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Alert🚨: New Epstein email I found shows renowned academic Noam Chomsky telling Epstein that he is “fantasizing about” Little St. James Island.
(I'm digging through the Epstein Files for Chomsky's connections to the disgraced pedophile. Check my timeline/follow for more drops.)
(I'm digging through the Epstein Files for Chomsky's connections to the disgraced pedophile. Check my timeline/follow for more drops.)
Noam Chomsky participates in Jeffrey Epstein's birthday, even contributing a note for a "birthday booklet" -- which sounds very similar to the infamous 2003 one Trump wrote a poem for.
"I am very enthusiastic about these meetings" with a convicted sex trafficker, Noam Chomsky's wife says, about the pair meeting up in Boston.
⛓️CONCENTRATION CAMPS—D.H.S. is setting up a huge network of detention camps. They are converting the U.S. as a region for eligible for ‘expeditionary military deployment’ & no-bid no-public-comment contracts to build a “ghost network” of 10,000-person concentration camps. Jesus.
2) How the Pentagon is Quietly Building Trump’s Concentration Camps
SCOOP: A repurposed Navy contract to funnel tens of billions to ICE for a nationwide "ghost network” of concentration camps—just got a lot bigger.
By @PabloReports
migrantinsider.com/p/how-the-pent…
SCOOP: A repurposed Navy contract to funnel tens of billions to ICE for a nationwide "ghost network” of concentration camps—just got a lot bigger.
By @PabloReports
migrantinsider.com/p/how-the-pent…
3) A massive Navy contract vehicle, once valued at $10 billion, has ballooned to a staggering $55 billion ceiling to expedite President Donald Trump’s “mass deportation” agenda.
The mechanism for this expansion is the Worldwide Expeditionary Multiple Award Contract (WEXMAC), originally designed for military logistics abroad. In a move to bypass traditional competition delays, the Navy’s Supply Systems Command has repurposed the vehicle for “TITUS”—Territorial Integrity of the United States.
This $45 billion increase, published just weeks ago, converts the U.S. into a “geographic region” for expeditionary military-style detention. It signals a massive, long-term escalation in the government’s capacity to pay for detention and deportation logistics. In the world of federal contracting, it is the difference between a temporary surge and a permanent infrastructure.
As for taxpayer accountability over how their money gets spent, there is no "grace period" or setup time for contractors. The companies already contracting with the government are grandfathered into future contract increases. The Navy turns a "pilot program" into a permanent, massive-scale operation overnight with fast money incentives like “task orders” that can be issued in days or even hours.
Task orders allow DHS to bypass the months-long public bidding process for every new facility. When the contract says task orders are issued when "specific dates and locations are identified," it means the infrastructure is currently a "ghost" network that can be materialized anywhere in the U.S. the moment a site is picked.
The mechanism for this expansion is the Worldwide Expeditionary Multiple Award Contract (WEXMAC), originally designed for military logistics abroad. In a move to bypass traditional competition delays, the Navy’s Supply Systems Command has repurposed the vehicle for “TITUS”—Territorial Integrity of the United States.
This $45 billion increase, published just weeks ago, converts the U.S. into a “geographic region” for expeditionary military-style detention. It signals a massive, long-term escalation in the government’s capacity to pay for detention and deportation logistics. In the world of federal contracting, it is the difference between a temporary surge and a permanent infrastructure.
As for taxpayer accountability over how their money gets spent, there is no "grace period" or setup time for contractors. The companies already contracting with the government are grandfathered into future contract increases. The Navy turns a "pilot program" into a permanent, massive-scale operation overnight with fast money incentives like “task orders” that can be issued in days or even hours.
Task orders allow DHS to bypass the months-long public bidding process for every new facility. When the contract says task orders are issued when "specific dates and locations are identified," it means the infrastructure is currently a "ghost" network that can be materialized anywhere in the U.S. the moment a site is picked.
Ayer le dije a mi pareja: “deberíamos cambiar la marca del pienso del perro”.
15 minutos después: anuncio exacto en Instagram.
Tu teléfono no necesita permiso para escucharte.
Aquí cómo silenciarlo (de verdad) 👇
15 minutos después: anuncio exacto en Instagram.
Tu teléfono no necesita permiso para escucharte.
