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Hoy hace 534 años que 400 espingarderos y lanceros al mando del comendador mayor de León, Gutierre de Cárdenas, tomaron secretamente posesión de la Alhambra. Así acababan los Reyes Católicos con el Reino Nazarí de Granada, último enclave de poder del Islam en España. (Sigue) 
La conquista de Granada fue un hecho muy celebrado en toda Europa pues compensaba para la Cristiandad la ocupación otomana de Constantinopla. De hecho el papa Inocencio VIII ofició una misa en la Iglesia romana de Santiago de los Españoles en celebración de la victoria.
El rey Enrique VII de Inglaterra celebró también la conquista: "Este hecho acaba de ser consumado gracias a la valentía de Fernando e Isabel que, para su eterna honra,..., han tomado a los infieles la poderosa capital mora..."
🧵 Who were the prophets of pre-Islamic Arabia? Later Islamic sources preserve reports of individuals in the days of Jahiliyya who were regarded as prophets or who claimed prophethood, just before or alongside Prophet Muhammad. (1/
The standard narrative says Prophet Muhammad appears “out of the blue” in a pagan Arabia unfamiliar with prophecy. This picture does not survive close scrutiny of the sources. (2/
Scholars like Yohanan Friedmann and Aziz al-Azmeh argue that prophethood was not an unknown phenomenon among ancient Arabs. The Prophet Muhammad. He was not alone in his claim. (3/
🚨Which of these 10 Facts Shocked you the most ? Read Slowly till END
1. Raja RamMohan Roy, Died as a Christian with his cemetery at Bristol England ✔️
2. 15 August 1947, was not a Random date , it was August 15, 1947, was not a random date; but last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan (Juma-tul-Wida) and 27th of Ramadan (Laylat al-Qadr or the "Night of Power") ✔️ +
1. Raja RamMohan Roy, Died as a Christian with his cemetery at Bristol England ✔️
2. 15 August 1947, was not a Random date , it was August 15, 1947, was not a random date; but last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan (Juma-tul-Wida) and 27th of Ramadan (Laylat al-Qadr or the "Night of Power") ✔️ +
3. Post independence - A True Learned Maulvi was our First Education minister- the background of subsequent 4 also will surprise you. ✔️
4. It was not Khilafat moment but Literally KHALIFA moment to help restore Sultan of Turkey. Donations from India went to him. ✔️
4. It was not Khilafat moment but Literally KHALIFA moment to help restore Sultan of Turkey. Donations from India went to him. ✔️
5. Brahmo Samaj was created to promote Monotheism, while Raja Ram Mohan was main member of, other names will Shock you ✔️
6. Learned S. RadhaKrishnan was very very secular, he opposed Vedas like anything ✔️ +
6. Learned S. RadhaKrishnan was very very secular, he opposed Vedas like anything ✔️ +
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Shawn Ryan cancelled. Why?
I agreed to appear.
I agreed to the substance.
My attorney asked one clarifying question about a vague and poorly written legal clause.
My travel was booked back on the 15th.
Here’s all of our communication. Just the facts.
⬇️⬇️⬇️
I agreed to appear.
I agreed to the substance.
My attorney asked one clarifying question about a vague and poorly written legal clause.
My travel was booked back on the 15th.
Here’s all of our communication. Just the facts.
⬇️⬇️⬇️
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⭐️Ultrasound is one the best modalities for RUQ pain.
⭐️Although CT can give us a good visual, but it can miss radiolucent stones which is one of the common causes of RUQ pain
⭐️Ultrasound is one the best modalities for RUQ pain.
⭐️Although CT can give us a good visual, but it can miss radiolucent stones which is one of the common causes of RUQ pain
3/ Basics:
PROBE: Low frequency curvilinear probe is used which allows deep penetration & bigger footprint
PRESET: Use abdominal preset as it has 'compounding' & 'tissue harmonics' which allow greater resolution.
⭐️TIP: In a bigger person use the 'penetration' setting
PROBE: Low frequency curvilinear probe is used which allows deep penetration & bigger footprint
PRESET: Use abdominal preset as it has 'compounding' & 'tissue harmonics' which allow greater resolution.
