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Today in @EP_ForeignAff committee I presented @Europarl_EN’s draft report on Georgia.
The situation in the country continues to deteriorate and it is doing so rapidly.
Georgian Dream has effectively reversed Georgia’s European path. 1/3
The situation in the country continues to deteriorate and it is doing so rapidly.
Georgian Dream has effectively reversed Georgia’s European path. 1/3
Georgia shows how a state can be captured from within, even through democratic elections.
We cannot look at Georgia in isolation. This region is part of Europe and is strategically vital.
The EU must engage more actively and push back against Russia’s imperial ambitions. 2/3
We cannot look at Georgia in isolation. This region is part of Europe and is strategically vital.
The EU must engage more actively and push back against Russia’s imperial ambitions. 2/3
Special thanks to the shadow rapporteurs from all groups for constructive cooperation, and to @MartaKos and her team for their principled stance and strong engagement on Georgia. 3/3
NEW on CNN: “We got u,” “For u absolutely,” “I asked him to recuse himself and concede on all previous permit requests.”
Text messages show Jeffrey Epstein repeatedly messaging the Virgin Islands governor in 2019, complaining about regulatory action against unauthorized construction on his private islands. Across months of exchanges, the governor told Epstein he was intervening on his behalf as messages and emails show numerous meetings between the two.
Text messages show Jeffrey Epstein repeatedly messaging the Virgin Islands governor in 2019, complaining about regulatory action against unauthorized construction on his private islands. Across months of exchanges, the governor told Epstein he was intervening on his behalf as messages and emails show numerous meetings between the two.
Albert Bryan Jr. — the governor of the Virgin Islands, a Democrat elected in 2018, did not return repeated request for comment across five days.
Bryan testified in a civil lawsuit in 2023 that he never gave Epstein any quote special treatment.”
Link: cnn.com/2026/02/25/pol…
Bryan testified in a civil lawsuit in 2023 that he never gave Epstein any quote special treatment.”
Link: cnn.com/2026/02/25/pol…
In 2019, Epstein texted Bryan that the territory’s environmental commissioner “is going to issue fines against me.” Bryan replied he’d spoken to the commissioner and told him to “hold everything,” until they spoke. When press coverage grew, Epstein texted the official was “going after me in the press!!” Bryan: “I asked him to recuse himself,” and “I asked him to recuse himself and concede on all previous permit requests.”
cnn.com/2026/02/25/pol…
cnn.com/2026/02/25/pol…
In this 7th Debunk of the Day, we’ll expose the “Chickenhawk” fallacy. The chickenhawk accusation or the “go to the front!” imperative is a dishonest attempt to silence anyone supporting Ukraine by pushing them to go fight. A barely hidden death wish, as it’s always uttered…
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…with zero regard for who you are or what your personal circumstances might be — you could already be there, on your way there, a veteran, or unable to fight. More broadly, not everyone can or should be a soldier, just as not everyone can or should be a policeman or a nurse.
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Yet a society still needs those things to be done, and the fact that not everyone can go to medical school or fight crime does not mean that we have to surrender to invaders and criminals, nor that we cannot all have an opinion on healthcare.
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SHFE just suspended more trading groups for breaching Article 16.
February total so far: 25 groups suspended.
Let that sink in.
This isn’t “normal market behavior.” 👀
#Silver #SHFE
SHFE just suspended more trading groups for breaching Article 16.
February total so far: 25 groups suspended.
Let that sink in.
This isn’t “normal market behavior.” 👀
#Silver #SHFE
2/
Official reason:
Accounts exceeded daily opening limits and violated exchange trading rules (Article 16).
Translation?
Someone was pushing size aggressively.
And the exchange stepped in.
Official reason:
Accounts exceeded daily opening limits and violated exchange trading rules (Article 16).
Translation?
Someone was pushing size aggressively.
And the exchange stepped in.
3/
This comes right after visible heavy price pressure on SHFE silver.