Aquí cómo silenciarlo (de verdad) 👇
1️⃣ Micrófono siempre activo
Tu móvil no solo escucha cuando dices “Hey Siri” o “OK Google”.
Muchas apps piden acceso al micro solo para detectar palabras clave que activan anuncios.
🔧 Configuración > Privacidad > Micrófono
Si la app no necesita tu voz (hola apps de linterna), desactícalo.
Tu móvil no solo escucha cuando dices “Hey Siri” o “OK Google”.
Muchas apps piden acceso al micro solo para detectar palabras clave que activan anuncios.
🔧 Configuración > Privacidad > Micrófono
Si la app no necesita tu voz (hola apps de linterna), desactícalo.
2️⃣ Localización precisa
¿Tu app del clima necesita saber en qué habitación estás?
Esa precisión sirve para mapear todos tus movimientos.
🔧 Cambia “Ubicación precisa” por “Aproximada”
Así evitas que sepan dónde vives, trabajas o duermes.
¿Tu app del clima necesita saber en qué habitación estás?
Esa precisión sirve para mapear todos tus movimientos.
🔧 Cambia “Ubicación precisa” por “Aproximada”
Así evitas que sepan dónde vives, trabajas o duermes.
The richest people in the world are quietly switching to flip phones. Not because they’re old. Not because they hate technology.
But because smartphones are destroying something far more valuable than money. Most people won’t realize it until it’s too late.
At a private dinner, a banker friend of mine noticed something strange.
Every billionaire at the table pulled out a button phone.
No apps. No notifications. No glowing screens.
It felt less like coincidence and more like a silent agreement.
He finally asked:
“Why don’t any of you use smartphones?”
The room went quiet.
Then someone said:
“Because every notification is someone else controlling my mind.”
To them, smartphones aren’t tools anymore.
They’re attention leaks.
Every buzz pulls focus.
Every scroll fragments thinking.
Every algorithm trains reaction instead of intention.
And attention is the rarest currency on Earth.
One billionaire said something chilling:
“Money is easy to make again. Focus is not.”
He explained that once attention breaks, decision quality collapses.
And bad decisions destroy fortunes faster than bad markets.
So they simplified.
Old phones. One function. Call. Message. Off.
No feeds competing for dopamine.
No endless mental noise.
No invisible manipulation.
Just silence, on command.
Ironically, the wealthier they became, the less technology they personally touched.
Their assistants manage screens.
They manage thinking.
Because power isn’t access to information—it’s control over your inner world.
One investor admitted:
“Quitting my smartphone lowered my anxiety more than therapy.”
Not because life became easier, but because his mind finally stopped being pulled in 100 directions.
He could hear his own thoughts again.
Meanwhile…
Most people wake up and touch their phone before touching their own awareness.
News. Fear. Comparison. Noise.
The mind gets hijacked before the day even begins.
The elite understand something most never learn:
If you don’t decide how your attention is used, someone else will decide for you.
And they will profit from it.
This is why flip phones became a status symbol.
Not because they’re cheaper, but because they signal independence.
“I choose when I connect.”
“I choose when I consume.”
“I choose when I disappear.”
Real luxury isn’t faster internet.
It isn’t the newest device.
It isn’t constant access.
Real luxury is mental silence.
Undisturbed thinking.
And time with yourself.
That’s the upgrade money can’t buy—unless you protect it.
That’s why 2 Rules of Michael Saylor’s (@saylor) 10 Rules for Life hit so hard:
Focus your energy
Guard your time
[see the full 10 + 2 pinned to my profile]
Assuming you’re not ready to ditch the smartphone yet, here’s how to reclaim focus and turn X into your superpower:
• No more doom scrolling or rage bait—mute, block, curate Lists for signal only.
• Use search intentionally: Dive into inflation, taxes, Bitcoin strategies instead of reactive feeds.
• Set strict notification rules and time blocks.
Reading the right things catapults you toward financial independence.
Grab “The Millionaire Next Door” and “The Bitcoin Standard” (free audiobook on YouTube).
Want to dig deeper on why digital minimalism is the real power move? Ever heard of Cal Newport’s 2019 book Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World?
This builds on his earlier ideas from Deep Work (focused, high-value effort) and tackles how constant digital noise—smartphones, apps, notifications, social media—fragments attention, spikes anxiety, and erodes meaningful living.