⭐️TIP: In a bigger person use the 'penetration' setting
あけましておめでとうございます。今年もよろしくお願いいたします。
かわいいものをたくさん見ると楽しくなる（と思っている）ので、ブローチコレクションの写真をアップ。今年も毎日かわいいブローチをつけます→
かわいいものをたくさん見ると楽しくなる（と思っている）ので、ブローチコレクションの写真をアップ。今年も毎日かわいいブローチをつけます→
金ピカブローチやビーズブローチのひきだし。
水島ひねさんのこぎん刺しブローチをはじめ刺繍ブローチのひきだし。
LCMS Year in Review 2025
Events are forgotten a few weeks after surfacing thanks to modern news cycles. It is, therefore, very easy to brush everything under the rug.
A lot publicly transpired online for the LCMS, and it shouldn't be so easily forgotten.
Events are forgotten a few weeks after surfacing thanks to modern news cycles. It is, therefore, very easy to brush everything under the rug.
A lot publicly transpired online for the LCMS, and it shouldn't be so easily forgotten.
At the start of the year, there was an admission by an LCMS pastor that women could somehow be better pastors than he could (despite the fact that only men can be actual pastors), even admitting they could be pastors conditional upon their faithfulness.
Also in January, Pastor Fiene sought the answer to the radicalization of young men. Contrary to many on the right, blaming the trend on the treatment of young men, he argued that the main cause ("demon") was the entitlement of young men.
Ich werde in den nächsten Tagen noch genauer auf die Zahlen von 2025 eingehen, aber über eine Frage wird jetzt schon viel diskutiert:
Wie kann es sein, dass wir trotz eines hohen Zubaus von PV & Wind in den letzten 3 Jahren (siehe unten) nur relative geringe Zuwächse im ..
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Wie kann es sein, dass wir trotz eines hohen Zubaus von PV & Wind in den letzten 3 Jahren (siehe unten) nur relative geringe Zuwächse im ..
1/12
2/12
..im EE-Ertrag haben?
Ein Blick auf die Entwicklung der Einspeisung ins öff. Netz zeigt das Problem:
2025 war zwar das historisch beste Ergebnis. Aber von 2023 nach 2024 stieg die Einspeisung um 5,5 TWh (was auch nicht viel war), von 2024 nach 2025 nur noch um 0,5 TWh...
..im EE-Ertrag haben?
Ein Blick auf die Entwicklung der Einspeisung ins öff. Netz zeigt das Problem:
2025 war zwar das historisch beste Ergebnis. Aber von 2023 nach 2024 stieg die Einspeisung um 5,5 TWh (was auch nicht viel war), von 2024 nach 2025 nur noch um 0,5 TWh...
3/12
Zwar hatte es auch vorher schon wetterbedingt -trotz Zubau- gelegentlich Stagnation oder sogar einen Rückgang in der Entwicklung des EE-Ertrags im Vergleich zweier aufeinander folgenden Jahre gegeben.
Und über die letzten 4 Jahre war der EE-Ertrag immerhin um 22,6 TWh...
Zwar hatte es auch vorher schon wetterbedingt -trotz Zubau- gelegentlich Stagnation oder sogar einen Rückgang in der Entwicklung des EE-Ertrags im Vergleich zweier aufeinander folgenden Jahre gegeben.
Und über die letzten 4 Jahre war der EE-Ertrag immerhin um 22,6 TWh...
🔥Russia welcomes the New Year in flames. Courtesy of Ukraine.