You don’t suspend 25 groups in one month unless something abnormal is happening.
Exchanges act when risk rises.
This comes right after visible heavy price pressure on SHFE silver.
You don’t suspend 25 groups in one month unless something abnormal is happening.
Exchanges act when risk rises.
BREAKING: AI can now create product videos like $10K/day TikTok ad agencies (for free).
Here are 9 insane Claude Opus 4.6 + Higgsfield prompts that generate 50 product videos in 4 hours:
(Save this before your competitors do)
Here are 9 insane Claude Opus 4.6 + Higgsfield prompts that generate 50 product videos in 4 hours:
(Save this before your competitors do)
I just created 50 product videos for my e-commerce brand using Claude + Higgsfield.
Higgsfield automatically turns product links into video ads. Swap faces with the models.
Claude handles the angles, scripts, and rest.
Here are the 9 prompts that actually work:
Higgsfield automatically turns product links into video ads. Swap faces with the models.
Claude handles the angles, scripts, and rest.
Here are the 9 prompts that actually work:
PROMPT 1: The Product Angle Generator
You are a Direct Response Copywriter for DTC brands.
Create 10 video angles for [PRODUCT]:
ANGLE FRAMEWORKS:
1. PROBLEM-AGITATION-SOLUTION
- Problem: [PAIN POINT]
- Agitation: [CONSEQUENCES OF NOT SOLVING]
- Solution: [PRODUCT AS HERO]
2. BEFORE-AFTER-BRIDGE
- Before: [STRUGGLE STATE]
- After: [DESIRED STATE]
- Bridge: [HOW PRODUCT GETS THEM THERE]
3. STORY-DEMONSTRATION-PROOF
- Story: [RELATABLE SCENARIO]
- Demonstration: [PRODUCT IN ACTION]
- Proof: [RESULTS/TESTIMONIALS]
4. OBJECTION-DESTROYER
- Objection: [COMMON CONCERN]
- Reframe: [NEW PERSPECTIVE]
- Proof: [EVIDENCE]
5. URGENCY-SCARCITY-ACTION
- Urgency: [TIME LIMIT]
- Scarcity: [QUANTITY LIMIT]
- Action: [CTA]
For each angle:
- Hook (first 3 seconds)
- Script (30-60 seconds)
- Visual concept (for Higgsfield generation)
- CTA (specific action)
Generate 10 complete angles with conversion psychology.
You are a Direct Response Copywriter for DTC brands.
Create 10 video angles for [PRODUCT]:
ANGLE FRAMEWORKS:
1. PROBLEM-AGITATION-SOLUTION
- Problem: [PAIN POINT]
- Agitation: [CONSEQUENCES OF NOT SOLVING]
- Solution: [PRODUCT AS HERO]
2. BEFORE-AFTER-BRIDGE
- Before: [STRUGGLE STATE]
- After: [DESIRED STATE]
- Bridge: [HOW PRODUCT GETS THEM THERE]
3. STORY-DEMONSTRATION-PROOF
- Story: [RELATABLE SCENARIO]
- Demonstration: [PRODUCT IN ACTION]
- Proof: [RESULTS/TESTIMONIALS]
4. OBJECTION-DESTROYER
- Objection: [COMMON CONCERN]
- Reframe: [NEW PERSPECTIVE]
- Proof: [EVIDENCE]
5. URGENCY-SCARCITY-ACTION
- Urgency: [TIME LIMIT]
- Scarcity: [QUANTITY LIMIT]
- Action: [CTA]
For each angle:
- Hook (first 3 seconds)
- Script (30-60 seconds)
- Visual concept (for Higgsfield generation)
- CTA (specific action)
Generate 10 complete angles with conversion psychology.
Your phone doesn’t use your mic to spy on you.
Reality is much scarier: your phone infects your subconscious and influences what you talk about
Reality is much scarier: your phone infects your subconscious and influences what you talk about
Sara claims she’s never seen anything about lucid dreaming. This is probably not true. She likely scrolled by something mentioning it and ignored it.
