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Thread on communal tensions & the Moulid festivals of Egypt, many of which have distant Shia origins or incorporate Coptic saints. Unsurprisingly Islamists have attempted to disrupt or shut them down. Excerpts from JR Bradley's 2012 "Inside Egypt".

Moulids are mostly celebrations of Muslim saints, though Christian & even (until 1948) Jewish ones also appeared. Surviving hidden Egyptian Sufi traditions. Given Egypt's teeming population & density, some Moulid festivals are bigger in terms of attendees than the Haj itself.

Fatimid Shii origins of festivals. Other like vestiges in Egyptian Sunnism in personal names, reverence for Mohammed's blood descendants etc. Hamfisted attempts to disrupt festivals, a key area of sneed grievance being the free mixing of men & women. Malign 🇸🇦 Wahhabi influence.

On ressort le bon réchauffement pour masquer ses propres manquements…

Où sont les canadairs promis ? Qu’en est-il de la prévention ?

Non, on sort le réchauffement pour faire passer la pilule, voire une petite taxe au passage.

https://twitter.com/bfmtv/status/1953113280567722068

Macron voulait acheter des canadairs « au niveau européen ».

Encore un truc qui n’a pas marché ?!

Il est plus facile d’accuser le réchauffement climatique en effet.

https://twitter.com/bfmtv/status/1549777602524626944

Merci à @aliciapleure pour l’archive 🙂

🚨The U.S. just tried to borrow $42B in a 10-year auction.

The auction tailed, demand tanked, and even foreign banks stepped aside.

Here’s why this matters for every investor, borrower, and taxpayer.

(a thread)

First, what is a Treasury?

It’s basically an IOU from the U.S. government. You lend them money today, and they promise to pay you back later with interest.

It’s considered the “safest” investment in the world. So when demand falls, it’s a big deal.

This auction was for a 10-year Treasury Note.

That means: you give the U.S. $100 now, and they promise to give you some interest every 6 months, then pay you back in full after 10 years.

Simple, right? But this week the U.S. struggled to sell them.

“This is a bombshell.”

Pathologist Dr. Ryan Cole just made a devastating prediction about what RFK Jr.’s latest move means for mRNA vaccine technology.

“The repercussions,” he says, “are going to be felt worldwide.”

Most people have no idea how big this really is.

🧵 THREAD

HHS Secretary RFK Jr. dropped a mega bombshell on Tuesday when he announced that BARDA will be CANCELING 22 mRNA vaccine development contracts, saving taxpayers about $500 million in the process.

This move delivered a major blow to the biomedical industrial complex, which was hoping to make an mRNA vaccine for just about every disease imaginable.

Kennedy also gave legitimacy to what was deemed a “conspiracy theory” for the longest time.

He suggested the COVID-19 shots, marketed as “safe and effective,” could have CAUSED the virus to mutate more quickly and EXTENDED the pandemic altogether.

He explained:

“The [mRNA] vaccine [platform] paradoxically encourages new mutations and can actually prolong pandemics. As the virus constantly mutates to escape the protective effects of the vaccine, millions of people, maybe even you or someone you know, caught the Omicron variant despite being vaccinated. That’s because a single mutation can make mRNA vaccines ineffective.”

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The banking crisis in Russia is gaining momentum.
Earlier, Bloomberg published an article that Russian banks are in a terrible situation due to under-formed loan reserves. This information is confirmed.
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The Ministry of Finance published a report on operations with the National Welfare Fund for July. VEB and VTB received new deposits for 335 billion rubles to improve the liquidity situation.
2/

In just 7 months, the Fund issued 850 billion rubles to banks. This is almost 4 times more than last year. What other confirmation of the terrible situation in these banks is needed?
3/

1/ A few days ago I told you about Ukrainian defenders sending an e-bike via drone to save a stranded brother.

It was a good story.

But then folks sent me the details.

They're damn amazing!

Here's the full, insane drone rescue story—all about doing the impossible 🧵⤵️

2/ For 4-5 days, "Tankist" had fought off daily Russian assaults ALONE.

His three friends, dead. Wounded, he can only hobble.

Russians keep coming, one or two at a time. He repels them.

Radio crackles: "Hold on brother, we'll get you out."

Then his rifle jams. ⤵️

3/ How did he end up here?

Day 1: Four soldiers from Rubizh ("Border") Brigade were defending a position near Siversk. Russians surrounded them completely—front, flanks, everywhere.

Two men died repelling the first assault. Then came gas canisters. ⤵️

In modern times, the parable of the Good Samaritan is reduced to a story about kindness.

We’ve forgot its true meaning—
not the way the early Church understood it.

Irenaeus, Origen, Ambrose, Augustine saw not 'kindness,' but the entire drama of salvation.

The true meaning 🧵:

“A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho…”

That man is Adam—a symbol of all humanity.
Jerusalem is the heavenly city of peace, from which he fell.

Jericho, meaning the moon, represents mortality—waxing, waning, and dying.