🧵1/25
🧵1/25
🔥New Year's Eve strikes
▪️ Tamanneftegaz oil/gas terminal
▪️ Tuapse Oil Refinery
▪️ Temp oil depot
▪️ Ilsky Oil Refinery
▪️Rovenki oil base/airfield
▪️ KASTA-2E2 radar + Guards airfield radar, Crimea
▪️ Balashivka airfield
▪️ Fuel depot, Belgorod
▪️Riverboat base, Crimea
2/25
▪️ Tamanneftegaz oil/gas terminal
▪️ Tuapse Oil Refinery
▪️ Temp oil depot
▪️ Ilsky Oil Refinery
▪️Rovenki oil base/airfield
▪️ KASTA-2E2 radar + Guards airfield radar, Crimea
▪️ Balashivka airfield
▪️ Fuel depot, Belgorod
▪️Riverboat base, Crimea
2/25
🔥GUR released a gripping video summing up 2025: 75 special ops, thousands of occupiers & equipment destroyed, billions in losses inflicted. Fighters congratulate Ukrainians on New Year, as analysts hail the intelligence edge turning tides, exposing Moscow's vulnerabilities
3/25
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I count 33 contacts on this list that have "730" written after them; I believe that means they're part of the 730 unit of Shin Bet; I'll post a video on that in the comments, then try and translate the names.
From that video, it sounds like they might fit into the "Protective Security Department" of Shin Bet--sort of like our Secret Service:
I wonder if any of them ever worked with Charlie Kirk or his security? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin_Bet
I wonder if any of them ever worked with Charlie Kirk or his security? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin_Bet
Anti-Mexican immigration thread. Many American right-wingers have started defending Mexican immigration, often by comparison with MENA types in Europe. This is a mistake. First, Mexicans are just not very smart. On white American norms, they tend to score around 90.
Mexicans are most responsible for the racial transformation and hence dumbing down of America; for roughly 30 years (until 2008) hundreds of thousands crossed the border annually (mostly illegally, about 1/2 of total immigration) and they also had exceptionally high TFR.
Mexican immigrants to the United States are actually negatively selected, and those that return to Mexico are positively selected. It would be too strong to say we're getting Mexico's dregs, but they really aren't sending their best.
TOP 10 STOCK PICKS FOR 2026 🧵
1: Ondas Holdings ~ $ONDS
The drone industry is an expanding market, and Ondas is directly involved with autonomous drones and private wireless networks.
ONDS has a 580% YoY revenue growth with many new contracts.
Price target ~ $30+ (+233%)
1: Ondas Holdings ~ $ONDS
The drone industry is an expanding market, and Ondas is directly involved with autonomous drones and private wireless networks.
ONDS has a 580% YoY revenue growth with many new contracts.
Price target ~ $30+ (+233%)
2: UnitedHealth Group ~ $UNH
After last year’s early selloff, and shortly after being bought up by billionaires like Warren Buffet, UNH is a stable buy.
With a 10%+ YoY revenue growth, EPS is 12%, and only a 13x P/E, UNH is a safe hold.
Price Target ~ $550+ (+66%)
After last year’s early selloff, and shortly after being bought up by billionaires like Warren Buffet, UNH is a stable buy.
With a 10%+ YoY revenue growth, EPS is 12%, and only a 13x P/E, UNH is a safe hold.
Price Target ~ $550+ (+66%)
3: Alibaba ~ $BABA
After coming off a strong 2025, expanding rapidly especially amongst the cloud computing sector; growth is exponential for this year.
BABA Maintains a 20% YoY cloud growth, $25B+ annual free cash flow, and is only a 10x P/E.
Price Target ~ $250+ (+71%)
After coming off a strong 2025, expanding rapidly especially amongst the cloud computing sector; growth is exponential for this year.
BABA Maintains a 20% YoY cloud growth, $25B+ annual free cash flow, and is only a 10x P/E.
Price Target ~ $250+ (+71%)
Happy Public Domain Day! An extensive of what notable works are entering the public domain in the USA today!
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Starting with books: As I Lay Dying, The Maltese Falcon, The Murder at the Vicarage, the first Dick & Jane Books, Eliot’s Ash Wednesday, 42nd Parallel, Private Lives, Civilization and its Discontents, The Little Engine that Could, Vile Bodies, The Castle, & Crane’s The Bridge
Movies: All Quiet on the Western Front, Animal Crackers, The Blue Angel, L’Age D’Or, Anna Christie, Hell’s Angels, Morocco, The Dawn Patrol, The Divorcee, Murder!, Juno and the Paycock, The Big Trail, City Girl, People on Sunday, Outside the Law, Cimarron, and Little Caesar
The seventh contact from the bottom on page 67 of the leaked contact list is important, but not surprising: Jo Carole Lauder, wife of Ron Lauder:
The phone number is listed directly on "Jo Lauder's" profile at this background check website:
fastpeoplesearch.com/jo-lauder_id_G…
fastpeoplesearch.com/jo-lauder_id_G…
I'm not sure what the "JTP" part in the contact stands for; translated, it becomes this:
JTP rdwʾl nwr (nwrʾp pzwg) -->
(pzwg p'rwn) rwn l'wdr JTP
"rwn l'wdr" = Ron Lauder; the phone number matches his wife's.
