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1/ A quoi sert la peine de mort ?
Contrairement à ce qu'on imagine trop souvent, dans une société raisonnablement pacifiée sa fonction première n'est pas d'éviter la récidive, ni de dissuader les criminels.
Elle a néanmoins un rôle fondamental.
Un thread.⬇️
Contrairement à ce qu'on imagine trop souvent, dans une société raisonnablement pacifiée sa fonction première n'est pas d'éviter la récidive, ni de dissuader les criminels.
Elle a néanmoins un rôle fondamental.
Un thread.⬇️
2/ Rappelons d'abord que la peine de mort n'a sans doute jamais eu vocation à être appliquée à tous les criminels : même le code de Dracon, à Athènes (qui a donné l'adjectif "draconien"), qui en faisait un large usage, n'allait vraisemblablement pas jusque là.
3/ Défendre la peine de mort ne signifie donc pas, du moins a priori, prôner la mise à mort de tous les criminels, pas même de tous les meurtriers.
On peut - c'est mon cas - vouloir le rétablissement de la peine de mort et réserver son application à des cas exceptionnels....
On peut - c'est mon cas - vouloir le rétablissement de la peine de mort et réserver son application à des cas exceptionnels....
“The room is
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn't.”
This poem by Kay Ryan feels so painfully appropriate right now as the news is dominated by stories of Britain’s £85bn sickness crisis…
…but without even mentioning the single most obvious cause.
#LongCovid
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn't.”
This poem by Kay Ryan feels so painfully appropriate right now as the news is dominated by stories of Britain’s £85bn sickness crisis…
…but without even mentioning the single most obvious cause.
#LongCovid
To those paying attention, none of this has come as a surprise.
Experts predicted this would happen from early on.
Scientific American (July 2021):
“A Tsunami of Disability Is Coming as a Result of Long COVID”
scientificamerican.com/article/a-tsun…
(Paywall free: archive.ph/OoLbd)
Experts predicted this would happen from early on.
Scientific American (July 2021):
“A Tsunami of Disability Is Coming as a Result of Long COVID”
scientificamerican.com/article/a-tsun…
(Paywall free: archive.ph/OoLbd)
Time and again, we were warned…
New York Times (March 2021):
“Long Covid Is Not Rare. It’s a Health Crisis. Lingering symptoms may turn out to be one of the largest mass disabling events in modern history.”
nytimes.com/2021/03/17/opi…
(Paywall free: archive.ph/IVF9i)
New York Times (March 2021):
“Long Covid Is Not Rare. It’s a Health Crisis. Lingering symptoms may turn out to be one of the largest mass disabling events in modern history.”
nytimes.com/2021/03/17/opi…
(Paywall free: archive.ph/IVF9i)
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We talk a lot about “capillary leak.”
But the term is often misunderstood.
Fluid doesn’t simply pour out of “leaky” vessels – it follows the same physics every time.
Getting this right changes how we think about fluids 👇
We talk a lot about “capillary leak.”
But the term is often misunderstood.
Fluid doesn’t simply pour out of “leaky” vessels – it follows the same physics every time.
Getting this right changes how we think about fluids 👇
2️⃣ How it really works
In most tissues, fluid always filters out of capillaries at a slow, steady rate.
That filtered fluid is collected by the lymphatics and returned to the bloodstream.
At steady state, capillary filtration and lymph flow are equal – so tissue volume stays constant.
In most tissues, fluid always filters out of capillaries at a slow, steady rate.
That filtered fluid is collected by the lymphatics and returned to the bloodstream.
At steady state, capillary filtration and lymph flow are equal – so tissue volume stays constant.
3️⃣ The glycocalyx
Every capillary is lined by a microscopic gel layer – the glycocalyx.
It’s the true barrier that controls how water and protein move.
When it’s healthy, filtration is slow and tightly balanced with lymph return.
There’s no “venous-end reabsorption.” The system is continuous and stable.
Every capillary is lined by a microscopic gel layer – the glycocalyx.
It’s the true barrier that controls how water and protein move.
When it’s healthy, filtration is slow and tightly balanced with lymph return.
