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In Russia, "import substitution," like many other things, has long turned not into technological development but into a convenient way to siphon off budget funds. The state allocates money for the creation of "domestic developments," after which companies take ready-made
🧵

Western solutions, slightly adapt them, and present them as their own innovations, keeping subsidies and reporting an alleged technological breakthrough. A telling example is the case of the company Newco. The Ministry of Industry and Trade attempted in court to recover

177.6 million rubles, arguing that hearing aids developed with state funding were in fact based on technology from the Danish company Oticon and did not constitute an independent development. However, the Moscow Arbitration Court sided with the business, ruling that

Advice for AI engineers 💡

Voice assistants do not need cloud models.
A small local model does the job.

Faster. Cheaper.

Here's an example ↓
docs.liquid.ai/examples/lapto…

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺?

Most devs default to API calls, like GPT-5, Gemini 3 and friends.

And this works great when you want to impress your boss, or your next round of investors.

However, it does not move the needle in most businesses.

Why?

- Bye bye data privacy
- Hello latency.
- Costs through the roof.

Local models solve these 3 problems. Here's a real world example ↓

@WimShakespeare @threadreaderapp

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@dina_elmadbouly

@haydinabilxo

@SarahAbdelbaky1

@udonnoome

@maymaged551

@FatnaAyman

@iMariomaa

@Dmiseryntist

@Mirna_elhelbawi

@Yarahelbawi

@Nohilism_

@Faariddda

@mayada_mekawey

@SNOWarwa

@sammaaaaaah

@ehe2ehe2

@WimShakespeare @threadreaderapp @dina_elmadbouly @haydinabilxo @SarahAbdelbaky1 @udonnoome @maymaged551 @FatnaAyman @iMariomaa @Dmiseryntist @Mirna_elhelbawi @Yarahelbawi @Nohilism_ @Faariddda @mayada_mekawey @SNOWarwa @sammaaaaaah @ehe2ehe2 @threadreaderapp

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@dina_elmadbouly

@haydinabilxo

@SarahAbdelbaky1

@udonnoome

@maymaged551

@FatnaAyman

@iMariomaa

@Dmiseryntist

@Mirna_elhelbawi

@Yarahelbawi

@Nohilism_

@Faariddda

@mayada_mekawey

@SNOWarwa

@sammaaaaaah

@ehe2ehe2

@WimShakespeare @threadreaderapp @dina_elmadbouly @haydinabilxo @SarahAbdelbaky1 @udonnoome @maymaged551 @FatnaAyman @iMariomaa @Dmiseryntist @Mirna_elhelbawi @Yarahelbawi @Nohilism_ @Faariddda @mayada_mekawey @SNOWarwa @sammaaaaaah @ehe2ehe2 @threadreaderapp

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Ha llegao a cadi centro sin tené ni puta idea de dónde ir? Estás hasta el coño de tablao y bafle? Hasta el carajo de las agrupasione del falla que ya están mu vista?
Pues enhorabuena, porque te traigo la GUÍA RÁPIDA DE CÓMO MOVERTE EN CADI PA VE CALLEJERA Y QUE NO TE FARTE NI UNA

Antes que nada, decir que las calles favoritas de las ilegale están más o menos concurridas dependiendo de la hora del día. Por ejemplo, durante el día es poco probable encontrar algo en la zona de Capuchinos, pero por la madrugá es uno de los mejores sitios pa escuchá

Y esto depende de cada uno pero yo os voy a dejá el itinerario que me gusta hacer a mí. Si alguien quiere aportá algo, lo puede dejá abajito del hilo, que compartí es de guapas 🫶

V posledních týden se víc a víc objevuje narativ, že česká ekonomika má letos před sebou silný rok. Prognózy se revidují směrem nahoru - ta od ČNB dokonce poměrně výrazně na 2,9% - a v médiích zaznívají pozitivnější výhledy o 3% růstu.
Já jsem ale pořád spíš skeptický...
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...a to hned z několika důvodů. To neznamená, že bych pro letošek čekal útlum - naopak, ekonomika nejspíš poroste jako loni (2,5%), což nás zařadí do první třetiny EU, a dál tak budeme odmazávat manko posledních 5 let.
Ale cokoli lepšího si myslím, že spíš nepřijde. Proč?
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Zaprvé, růst pořád stojí na spotřebě domácností. Ta loni rostla kolem 3%, a k celkovém růstu tak přispěla skoro ze dvou třetin. Spotřeba poroste i letos, ale během loňska bylo v datech vidět, že narážíme na strop, co se tempa týče.
3/12

@Markus_Soeder @SilkeLaunert Hier ein Beitrag darüber, wie sich die von Eric Schmidt prophezeite Energiekrise durch gezielte Investitionen in photonische Chips, Biocomputing und Quantentechnologien verhindern lässt und die KI skalierbar macht.

@Markus_Soeder @SilkeLaunert FinalSpark baut sogenannte "biologische Prozessoren" (Bioprozessoren), die aus lebenden menschlichen Neuronen bestehen. Diese Neuronen werden in Form von winzigen, kugelförmigen Strukturen – sogenannten Organoids (Mini-Gehirnen) – gezüchtet.

@Markus_Soeder @SilkeLaunert Jeder dieser winzigen Organoids – kleine, kugelförmige Ansammlungen lebender menschlicher Neuronen – umfasst etwa 10.000 Zellen. Durch feine Elektrodennetze werden sie mit der digitalen Welt verbunden:

In 2018, Ray Dalio gave a 40-minute masterclass on how to never lose money investing.

His frameworks:
• Economy as a perpetual motion
• Four forces, three equilibrium, two levers
• Holy grail of investing

15 lessons on markets and money:

1. Write down your decision criteria

"Every time I would make a decision, I would write down the criteria I used."

"The same things happen over and over again."

"By taking the time to write them down, then seeing how those criteria would have worked over time, I could get perspective."

2. The economy is a perpetual motion machine

"There are four big forces, three important equilibriums, and two levers."

"If you get this down, basically everything through my eyes is along those lines."

"You can almost picture where you are in the cycles and anticipate what will happen next."

If you study the roots of a large part of conditioned inhibition what you find is that the way the UK is set up is to make areas that are "achieving" and "doing well for yourself" as institutionally clashing with erotic/sexual expression

It implicates parenting and children

In the UK what happens is that if you look the way society is governed, you have Lily Phillips and the law of the land = No problem

BUT then if you take the 'Professions' what are the 'Professions' = Teacher, Doctor, Nurse, Police..

Like what do you want to be when you grow up?

And it covers loads of areas, armed forces, lots of areas.

The parents want the daughters and children to strive to become a 'Professional' or whatever it is that parents want for their kids

So due to the prohibitions that are built into society the parents groom their kids

En algunos tanques de 1920, su blindaje era de acero sólido, pero el comandante podía ver a través de él como si fuera cristal. No era magia, sino física aplicada. Fue quizá el intento más loco de hacer el acero transparente. La cúpula estroboscópica. Tira del hilo 🧵👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

En la Primera Guerra Mundial, los tanquistas tenían un problema grave: eran ciegos. Las ranuras de visión eran imanes para los francotiradores y los primeros bloques de vidrio se astillaban al recibir un impacto, cegando a la tripulación con metralla de cristal en los ojos.

Los ingenieros necesitaban una forma de ver 360 grados sin usar cristal débil y sin dejar agujeros por donde entraran las balas. La solución vino de la ilusión óptica más antigua del cine: la persistencia de la visión. Si mueves algo muy rápido, el cerebro lo borra.

Во время шатдаунов в Иране одним из ключевых средств коммуникации стал Delta Chat — мессенджер, который работает поверх протокола электронной почты.

Основатель иранского «Сообщества свободного ПО» Аббас Даварпана рассказал, как это произошло.

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Delta Chat — это мессенджер, который работает поверх протокола электронной почты. У вас нет отдельного аккаунта — все идет через ваш обычный email. Это приложение выглядит как чат, но по сути это почтовый клиент, завернутый в интерфейс мессенджера.

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Участники «Сообщества свободного ПО» заранее развернули Chatmail Relay (чатмэйл релеи или ретрансляторы) Delta Chat на домене . Параллельно они проводили тесты с участием обычных пользователей, чтобы понаблюдать за их взаимодействием с приложением.

3/14tiiiz.ir

1/El 4-7-2024 presenté una denuncia, acompañada por documentación aplastante, contra una psicóloga colegiada en el @copc_cat, ratificada el 29-10-24. Pretendía formar un grupo de alto control a través de una supuesta formación docente y admitía usar pseudociencia en consulta.HILO

2/Como parte de mi trabajo de documentación para mi libro "Currículum oculto", en que denuncio la infiltración de la pseudociencia y los grupos sectarios en las escuelas y universidades, me inscribí en el curso de 30 horas "Aplicació pràctica de la pedagogia sistèmica a l'escola"

3/Ya había visto algunas formaciones y estado en alguna charla de esta corriente sectaria, aplicación escolar de las delirantes y peligrosas "constelaciones familiares", y había leído basura de Hellinger y Olvera. Conocía experiencias cercanas y sabía dónde me iba a meter.

Mielenkiintoinen tutkimus Australian liikakuolleisuudesta. Tutkimuksen teki @OkayThenNews ja se julkaistiin Sagessa.

Joitain ottoja 🧵

https://x.com/OkayThenNews/status/2023339777966363067?s=20

2/

".. Sage, on juuri julkaissut artikkelin, jossa ei ainoastaan vain tuoda esiin ylimääräisen kuolleisuuden merkillistä ilmiötä ja sen korrelaatiota COVID-19 -rokotusohjelman kanssa, mutta myös todistetaan melko selvästi, että rokote on suoraan osallisena .."

3/

".. [*tämä tehdään] ekologisen tutkimuksen avulla, sulkemalla pois tyypilliset vaihtoehtoiset selitykset, kuten itse COVID-19 [-tauti] ja eri sulkutoimet - tutkimuksella, joka keskittyi neljään Australian alueeseen. .."