Core Definition of Digital Minimalism
Newport defines it as:
A philosophy of technology use in which you focus your online time on a small number of carefully selected and optimized activities that strongly support things you value, and then happily miss out on everything else.
Thread 🧵
But because smartphones are destroying something far more valuable than money. Most people won’t realize it until it’s too late.
At a private dinner, a banker friend of mine noticed something strange.
Every billionaire at the table pulled out a button phone.
No apps. No notifications. No glowing screens.
It felt less like coincidence and more like a silent agreement.
He finally asked:
“Why don’t any of you use smartphones?”
The room went quiet.
Then someone said:
“Because every notification is someone else controlling my mind.”
To them, smartphones aren’t tools anymore.
They’re attention leaks.
Every buzz pulls focus.
Every scroll fragments thinking.
Every algorithm trains reaction instead of intention.
And attention is the rarest currency on Earth.
One billionaire said something chilling:
“Money is easy to make again. Focus is not.”
He explained that once attention breaks, decision quality collapses.
And bad decisions destroy fortunes faster than bad markets.
So they simplified.
Old phones. One function. Call. Message. Off.
No feeds competing for dopamine.
No endless mental noise.
No invisible manipulation.
Just silence, on command.
Ironically, the wealthier they became, the less technology they personally touched.
Their assistants manage screens.
They manage thinking.
Because power isn’t access to information—it’s control over your inner world.
One investor admitted:
“Quitting my smartphone lowered my anxiety more than therapy.”
Not because life became easier, but because his mind finally stopped being pulled in 100 directions.
He could hear his own thoughts again.
Meanwhile…
Most people wake up and touch their phone before touching their own awareness.
News. Fear. Comparison. Noise.
The mind gets hijacked before the day even begins.
The elite understand something most never learn:
If you don’t decide how your attention is used, someone else will decide for you.
And they will profit from it.
This is why flip phones became a status symbol.
Not because they’re cheaper, but because they signal independence.
“I choose when I connect.”
“I choose when I consume.”
“I choose when I disappear.”
Real luxury isn’t faster internet.
It isn’t the newest device.
It isn’t constant access.
Real luxury is mental silence.
Undisturbed thinking.
And time with yourself.
That’s the upgrade money can’t buy—unless you protect it.
That’s why 2 Rules of Michael Saylor’s (@saylor) 10 Rules for Life hit so hard:
Focus your energy
Guard your time
[see the full 10 + 2 pinned to my profile]
Assuming you’re not ready to ditch the smartphone yet, here’s how to reclaim focus and turn X into your superpower:
• No more doom scrolling or rage bait—mute, block, curate Lists for signal only.
• Use search intentionally: Dive into inflation, taxes, Bitcoin strategies instead of reactive feeds.
• Set strict notification rules and time blocks.
Reading the right things catapults you toward financial independence.
Grab “The Millionaire Next Door” and “The Bitcoin Standard” (free audiobook on YouTube).
Want to dig deeper on why digital minimalism is the real power move? Ever heard of Cal Newport’s 2019 book Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World?
This builds on his earlier ideas from Deep Work (focused, high-value effort) and tackles how constant digital noise—smartphones, apps, notifications, social media—fragments attention, spikes anxiety, and erodes meaningful living.
Core Definition of Digital Minimalism
Newport defines it as:
A philosophy of technology use in which you focus your online time on a small number of carefully selected and optimized activities that strongly support things you value, and then happily miss out on everything else.
Thread 🧵
2/2
It’s not about rejecting all tech—it’s about intentionality. Less is more when tools compete for your attention. He contrasts this with the “maximalist” default: squeezing value from every app/feed/notification, which backfires because clutter is costly.
Key Principles
1. Clutter is costly — Every extra tool/habit consumes time, attention, and mental energy. Small “benefits” create big opportunity costs (e.g., scrolling kills deep thinking and real relationships).
2. Optimization is important — Don’t just pick tools; optimize how you use them. Set strict rules (specific times for email, high-value-only tech).
3. Intentionality is satisfying — Curating your digital life around what truly matters (values, goals, relationships) brings more fulfillment than endless consumption.
Practical Framework from the Book
• The 30-Day Digital Declutter — Take a 30-day break from optional tech (social media, news apps, non-essential messaging). Rediscover offline life: physical books, hobbies, face-to-face talks, solitude, exercise, nature. After, reintroduce only what passes the test: Does it strongly support my values? Can I optimize it to minimize distraction?