There’s no “venous-end reabsorption.” The system is continuous and stable.
У Кременищі на Київщині знайшли понад 50 тіл тварин в приватному притулку.
Як розповіли у Kyiv Animal Rescue Group, місцева волонтерка брала тварин на перетримку у різних організацій, представляючи своє житло як мініпритулок.
Тред⬇️
Як розповіли у Kyiv Animal Rescue Group, місцева волонтерка брала тварин на перетримку у різних організацій, представляючи своє житло як мініпритулок.
Тред⬇️
«Вона закатувала сотні тварин. Ми змогли винести 51 труп. Тварини помирали від хвороб, голоду, їли тих, хто помер, намагались вибратись, шкрябали стіни, їли крейду, помирали без води. Це жах. Це біль. Шість кімнат пекла», — зазначає зоозахисниця Сніжана Бугрик.
Зоозахисникам вдалося врятувати 40 котів та одного собаку. Поліція відкрила кримінальне провадження. Досудове розслідування триває.
Зоозахисникам вдалося врятувати 40 котів та одного собаку. Поліція відкрила кримінальне провадження. Досудове розслідування триває.
🧵The Silent Years: How 400 Years Set the Stage for Christ
Between the last words of Malachi & the opening line of Matthew lie 4 centuries of silence. No prophets. No Scripture. But everything that happens in between is essential for understanding Christmas & the New Testament👇🏼
Between the last words of Malachi & the opening line of Matthew lie 4 centuries of silence. No prophets. No Scripture. But everything that happens in between is essential for understanding Christmas & the New Testament👇🏼
🧵 What “Silence” Really Means
The silent years do not mean God stopped acting. They mean God stopped sending prophets and adding Scripture. From roughly 430 BC to the early first century AD, no new revelation is given, but history is moving rapidly under divine providence. This time is often called the inter-testamental period.
⭐️ How this helps us understand the New Testament: When prophecy resumes in the Gospels, it carries the weight of centuries of anticipation.
The silent years do not mean God stopped acting. They mean God stopped sending prophets and adding Scripture. From roughly 430 BC to the early first century AD, no new revelation is given, but history is moving rapidly under divine providence. This time is often called the inter-testamental period.
⭐️ How this helps us understand the New Testament: When prophecy resumes in the Gospels, it carries the weight of centuries of anticipation.
🧵 The World the Old Testament Leaves Behind
When the Old Testament closes, Judah is under Persian rule. The temple has been rebuilt around 516 BC, but Israel remains politically weak. They are home, yet not free. Promises of restoration feel unfinished, creating a deep sense of waiting.
⭐️ How this helps us understand the New Testament: This unresolved tension explains why deliverance is a dominant theme in the Gospels.
When the Old Testament closes, Judah is under Persian rule. The temple has been rebuilt around 516 BC, but Israel remains politically weak. They are home, yet not free. Promises of restoration feel unfinished, creating a deep sense of waiting.
⭐️ How this helps us understand the New Testament: This unresolved tension explains why deliverance is a dominant theme in the Gospels.
What happens when one builds a military on convicted criminals?
Eventually they start hunting each other—and torturing civilians caught in between.
🧵A window into Putin’s collapsing internal order: [1/14]
Eventually they start hunting each other—and torturing civilians caught in between.
🧵A window into Putin’s collapsing internal order: [1/14]
Konstantin Ektov spent eight years in Russian prisons for robbery and theft before volunteering for the war in 2023. After an injury took him off the front, he was reassigned to an "operative search group" in a small town near the Chinese border
[2/14]
[2/14]
His job was to track down soldiers who had fled their units and drag them back. He wasn't the only one with a criminal record doing this work—he told friends many in the search groups had done time
[3/14]
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Naprosto skvělý počin kolegů z HBÚ @BiologyCentre v čele s Petrem Znachorem a dobrovolníků. Využili nízkého stavu Lipna, který trvá díky nízkým srážkám od léta +rekonstrukci hráze a zmapovali výpustě do nádrže. U většiny z nich se neví zda jsou v provozu či ne nebo zda jsou to 1)
výpustě z kanalizace či dešťové vody. Nyní by mělo být na úřadech a dalších institucích zjistit více informací a případně konat. A ptáte se proč je to problém? Dešťová voda je ten menší problém - může s sebou přinášet splachy škodlivých látek (např. zbytky pneumatiky, asfaltu 2)
ze střech atd). Horší je to z odpadní vodou ze septiků, či nefunkčních domácích ČOV či přímé vyústění (časté v chatových oblastech).Jasně historicky se to sice běžně dělalo (ale to se i pálili čarodějnice...) a do každýho návesnýho rybníku ústí řada výpustí - stačí někdy zajít 3)
🧵🇻🇪🛢 ¿Y si la estatización de la industria petrolera de 1976 fue, en realidad, uno de los errores económicos más costosos de nuestra historia?