JTP rdwʾl nwr (nwrʾp pzwg) -->
(pzwg p'rwn) rwn l'wdr JTP
"rwn l'wdr" = Ron Lauder; the phone number matches his wife's.
1/ 🧠 When misinformation starts with an emotional story, facts alone won’t fix it.
The goal isn’t to “win” the argument.
It’s to keep empathy visible—while gently guiding the conversation back to reality.
Here’s a framework that works. 👇
The goal isn’t to “win” the argument.
It’s to keep empathy visible—while gently guiding the conversation back to reality.
Here’s a framework that works. 👇
2/ When a claim starts with emotion, responding with correction alone often backfires.
Emotion isn’t the enemy—but it can’t be the guide.
Understanding this distinction is the first step to effective communication.
Emotion isn’t the enemy—but it can’t be the guide.
Understanding this distinction is the first step to effective communication.
3/ Never argue with the emotion.
Fear, grief, and concern are real experiences—even when the conclusion drawn from them is wrong.
Invalidating emotion guarantees defensiveness.
Fear, grief, and concern are real experiences—even when the conclusion drawn from them is wrong.
Invalidating emotion guarantees defensiveness.
Just before New Years 2025, I struck gold at a hole-in-the-wall used book store. One of the books I found was
"The Mind And Face of Bolshevism"
printed in 1929. Cloth Cover. Embossed. gold leaf star with color photos and lithographs. Here's some of what's inside: (🧵1 / 13)
"The Mind And Face of Bolshevism"
printed in 1929. Cloth Cover. Embossed. gold leaf star with color photos and lithographs. Here's some of what's inside: (🧵1 / 13)
As you read this book, (or about the Bolsheviks in general) a very strange thing happens.
It occurs to you that the Bolsheviks are eerily familiar. Everything, their art, writing, media, their "sayings" and their general "vibe" is all so familiar... but why?
(2 of 13)
It occurs to you that the Bolsheviks are eerily familiar. Everything, their art, writing, media, their "sayings" and their general "vibe" is all so familiar... but why?
(2 of 13)
The empty-calorie futurism, naive utopianism, impractical designs, and fact-free idealism are EXACTLY what we see everywhere today.
We've been so inundated with it in recent years that even this ~100 year old book feels eerily current
(3 of 13)
We've been so inundated with it in recent years that even this ~100 year old book feels eerily current
(3 of 13)
1/
You can’t put out a physical fire with fuel.
That’s what’s happening right now in paper metals markets.
The system is responding to insurmountable real-world constraints with more credit, and it’s making the imbalance worse, not better.
$silver $gold $platinum $palladium $repo
You can’t put out a physical fire with fuel.
That’s what’s happening right now in paper metals markets.
The system is responding to insurmountable real-world constraints with more credit, and it’s making the imbalance worse, not better.
$silver $gold $platinum $palladium $repo
2/
Silver broke out in late September and accelerated through October, November, and December.
That move matters, because it lines up exactly with when repo activity began to ramp.
This timing is clean an impact obvious.
Silver broke out in late September and accelerated through October, November, and December.
That move matters, because it lines up exactly with when repo activity began to ramp.
This timing is clean an impact obvious.
3/
Gold followed a very similar path over the same window, just lower beta.
Silver shocked the system.
Gold added pressure deeper in collateral and funding chains.
Different speeds, same direction.
Gold followed a very similar path over the same window, just lower beta.
Silver shocked the system.
Gold added pressure deeper in collateral and funding chains.
Different speeds, same direction.