• High-quality leisure — Swap low-value screens for demanding, rewarding pursuits that build skills and make solitude enjoyable.
• Solitude and focus — Embrace unplugged time to think deeply. Notifications hijack your mind; minimalism reclaims it.
This philosophy resonates strongly with the flip-phone trend—wealthy/high-focus people ditching smartphones for basic devices to eliminate attention leaks. Newport himself discusses (and readers experiment with) this. It’s not anti-tech; it’s pro-control. Keep email/calls, ditch dopamine feeds. Adopters report less anxiety, better decisions, reclaimed mental space—echoing the billionaire anecdotes here.
How This Ties into the X Leverage Advice
The attention-as-currency angle Newport hammers home fits perfectly. Not ready for a full flip-phone switch?
His approach is your bridge:
• Curate X ruthlessly: Lists for Bitcoin/inflation/investment signal only (follow @saylor, macro thinkers; avoid rage-bait).
• Intentional sessions: Check X in set 20-30 min blocks for research, not endless scrolling.
• Apply the declutter: Do a mini digital break—audit X habits, mute notifications, block distractions, focus searches on taxes/Bitcoin strategies.
• Pair with books: Your recs (“The Millionaire Next Door,” “The Bitcoin Standard”) align perfectly—add Digital Minimalism (or Deep Work) to build the mindset for guarding focus/time, Saylor-style.
In short, Cal Newport’s digital minimalism is the intellectual backbone for why flip phones (or strict smartphone rules) are becoming a quiet power move.
It’s about protecting your inner world so you can build real wealth—financially and mentally.
Protect your attention like the billionaires do—that’s the upgrade that compounds forever. 🟠
Which Newport principle (or X curation tip) are you trying first? Reply below—let’s guard our focus and stack sats together.
It’s not about rejecting all tech—it’s about intentionality. Less is more when tools compete for your attention. He contrasts this with the “maximalist” default: squeezing value from every app/feed/notification, which backfires because clutter is costly.
Key Principles
1. Clutter is costly — Every extra tool/habit consumes time, attention, and mental energy. Small “benefits” create big opportunity costs (e.g., scrolling kills deep thinking and real relationships).
2. Optimization is important — Don’t just pick tools; optimize how you use them. Set strict rules (specific times for email, high-value-only tech).
3. Intentionality is satisfying — Curating your digital life around what truly matters (values, goals, relationships) brings more fulfillment than endless consumption.
Practical Framework from the Book
• The 30-Day Digital Declutter — Take a 30-day break from optional tech (social media, news apps, non-essential messaging). Rediscover offline life: physical books, hobbies, face-to-face talks, solitude, exercise, nature. After, reintroduce only what passes the test: Does it strongly support my values? Can I optimize it to minimize distraction?
• High-quality leisure — Swap low-value screens for demanding, rewarding pursuits that build skills and make solitude enjoyable.
• Solitude and focus — Embrace unplugged time to think deeply. Notifications hijack your mind; minimalism reclaims it.
This philosophy resonates strongly with the flip-phone trend—wealthy/high-focus people ditching smartphones for basic devices to eliminate attention leaks. Newport himself discusses (and readers experiment with) this. It’s not anti-tech; it’s pro-control. Keep email/calls, ditch dopamine feeds. Adopters report less anxiety, better decisions, reclaimed mental space—echoing the billionaire anecdotes here.
How This Ties into the X Leverage Advice
The attention-as-currency angle Newport hammers home fits perfectly. Not ready for a full flip-phone switch?
His approach is your bridge:
• Curate X ruthlessly: Lists for Bitcoin/inflation/investment signal only (follow @saylor, macro thinkers; avoid rage-bait).
• Intentional sessions: Check X in set 20-30 min blocks for research, not endless scrolling.
• Apply the declutter: Do a mini digital break—audit X habits, mute notifications, block distractions, focus searches on taxes/Bitcoin strategies.
• Pair with books: Your recs (“The Millionaire Next Door,” “The Bitcoin Standard”) align perfectly—add Digital Minimalism (or Deep Work) to build the mindset for guarding focus/time, Saylor-style.
