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We remember the fallen.
We honor their sacrifice.
We cherish the freedom they paid for with their lives.
Memorial Day 2026 | Arlington National Cemetery 🇺🇸
We honor their sacrifice.
We cherish the freedom they paid for with their lives.
Memorial Day 2026 | Arlington National Cemetery 🇺🇸
Memorial Day 2026 | Arlington National Cemetery 🇺🇸
Memorial Day 2026 | Arlington National Cemetery 🇺🇸
The Kremlin has a plan for the Armenian NGOs left stranded after USAID's collapse: take them over.
Leaked documents obtained by @dossier_center show it's just one piece of Moscow's effort to derail Armenia's pivot to the West 🧵[1/21]
Leaked documents obtained by @dossier_center show it's just one piece of Moscow's effort to derail Armenia's pivot to the West 🧵[1/21]
Dossier Center has obtained internal Kremlin-linked strategy documents showing how Russian political consultants have been trying to influence Armenia's election by building, from nothing, an entire ecosystem of opposition to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
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Publicly, Putin claims (of course) Moscow doesn't interfere in Armenian politics. Privately, Kremlin-linked consultants coordinated polling, messaging, coalition planning, media operations, and campaign strategy to weaken Pashinyan and halt Armenia's pivot to the West.
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26 mai 1940
« Tu sais mon amour de la vie… » : voici les premières pages de cette lettre, écrites un dimanche de la campagne de France, lors d’une accalmie.
« J'ai compris à la lueur de la mort qu'il fallait attendre le mariage avant de vivre notre amour, car Dieu existe, et nous devons tenir compte de sa Loi. »
1/6
« Tu sais mon amour de la vie… » : voici les premières pages de cette lettre, écrites un dimanche de la campagne de France, lors d’une accalmie.
« J'ai compris à la lueur de la mort qu'il fallait attendre le mariage avant de vivre notre amour, car Dieu existe, et nous devons tenir compte de sa Loi. »
1/6
« L’amour est si mal compris. Je voudrais arriver à lui restituer sa beauté, sa spiritualité. Si Dieu a créé l'amour tel qu'il est, pourquoi l'union si extraordinaire des corps ne serait-elle pas une merveille, un chemin qui aiderait à la fusion des esprits ? » 2/6
« Je voudrais que tu ne sois touchée qu'avec des mains émerveillées de tendresse. Je voudrais que les yeux qui te verront fussent remplis d'adoration. Moi, je ne te posséderai qu'avec ferveur. Dans mes bras, tu seras une femme merveilleusement aimée. Tu seras mes délices et ma passion.
Mais tu seras aussi Ma femme pour toujours, ma femme d'au-delà du plaisir, d'au-delà de la vie. Tu seras moi, et moi je serai Toi. » 3/6
Mais tu seras aussi Ma femme pour toujours, ma femme d'au-delà du plaisir, d'au-delà de la vie. Tu seras moi, et moi je serai Toi. » 3/6
🧵 THREAD: ATR Extension - From Heuristic to Empirical P
1/ Backtested @jfsrev 8x ATR heuristic for the 50 SMA across ~2,700 tickers with nearly 5 years of data.
The result? It's not just a rule of thumb. It's statistically correct.
Here's what the data says 👇
1/ Backtested @jfsrev 8x ATR heuristic for the 50 SMA across ~2,700 tickers with nearly 5 years of data.
The result? It's not just a rule of thumb. It's statistically correct.
Here's what the data says 👇
2/ Also calculated the 3-sigma extension levels for the other key moving averages too.
Here's where each one sits:
• 10 EMA → 2.7x ATR
• 21 EMA → 4.2x ATR
• 200 SMA → 16x ATR
• 50 SMA → ~7.5–8x ATR
When you're beyond these levels, you're in statistically rare territory.
Here's where each one sits:
• 10 EMA → 2.7x ATR
• 21 EMA → 4.2x ATR
• 200 SMA → 16x ATR
• 50 SMA → ~7.5–8x ATR
When you're beyond these levels, you're in statistically rare territory.
3/ Knowing the number is useful. Seeing it is better.
Built an extension cloud that plots the stretch across all four anchors — 10 EMA, 21 EMA, 50 SMA and 200 SMA — directly on the chart.
Instead of checking a column of numbers, you can watch how price moves through the bands in real time.
Built an extension cloud that plots the stretch across all four anchors — 10 EMA, 21 EMA, 50 SMA and 200 SMA — directly on the chart.
Instead of checking a column of numbers, you can watch how price moves through the bands in real time.
With renewed scrutiny over the background of ACP International Sec. Christopher Helali, we felt inclined to take a closer look at the time he embezzled thousands from the IWW to “fight ISIS” in the 1st ever “LGBT unit” in the Middle East.
Back in mid-2016, Helali (freshly elected Secretary-Treasurer during a chapter dispute) made out 6 checks from the Boston IWW General Membership account, gifting himself more than $3,000. These transactions weren’t discovered until early 2017, by which time Helali was overseas.
