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Dec 26, 2024 • 5 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
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1/5 Elon Musk is attacking Wikipedia after failing to buy it in order to turn it into a Kremlin propaganda machine (he really doesn't want you to verify facts!) Image
2/5 Elon Musk has once again criticized Wikipedia and urged his followers to stop donating to the platform. He previously made an offer to purchase Wikipedia, and it seems that offer is still on the table. Image
3/5 Musk seems determined to hinder Americans' ability to easily verify facts or access information. He appears willing to do whatever it takes to make many Americans even more unaware than they already are. Image
4/5 Now is the perfect time to donate to Wikipedia to ensure it remains as it is and doesn't get purchased by a far-right oligarch who would transform it into a Kremlin propaganda tool. Image
5/5 Sources:
NY Post - Elon Musk urges supporters not to donate to Wikipedia after it spent $50M on DEI: ‘Wokepedia’
The Economic Times - Elon Musk’s $1 Billion Offer to Wikipedia Still Stands Image

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Feb 24
1/8 Today marks the start of the 5th year of Russia's failed full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

However, Putin will not stop until he reaches his strategic goals or faces massive pressure, and the West is pathetically failing to provide that pressure Image
2/8 Despite four years of grueling war, Russia controls less land today than it did just one month into the invasion.

They have not managed to capture and hold a single regional capital, and Putin is further from his strategic goals than before this war even began Image
3/8 We certainly cannot rely on Donald Trump.

The Epstein emails strongly suggest he is compromised by Russia, and he has proven over and over that he will never pressure Putin.

He and his envoys clearly want to force a deal that heavily favors Moscow Image
Read 8 tweets
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Feb 23
1/9 Four years ago, Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Putin thought he would take Kyiv in days and turn Ukraine into a demilitarized satellite state.

Instead, the invasion turned into a pathetic strategic failure for Russia Image
2/9 Russia wanted to erase Ukraine from the map.

Four years later, the exact opposite is true.

Ukraine is more united, militarized, and globally integrated than ever before.

Moscow tried to break the Ukrainian identity but only forged it in steel Image
3/9 The territorial failure is staggering.

Despite four years of grueling warfare, Russia actually controls significantly less Ukrainian land today than it did just one month into the invasion.

Their military peaked in March 2022 and has degraded ever since.

Map: ISW Image
Read 9 tweets
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Feb 23
1/6 Two men are responsible for the war in Ukraine not ending:

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.

Russia started this fully unprovoked invasion and they are keeping it going.

Meanwhile Trump is doing nothing to pressure them Image
2/6 Ukraine has accepted all of Trump's ceasefire proposals while Russia has accepted zero.

Instead of negotiating, Putin has massively increased his strikes on Ukrainian civilians since the new US administration took office Image
3/6 Despite this escalation, Trump completely refuses to pressure Moscow.

He takes leverage away from Kyiv and wrongfully blames them for the violence while giving Putin a free pass.

You cannot broker peace when you squeeze the victim and ignore the aggressor Image
Read 6 tweets
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Feb 21
1/6 Peter Thiel is the textbook Silicon Valley hypocrite.

He brands himself as a libertarian who hates the state but he built his fortune on government contracts.

Palantir is a taxpayer-funded spy machine that would not exist without the big government he claims to despise Image
2/6 The irony of his "anti-system" stance is staggering.

Thiel is a gay immigrant who built his empire in the heart of California liberalism.

He benefited from the very inclusive and open society he is now spending millions to dismantle and replace with a rigid hierarchy Image
3/6 Thiel’s real danger is his disdain for democracy.

He famously wrote that freedom and democracy are no longer compatible.

He doesn't want a free society for all but a world run by a tech aristocracy where founders act as unelected CEOs of the country Image
Read 6 tweets
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Feb 19
1/9 The myth that "time is on Russia’s side" is finally hitting a wall.

Moscow is projecting an image of endless endurance, but the math under the surface tells a different story.

The Kremlin is trapped in a war it cannot win and a peace it cannot afford 🧵 Image
2/9 In his Foreign Affairs article, “Ukraine’s War of Endurance” (February 16, 2026), Michael Kofman lays out the reality:

Time is not necessarily on Russia’s side Image
3/9 The battlefield has become a "drone-saturated" graveyard.

With drones and domestic production scaling, Ukraine has made large-scale Russian maneuvers impossible.

Russia is having more than a thousand casualties per day for gains measured in meters Image
Read 9 tweets
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Feb 17
1/12 Peter Thiel is the Bond villain of the 21st century.

He is a powerful oligarch who operates in the shadows while pulling the strings of global politics.

He is potentially the most dangerous man in the world today.

What makes this Epstein-class oligarch so dangerous: Image
2/12 The hypocrisy is absolute.

Thiel is a gay, foreign-born billionaire who built his fortune from liberal California.

He benefited from every protection a democracy provides, yet he now spends his resources trying to dismantle that system for everyone else Image
3/12 His ideology is a dark rejection of the West.

Thiel famously wrote that he no longer believes freedom and democracy are compatible.

He listens to neo-reactionaries like Curtis Yarvin and Aleksandr Dugin Image
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