Copyright has a very sinister reason for existing, and that reason hasn't changed. "Intellectual property" is an Orwellian term made to disguise it's true nature.

Even at the founding of our country, it wasn't considered property, but a government-coerced monopoly. 🧵

The first modern copyright law was as obviously about censorship as it's possible to be without actually putting the word in the name of the law.

It was NOT done for the sake of authors. It was a way of controlling authors after the advent of the printing press. 2/12

Before then, there was never a point where authors rose to demand rights for their copied works.

Instead, authors and artists relied on a wide variety of funding sources for their work, such as commissions and patronage. 3/12

The Dark Side of Iron Mountain $IRM: from a Melting Ice Cube, to a House on Fire

Please visit our website for the full report: gothamcityresearch.com

link to the $IRM report: gothamcityresearch.com/post/the-dark-…

We believe $IRM manipulates adjusted leverage & EBITDA to artificially reduce reported leverage to 5x when we calculate it as 9x.

Thanks to @POTUS, the United States’ effective disaster response after Hurricane Melissa created a new standard for the deployment of U.S. foreign assistance.

Our quick deployment demonstrates how American leadership is stronger in our region under the Trump Administration. 🧵

“Based on fifteen key performance indicators assessing policy and operations...the United States delivered a textbook surge of humanitarian aid in the wake of a natural disaster of historic magnitude.” — @CFR_org

“In a fortnight, U.S. assistance reached Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, and the Bahamas. That is an impressive achievement under normal circumstances, and more so amid a government shutdown and major bureaucratic overhaul” — @CFR_org

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Is @ZelenskyyUa finally ready to fire his notorious right-hand man, Andriy @AndriyYermak?

President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, has consolidated an unprecedented level of power within Ukraine’s government — wielding influence across parliament, the Cabinet, and key state institutions.

“The thinking in the president’s head is shaped by a single person,” Vitaliy Shabunin, head of the Anti-Corruption Action Center’s board of directors said. “And even if Zelensky were a governance genius, that would still be a disaster.”

Image: Lisa Litvinenko/The Kyiv Independent.

kyivindependent.com/who-is-andriy-…

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President Volodymyr Zelensky's chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, has consolidated an unprecedented level of power within Ukraine's government — wielding influence across parliament, the Cabinet, and key state institutions.

(a Ukrainian politician and former film producer who has served as the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine since 11 February 2020 my respons/Lewi )

Despite his dominance, however, Yermak has remained a controversial figure, often viewed with skepticism both inside Ukraine and abroad.

Yermak's reach extends into law enforcement through trusted deputies and places him at the center of high-level diplomatic meetings, frequently sidelining Ukraine's traditional foreign service.

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His role as Zelensky's gatekeeper has made him indispensable, but also a subject of ridicule and frustration among allies, who complain that his ubiquity far outstrips his skills.

"We have to deal with him, he's Zelensky's man," a senior European official told the Kyiv Independent. "We don't have a choice."

🔥 THREAD: People Think Carvana Was a Straight Line 118× — The Charts Tell a VERY Different Story

Everyone loves to point at Carvana and say:
“See? That’s what a 100× looks like.”

Like it was easy.
Like it was obvious.
Like it was a perfect diagonal straight up.

The truth?
Carvana’s 100× was one of the most violent, emotionally punishing rides of the decade.
Let me show you 👇

In the last 3 years alone, CVNA had:

📉 11 separate drawdowns of 13% - 53%
📉 Multiple 20–30% corrections
📉 A 53% crash early in 2023
📉 A recent 30% drawdown from the $413 ATH

And that’s after it already started compounding again.
You don’t get 100× returns without 100× volatility.

Here’s the part everyone forgets:
From the $3.50 bottom in late 2022 to the recent $413, CVNA was up 118x…
…but along the way?

It had stretches where it fell:

53%
30%
23%

18%
16%
14%
13% …and on, and on.

Any one of those would’ve shaken out 90% of investors.

And they did.

@CarolLeonnig @byaaroncdavis Thank you for Injustice.

There’s one outstanding issue from the 2016 campaign that has not yet been documented for the historical record, related to norms of @TheJusticeDept.

