatility expansion lower.
(Big money can be made in this type of vol expansion) More...
Fitness trends through the years 🧵
1. Jazzercise (1980s)
Neon leggings, leg warmers, and music.
1. Jazzercise (1980s)
Neon leggings, leg warmers, and music.
2. Tae Bo (1990s)
A punchy combo of taekwondo and boxing.
A punchy combo of taekwondo and boxing.
3. Pilates (2000s)
Mind-body exercise to improve core strength, flexibility, and posture.
Mind-body exercise to improve core strength, flexibility, and posture.
@MartinZ_uncut There is no "DNA". #DNAhoax
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@MartinZ_uncut There is no textbook periodic table "element". #periodictablehoax
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The natural molecule that widens your blood vessels and lowers blood pressure:
Nitric Oxide.
Low Nitric Oxide is a reason why blood pressure meds don't work for most people on them.
Here are 10 tips to boost it naturally (bookmark this): 🧵
1. Don't use mouthwash
Nitric Oxide.
Low Nitric Oxide is a reason why blood pressure meds don't work for most people on them.
Here are 10 tips to boost it naturally (bookmark this): 🧵
1. Don't use mouthwash
2. Eat nitrate-rich foods.
Your body converts dietary nitrates into Nitric Oxide through a simple pathway:
Nitrates → Nitrites → Nitric Oxide.
The best sources are:
- Beets
- Lettuce
- Arugula
- Spinach
Eat at least one serving every single day.
Your body converts dietary nitrates into Nitric Oxide through a simple pathway:
Nitrates → Nitrites → Nitric Oxide.
The best sources are:
- Beets
- Lettuce
- Arugula
- Spinach
Eat at least one serving every single day.
3. Breathe through your nose.
Your paranasal sinuses produce Nitric Oxide.
When you inhale through your nose, it's carried into your lungs with the air.
Nasal breathing boosts Nitric Oxide production by up to 20%.
You can tape your mouth while you sleep too.
Your paranasal sinuses produce Nitric Oxide.
When you inhale through your nose, it's carried into your lungs with the air.
Nasal breathing boosts Nitric Oxide production by up to 20%.
You can tape your mouth while you sleep too.
Lung auscultation has been the standard tool for bedside pulmonary diagnosis for 200 years.
What's rarely discussed in clinical training is how poorly it actually performs when tested empirically.
A thread on the evidence.
What's rarely discussed in clinical training is how poorly it actually performs when tested empirically.
A thread on the evidence.
In a study of dialysis patients with and without severe pulmonary edema, lung crackles on auscultation were only 9% sensitive, detecting 9 out of every 100 cases.
Lung auscultation, the authors wrote, has "an unsuspectedly low sensitivity for detecting interstitial edema."
doi.org/10.2215/CJN.03…
Lung auscultation, the authors wrote, has "an unsuspectedly low sensitivity for detecting interstitial edema."
doi.org/10.2215/CJN.03…
In an ED study of 250 patients with shortness of breath, rales were 56% sensitive and 80% specific for pulmonary edema.
In ICU patients, sensitivity dropped to 34%.
In interstitial lung disease, auscultation identified only about 6 of every 10 cases.
doi.org/10.1038/s41598…
In ICU patients, sensitivity dropped to 34%.
In interstitial lung disease, auscultation identified only about 6 of every 10 cases.
doi.org/10.1038/s41598…
The Diary of Miriam Korber
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Miriam Korber lived with her family in Bukovina, a province of Romania. During World War II, her family was deported to Transnistria by the Romanian government, which was allied with Nazi Germany and had similar anti-Jewish policies.
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Miriam Korber lived with her family in Bukovina, a province of Romania. During World War II, her family was deported to Transnistria by the Romanian government, which was allied with Nazi Germany and had similar anti-Jewish policies.
2/n The conditions under which the deportees traveled were harsh. Miriam’s grandparents were also forced to leave, but they were only able to make part of the journey. Due to their advanced age, they were left behind in Mogilev along with many other elderly Jews.
3/n Miriam was very close to her grandparents and wrote about them with sorrow on February 16th, 1942.
“Our grandparents died. They reached the end of their lives one after the other in Mogilev.
Miriam Korber together with her sister, Sisi, and their mother Miriam Bercovici.
“Our grandparents died. They reached the end of their lives one after the other in Mogilev.
Miriam Korber together with her sister, Sisi, and their mother Miriam Bercovici.
If you knew how little time it actually takes to transform your body, you’d be frustrated you didn’t start years ago.
Here’s what most people wish they knew earlier:
Here’s what most people wish they knew earlier:
You don’t need to sacrifice your free time.
Ideally you can commit to 1 hour per week (30 minutes, 2x/week).
But if you know what you’re doing…
Even just 25 minutes, once per week,can be enough for the training component.
Ideally you can commit to 1 hour per week (30 minutes, 2x/week).
But if you know what you’re doing…
Even just 25 minutes, once per week,can be enough for the training component.
You don’t need to starve yourself or overhaul your entire life.
You don’t need a “diet with a name”.
You don’t need to explode entire food groups.
You need a system built around your actual life, preferences and schedule. That’s what’s actually sustainable.
You don’t need a “diet with a name”.
You don’t need to explode entire food groups.
You need a system built around your actual life, preferences and schedule. That’s what’s actually sustainable.
1/ Retrieval practice works best when teachers apply it thoughtfully and reflectively rather than treating it as a mandated "one-size-fits-all" technique.
Strong evidence. Patchy practice. Here's where the gaps are. 🧵
Strong evidence. Patchy practice. Here's where the gaps are. 🧵
2/ Task complexity.
Retrieval works well for foundational knowledge. For highly complex tasks — where students must hold many interacting elements in mind simultaneously — it can stall or even inhibit learning without appropriate scaffolding.
Complexity changes the equation.
Retrieval works well for foundational knowledge. For highly complex tasks — where students must hold many interacting elements in mind simultaneously — it can stall or even inhibit learning without appropriate scaffolding.
Complexity changes the equation.
3/ Prior knowledge.
Difficulty is only desirable when it's within reach. The same retrieval task that consolidates learning for one student may be cognitively inaccessible for another.
Getting that level right — for each student — is the hard part.
Difficulty is only desirable when it's within reach. The same retrieval task that consolidates learning for one student may be cognitively inaccessible for another.
Getting that level right — for each student — is the hard part.
In 2007, Sri Lanka wanted to build a port in Hambantota. It asked India to help finance it, but we realized the project was commercially unviable and said no. Sri Lanka then asked the US, and they also said no. 🧵👇
Colombo turned to China, which agreed to lend $307 million at 6.3% fixed interest. This was a normal commercial rate when Sri Lanka's own treasury bills were paying 12-14%. A decade later, Hambanota would become the most famous case of what commentators called "debt-trap diplomacy".
It's the idea that China deliberately lends to poorer countries knowing they cannot repay, then seizes their assets when they default. But a sovereign loan is almost never just commerce, nor just a trap. It's a bundle of development objectives, export contracts, and foreign-policy positioning.
