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✍️@JoseAlNino
La guerra de Irak no fue un error táctico, fue una estrategia diseñada. 🛑🔍 #DouglasFeith #Geopolitica #EEUU #Historia

Los Villanos De Judea: Douglas Feith, El Arquitecto En La Sombra De La Guerra De Irak @kritik_bakis aracılığıylakritikbakis.com/es/los-villano…

Douglas Feith y la Oficina de Planes Especiales (OSP) manipularon la inteligencia para justificar la invasión de Irak. Su lealtad a intereses ajenos al pueblo estadounidense cambió el destino de Oriente Medio para siempre. 🏛️📉 #Pentagono #Neoconservadores #Irak #DouglasFeith

Desde la "desbaatización" hasta el escándalo de espionaje de Lawrence Franklin, la gestión de Douglas Feith en el Pentágono muestra cómo se priorizaron agendas ideológicas sobre la seguridad nacional. Un capítulo oscuro de la política exterior. 🛡️⚠️ #Sionismo #Irak #Analisis

We build relationship intelligence at @OrvoApp.
This week our sister company @thereachai shipped a research report on hospitality. Different sector. Same architectural thesis.
The thesis: data already exists. The cost of reading it just collapsed. The advantage compounds.

@thereachai For us at Orvo, the data already exists in someone's contacts, calendar, messages, meeting notes. The career relationship intelligence has always been there. What changed is the cost of asking sharper questions of it.

@thereachai For TheReach, replace "career relationship" with "guest relationship."

EU digital regulation has made and is making Europe a digital vassal of US corporations.



@vonderleyen @EP_President @HennaVirkkuneneconomist.com/europe/2026/04…

Specifically the latest attempt of EU to attack anonymity of internet builds further dependency on USA and vulnerability to non-European action.

1. Policy context

The European Commission, building on the Digital Services Act (#DSA), has explored measures that would:

- reduce or eliminate anonymous access to platforms
impose stronger identity verification
potentially constrain VPN-mediated anonymity

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1/ Russia's (allegedly) most incompetent general says he plans to stand for election in Tatarstan as a candidate for Vladimir Putin's United Russia party. Russian warbloggers are unimpressed at Colonel General Alexander Lapin's continued failure upward. ⬇️

2/ Lapin has repeatedly been dismissed from his positions since the start of the Ukraine war, and has attracted a great deal of criticism – likely justified – for his failures in command. Now retired, this unpopularity has not stopped him from declaring his candidacy:

3/ "At this stage in my life, I have a great desire to serve my multinational people, to defend the interests of my small homeland, to help people, to fight for truth, to fight for justice, to defend the interests of our republic and, as a whole, our great Motherland – Russia."

✍️Saima Afzal
En una crisis entre India y Pakistán, el mayor peligro podrían ser los minutos previos al ataque. #IA #RiesgoNuclear #AsiaDelSur

La Inteligencia Artificial Está Aumentando Los Riesgos Nucleares En El Sur De Asia. @kritik_bakis aracılığıylakritikbakis.com/es/la-intelige…

Los sistemas de inteligencia artificial aceleran la detección, el análisis y la respuesta militar, reduciendo el espacio para la duda, la diplomacia y la desescalada.#IA #RiesgoNuclear #AsiaDelSur

En una crisis entre India y Pakistán, la IA acelera decisiones militares y reduce el margen para la diplomacia y la desescalada. #IA #RiesgoNuclear #AsiaDelSur

Hanta virus outbreak, cruise ship: I see lots of posts on this. What are we looking at? A cluster of cases of hantavirus, a rare but known zoonotic disease, present in rodents. There are many different hantaviruses across the world, so it matters to know exactly which virus it is

given history, working diagnosis is Andes Virus, one of the new world hantaviruses that can cause a severe respiratory syndrome with a high mortality rate. There are some descriptions of human to human transmission in close contacts, which is not seen in other hantaviruses

what needs to happen and is ongoing; 1) taking care of people on board with and without symptoms 2) epidemiological investigation to figure out if there are possible common sources of exposure before embarking 3) helping the ship to reduce risk of spread 4) further testing

#Sudan. Droni sull’aeroporto, l’esercito accusa l’#Etiopia: ” Pronti a reagire” Il Ministro degli Esteri sudanese: "Abbiamo le prove del coinvolgimento di Addis Abeba e Abu Dhabi. Pronti al confronto diretto con l'Etiopia"

Nella giornata di ieri alcuni droni si sono abbattuti sull’aeroporto di Khartoum, provocando lo stop ai voli e l’evacuazione dello scalo.
focusonafrica.info/sudan-droni-su…

Nelle ore successive agli attacchi, fonti militari hanno fatto trapelare che i droni a guida RSF sarebbero partiti da una base militare etiope per schiantarsi sull’aeroporto, interrompendo di fatto mesi di relativa calma. Le forze armate sudanesi diversamente dalle volte scorse

🧵What if I told you that you could buy a world-class integrated steel plant for "free"?