The full statement by the Boston IWW, which goes into greater detail, can be found here:
archive.iww.org/content/2017-g…
archive.iww.org/content/2017-g…
9 books to understand the global economy:
1) Globalizing Capital by Barry Eichengreen
1) Globalizing Capital by Barry Eichengreen
2) The Great Rebalancing by Michael Pettis
3) How Asia Works by Joe Studwell
I think on a personal level, the most interesting and also depressing aspect of very detailed study of WW2 administration of defence and industry in Britain, is seeing how exceptionally competent almost all of Britains administrators were.
You almost get cognitive dissonance just reading half the files, trying to work out how its even the same country we live in now which once produced these kinds of reports.
There is no doubt there has been a progressive, and disastrous collapse in the all round general collective intellectual capability of the civil service and defence administration in Britain over the last few decades.
Its possible to argue this is inevitable after the system was optimised by the white heat of war, and the dead wood was scattered to the four winds by virtue of necessity, but it doesnt change the fact that its almost impossible to reconcile the standards which were once taken for granted as a matter of national survival, with those we see today.
You can see it at every level, and even in my small town, talking to retired councillors, they cant believe the desperately poor standard of those currently doing the jobs they did 30 years ago.
How do you keep the best of your systems intact passing from wartime to peacetime ? Has anyone solved this question ?
Perhaps, as far as I can see from a brief search (this is not my specific area of historical study) Singapore is one example of the most valiant attempt, with some measure of sucess.
This has been discussed in "Meritocracy and the Singapore Political System." Asian Journal of Political Science. (link in comments), which describes the strict measures taken post independance in Singapore to introduce performance based merit in the Civil Service, and intensely rigid anti corruption laws.
Letter below from 21st November 1935, Defence Requirements Sub-Comittee of the Committee of Imperial Defence - the CID, (Chamberlain presiding)
A year before, on the 8th October 1934, Chamberlain had been lambasted by Lord Hankey, for expanding the RAF by ten squadrons over and above that even recommended by the Defence Requirements committee.
Chamberlain suceeded in his push to expand the RAF at home as rapidly as possible. These meetings were however, all secret, and were not declassified until the 1970`s. The push for re-armament was not fully revealed to Germany, because the CID had agreed in 1934, that it would need five years to prepare for war with Germany, and that every diplomatic measure possible was to be taken until that date (1939) to avoid the outbreak of war with Germany.
It was then, after Chamberlains withdrawl from politics and death, taken as the established narrative that Britain had NOT begun large scale and direct preparations to defeat Germany before the beginning of Churchills tenure.
Only after the Committee of Imperial Defence files were declassified, covering what was really happening in British war planning in the 1930`s, that the truth became apparent. The established story of British stupidly and appeasement of totalitarianism before Churchill was Prime Minister, were utter nonsense - but, had been important to maintain the illusion of until 1939.
You almost get cognitive dissonance just reading half the files, trying to work out how its even the same country we live in now which once produced these kinds of reports.
There is no doubt there has been a progressive, and disastrous collapse in the all round general collective intellectual capability of the civil service and defence administration in Britain over the last few decades.
Its possible to argue this is inevitable after the system was optimised by the white heat of war, and the dead wood was scattered to the four winds by virtue of necessity, but it doesnt change the fact that its almost impossible to reconcile the standards which were once taken for granted as a matter of national survival, with those we see today.
You can see it at every level, and even in my small town, talking to retired councillors, they cant believe the desperately poor standard of those currently doing the jobs they did 30 years ago.
How do you keep the best of your systems intact passing from wartime to peacetime ? Has anyone solved this question ?
Perhaps, as far as I can see from a brief search (this is not my specific area of historical study) Singapore is one example of the most valiant attempt, with some measure of sucess.
This has been discussed in "Meritocracy and the Singapore Political System." Asian Journal of Political Science. (link in comments), which describes the strict measures taken post independance in Singapore to introduce performance based merit in the Civil Service, and intensely rigid anti corruption laws.
Letter below from 21st November 1935, Defence Requirements Sub-Comittee of the Committee of Imperial Defence - the CID, (Chamberlain presiding)
A year before, on the 8th October 1934, Chamberlain had been lambasted by Lord Hankey, for expanding the RAF by ten squadrons over and above that even recommended by the Defence Requirements committee.
Chamberlain suceeded in his push to expand the RAF at home as rapidly as possible. These meetings were however, all secret, and were not declassified until the 1970`s. The push for re-armament was not fully revealed to Germany, because the CID had agreed in 1934, that it would need five years to prepare for war with Germany, and that every diplomatic measure possible was to be taken until that date (1939) to avoid the outbreak of war with Germany.
It was then, after Chamberlains withdrawl from politics and death, taken as the established narrative that Britain had NOT begun large scale and direct preparations to defeat Germany before the beginning of Churchills tenure.
Only after the Committee of Imperial Defence files were declassified, covering what was really happening in British war planning in the 1930`s, that the truth became apparent. The established story of British stupidly and appeasement of totalitarianism before Churchill was Prime Minister, were utter nonsense - but, had been important to maintain the illusion of until 1939.
