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Thread with excerpts from “The Urals and Western Siberia in the Bronze and Iron Ages” by Lyudmila Koryakova and Andrey Epimahov

Physical map of northern Eurasia & the landscape zones. Circled region is this book’s subject area.

Useful chart with climate (thermic & wetness), culture, technology level, & century for E Europe & Urals/S Siberia.

CoreWeave is one of the most hyped AI stocks...

But does it deserve it?

In just 5 years it went from a $33M valuation to just shy of a $100B earlier this year.

They have some of the most parabolic revenue growth of any business ever…

A short 🧵

In 2022, $CRWV had just $15 million in revenues.

Hardly 3 years later, they are generating over $4.3 billion.

That is a 286x increase in revenues.

And their revenue backlog is a whopping $55 billion!

Now, if you’ve heard of CoreWeave before, you probably have some suspicions about the company.

Perhaps you’ve heard about circular financing arrangements with an investor who is also a supplier… and a customer (Nvidia)?

The marginal propensity to consume (or MPC) is one of the most important parameters to know if we want to estimate the effect of fiscal stimulus. Yet, we may not be able to know the real effect -- even from perfectly identified studies! Stimulus is less effective than we think.1/

Previous micro work on the MPCs take two basic paths. With Parker et al (2013), the identifying variation is coming from random variation in which people actually received their checks.

Alternatively, you can have a randomized experiment, as in "Five Facts about MPCs". In both cases, they find very large propensities to consume immediately, rather than save.

This regime has a strange habit of implementing major projects for which there is no documentation. We are being mesmerised by trips to Singapore, and there is no roadmap. 🧵

How can it be that only one man knows about this journey to Singapore? What is the definition of Singapore? Where is the blueprint?
A KSh 5 trillion infrastructure fund is being established without any documentation.

There isn't even a clue as to how this figure was arrived at or a list of the projects to be funded. The president says that he will have raised KSh 2.5 trillion for the fund by next year.

Somethings in life cannot be undone - this tweet had that exact effect on me!

That’s exactly what happened to me the day I watched Sri Sri Ravi Shankar shared a stage with Zakir Naik, confidently equating Isl@m and Sanatana Dharma.

Something felt… off... Just wrong.
So I dug deeper And what I found was unsettling.
🧵 (1/n)

https://x.com/ManiYogini/status/2001558436698558624

In 2002- the same year the nation was burning after Godhra; Sri Sri published Hinduism & Isl@m: The Common Thread.

Around the same time, Zakir Naik was publishing books on… similarities between Hinduism and Isl@m.

Coincidence? Maybe. But coincidences usually don’t line up this neatly. (2/n)

I’m not interested in bashing anyone who speaks for harmony. But after actually reading Sri Sri’s book, I found it riddled with forced equivalences that collapse under basic scrutiny.
Start with the cover itself: 🕉️ Aum flag next to Pakistan’s national flag.
Why P@kistan? Does Isl@m equal P@kistan now? What exactly was being signalled here? (3/n)

Perplexity AI is a free research assistant.

But most academics use it like amateurs.

Here are 10 prompts to get better results (bookmark this for later):

1. Literature Review Builder

Prompt to use:

"Find the most cited articles on [topic]. Summarize their key findings and provide publication details (author, journal, year)."

2. Research Gap Identifier

Prompt to use:

"Analyze recent publications on [topic]. Identify research gaps or areas where further study is needed."

Ten words you need to know to understand how we can be entering the seventh year of the covid pandemic.

1
Covvabarator
A public health figure who sides with the virus over the people.

2
Afraidance
Avoiding the truth because you're scared of it.

EXCLUSIVE CONTENT 🚨

Congress. Foreign-Funding. Media. Narrative.

The man character of this story influence the media-narrative in India, controlled by US & Jamaat elements.

At the centre of it – Congress spox Pawan Khera'a wife Neelima Kota.

1/

Did you know that Congress national spokesperson Pawan Khera's wife Kota Neelima is part of a company that decides which Indian journalists receive US funding?

The answer is going to reveal Congress's entire foreign-funded propaganda machinery.

2/

Kota Neelima sits on Congress Working Committee, ex VP of Telangana Congress, simultaneously being a part of PROTO, a Delhi based company that controls selection of Indian journalists to receive foreign funding.

Conflict of interest, is nothing in front of what's coming..

3/

💥BREAKING - THIS IS BIG: Catherine Austin Fitts provides bombshell testimony to a court in the Netherlands, who have agreed to hear what may be one of the largest and most important landmark legal cases in recent history. The lawsuit alleges crimes perpetrated worldwide by prominent global figures.