Spoiler: si no hubiese habido estatización de la industria petrolera, para el año 2000, el PIB per cápita de Venezuela hubiera sido casi 60% MÁS ALTO de lo que realmente fue.
En este hilo que trabajamos @PabloHernandezB y yo, te explicamos el método y los datos para llegar a eso. 👇
Spoiler: si no hubiese habido estatización de la industria petrolera, para el año 2000, el PIB per cápita de Venezuela hubiera sido casi 60% MÁS ALTO de lo que realmente fue.
En este hilo que trabajamos @PabloHernandezB y yo, te explicamos el método y los datos para llegar a eso. 👇
📐 Marco metodológico
Como parte de un equipo de investigación multidisciplinario de varios académicos e investigadores, decidimos usar el método de control sintético (Abadie, Diamond & Hainmueller, 2015), que incorpora análisis cuantitativo al análisis tradicional de las Ciencias Sociales y la Historia Económica mediante modelos de regresión y comparación entre casos. Todavía es un working paper que publicaremos pronto.
Como parte de un equipo de investigación multidisciplinario de varios académicos e investigadores, decidimos usar el método de control sintético (Abadie, Diamond & Hainmueller, 2015), que incorpora análisis cuantitativo al análisis tradicional de las Ciencias Sociales y la Historia Económica mediante modelos de regresión y comparación entre casos. Todavía es un working paper que publicaremos pronto.
❓ En términos simples, este método intenta responder, con respaldo empírico, a una pregunta muy común:
👉 ¿Qué habría pasado si…?
Para ello, construimos un escenario contrafactual y evaluamos el impacto de una intervención específica.
👉 ¿Qué habría pasado si…?
Para ello, construimos un escenario contrafactual y evaluamos el impacto de una intervención específica.
BREAKING: New Epstein Files Released.
Here is the most SHOCKING of what I have found so far:
1) A Victim, I assume since the name is redacted, claimed that a woman named Ghislaine "Lisa" Villeneuve told her that the party that Trump invited them to at Mar-a-Lago was "for prostitutes".
THREAD --->
Here is the most SHOCKING of what I have found so far:
1) A Victim, I assume since the name is redacted, claimed that a woman named Ghislaine "Lisa" Villeneuve told her that the party that Trump invited them to at Mar-a-Lago was "for prostitutes".
THREAD --->
2) A witness, whose name is redacted, claimed that there were recordings of men, including Trump and Clinton, and criminal activity which happened over multiple states.
3) This email shows that there were at least 10 alleged co-conspirators to Epstein, including a wealthy individual in Ohio.
So who were these men? Subsequent pages of names are redacted by the DOJ. WHY?
So who were these men? Subsequent pages of names are redacted by the DOJ. WHY?
For four years, Mossad ran a fake hotel — and no one suspected a thing.
During the day, they served cocktails to tourists. At night, they loaded their T-56 rifles and smuggled refugees past enemy soldiers.
An incredible story!🧵👇
During the day, they served cocktails to tourists. At night, they loaded their T-56 rifles and smuggled refugees past enemy soldiers.
An incredible story!🧵👇
Imagine this: You're on vacation in a luxurious resort on the Red Sea. The hotel manager is charming and attentive. Waiters bring you perfectly mixed drinks. Diving instructors take you to breathtaking coral reefs. You eat, swim, and relax under endless blue skies.