The most important night of your life has begun.
The night of Arafah has begun, the witnessed Day of Gathering!
If you don’t know the difference between Laylat al-Qadr and the Day of Arafah:
The angels and Jibreel descend on Laylat al-Qadr.
As for the Day of Arafah:
The night of Arafah has begun, the witnessed Day of Gathering!
If you don’t know the difference between Laylat al-Qadr and the Day of Arafah:
The angels and Jibreel descend on Laylat al-Qadr.
As for the Day of Arafah:
Allah descends to the lowest heaven and praises them to the angels, saying:
“Look at My servants who have come to Me disheveled, dusty, and calling out from every deep valley. I call you to witness that I have forgiven them.”
“Look at My servants who have come to Me disheveled, dusty, and calling out from every deep valley. I call you to witness that I have forgiven them.”
Then the angels say, “My Lord, so and so was being suspected of sin, and also so and so and such and such.”
Allah replies, “O My angels, look at My servants; they have come to Me seeking My mercy and forgiveness. I bear witness to you that I have forgiven them.”
Allah replies, “O My angels, look at My servants; they have come to Me seeking My mercy and forgiveness. I bear witness to you that I have forgiven them.”
WATCHING ‘RYAN GOSLING STARS AS RYAN GOSLING’ ‘I FUCKING LOVE SCIENCE’ REVIVALISM FILM ‘PROJECT HAIL MARY’ (2026) WITH A LATINA WOMAN
Noticed ‘Project Hail Mary’ (called derisively by some ‘Project Reddit’) was available on streaming. Saw it described as a Neo-‘Scientism’ film in the sense of it is thematically very ‘I Fucking Love Science’ but where the ‘Scientism’ here is ‘Scientism’ in a not massively woke way. Andy Weir Hard Science ‘Scientism’ where the author is too much of a sperg about making sure all ‘The Science’ is correct to care about properly getting into the weeds of social commentary and where the mostly upbeat plot is basically just the main character ‘doing science’ to ‘solve science puzzles’. I’m a big sucker for this kind of techno-optimism, I’m not embarrassed to admit I do actually ‘Fucking Love Science’
Suggested to Latina ‘friend’ and she perked up and said “yeah of course let’s watch it, actually I’ve seen it at the cinema twice already I really liked it I want to watch it again”. Thought ‘huh’? No offence to her she is sweet if a little ditzy but did wonder what was wrong with either her or ‘Project Hail Mary’ that she went to the cinema to see it twice. TLDR enjoyed the film but wouldn’t pay to see it twice, also I don’t have a vagina either. Strange
Film stars Ryan Gosling as himself which is great casting because Gosling does borderline Reddit but not full-on Reddit really well, you know he has enough charisma to float above ‘Reddit-ness’ even if a lot of his mannerisms are Reddit-coded. This casting prevents the film - despite Weir’s Reddit tendencies - from ever becoming properly Reddit, it has a lot of Reddit moments but Gosling as himself means it escapes full ‘Reddit-dom’. Contrast vs if Ryan Reynolds had been cast instead
With ‘Scientism’ in general it’s easy to descend into ‘Reddit-ness’, to get too excited and prematurely ejaculate a load of insipid moralisms into it. This is a shame because I am very pro pro-science messaging. I mean science here in the proper hard empiricism sense - Bacon, Kuhn, Feyerabend etc. Basically Fine Carl Sagan ‘Scientism’ descended into New Atheism ‘Scientism’ descended into the mess that was popular culture in the 2010s, then the COVID debacle too… ended up tarnishing ‘Science’ as a brand. ‘Science’ has been in need of a proper revival since
Plot is the sun and every other star within a few hundred light years is being eaten by space bacteria so Gosling has to go into space to the one star nearby that isn’t being eaten by space bacteria in order to find out why. When Gosling arrives he discovers spooky aliens have also traveled there for the same reason; their home star is being eaten by space bacteria too. Build-up to the alien reveal has a dash of cosmic horror about it, the interior of their ship is aesthetically a bit ‘I Fucking Love Science’ “uh actually intelligent life probably isn’t going to be humanoid it’s probably going to be Truly Alien” (fractals made of xenon, the air is ammonia etc) but it still manages to be tasteful ‘Alien’ alien
Single surviving occupant is revealed to be a rock alien Gosling names ‘Rocky’. Unfortunately it turns out Rocky’s species is a Reddit species - he talks and acts like a Redditor, is unambiguously Reddit in conception. Latina found the Rocky character hilarious, kept laughing out loud at him. Not even at the sometimes bordering Reddit-escape velocity quite sweet funny dialogue bits, at like the bits where he would be walking around and slip on a banana skin, at the very Minions-esque spiritually Indonesian parts of the character. Rocky is kind of cute to be sure but he isn’t laugh out loud funny - that and all the parts where she didn’t really seem to understand the ‘Space Is Really Fucking Big Science 101 Science’ to be honest I was starting to get the ick
