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🧵 THREAD: The history of Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CODE PINK
Jodie Evans gets most of the attention as the co-founder of CODEPINK and Neville Singham's wife. But Medea Benjamin's history may be more interesting.
While creating the linked thread below, I dived into Medea Bejamin briefly - who had an interesting history of speaking to Chinese media.
She co-founded Global Exchange with her husband, Kevin Danaher, which goes on a number of "Reality Trips" to various closed countries - Cuba, Venezuela, among others.
If you've followed me long enough ... you know that's a big red flag. State-facilitated exchange trips are one of the most common "soft power" tools that countries have in exporting their ideology to others.
Jodie Evans gets most of the attention as the co-founder of CODEPINK and Neville Singham's wife. But Medea Benjamin's history may be more interesting.
While creating the linked thread below, I dived into Medea Bejamin briefly - who had an interesting history of speaking to Chinese media.
She co-founded Global Exchange with her husband, Kevin Danaher, which goes on a number of "Reality Trips" to various closed countries - Cuba, Venezuela, among others.
If you've followed me long enough ... you know that's a big red flag. State-facilitated exchange trips are one of the most common "soft power" tools that countries have in exporting their ideology to others.
Benjamin, per SFGate, has been a career activist since her college years, spending much of her time overseas in Africa. The Wikipedia page says that she joined Students for a Democratic Society in college - if so, this makes her yet another homegrown career NGO-ist.
The prior thread mentioned briefly that she went to Cuba from 1979 to 1983 to work as a translator for their official Communist Party newspaper. She lauded their comparative social equality, describing it as "I died and went to heaven."
She got deported after writing an anti-government article, having overestimated Cuba's taste for freedom of speech.
She got deported after writing an anti-government article, having overestimated Cuba's taste for freedom of speech.
🧵Part 1 The Transnational Right: How U.S. & Russian Extremists Built a Criminal Syndicate
This isn’t just ideology. It’s a coordinated, well-funded operation, weaponizing media, laundering money, and silencing dissent. Let’s break it down.
This isn’t just ideology. It’s a coordinated, well-funded operation, weaponizing media, laundering money, and silencing dissent. Let’s break it down.
Shared Playbook, Shared Targets
Both U.S. and Russian far-right movements:
Attack LGBTQ+ rights, immigrants, and feminists
Push Christian nationalism and “traditional values”
Both U.S. and Russian far-right movements:
Attack LGBTQ+ rights, immigrants, and feminists
Push Christian nationalism and “traditional values”
Use conspiracy theories to destabilize trust in institutions
This isn’t coincidence—it’s strategic alignment.
This isn’t coincidence—it’s strategic alignment.
This Stanford paper just proved that 90% of prompt engineering advice is wrong.
I spent 6 months testing every "expert" technique. Most of it is folklore.
Here's what actually works (backed by real research):
I spent 6 months testing every "expert" technique. Most of it is folklore.
Here's what actually works (backed by real research):
The biggest lie: "Be specific and detailed"
Stanford researchers tested 100,000 prompts across 12 different tasks.
Longer prompts performed WORSE 73% of the time.
The sweet spot? 15-25 tokens for simple tasks, 40-60 for complex reasoning.
Stanford researchers tested 100,000 prompts across 12 different tasks.
Longer prompts performed WORSE 73% of the time.
The sweet spot? 15-25 tokens for simple tasks, 40-60 for complex reasoning.
"Few-shot examples always help" - Total bullshit.
MIT's recent study shows few-shot examples hurt performance on 60% of tasks.
Why? Models get anchored to your examples and miss edge cases.
Zero-shot with good instructions beats few-shot 8 times out of 10.
MIT's recent study shows few-shot examples hurt performance on 60% of tasks.
Why? Models get anchored to your examples and miss edge cases.
Zero-shot with good instructions beats few-shot 8 times out of 10.
GEMINI JUST TURNED MARKET RESEARCH INTO A ONE PERSON SUPERPOWER
You are wasting weeks interviewing customers, stalking competitors, and digging through reports when Gemini can compress the entire process into minutes with 5 prompts that feel like you’re plugging into a McKinsey analyst on caffeine.
Here's how:
You are wasting weeks interviewing customers, stalking competitors, and digging through reports when Gemini can compress the entire process into minutes with 5 prompts that feel like you’re plugging into a McKinsey analyst on caffeine.
Here's how:
1/ THE MARKET MAP PROMPT
Everyone starts with “what’s the market size lol”
but winners map the entire battlefield first.
Prompt to steal:
“Give me a complete market map for [industry].
Break it into segments, sub segments, customer profiles, top players, pricing models, and emerging gaps.
Highlight where new entrants have the highest odds of success.”
This gives you clarity fast.
