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Jan 13
Earlier today, President Trump made a last ditch attempt to salvage his tariffs before the Supreme Court by claiming that it would be impossible to refund them.

There's a problem. Trump's own DOJ has been admitting in court filings for months that refunds are possible.🧵
Here's the Trump DOJ's initial response on April 29, 2025, admitting that if they lost an unappealable decision, the government would refund the illegal tariffs with interest.

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On May 28, 2025 the Trump DOJ filed a motion for a stay of the US Court of International Trade's ruling against them, arguing that the tariffs could be refunded with interest.

The court granted their stay based on this promise.

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Jan 13
● #𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 | Manikarnika Ghat Redevelopment Program - ‘Green’ Farewell for the Dead in Manikarnika !!

PM Modi's Crematorium Redevelopment Project is designed by Edifice Consultants & INI Design Studio backed with CSR support from Rupa foundation and JSW foundation

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Manikarnika Ghat, one of the oldest ghats in Varanasi, will soon have a “greenatorium" that uses an eco-friendly method of combining wood & electricity inside a chamber to cremate bodies.

‘greenatorium’ is combination of Treditional & Modern method of cremation. Image
Manikarnika Kund adjacent to ghat & Ratneshwar Mahadev temple will also be beautified.

Building from Manikarnika Ghat to Tarakeshwar temple will be developed in Nagara style. 3 storeys will be constructed till Tarakeshwar Mahadev temple & from there to Dattatreya Paduka Image
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Jan 13
American military veterans have a suicide problem.

Some have theorized the reason is deployment-related trauma.

Leveraging the random assignment of new soldiers to units with different deployment cycles, Bruhn et al. found that was wrong.

Deployment did not increase suicides. Image
Looking only at violent deployments (ones with peer casualties), there aren't noncombat mortality effects either.

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The reason seems to be that the proposition is wrong: veterans do not have increased suicide risk.

This may seem surprising, but it's not!

Their suicide rates are elevated over the general population because most of them are young White men. That group has a suicide issue. Image
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Jan 13
LIVE|LD2 AZGOP Candidate Night

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At LD2's AZGOP candidate night, Bob Branch, who is running for AZGOP chair, is bashing AZGOP leadership for causing the RNC for turning against the AZGOP, and blasting Maricopa County Supervisor Debbie Lesko on election integrity (he ran against her)Image
LIVE|LD2 AZGOP Candidate Night

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Pam Kirby, candidate for AZGOP chair, speaking at LD2's candidate night, is going over how her school boards group recruited many candidates, and how GOP groups worked well in elections, including curing 10k ballots.Image
LIVE|LD2 AZGOP Candidate Night

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Sergio Arellano, candidate for AZGOP chair, is going over his work at a candidates forum.

The GOP recruited him and he spearheaded getting 65,000 Democrats to switch to Republicans.

When asked what was the biggest reason Republicans lose winnable races, AZGOP chair candidate said division and infighting within our party.Image
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Jan 13
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Jan 13
The Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026 has been published and it is worse than you think. Image
It criminalises speech that merely causes fear even if no harm occurs, 5 years imprisonment. Image
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It defines public place so broadly that it includes the internet, meaning posts, videos, tweets, memes and blogs all fall within scope. Image
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Jan 12
A CASA DE R$ 13 MILHÕES

Ministro do TCU e pai enviaram R$ 13 milhões para construir 300 casas, mas só uma foi erguida

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Os recursos foram enviados por Jhonatan de Jesus, hoje ministro do TCU, e pelo pai dele, o senador Mecias de Jesus (Republicanos), para a cidade de Iracema (RR). 👇

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Ao todo, foram R$ 13 milhões em “emendas Pix”, com menção à construção das moradias. O dinheiro também previa obras de pavimentação e recuperação de estradas. 👇

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Jan 12
That aspect is probably not that unrealistic, unfortunately.

Across the OECD, on average, just 55% of 15-to-16-year-olds got this question right, and no country saw 80% get it.

Most people globally *do* struggle even reading simple tables. What else?

