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THREAD: THE TREACHERY OF ARAB LEADERS TOWARD GAZA AFTER OCTOBER 7, 2023. In Bob Woodward’s book War, he reveals how Arab leaders like Sisi, King Abdullah, MBZ, and MBS met with Blinken and not only allowed but even encouraged the slaughter of Gaza. 
Sisi’s and his intel Chief Abbas Kamel(who effectively is running half the country): “Hamas is entrenched in Gaza. It will be difficult to eliminate them. Israel shouldn't go all in at once. Wait for them to pop up and chop their heads off."
MBS to Blinken: “Look, I just want the problems created by October 7th to go away” expressing no concern for the civilians in Gaza. Saudi Arabia and Israel have been pursuing normalization before the October 7th Hamas attack. October 7th created problems in this regard.
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You've all heard the saying:
"All roads lead to Rome"
Washington DC, built on land previously known as Rome, the owner of this land was called Francis Pope.
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You've all heard the saying:
"All roads lead to Rome"
Washington DC, built on land previously known as Rome, the owner of this land was called Francis Pope.
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The pop archaeology conception of the bronze age collapse revolves around invasions by so-called "sea peoples," who supposedly came in and started pillaging the empires of the eastern Mediterranean. This story is hilariously inaccurate but it keeps getting repeated as fact.
I say "hilariously" because the entire theory is built on inscriptions left by Ramesses III, describing battles fought against an onslaught of foreign hordes, which he claims to have utterly defeated, both by land and by sea.
You are being duped by a corpse with a god complex.
You are being duped by a corpse with a god complex.
These types of grandiose victory monuments were common throughout the ancient Mediterranean, especially in Egypt. One notable example is the Merneptah Stele, which proclaims the utter destruction of multiple ethnic groups, including the ancient Israelites.
Delhi High Court to hear today Telegram's challenge to the government order banning the platform till the NEET UG exams.
Justice Tejas Karia to hear the matter at 2:30 PM.
@telegram @durov @GoI_MeitY
Justice Tejas Karia to hear the matter at 2:30 PM.
@telegram @durov @GoI_MeitY
On June 17, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta had asked for time to file a reply to Telegram's plea.
Mehta had said there were shocking activities on the platform and that despite repeated communication, Telegram failed to act.
Telegram opposed the argument and said it acted proactively to take down the content.
Mehta had said there were shocking activities on the platform and that despite repeated communication, Telegram failed to act.
Telegram opposed the argument and said it acted proactively to take down the content.
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Kostiantynivka Update | 18 June 2026
Despite widespread claims on social media, Kostiantynivka is NOT encircled.
Russian forces have increased pressure and infiltrated parts of the city, but there is no evidence of an operational breakthrough.
#Ukraine #OSINT
Kostiantynivka Update | 18 June 2026
Despite widespread claims on social media, Kostiantynivka is NOT encircled.
Russian forces have increased pressure and infiltrated parts of the city, but there is no evidence of an operational breakthrough.
#Ukraine #OSINT
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Russia has shifted tactics.
Instead of large armored assaults, Russian forces are increasingly using:
• Small infantry infiltration groups
• Motorcycles
• Forest routes
• Industrial zones
• Small footholds inside urban areas
The battle has become one of attrition.
Russia has shifted tactics.
Instead of large armored assaults, Russian forces are increasingly using:
• Small infantry infiltration groups
• Motorcycles
• Forest routes
• Industrial zones
• Small footholds inside urban areas
The battle has become one of attrition.
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According to information from Ukrainian units operating in the area, roughly 100-150 Russian soldiers have infiltrated sections of the city.
This is not the same as controlling Kostiantynivka.
Heavy fighting continues, but Ukraine still actively defends the city.
According to information from Ukrainian units operating in the area, roughly 100-150 Russian soldiers have infiltrated sections of the city.
This is not the same as controlling Kostiantynivka.
Heavy fighting continues, but Ukraine still actively defends the city.
Applebaum: Putin doesn't want to end the war — he wants to win it. Winning still means the same thing it always meant: occupying Ukraine, changing the government, making Ukraine a satellite of Russia.
Donbas is where he'd start, but he's never given up the bigger idea. 1/
Donbas is where he'd start, but he's never given up the bigger idea. 1/
Applebaum: The only deal possible with Putin is to convince him he can't win — through military pressure and sanctions. Trump hasn't been willing to do that.