Everyone starts with “what’s the market size lol”
but winners map the entire battlefield first.
Prompt to steal:
“Give me a complete market map for [industry].
Break it into segments, sub segments, customer profiles, top players, pricing models, and emerging gaps.
Highlight where new entrants have the highest odds of success.”
This gives you clarity fast.
2/ THE COMPETITOR AUTOPSY PROMPT
Stop guessing what your competitors are doing.
Gemini can literally dissect them.
Prompt to steal:
“Analyze the top 5 competitors in [space].
Break down their features, pricing, positioning, value props, moat, weaknesses, customer complaints, and hidden advantages.
Summarize as if you’re preparing a strategy memo for a CEO.”
You’ll find angles they missed.
Stop guessing what your competitors are doing.
Gemini can literally dissect them.
Prompt to steal:
“Analyze the top 5 competitors in [space].
Break down their features, pricing, positioning, value props, moat, weaknesses, customer complaints, and hidden advantages.
Summarize as if you’re preparing a strategy memo for a CEO.”
You’ll find angles they missed.
Purtroppo il mitologema della possibilità di "un'altra Europa" è parte in causa nel creare, in modo artato e sepecioso, una prospettiva che ontologicamente non può darsi.
L'UE o è così, conculcante, asfissiante, austeritaria, o semplicemente non è!
1/3
L'UE o è così, conculcante, asfissiante, austeritaria, o semplicemente non è!
1/3
L'idea che regole così capillari, barocche e perniciose per gli equilibri funzionali delle istituzioni democratiche degli aderenti, portino ad una volontà diffusa di superamento del piano nazionale per qualcosa di ulteriore è demenziale.
2/3
2/3
Le regole, appunto, regolano qualcosa che già esiste ed opera. Non possono ingenerare nessuna dimensione culturale, nessuna volontà politica, nessuna Volontà.
E se pretendono di farlo, divengono un grimaldello che gira a vuoto, disfunzionalmente.
E tant'è!
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E se pretendono di farlo, divengono un grimaldello che gira a vuoto, disfunzionalmente.
E tant'è!
3/3
In 1968, historian Robert Conquest published research showing Stalin killed millions.
Western intellectuals called him a propagandist. A Cold War hack. A CIA plant.
Then the USSR collapsed. The archives opened.
And every number he predicted was proven correct; or too conservative. 🧵
Western intellectuals called him a propagandist. A Cold War hack. A CIA plant.
Then the USSR collapsed. The archives opened.
And every number he predicted was proven correct; or too conservative. 🧵
The 1960s had a serious Soviet problem.
While Conquest documented mass murder in Ukraine and the Gulag, Harvard professors praised Stalin's industrialization. British intellectuals visited Moscow and declared the future had arrived.
Anyone questioning this got dismissed as a reactionary.
While Conquest documented mass murder in Ukraine and the Gulag, Harvard professors praised Stalin's industrialization. British intellectuals visited Moscow and declared the future had arrived.
Anyone questioning this got dismissed as a reactionary.
One British historian refused to look away.
Robert Conquest spent the 1960s piecing together evidence from refugee testimonies, leaked documents, and demographic data that didn't add up.
His 1968 book "The Great Terror" documented Stalin's purges with precision.
Robert Conquest spent the 1960s piecing together evidence from refugee testimonies, leaked documents, and demographic data that didn't add up.
His 1968 book "The Great Terror" documented Stalin's purges with precision.
In recent days, leaks linked to the US National Security Strategy have caused near-panic in some European capitals 1/6
Not just because of the tone - but because they suggest a fundamental rethinking in Washington of how the world works, and the future of Europe 2/6
The most striking claim: that the US should actively encourage Austria, Hungary, Italy, Poland to quit the EU, including by supporting sympathetic political and cultural movements. This is not alliance management; it is intervention 3/6
After 2 years of using ChatGPT, I can say that it is the technology that has revolutionized my life the most, along with the Internet.
So here are 10 prompts that have transformed my day-to-day life and that could do the same for you.
So here are 10 prompts that have transformed my day-to-day life and that could do the same for you.
1. Research
Mega prompt:
You are an expert research analyst. I need comprehensive research on [TOPIC].
Please provide:
1. Key findings from the last 12 months
2. Data and statistics with sources
3. Expert opinions and quotes
4. Emerging trends and predictions
5. Controversial viewpoints or debates
6. Practical implications for [INDUSTRY/AUDIENCE]
Format as an executive brief with clear sections. Include source links for all claims.
Additional context: [YOUR SPECIFIC NEEDS]
Mega prompt:
You are an expert research analyst. I need comprehensive research on [TOPIC].