There’s a massive valuation disconnect hiding in the Indian markets right now.

Let’s talk about Sunflag Iron & Steel (SUNFLAG) and why the smart money is watching.

(1/10)

Sunflag isn't a new kid on the block. Founded by the Sunflag Group (est. 1937).

• They’ve spent decades evolving from a textile venture in Kenya to a high-tech metallurgical powerhouse in India. This is industrial DNA at its finest.

(2/10)

Sunflag holds an 11% stake in Lloyds Metals. Today, that stake alone is worth ~₹7,000 Cr.

• The wild part? Sunflag’s own market cap is only ~₹5,800 Cr. The market is essentially giving you the steel business for less than zero.

(3/10)

SitRep - 04/05/26 - Two ceasefires on two different dates

An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Putin called a ceasefire between 8 and 9 May while Zelensky responded and called a silence regime from 5 to 6 May.

REPOST=appreciated

1/X

Missed the latest?

https://x.com/NOELreports/status/2051191713826320452

As usual we start with Russian losses

https://x.com/NOELreports/status/2051192154580533753

A Thread regarding how submarine stealth dampening works and the information i somewhat know about our subs 🧵

https://twitter.com/VaishakUpadhya1/status/2051534219273482709

Usually for hull damping in a submarine rubber coatings are used near the engine section(typically not silicone) for acoustic damping because acoustic waves are absorbed quickly in rubber. Rubber has excellent absorption properties due to it being a viscoelastic material..(1)

Viscoelastic meaning it is elastic and can deform thereby absorbing the sound waves. This they do because rubber's internal structure under deformation causes internal friction between polymer strands leading to mechanical energy being converted to heat...(2)

@Kyunghoon_Kim_ TVK Manifesto on Industrial & Infra Front.
@UpdatesChennai @updates_tn @TnInvestment

@Kyunghoon_Kim_ @UpdatesChennai @updates_tn @TnInvestment

@Kyunghoon_Kim_ @UpdatesChennai @updates_tn @TnInvestment

Let's explore my second $3.33 Packard Bell that I bought at the System Source Warehouse Sale on Saturday. This one is a Packard Bell Legend 2440 Pentium 75MHz system, and, well.. it had quite the transformation 😂 Let's talk about it in a 🧵

So... first.. this computer was EXTREMELY DIRTY. It had spent most of its life secondhand smoking, I think. That poor power supply and floppy drive 🤮🤮

I took a vacuum cleaner to it, and LOTS of cleaning supplies. In the end, it turned out pretty good! Let's get it upstairs to explore some more.

THE MAJESTIC ODYSSEY OF BENGAL’S DEMOCRATIC SOUL: 1937–2026

In the hallowed annals of India’s democracy, West Bengal has long stood as a sovereign river—defiant, deep, and distinct.

On 4th of May 2026, that river has converged with the national current in a thundering, unprecedented realignment.

BJP @BJP4India secures a commanding 206 seats (45.85% vote share, +129 swing) out of 294.

TMC is reduced to 81 seats (40.80%, –134 swing).

Record 92.93% turnout.

Suvendu Adhikari @SuvenduWB not only architects the victory but defeats Mamata Banerjee @MamataOfficial in Bhabanipur itself.

Bengal elects—for the very first time since 1937—the party that rules at the Centre.

An 89-year chapter of principled exceptionalism closes.

What follows is the most analytically layered, factually impregnable chronicle: decade by decade, with the finesse of an eternal Bengali renaissance.

Let the epic unfold.

#Bengal2026 #Election #HistoricRealignment #Poriborton2point0 #DemocracyUnfolds

1937: The Genesis of Defiance – Pre-Independence Hung Verdict
Under Colonial Shadow

British-era elections under the 1935 Government of India Act.

Congress emerges largest with 54 seats in a fragmented 250-seat assembly.

Yet pragmatic coalition politics prevails: Fazlul Huq’s Krishak Praja Party allies with the Muslim League to form government.

No singular “Centre” yet, but the pattern is etched in Bengal’s DNA—regional pragmatism over Delhi-centric loyalty.