We do this thousands of times a day.
We do this thousands of times a day.
This is, effectively, baader-meinhof.
1. You see something about lucid dreaming
2. It’s in your subconscious now
3. You talk about it because it was in your brain
4. Now it’s top of mind
5. You see it again
6. “Oh my god my phone is spying on me!!!”
1. You see something about lucid dreaming
2. It’s in your subconscious now
3. You talk about it because it was in your brain
4. Now it’s top of mind
5. You see it again
6. “Oh my god my phone is spying on me!!!”
Everyone knows that GDP is driven by Total Credit.
Now we know that PCE growth is largely driven by
Total Asset valuation growth over business-cycle horizons.
"In a 2-variable VAR (Assets–PCE only), asset composite explains ~72.7% of PCE variance at 12 months."
Now we know that PCE growth is largely driven by
Total Asset valuation growth over business-cycle horizons.
"In a 2-variable VAR (Assets–PCE only), asset composite explains ~72.7% of PCE variance at 12 months."
McKinsey consultants don't want you to know this.
I reverse-engineered their financial modeling playbook and turned it into Claude prompts.
The results are insane.
Here are 5 prompts that generate $50K-quality analysis for free:
I reverse-engineered their financial modeling playbook and turned it into Claude prompts.
The results are insane.
Here are 5 prompts that generate $50K-quality analysis for free:
1. The DCF Model Builder
Prompt:
"You are a senior financial analyst at McKinsey & Company who builds discounted cash flow models for Fortune 500 M&A transactions and private equity due diligence.
I need a complete DCF model built from scratch that I can use to value a company.
Provide:
- Step-by-step structure of the full DCF model (revenue projections, EBIT margins, D&A, capex, working capital changes, free cash flow)
- Exact formulas for calculating WACC (cost of equity via CAPM, cost of debt, capital structure weights)
- How to build the terminal value using both Gordon Growth and Exit Multiple methods
- Sensitivity table showing how valuation changes across different WACC and growth rate assumptions
- Common mistakes analysts make in DCF models and how to avoid them
- How to sanity-check your output against public comps and precedent transactions
- What assumptions are most likely to blow up your model and how to stress-test them
- How a McKinsey partner would pressure-test this model in a client presentation
Format as a step-by-step model build any MBA graduate could follow.
My company: [DESCRIBE THE BUSINESS, INDUSTRY, LAST 3 YEARS OF REVENUE, EBITDA MARGINS, AND CAPEX INTENSITY]"
Prompt:
"You are a senior financial analyst at McKinsey & Company who builds discounted cash flow models for Fortune 500 M&A transactions and private equity due diligence.
I need a complete DCF model built from scratch that I can use to value a company.
Provide:
- Step-by-step structure of the full DCF model (revenue projections, EBIT margins, D&A, capex, working capital changes, free cash flow)
- Exact formulas for calculating WACC (cost of equity via CAPM, cost of debt, capital structure weights)
- How to build the terminal value using both Gordon Growth and Exit Multiple methods
- Sensitivity table showing how valuation changes across different WACC and growth rate assumptions
- Common mistakes analysts make in DCF models and how to avoid them
- How to sanity-check your output against public comps and precedent transactions
- What assumptions are most likely to blow up your model and how to stress-test them
- How a McKinsey partner would pressure-test this model in a client presentation
Format as a step-by-step model build any MBA graduate could follow.
My company: [DESCRIBE THE BUSINESS, INDUSTRY, LAST 3 YEARS OF REVENUE, EBITDA MARGINS, AND CAPEX INTENSITY]"
2. The Three-Statement Model Generator
Prompt:
"You are a VP of Finance at Goldman Sachs who builds integrated three-statement financial models for IPO-bound companies and leveraged buyouts.
I need a fully integrated Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow Statement model.