He's actually stopped aiding Ukraine militarily. He has no leverage over Russia and can't convince them of anything. 2/
He's actually stopped aiding Ukraine militarily. He has no leverage over Russia and can't convince them of anything. 2/
Applebaum: Russia can't conquer Donbas, but that doesn't mean they couldn't use military force against a Baltic state — less protected now than Ukraine.
They may want to show the NATO guarantee doesn't work anymore. The risk of Russia using military power remains very real. 3/
They may want to show the NATO guarantee doesn't work anymore. The risk of Russia using military power remains very real. 3/
Dale Carnegie wrote a book in 1936 that has outsold almost every book on earth for a reason.
"How to Win Friends and Influence People" revealed 10 habits that make people want to be around you.
1) A person's name is the sweetest sound they know
"How to Win Friends and Influence People" revealed 10 habits that make people want to be around you.
1) A person's name is the sweetest sound they know
Carnegie found that hearing your own name activates the brain differently than any other word.
It signals one thing: you are real to me.
Use it when you meet someone. Use it before you leave.
Most people forget names because they were thinking about what to say next.
It signals one thing: you are real to me.
Use it when you meet someone. Use it before you leave.
Most people forget names because they were thinking about what to say next.
2) Become genuinely interested in other people
The most magnetic people in any room are not the ones with the best stories.
They are the ones who make you feel like your story is the most interesting one there.
You can make more friends in two months by being interested in others than in two years trying to get them interested in you.
The most magnetic people in any room are not the ones with the best stories.
They are the ones who make you feel like your story is the most interesting one there.
You can make more friends in two months by being interested in others than in two years trying to get them interested in you.
The official story of alpha-gal syndrome is tidy. A lone star tick bites you, and months later you can no longer eat red meat. Tidy stories should make you suspicious. Here is what the tidy version leaves out. 🧵
Start with the obvious question. If ticks cause alpha-gal syndrome, why did the disease only show up in the late 2000s? The lone star tick did not arrive recently. It has been biting Americans across the South for centuries.
So either this is a genuinely new disease, or medicine finally learned to see something that was already there. Those are very different claims. Almost no one in the field will say out loud which one is true.
A los 17 años llegó a Argentina con 60 dólares. Décadas después, poseía una de las mayores flotas mercantes del planeta, una isla privada en el mar Jónico y se casó con la viuda de un presidente de Estados Unidos. Se llamaba Aristóteles Onassis. Tira del hilo 🧵👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
Aristóteles Onassis nació en 1906 en Esmirna, entonces parte del Imperio otomano. Su familia era acomodada, pero todo cambió en 1922 cuando la ciudad fue arrasada durante la guerra greco-turca y miles de griegos huyeron para salvar su vida.
Con apenas 17 años emigró a Argentina, a donde llegó prácticamente sin recursos y comenzó desempeñando trabajos modestos mientras aprendía español y buscaba cualquier oportunidad para abrirse camino en un país completamente desconocido.
Una campaña global de robo de contraseñas llamada #FortiBleed habría comprometido los sistemas de seguridad de al menos 27 organizaciones colombianas.
Entre ellas: @ClaroColombia , la @UBPDcolombia y varios hospitales públicos. Hilo urgente. 🚨muchohacker.lol/2026/06/fortib…
Entre ellas: @ClaroColombia , la @UBPDcolombia y varios hospitales públicos. Hilo urgente. 🚨muchohacker.lol/2026/06/fortib…
¿Qué pasó?
Grupo ruso habría extraído archivos de configuración de miles de equipos @FortinetLATAM — dispositivos que protegen las redes de empresas — y descifrado sus contraseñas offline usando 45 GPUs en paralelo
Resultado: credenciales de administración válidas y funcionales
Grupo ruso habría extraído archivos de configuración de miles de equipos @FortinetLATAM — dispositivos que protegen las redes de empresas — y descifrado sus contraseñas offline usando 45 GPUs en paralelo
Resultado: credenciales de administración válidas y funcionales
@FortinetLATAM Colombia ocupa el puesto 7 en el ranking global de países afectados, con 2.436 dispositivos referenciados en el dataset.
La campaña tocó 194 países y cerca de 74.000 equipos en total.