Huq’s peasant-focused agenda resonates amid agrarian distress and communal undercurrents.

Partition’s specter looms.

Insight: Bengal’s electorate already signals a preference for autonomous destiny, rejecting any imposed central narrative.

This refusal becomes the state’s defining political constant for nearly nine decades.

1950s: Congress Bastion Amid Partition Scars – Nation-Building as Shared Destiny

1952 (238 seats): INC sweeps 150, CPI 28.

Bidhan Chandra Roy’s visionary stewardship heals refugee wounds from East Pakistan, launches Durgapur steel, expands education.

1957 (252 seats): INC 152, CPI 46. Stability reigns through pragmatic rehabilitation and industrial foresight.

Centre = Congress; State = Congress.

Alignment occurs, yet under the halo of freedom-struggle legitimacy.

Analytical depth: Refugee influx (millions) and economic fragility demand continuity; communist stirrings among sharecroppers hint at future rural radicalism.

Bengal chooses healing over upheaval—temporarily aligning while nurturing its introspective soul.

I've really been meaning to dive into these two $3.33 Packard Bells since getting them on Saturday! Let's have a look at the one on the top, a Legend 11CD 486DX2/50 system. After some restoration, I'm in love with it 😂. Time for a quick 🧵

So, first, you can see from the into pic that this thing REALLY cleaned up nicely. It was kind of a mangled mess. My first attempt to fix the mangled metal was not the best way, but here it is. The case at least closed when I was done, but there is more work to do.

When I popped open the other Packard Bell, I realized how wrongly I had tried to fix the top bar. The problem is that it wasn't seating right, so I left the bend in. Well, I think it had just not snapped into place. Here's the end result after some better metal bending!

The body,
the face,
the voice,
the city of birth,
the family arrangement -

all of it is decided by the lagna nakshatra - It is a karmic contract the soul signed before this life.

Lagna in all 27 Nakshtra - 1/N 🧵

Pending karma & Path of life.

There is an old Vedic shastra in which Lord Shiva explain to Mata Parvati why a soul take birth with a specific nakshatra rising at the eastern horizon. The Moon nakshatra reveal the mind and the emotional karma. The lagna nakshatra reveal the body, the visible life journey, and the outer karma the soul came to act out in front of the world.

Most astrologer read only the Moon nakshatra and stop. The deeper text always read both, because together they show the complete picture, one belonging to inner world and other belonging to outer world.

The base difference very few people explain. Moon nakshatra is the karma the soul carry inside. Lagna nakshatra is the karma the soul perform outside.

Two native born on same day with same Moon nakshatra but different lagna nakshatra live two completely different external life. The body type, face, voice, walking style, health pattern, profession line, marriage style, and even the city where life eventually settle is shaped by the lagna nakshatra. Lagna nakshatra also rule the first impression that other people form within seconds of meeting the native. This first impression is not random, it is karma in visible form.

Lagna in Ashwini Nakshatra -

Ruled by Ketu, deity is the Ashwini Kumar twin healer of god, symbol is the horse head, primary motivation is dharma.

Past life karma per the old shastra reveal that the soul served as a fast healer or warrior on horseback who left work incomplete due to impatience, sometime saving the wrong person while ignoring the right one, sometime giving wrong medicine for personal gain.

Current life carry athletic body, sharp face, strong knee, fast walking style, magnetic eye, large forehead, slightly oily skin, and unusual youthful look that stay long even in old age. Voice carry quick rhythm. Mind move faster than tongue. The world perceive this native as energetic, pioneering, quick to act, sometime impulsive, but always alive. Career line pull towards medicine, surgery, sports, racing, defence, automobile, emergency service, alternative healing, fitness coaching, marketing, and any field demanding quick response.

Health weak spot include head, brain nerve, knee, sudden injury, allergy, and sleep deprivation issue. Marriage often happen suddenly through fate, partner usually carry independent and active personality.

Family arrangement leave the native to act alone from young age. Children come fast and active. Major life shift happen in Ketu, Mars, Sun dasha. Old text suggest serving horse with grain, donating medicine to poor, feeding stray dog on Saturday, helping accident victim, lighting lamp at Ashwini Kumar shrine, and chanting Ashwini Gayatri or Ketu mantra Om Sram Sreem Sraum Sah Ketave Namah for one mandala of 41 day.