*As with @KarlDHarrison and I's landmark Vaccine Travel Mandates lawsuit, MSM are not covering this, so be sure to repost & share this information widely.

"Attorney Peter Stassen has filed a lawsuit alleging that prominent global figures tied to pandemic-era policy and pharmaceutical decision-making committed crimes against humanity. According to court filings, the lawsuit targets what Stassen describes as the architects of “The Great Reset,” naming Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, and Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla as defendants.

The case asserts that decisions surrounding COVID-19 policy, pharmaceutical deployment, and global coordination resulted in widespread harm. As part of the legal record, Stassen has entered testimony from multiple experts and researchers, including Sasha Latypova, Catherine Austin Fitts, Dr. Joseph Sansone, Dr. Michael Yeadon, and legal analyst Katherine Watt.

According to the lawsuit, the testimony presented outlines allegations of systemic misconduct, including the suppression of dissenting scientific views, coercive vaccination strategies, and the alleged concealment of long-term health risks.

The filing characterizes these actions as violations of international law, asserting that they rise to the level of crimes against humanity due to the scale and scope of the alleged harm."

More information on the case here: rechtoprecht.online

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For those asking when Fitts' video testimony was recorded and released:

Here's what @grok came back with: x.com/i/grok/share/q…

More on the appeal from #grok here:

Q. Please summarize the current appeal.

A. The current appeal in the Dutch court case (District Court of Noord-Nederland, Leeuwarden location) relates to the court's August 20, 2025, decision refusing to allow proposed expert witness testimonies, including that of Catherine Austin Fitts (along with Sasha Latypova, Dr. Michael Yeadon, Katherine Watt, and Dr. Joseph Sansone).Plaintiffs, represented by attorney Peter Stassen, had sought to have these experts testify in support of allegations that COVID-19 injections constitute bioweapons and that related policies amounted to serious crimes (including against humanity and genocide). The refusal was described by the plaintiffs' side as a "blundering" ruling.

An appeal against this refusal was filed on September 15, 2025 (with additional documentation submitted shortly after), and it is being handled by the Court of Appeal in Leeuwarden (Gerechtshof Arnhem-Leeuwarden). As of late September 2025, the appeal was in the administrative processing stage at the court.

This appeal is separate from the main substantive proceedings, which involve seven plaintiffs (vaccine-injured or representatives of deceased individuals) suing defendants including Bill Gates, Albert Bourla (Pfizer CEO), former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, and others. A procedural decision in the main case was expected around October 1, 2025, but no public updates on resolutions or hearings in either the appeal or main case have emerged by December 20, 2025.

The case remains ongoing, with the plaintiffs emphasizing the importance of the expert testimonies for proving their claims. Public readings of the experts' statements (including Fitts') were shared in mid-December 2025 amid continued advocacy efforts.

🚨 URGENTÍSSIMO !!!

DENUNCIEM!

ALVO: Comissão Interamericana de Direitos Humanos

CIDHdenuncias@oas.org
cidhoea@oas.org

Denunciem por e-mail as atrocidades que estão fazendo com o presidente Bolsonaro:

Copiem o texto e coloque o seu nome ao final, enviem por email.
Abaixo, cartas em inglês e português. Cada uma com duas páginas.

@CarlosBolsonaro @FlavioBolsonaro @BolsonaroSP @Mi_Bolsonaro @bolsonaro__jr

To:
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Organization of American States (OAS)

Subject: Urgent Complaint Regarding Violations of the American Convention on Human Rights and the Prohibition of Torture – Case of Jair Messias Bolsonaro

Dear Commissioners,

I respectfully submit this letter as a formal denunciation of serious human rights violations committed against former President Jair Messias Bolsonaro, arising from acts and decisions taken by Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes.

The conduct described herein constitutes violations of binding international human rights treaties ratified by Brazil, including the American Convention on Human Rights, the Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture, and the United Nations Convention against Torture.

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I. Violations of the Right to Humane Treatment and Health

Article 5(1) and 5(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR) guarantee that:

“Every person has the right to have his physical, mental, and moral integrity respected” and that
“No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman, or degrading punishment or treatment.”

Despite this obligation, Justice Alexandre de Moraes has disregarded independent medical reports issued by licensed civilian physicians, openly casting doubt on their conclusions without any medical expertise or counter-expertise of equal standing.