🧵Since the start of the war, media outlets, NGOs, and so-called researchers have pushed the claim that Israel “targets journalists” to “silence the press.” But when you actually examine who these “journalists” were and the circumstances of their deaths, a different picture emerges: many had direct familial ties to Hamas or were members themselves. And, in numerous cases, those labeled “journalists” were not journalists at all. That is the case with Issam Mohamed Sobhi Bahar.

https://x.com/kikas6652/status/1932977370786377899

Let's start with the basics: Alleged journalist Issam Bahar was killed in an IDF strike on October 16, 2023, along his wife & other family members. According to IDF statements Issam was targeted because he was a member of Hamas, unrelated to any association to Al-Aqsa TV.

But was he even a journalist? There is no evidence that Issam Bahar worked for Al-Aqsa TV, or for any media outlet, at the time of his death. He appears to have worked as a camera operator years ago, but there is no indication he continued in that role after 2016. Aside from media reports labeling him a “journalist” after his death, nothing suggests he was actively employed in journalism. Notably, the Committee to Protect Journalists does not list him in its database of killed journalists, further indicating that journalism was not his profession at the time.

THREAD 4
WHEN LAW REPLACED CUSTOM
(surnames, forms, the myth of timeless patriarchy)

1️⃣
This is where the break happens.

Not in ancient India.
Not in temples.
Not in epics.

But in files, registers, and forms.

2️⃣
Pre-modern India ran on custom.

Identity was local.
Lineage could be maternal.
Marriage could be flexible.

The system worked because society did not need every child tied to a named father.

3️⃣
Colonial administration could not function like that.

The state needed:
Land titles.
Tax rolls.
Census categories.
Inheritance clarity.

Custom was messy.
Plurality was inefficient.

So lineage had to be fixed.

HRCP's explosive fact-finding report about the Crime Control Department (CCD), created by the Punjab government last year to combat serious crime, but which has instead become a vehicle for staged encounters and extrajudicial executions.

🧵

In just eight months (April–December 2025), 924 people, including two women, died in what the report describes as likely staged encounters and “deliberate executions.”

In the same period, only two police officials were reportedly killed.

“In genuine armed confrontations, such a ratio appears to be statistically implausible. This imbalance suggests deliberate executions and reckless disregard for the sanctity of life,” writes the HRCP.

Ich hatte jetzt mal Zeit, in die Inszenierung von Milo Rau am Thalia Theater in Hamburg reinzuschauen. Beim zufälligen Reinzappen fiel mir folgende 👇 Szene aus der „Vernehmung“ des „Zeugen“ Feroz Khan auf, einem jungen deutsch-pakistanischen Influencer, der für die AfD wirbt. /2

Wenn es jemandem in dieser Szene an Respekt mangelt, dann nicht Khan, sondern der „Anklägerin“ Gabriele Heinecke – selbst wenn diese ihre Respektlosigkeit („Totaler Bullshit!“) im süßlichen Bastelstundentonfall dahersäuselt. /3

Doch die „Richterin“, die Ex-Justizministerin Herta Däubler-Gmelin (SPD), maßregelt nicht sie, sondern Khan – obgleich er nichts getan oder gesagt hat, was eine solch schroffe Maßregelung rechtfertigen würde.

(Die ganze „Vernehmung“👇 ab 2:04:09) /4youtube.com/live/KjwfRttxs…

השיחות הדרמטיות היום בין ארצות הברית לאיראן צפויות להסתיים בכשלון.
הדרישות האמריקאיות הן למעשה הסכם כניעה של איראן שכולל את האורניום הפסקת העשרה לחלוטין לחסל את הטילים שלהם ולעשות שינוי הנהגתי וכל זה כשהאיראנים מכותרים בנכסים צבאיים של ארצות הברית.
האיראנים מצידם הדגישו
1/

שהשיחות הן בנושא הגרעין בלבד והפסקת הסנקציות.
האמריקאים דורשים את האורניום המעושר והסכם ורק אחר כך בהמשך הדרך הפסקת סנקציות.
על הטילים והמשטר אין לאיראנים כוונה לשתף פעולה כמו גם על הפרוקסי.
המרחק האדיר בין הצדדים לא יפתר היום וגם לא בעוד שנה.
חמינאי בניגוד לחומייני שחתם
2/

על הפסקת אש עם עיראק לטובת איראן בלי שום חשש מביקורת שנשמעה, כי הוא לא החל במלחמה העירקים החלו וכי המעמד שלו הדתי הרוחני כמנהיג לא הסתמכה על הכוח הצבאי שהוא מחזיק.
חומייני מכונה גם אימאם (כמו 12 האימאמים) גם ולאית אל פקיה - שליח האל או שהאל מוסר את דבריו דרכו. חמינאי בניגוד
3/

כחברה גאה בדור ה-X, תרשו לי שלא להזדעזע מאיומי האפוקליפסה של האייג'נטים, ה-AI או כל טכנולוגיה אחרת שתכבוש את העולם ותהפוך את כל המקצועות למיותרים.

1. וורדפרס נמצאת איתנו כבר יותר מ-20 שנה. רואי השחורות והחוכמולוגים דאז אמרו שמקצוע פיתוח האתרים מת, כי כל אחד יוכל להקים אתר לבד.

2. אנחנו בשנת 2026, ועדיין יש ביקוש לא קטן לפיתוח אתרים מקצועי, למרות שבאמת אפשר להקים וורדפרס בלחיצת כפתור בכל שרת אחסון סביר.

כשוויקס באה לאוויר העולם, אמרו שכל בעל עסק הופך למעצב, ולא צריך יותר מפתחי אתרים וגרפיקאים, כי כל אחד יכול להקים אתר לבד. כמה אתרי וויקס מדהימים

3. אתם מכירים? יש איזו פלטפורמה גדולה ורצינית שעובדת על וויקס? ראיתם הרבה אתרי וויקס מובילים את העמוד הראשון של גוגל במילות חיפוש?

אם היה לי סוס על כל לקוח פוטנציאלי שהתקשר וביקש לחלץ את האתר שלו מוויקס אחרי שנים של התבחבשויות ודריכה במקום, היתה לי היום חווה במונטנה.

🧵The KGB – The Immortal Deep State of Russia
1/ The KGB didn't just appear. Its bloodline starts with the 1917 Cheka under Felix Dzerzhinsky – Lenin's terror machine to crush "enemies of the people." But the modern Committee for State Security (KGB) was officially born on March

13, 1954, as the "sword and shield of the Communist Party." From day one, it was built to protect the regime at all costs.
2/ Core purposes? Foreign intelligence, domestic counter-intel, border security, protection of the leadership, technical espionage, and silencing dissent.

They infiltrated churches, intellectuals, and anyone who stepped out of line. The KGB wasn't just police – it was the Party's invisible hand, operating in the shadows while the visible government played politics.
3/ Cold War era? They hit the ground running. By 1954 the Iron

1HILO COMO FUNCIONA ESA ESTAFA DE LA ECONOMÍA MUNDIAL

Para empezar se trata de intercambios y de escasez
La base de todos los intercambios son MATERIAS PRIMAS, MANUFACTURA, CONOCIMIENTO Y FINANCIACIÓN

Aspectos subordinados en una relación PIRAMIDAL

https://x.com/AnunnakiBot_/status/1775811451720024410

2 Pero esos cuatro elementos tienen una distribución GEOGRÁFICA
MATERIAS PRIMAS, En ÁFRICA, IBEROAMÉRICA Y RUSIA

3 MANUFACTURAS, la gran fabrica del mundo es CHINA (incorporándose INDIA, INDONESIA...)

Ukraine just turned a Swedish artillery shell into a precision drone weapon.
And it’s changing modern warfare.

The weapon is the BONUS 155 mm smart shell.
Developed by Sweden and France to hunt tanks autonomously.
It contains two sensor-guided submunitions that:
• Scan the ground with IR + laser • Identify armored vehicles • Attack from above — where armor is weakest

But Ukraine introduced a major innovation:
Instead of firing it from artillery…
They drop it from drones.
This turns a conventional shell into a precision air-delivered weapon.

Im Jahr 2025 gab es in Deutschland zwischen 13 und 15 Mio neue COVID-Infektionen. In unserem neuen Paper "Update 2025: Modellierung der COVID-Infektionszahlen in Deutschland (2020-2025)" haben wir nun die Daten für das 6. Jahr der Pandemie ergänzt (Pre-Print).

Auch im Jahr 2025 gab es für die Bürger in Deutschland nur wenige Hinweise in den Medien auf die beiden durchlaufenden COVID-Infektionswellen mit Millionen Infektionen. Der Grund ist der Mangel an offiziellem Zahlenmaterial, das die Dynamik abbildet.

Die offiziellen Infektions-Zahlen des RKI bilden nicht einmal 1% des tatsächlichen Geschehens ab (Dunkelziffer >80x-200x). Dieser Mangel an Information führt dazu, dass sich selbst in starken Wellen die Bevölkerung nicht einmal mit den einfachsten Schutzmaßnahmen schützt.