Please provide:
1. Key findings from the last 12 months
2. Data and statistics with sources
3. Expert opinions and quotes
4. Emerging trends and predictions
5. Controversial viewpoints or debates
6. Practical implications for [INDUSTRY/AUDIENCE]
Format as an executive brief with clear sections. Include source links for all claims.
Additional context: [YOUR SPECIFIC NEEDS]
2. Writing white papers
Mega prompt:
You are a technical writer specializing in authoritative white papers.
Write a white paper on [TOPIC] for [TARGET AUDIENCE].
Structure:
- Executive Summary (150 words)
- Problem Statement with market data
- Current Solutions and their limitations
- Our Approach/Solution with technical details
- Case Studies or proof points
- Implementation framework
- ROI Analysis
- Conclusion and Call to Action
Tone: [Authoritative/Conversational/Technical]
Length: [2000-5000 words]
Include:
- Relevant statistics and citations
- Visual placeholders for charts/diagrams
- Quotes from industry experts (mark as [NEEDS VERIFICATION])
Background context: [YOUR COMPANY/PRODUCT INFO]
Mega prompt:
You are a technical writer specializing in authoritative white papers.
Write a white paper on [TOPIC] for [TARGET AUDIENCE].
Structure:
- Executive Summary (150 words)
- Problem Statement with market data
- Current Solutions and their limitations
- Our Approach/Solution with technical details
- Case Studies or proof points
- Implementation framework
- ROI Analysis
- Conclusion and Call to Action
Tone: [Authoritative/Conversational/Technical]
Length: [2000-5000 words]
Include:
- Relevant statistics and citations
- Visual placeholders for charts/diagrams
- Quotes from industry experts (mark as [NEEDS VERIFICATION])
Background context: [YOUR COMPANY/PRODUCT INFO]
Chain of Thought is dead.
I just tested Atom of Thought prompting and it's making AI models 30-40% more accurate on complex reasoning tasks.
Here's the technique that's about to change how everyone uses ChatGPT and Claude:
I just tested Atom of Thought prompting and it's making AI models 30-40% more accurate on complex reasoning tasks.
Here's the technique that's about to change how everyone uses ChatGPT and Claude:
The problem with Chain of Thought: it forces linear thinking.
Real problem-solving doesn't work that way. Your brain doesn't solve physics problems by thinking step 1 → step 2 → step 3.
You break complex problems into atomic components, then recombine them.
Real problem-solving doesn't work that way. Your brain doesn't solve physics problems by thinking step 1 → step 2 → step 3.
You break complex problems into atomic components, then recombine them.
Atom of Thought (AoT) works differently.
Instead of sequential steps, you decompose problems into their smallest logical units. Each "atom" is an independent piece of reasoning that can be validated separately.
Think LEGO blocks instead of a chain.
Instead of sequential steps, you decompose problems into their smallest logical units. Each "atom" is an independent piece of reasoning that can be validated separately.
Think LEGO blocks instead of a chain.
1/X) 🧵PREPAREN LA CARTERA PARA LAS NUCLEARES.
▪El PP propondrá contratos a precio fijo a la nuclear para facilitar la ampliación de su vida útil
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▪El PP propondrá contratos a precio fijo a la nuclear para facilitar la ampliación de su vida útil
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2/X) POR QUÉ LAS NUCLEARES ESPAÑOLAS NECESITAN AHORA UN PRECIO GARANTIZADO?
▪ Hasta ahora no había sido así.
👉Por los costes decrecientes de las renovables, que moderan los precios del mercado mayorista haciendo incluso a veces que se marquen precios negativos.
▪ Hasta ahora no había sido así.
👉Por los costes decrecientes de las renovables, que moderan los precios del mercado mayorista haciendo incluso a veces que se marquen precios negativos.
3/X) PRECIO MEDIO 2024 = 63,19 EUR/MWh
El precio de la electricidad en el mercado mayorista cierra 2024 con su precio más bajo desde hace cuatro años, un 28,4 % menor que la media de 2023.
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El precio de la electricidad en el mercado mayorista cierra 2024 con su precio más bajo desde hace cuatro años, un 28,4 % menor que la media de 2023.
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How rotating your dividends from ultra high yielders into anchor funds works: ⚓️
This strategy allows you to bring in high income up front and then further build your foundation. 🧱
Here’s the math and why this sets you up for success longterm. 🧵👇
This strategy allows you to bring in high income up front and then further build your foundation. 🧱
Here’s the math and why this sets you up for success longterm. 🧵👇
The best way to play ultra high yielders is by creating a funnel into your foundational indexes.
The more that single stocks pays you out your risk gets heavily reduced as you rotate into the index.
This is the best way to set yourself up for both high income and sustainability.
The more that single stocks pays you out your risk gets heavily reduced as you rotate into the index.
This is the best way to set yourself up for both high income and sustainability.