In short, Cal Newport’s digital minimalism is the intellectual backbone for why flip phones (or strict smartphone rules) are becoming a quiet power move.
It’s about protecting your inner world so you can build real wealth—financially and mentally.
Protect your attention like the billionaires do—that’s the upgrade that compounds forever. 🟠
Which Newport principle (or X curation tip) are you trying first? Reply below—let’s guard our focus and stack sats together.
And here another good reason on why to have a flip phone 😅
After 2 years of using ChatGPT, I can say that it is the best technology that has revolutionized my life the most, along with the Internet.
So here are 10 prompts that have transformed my day-to-day life and that could do the same for you in 2026:
So here are 10 prompts that have transformed my day-to-day life and that could do the same for you in 2026:
1. Learn anything from a 20-year expert even if you're clueless
"Pretend you are an expert with 20 years of experience in {industry/topic}. Break down the core principles a total beginner must understand. Use analogies, step-by-step logic, and simplify everything like I’m 5."
"Pretend you are an expert with 20 years of experience in {industry/topic}. Break down the core principles a total beginner must understand. Use analogies, step-by-step logic, and simplify everything like I’m 5."
2. Brutally honest thought partner to sharpen your thinking
"Act as my personal thought partner. I’ll describe {my idea/problem}, and I want you to question every assumption, point out blind spots, and help me evolve it into something 10x better."
"Act as my personal thought partner. I’ll describe {my idea/problem}, and I want you to question every assumption, point out blind spots, and help me evolve it into something 10x better."
Bruce Lee literally dropped the best life advice you'll ever hear
I’ll be sharing more frameworks and insights like this.
Follow @ArjunPatelAI so you don’t miss the next one.
And if you’re building something thoughtful or long-term in AI, my DMs are open.
Follow @ArjunPatelAI so you don’t miss the next one.
And if you’re building something thoughtful or long-term in AI, my DMs are open.
1/🚨 The DOJ just released thousands of pages of Epstein files.
And buried inside them may be one of the biggest bombshells no one is talking about:
The blueprint for a 20-year financial architecture designed to turn pandemics into a profit center.
Offshore vaccine funds. Pandemic reinsurance triggers. Donor-advised fund structures designed to profit under the cover of charity. Simulation programs. Career pipelines into pharma and the World Economic Forum.
All built years before COVID-19. All running through Gates, JPMorgan, and Epstein.
We now have the documents. 🧵👇
And buried inside them may be one of the biggest bombshells no one is talking about:
The blueprint for a 20-year financial architecture designed to turn pandemics into a profit center.
Offshore vaccine funds. Pandemic reinsurance triggers. Donor-advised fund structures designed to profit under the cover of charity. Simulation programs. Career pipelines into pharma and the World Economic Forum.
All built years before COVID-19. All running through Gates, JPMorgan, and Epstein.
We now have the documents. 🧵👇
2 / 7 — BOMBSHELL #1: OFFSHORE ARM FOR VACCINES
In August 2011, Jeffrey Epstein emailed Mary Erdoes — CEO of JPMorgan's $2 TRILLION asset management division — outlining a Gates-linked donor-advised fund.
His instruction:
"However we should be ready with an offshore arm — especially for vaccines." 💉🏦
The CEO of JPMorgan Asset Management didn't flag compliance.
She asked for answers before the 31st.
She got them the same night — from a convicted sex offender.
[IMAGE: EFTA01256269 — the "offshore arm" email: epsteinfilez.com/pdf/f4d7177e0c…]
In August 2011, Jeffrey Epstein emailed Mary Erdoes — CEO of JPMorgan's $2 TRILLION asset management division — outlining a Gates-linked donor-advised fund.
His instruction:
"However we should be ready with an offshore arm — especially for vaccines." 💉🏦
The CEO of JPMorgan Asset Management didn't flag compliance.
She asked for answers before the 31st.
She got them the same night — from a convicted sex offender.
[IMAGE: EFTA01256269 — the "offshore arm" email: epsteinfilez.com/pdf/f4d7177e0c…]
3 / 7 — BOMBSHELL #2: THE QUIET PART OUT LOUD
Same month. Same email chain. Epstein writes to Staley and Erdoes:
"The tension is making money from a Charitable Org. Therefore the money making parts need to be arms length." 🎭💰
The architect of this structure — convicted of sex crimes against minors — is explicitly acknowledging that the vehicle is designed to generate PROFIT under the legal cover of CHARITY.