Provide:
- How to link all three statements so they balance automatically
- The exact order to build them in and why sequence matters
- Which line items are drivers vs. outputs and how to separate assumptions from calculations
- How to model working capital (DSO, DIO, DPO) and why most people get it wrong
- Depreciation and amortization schedules and how they flow across all three statements
- Debt schedule with revolver mechanics for when cash runs short
- How to audit your model when it doesn't balance and the 5 most common reasons it breaks
- How Goldman analysts QC their models before sending to MDs
- How to present this model to a CFO or board in one page
Format as a complete build guide with a checklist at the end.
My business: [DESCRIBE REVENUE MODEL, KEY COST DRIVERS, DEBT STRUCTURE, AND WHAT DECISION THIS MODEL NEEDS TO SUPPORT]"
Prompt:
"You are a VP of Finance at Goldman Sachs who builds integrated three-statement financial models for IPO-bound companies and leveraged buyouts.
I need a fully integrated Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow Statement model.
Provide:
- How to link all three statements so they balance automatically
- The exact order to build them in and why sequence matters
- Which line items are drivers vs. outputs and how to separate assumptions from calculations
- How to model working capital (DSO, DIO, DPO) and why most people get it wrong
- Depreciation and amortization schedules and how they flow across all three statements
- Debt schedule with revolver mechanics for when cash runs short
- How to audit your model when it doesn't balance and the 5 most common reasons it breaks
- How Goldman analysts QC their models before sending to MDs
- How to present this model to a CFO or board in one page
Format as a complete build guide with a checklist at the end.
My business: [DESCRIBE REVENUE MODEL, KEY COST DRIVERS, DEBT STRUCTURE, AND WHAT DECISION THIS MODEL NEEDS TO SUPPORT]"
I turned Paul Graham's entire essay archive into an AI operating system for startup founders.
It's like having the Y Combinator co-founder audit your thinking in real-time.
Here are the 11 prompts that rewired how I think about building:
It's like having the Y Combinator co-founder audit your thinking in real-time.
Here are the 11 prompts that rewired how I think about building:
1. The Schlep Blindness Detector
Most founders avoid hard problems without realizing it.
PG says the mind unconsciously flinches away from unsexy, painful work.
Here's how I catch myself doing it.
Prompt:
You are Paul Graham diagnosing schlep blindness.
My startup idea: [DESCRIBE YOUR IDEA]
Answer:
1. What are the genuinely hard, unsexy parts of building this? (infrastructure, legal, sales calls, etc.)
2. Am I avoiding any of these without realizing it?
3. Is the "hard part" I'm focused on actually the hard part, or just the interesting part?
4. What would a less schlep-blind founder do differently in week 1?
PG's rule: "The most valuable insights are the ones that feel wrong."
Be brutal. Don't let me off easy.
Most founders avoid hard problems without realizing it.
PG says the mind unconsciously flinches away from unsexy, painful work.
Here's how I catch myself doing it.
Prompt:
You are Paul Graham diagnosing schlep blindness.
My startup idea: [DESCRIBE YOUR IDEA]
Answer:
1. What are the genuinely hard, unsexy parts of building this? (infrastructure, legal, sales calls, etc.)
2. Am I avoiding any of these without realizing it?
3. Is the "hard part" I'm focused on actually the hard part, or just the interesting part?
4. What would a less schlep-blind founder do differently in week 1?
PG's rule: "The most valuable insights are the ones that feel wrong."
Be brutal. Don't let me off easy.
2. The "Do Things That Don't Scale" Audit
PG wrote the most counterintuitive essay in startup history.
I still catch myself optimizing too early. This stops it.
Prompt:
My current growth strategy: [DESCRIBE HOW YOU'RE TRYING TO GROW]
Paul Graham's framework: "Do things that don't scale. Startups that wait to do things that scale never do."
For each thing I'm doing, tell me:
- Is this scalable or unscalable?
- If scalable, am I doing it too early?
- What's the unscalable version I should be doing instead?
Then give me 3 specific unscalable actions I should do this week that I'm probably avoiding because they feel too small.