1/6 Here are my annual #PreciousMetals valuations I use to make decisions & my price projections for 2026, which may be helpful to you. They’re based on the principle that #money is #gold (natural money in contrast to man-made constructs of #banks and gov’ts based on #debt) while #silver is an industrial metal that can also be a gold-substitute b/c like gold, silver can be owned to preserve #PurchasingPower outside the banking system. Based on my estimates for 31 Dec 25 #gold & #FX reserves using IMF data, current Fair Value for #gold=$11,341/oz, using my Gold Money Index explained in:
amazon.com/Money-Bubble-J…
Money can be over-or-undervalued just like the value of investments in your portfolio. Data points on chart show gold overvalued in 1960s, 1974 & 1980, but undervalued since 1984. Though now at the smallest undervaluation since 1990, follow the same strategy I’ve recommended since founding goldmoney.com in 2001 - continue to accumulate physical gold by dollar-cost averaging until it again is overvalued, unless you need to spend this Purchasing Power you have saved. Otherwise hold it to spend or invest when gold again becomes overvalued. Valuations are moving targets based on how much central banks inflate national currencies. The Fair Value for gold on 31 Dec 2024 was $10,902. FV was exceeded in the 1974 and 1980 blow-off tops by 128% in 1974 and 162% in 1980. If the next top exceeds gold's FV by 145% (the average of the two previous tops) then $16,445. But that assumes FX reserves are unchanged, & they are likely to grow which would mean even higher prices at the next blow-off top. The #PreciousMetals are not in a #bubble b/c they are not overvalued. The bubble is the #dollar b/c it is masquerading as money but is only a questionable promise circulating as #currency b/c of rhetoric, propaganda & gov’t force (laws).
amazon.com/Money-Bubble-J…
Money can be over-or-undervalued just like the value of investments in your portfolio. Data points on chart show gold overvalued in 1960s, 1974 & 1980, but undervalued since 1984. Though now at the smallest undervaluation since 1990, follow the same strategy I’ve recommended since founding goldmoney.com in 2001 - continue to accumulate physical gold by dollar-cost averaging until it again is overvalued, unless you need to spend this Purchasing Power you have saved. Otherwise hold it to spend or invest when gold again becomes overvalued. Valuations are moving targets based on how much central banks inflate national currencies. The Fair Value for gold on 31 Dec 2024 was $10,902. FV was exceeded in the 1974 and 1980 blow-off tops by 128% in 1974 and 162% in 1980. If the next top exceeds gold's FV by 145% (the average of the two previous tops) then $16,445. But that assumes FX reserves are unchanged, & they are likely to grow which would mean even higher prices at the next blow-off top. The #PreciousMetals are not in a #bubble b/c they are not overvalued. The bubble is the #dollar b/c it is masquerading as money but is only a questionable promise circulating as #currency b/c of rhetoric, propaganda & gov’t force (laws).
2/6 I use the Fair Value of #gold & the gold/silver ratio (currently 61:1) to calculate the FV of #silver, which has demand as an industrial metal & a gold-substitute. There is about 10X more silver than gold in the earth's crust & roughly 10X more silver than gold mined annually by weight, but their historic ratio is about 16oz silver to 1oz gold, not 10:1 as supply alone would suggest. The 16:1 ratio reflects the demand premium given to gold as a purely #monetary metal. Let's assume the ratio fluctuates in a range between 30 (the ratio at silver's 2011 price peak) & 20 to approach the historic ratio.
$11,341 / 30 =$378 per oz silver
$11,341 / 20 =$567 per oz silver
The Fair Value of silver therefore ranges between $378 & $567 based on gold’s FV. Time will tell whether these long-term targets will be achieved or even exceeded like they did in 1980 when the FV of gold was $325 (and way overvalued at its $850 peak). Silver back then nearly hit $50, which is a 17:1 ratio. At this ratio, silver’s FV in 1980 was $19 ($325/17), illustrating the extent of the then prevailing spec bubble led by the Hunt Bros. In contrast, rising silver prices now are being driven by demand for physical metal needed in solar, EVs, electronics, etc, not spec buying. A 16:1 ratio could again be achieved if silver’s #industrial demand continues & #monetary demand for silver grows, which it might do in a fiat #currency &/or #bank crisis.