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That table-reading question is "Level 3", which, amazingly, corresponds to an already-high level of ability, by global standards.

This is a simpler Level 1 question, but with this, 92% of the OECD got it, including just 65% of Brazilians and 53% of Peruvians. Image
Level 2!

Just 77% of the OECD got this, with less than half of the Mexican population being up to the task.

In fact, only Asian countries got over 90% on this trivial question. Image
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Jan 12
🔥Gazprom CEO begs citizens to bail out ~$60B in debt. Russia’s energy giant is collapsing.

Ukraine did it.👇

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🔥📉 Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller calls the company a "national treasure" now in "difficult times," admitting last year's debt hit $60 billion. "This is our common duty as every citizen," he urges, claiming "fat years are gone" and it's "time to help" save the heritage.

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🔥📉 Gazprom's total debt swells to $60B rubles amid sanctions & lost European markets, forcing Miller to declare the financial position "stable & reliable" despite a 7% drop in net debt/EBITDA ratio to 1.71. Revenues halved, investments slashed — Russia’s decay accelerates

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Jan 12
The Ukrainian company UkrArmoTech delivered 402 new armored vehicles of domestic production during December 2025.

16 UAT-TISA, 24 UAT-FOX armoured pickup trucks, 30 GYURZA-02 and 333 GYURZA-01. (Photos in the same order) Image
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/2. UAT-TISA

Vehicle complies with STANAG 4569 Level 1. Protection covers 7.62×51 mm non-AP fire beyond 30 m and the effects of a 155 mm HE-fragmentation round at ≥80 m.

Mine protection withstands a 3 kg TNT equivalent and DM 51 grenades detonated under the hull center. Image
/3. UAT-FOX

Vehicle is an armored conversion project based on the Mitsubishi L200, while fully retaining a civilian exterior appearance. Image
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Jan 12
Let's discuss…

The overburdened infantry is discussed with clockwork like regularity. Excessive weight carried by infantry soldiers severely impacts their physical and mental agility, whilst dramatically increasing injury rates.

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"The fighting value of a soldier is in inverse proportion to the load he carries."

Army Hygiene Advisory Committee Report No. 3 — On the Maximum Load to be Carried by a Soldier

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The upward trend of carried weight over decades saw its zenith during operations in Afghanistan, and this led to a realisation that it was both unsustainable and undesirable. Much work has been done since, but have we resolved it? Image
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Jan 12
🧵 How to Make ANY Style of Animation for FREE
(for YouTube Automation using only FREE AI tools)👇
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Step 1: Write the script (Claude AI)

Use Claude AI to generate:

1) Story-driven scripts
2) Motivational monologues
3) Explainer or storytelling content

👉 Prompt tip:
“Write a high-retention YouTube script with short punchy sentences and emotional pacing.”
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Step 2: Generate voiceover (Google AI Studio)

Paste your script into Google AI Studio and:

i) Generate clean, natural voiceovers
ii) Adjust tone & speed
iii) Export high-quality audio

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Jan 12
John Montagu, IV Conde de Sandwich, era un político corrupto y un ludópata degenerado que pasaba 24 horas seguidas jugando a las cartas sin levantarse. Su adicción era tal que no quería parar ni para comer. Así inventó la comida más famosa del mundo. Tira del hilo 🧵👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 Image
Nacido en 1718, Montagu asumió el título de conde a los 10 años. Educado en Eton y Cambridge, estaba destinado a dirigir el Imperio británico, pero tenía una debilidad que superaba a su ambición política y que definiría su vida para siempre: era un ludópata incorregible. Image
Montagu no jugaba por diversión, sino para vivir. Pasaba días enteros sentado en las mesas de juego de los clubes más exclusivos de Londres, como el Cocoa Tree o el Beef Steak Club, en partidas maratonianas que a menudo duraban más de 24 horas seguidas. Image
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Jan 12
TOTAL PERSONNEL WARFARE:

Dan Bongino told you that the management/leadership was completely different than under Comey and Wray's FBI.

