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The Kanye stuff caused me to read this book from 1995, here is a thread of some parts I found interesting:
amazon.com/Jewish-Power-I…

Many embassies have a desk for maintaining a positive relationship with American Jews

As anti-semitism declined, Jews became more paranoid

Before modern multinational banks reached Southeast Asia, merchants from 75 villages in Tamil Nadu had already built a transnational financial system.

They financed rice in Burma, rubber in Malaya, retail in Singapore, plantations in Ceylon — connected not by contracts but by kinship and reputation.

This is the story of the Chettiars.🧵

Their financial instruments were not primitive arrangements. They were sophisticated.

--The Hundi moved money across borders without physical currency.

--The Vellai Olai tracked every transaction — commercial, familial, religious — with double-entry precision.

--The Pangaali guarantee meant the community underwrote an individual's credit.

Things were going smoothly—until 1942. The Japanese invasion of Burma shattered the economic order in which Chettiar finance thrived.

Many merchants fled, leaving behind properties and loans. Newly independent nations restructured their financial systems. The old network lost ground.

But the Chettiars did what good entrepreneurs always do. They adapted.

The world energy shock is coming — it will deepen inequality in ways we've seen before. Our new @newstatesman piece argues that without urgent government action, the Strait of Hormuz crisis will ripple through our economies and rip apart our societies. Here's why. 1/

2/ One fifth of global LNG, 1/3 of crude oil, 1/3 of fertilisers, 2/5 of helium, nearly half of sulphur—all normally pass through the Strait of Hormuz. Since the US and Israel's attack on Iran, that flow has effectively stopped. The shock is here. The shockwaves are on their way.

3/ This is not just a commodity price story. Years of research with my collaborators showed that cost shocks don't just pass through markets neutrally—they give dominant corporations cover to hike prices, protect margins, and *increase* profits. We called this sellers' inflation.

Christmas Eve, 2024: A nuclear energy expert gets an unexpected phone call. It’s Peter Thiel.

The billionaire was vetting staff to work in the incoming Trump administration on nuclear energy issues. And he wanted to talk about rapid deregulation and massive nuclear buildout 🧵

Trump is upending the way nuclear energy is regulated.

Silicon Valley & the energy demands of AI are at the center of it. Inexperienced DOGE operatives are bringing a ‘move-fast-&-break-things' ethos to safety.

Here’s my story of how DOGE went NUCLEAR:

propublica.org/article/trump-…

Last May, Trump released executive orders demanding a re-write of nuclear safety rules & a massive buildout of nuclear power. The admin let Silicon Valley-backed nuclear energy firms offer redline edits. When Trump signed them in the oval office, he was flanked by nuclear CEOs

🚨 Claude ahora puede construir tu currículum completo y perfil de LinkedIn como un reclutador ejecutivo de $500/hora de Robert Half. Gratis.

Aquí hay 12 prompts que te consiguen llamadas de entrevista en 7 días:

(Guarda esto antes de que desaparezca)

⚠️ Antes de empezar, solo quería avisarte que con @Adamaestr0_, hemos creado una guía completa sobre Claude 4.6.

Por el momento es gratis, pero no va a durar.

El enlace aquí → alejoxadam.beehiiv.com/gu-a-definitiv…

1. El Reescritor de Currículum del Reclutador de Google en 6 Segundos

"Eres un reclutador técnico senior en Google que ha revisado más de 100.000 currículums y decide en 6 segundos si un candidato avanza o es rechazado — porque eso es todo el tiempo que tiene tu currículum antes de que cargue el siguiente.

Necesito que me reescriban todo el currículum para sobrevivir esos brutales 6 segundos.