日本は米国の支配下にあるの！

セメントの利権についてGrokちゃんに聞いてみた

＞「セメントに関連する港の利権」とは、主に日本国内で語られる文脈で、セメント業界（特に大手企業）が特定の港湾施設やその周辺の使用・運営・荷役を事実上独占・優位的に握っている状態、またはそれによって生じる経済的利益・影響力を指す隠語的な

表現です

これは公共事業や地域経済と深く結びついた「政官財の癒着」の一例として批判的に語られることが多く、以下のような具体例が背景にあります

主な内容と実態専用桟橋・専用岸壁の事実上の占有セメントは大量輸送が必要な重量物（原料の石灰石・粘土、完成品のセメント、輸入クリンカーなど）

Per chi vuole leggere la cartella stampa: smallpdf.com/file#s=ff31da4….
La parte istituzionale è costruita bene: Lotito insiste su rigenerazione, mobilità, dialogo con Comune e tifosi, e lega l’orizzonte al 2032. Ma è una cornice politica più che industriale. 1/SEGUE x.com/spicciar/statu…

Sul fronte “squadra di progetto”, emergono due figure-chiave: l’ing. Alessandro Lanzetta come responsabile tecnico e l’arch. Marco Casamonti come firma e “garanzia” progettuale. Nelle ultime pagine compaiono anche le caselle organizzative interne (finanza e controllo, legale, consulenze). 2/

C’è poi un elemento interessante: l’idea di appoggiarsi a una piattaforma “stadio come business” (hospitality, partnerships, ticketing, venue management) attraverso partner che vendono proprio quel tipo di competenze. In cartella c’è un blocco molto “americano” su sponsorship/naming rights, F&B, merchandising, gestione eventi. 3/

After chatting with 8 engineers from OpenAI and Meta, I discovered they all swear by the same 7 "edge-case" prompts.

Not the viral ones from Reddit.

These are what power cutting-edge prototypes and debug complex models.

Steal them here ↓

First thing I noticed: every one of them writes prompts that assume the model will fail.

Not optimistic prompts.

Adversarial ones.

They're not trying to get a good answer. They're trying to catch where the model breaks.

That changes everything about how you write prompts.

1. The Chain-of-Doubt

"Walk me through your reasoning step by step. After each step, ask yourself: could this be wrong? If yes, say why."

Kills hallucination confidence.

The model second-guesses itself mid-answer instead of committing to a wrong path.

Two Meta engineers independently named this their most-used debug prompt.

Along streets across Berlin, a quiet rebellion is unfolding in the form of Kiezblocks (“neighbourhood blocks”). What began as a grassroots response to political inertia and rat-running cars has grown into a compelling experiment in bottom-up urbanism coordinated by @ccitiesorg.🧵

For years, Berliners have complained about the rise of traffic on side streets not designed to carry such volumes. While their 2018 Mobility Act promised a shift toward alternatives, progress on traffic calming has been slow and uneven. In that vacuum, residents began organising.

Kiezblocks propose a simple idea: prevent cars from cutting across neighbourhoods by installing filters—planters, bollards—that limit access to local destinations. They draw inspiration from Barcelona's Superblocks, but here, momentum comes not from city hall, but kitchen tables.

Vi os posts recentes sobre Mariana Mortágua e o doutoramento em "Economia Política" do ISCTE, e deixo aqui mais informação que considero relevante sobre o que se passa noutra faculdade, neste caso, o ISEG.

Vicente Ferreira é professor convidado no ISCTE e no ISEG.

Quick Requests Decoded
1.
I received a request to decode the Mr. Beast + Naruto collaboration.

I've had mixed results with Mr. Beast decode attempts, but I've decoded Naruto with confidence in several threads, so I can give a partial answer for likely intent here.

2.
09/21/1999 Naruto Manga begins
09/21/1999 End of Kenshin Manga Run (Top Manga Post Dragon Ball)
07/07/2014 My Hero Academia: NINJA SCHOOL (Japan Themed)
11/10/2014 Naruto Manga End: SUPERHERO SCHOOL (USA Comic Book Inspired)

3.
The rise of Naruto is tied to One Piece as the next big anime push and both have focuses on symbolism of philosophy in relation to cheapness (Straw Hat for One Piece and Ramen for Naruto) as a way to help (or less generously pacify) the next generation.

Orta Doğu ülkesi mi dediniz?
Türkiye’de pek dikkati çekmedi.
6 Mart 2025 Perşembe günü...
ABD Temsilciler Meclisi üyeleri Gus Bilirakis ve Brad Schneider tarafından, bir yasa tasarısı verildi.
Tasarı, doğrudan Türkiye’yi ilgilendiriyordu.

Tasarıda, Avrupa ülkesi kategorisinde yer alan Türkiye’nin, bir Orta Doğu ülkesi olarak sınıflandırılması isteniyordu.
Yani, Türkiye’nin İran, Suriye ve Libya’yla aynı bölgede tanımlanması amaçlanıyor.

Yasa tasarısının gerekçesi şu:
Türkiye’nin Orta Doğu’ya, Çin ve Rusya’ya yöneldiği, HAMAS’a destek verdiği, uluslararası hukuka uymadığı...
Bu girişim, yasalaşmasa bile, Türkiye’nin ABD’de nasıl algılandığının bir yansımasıdır.

Good @bbclysedoucet interview with Islamic Republic deputy foreign minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi-one of the system's better diplomats-on US-#Iran nuclear negotiations.

Ahead of today's Geneva talks now is a good time to take stock of where we stand 1/25+
bbc.com/news/articles/…

Topics covered:

1. US-Iran talks: Narrow path to a nuclear deal

2. Negotiations as a double-edged sword

3. Military scenarios

4. Post-deal or conflict status-quo 2/

1. US-Iran talks: Narrow path to a nuclear deal

In the interview Takht-Ravanchi re-emphasizes the Islamic Republic's openness to negotiating on the nuclear issue in exchange for concessions on sanctions. 3/

Investrology Returned With A HUGE Message!

"SI" Contract size is 5,000 oz's, it's digital value at say $80/oz is $400,000.

So to play the "SI" Futures, just the margin requirement at 9% is $36,000, so 10 contracts and you are risking $360,000 just on margin requirements!

So for the retail/public to short "SI", in order to hedge Physical Silver, you need $36,000 to start with and the know how of the Comex platform! Trust me this is not a game the retail gamblers are going to be able play.

Retail are not shorting "SI", nor are they long on "SI", they are playing derivatives, based on hype and fearmongering of the Physical Silver traders and their affiliates. 99% of the YouTubers so called 'silver experts', are absolute morons in my opinion.

HOW STUDENTS ARE USING GEMINI TO PREDICT EXAM TOPICS (Up to 40–50% ACCURACY)
Not cheating.
Not guessing.
Only pattern analysis.

Copy these 7 prompts to predict any exam.
BOOKMARK or LOSE

A Thread↴

1. PAST PAPER PATTERN SCANNER

Prompt: “I’m getting ready for the [exam name] under the [country/board/university] syllabus. I’ve attached/pasted the last [X] years of previous papers. Go through them to spot repeat themes, key chapters, and common question formats. Then sort and prioritize these patterns by how often they appear and how much they matter.”

2. HIGH-PROBABILITY TOPIC RANKER

Task: Using the attached syllabus for [subject/course] ([insert syllabus here]) alongside the supplied past exam papers, produce a priority-ordered list of every topic—from most to least probable to show up on the upcoming exam—and briefly justify the placement of each item based on the evidence.

BREAKING: AI can now build RAG pipelines like Google Brain's retrieval research team (for free).

Here are 12 insane Claude prompts that replace $380K/year ML engineers at top AI labs (Save for later)

1. The Google Brain RAG Architecture Designer

"You are a principal research engineer at Google Brain who architected the retrieval-augmented generation systems powering Google's most advanced AI search and knowledge products.

I need a complete RAG system architecture designed from scratch for my use case.

Design:

- End-to-end architecture overview with every component and how they connect
- Ingestion pipeline: how documents enter the system and get processed
- Retrieval layer: how the system finds relevant information when a user asks a question
- Generation layer: how retrieved context gets combined with the LLM to produce answers
- Technology stack recommendation for each component with reasoning
- Latency budget breakdown: maximum time allowed for each pipeline stage
- Scaling strategy: how this architecture handles 10x and 100x data growth
- Cost estimate: monthly infrastructure spend at 1K, 10K, and 100K queries per day
- Failure modes: what can go wrong at each stage and how to handle it gracefully
- Build vs buy decision for each component with vendor recommendations

Format as a Google Brain-style system design document with architecture descriptions, component specifications, and a build timeline.

My use case: [DESCRIBE YOUR DATA TYPE, QUERY PATTERNS, ACCURACY REQUIREMENTS, SCALE, AND BUDGET]"

2. The Pinecone Chunking Strategy Engineer

"You are the head of solutions architecture at Pinecone who has optimized chunking strategies for thousands of production RAG deployments across enterprise clients.

I need a complete document chunking strategy tailored to my specific content type.

Build:

- Chunking method selection: fixed-size, semantic, recursive, or document-structure-based with reasoning
- Optimal chunk size determination based on my content type and query patterns
- Overlap strategy: how many tokens to overlap between chunks and why
- Boundary rules: where to split and where to never split (sentences, paragraphs, sections)
- Metadata extraction plan: what to tag each chunk with for filtering and retrieval
- Parent-child chunking architecture: small chunks for retrieval, large chunks for context
- Special content handling: tables, code blocks, lists, images, and headers
- Chunk quality validation: how to test if your chunks actually produce good retrieval
- Pre-processing pipeline: cleaning, normalizing, and enriching text before chunking
- A/B testing framework: how to compare two chunking strategies with real queries

Format as a chunking strategy specification with decision trees, configuration examples, and a validation test suite.

My content: [DESCRIBE YOUR DOCUMENT TYPES, AVERAGE LENGTH, STRUCTURE, LANGUAGE, AND WHAT USERS TYPICALLY ASK ABOUT]"

Bombowce strategiczne – ☢️ Triada Nuklearna [1/3] – wady i zalety 🧵⬇️

Bombowce strategiczne to historycznie pierwszy środek przenoszenia ładunków jądrowych. Jest to również jedyny element (późniejszej) triady, który został użyty w praktyce. 1/10

Przez blisko 15 lat bombowce pozostawały jedynym środkiem przenoszenia zdolnym do przeprowadzenia uderzeń strategicznych. Jak wszystkie "nogi" triady, mają swoje wady i zalety.
2/10

ZALETY:

* Wysoki potencjał do sygnalizacji strategicznej. Kilka możliwych zagrań: manifestacyjny przelot, przebazowanie bliżej terytorium przeciwnika, użycie broni konwencjonalnej jako prezentacja zdolności, kontrolowane użycie taktycznych ładunków jądrowych.
3/10

Viceroy is LONG Aroundtown wile the market sleeps.

