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Jan 16
Israel is beginning construction of "Road 45" — a 400 million shekel project to connect settlements north of Jerusalem and east of Ramallah directly to Route 443 and Jerusalem to super-charge settlement in the WB. A thread 🧵 New proposed settler road to link settlements east of Jerusalem directy to Jerusalem.
The road, based on a 1983 military order, will run from Mikhmas settlement to Qalandia checkpoint, creating an interconnected settler road network that fragments Palestinian communities into isolated, ethnic enclaves. 2/3
Legal objections from affected villages (Jaba, Qalandia, Kafr Aqab, al-Ram, Mikhmas, Barqa) were ignored in the colonial kangaroo courts & construction is proceeding. The project aims to erase the Green Line and drive 100,000's of new settlers with easy commutes to Jerusalem. 3/3
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Jan 17
OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic just published guides on:

• Prompt engineering
• Building agents
• AI in business
• 601 AI use cases

9 of the best guides you can't miss: Image
1. AI in the Enterprise by OpenAI

Grab the PDF: cdn.openai.com/business-guide…Image
2. A practical guide to building agents by OpenAI

Download here: cdn.openai.com/business-guide…
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Jan 17
We told you the Venezuela invasion was just corruption. It took one whole week to get the proof.

Trump took Venezuela's oil at gunpoint, and gave it to one of his biggest campaign donors.

1/ But when you learn the details, it's even worse. A short🧵on this corruption story. Image
2/ John Addison donated a stunning sum to Trump's election campaign: $6 million. And then, as the Venezuelan operation unfolded, his company, Vitol, asked Trump for a license to trade Venezuelan oil - before their competitors.

Shocker: Addison got it.
wsj.com/business/energ…
3/ And then, just days later, Trump selected Vitol for the first sale of Venezuelan oil - at a discount that will likely allow Vitol to make a huge profit when it sells it to secondary buyers.

A windfall for Addison and Vitol. And fundamentally corrupt. thedailybeast.com/trump-hands-fi…
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Jan 17
A MLB cap and floor won’t result in players getting less money

It’ll result in them not all going to the same 7 teams once they hit free agency

Bottom salary teams will be forced to extend stars or pursue free agents. That’s a good thing

It’ll also prevent
the insanely rich teams (the top 7-10 markets) from always getting the free agents every season. Thats a good thing

It’ll also make the salary a strategy. Other leagues have to be smart with their money and how the spread it out. MLB doesn’t have that, especially
at the top.

The richest players will still be rich. This’ll just result in more variance in where they sign
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Jan 17
A couple of very important studies out just in the last 24 hours confirming what we've been saying for years and years now: Covid infections affect your immune system *badly*.
Here's a few things you may have missed in them. Image
This is almost entirely post vaccination data
This is not an unprotected population.
Baseline immune measurements come from a period when vaccination coverage was already high, and the immune damage appears *after mass infection*.
So two things there:
The effect didn't appear until after infection.

Vaccination didn't stop it.
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Jan 17
Hay tres tipos de variaciones de la rotación y geodinámica de la tierra que influyen en el clima:
1. Bamboleo del eje o precesión axial (como los trompos).
2. Cambios en la oblicuidad del eje (inclinación del eje respecto al sol).
3. Cambios en la excentricidad de la órbita terrestre.
4. Excursiones aceleradas del polo norte magnético (como la que está ocurriendo actualmente).

El geofísico Milankovitch determinó las duraciones de las tres primeras:
- El ciclo de la precesión del eje de la Tierra (el bamboleo del eje) es de ~26.000 años.
- El ciclo de la inclinación axial (oblicuidad del eje) es de ~41.000 años.
- El ciclo de la excentricidad de la órbita de la Tierra alrededor del Sol es de ~100.000 años.