Most critically, he required a forensic assessment by the Federal Police, body without medical specialization to “confirm” the necessity of a surgical procedure already indicated by treating physicians. This act represents a judicial intrusion into medical autonomy and violates the principle that detainees retain the full right to health and medical integrity, as consistently affirmed by the IACHR.

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II. Denial of Adequate Post-Operative Recovery Conditions

Medical recommendations expressly indicated the need for post-operative recovery in a home environment. Nonetheless, Justice Moraes denied home confinement, asserting—without medical basis—that recovery within a custodial facility would be equivalent.

This position directly contravenes:
•Article 26 of the ACHR (progressive realization of economic, social, and cultural rights, including health);
•Principle X of the UN Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment, which guarantees proper medical care;
•Rule 24 and Rule 27 of the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Mandela Rules), which require clinically appropriate treatment and prohibit detention conditions that aggravate suffering.

A custodial environment is inherently unsuitable for post-surgical recovery due to infection risk, psychological stress, limited mobility, and lack of individualized care. Judicial insistence on such conditions constitutes medical neglect imposed by State authority.

III. Prohibition of Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment

The cumulative conduct described, systematic distrust of physicians, subordination of medical necessity to police verification, and refusal of humane recovery conditions, meets the threshold of cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment under:
•Article 5 of the ACHR;
•Article 2 of the Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture, which includes acts that intentionally cause physical or mental suffering for punitive or coercive purposes;
•Article 16 of the UN Convention against Torture (CAT), which obliges States to prevent acts of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment even when they do not amount to torture stricto sensu.

Punishment cannot override human dignity. Deprivation of liberty does not authorize the State to expose an individual to foreseeable medical harm, suffering, or risk of death.

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IV. Judicial Abuse and Political Persecution

The selective severity applied in this case, especially when compared to more lenient treatment afforded to other convicted individuals with less serious medical conditions, raises serious concerns of arbitrariness, lack of proportionality, and politically motivated judicial persecution.

Such conduct undermines Articles 8 (Fair Trial) and 25 (Judicial Protection) of the ACHR, eroding confidence in judicial impartiality and the rule of law.

⸻ ⸻ ⸻ ⸻ ⸻

Request for Precautionary Measures and Investigation

In light of the above, I respectfully request that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights:
1.Initiate an urgent review of the medical and detention conditions imposed on Jair Messias Bolsonaro;
2.Grant precautionary measures to ensure immediate access to adequate medical care and appropriate post-operative recovery conditions, including home confinement if medically indicated;
3.Investigate violations of the American Convention on Human Rights, the Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture, and the UN Convention against Torture;
4.Monitor Brazil’s compliance with its international human rights obligations in this case.

Although he has been convicted despite his innocence, this complaint does not, under any circumstances, constitute a request for impunity. Rather, it is a demand for strict compliance with the rule of law, the principle of humanity, and the obligations imposed by binding international law. No person, regardless of political position or legal status, may be subjected to cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment under the guise of justice.

Respectfully submitted,

[Your Name]
[City, Country]
[Contact Information]
[Date]

One of the perils of rent control: Ghost Apartments 👻

New York City has roughly 50,000 vacant apartments. About a quarter are simply waiting to be rented. The rest are effectively off the market because legal rents do not cover operating costs or required renovations.

The unit pictured below is in the East Village, one of the most desirable neighborhoods in NYC.

It was previously rented to a long-term rent-controlled tenant. Historically, once that tenant moved out, the owner could renovate the apartment and reset the rent closer to market. That changed in 2019 with the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act.

Under HSTPA, the rent can no longer be reset to market. The maximum increase allowed here is $347, putting the legal rent at $955 per month. The unit needs roughly $100k in renovations. The math does not work, so the apartment stays vacant. That is wasted housing in one of the most expensive cities in the world.

This is a common outcome under rent control. The right solution is to eliminate rent stabilization entirely, let rents rise to meet demand, and allow landlords to reinvest in their buildings. Always remember - rent control does not primarily help the poor... it helps those who have been in their apartments the longest.

more:
city-journal.org/article/vacant…

h/t: @margrev

A previous note on the topic

https://x.com/pitdesi/status/1928114297822994593?s=46&t=wgQzYDPcRaqH7MiZIMcA0Q

Donald Trump (research):

Fuck you, you jew traitor. And your nsa cunt wife.

https://twitter.com/warclandestine/status/2002421695412597151

Now you can get the fuck out of our country before you’re no longer allowed to, Jacob. You pedo protecting traitorous fgt. FUCK. YOU.

https://twitter.com/bruce_leeroy2/status/2002442667096224066