Viceroy Research reversed its stance on Aroundtown (AT1:DE), from investigating it as a potential short to initiating a long position. The stock is deeply undervalued. $AT1 #aroundtown 1/

For years we've received unsolicited requests to short $AT1. We originally believed it was a short.

We were wrong. And now we're long in an industry where we've been prolific short sellers. $AT1 2/

Report now live on our website:

viceroyresearch.org/publications/v…

Our thesis requires no heroic assumptions: Aroundtown should trade on a Price-to-NAV in line with its much less diversified peers. $AT1 3/

Rzadko się na tej platformie udzielam, straciłem wiarę że to cokolwiek zmienia. Jestem coraz starszy i coraz bardziej zgorzkniały. Na pewno nie mam już werwy na mądrzenie się w internecie, w później wielogodzinne dyskusje w komentarzach. Dlatego to będzie jeden z niewielu moich

wpisów.
Wróciłem w niedziele jak już wielokrotnie, z obecnie znanych pod nazwą warsztatów GSR organizowanych przez "głównie" środowiska proobronne w paśmie gór orłowińskich. Ukłony tutaj dla Marka Mroszczyka któremu nadal się chce (godny pochwały zapał i wytrwałośc).

Nie chcę oczywiście nikogo pomijać bo są tam różne organizacje: zarówno Strzelec,obronanarodowa jak i prywatne grupy pasjonatów więc tych ludzi którym się należy wyrazy uznania jest dużo wiec jeśli ktoś to przeczyta niech nie poczuje się urażony że go pominąłem.Jest też i wojsko

YES, CHATGPT CAN BUILD YOU A REAL BUSINESS IN A DAY

You don’t need investors, a cofounder, or a 6-month runway.

Just these 10 prompts — and the next 24 hours.

[Save this]

1/ Validate Before You Build

Prompt:
“Analyze my business idea: [BUSINESS IDEA] for [TARGET AUDIENCE]. Is there demand? Who are the top competitors? What’s the fastest version I can launch to test it today?”

2/ Craft an Irresistible Offer

Prompt:
“Design a high-value offer for my business that solves [SPECIFIC PROBLEM] for [AUDIENCE]. It should feel premium, be easy to deliver, and get people saying YES.”

The far-right now steering Israel’s government is racing against time to dismantle the Oslo Accords and annex the West Bank. Its latest instrument: turning the West Bank real-estate market into a jungle of forged transactions and mafia-style extortion. Thread.

1/ About a week ago (8.2.2026), the cabinet approved a series of decisions whose implications, if implemented, will profoundly and negatively reshape reality in the West Bank. >>
ynet.co.il/news/article/r…

2/ These decisions are designed to advance de facto annexation in line with the worldview of the far-right actors who effectively control the government. >>

1/ The past weeks took me to Washington and Kyiv, so only now I am sharing key findings from Essential Ukraine #17 and my trips. Bottom line: after the hardest winter of the war, a thaw is coming bringing some energy relief, but also renewed frontline and diplomatic pressure.

2/ Diplomacy is more active than at any time since early 2022. U.S.-facilitated channels are open and technical issues are being explored, but the political core — territory and security guarantees — remains deadlocked. War and talks are likely to run in parallel throughout 2026.

3/ Washington is pushing for movement while reprioritizing globally. It engages both sides but neither has nor can impose a master plan, as the Abu Dhabi talks illustrated. Kyiv’s renewed negotiating team is more pragmatic, yet Zelensky remains in charge and a tough interlocutor.

The BBC’s International Editor Jeremy Bowen insists: “I’m an impartial reporter.”
That claim, made this week in a pathetic puff piece in the FT, deserves scrutiny.
The BBC is funded by the British public, and Bowen benefits from the assumption that what he says is impartial because of who his employer is.
But is he? Really?
A 🧵
ft.com/content/b13961…

2/ In that FT profile, Bowen says there is “clear evidence” of Israeli war crimes in Gaza and argues Israel’s strategy makes it less safe.
Serious claims. Not delved into in the FT piece at all. Nestled among commentary about red wine and cheese on toast.
Does this claim meet the BBC’s own standards of due impartiality?

3/ On 15 Jan on BBC News, Bowen suggested PM Benjamin Netanyahu delayed a ceasefire for his “own political needs” to preserve a coalition supported by “hardline Jewish nationalists.”
Attributing political motive is not neutral analysis.
It is a judgment.

https://x.com/4mediastandards/status/1879503199192920187

הימין הקיצוני ששולט בממשלת העבריינים/גזענים של סמוטריץ' שעל פי כל הסקרים לא עובר את אחוז החסימה, מצוי במרוץ נגד הזמן לקראת חיסול הסכמי אוסלו וסיפוח הגדה המערבית. האמצעי החדש להשגת המטרה: הפיכת שוק הנדל"ן בגדה לג'ונגל של זיופי עסקאות וסחטנות מאפיוזית עליו ינצחו המתנחלים. שרשור.

1/ לפני כשבוע (8.2.2026) הקבינט אישר שורת החלטות שאם אכן תיושמנה, השלכותיהן תהיינה שליליות מאוד על המציאות השוררת בגדה המערבית. החלטות אלו נועדו לקדם סיפוח בהתאם לתפיסת העולם של הימין הקיצוני ששולט למעשה בממשלה. >>
ynet.co.il/news/article/r…

2/ חלק מההחלטות נוטל סמכויות מעיריות חברון ובית לחם וחלקן נוגעות לאכיפה ישראלית בשטחי הרשות הפלסטינית. בפוסט הזה אנחנו רוצים להתמקד בהחלטה אחת מתוך שלוש הנוגעות לעידוד מתנחלים ישראלים "לרכוש" אדמה בגדה המערבית: לפתוח את מרשם המקרקעין בגדה המערבית לעיון הציבור. >>

1/ A retired Russian rear admiral has been convicted of stealing over half a billion rubles allocated to repairing anti-aircraft missile systems. He was fined 500,000 rubles and immediately released from custody. ⬇️

2/ Rear Admiral Nikolai Kovalenko was found guilty yesterday in the Moscow Region Garrison Court of organising a large-scale embezzlement of Russian Ministry of Defence funds allocated to four contracts for the repair of anti-aircraft missile systems between 2013 and 2017.

3/ The fraud involved purchasing faulty components from Ukraine in 2012 – before the annexation of Crimea and the invasion of the Donbas – for only 40 million rubles ($521,000) and passing them off as refurbished ones. A total of 592 million rubles ($7.7 m) was reportedly stolen.

BREAKING: Claude is insane for market research.

I reverse-engineered how top consultants at McKinsey, Goldman Sachs, & JP Morgan use it.

The difference is night and day.

Here are 12 insane Claude Opus 4.6 prompts they don't want you to know (Save for later)

1. Market Sizing (TAM/SAM/SOM) from Scratch

Most founders pay consultants $3K just for a market sizing slide.

Claude does it in 30 seconds with actual logic:

Prompt:

You are a senior market research analyst at McKinsey.

Calculate the TAM, SAM, and SOM for [YOUR PRODUCT/SERVICE] in [TARGET MARKET].

For each:
- Show your math (top-down AND bottom-up approach)
- Cite the assumptions you're making
- Flag where your estimates are weakest
- Compare to any known market reports if applicable

Format as an investor-ready slide with numbers, not paragraphs. If my market is smaller than I think, tell me now.

2. Customer Persona Builder (Based on Real Data, Not Guesswork)

Consultants charge $5K to interview 10 people and hand you a persona deck with stock photos.

This is better:

Prompt:

You are a consumer insights researcher at Goldman Sachs

Build 3 detailed customer personas for [YOUR PRODUCT] in [INDUSTRY]

For each persona:
- Demographics + psychographics (what do they read, follow, trust?)
- Buying trigger: What event makes them Google your solution?
- Decision process: Who else influences their purchase?
- Objections: What's their #1 reason to say no?
- Exact phrases they'd use to describe their problem (for ad copy)



- No generic "35-year-old marketing manager" personas
- Base everything on behavioral patterns, not demographics
- Each persona should suggest a different acquisition channel

הציוץ הזה, מאת מיודענו עמית סגל, קסום בכמה רבדים:
 
כדאי להתחיל מעצם השתתפותו הגאה של השופר בקמפיין המתוזמר נגד "אחים לנשק", שלא קשה לנחש מה מקורו ומה תכליתו.
 
זהו (עוד) ניסיון שקוף ופתטי להסיר את האחריות למחדל ה-7.10 משמש העמים, ולהדביק אותה לכל גורם אחר – חוץ מאשר נתניהו. >>

שנית, סגל מציין את הקמפיין פוליטי מהצד של "אחים לנשק" שהתנהל בימי "הרפורמה", שנועד להאדיר את מימדי הפסקת ההתנדבות (ולטרמינולוגיה יש משמעות, כפי שנראה בהמשך) – אבל מתעלם מכך שהיה גם קמפיין פוליטי מצד נתניהו, שתכליתו היתה להרגיע ולשדר מסר לפיו אין שום פגיעה בכשירות. >>

כך, שופרותיו של נתניהו, וגם הוא עצמו (משקפיים ורודים, זוכרים?) – המעיטו בעוצמת המחאה וטענו שאין שום פגיעה בכשירות.
 
כלומר, לא זו בלבד שמדובר בקמפיין פוליטי לחלוטין, אלא שהוא קמפיין "מהונדס לאחור", שמנסה לשנות בדיעבד את המציאות שנתניהו טען לה – כדי להרחיק ממנו את האחריות. >>

I ACCIDENTALLY UNLOCKED "GOD MODE" IN CHATGPT,

AND IT STARTED TEACHING ME THINGS I DIDN'T KNEW EXISTED.