Las excursiones del polo norte magnético ocurren debido a algún tipo de movimiento del núcleo de hierro de la Tierra. Pueden derivar en la inversión de los polos aproximadamente cada 200.000-300.000 años, pero con gran variabilidad. El periodo geomagnético actual (periodo Brunhes-Matuyama) dura ya 780.000 años, por lo que algunos científicos esperan una inversión de los polos en unos pocos cientos de años.

El primer ciclo de ~26.000 años, el de la precesión o bamboleo del eje (el movimiento similar al de los trompos), tiene una influencia especialmente notable en el cambio climático en climas monzónicos y regionales (aunque en el Pleistoceno tardío el ciclo dominante fue la excentricidad de la órbita). Se especula que dichos 26.000 años del ciclo del bamboleo se pueden descomponer a su vez en cuatro ciclos de unos 6.500 años.

Coincide que empezando a contar desde hoy hacia atrás, el primer cambio drástico en el clima y en los ecosistemas ocurrió hace aproximadamente 6.000-6500 años. Su huella más visible es la desertización del Sahara, coincidiendo con el fin del período húmedo africano conocido como el Holoceno Húmedo.

El segundo cambio drástico tuvo lugar hace ~11.700-13.000 años, unos 6.500 años antes del primero, coincidiendo con el periodo llamado Younger Dryas, un período de enfriamiento muy abrupto seguido de un calentamiento también muy abrupto. La extinción de gran número de especies durante este periodo es un tema debatido, pero muchos la asocian con ese cambio climático significativo.

El tercer cambio climático drástico tuvo lugar hace 18.000-19.000 años, otros ~6.500 años antes del Younger Dryas, cuando el planeta estaba comenzando a salir del último máximo glacial. Las temperaturas globales comenzaron a aumentar muy rápidamente, lo que implicó profundos cambios en los ecosistemas.

La hipótesis de algunos científicos es que estos tres últimos cambios drásticos en el clima y en los ecosistemas coincidieron con excursiones geomagnéticas. Postulan que el cambio de hace 11.700-13.000 años en el que tuvo lugar la extinción del Younger Dryas coincidió con la excursión geomagnética de Gotemburgo. Y postulan también que el cambio climático de hace 18.000-19.000 años ocurrió también por una excursión geomagnética, denominada Hilina Pali.

Precisamente, en la actualidad estamos experimentando una excursión geomagnética excepcional, en la que el polo norte magnético viene moviéndose desde Canadá hacia Siberia aceleradamente desde 1859 (año de la mayor tormenta geomagnética solar jamás registrada).

Coincide que desde el último evento de cambio climático excepcional han pasado ya unos 6.500 años y que han pasado ya mucho más de 300.000 años desde la última inversión de los polos. ¿Nos acercamos a algún cambio climático severo?

En cualquier caso no hay nada de qué preocuparse, primero porque no hay evidencia definitiva sobre su inminencia; segundo porque no podremos hacer nada al respecto si ocurre; y tercero porque, dada la incertidumbre de los periodos geológicos, dicho cambio climático severo podría ocurrir en cualquier momento en los próximos… 1000-5000 años. Para entonces, de esta generación creo que solo estarán vivos Putin y Kim Jong-um, si atendemos a sus declaraciones… (😀).

No obstante, parece obvio que a la vista de la complejidad de los ciclos terrestres en juego, cualquier hipotético cambio climático drástico no tendrá nada que ver con tu viejo Volskwagen, ni con que hayas puesto al máximo la calefacción cuando hace un frio pelón, ni con las flatulencias de las vacas.
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Jan 17
Trump legt NL 10% heffing op, dus ik heb vandaag actie ondernomen. Mail gestuurd naar directie van de 9 bedrijven waar ik investeerder ben: switch Office 365 naar . Samen 12.000 werkplekken. Kleine acties, grote impact. 🇳🇱 1/4one.com
Abonnementen? Videoland ipv Netflix. Spotify blijft Zweeds, maar NPO Start is gratis. Disney+ cancelen, kijk gewoon Nederlandse/Europese content. Je portemonnee én Europa worden er beter van. 2/4
Cloud & software? Proton ipv Google Drive (Zwitsers), Infomaniak ipv Dropbox (Zwitsers). Chat apps? Signal ipv WhatsApp werkt prima. E-mail? Fastmail, Tutanota, Proton Mail. Alternatieven genoeg. 3/4
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Jan 18
European history is one of warrior nations. But, that was generations ago. The supposed purpose of the EU is to make sure there will never be another WW, and they have effectively neutered their men to make sure this happens.