Reescribe:
- Resumen profesional: una declaración de poder de 2-3 oraciones que comunique instantáneamente quién soy, qué hago y por qué soy excepcional
- Cada punto transformado: reescribe usando la fórmula XYZ de Google — 'Logré [X] medido por [Y] haciendo [Z]'
- Números en todo: agrega métricas específicas, porcentajes, montos en dólares y escala a cada logro
- Eliminación de verbos débiles: reemplaza 'ayudé', 'asistí', 'trabajé en', 'fui responsable de' con verbos de poder — 'arquitecté', 'impulsé', 'lancé', 'reduje', 'escalé'
- Aplicación de una página: corta sin piedad el relleno, habilidades desactualizadas y empleos irrelevantes (dos páginas solo si tienes 10+ años de experiencia)
- Renovación de la sección de habilidades: organiza en categorías (Técnicas, Herramientas, Frameworks, Certificaciones) según el puesto objetivo
- Formato de educación: título, universidad, honores únicamente — elimina el GPA si está por debajo de 3.5 o si han pasado más de 3 años desde la graduación
- Eliminación de señales de alerta: elimina brechas laborales en el formato, tecnologías desactualizadas y todo lo que desperdicie la atención del reclutador
- Jerarquía visual: nombre más grande, luego encabezados de sección, luego cuerpo del texto — el ojo debe fluir sin esfuerzo de arriba a abajo
- Comparación antes/después: muéstrame los 3 puntos más débiles de mi currículum original junto a las versiones reescritas

Formatea como un currículum completo y listo para enviar con cada sección reescrita, más un resumen de cambios rastreados que muestre qué se mejoró.

Mi currículum actual: [PEGA AQUÍ TU CURRÍCULUM COMPLETO Y LA DESCRIPCIÓN DEL PUESTO AL QUE APLICAS]"

These are the HABITS weakening your Horoscope & your LIFE

-Thread-

1. SUN ☀️
𝗛𝗮𝗯𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘂𝗻
◆ Waking up late every day
◆ Reaching for the phone before your own thoughts
◆ Disrespecting authority.. father, elders, institution

𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱
◆ Wake before sunrise.. even once a week
◆ First 10 minutes of the day.. no screen
◆ Offer water to the Sun with intention

Your Sun doesn't need a Ruby. It needs your attention.. first thing, every morning.

2. MOON 🌙
𝗛𝗮𝗯𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗼𝗼𝗻
◆ Sleeping past midnight consistently
◆ Screen exposure till the moment you sleep
◆ Skipping meals.. eating erratically

𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱
◆ Sleep before 10:30pm.. non negotiable
◆ No screen 30 minutes before bed
◆ Drink water in a silver glass. Eat at fixed times.
Every late night is a stone thrown at your own mind.

У писателя Бунина при живой жене в доме появилась молодая девушка Галя - формально "секретарша." фактически третья в их семейной жизни. Жена страдала, но смирилась: зависела от мужа и любила его.Так и жили втроем.
Потом Бунин приютил бедного поэта-маляра Зурова. Тот оказался

психически нестабильным: язвил, устраивал сцены, гонялся за хозяином с бритвой, портил сад. В доме воцарился настоящий хаос, но уже жили вчетвером.
Бунин захотел вернуть прежнюю спокойную жизнь вдвоём, но жена сказала, что поздно выгонять людей - они за них в ответе. В итоге

девушка Галя сбежала с подругой Марго в Америку, причинив Бунину душевные страдания, а маляр остался и влюбился в Веру Николаевну. жену Бунина. Так "Свободные отношения", начатые Буниным, обернулись странной коммунальной жизой и свобода коснулась уже его самого.

Petrodollars! Nothing produces more heated discussion and, in my experience, less insight. Myths trump facts, because the actual data is a bit obscure --

But here is the most important thing to know. Before the Hormuz crisis, the flow of petrodollars had more or less dried up

1/many

At $60-70 a barrel, the oil exporters just weren't generating large surpluses --

Saudi Arabia's external deficit offset Russia's surplus, so the two biggest oil exporters (~ 15mbd of exports together) were not generating petrodollars, petroeuros or petroyuan

2/

And the GCC countries (no quarterly data for the Emirates, but its surplus is roughly the size of Qatar and Kuwait combined) no longer really stash away their oil surplus in liquid dollar reserves --

3/

Before dating any woman,

I asked my mom what I should look for in a woman.