HERE ARE THOSE 7 CHATGPT PROMPTS THAT WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING FOR YOU:

1. Forbidden Wisdom Decoder

Prompt:
What are the lesser-known, under-the-surface truths about [insert topic/field] that are rarely shared publicly because they challenge mainstream thinking? Explain them with historical context, real-world examples, and why they remain hidden.

2. Elite Mastery Roadmap

Prompt:
"Create a mastery roadmap for becoming world-class in [insert skill/field]. Include rare techniques, secret resources, and unconventional approaches that top 1% performers use but rarely share."

1/ The Russian army is continuing to send grossly unfit men to fight in Ukraine. They include a crippled elderly pensioner, a man with a withered arm, and a legless man who has been designated an assault machine gunner. ⬇️

2/ The pensioner is – or now most likely was – 59-year-old Sergei Zuikov from Salavat, who was forced by his employer to sign a military contract in March 2025 despite having a spinal injury. He was not given a medical fitness review before being sent to Ukraine.

3/ Only two months later in May 2025, he was wounded by a mine explosion and received multiple injuries for which he underwent treatment and rehabilitation. His family say that he received no compensation for his wounds.

The Australian Human Rights Commission released a report called Racism@Uni today, presented by far-left Indan-born Race Discrimination Commissioner Giridharan Sivaraman.

Sivaraman doesn't believe White people can experience racism, which is reflected in the report.

The media has so far presented the findings as "shocking" and reported on it uncritically, so here's a breakdown of everything wrong with it.

Long thread:

In the Commissioner's foreword, which is peppered with far-left language like "First Peoples", he complains that Australian universities were built by and for White Australians "upon a foundation of racism":

🧵 THE ONLY THREAD YOU NEED - Merangkum Ainun Najib soal KHGT Muhammadiyah: kenapa menurut dia seharusnya 19 Feb, bukan 18?

Thread ini merangkum apa yang @ainunnajib tulis belakangan ini. Kalian ga perlu pusing baca potong-potong, saya share detailnya:

1/
Muhammadiyah dulu pakai wujudul hilal yang sama kayak pemerintah & NU: hilal harus wujud di Indonesia. Kalau masih pakai itu, tahun ini (1447 H) mestinya mulai puasa 19 Feb bareng mayoritas.

Tiba-tiba ganti ke KHGT → langsung 18 Feb.
Pertanyaan Ainun: kenapa ganti rumus yang malah bikin beda sama umat di tanah air sendiri?

2/
Konjungsi jam 19:01 WIB tanggal 17 Feb.

Hilal baru kelihatan pertama kali di Alaska pas maghrib di sana. Waktu Alaska itu beda jauh: maghrib mereka = dhuhur hari Rabu 18 Feb di Indonesia.

Jadi hilal baru “muncul” di bumi Rabu siang 18 Feb WIB.

Nah, Muhammadiyah udah mulai tarawih malam Selasa 17 Feb & puasa subuh Rabu 18 Feb.
Itu artinya… puasa dimulai sebelum hilal kelihatan di mana pun di bumi.

Haditsnya kan “berpuasalah karena terlihat hilal”, bukan “karena akan terlihat nanti siang”.

I ACCIDENTALLY UNLOCKED "GOD MODE" IN CHATGPT,

AND IT STARTED TEACHING ME THINGS I DIDN'T KNEW EXISTED.

HERE ARE THOSE 7 CHATGPT PROMPTS THAT WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING FOR YOU:

1. Forbidden Wisdom Decoder

Prompt:
What are the lesser-known, under-the-surface truths about [insert topic/field] that are rarely shared publicly because they challenge mainstream thinking? Explain them with historical context, real-world examples, and why they remain hidden.

2. Elite Mastery Roadmap

Prompt:
"Create a mastery roadmap for becoming world-class in [insert skill/field]. Include rare techniques, secret resources, and unconventional approaches that top 1% performers use but rarely share."

Höcke zu Gegendemomstranten:
‼️Goebbels-Hitler-Rede in Reinform:

Höcke zu Demonstranten:
▶️ Sie sind freilich in den Augen Höckes NICHT das WIRKLICHE VOLK:
„Wir (die AfD und AFD-Wähler)
‼️sind aus dem Volk und für das Volk.“‼️.
Video
👇👇👇
facebook.com/share/v/1abYpz…

Die zuvor kurz vorgestellten AfD-Kandidaten für Kommunalparlamente + Lindauer Kreistag seien dafür der Beleg.
▶️ Bei der Demonstration seien vor allem mit einem
‼️„kleinen Demonstrationsgeld“ BEZAHLTE Teilnehmer anwesend‼️
▶️Von wem bezahlt, führte er nicht aus ....

WEITER

Dazu kämen
‼️„gestörte Idealisten“.
Sie seien „Seelenverwundete“, die man durch „Dauerpropaganda in den Schulen und Universitäten und in den Medien“ sowie durch „systematische Charakterwäsche und Umerziehung“ irre an sich selbst gemacht habe, ‼️

BREAKING: Claude is insane for market research.

I reverse-engineered how top consultants at McKinsey, Goldman Sachs, & JP Morgan use it.

The difference is night and day.

Here are 12 insane Claude Opus 4.6 prompts they don't want you to know (Save for later)

1. Market Sizing (TAM/SAM/SOM) from Scratch

Most founders pay consultants $3K just for a market sizing slide.

Claude does it in 30 seconds with actual logic:

Prompt:

You are a senior market research analyst at McKinsey.

Calculate the TAM, SAM, and SOM for [YOUR PRODUCT/SERVICE] in [TARGET MARKET].

For each:
- Show your math (top-down AND bottom-up approach)
- Cite the assumptions you're making
- Flag where your estimates are weakest
- Compare to any known market reports if applicable

Format as an investor-ready slide with numbers, not paragraphs. If my market is smaller than I think, tell me now.

2. Customer Persona Builder (Based on Real Data, Not Guesswork)

Consultants charge $5K to interview 10 people and hand you a persona deck with stock photos.

This is better:

Prompt:

You are a consumer insights researcher at Goldman Sachs

Build 3 detailed customer personas for [YOUR PRODUCT] in [INDUSTRY]

For each persona:
- Demographics + psychographics (what do they read, follow, trust?)
- Buying trigger: What event makes them Google your solution?
- Decision process: Who else influences their purchase?
- Objections: What's their #1 reason to say no?
- Exact phrases they'd use to describe their problem (for ad copy)



- No generic "35-year-old marketing manager" personas
- Base everything on behavioral patterns, not demographics
- Each persona should suggest a different acquisition channel

THE REID HOFFMAN FILES

I OCR'd all 1.4 million documents from the DOJ's Epstein FOIA release.

Then I tested every public claim Reid Hoffman ever made about Jeffrey Epstein.

13 claims. 0 true.

This is the very first email. August 2013.

[EFTA01960550]

Link: justice.gov/epstein/files/…

Since 2019, Reid Hoffman has made 13 testable public claims about Jeffrey Epstein:

1. He only had "few interactions" with Epstein
2. Those interactions were all "at the request of Joi Ito," then-director of the MIT Media Lab
3. They were all "for the purposes of fundraising for MIT". Nothing personal
4. His "last interaction with Epstein was in 2015"
5. He was "never a client" of Epstein's financial advisory services
6. He had "no engagement with him other than fundraising"
7. He didn't know who Epstein was before visiting his island.
8. He spent only "one night" on Epstein's private island
9. It was Joi Ito who "asked if Epstein could attend" the 2015 Palo Alto dinner, not Hoffman who invited him
10. When Epstein emailed him after 2015, his replies were "code for never"
11. "I did not go to the ranch". (Epstein's Zorro Ranch in New Mexico)
12. All post-2015 meetings were "coordinated by Joi Ito"

All are complete lies.

What is Reid Hoffman hiding?

This thread is a compendium of various messages that Hoffman and Epstein exchanged. Consider it a trailer of what's next.

SitRep - 16/02/26 - More local Ukrainian attacks

An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. On a wider scale, Ukrainian forces are carrying out local attacks to regain gray zones and strategic areas.

REPOST=appreciated

1/X

Missed the latest?

https://x.com/NOELreports/status/2023308998879891961

As usual we start with Russian losses

https://x.com/NOELreports/status/2023310952356053209

지금 키배를 뜬 근원적인 이유가 KPOP 팬들끼리 싸우다가 일어난 일이고, 솔직히 '상대편'으로 보이는 외국인들도 중고등학생들처럼 보입니다. 솔직히 둘다 아주 저열하게 키배를 뜨고있기때문에 어느쪽 편을 들 생각은 없는데 인종차별문제는 다른거죠

https://twitter.com/Aqweasd1212/status/2023654861036769281

물론 상대방도 나를 향해 인종차별을 했기 때문에 내가 거기 대응하기위해 차별을 해도 된다는 수준의 이야기는 쓸모가 없다는걸 전제로 깔고가야한다고 생각합니다. 그런데 여기 파딱극우계정처럼 보이는 사람들이 이걸 이용해서

이주노동자, 다문화가정, 화짱조를 몰아내자는 '자국민중심주의' 플로우로 만들어가고 있는게 사실이죠.

Muszę przyznać, że z niemałym rozbawieniem obserwuję reakcje po bezobjawowym wywiadzie z niepokalaną pierwszą małżonką.
Pół roku tej urojonej prezydentury dość wyraźnie obnażyło to kim jest nawrocki, więc kogo spodziewaliście się u jego boku?
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Przecież nie magnetyzującej intelektualistki, błyskotliwej i empatycznej kobiety z klasą, która ma własne poglądy i potrafi je wyrażać poprawną polszczyzną. Ona zresztą dała już próbkę swoich możliwości w kilku wcześniejszych wypowiedziach.
2/29

Moja ukochana babcia zwykła mawiać, że nic tak dobitnie nie świadczy o klasie mężczyzny lub jej całkowitym braku, jak kobieta stojąca u jego boku. I gdzie się nie rozejrzeć, życie potwierdza tę tezę. Czemu tu miałoby być inaczej? Pobudka!!
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Read this SLOWLY

On July 5, 2014, Jeffrey Epstein send an email to Bill Gates asking him whether Gates is meeting Dr Vardhan on coming September 17.