PG wrote the most counterintuitive essay in startup history.
I still catch myself optimizing too early. This stops it.
Prompt:
My current growth strategy: [DESCRIBE HOW YOU'RE TRYING TO GROW]
Paul Graham's framework: "Do things that don't scale. Startups that wait to do things that scale never do."
For each thing I'm doing, tell me:
- Is this scalable or unscalable?
- If scalable, am I doing it too early?
- What's the unscalable version I should be doing instead?
Then give me 3 specific unscalable actions I should do this week that I'm probably avoiding because they feel too small.
Asking AI to "be creative" is the laziest prompt you can write.
And it produces the laziest output.
After 3 years of daily ChatGPT use, I cracked the structure that actually unlocks original, unexpected, usable creative work.
Here's the exact framework 👇
And it produces the laziest output.
After 3 years of daily ChatGPT use, I cracked the structure that actually unlocks original, unexpected, usable creative work.
Here's the exact framework 👇
First, understand WHY "be creative" fails.
AI creativity is probabilistic. It defaults to the most statistically common answer.
"Be creative" has no constraints.
No constraints = no creative pressure.
No pressure = average output.
The fix isn't less structure. It's MORE of the right kind.
AI creativity is probabilistic. It defaults to the most statistically common answer.
"Be creative" has no constraints.
No constraints = no creative pressure.
No pressure = average output.
The fix isn't less structure. It's MORE of the right kind.
The 4-part Creative Unlock Structure:
→ FORM: Specify the exact format with one unusual constraint
→ LENS: Give it a specific perspective or voice it wouldn't default to
→ TENSION: Define two opposing forces it must resolve
→ ANTI-PATTERN: Tell it explicitly what it must NOT do
Most people skip all four.
→ FORM: Specify the exact format with one unusual constraint
→ LENS: Give it a specific perspective or voice it wouldn't default to
→ TENSION: Define two opposing forces it must resolve
→ ANTI-PATTERN: Tell it explicitly what it must NOT do
Most people skip all four.
1/ Russians who have never served in the Russian army and have never signed a military contract are nonetheless being rounded up as deserters and sent to their deaths in assault squads. It's the result of an ongoing and still unresolved bureaucratic blunder by Russia's MOD. ⬇️
2/ During the war in Donbas, between 2014 and the full-scale Russian invasion of February 2022, thousands of Russian nationalists volunteered to fight for the militias of the Luhansk and Donetsk 'People's Republics'. Many were subsequently discharged.
3/ In December 2022, Russia formally incorporated the Luhansk and Donetsk militias into the Russian Army as part of the annexation of both 'People's Republics'. All current and former members of the militias were reclassified as soldiers of the Russian army.
🚨 AI can now build resumes like LinkedIn's top career coaches (for free).
Here are 12 insane Claude prompts that replace $500/hour executive resume writers (Save for later)
Here are 12 insane Claude prompts that replace $500/hour executive resume writers (Save for later)
1. The LinkedIn Top Voice Resume Rewriter
"You are a LinkedIn Top Voice career coach who has rewritten 5,000+ executive resumes that landed interviews at Google, McKinsey, Goldman Sachs, and every Fortune 500 company.
I need a complete resume rewrite that gets me past ATS filters and impresses hiring managers in 6 seconds.
Rewrite:
- Professional summary: a 3-line hook that makes recruiters stop scrolling and read further
- Experience bullets rewritten using the STAR method (Situation, Task, Action, Result)
- Every bullet starts with a powerful action verb (led, built, drove, generated, scaled)
- Quantified achievements: add dollar amounts, percentages, team sizes, and time savings everywhere
- Skills section optimized with exact keywords from my target job descriptions
- Eliminate all weak language: responsible for, helped with, assisted in, worked on
- ATS keyword optimization: embed critical terms naturally without keyword stuffing
- Consistent formatting: clean hierarchy that both robots and humans can scan instantly
- Remove all filler: cut anything that doesn't directly prove I can do the target job
- Tailor every section specifically to the role I'm applying for
Format as a clean, ATS-friendly resume in a format I can copy directly into a Word document or PDF.