Overall, some Reddit moments (esp. Rocky) but on balance a mostly not-Reddit film. Promising move towards a post-Reddit ‘I Fucking Love Science’ ‘Science’
Noticed ‘Project Hail Mary’ (called derisively by some ‘Project Reddit’) was available on streaming. Saw it described as a Neo-‘Scientism’ film in the sense of it is thematically very ‘I Fucking Love Science’ but where the ‘Scientism’ here is ‘Scientism’ in a not massively woke way. Andy Weir Hard Science ‘Scientism’ where the author is too much of a sperg about making sure all ‘The Science’ is correct to care about properly getting into the weeds of social commentary and where the mostly upbeat plot is basically just the main character ‘doing science’ to ‘solve science puzzles’. I’m a big sucker for this kind of techno-optimism, I’m not embarrassed to admit I do actually ‘Fucking Love Science’
Suggested to Latina ‘friend’ and she perked up and said “yeah of course let’s watch it, actually I’ve seen it at the cinema twice already I really liked it I want to watch it again”. Thought ‘huh’? No offence to her she is sweet if a little ditzy but did wonder what was wrong with either her or ‘Project Hail Mary’ that she went to the cinema to see it twice. TLDR enjoyed the film but wouldn’t pay to see it twice, also I don’t have a vagina either. Strange
Film stars Ryan Gosling as himself which is great casting because Gosling does borderline Reddit but not full-on Reddit really well, you know he has enough charisma to float above ‘Reddit-ness’ even if a lot of his mannerisms are Reddit-coded. This casting prevents the film - despite Weir’s Reddit tendencies - from ever becoming properly Reddit, it has a lot of Reddit moments but Gosling as himself means it escapes full ‘Reddit-dom’. Contrast vs if Ryan Reynolds had been cast instead
With ‘Scientism’ in general it’s easy to descend into ‘Reddit-ness’, to get too excited and prematurely ejaculate a load of insipid moralisms into it. This is a shame because I am very pro pro-science messaging. I mean science here in the proper hard empiricism sense - Bacon, Kuhn, Feyerabend etc. Basically Fine Carl Sagan ‘Scientism’ descended into New Atheism ‘Scientism’ descended into the mess that was popular culture in the 2010s, then the COVID debacle too… ended up tarnishing ‘Science’ as a brand. ‘Science’ has been in need of a proper revival since
Plot is the sun and every other star within a few hundred light years is being eaten by space bacteria so Gosling has to go into space to the one star nearby that isn’t being eaten by space bacteria in order to find out why. When Gosling arrives he discovers spooky aliens have also traveled there for the same reason; their home star is being eaten by space bacteria too. Build-up to the alien reveal has a dash of cosmic horror about it, the interior of their ship is aesthetically a bit ‘I Fucking Love Science’ “uh actually intelligent life probably isn’t going to be humanoid it’s probably going to be Truly Alien” (fractals made of xenon, the air is ammonia etc) but it still manages to be tasteful ‘Alien’ alien
Single surviving occupant is revealed to be a rock alien Gosling names ‘Rocky’. Unfortunately it turns out Rocky’s species is a Reddit species - he talks and acts like a Redditor, is unambiguously Reddit in conception. Latina found the Rocky character hilarious, kept laughing out loud at him. Not even at the sometimes bordering Reddit-escape velocity quite sweet funny dialogue bits, at like the bits where he would be walking around and slip on a banana skin, at the very Minions-esque spiritually Indonesian parts of the character. Rocky is kind of cute to be sure but he isn’t laugh out loud funny - that and all the parts where she didn’t really seem to understand the ‘Space Is Really Fucking Big Science 101 Science’ to be honest I was starting to get the ick
Overall, some Reddit moments (esp. Rocky) but on balance a mostly not-Reddit film. Promising move towards a post-Reddit ‘I Fucking Love Science’ ‘Science’
Probably difficult to always avoid pro-Science content descending into ‘sub-Reddit-dom’ just because a lot of the people involved are going to be by disposition a little Reddit, ‘nerdy’ as we used to say. Don’t think the existence of Carl Sagan necessarily entails Bill Nye though
She liked the colours and the funny minion noises the aliens made
FIFA has officially unveiled the Team Base Camp Training Sites for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Bookmark this to save for later!