$11,341 / 30 =$378 per oz silver
$11,341 / 20 =$567 per oz silver
The Fair Value of silver therefore ranges between $378 & $567 based on gold’s FV. Time will tell whether these long-term targets will be achieved or even exceeded like they did in 1980 when the FV of gold was $325 (and way overvalued at its $850 peak). Silver back then nearly hit $50, which is a 17:1 ratio. At this ratio, silver’s FV in 1980 was $19 ($325/17), illustrating the extent of the then prevailing spec bubble led by the Hunt Bros. In contrast, rising silver prices now are being driven by demand for physical metal needed in solar, EVs, electronics, etc, not spec buying. A 16:1 ratio could again be achieved if silver’s #industrial demand continues & #monetary demand for silver grows, which it might do in a fiat #currency &/or #bank crisis.
3/6 Because of #currency destruction by govt's & their #CentralBanks & the digital revolution made obvious by #Bitcoin, we are going through a fundamental realignment in the way we convey #PurchasingPower to buy, sell, save, or invest our wealth. This process includes repeating 1932/33 when people learned about fractional reserve banking & the difference between Purchasing Power based on promises vs PP conveyed by physical #gold & #silver #coin. The collapse of the fractional reserve banking house-of-cards caused the #GreatDepression. So the immediate question is whether the promises supporting today’s house-of-cards collapses this coming year, like it did in 1932/33. My #FearIndex is saying it might. It’s rising like it did in previous monetary disruptions & is at the level reached in the aftermath of the 2008 #GreatFinancialCrisis. We can’t predict how events are going to unfold, but maybe the obvious but ignored ‘bubble’ is popping as it always eventually does with fiat #currency. Gold, silver, & stock market charts of Weimar Germany, Argentina, Venezuela, or dozens of other countries in the early days leading up to their eventual #CurrencyCollapse are similar to these gold, silver, & stock market charts today of #Japan, #UK, #EU & #US. To paraphrase Hemingway, fiat currency collapses gradually over years & then suddenly.
🐧 Linux Server Fundamentals
Core skills for installing, configuring, managing, and troubleshooting Linux servers in real-world environments. This foundation supports careers in system administration, DevOps, cloud and cybersecurity.
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Core skills for installing, configuring, managing, and troubleshooting Linux servers in real-world environments. This foundation supports careers in system administration, DevOps, cloud and cybersecurity.
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🔑 Key Topics
🏗️ Linux architecture & filesystem
👥 Users, groups & permissions
📦 Package management (apt / yum / dnf)
⚙️ Processes & services (systemd)
🏗️ Linux architecture & filesystem
👥 Users, groups & permissions
📦 Package management (apt / yum / dnf)
⚙️ Processes & services (systemd)
🌐 Networking (IP, DNS, SSH, firewall)
💽 Disk & filesystem management (LVM, mount)
🧾 Logs, troubleshooting & performance
🔐 Security basics (sudo, SELinux / AppArmor)
📊 Backup & monitoring
💽 Disk & filesystem management (LVM, mount)
🧾 Logs, troubleshooting & performance
🔐 Security basics (sudo, SELinux / AppArmor)
📊 Backup & monitoring
Tra 19 giorni il @maggiomusicale, che riceve finanziamenti pubblici anche da @EU_Commission @europainitalia, ospitera' la ballerina Svetlana Zakharova:
🙊 deputata di Putin
🙈 sanzionata dall'Ucraina
🙉 'war enabler' secondo la Fondazione di Navalny @ACF_int.
Un 🧵 👇
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🙊 deputata di Putin
🙈 sanzionata dall'Ucraina
🙉 'war enabler' secondo la Fondazione di Navalny @ACF_int.
Un 🧵 👇
1/
Zakharova, pur essendo nata in Ucraina, e' stata deputata nel partito 'Russia Unita' di Putin, di cui e' una dei principali supporter.
Nel 2024 ha "sponsorizzato" la sua rielezione, assieme ad altri "artisti" putiniani come Gergiev ed Abdrazakov.