Once cleared, the soul perform divine mission on earth that benefit many.

a thread of this year’s met gala looks and their references #metgala

rachel zegler in prabal gurung inspired by “the execution of lady jane grey”

hunter schafer in prada, inspired by “mäda primavesi”

emma chamberlain in mugler, inspired by van gogh and munch’s brush strokes

भाजपाने भारतावर विजय मिळवला नाही. प्रादेशिक पक्षांनी तो त्यांच्या ताटात वाढून दिला आहे.

२०२१ मध्ये तृणमूल काँग्रेस (TMC) म्हणाली, "काँग्रेस आता अप्रासंगिक झाली आहे", आज भाजपा बंगाल जिंकत आहे.

उत्तर प्रदेशात समाजवादी पक्षाने (SP) म्हटले की "काँग्रेस हे एक ओझे आहे",

तिथे भाजपाने सलग दोनदा सत्ता मिळवली.

आम आदमी पार्टी (AAP) म्हणाली, "आम्ही पर्याय आहोत", पण ते दिल्ली टिकवू शकले नाहीत, पंजाबची सत्ता, कथानक सांभाळू शकले नाहीत आणि भाजपा जेव्हा खऱ्या अर्थाने मैदानात उतरली, तेव्हा 'आप' पत्त्यासारखी कोसळली.

डाव्यांनी (Left) म्हटले "काँग्रेस संपली आहे", पण केरळने डाव्यांना गाडून काँग्रेसच्या हातात सत्ता सोपवली.

द्रमुकने (DMK) तामिळनाडू एखाद्या कौटुंबिक व्यवसायासारखा चालवला आणि एका नवीन पक्षाने त्यांची तरुण मतपेढी एका रात्रीत खेचून नेली.

तुम्हाला यातला पॅटर्न दिसतोय का?

If any of you feel disappointed with TN results, please read this thread that may change your mood:

You feel fearful or uncertain or confused about Vijay's TVK, which is understandable for multiple reasons - his having EVR as a leader, his Jan 14 Tamil New Year wish, his opposition to Parandur, promise of freebies, general lack of serious policies etc. But look historically.

DMK was built on a foundation of hate, with decades of toxic articles, cartoons, speeches, rallies which culminated with the anti-Hindi protests that finally catapulted them to power. As early as 1948, poet and Mahatma Ramalingam Pillai worried about our beautiful Tamil being polluted with such disgusting discourse.

I recently bought this lot of drives from eBay for $15, namely because I thought the Zip drive was cool 😂. Let's test time out, and talk about one serious testing blunder I made, in a 🧵 here!

The first drive: NEC CD-3200A, a 52X drive, but without the typical goofy branding on the front. This drive was not closing right, so I opened it up and cleaned it out, and then tested it. Well, I should have put it back in its casing before testing. 12V to ground killed it.

Next, we have this Samsung CDRW SW-252. It's also a 52X drive. It checks out! And after it did, I gave it a proper cleaning!

Keytake aways from TN elections 2026:

1. The vote-cash politics suffered a serious dent and this is a welcoming move that I personally want to change happening more than a decade. No more vote for cash

2. Media/Journalists attained their freedom yesterday - (1/n) TBC

Now we can witness the real power of journalism. Media should be a critic and be balanced side rather than a mouthpiece of an ecosystem.

3. PR stunts,narrative gimmicks can help you build image but far from ground reality. Actions speaks louder than media stunts (2/n) TBC

4. “Nero fiddled while Rome burned” - this approach will burn you to ground if the problems in society are not solved and if any voices raised suppressing them or setting a narrative heavily backfired.
5. Labelling/taking credit for all - doesn’t sit well with people. (3/n) TBc

Gedanken zur Tageslosung für Dienstag, den 05.05.2026

Losungswort
Der HERR hebe sein Angesicht über dich und gebe dir Frieden.
4. Mose 6,26

Lehrtext
Der Gott, der gesagt hat: Aus der Finsternis soll Licht aufstrahlen, er ist es, der es hat aufstrahlen lassen in

unseren Herzen, so dass die Erkenntnis aufleuchtet, die Erkenntnis der Herrlichkeit Gottes auf dem Angesicht Jesu Christi.
2. Korinther 4,6

Die Losungen der Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine

Unter dem Segen Gottes

Am Anfang des heutigen Losungswortes heißt es: „Der

HERR hebe sein Angesicht über dich.“ Was ist mit diesem Satz aus dem Aaronitischen Segen gemeint? Ich denke, er bedeutet, dass Gott uns nicht den Rücken zukehrt – uns also wohlgesonnen ist. Wie aber wirkt sich sein Wohlwollen praktisch aus? Gewiss geht es nicht nur