[IMAGE: EFTA01835356— the "tension" email: epsteinfilez.com/pdf/a73f076fcf…]
Same month. Same email chain. Epstein writes to Staley and Erdoes:
"The tension is making money from a Charitable Org. Therefore the money making parts need to be arms length." 🎭💰
The architect of this structure — convicted of sex crimes against minors — is explicitly acknowledging that the vehicle is designed to generate PROFIT under the legal cover of CHARITY.
[IMAGE: EFTA01835356— the "tension" email: epsteinfilez.com/pdf/a73f076fcf…]
این تصویر یک ساختمون معمولی نیست؛ اینجا معبد شیطانی و قلب جزیرهایه که با خون کودکان معصوم و گوشت انسان قدرت میگرفت!
اینجا همون جزیره معروف پرونده اپستینه
پروندهای که اخیرا مشخص شد فراتر از تجاوز و قاچاق انسان و شکنجه کودکان بوده!
اما ماجرای اپستین از کجا شروع شد؟!/۱
#رشتو
اینجا همون جزیره معروف پرونده اپستینه
پروندهای که اخیرا مشخص شد فراتر از تجاوز و قاچاق انسان و شکنجه کودکان بوده!
اما ماجرای اپستین از کجا شروع شد؟!/۱
#رشتو
چطور از ترامپ، اوباما، کلیتون، ایهود باراک و ایلان ماسک گرفته تا بنسلمان و صدها شخصیت مهم با یک مهندسی دقیق برای پیشبرد اهداف صهیونیستها گرفتار پروندهای شدن که فساد اخلاقی کمترین موضوعش بود؟
هرچی درمورد اپستین شنیدید فقط نوک کوه یخ بود
تو این رشتو تمام داستان رو مرور میکنم/۲
هرچی درمورد اپستین شنیدید فقط نوک کوه یخ بود
تو این رشتو تمام داستان رو مرور میکنم/۲
جفری اپستین متولد۱۹۵۳، دهه۷۰ معلم ریاضی مدرسه خصوصی دالتون شد و از اونجا با ارتباط با خانوادهای بانفوذ نیویورک، به یه بانک بزرگ والاستریت رفت و خیلی زود از دستیار به معاملهگر بزرگ و مشاور مشتریهای ثروتمند رسید
و ۱۹۸۱ موسسه خودشو برای حلقهای محدود از ابرثروتمندان راه انداخت/۳
و ۱۹۸۱ موسسه خودشو برای حلقهای محدود از ابرثروتمندان راه انداخت/۳
Ancient Rome had a problem: How do you keep a massive urban population fed and compliant?
The solution: Free grain. Daily distributions. No meat. Just grain.
The "annona" system provided free wheat to Roman citizens. About 1kg daily. Enough to survive.
Not enough to thrive.
Here's what's fascinating: Roman citizens receiving free grain lived 10-15 years less than wealthy Romans buying their own food.
Wealthy Romans ate meat, fish, cheese, eggs. Free grain recipients ate bread and porridge.
Same city. Same sanitation. Same medical access. Different diet. Different lifespan.
Roman government knew this. Internal documents discuss the annona as population control mechanism.
Free grain created dependency. If you rely on state grain, you can't revolt. You'd lose your food source.
Free grain also created physical weakness. Grain-dependent populations couldn't sustain prolonged resistance even if they wanted to.
Meanwhile, Roman soldiers - the actual power structure - received meat rations. Beef, pork, cheese as standard issue.
The military ate what enabled conquest. The urban poor ate what enabled control.
When grain shipments were delayed, riots broke out. Not because Romans were starving - other food was available. Because grain dependency created psychological panic.
This is why emperors obsessed over grain supply. "Bread and circuses" isn't about generosity. It's about control through induced dependency.
Give people free grain, they'll trade freedom for food security.
Give people meat, they'll remain independent and dangerous.
Roman emperors understood this perfectly.
The system worked for 500 years. Right up until it didn't.
When Rome fell, what changed? Multiple factors, but one is consistently overlooked: The grain supply system collapsed.
The population, completely dependent on free grain, couldn't transition to self-sufficiency. They'd forgotten how to source their own food.