Please try to report on this, for history:

After Attorney General @AGLynch met @BillClinton

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@CarolLeonnig @byaaroncdavis @TheJusticeDept @AGLynch @BillClinton on the tarmac at PHX June 27, 2016, her Deputy @SallyQYates should have insisted that Lynch recuse from the case of @HillaryClinton’s emails.

As you know, recusal is the time-honored remedy for almost any perceived conflict; no need to create ad hoc ‘solutions.’

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@CarolLeonnig @byaaroncdavis @TheJusticeDept @AGLynch @BillClinton @SallyQYates @HillaryClinton History has not recorded whether Yates confronted Lynch on this, or what happened or did not happen.

We really need to know.

The supposed ad hoc ‘solution’ Lynch approved allowed @FBI Director @Comey to usurp @TheJusticeDept’s prosecutorial authorities

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It is both irresponsible & unethical,as well as contrary to established journalistic principles, to provide a platform to the narrative promoted by certain politicians from Pakistan-administered Kashmir—particularly the claim that the region serves as a “base camp”

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for the Kashmir"freedom movement."
This narrative not only lacks any factual basis, but it also directly exacerbates the miseries faced by the people of Indian-administered Kashmir. The so-called idea of a “base camp” is not grounded in reality

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but rather serves as a political slogan with no connection to the true situation on the ground. The very notion of being a “base camp” implies that the suffering, bloodshed, and death endured by the people of Indian-administered Kashmir should be allowed to continue,

"therapy" is one of the most engaging topics. it clearly has a polarizing worldview surrounding it - we may look back and see "therapy culture" as the hallmark of this time.

but, something about it is obscure. what is this cloud around "therapy", exactly?

i have one idea.

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one distinction that characterizes many fields over the last century, but has failed to trickle down to normal everyday people, is the difference between modernism and postmodernism.

although this sounds like the lead in to some academia, this distinction is essential.

to oversimplify: modernism is, basically, the first half of the 1900s. modernism as a project can be likened to building a big tower. we just got rid of all the "old worldview" stuff holding us back, and with our new tools, all our fields and knowledge are going to come together

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The more history and parapolitics you learn, when you re-read Pynchon you'll catch the "Hidden History" he smuggled in his books.

This is from "V." the Medicis, the Marranos, the Fabian Society, the Italian Faschiste, GLADIO, and the Nazi WW2 "plan B" for Latin America 🧵(1/7)

Here is Mae Brussell to catch you up on all this post-World War 2 Hidden History under 4 minutes! (This radio broadcast of hers was in 1982!)
(2/7)
More Mae Brussell quoted-tweeted below the video:

https://x.com/s7ephen/status/1863449904267305310

Here is the background for Pynchon reference to the Medicis and the Marranos:
(3/7)

https://x.com/s7ephen/status/1844955291751788903

🔥 THREAD: The Silver Clock Is Ticking – And Almost No One Sees It 🔥
This isn’t hype. This isn’t emotion.
It’s arithmetic – and it’s brutal.
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China is quietly draining its silver vaults.
If the current pace holds, exchange stocks hit zero in roughly 2 months.

Not a slogan.
Just math from SGE/SHFE reports.

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Start of the period (late September 2025):

• SHFE vaults: ~1,189,648 kg

Mid-November 2025:

• SHFE vaults: 576,894 kg
Drawdown: –612,754 kg in 46 days
≈ 13 tonnes per day – just from the futures exchange.

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Spot side – SGE weekly vaults:

• Late September: 1,216,965 kg
• Early November: 822,420 kg

Drawdown: –394,545 kg
≈ 9 tonnes per day leaving visible inventories.

Looks like Steve Witkoff tweeted what was meant to be a DM, saying the content for this much-discussed Axios story must have come from "K." Almost certainly this refers to Kirill Dmitriev, who is quoted in the story. But it seems the Russian side is leaking this for a reason. Also seems Dim Philby doesn't know how Twitter works, but is nonetheless confident of his ability to end the war.

Witkoff's comment was deleted, by the way, but not before being screen captured.

This is quite strange given that there's a 28-point plan in place, which I just read about in an outlet relying on a Russian operative's say-so. wsj.com/world/europe/t…