Here is where every participating nation will be based during the tournament:
🇩🇿 Algeria — University of Kansas (Kansas City)
🇦🇷 Argentina — Sporting KC Training Centre (Kansas City)
🇦🇺 Australia — Oakland Roots/Soul Training Facility (San Francisco Bay Area)
🇦🇹 Austria — UC Santa Barbara, Harder Stadium (Goleta)
🇧🇪 Belgium — Seattle Sounders FC Performance Centre and Clubhouse (Renton)
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina — RSL Stadium (Sandy)
🇧🇷 Brazil — Columbia Park Training Facility (New York/New Jersey)
🇨🇦 Canada — National Soccer Development Centre (Vancouver)
🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire — Philadelphia Union facilities (Philadelphia)
🇨🇩 Congo DR — Houston Training Centre (Houston)
🇨🇴 Colombia — Academia Atlas FC (Guadalajara)
🇨🇻 Cabo Verde — Waters Sportsplex (Tampa)
🇭🇷 Croatia — Episcopal High School (Alexandria)
🇨🇼 Curaçao — Florida Atlantic University (Boca Raton)
🇨🇿 Czechia — Mansfield Multipurpose Stadium (Dallas)
🇪🇨 Ecuador — Columbus Crew Performance Centre (Columbus)
🇪🇬 Egypt — Gonzaga University (Spokane)
🏴 England — Swope Soccer Village (Kansas City)
🇪🇸 Spain — Baylor School (Chattanooga)
🇫🇷 France — Bentley University (Boston)
🇩🇪 Germany — Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem)
🇬🇭 Ghana — Bryant University (Boston)
🇭🇹 Haiti — Stockton University (New York/New Jersey)
🇮🇷 IR Iran — Centro Xoloitzcuintle (Tijuana)
🇮🇶 Iraq — The Greenbrier Sports Performance Centre (Greenbrier County)
🇯🇴 Jordan — University of Portland (Portland)
🇯🇵 Japan — Nashville SC facilities (Nashville)
🇰🇷 Korea Republic — Chivas Verde Valle (Guadalajara)
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia — Austin FC Stadium (Austin)
🇲🇦 Morocco — The Pingry School (New York/New Jersey)
🇲🇽 Mexico — Centro de Alto Rendimiento, CAR (Mexico City)
🇳🇱 Netherlands — KC Current Training Facility (Kansas City)
🇳🇴 Norway — UNC Greensboro (Greensboro)
🇳🇿 New Zealand — University of San Diego, Torero Stadium (San Diego)
🇵🇦 Panama — Nottawasaga Training Site (New Tecumseth)
🇵🇾 Paraguay — Spartan Soccer Complex (San Francisco Bay Area)
🇵🇹 Portugal — Gardens North County District Park (Palm Beach Gardens)
🇶🇦 Qatar — Westmont College (Santa Barbara)
🇿🇦 South Africa — CF Pachuca, Universidad Del Futbol (Pachuca)
🏴 Scotland — Charlotte FC facilities (Charlotte)
🇸🇳 Senegal — Rutgers University (New York/New Jersey)
🇨🇭 Switzerland — SDJA (San Diego)
🇸🇪 Sweden — FC Dallas Stadium (Dallas)
🇹🇳 Tunisia — Rayados Training Centre (Monterrey)
🇹🇷 Türkiye — Arizona Athletic Grounds (Mesa)
🇺🇾 Uruguay — Mayakoba Training Centre Cancun (Cancun)
🇺🇸 United States — Great Park Sports Complex (Irvine)
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan — Atlanta United Training Centre (Atlanta)
#FIFA #FIFAWorldCup #WorldCup #WorldCup2026 #FIFAWC #FIFAWC26 #FIFAWorldCup2026
Bookmark this to save for later!
Here is where every participating nation will be based during the tournament:
🇩🇿 Algeria — University of Kansas (Kansas City)
🇦🇷 Argentina — Sporting KC Training Centre (Kansas City)
🇦🇺 Australia — Oakland Roots/Soul Training Facility (San Francisco Bay Area)
🇦🇹 Austria — UC Santa Barbara, Harder Stadium (Goleta)
🇧🇪 Belgium — Seattle Sounders FC Performance Centre and Clubhouse (Renton)
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina — RSL Stadium (Sandy)
🇧🇷 Brazil — Columbia Park Training Facility (New York/New Jersey)
🇨🇦 Canada — National Soccer Development Centre (Vancouver)
🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire — Philadelphia Union facilities (Philadelphia)
🇨🇩 Congo DR — Houston Training Centre (Houston)
🇨🇴 Colombia — Academia Atlas FC (Guadalajara)
🇨🇻 Cabo Verde — Waters Sportsplex (Tampa)
🇭🇷 Croatia — Episcopal High School (Alexandria)
🇨🇼 Curaçao — Florida Atlantic University (Boca Raton)
🇨🇿 Czechia — Mansfield Multipurpose Stadium (Dallas)
🇪🇨 Ecuador — Columbus Crew Performance Centre (Columbus)
🇪🇬 Egypt — Gonzaga University (Spokane)
🏴 England — Swope Soccer Village (Kansas City)
🇪🇸 Spain — Baylor School (Chattanooga)
🇫🇷 France — Bentley University (Boston)
🇩🇪 Germany — Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem)
🇬🇭 Ghana — Bryant University (Boston)
🇭🇹 Haiti — Stockton University (New York/New Jersey)
🇮🇷 IR Iran — Centro Xoloitzcuintle (Tijuana)
🇮🇶 Iraq — The Greenbrier Sports Performance Centre (Greenbrier County)
🇯🇴 Jordan — University of Portland (Portland)
🇯🇵 Japan — Nashville SC facilities (Nashville)
🇰🇷 Korea Republic — Chivas Verde Valle (Guadalajara)
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia — Austin FC Stadium (Austin)
🇲🇦 Morocco — The Pingry School (New York/New Jersey)
🇲🇽 Mexico — Centro de Alto Rendimiento, CAR (Mexico City)