La campaña tocó 194 países y cerca de 74.000 equipos en total.
My card was skimmed in Bangkok. $2,000 gone.
My bank said "investigation takes 90 days, don't expect much."
Visa's global rules say I owe $0 from day one. The bank was using my money to fund their fraud investigation.
One email. Reversed in 48 hours.
Here is the sentence that ends the delay:
My bank said "investigation takes 90 days, don't expect much."
Visa's global rules say I owe $0 from day one. The bank was using my money to fund their fraud investigation.
One email. Reversed in 48 hours.
Here is the sentence that ends the delay:
The 90-Day Delay Is a Revenue Play
Banks don't stall because fraud is complex. They stall because your money is an interest-free loan to their balance sheet while they "investigate."
The merchant in Bangkok is not picking up. The bank knows this. They are waiting for you to give up.
Meanwhile, your $2,000 is working for them.
Banks don't stall because fraud is complex. They stall because your money is an interest-free loan to their balance sheet while they "investigate."
The merchant in Bangkok is not picking up. The bank knows this. They are waiting for you to give up.
Meanwhile, your $2,000 is working for them.
The Architecture They Hope You Never See
Before you call, the bank already knows three things:
- Visa, Mastercard, and Amex have global zero-liability policies that override the bank's timeline
- The bank is contractually bound to the network
- 70% of fraud victims accept the first delay and stop pushing
The agent is not lying. They are reading a delay script.
Before you call, the bank already knows three things:
- Visa, Mastercard, and Amex have global zero-liability policies that override the bank's timeline
- The bank is contractually bound to the network
- 70% of fraud victims accept the first delay and stop pushing
The agent is not lying. They are reading a delay script.
The amount of time an AI can spend on a task:
6 weeks of programming 24/7, probably with more capability than a human.
Knowledge jobs are totally cooked.
Knowledge jobs are totally cooked.
Even if, say, law and accounting catch up to software on compute spend - which probably not anywhere close - I still see a boom/bust cycle here.
There is a lot of old work that is going to be replaced.
It will take a long time to figure out the new work to create with AI.
There is a lot of old work that is going to be replaced.
It will take a long time to figure out the new work to create with AI.
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FT: "That said, “the weakness in consumption is more structural”, Logan Wright added."
He's right. Every month there are incremental explanations as to why consumption was weak "last month", but the problem is not temporary. It is structural.
ft.com/content/7db729…
FT: "That said, “the weakness in consumption is more structural”, Logan Wright added."
He's right. Every month there are incremental explanations as to why consumption was weak "last month", but the problem is not temporary. It is structural.
ft.com/content/7db729…
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The property sector can stabilize, the Iran war can end, the weather can get better, a new toy fad can emerge, Beijing can launch another consumption program, but while these may all cause temporary increases in consumption, overall consumption will continue to struggle.
The property sector can stabilize, the Iran war can end, the weather can get better, a new toy fad can emerge, Beijing can launch another consumption program, but while these may all cause temporary increases in consumption, overall consumption will continue to struggle.
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The reason, as I've argued for years, is that China's low consumption is not an accident or an oversight. It is fundamental to the way the economy works. It is China's low household share of GDP that drives both its low consumption share and the "competitiveness" of...
The reason, as I've argued for years, is that China's low consumption is not an accident or an oversight. It is fundamental to the way the economy works. It is China's low household share of GDP that drives both its low consumption share and the "competitiveness" of...
Makerfield: Burnham victory
There is absolutely no doubt that over the last two years workers and the working class have fallen out of love with Labour. The win for Andy Burnham in Makerfield is a glimmer of hope but it must not be taken as a business as usual mandate. 1/4
There is absolutely no doubt that over the last two years workers and the working class have fallen out of love with Labour. The win for Andy Burnham in Makerfield is a glimmer of hope but it must not be taken as a business as usual mandate. 1/4
It is clear that there now needs to be an orderly timetable for a leadership election and Keir Starmer must do the right thing and step down. The inevitable leadership election must be fought on real change and policies. Not personalities or better speeches. 2/4
This result does paper over the cracks that workers feel abandoned by Labour and they will continue to abandon Labour in droves if there is not a significant change in economic and political direction. Rearranging the deckchairs and incremental reforms just won’t cut it. 3/4