That is an obvious lie.

Let's consider who is now in Dan's old job... (a Blocked By Bongino thread so you can tagg him 🧵)
On Jan 1, 2025, the New Orleans Field Office dealt with a terror attack by Shamsud-Din Jabbar. Image
In the immediate aftermath, Asst. Special Agent in Charge, and DEI hire Aletha Duncan committed a fatal "sin" by "embarrassing the Bureau." Image
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Jan 12
He creado planos de cine con resultados PERFECTOS.

Todo ha sido hecho con Sora 2 Pro de Higgsfield.

9 ejemplos brutales para copiar y pegar inmediatamente.
1. ENTRADA SORPRESA

Prompt Sora 2 Pro:

Una superestrella mundialmente famosa entra de repente en el encuadre desde la oscuridad.
Contacto visual instantáneo, golpe de luz nítido.
Se siente como una aparición inesperada.
Menos de 5 segundos.
2. CIUDAD FUERA DE CONTROL

Prompt Sora 2 Pro:

Una superestrella mundialmente famosa caminando por una ciudad oscura durante la noche.
Las sombras se mueven rápido, las luces parpadean, con una energía ligeramente caótica.
La cámara se siente apresurada e imperfecta, como si todo estuviera fuera de control.
Corto, intenso, menos de 5 segundos.
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Jan 12
La historia contemporánea de Medio Oriente está marcada por un acontecimiento sísmico que alteró el panorama geopolítico: la Revolución Islámica de Irán.

En el centro de este levantamiento popular, como alma ideológica y símbolo moral, se encontraba Ruholá Jomeini.

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Ruholá Musavi Jomeini nació el 24 de septiembre de 1902 en Jomein. Huérfano de padre, durante su infancia fue criado por su madre y su tía. Comenzó sus estudios coránicos a los seis años y, tras formarse en las ciudades santas de Arak y Qom, se convirtió en un destacado erudito. Image
Desde joven mostró un interés inusual por la filosofía islámica y el misticismo. Pero, la creciente injerencia de las potencias occidentales en Irán, transformó su vocación.

Para él, el Shah Reza Pahlaví había traicionado la identidad islámica por una modernización superficial. Image
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Jan 12
Reform UK announced today that the former Covid Vaccine Minister Nadhim Zahawi has defected to them. Conspiracy theorists and anti-vaxxers (who seem to be a big part of Reform's target audience) were obviously less than thrilled about this... 🧵 Image
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Many conspiracy theorists have already abandoned Reform and moved further into the fringes. Amongst those horrified by Zahawi being welcomed into Reform were the likes of Rupert Lowe (Restore Britain), Kathy Gyngell (Advance UK), Laurence Fox (Reclaim) and Calvin Robinson (UKIP). Image
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Racists also took offence to Nadhim Zahawi joining Reform UK, because a) he's a Muslim, b) he came to the UK (legally) as a refugee when he was a child, and c) he said that immigration can be good for the country.

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Jan 12
#VendrediLecture
#MitterrandLecture
François Mitterrand, Conversations intimes, Jean Glavany @EditionsPerrin 300 p.
« je dis ce que j'ai entendu, ce que j'ai compris, ce que j'ai retenu… ne pas le faire parler autrement qu'avec des mots réellement entendus de son vivant. »
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Président de l’@IFMitterrand depuis 2022, l’auteur a eu le privilège de côtoyer François Mitterrand de 1979 à 1995, comme collaborateur, ministre, député et aussi voisin et ami. Il nous fait partager ce privilège dans un livre original, à la fois politique et personnel. 2/7 Image
- Originalité : ni biographie, ni essai, ni reconstitutions ou suppositions, ce livre est un témoignage à partir de moments partagés, répartis par thèmes, et rapportés avec sobriété et souci d’exactitude. Le ton varie de l’humour et de l’autodérision à la gravité et à l’émotion. 3/7Image
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Jan 12
10 libros de negocios para leer en 2026 📚

-HILO-🧵

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