🇳🇱 Netherlands — KC Current Training Facility (Kansas City)
🇳🇴 Norway — UNC Greensboro (Greensboro)
🇳🇿 New Zealand — University of San Diego, Torero Stadium (San Diego)
🇵🇦 Panama — Nottawasaga Training Site (New Tecumseth)
🇵🇾 Paraguay — Spartan Soccer Complex (San Francisco Bay Area)
🇵🇹 Portugal — Gardens North County District Park (Palm Beach Gardens)
🇶🇦 Qatar — Westmont College (Santa Barbara)
🇿🇦 South Africa — CF Pachuca, Universidad Del Futbol (Pachuca)
🏴 Scotland — Charlotte FC facilities (Charlotte)
🇸🇳 Senegal — Rutgers University (New York/New Jersey)
🇨🇭 Switzerland — SDJA (San Diego)
🇸🇪 Sweden — FC Dallas Stadium (Dallas)
🇹🇳 Tunisia — Rayados Training Centre (Monterrey)
🇹🇷 Türkiye — Arizona Athletic Grounds (Mesa)
🇺🇾 Uruguay — Mayakoba Training Centre Cancun (Cancun)
🇺🇸 United States — Great Park Sports Complex (Irvine)
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan — Atlanta United Training Centre (Atlanta)
#FIFA #FIFAWorldCup #WorldCup #WorldCup2026 #FIFAWC #FIFAWC26 #FIFAWorldCup2026
If you guys like the World Cup, I would recommend downloading Kickbase on the App Store.
World Cup Fantasy is here.
Make sure to follow @Kickbase_MLS on all platforms to stay updated with the World Cup!
World Cup Fantasy is here.
Make sure to follow @Kickbase_MLS on all platforms to stay updated with the World Cup!
The film The Hunt for Gollum is set to premiere in December 2027; it will be produced by Peter Jackson and directed by Andy Serkis.
In this thread, I’ll summarize the plot of the story, as recounted by Gandalf, Aragorn, and Legolas during the Council of Elrond.
In this thread, I’ll summarize the plot of the story, as recounted by Gandalf, Aragorn, and Legolas during the Council of Elrond.
1. Seventeen years before the Council, Gandalf realized that spies of all kinds had gathered around the Shire. The wizard asked the Dúnedain for help, and they stepped up their guard. Even then, Gandalf was deeply concerned about Bilbo’s ring.
2. Gandalf explained his fears to Aragorn, the leader of the Dúnedain, who advised him to hunt down Gollum. It was then that the two set out on a long quest that took them all the way to the Mountains of Shadow and the defenses of Mordor.
This paper is interesting because it identifies a concrete neurochemical signal in the CNS that connects long COVID/PASC, PEM, fatigue, and reduced physical endurance - lower activity of the central noradrenergic pathway in cerebrospinal fluid🧵
The study asked whether post-infectious ME/CFS and long COVID/PASC show measurable abnormalities in central catecholamine systems - specifically the norepinephrine and dopamine pathways.
The authors looked directly at neurochemical markers.
Not just another symptom description paper.
The authors looked directly at neurochemical markers.
Not just another symptom description paper.
They measured catecholamines and their metabolites in cerebrospinal fluid.
For the norepinephrine pathway
norepinephrine + DHPG + MHPG
For the dopamine pathway
dopamine + DOPAC + HVA
So the point was not to rely on one isolated molecule, but estimate broader pathway activity.
For the norepinephrine pathway
norepinephrine + DHPG + MHPG
For the dopamine pathway
dopamine + DOPAC + HVA
So the point was not to rely on one isolated molecule, but estimate broader pathway activity.
The Pope calls for AI to be subjected to robust legal frameworks, independent oversight, informed users, and political systems that do not abdicate their responsibility. He calls for international cooperation, for reforms of the United Nations, for shared ethical standards.
Who is going to enforce these frameworks? The same systems that have spent decades dismantling Christian civilization? The same institutions that have been captured by forces hostile to the Gospel? The same United Nations that platform's every anti-Christian ideology while pretending neutrality exists?
Who is going to enforce these frameworks? The same systems that have spent decades dismantling Christian civilization? The same institutions that have been captured by forces hostile to the Gospel? The same United Nations that platform's every anti-Christian ideology while pretending neutrality exists?
Magnifica Humanitas envisions a world where the existing powers submit to ethical constraints and share their power more equitably.
This assumes that those who hold power will voluntarily relinquish it in response to moral argument.
I believe this assumption is naive.
The tech oligarchs of Silicon Valley have built their entire project on the premise that human limitations are obstacles to be overcome, that ethical concerns are obstacles to innovation, and that nations are relics to be dismantled.