I'm curious - who will be the new Euro legions?
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When I say "neutered", I mean they have been deliberately raised from a societal perspective to be less masculine, in the troublesome sense. They are raised to be non-violent, to have zero experience with weapons, and to passively accept what is increasingly feminine authority
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Now, I'm not saying every European male is like this, there are some very masculine European men & soldiers. But, they are increasingly the exception.

As a whole, young Euros are indeed raised to be non-violent, and to passively accept authority, even when it comes to
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Jan 18
I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE DON’T USE GEMINI FOR FLIGHT BOOKINGS

Most travelers still book flights like it’s 2018.
Meanwhile, Gemini can reason through flight pricing like a pro travel hacker.

Here are 20 prompts that make flight booking feel unfair:
1/ Price Trend Reality Check

Prompt:
“Look at how flight prices for [ROUTE] have moved over the last 2 weeks.
Tell me if prices are genuinely rising, falling, or just fluctuating noise, and explain what’s actually causing it.”
2/ Real-Time Price Pulse

Prompt:
“Analyze flight prices for [ROUTE] in the last 24–72 hours.
Are prices moving up, cooling down, or holding steady?
Explain what changed and whether this movement usually continues or reverses.”
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Jan 18
Ask these 7 questions if you really want to know what's on your child's mind.. 🧵 Image
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Jan 18
“Sugar is bad for you.”

Everyone says it.
But almost no one explains why.

Here’s the truth about what sugar really does to your body: 🧵
Most people know sugar causes:
• Weight gain
• Cavities
• Fatty liver
• High blood pressure
• Weakened immunity

But the real damage goes much deeper…

Sugar wrecks your mitochondria, the tiny power plants inside your cells that keep you alive.
Nearly every modern disease traces back to mitochondrial dysfunction.

Mitochondria are the power plants of your cells, turning fuel into usable energy.

When they become damaged, energy production collapses and chronic disease sets in.
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Jan 18
I want to tell a real investing story that still bothers me. Not because I was wrong. But because I was right and still failed. Thread.
In Nov 2020 I bought a Canadian company almost everyone thought was uninvestable.
Bloated for years. Too much debt. Never consistently profitable. Dependent on government goodwill. Most investors had written it off.
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Jan 18
Eventually, yes, and the details of Europe becoming masculine again will be fascinating. Can't happen with the current EU political structure & culture, imo.

I think that there will be a fracturing of the EU into nation states again, likely starting with reimmigration
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by one major European nation, that will cause it to separate from the others.

Becoming tough enough to toss out the migrants will make that nation fundamentally male-coded again. It will then notice that it is surrounded by pussies.
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Europe being Europe, that is when we will likely see the return of European wars. Nations will either become tough again, or they will be conquered. The conquering nations may also toss the migrants out of the nations they conquer.

End result could be the tough Europe of old.
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Jan 18
Breaking: Apple isn’t launching a phone this year.

They’re launching a pocket supercomputer.

And most people still don’t realize what this means. Image
1. Apple said: no bezels, no limits.

Aqua Titanium
Zero-bezel display
Under-screen Face ID
Thinner + lighter body

Minimal design is officially back.
This might be the cleanest iPhone ever.
2. Smartphones are done playing.

48MP Ultra-wide
10x real zoom
AI cinematic video

Pro Max = camera industry killer ‍ Image
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