(Augustine, Quaest. Evang. II.19)

“He fell among thieves…”

These thieves are the devil and his angels, who:

Stripped him of immortality

Beat him by persuading him to sin

Left him half-dead—alive in body, but dead in soul, wounded and oppressed by sin.

(Augustine, Quaest. Evang. II.19)

Why do so many people in India have bloated, protruding stomachs…
Even if they’re not overweight?

It’s not just genetics.

Here’s what’s really going on: 🧵

You’ve probably noticed this.

Many Indian men (and increasingly women) have pot bellies.

But it’s not just body fat. It’s a digestive issue that’s been ignored for far too long.

Behind that belly is often a mix of:
• Fatty liver
• Chronic bloating
• Indigestion
• SIBO (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth)

Mainstream advice blames stress, aging, or lack of exercise. But that misses the root cause.

Let’s talk about the Indian diet…

I read Ezra Klein’s interview with Mahmoud Khalil, so you don’t have to.

Here are the most outrageous moments.

Buckle up 🧵

Khalil talks about how Palestinians in Syria have no property rights, even after generations. That’s blatant discrimination.

But Klein doesn’t pause to reflect on what that means.

No curiosity about how other Arab states treat Palestinians. He just moves along. >>

Khalil, who often describes himself as a Palestinian refugee, mentions one grandparent living in modern day Israel: his grandmother lived in Tiveria for 30 years before 1948.

So she must have lived through the Tiveria pogrom, in 1938, when Arab terrorists lit Jewish homes and synagogues on fire and stabbed the people inside, including a baby, to death.

Somehow, the Arab-initiated violence that preceded his family’s departure from Tiveria was never part of the narrative Khalil was taught. He says he was raised to believe that “Palestine was taken from us, was stolen from us.”

I am not saying Palestinians have no connection to the land; in fact I am a loud advocate for peace and their right to live in this land. But as Jew whose family lived in Iraq and Tunisia for centuries, only to be violently kicked out with all of their property stripped from them, I always find the asymmetry in these conversations jarring.

Palestinian identity is inherently tied to Arab identity, the same Arabs who forced my family out of their land. But this is often forgotten in this narrative. >>

Married couples can withdraw $128,200 from investments and pay $0 in federal income taxes in 2025.

This is like earning a $170,000/yr pre-tax salary.

Here's how it works:

The OBBBA increased the standard deduction for 2025 to $15,750 for single or $31,500 for married jointly.

So, the first $31,500 you earn from ANY income source is completely tax free from federal taxes (married)

For example, say you retired early at 55 and use the Rule of 55 to withdraw from a 401(k) without the 10% penalty.

You can withdraw $31,500 from a traditional 401(k) and pay $0 in federal taxes if that's the only income source for the year.

Justice William Musyoka has delivered 7 Bombshells in a scorching judgment and arguably the most comprehensive indictment our justice system's failure to serve ordinary citizens while simultaneously determining that #SmallClaimsCourt judgments delivered after 60 days are null and void. 🧵

What began as a debt dispute in became a constitutional earthquake when the judge asked the question: Did the Small Claims Court that decided this case even have legal jurisdiction? His answer reveals systemic constitutional fraud across Kenya's entire judicial system. 1/10new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgmen…

Ulitmately his answer was NO, Section 34(1) creates a 60-day jurisdictional window that if exceeded renders the judgment invalid. But in getting to that conclusion he systematically breaks down why our judicial architecture is dangerously broken 2/10

I'm 63.

I'm a Harvard-trained psychologist who works with ultra-successful individuals...

And I hate to tell you, but the cost of overthinking and anxiety is the life you could have lived.

Here's the 3-step protocol that actually works: 🧵

Procrastination...

It's not laziness. It's dopamine desensitization.

Your brain needs increasingly intense stimulation to feel rewarded.

That's why checking email feels better than deep work.

And why can't you focus without your phone buzzing nearby?

Here's what's happening in your brain:

Dopamine isn't about pleasure—it's your focusing mechanism.

Whatever produces dopamine captures your attention.
But overstimulation has made you dopamine-resistant.

Like insulin resistance, but for your reward system.

Trade any coin with ZERO ID.

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These 10 No-KYC exchanges keep you fully private in 2025🧵👇

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No-KYC doesn’t mean no risk.

If you're big on privacy, these exchanges might be your last real option.

- Don’t store your crypto on centralized exchanges (CEXs) long-term.
- Don’t deposit large amounts.

Any CEX can freeze your funds for any reason.

Always DYOR (Do Your Own Research).

The Most Beautiful Birds in the World! 🦜~ A Thread🧵

1. Roseate Spoonbill. It is a resident breeder in both South and North America.

2. Glimpse of the spectacular & colourful Indian National Bird ~ Peacock 🦚🩷

3. Flight of the Shima Enaga, a Japanese bird who looks like a cotton ball

Akar, Güler ve Ünal İşi Bana Yıktılar...

15 Temmuz darbe teşebbüsünün 1 numarası olduğu suçlamasıyla 141 kez ağırlaştırılmış müebbet hapis cezasına çarptırılan ve 9 yıldır hapiste olan eski orgeneral Akın Öztürk'ün mahkemede anlattıkları kendini muhalif olarak konumlandıran bir çok isim tarafından görmemezlikten gelindi.