Their philosophy is not just indifferent to Christian morality; it is a direct assault on the image of God in man.
Their entire project is fundamentally disordered.
The Church should not be platforming these people, it should be rebuking them and calling them to repentance.
This assumes that those who hold power will voluntarily relinquish it in response to moral argument.
I believe this assumption is naive.
The tech oligarchs of Silicon Valley have built their entire project on the premise that human limitations are obstacles to be overcome, that ethical concerns are obstacles to innovation, and that nations are relics to be dismantled.
Their philosophy is not just indifferent to Christian morality; it is a direct assault on the image of God in man.
Their entire project is fundamentally disordered.
The Church should not be platforming these people, it should be rebuking them and calling them to repentance.
Instead of trying to reform the existing technological order, Christians should build our own.
We should establish Christian AI laboratories, Christian biotechnology firms, Christian energy companies, and Christian research universities that operate explicitly under the Lordship of Christ.
We should develop AI trained on Scripture rather than on the transhumanist datasets of Silicon Valley. We should build social networks that strengthen real-world relationships rather than engineering addiction and isolation. We should develop economic models that measure success by family stability and the flourishing of Christian communities rather than GDP growth.
We should establish Christian AI laboratories, Christian biotechnology firms, Christian energy companies, and Christian research universities that operate explicitly under the Lordship of Christ.
We should develop AI trained on Scripture rather than on the transhumanist datasets of Silicon Valley. We should build social networks that strengthen real-world relationships rather than engineering addiction and isolation. We should develop economic models that measure success by family stability and the flourishing of Christian communities rather than GDP growth.
Something has been done to the word “victim.”
Not to its definition — that hasn’t changed. A victim is simply a person who has been harmed by an external force. That’s what the word means. That’s all it has ever meant.
But somewhere along the way, the word stopped feeling neutral. It started carrying something extra. Something that wasn’t in the definition. A weight. A flinch. An almost involuntary sense that calling yourself one says something unflattering about you — that it signals weakness or an unwillingness to move forward.
As if there is an implication of shame for NOT TAKING THE ABUSE STOICALLY.
It’s important we stop and ask where that feeling came from.
Because it didn’t come from the definition. It was added. And anything added had to have a driving force behind it.
So what has been driving the pejoration of this word, and for what reason?
There is a clear explanation that points to the abuser.
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Not to its definition — that hasn’t changed. A victim is simply a person who has been harmed by an external force. That’s what the word means. That’s all it has ever meant.
But somewhere along the way, the word stopped feeling neutral. It started carrying something extra. Something that wasn’t in the definition. A weight. A flinch. An almost involuntary sense that calling yourself one says something unflattering about you — that it signals weakness or an unwillingness to move forward.
As if there is an implication of shame for NOT TAKING THE ABUSE STOICALLY.
It’s important we stop and ask where that feeling came from.
Because it didn’t come from the definition. It was added. And anything added had to have a driving force behind it.
So what has been driving the pejoration of this word, and for what reason?
There is a clear explanation that points to the abuser.
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To understand what has been done to the word “victim,” you need to understand how words carry meaning.
Every word has two layers. The first is its denotation — the literal, dictionary definition. Precise. Fixed. A victim is a person harmed by an external force. That is the denotation. It has not changed.
The second layer is connotation — the emotional and associative meaning that surrounds a word beyond its definition. Connotation is not written in any dictionary. It lives in the collective subjective experience of the people using the word. It is built slowly, through repetition, through tone, through the context in which a word is consistently used. And unlike denotation, connotation drifts.
This drift has a name. It’s called semantic shift — the gradual evolution of a word’s perceived meaning through cultural and social use. When that drift moves in a negative direction, when a word that was once neutral begins accumulating shame, stigma, or weakness in its connotation, that process is called pejoration.
The word “victim” is undergoing pejoration.
Semantic shift can happen organically — through local culture, through repeated social exposure, through minute subjective interpretations compounding across a community over time. No conscious intent necessary. Just enough people absorbing and reflecting a feeling back into a word until that feeling becomes inseparable from it.
But there is a second way this happens. Connotation can also be pushed. Deliberately shaped by psychological motivation to move a word in a particular emotional direction. And in the case of this word — that motivation has a very clear and identifiable shape and source.
Every word has two layers. The first is its denotation — the literal, dictionary definition. Precise. Fixed. A victim is a person harmed by an external force. That is the denotation. It has not changed.
The second layer is connotation — the emotional and associative meaning that surrounds a word beyond its definition. Connotation is not written in any dictionary. It lives in the collective subjective experience of the people using the word. It is built slowly, through repetition, through tone, through the context in which a word is consistently used. And unlike denotation, connotation drifts.
This drift has a name. It’s called semantic shift — the gradual evolution of a word’s perceived meaning through cultural and social use. When that drift moves in a negative direction, when a word that was once neutral begins accumulating shame, stigma, or weakness in its connotation, that process is called pejoration.
The word “victim” is undergoing pejoration.