Let’s try to find out who this Dr. Vardhan is and what event unfolded during the week of Sep 17, 2014 in India

Thread 🧵

So, Bill Gates actually visited India during the week of 17 Sep, 2014. Below is the tweet.

He shared one link also regarding the visit but that is not available now.

During that time Melinda Gates also tweeted about few concerning topics like India’s Newborn Action Plan, inclusive growth of women and Toilets and sanitation. AND….

🧵Mercury Retrograde 2026: We're Diving Deep into Watery Realms 🌊✨ Pre-Shadow, Retro, Post-Shadow Vibes Incoming...

Hey cosmic wanderers 💫, 2026 is serving all the emotional depths—Mercury's flipping retrograde three times, and every single one lands in a water sign

(Pisces, Cancer, Scorpio). Pure intuition, feelings, and hidden currents on review. We're already mid-February, so the first wave is whispering right around the corner...

✨ First Wave: February 26 – March 20 in Pisces 🌙
This one's arriving in just ~10 days... whew.

Expect dreamy fog, poetic miscommunications, revisiting old emotions or creative sparks that slipped away. Inner worlds get loud—perfect for soul-searching, art, or forgiving what the heart buried. How are you already feeling the subtle pull? Drop a 🐟 if Pisces season has you

BREAKING: Don't copy and paste answers from ChatGPT.

ChatGPT writing is easily detectable.

Use these prompts instead and see the magic:

1. The Professional AI Humanizer

“Act as a professional human-writing editor. Rewrite the following text to sound natural, human, and conversational. Remove robotic phrasing, stiff structure, and unnatural flow while keeping the original meaning intact. Text: [paste text].”

2. Natural Human Tone Converter

“Rewrite this text so it sounds like it was written by a real human with experience and confidence. Improve sentence rhythm, word choice, and flow. Avoid robotic patterns or overly formal language. Text: [paste text].”

32 años, 32 comprimidos, y el excéntrico baterista que hizo que lo llamaran «Moon the Loon»dejo las baquetas para siempre.
 
CLOMETIAZOL

Keith John Moon  que se  unió a The Who en 1964. Participó en todos los álbumes y sencillos desde su debut, en «Zoot Suit» de 1964, hasta Who Are You de 1978, álbum que fue lanzado solo tres semanas antes de su muerte.

De niño era hiperactivo y tenía una imaginación inquieta. En su juventud, lo único que podía mantener su atención era la música. Moon llevaba un estilo de vida muy destructivo. Asoló habitaciones de hoteles, las casas de sus amigos y hasta su propia casa.

BREAKING: Die Hamburger Bürgerschaft hat veröffentlicht, wer die Kampagnen zu Klimaneutralität und bedingungslosem Grundeinkommen finanziert hat: Von wegen Bürgerbewegung. Hinter der Initiative stecken ein Dutzend Großstiftungen und reiche Unternehmer. 1/6 transparente-demokratie.de/hamburger-buer…

Die Rechenschaftsberichte der beiden Volksinitiativen zeigen ein erschreckendes Bild der Finanzierungsstrukturen. Bei den Kampagnen dominieren mitnichten Privatpersonen oder Basisinitiativen, sondern fast ausschließlich große Stiftungen und reiche Unternehmer. 2/6

Bei "Hamburg testet Grundeinkommen" (Gesamtbudget: 1,67 Mio. Euro) kamen mit 788.000 Euro knapp die Hälfte des Budgets von der dm-Werner-Stiftung aus Karlsruhe, einer von dm-Gründer Götz W. Werner errichteten Unternehmensstiftung. 3/6

Salaried employment is a scam.

8 websites that pay you from home 🧵:

1. Scribe

Generate income working from home on transcription tasks with Scribie, which offers attractive payments.

Newbies can get up to $800 per month, while typing experts can get up to $3,200.

2.Field Agent

Earn money by performing simple tasks for top brands through an intuitive app.

Simply download the app, complete the assigned tasks and earn money in a simple way.

🧵 Hanbali Madhab Ramadhan Fiqh Thread: When Fasting Becomes Obligatory (and When Feeding Replaces It)

(7 tweets, a summary and sources)

1️⃣ If someone becomes eligible for fasting during the day of Ramadan for example, by becoming:

A) Muslim,
B) Reaching puberty
C) regaining health

They must refrain from eating for the rest of the day and make up (qadā’) the fast later for the same day.

2️⃣ in Muntahaa al-Iraadaat it mentions:

They receive the reward of refraining (imsāk), but not the full reward of a fast

Why wait for symptoms? 🤔
These simple tests can save your life! Early Cancer detection = Cure.
Get tested, stay safe! 💪✨

These tests are crucial even without symptoms because many serious diseases, including cancer, develop silently in the early stages. Detecting them early can significantly improve treatment outcomes and survival rates.

1. PSA (Prostate-Specific Antigen): A blood test that helps detect prostate cancer in men early, even before symptoms appear.

2. CBC (Complete Blood Count): Checks overall health and detects conditions like anemia, infections, and blood cancers.

La Teoría de los Cuatro Quemadores

Destruyó el primer matrimonio de Elon Musk.
Explica porqué Bezos está musculoso pero divorciado

Y porque Zuckerberg no tiene amigos de verdad

Una vez lo entiendes, tu vida nunca volverá a ser la misma:

//HILO//🧵

Imagina tu vida como una estufa.
Tienes cuatro quemadores:

1. Familia
2. Trabajo
3. Salud
4. Amigos

Pero en realidad:

Para tener éxit.... tienes que apagar uno. Para tener verdadero éxito.... tienes que apagar dos.

El concepto proviene de David Sedaris.

Lo describió casualmente en una conversación
durante una cena.

Pero desde entonces ha perseguido a los
profesionales de alto rendimiento.

Porque es dolorosamente preciso

Y una vez que lo ves, ya no puedes dejar de verlo.

Gedanken zur Tageslosung für Dienstag, den 17.02.2026

Losungswort
Was verborgen ist, ist des HERRN, unseres Gottes; was aber offenbart ist, das gilt uns und unsern Kindern ewiglich.
5. Mose 29,28

Lehrtext
Sie sollen das Geheimnis Gottes erkennen: Christus. In

ihm sind alle Schätze der Weisheit und Erkenntnis verborgen.
Kolosser 2,2-3

Die Losungen der Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine

Verborgene Schätze

Das heutige Losungswort ist ein Ausschnitt aus einer Rede des Mose an die Israeliten. Sie befanden sich in

dieser Zeit kurz vor dem verheißenen Land. So ermahnte Mose das Volk, den Bund mit Gott zu erneuern und sich an dessen Gebote zu halten. In diesem Sinnzusammenhang verstehe ich das Losungswort so: Nicht alles von Gott können wir begreifen. Vieles bleibt

A small brain-imaging study found that people with #LongCOVID showed slower thinking and reaction times during a cognitive task.

➡️ Advanced MRI scans revealed changes in how important brain networks communicate with each other, especially those involved in attention, language, and decision-making. 1/

Researchers found altered connectivity in key brain networks:

• Salience network
• Language network
• Central executive network
• Sensorimotor and visual networks

➡️ These systems are essential for attention, decision-making, and task control. 2/

The most prominent deficits were seen in the salience network, which helps the brain detect and respond to important stimuli.

➡️ Connectivity problems in this network were more severe with longer illness duration. 3/

What is Tragic Optimism? A Thread
Last week, I wrote about toxic positivity. To summarize, toxic positivity is a forced denial of any tragic past. It’s often encouraged in the military to “embrace the suck.”

In combat, and in the events that follow, it makes sense to grin and bear difficult and tragic circumstances.

But when a soldier returns home, a continual display of happiness despite having grave undertones of seriously negative emotions can be counter intuitive to healing soul wounds, such as sadness, outrage, guilt, and other morally injurious responses.

New paper!

What if you could guarantee (using a mix of formal verification and PDE theory) that a neural network would *always* give you the correct answer, even when making inferences arbitrarily far away from the training data?

Introducing BEACONS. arXiv link below. (1/15)

Link: 
In physics, we often want to use neural networks to infer new solutions to systems of PDEs. But outside of the spatiotemporal ranges on which they're trained, even physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) struggle to extrapolate correctly. (2/15)arxiv.org/abs/2602.14853

Back in the 90s, excellent work was done by Mhaskar, Pinkus and others on *quantitative* versions of the fêted Universal Approximation Theorems for neural networks: how accurately can a shallow neural network with N hidden neurons approximate a d-dimensional function? (3/15)

You’ve got minutes before they’re on top of you.

Is your defensive position secure, or will it collapse at first contact? 🧵

Knowing how to build a fighting position properly is a lifesaver. Here's how you do it.

Basic Fighting Positions

For as long as man has found it pertinent to kill one another, there has been a need for field construction to build defensive and offensive structures to gain an advantage over an adversary. From the siege towers of medieval Europe to the hastily built trenches of modern Ukraine, fighters have felled many trees and dug many pits to defend positions, obfuscate their location, and protect them from fire. While every rifleman is not a combat engineer, every rifleman should have a repertoire of the basic fighting positions that they can dig in the field under their belt.

Fighting positions are more than simple holes to hide in during artillery barrages. Fighting positions do provide a lot of protection from enemy fire, shrapnel from explosives, and other forms of indirect fire but they also provide an easy way to organize a team into fields and sectors of fire to overwatch large areas with little overlap. Positions can be built in a manner that allows units to defend a location of any shape or size, offering opportunities for even full 360-degree coverage if the situation demands it.