You never suspect that the waiter serving you breakfast has a gun hidden under his uniform. You don't know that your diving instructor is one of the world's deadliest commandos. You certainly don't realize that they spend their nights smuggling people across borders.
DOULINGO COULDN'T TEACH ME FRENCH IN 2.5 YEARS
ChatGPT did it in just 4 weeks.
Here's the exact 9 Prompts I used:
Save this thread🔖
ChatGPT did it in just 4 weeks.
Here's the exact 9 Prompts I used:
Save this thread🔖
1. Daily Lesson Builder
Act like a French tutor. Create a 20-min daily lesson with vocabulary, grammar, and practice exercises.
Act like a French tutor. Create a 20-min daily lesson with vocabulary, grammar, and practice exercises.
2. Conversation Partner
Chat with me in French as if we’re friends at a café. Correct mistakes and explain in English when needed.
Chat with me in French as if we’re friends at a café. Correct mistakes and explain in English when needed.
This bitch has DataRepublican, who is controlled by Betar and the Rockefellers in his background. Disregard anything he says.
He depends on elections being stolen, including by the cunt on the far left, to remain relevant. Fucking traitor.
He depends on elections being stolen, including by the cunt on the far left, to remain relevant. Fucking traitor.
Also, nobody gives a fuck about what the jews at Dispatch have to say anymore. They are an hostile foreign enemy to be removed.
The NEW DONBAS LINE, a massive ukrainian 🇺🇦 fortification program
This year, Ukraine built important fortifications that may be able to stop or slow down russian 🇷🇺 forces. Visible from space, these fortifications have already proven useful.
🧵THREAD🧵1/25 ⬇️
This year, Ukraine built important fortifications that may be able to stop or slow down russian 🇷🇺 forces. Visible from space, these fortifications have already proven useful.
🧵THREAD🧵1/25 ⬇️
This weekend, Ukraine published this video showcasing their new defensive line.
For the first time, they officially showed the results of months of digging effort. This video shows the most advanced defensive line, with only two holes in 16km !
For the first time, they officially showed the results of months of digging effort. This video shows the most advanced defensive line, with only two holes in 16km !
This line is new because it is not only anti-tank or anti-infantry obstacles, but all of them at the same time.
We can count 21 barbed wires rows (4 lines and 3 lines at the bottom of ditches), 3 dragon teeths rows and 3 rows of anti-tank ditches.
We can count 21 barbed wires rows (4 lines and 3 lines at the bottom of ditches), 3 dragon teeths rows and 3 rows of anti-tank ditches.
Because most of my fellow Europeans haven't had the time nor stamina to fully acquaint themselves with the complete spectrum of insanity that is the current U.S. administration, I've taken it upon myself to offer a brief, honest introduction to its main characters.🧵
Often affectionately referred to as "pure f*cking evil" by her closest friends and by everyone who has ever met, seen, or heard her really, Kristi Noem is the woman Trump tasked with deporting people to Salvadoran concentration camps, after learning that she shot a puppy.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the former heroin addict and self proclaimed imaginary brain worm survivor that once admitted to having eaten a dead bear he stumbled upon before burying the carcass in New York's Central Park at night, currently serves as the U.S. Secretary of Pestilence.
I honestly don't think that the ideological capture of the TGA can be denied, it's just that the games that win don't really go against their capture
Idk if e33 is woke but it's has not been deemed "anti-woke" and it's a "jrpg for westerners", why wouldn't they let it win? ¿?
Idk if e33 is woke but it's has not been deemed "anti-woke" and it's a "jrpg for westerners", why wouldn't they let it win? ¿?
TGAs reveal their capture when they have games that clearly should win or at the very least be nominated, but they aren't because they've been artificially deemed as "for chuds/gooners"
They aren't "rigged" in the monetary sense of big studios buying awards. E33 was at no risk
They aren't "rigged" in the monetary sense of big studios buying awards. E33 was at no risk
Nier automata has shown after a decade to be one of the most influential and well regarded games of all times, with people cosplaying it or making games inspired by it as if it had released yesterday
And didn't get even nominated because it was deemed a sexist game
And didn't get even nominated because it was deemed a sexist game