👉🏼
2/opensanctions.org/entities/Q2667…
Nel 2024 ha "sponsorizzato" la sua rielezione, assieme ad altri "artisti" putiniani come Gergiev ed Abdrazakov.
👉🏼
2/opensanctions.org/entities/Q2667…
Come descritto da Yulia Navalnaya nel casi di Gergiev, con Zakharova il Cremlino sta provando in tutti i modi a riportare i "suoi" artisti sui palcoscenici occidentali, per poter celebrare la fine dell'isolamento internazionale.
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Cash Control - A Deep-state Historical Playbook to Digital Control
Why do we no longer have "Big Bills"?
A Pattern Not a theory....
What looks like “modernization”
was actually step-by-step containment.
This is how freedom at scale was broken —
before digital control arrived.
👇🧵 A Thread
Why do we no longer have "Big Bills"?
A Pattern Not a theory....
What looks like “modernization”
was actually step-by-step containment.
This is how freedom at scale was broken —
before digital control arrived.
👇🧵 A Thread
1️⃣ PHASE I — LARGE BILL REMOVAL (1969)
$500
$1,000
$5,000
$10,000
💀 eliminated
Official reason:
Crime prevention
Actual result:
Cash usability capped → banks became mandatory
You could still have cash
You just couldn’t move with it.
$500
$1,000
$5,000
$10,000
💀 eliminated
Official reason:
Crime prevention
Actual result:
Cash usability capped → banks became mandatory
You could still have cash
You just couldn’t move with it.
2️⃣ WHY LARGE BILLS MATTERED
Large bills enabled:
• Private settlement
• Capital mobility
• Exit without permission
• Sovereign individual behavior
Power can tolerate protest.
It cannot tolerate unobservable exit.
Large bills enabled:
• Private settlement
• Capital mobility
• Exit without permission
• Sovereign individual behavior
Power can tolerate protest.
It cannot tolerate unobservable exit.
🧵Ashley Madison's CEO Noel Biderman is a ✡️🇨🇦
He brought in a childhood friend to help build the business: Evan Back
Note that he's taken a few social justice courses. Figures.
Note that he's taken a few social justice courses. Figures.
Noel Biderman quit Ashley Madison right after the hack but it doesn't seem to have slowed him down.
He owns a consulting biz called Avenue Insights which advises on data collection.
He owns a consulting biz called Avenue Insights which advises on data collection.
Imagina a un oficial del ejército español, desnudo, con la piel curtida, caminando descalzo por el desierto de Texas, seguido por miles de indígenas adorándolo como a un dios. Es la odisea de supervivencia más increíble de América: Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca. Tira del hilo 🧵👇🏽
Todo comenzó en 1527 con la expedición de Pánfilo de Narváez hacia la Florida, una misión marcada por la arrogancia y la incompetencia desde el primer día.
Desembarcaron 600 hombres con armaduras brillantes y caballos, convencidos de que encontrarían oro fácil y ciudades ricas, pero solo encontraron pantanos, enfermedades y flechas enemigas.
I watched a 55-minute video on YouTube Automation and took 18 pages of notes.
Here’s the breakdown for busy (or lazy 😅) people who won’t watch the full thing: 🧵
Here’s the breakdown for busy (or lazy 😅) people who won’t watch the full thing: 🧵
1/ YouTube Automation isn’t magic.
It’s building systems around content so the channel works without you being on camera.
2/ Think of YouTube like digital real estate.
Channel = building
Ads = rent
Evergreen videos = long-term value
More channels = more assets.
It’s building systems around content so the channel works without you being on camera.
2/ Think of YouTube like digital real estate.
Channel = building
Ads = rent
Evergreen videos = long-term value
More channels = more assets.
3/ Just like real estate:
You invest first → then earn passively.
Your niche = location. Choose wisely.
4/ Ways YouTube Automation makes money:
• AdSense
• Affiliate links
• Brand deals
• Digital products
• Even selling the channel later (exit).
You invest first → then earn passively.
Your niche = location. Choose wisely.
4/ Ways YouTube Automation makes money:
• AdSense
• Affiliate links
• Brand deals
• Digital products
• Even selling the channel later (exit).