Cities that maintained livestock traditions survived the collapse better. Cities dependent on grain dole collapsed faster.
The lesson was clear: Populations dependent on centralized grain distribution cannot sustain themselves when that system fails.
But grain dependency enabled imperial control while it lasted.
Modern welfare systems use the same model. Government-provided grain products. Minimal meat. Dependency creation.
Call it food stamps or annona. The mechanism is identical.
Keep populations dependent on grain, they'll accept state control to maintain food access.
Rome figured this out 2,000 years ago. We've forgotten we're following the same playbook.
The solution: Free grain. Daily distributions. No meat. Just grain.
The "annona" system provided free wheat to Roman citizens. About 1kg daily. Enough to survive.
Not enough to thrive.
Here's what's fascinating: Roman citizens receiving free grain lived 10-15 years less than wealthy Romans buying their own food.
Wealthy Romans ate meat, fish, cheese, eggs. Free grain recipients ate bread and porridge.
Same city. Same sanitation. Same medical access. Different diet. Different lifespan.
Roman government knew this. Internal documents discuss the annona as population control mechanism.
Free grain created dependency. If you rely on state grain, you can't revolt. You'd lose your food source.
Free grain also created physical weakness. Grain-dependent populations couldn't sustain prolonged resistance even if they wanted to.
Meanwhile, Roman soldiers - the actual power structure - received meat rations. Beef, pork, cheese as standard issue.
The military ate what enabled conquest. The urban poor ate what enabled control.
When grain shipments were delayed, riots broke out. Not because Romans were starving - other food was available. Because grain dependency created psychological panic.
This is why emperors obsessed over grain supply. "Bread and circuses" isn't about generosity. It's about control through induced dependency.
Give people free grain, they'll trade freedom for food security.
Give people meat, they'll remain independent and dangerous.
Roman emperors understood this perfectly.
The system worked for 500 years. Right up until it didn't.
When Rome fell, what changed? Multiple factors, but one is consistently overlooked: The grain supply system collapsed.
The population, completely dependent on free grain, couldn't transition to self-sufficiency. They'd forgotten how to source their own food.
Cities that maintained livestock traditions survived the collapse better. Cities dependent on grain dole collapsed faster.
The lesson was clear: Populations dependent on centralized grain distribution cannot sustain themselves when that system fails.
But grain dependency enabled imperial control while it lasted.
Modern welfare systems use the same model. Government-provided grain products. Minimal meat. Dependency creation.
Call it food stamps or annona. The mechanism is identical.
Keep populations dependent on grain, they'll accept state control to maintain food access.
Rome figured this out 2,000 years ago. We've forgotten we're following the same playbook.
Here's the history of how grains kept populations weak and decile, while the wealthy hoarded the meat.
The same is true today.
fitawakening.co.uk/2024/11/19/mod…
The same is true today.
fitawakening.co.uk/2024/11/19/mod…
#SupremeCourt hears batch of petitions on the issue of whether PMLA proceedings survive when predicate offence is quashed on the basis of compromise and not on merits.
Bench: Justice MM Sundresh and Justice N Kotiswar Singh
Bench: Justice MM Sundresh and Justice N Kotiswar Singh
Additional Solicitor General SV Raju takes the Court through relevant definitions under the PMLA Act.
ASG: this is not a case of full acquittal of the full case. In the predicate offence in India one of the accused has been convicted.
ASG: this is not a case of full acquittal of the full case. In the predicate offence in India one of the accused has been convicted.
ASG: scheduled offence still exists. One of them is convicted. If we are independently able to show in the PMLA case that a predicate offence existed then that might suffice irrespective of what happens when the predicate case
Plot twist: The best prompts are negative.
After using ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini professionally for 2 years, I realized telling AI what NOT to do works better than telling it what to do.
Here are 8 "anti-prompts" that changed everything:
After using ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini professionally for 2 years, I realized telling AI what NOT to do works better than telling it what to do.
Here are 8 "anti-prompts" that changed everything:
1/ DON'T use filler words
Instead of: "Write engaging content"
Use: "No fluff. No 'delve into'. No 'landscape'. No 'it's important to note'. Get straight to the point."
Result: 67% shorter outputs with 2x more substance.
The AI stops padding and starts delivering.