My current resume and target role: [PASTE YOUR CURRENT RESUME AND THE JOB DESCRIPTION YOU'RE TARGETING]"
"You are a LinkedIn Top Voice career coach who has rewritten 5,000+ executive resumes that landed interviews at Google, McKinsey, Goldman Sachs, and every Fortune 500 company.
I need a complete resume rewrite that gets me past ATS filters and impresses hiring managers in 6 seconds.
Rewrite:
- Professional summary: a 3-line hook that makes recruiters stop scrolling and read further
- Experience bullets rewritten using the STAR method (Situation, Task, Action, Result)
- Every bullet starts with a powerful action verb (led, built, drove, generated, scaled)
- Quantified achievements: add dollar amounts, percentages, team sizes, and time savings everywhere
- Skills section optimized with exact keywords from my target job descriptions
- Eliminate all weak language: responsible for, helped with, assisted in, worked on
- ATS keyword optimization: embed critical terms naturally without keyword stuffing
- Consistent formatting: clean hierarchy that both robots and humans can scan instantly
- Remove all filler: cut anything that doesn't directly prove I can do the target job
- Tailor every section specifically to the role I'm applying for
Format as a clean, ATS-friendly resume in a format I can copy directly into a Word document or PDF.
My current resume and target role: [PASTE YOUR CURRENT RESUME AND THE JOB DESCRIPTION YOU'RE TARGETING]"
2. The McKinsey Achievement Quantifier
"You are a senior recruiter at McKinsey & Company who screens thousands of resumes and knows exactly what separates a forgettable bullet point from one that lands an interview at a top-tier firm.
I need every accomplishment on my resume transformed into a quantified, results-driven bullet point.
Transform:
- Convert vague duties into specific measurable outcomes with numbers attached
- Add revenue impact: how much money did your work generate or save
- Add scale metrics: team size managed, customers served, projects delivered
- Add time metrics: deadlines beaten, speed improvements, efficiency gains
- Add percentage improvements: growth rates, conversion lifts, cost reductions
- Before and after framing: show the situation before you arrived vs after your impact
- Context setting: briefly explain the challenge so the achievement feels impressive
- Comparisons: outperformed benchmarks, ranked #1 out of X, exceeded targets by Y%
- Remove every bullet that only describes a task without showing a result
- Create achievement bullets for soft skills too: leadership, collaboration, communication
Format as a before/after comparison showing my original weak bullets and the rewritten power bullets side by side.
My experience: [PASTE YOUR CURRENT RESUME BULLET POINTS AND ANY DETAILS ABOUT YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS YOU CAN REMEMBER]"
"You are a senior recruiter at McKinsey & Company who screens thousands of resumes and knows exactly what separates a forgettable bullet point from one that lands an interview at a top-tier firm.
I need every accomplishment on my resume transformed into a quantified, results-driven bullet point.
Transform:
- Convert vague duties into specific measurable outcomes with numbers attached
- Add revenue impact: how much money did your work generate or save
- Add scale metrics: team size managed, customers served, projects delivered
- Add time metrics: deadlines beaten, speed improvements, efficiency gains
- Add percentage improvements: growth rates, conversion lifts, cost reductions
- Before and after framing: show the situation before you arrived vs after your impact
- Context setting: briefly explain the challenge so the achievement feels impressive
- Comparisons: outperformed benchmarks, ranked #1 out of X, exceeded targets by Y%
- Remove every bullet that only describes a task without showing a result
- Create achievement bullets for soft skills too: leadership, collaboration, communication
Format as a before/after comparison showing my original weak bullets and the rewritten power bullets side by side.
My experience: [PASTE YOUR CURRENT RESUME BULLET POINTS AND ANY DETAILS ABOUT YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS YOU CAN REMEMBER]"