Position selection.

When selecting a location for a fighting position the acronym of KOCOA is commonly utilized for assessing prime locations for fighting positions. KOCOA is often used for tactical and strategic battlefield analysis. The letters stand for:

K – Key Terrain: Key terrain is terrain features that give a tactical advantage to either side or it may be an objective that must be taken or held. This could be a hill, ridge, gulley, bridge, or a building that oversees an area with a lot of enemy movement. Key terrain should be occupied or at the very least, denied to the enemy.

O – Observation and Fields of Fire: The ability to see your enemy and effectively engage them with direct or indirect fire is a core necessity of a proper fighting position. Fields of fire should be clear. Examples of an ideal field of fire would be down the slope of a hill or across an open field as both provide excellent line of sight for the defender while minimizing their own visual signature (especially for the one looking down a hill, these are some of the best fighting position locations).

C – Cover and Concealment: Cover protects from bullets and shrapnel while concealment hides one from view. Ideally a fighting position should offer both protection and stealth. If a decision must be made for only of those, the selection of which will depend entirely on circumstances unique to the situation such as the enemy, the team and their abilities, the objective, etc.

O – Obstacles: Obstacles will slow or halt enemy movement. Obstacles can be natural such as rives and cliffs or manmade with area denial tools like razor wire and minefields. Positions should be placed behind or beside obstacles in order to funnel enemy movement into the team’s fields of fires.

A - Avenues of Approach: Routes in which the enemy force can use to advance toward the team or their objective are the avenues of approach. These should be covered with fields of fire. Positions should not be on or in these areas unless there are no other options as they place the team in direct confrontation with the opposing force.

While the acronym is clumsy like most military acronyms, KOCOA provides leaders with a simple tool to identify strong areas for positions to be placed to better confront their enemy.

🚨 I've spent weeks inside the Epstein files — not looking for names, but for infrastructure.

What I found: Jeffrey Epstein wasn't just a sex trafficker. He was a switchboard — routing government secrets, Wall Street intelligence, and political power through one network.

The same network that built the censorship machine that targeted your speech during COVID.

Five parts. All sourced to DOJ documents. Here's the whole investigation 🧵👇

PART 1: The DOJ released thousands of pages of Epstein files. Buried inside them is a 20-year financial architecture designed to turn pandemics into a profit center.

Offshore vaccine funds. Donor-advised fund structures naming "pandemic" as a key area — three years before COVID.

JPMorgan treated a convicted sex offender as the operational architect of a Gates-linked charitable fund.
Every claim sourced. Every document numbered.

🔗 sayerji.substack.com/p/breaking-the…

PART 2: Inside Project Molecule — the 14-page JPMorgan proposal that turned biology into investable infrastructure.

$20M to "finance the surveillance network in Pakistan." Parametric triggers. Reinsurance markets. Vaccine capital positioned in structures designed for offshore flexibility and arm's-length profit.

This wasn't pandemic response. It was pandemic business planning — years before any pandemic.

🔗 sayerji.substack.com/p/inside-proje…

1/5 For 2+yrs pro🇮🇱 lobbyists have orchestrated a defamation campaign against me including by chopping my statements/decontextualizing my words so as to project me as someone who: justifies Oct 7 atrocities, denies crimes such as sexual violence, downplays the hostages'plight.
🧵

https://twitter.com/AgnesCallamard/status/2023503472595964408

2/5 I have been closely monitored across dozens of countries, hundreds of events, thousands of interviews. When my words were chopped & decontextualized, few fact-checked, fewer reported or corrected. The culprits never apologized: emboldened by impunity, they continued.

3/5 Example: at a book talk in Catania🇮🇹, I explained how Israel justifies the targeting and annihilation of doctors and civil servants, by labeling them "Hamas". My words were twisted to make it seem I said "Hamas are good, they run schools!"

🚨 The Photonics Landscape: An Investor's Guide
$POET $LITE $COHR $AXTI $AAOI

Photonics interest is exploding

This is a sector with massive tailwinds for 2026

Let's dig into what photonics is, what problems it solves, and why 2026 is a pivotal year.

We will also dig in to who the major players are.

You'll want to save this thread.
Please repost/quote if you found it valuable!

Photonics Overview

Think of Photonics applications in the data center as using pulses of light instead of electrical signals to move data between computers.

As AI systems grow, they generate more data than copper can move efficiently.

Electrical links hit limits tied to distance, stability, heat, and bandwidth.

These limits show up quickly inside modern clusters.

Copper works well across short distances and slower speeds, but beyond that, power budgets spike and network paths get congested.

Light handles these constraints better because photons travel farther with less loss and lower power use.

This is why photonics is moving deeper into AI racks each year.

(Yes I know this image is goofy)

Why 2026 is Explosive

The demand for AI is exploding.
We need to send more data, faster than ever

Let's look at some of the major tailwinds for 2026:

- NVIDIA’s upcoming Rubin platform represents a massive leap forward by utilizing extreme co-design across GPUs, CPUs, and networking to drive down inference costs.

- The industry is currently transitioning from 800G to 1.6T to accommodate the massive data throughput required by trillion-parameter models. This jump is expected to trigger a massive increase in high-speed transceiver volumes, making 2026 the breakout year for volume shipments.

- CPO (Co-Packaged Optics) solve the efficiency crisis by bringing optical engines directly onto the processor substrate. This architecture delivers much better power efficiency than traditional pluggable modules, allowing for much denser AI fabrics. CPO adoption is coming sooner than anticipated.

- OCS (Optical Circuit Switching) use microscopic mirrors to physically redirect light beams, resulting in nearly zero latency and power consumption during the data path. Lumentum entered 2026 with a backlog exceeding $400 million.

- The silicon photonics market is entering a hyper-growth phase and is projected to scale from $1.8 billion in 2025 to over $10B by 2030.

Next, let's dig into the companies involved, grouped by mkt cap

(I know this image is also goofy)

🧵 THREAD: The Ancient Breathing Technique That Feels Like a Natural Body Reset — Kapalbhati 🧘‍♂️✨

1️⃣ Most people think breathing is automatic.
Yogis believe breathing is power.

One technique called Kapalbhati is known as the “Skull Shining Breath” — and it can completely change your energy, focus, and mental clarity.

Here’s how it works 👇

2️⃣ What is Kapalbhati?

It’s a yogic breathing technique where: ✔ Exhalation is active & forceful
✔ Inhalation is passive & natural

This creates a detox effect for both body and mind.

3️⃣ Why Kapalbhati is called a “Natural Brain Cleanser” 🧠
Regular practice may help: ✨ Improve focus
✨ Boost oxygen supply
✨ Support digestion
✨ Increase energy levels
✨ Reduce mental fog
✨ Help stress management

شورای روابط خارجی (CFR) چیه و نازنین بنیادی اونجا چه میکنه؟
یه اندیشکده آمریکایی غیرحزبی که ۱۹۲۱ تأسیس شد. هدفش: تحلیل و شکل‌دهی به سیاست خارجی آمریکا.
اعضاش حدود ۵۰۰۰ نفر از “نخبگان” سیاسی، اقتصادی، رسانه‌ای و دانشگاهی هستن. مجله معروفش Foreign Affairs هم خیلی تأثیرگذاره.🧵

CFR رو خیلی‌ها “نخبه‌گرا” (elitist) می‌دونن که منافع شرکت‌های بزرگ و وال‌استریت رو بیشتر از مردم عادی در نظر می‌گیره.
حمایت از سیاست‌های مداخله‌جویانه (جنگ‌ها، تغییر رژیم، عملیات مخفی) → بی‌ثباتی جهانی
ایجاد اجماع دوحزبی برای نئولیبرالیسم اقتصادی و نظامی‌گری دائمی

حالا به گلوبالیست‌ها برسیم. CFR همیشه از تجارت آزاد، مهاجرت باز و کاهش مرزها حمایت کرده. منتقدا می‌گن این سیاست‌ها زنجیره تأمین رو شکننده کرد (مثل وابستگی به چین در کرونا) و کارخونه‌های آمریکایی رو نابود کرد. یه گزارش قدیمی CFR از ۱۹۷۷ حرف از “تجزیه کنترل‌شده” اقتصاد آمریکا می‌زنه!

WOW... Un estudiante universitario entrevistó a 18 investigadores de IA de los 3 grandes laboratorios (OpenAI, Anthropic y Google).

Todos y cada uno usan los mismos 10 prompts en producción.

Estos son los prompts detrás de GPT-5.2, Claude Sonnet 4.5 y Gemini 3.0.

👇👇

1. El prompt de “Muestra tu trabajo”

“Explícame tu razonamiento paso a paso antes de dar la respuesta final.”

Este prompt obliga al modelo a exteriorizar su lógica. Detecta errores antes de que se acumulen.

2. El “Interrogatorio adversarial”

“Ahora argumenta en contra de tu respuesta anterior. ¿Cuáles son los 3 contraargumentos más fuertes?”

Los modelos son demasiado confiados por defecto. Esto fuerza honestidad intelectual.

#SaludPublica & #SaludDeLosEcosistemas van d la mano cuando d epidemias persistentes hablamos, o x lo menos, en cuanto a la #malaria en #Venezuela

#SurDelOrinoco

En un reciente artículo publicado x las investigadoras científicas Grillet, Mureb Sallum y Conn señalan q la deforestación de la selva amazónica ha sido el principal impulsor ambiental para el resurgimiento y la aparición de la malaria en América del Sur

annualreviews.org/content/journa…

Lo que esta investigación subraya es que, en promedio, la deforestación aumenta la transmisión de malaria cerca de los bosques en la Amazonía, aunque esta relación es no lineal (generalmente unimodal) y espaciotemporalmente variable

Glad to see this panel @The_ACNA

Cancel-culture efforts & demands for apologies leave me wondering: is the goal to get any initiative that tackles sexism/misogyny cancelled?