Yargıtay’ın kısmi bozma kararının ardından Ankara 17. Ağır Ceza Mahkemesi’nce Sincan Cezaevi Kampüsü içindeki duruşma salonunda yeniden görülmesine başlanan Genelkurmay Çatı Davası’nda önceki gün ve dün savunmasını yapan Akın Öztürk, gazeteci Müyesser Yıldız'ın salondan aktardığı notlara göre sözlerine şöyle başladı:

15 Temmuz’da tümüyle Hulusi Akar’ın verdiği talimatları yerine getirdim. Ama nasıl olduysa, birimiz 15 Temmuz’un kahramanı, birimiz 1 numara olduk. Artık bu tiyatronun parçası olmak istemiyorum. O yüzden savunma yapıp yapmamayı çok düşündüm, ancak son kez anlatmaya karar verdim.

On Tickle v Giggle:
This isn’t satire.
These were real legal submissions - made by the government, the Sex Discrimination Commissioner, or accepted by the Federal Court.
Every word was serious.👇

1. That’s a direct quote from the Sex Discrimination Commissioner.
To the Federal Court.
In writing.
Sex, Australia is told, is now contextual, fluid and “non-binary.”
Apparently reality was just a phase.

2. Translation:
You can be male in body, male in law, untouched by surgery or hormones - and still legally female.
Why?
Because you said so.

Le Conseil constitutionnel est maintenant intégralement composé de membres nommés par la droite, il commence à rendre ses premières décisions, et c'est très inquiétant : oui le pire de la loi Duplomb a sauté, mais le CC vient de laisser passer 2 bombes nucléaires démocratiques ⤵️

1) Primo, le CC a refusé de censurer la procédure d'adoption de la loi Duplomb.

Rappelez-vous, c'était l'histoire de la motion de rejet déposée et votée par LREM, LR et le RN contre leur propre proposition de loi, pour empêcher l'Assemblée de débattre des amendements au texte.

En clair, ça veut dire que maintenant, une majorité obéissante à l'exécutif peut faire taire l'opposition, et tuer le droit d'amendement, à l'AN comme au Sénat.

Imagine-t-on une seconde comment une Le Pen au pouvoir utiliserait un tel outil ?

10 baggers aren't sitting at a $500B market cap, they are sitting under $5B with a growth plan still being actively executed.

These companies bring something different to industries begging for innovation.

Here are some of the most interesting businesses today under a $5B market cap:

1/ $ZETA

If you want to invest in a first mover of a space, $ZETA is the company.

They built their AI tech stack marketing platform 7 years ago. While other competitors are currently piecing together their own platforms, $ZETA is pitching a platform that is mature and tuned out.

They will grow by landing large clients (they already have 44% of the Fortune 500), increasing revenue from existing clients (2x'd rev per customer since 2020), and obviously improving the platform.

2/ $TMDX

Probably the coolest company on the list. $TMDX has revolutionary tech that keeps organs functioning outside the human body.

They are highly in demand and literally possess the next generation of tech.

Growth will be driven by broader adoption and expansion of its organ retrieval service.

3/ $OSCR

I mean who doesn't know about them at this point?

If you didn’t already know what Oscar Health does, they are a tech based health insurer that primarily provides coverage on the individual market.

Its core challenge is to prove its tech driven model can lead to better health outcomes and lower costs at scale.

Outside of growing its patient base, they plan to grow by expanding insurance offerings and commercializing their tech stack by licensing to third party providers.

The Trump administration has officially taken a stance against debanking.

That means that, soon enough, no more Americans will be deprived of being able to hold a bank account because of the opinions they hold.

Americans will be free to think independently again🧵

The executive order begins with some background:

Americans, often at the behest of government officials, have been subject to the loss of access to financial services.

That often meant having no access to bank accounts, debit and credit cards, investment tools, and so on.

And then it gets to the meat:

We want to stop this, because it is anti-freedom.

Financial institutions should not be able to stop Americans from holding whatever views they want to. It's not their business, so they're being asked to stay out of it.

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Amidst howling winds, sleet and snow on March 29th 1461 near Towton in Yorkshire, England, Yorkist and Lancastrian forces clashed in a bloody battle, the bloodiest in the history of English soil.

This is the story of the Battle of Towton 🧵

By 1461, it had been 6 years since the beginning of the bloody Wars of the Roses, civil wars between the Houses of York and Lancaster.

A fun fact is this event is what helped give inspiration to George R.R. Martin for his power struggle in Game of Thrones.

The Lancastrians supported the reigning King Henry VI who is remembered as weak, indecisive and suffered from bouts of madness.

The leader of the Yorkists was initially Richard the Duke of York.

Henry was captured at the Battle of Northampton in 1460 and Richard stated his claim to the throne but his allies were hesitant to usurp the throne so instead they passed the Act of Accord which stated that the duke and his heirs would rule England upon the death of Henry.