The Math:
A $25,000 investment in $HOOW at inception would have paid you $14,723 in dividends. That’s based on 493 shares.
If you funneled all those dividends into $QQQI you would’ve averaged in between $51.80 & $54.90.
Your nav would’ve been slightly green on $QQQI. Reinvested the dividends also would’ve increased your share count.
By funneling into $QQQI the dividend alone would buy about 276 shares at an average cost around $53.35.
A $25,000 investment in $HOOW at inception would have paid you $14,723 in dividends. That’s based on 493 shares.
If you funneled all those dividends into $QQQI you would’ve averaged in between $51.80 & $54.90.
Your nav would’ve been slightly green on $QQQI. Reinvested the dividends also would’ve increased your share count.
By funneling into $QQQI the dividend alone would buy about 276 shares at an average cost around $53.35.
Anthropic literally dropped the Prompt Guide to 10x your Claude Opus/Sonnet 4.5
10 best practices you should know. Bookmark this. 👇
10 best practices you should know. Bookmark this. 👇
1. Be Painfully Specific
Say exactly what you want (format, tone, length, audience). Claude 4 follows instructions literally.
Say exactly what you want (format, tone, length, audience). Claude 4 follows instructions literally.
2. Tell It Why You Want It
A one-line reason ("this is for execs / this must be legally safe / this goes into a deck") improves results fast.
A one-line reason ("this is for execs / this must be legally safe / this goes into a deck") improves results fast.
2nd part of the final statement is an intermezzo, reminding all here that I always been open about who I am, which is among other things, a satanist, which means nothing else than OPPONENT or ACCUSER (in my case: of religious systems especially the Catholic Church & the Vatican)
August 9 was approaching fast. The last full moon before the blood moon & to honor not just the many dead but also true friends, here is a new song of Lugubrem (who called me "lobo loco" back then when we hanged out in Germany several times) & his crew:
To Jon! Rietas, requiescat in chao 🍻
DEJA DE DECIR «RESUME ESTO» A CHATGPT
En su lugar, utiliza estas 7 prompts más inteligentes ↓
En su lugar, utiliza estas 7 prompts más inteligentes ↓
⚠️ Antes de empezar, solo quería avisarte que junto con @ecommartinez, hemos reunido y categorizado 900+ herramientas de IA!
Es un verdadero diccionario IA para tu vida diaria.
¡Y es gratis! 👇
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Es un verdadero diccionario IA para tu vida diaria.
¡Y es gratis! 👇
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1. Extraer información estratégica
«Analiza este texto como si fueras un consultor estratégico. Identifica la información clave, las oportunidades perdidas y las implicaciones estratégicas sobre las que debería actuar de inmediato»
«Analiza este texto como si fueras un consultor estratégico. Identifica la información clave, las oportunidades perdidas y las implicaciones estratégicas sobre las que debería actuar de inmediato»
小时候看彭德怀自述及其它介绍援朝决策的回忆历史，建国伊始百废待兴毛腊想出兵遭众幕僚反对，僵持不下。紧急召彭从西北入京，彭在下榻旅馆还在准备面毛时要汇报的西北事宜。竖日一大早邓小平过来接上他一句没聊直奔毛处，一些太行八路后就没有再共事的老同事们都已在会场。彭投下关键一票，就此事定
想起来读这些东西的时候我也还小，就隐约有些疑问，毛想出兵遭到众将反对可以理解，毕竟天下大定不想再打仗。但好奇的是毛怎么就知道这个时候要搬彭做救兵，而彭也果然如愿的当他的救兵，就独独他支持毛的决策。事前二人也并未有私下通气。
长大后还保持了多年的对这些陈年党史屎的阅读兴趣。回头看这个还确实是管窥蠡测的可见延安时期后党内的权力运行的一些细节。彭在整风后期七大前华北会议上被痛批高山下倒马桶臭大山，七大虽仍勉强被选上中央委员，地位和抗日八路时期比一落千丈。
3rd part of my final statement about the incidents in #Vienna this summer.
The SCUM Hotels & staying on the streets in bullet points. Rumours of gallons of blood spilled for Sept. 7 Blood Moon
The SCUM Hotels & staying on the streets in bullet points. Rumours of gallons of blood spilled for Sept. 7 Blood Moon
After the whole situation got more intense, and after the Japanese revealing itself, I got enough messages through delivered old school analogue because THINK for GOAT’s sake! In which TIMES we live! I knew their intentions, which was "80 years Hiroshima". Subtle Revenge. I was
ok with everything against capitalism, neonazis and FOR everything helping my case, so whatever, GO for it, I had no clue but cool. After the 2 nights from 5th to 7th I was driven by a cab driver who KNEW the situation BUT didn't know on which SIDE he is, but he suggested three