Instead of: "Write engaging content"
Use: "No fluff. No 'delve into'. No 'landscape'. No 'it's important to note'. Get straight to the point."
Result: 67% shorter outputs with 2x more substance.
The AI stops padding and starts delivering.
2/ DON'T explain the obvious
Add this line: "Skip introductions. Skip conclusions. Skip context I already know."
Example: When asking for code, I get the function immediately.
No "Here's a Python script that..." preamble.
Saves 40% of my reading time.
Add this line: "Skip introductions. Skip conclusions. Skip context I already know."
Example: When asking for code, I get the function immediately.
No "Here's a Python script that..." preamble.
Saves 40% of my reading time.
#SupremeCourt to continue hearing habeas corpus petition filed by Dr Gitanjali Angmo (@GitanjaliAngmo) seeking to declare illegal the detention of Ladakhi social activist and her husband #sonamwangchuk (@Wangchuk66) detention under the National Security Act as illegal.
@GitanjaliAngmo @Wangchuk66 Wangchuk was arrested after the #Protest for #statehood turned violent.
@GitanjaliAngmo @Wangchuk66 Bench: Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice PB Varale
Why microdosing GLP1a/GIP agonist (Tirzepatide) helps POTS/MCAS/Long COVID/Functional GI symptoms.
#POTS #MCAS #LC #DGBI #microdosing
I had an epiphany a few months ago. One of those “why didn’t I realize this sooner” moments.
#POTS #MCAS #LC #DGBI #microdosing
I had an epiphany a few months ago. One of those “why didn’t I realize this sooner” moments.
Why do microdosing GLP1a/GIP agonists help this cohort?
Before we delve further let’s look at how these drugs work. Whilst they are best known for their weight loss effects, they have lots of other beneficial actions
Before we delve further let’s look at how these drugs work. Whilst they are best known for their weight loss effects, they have lots of other beneficial actions
1/ Satiety control
They act on the hypothalamus to help patients feel full, decrease cravings, reduce consumption of calorie dense foods
2/ Gastric effects
They slow down gastric emptying (fundus, antrum and pyloric actions) so pts feel fuller for longer and eat less
They act on the hypothalamus to help patients feel full, decrease cravings, reduce consumption of calorie dense foods
2/ Gastric effects
They slow down gastric emptying (fundus, antrum and pyloric actions) so pts feel fuller for longer and eat less
1/18 CIPRIANO MARIN CABRERA (1952-2026),
in memoriam
in memoriam
2/18 Hem conegut la trista noticia de la mort, el passat 27 de gener, d’en Cipriano Marín, a La Laguna, on vivia. Una persona que va dedicar una bona part de la seva vida a la sostenibilitat, les illes i el patrimoni.
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menorcatalayotica.info/ca/El_Consell_…
3/18 Els que vàrem tenir la sort de conèixer en Cipri a finals dels anys 70 a Barcelona, el recordem de quan era una de les ànimes del grup TARA – Tecnologies Alternatives Radicals i Autogestionades que publicaren Energías Libres I i la revista Alfalfa
revistaalfalfa.blogspot.com
revistaalfalfa.blogspot.com
@JayinKyiv Don't start a stupid french Bashing like fuking Germano-British for ONE local small election !
This department is always againt the Republic, pro-Monarchist and all forces against Republic (and Democraty then).
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This department is always againt the Republic, pro-Monarchist and all forces against Republic (and Democraty then).
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@JayinKyiv WE GIVE EVERYTHING TO UKRAINE ! (British & USA "SELL" !)
Not happy ?! Be brave ASK TO your friend MACRON instead to insult all French People !
Or fuck you !
Don't hope more sacrifice from us by insulting us !
Not happy ?! Be brave ASK TO your friend MACRON instead to insult all French People !
Or fuck you !
Don't hope more sacrifice from us by insulting us !
@JayinKyiv I'm against Putin, I support every efforts we have done for Ukraine (this ex-allie of NAZI WW2)!
No lesson to have from an ex-allies of NAZIs against France ! We have a memory !
And next time, SPEAK FRENCH !
Fuck english (german & russian), languages of world idiocracy and wars !
No lesson to have from an ex-allies of NAZIs against France ! We have a memory !
And next time, SPEAK FRENCH !
Fuck english (german & russian), languages of world idiocracy and wars !