I thought she would say:

Low body count
No guy friends
Don’t go to clubs

But instead she said this:

1. Watch her character

Beauty gets attention, but character decides peace. A good woman stays respectful when emotions rise. She treats strangers well when nobody is watching.

Her values do not change with the room. You can trust a woman whose behavior stays clean in small moments.

Small moments always become big patterns later. Character is what makes love safe.

2. Look for kindness

Kindness is not weakness, it is emotional maturity. A kind woman knows how to speak without making you feel small.

She can disagree without turning cruel. She does not enjoy humiliating people for fun. Kindness makes a home feel lighter.

Light homes survive hard seasons better. A warm heart is rare and valuable.

🚨 BREAKING:

German researchers treated 15 severe lupus patients with CAR-T therapy.
All 15 went into complete remission.
Many stopped ALL medication.

Now a larger trial just confirmed it — across 3 autoimmune diseases.

This might be the biggest shift in autoimmune medicine in decades. 🧵

Lupus is a disease where your immune system loses its mind.

It stops recognising your own body.
And starts attacking it.

Kidneys. Heart. Joints. Skin. Brain.

5 million people worldwide live with it.
No cure exists.
Most patients are on immunosuppressants for LIFE — just to stop their body destroying itself.

Until now, the best medicine could do was slow it down.

WHAT DID THEY DO (CASTLE Trial focus)
Researchers engineered immune cells in a lab — called CAR-T cells — to hunt down and destroy the specific B-cells driving autoimmune disease.

This is the CASTLE trial.
Phase 1/2. Published in Nature Medicine. January 2026.

24 patients. Three diseases:
— Lupus (SLE)
— Systemic Sclerosis
— Inflammatory Myopathies

One single infusion. No ongoing treatment.
nature.com/articles/s4159…

12 Ways to Reduce Facial Fat and Get a Defined Jawline

- thread -

Before you start Why does fat accumulate on the face?

The face does not gain weight in isolation. You gain weight when your body gains weight. But there are two factors that make the face look puffier regardless of weight: fluid retention and chronic inflammation.

You can be at a normal weight and have a swollen face for these two reasons. That completely changes the focus.

Palestinian Islamic Jihad recently published the names of an additional 85 commanders killed during the Gaza war. This thread will cover the second half of the list (see next tweet for the first), which includes commanders in media, medical, and police roles. Details below: 🧵

Analysis of the first half of the list is here:

https://x.com/GabrielEpsteinX/status/2034987423570997328

Hassan Abdulfattah Farajallah Farajallah (ID#: 800183485, age 39), an executive at the PIJ-affiliated al-Quds Today TV as well as a news presenter, was the commander of PIJ’s Mobilization Unit in the Northern Brigade. He was also, according to his Facebook page and other social media posts, a human development coach and educator at multiple Gazan schools.

Farajallah was killed in a December 2023 airstrike, and is listed by the IFJ and Hamas-run Government Media Office, though not the Committee to Protect Journalists, as a journalist killed during the war.

Super weird and interesting how Tucker Carlson, his guest Professor Jiang, Alex Jones, Aleksandr Dugin, Tim Pool, et al., are currently saying almost exactly the same thing Klaus Schwab was saying back in 2017 at the World Economic Forum: the "multipolar world" garbage.