B/c if ppl can't even hear those words w/out melting down, it only shows how much we need this panel🧵

https://twitter.com/The_ACNA/status/2021657574085656966

Over the yrs, countless people have contacted Bp Dobbs about the online behavior of Fr. Matt Kennedy.

I myself have done it publicly in the past. ⬇️

And I'm doing it again today, b/c I hope the province won't bend to cancel culture. 2/

https://x.com/MBurtwrites/status/1575014413706219520?s=20

Fr. Matt & Rev. Anne have again taken on the role of self-appointed ideological judge & jury, demanding a public apology & calling for the entire discussion to be shut down.

This is the opposite of cultivating healthy communities, let alone allowing for critical thinking. 3/

My name is Sameerah Munshi. I am an American citizen and an advisor to the White House Religious Liberty Commission, appointed by the President of the United States.

Below is my statement on recent events surrounding the Commission and Carrie Prejean Boller @CarriePrejean1 @DanPatrick @POTUS

Full statement also here: open.substack.com/pub/sameerahmu…

In recent weeks, I have become deeply concerned about efforts to expand the definition of antisemitism in a manner that will, wittingly or unwittingly, restrict constitutionally protected speech and religious expression. That concern was brought into sharp relief at the latest hearing on antisemitism where Christian views and beliefs were targeted as “antisemitic” for merely expressing concerns about the ongoing conflation between criticism of the state of Israel and anti-Jewish animus.

During the hearing, an attempt was made by a collection of “Israel First” actors to redefine antisemitism to include all criticism of Israel, smear many concerned citizens as bigots, and even gatekeep what counts as “real” Judaism by confining it to Israel-first Jews. In preparation for the hearing, Commissioners and Advisors were asked to submit suggested witnesses who could provide scholarly, legal, and experiential insight into the matter. Several of us, most notably Carrie Prejean Boller and myself, proposed distinguished academics and experts in Jewish history, theology, and civil liberties. However, none of the witnesses we recommended were approved. Consequently, the final witness list reflected an uncritical “Israel-First” Zionist perspective on the issue to the exclusion of any countervailing perspective or alternative Jewish experience.

⭕️🧵In a few hours, the second round of negotiations between the US and Iran will begin. Here is a guide explaining how a “Turkish Bazaar”—or, more accurately, a Middle Eastern bazaar—works and how to avoid its pitfalls. By the way, 'bāzār' is a Persian word, meaning "place of prices."

📌 The item you are selling: Most of the time, the item you want to sell is not even worth a fraction of the price you’re asking for, but you make it seem like it’s the best thing since sliced bread. You also play the game of claiming “these items are not for sale” to increase their perceived value.

📌 Now comes the pre-negotiations: First, you play hard to get, forcing the other side to make compromises before talks even begin.

All of it.

Per public request.

$ASTS

1/

Chapter one.

MESA and the L-band duality.

The Sensor Superiority Advantage
Sensor superiority isn't just about "seeing" first; it’s about Decision Space.

2/

By integrating Identification Friend or Foe with Radar, the Wedgetail discriminates targets at standoff ranges.

If you know where every friendly / 3rd party asset is, the rest are targets.

Speeding up Detection→ Recognition→ Identification means you Decide & Act first.

3/

ChatGPT me da más de 6247$ cada mes.

Y no, no soy un empleado.

Solo utilizo 2 prompts muy eficaces ↓

⚠️ Antes de empezar, solo quería avisarte que junto con @ecommartinez y @soy_adnan3 hemos reunido y categorizado 900+ herramientas de IA!

Es un verdadero diccionario IA para tu vida diaria.

¡Y es gratis! 👇
alejoxadam.beehiiv.com/c/900-herramie…

1/ Ve a ChatGPT

Una vez que estés en ChatGPT, pega este mensaje:

«Dame los 10 productos electrónicos más vendidos en Amazon con un precio superior a 100 dólares».

Para este ejemplo, voy a elegir los Beats Studio Pro.

中国で「開門紅」（幸先の良いスタート)が演出された

しかし、2026年初頭における中国の財務・信用データ（マネーサプライM1, M2および金融データ）を見ると、好調なスタートとの主張は完全な誤解としか言いようがない

※長文になります、

まとめ

一部の中国経済メディアは、2026年1月の金融データを「信用の好調なスタート」と重大な誤解をしている

社会融資総額の8.2%増、融資残高の6.1%増、マネーサプライ（M2）の9%増といったストック指標は、過去の蓄積を反映しているに過ぎず、足元の低迷を覆い隠しているに過ぎません

データは、市場主体が引き続き融資に消極的であり、バランスシートの修復を進めていることを明確に示しています

国債の急速な増加は、民間企業や住民の信用需要の縮小を覆い隠しています

If true, the implications of DHS seeking identifying data behind social media accounts that track or criticize ICE go far beyond “speech” and “privacy.”

We’re talking about core constitutional structure — how far the government can go to monitor dissent. Thread:

https://twitter.com/leloveluck/status/2023310040871104776

Start with the obvious: the First Amendment.

Criticizing a federal agency is not a fringe activity. It is protected political speech at the very heart of the Constitution.

Targeting critics is not neutral enforcement. It’s viewpoint-based scrutiny.

But this is also a Fourth Amendment issue.

Bulk requests for names, emails, phone numbers, identifying data tied to online accounts begin to look less like targeted investigation and more like digital fishing expeditions.

That raises serious questions about unreasonable search.

Isn't it interesting that Chrystals partner in crime, Jeremy Cryberry, has been allegedly named as a
Pedophile, these are the animals being sent to attack woman and children to have their identity's
questioned ... Real piece of work, I find it quite interesting the number

of people who tie into Leroux with this self appointed work against self identity laws, who have been named as sexually perverted assholes in one way or another ... Is it only me, noticing this? The number of Indigenous people who support this creep is disgusting !!
But hey,

keep him up on your pedostal oops I meant pedestal, lol .. Hold him high, he seems such a genuinely, good person of character... 😳🤔🫣🤣

There's a pervasive belief that we no longer produce clothes in the United States. This is not true. In this thread, I will tell you about some great made-in-USA brands — some that run their own factories, while others are US brands contracting with US factories. 🧵

I should first note this thread focuses on well-made, stylish clothes produced in ethical conditions. For me, producing in the US is not enough. It means nothing if the clothes are ugly, crappy, or produced in sweatshop conditions. My article for The Nation below.

JEANS

Gustin produces MiUSA jeans using raw Japanese denim. "Raw" means the fabric hasn't been pre-distressed, allowing it to naturally fade with use, reflecting your actual body and lifestyle. I like their fuller 1968 Vintage Straight fit. They also do lots of other stuff.

Meurtre raciste en Haute-Savoie : Elle s'appelait Angela Rostas et avait 40 ans. Le 22 février 2024, cette mère de famille Rom, alors enceinte de 7 mois, a été tuée d’une balle de fusil de chasse dans le ventre.
Communiqué du @MrapOfficiel du 20 Juin 2024
mrap.fr/meurtre-racist…

au seuil de son mobile home, à Chênex.

Le 20 février 2024, les deux chasseurs mis en cause, originaires de villages voisins, avaient tiré sur des caravanes installées sur une aire d’accueil des gens du voyage, heureusement sans faire de blessés.
leparisien.fr/faits-divers/f…

L’enchaînement dramatique des événements ne laisse aucun doute quant à la motivation haineuse de ce crime.

Les suspects, nourris des stéréotypes les plus archaïques au sujet des Roms, avaient été écroués et mis en examen pour meurtre à caractère raciste.
marianne.net/societe/police…

1913 — Federal Reserve
1913 — IRS (Income Tax)
1913 — Rockefeller Foundation
1913 — American Cancer Society
1913 — ADL
1913 — Warburg (linked to Rothschilds) installs central banking

1914 — WW1

All in one year.

Coincidence?
Or installation?

A thread 🧵

1912 — The Titanic sinks.

On board:

🔹John Jacob Astor IV
🔹Benjamin Guggenheim
🔹Isidor Straus

All wealthy.
All opposed to the creation of a central bank.

J.P. Morgan owned the ship.
He canceled last minute.
They didn’t.

The resistance sank.
The system rose.

1913 — The Fed is created.

Not federal.
No reserves.

A private banking cartel now controls America’s money.

They print.
They lend.

You owe.

The U.S. dollar became a tool.
And your time became their interest.

I’ve bootstrapped Snow Teeth Whitening from 0 to $100M as a solo founder without any outside funding.

If someone asked me how to scale their brand past $1M a year, here are the 6 things I’d do 🧵

1. Fix RPV first (CRO + checkout friction).

Track RPV/CVR/AOV weekly and run 1–2 site tests every week to stop leaks.

2. Recover missed revenue (abandoned checkout calls).

Call/text high-intent abandons same day, log objections, patch the offer/site fast.

We fetched 871 articles published in the Guardian by Bryan Armen Graham over the last six years. It's clear that he is increasingly relying on AI.

In two weeks in February he churned out nine articles classified by Pangram as fully AI-generated.

Receipts below:

https://x.com/max_spero_/status/2023089526445371777

Hilary Knight, Team USA’s north star, chases one more Olympic hockey gold
pangram.com/history/d89edc…

Quad God and the Blade Angels: is the new USA Dream Team a group of figure skaters?
pangram.com/history/72662b…

🚨 NIQABS MUST NOT BE NORMALISED IN PARLIAMENT
Last week: Bangladeshi-born Baroness Manzila Uddin, of expenses controversy fame, hosted the Muslim women’s network Rosebuds Sisters in the House of Lords.
What was it that Sir Jim Ratcliffe said again? 🧵1/

2/
Just no!

3/
That’s one way around the mass facial recognition rollout.