Totally crazy!! Lol

Blockempfehlung gilt Accounts, deren Inhalte von X in der EU zurückgezogen wurden wegen
"Illegal or Harmful Speech"@ronalyze @Egermroth @MellanieSteiner @soggypicnic @mannauskot @NigelSchlafendn @rehliong @maxima_8 @tylor_tao @agritarier @etje_taal

Blockempfehlung gilt Accounts, deren Inhalte von X in der EU zurückgezogen wurden wegen
"Illegal or Harmful Speech"
@Obstrepero21153 @Rudolf_Hint @SophieS52060 @EverydayisWedn3 @park2power @forward_found @JakovDerGute @Binar10101 @Herzheilung @wimmchri

Blockempfehlung gilt Accounts, deren Inhalte von X in der EU zurückgezogen wurden wegen
"Illegal or Harmful Speech"
@oli2xl39690 @EderKirsch @awogfli @Utgardloki27 @jbvconnor @DeloPetra @MelliBeinhorn @chio__ @annchris6 @NichtDaMani @ziggy1346789

Ojo a este 🧵 sobre la encuesta que publicó hoy la revista Cambio.

Partamos de una premisa: no le creo al CNC por varias razones. Además de ser la encuestadora que menos atina, es la que más se ha beneficiado con contratos del gobierno Petro.

Pero ajá… Hagamos el ejercicio👇🏼

Supongamos que la encuesta dice la verdad a ver qué podría leerse de ese resultado.

Lo primero es que se advierte que en relación con Cepeda hay un estancamiento.

Foto 1 (enero 25): 28,2%
Foto 2 (marzo 1): 35,4%
Foto 3 (hoy): 34,5%

Luego de subir casi 7 puntos, baja 1.

Eso, sumado al hecho de que quienes se le sumarían en segunda ya ni marcan en las encuestas, podría ser un indicativo de que Cepeda llegó a su techo.

Y bueno, también hay que decirlo… 34,5% es demasiado alto para quien representa la continuidad de este gobierno.

Sigamos👇🏼

I uncovered a coordinated foreign Information Operation here on X. This is a 16 page thread that gets juicier the further you read. 🧵 Buckle up as we learn how Iran, Russia, China and Turkey are subverting the West on social media. CC: @nikitabier THREAD 🧵

Red flags:
Location: “West Asia”
Date Joined: Sep25, very recent
Username Changes: 2 already
CC: @nikitabier

This “West Asia” account only follows one account, the official China MFA... CC: @nikitabier

Thread on the role of Western government's in the closure of the Internet. Germany's 2017 NetzDG act, which forced large platforms to hire thousands of moderators or potentially face huge fines for hosting illegal content even outside of Germany, was the first major law.

This German law served as the template for similar laws in other authoritarian despotisms, such as Russia, Belarus, Venezuela, Vietnam, the United Kingdom, and India.

The EU has also exercised informal pressure, imposing a "Code of conduct on countering illegal hate speech online" on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and Microsoft in 2016.

A detailed analysis of a recent report by the World Cricketers' Association shows the Pakistan Super League outperforms the Indian Premier League across key areas including player rights, contract fairness, dispute resolution, revenue share, and player representation.

On paper, IPL ranks higher overall.

But that’s largely because of ONE factor: salaries, which carry the biggest weight (45%) in the rating system.
IPL average weekly salary: $59,000
PSL average weekly salary: $16,500

This gap alone creates a 30+ point difference in rankings.

Interestingly, PSL minimum salaries are proportionally higher than IPL, pointing to a more balanced pay structure across squads.
At the minimum level, PSL players earn approximately $3,868 per week, or 36.8% of the global benchmark, compared with $2,300 in the IPL,

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I'm baffled by our media, not fit for purpose. They are still trying to spin this Trump/Netanyahu shit show, and normalize it, by pretending that their goals are somehow achievable. Probably to bolster the financial markets.
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How are these propagandists, going to spin it in a few months time, when Trump/Netanyahu, have achieved nothing, and the world is plunged into chaos? They should have been holding these 2 lunatics to account, to pressure them into ceasing and desisting.
2/5

An even bigger enemy to humankind than lunatics like Trump/Netanyahu, is the media, who stopped reporting the news ages ago, and at the behest of their oligarch owners, turned into propagandists, gaslighting the public.
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