Semantic shift can happen organically — through local culture, through repeated social exposure, through minute subjective interpretations compounding across a community over time. No conscious intent necessary. Just enough people absorbing and reflecting a feeling back into a word until that feeling becomes inseparable from it.
But there is a second way this happens. Connotation can also be pushed. Deliberately shaped by psychological motivation to move a word in a particular emotional direction. And in the case of this word — that motivation has a very clear and identifiable shape and source.
So we must ask ourselves: What kind of psychological motivation would deliberately push a neutral word toward shame? And more specifically — who benefits when survivors feel ashamed to use it?
To answer that, consider what happens when a survivor freely and openly identifies themselves as a victim. Without shame. Without qualification. Without shrinking.
They are implicitly pointing at someone. They are saying something was done to me, by someone, and that someone is responsible.
“Survivor” is a word the abuser can tolerate. Survivor implies you endured something. “Victim” implies someone did something to you. It is bluntly condemning of the abuser by implication. And that distinction is the threat.
And there is a very specific type of person who feels that implication personally — and is threatened by it.
The abuser.
A survivor who comfortably claims that word is a survivor who is speaking. And a survivor who is speaking is a direct threat to the abuser’s most critical defense — obscurity. The narcissist’s entire operational model depends on the abuse remaining unnamed, unacknowledged, and socially invisible. A survivor who speaks openly and without shame begins to dismantle that invisibility.
This threat doesn’t require conscious calculation to activate a response. It is instinctive. Self-protective. And the most effective way to neutralize a survivor’s voice without directly silencing them — without leaving fingerprints — is to make them feel ashamed of using it.
So the word gets pushed. Not through coordination. But independently, consistently, and in the same direction — by enough individuals operating from the same underlying psychological threat response that the cumulative effect becomes indistinguishable from a coordinated campaign.
But how is that possible without us recognizing it?
To answer that, consider what happens when a survivor freely and openly identifies themselves as a victim. Without shame. Without qualification. Without shrinking.
They are implicitly pointing at someone. They are saying something was done to me, by someone, and that someone is responsible.
“Survivor” is a word the abuser can tolerate. Survivor implies you endured something. “Victim” implies someone did something to you. It is bluntly condemning of the abuser by implication. And that distinction is the threat.
And there is a very specific type of person who feels that implication personally — and is threatened by it.
The abuser.
A survivor who comfortably claims that word is a survivor who is speaking. And a survivor who is speaking is a direct threat to the abuser’s most critical defense — obscurity. The narcissist’s entire operational model depends on the abuse remaining unnamed, unacknowledged, and socially invisible. A survivor who speaks openly and without shame begins to dismantle that invisibility.
This threat doesn’t require conscious calculation to activate a response. It is instinctive. Self-protective. And the most effective way to neutralize a survivor’s voice without directly silencing them — without leaving fingerprints — is to make them feel ashamed of using it.
So the word gets pushed. Not through coordination. But independently, consistently, and in the same direction — by enough individuals operating from the same underlying psychological threat response that the cumulative effect becomes indistinguishable from a coordinated campaign.
But how is that possible without us recognizing it?
Right, here's the whole solidarity protest with @salltweets from Australia House, London, 23rd May in full. Grab a cuppa and enjoy. We must continue to work in solidarity and internationally, let's expose this pernicious ideology for what it is. #IStandWithSallGrover #FixTheSDA
Intro by @Tara__Hughes and @MrMennoTweets from Australia House, London, 23rd May. #IStandWithSallGrover #FixTheSDA
Here are statements from Moira Deeming and Jasmine Sussex, from the solidarity protest at Australia House, read by @Tara__Hughes and @MrMennoTweets
@MoiraDeemingMP #IStandWithSallGrover #FixTheSDA
@MoiraDeemingMP #IStandWithSallGrover #FixTheSDA
Tugendhat, Conservative MP: "The Kremlin is at war with Europe and its allies in Beijing are helping."
Russia has been conducting warlike acts against every European democracy for years, but Britain is asleep at the wheel — The Telegraph.
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Russia has been conducting warlike acts against every European democracy for years, but Britain is asleep at the wheel — The Telegraph.
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2006 — Litvinenko poisoned in London.
2018 — Skripals poisoned with Novichok in Salisbury.
2024 — GRU plot to assassinate Rheinmetall CEO Papperger. Same year, incendiary devices disguised as pillows sent through DHL, nearly brought down a cargo plane over Europe.
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2018 — Skripals poisoned with Novichok in Salisbury.
2024 — GRU plot to assassinate Rheinmetall CEO Papperger. Same year, incendiary devices disguised as pillows sent through DHL, nearly brought down a cargo plane over Europe.
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Estonia spends 3.4% of GDP on defence, committed to 5.4% by 2026-2029. Poland: 4.5%, rising to 4.8%. Lithuania: 4%, committed to 5-6%.
Britain: 2.4%.
Tugendhat: We have chosen not to believe in the devil. But he is alive and walks among us.
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Britain: 2.4%.
Tugendhat: We have chosen not to believe in the devil. But he is alive and walks among us.
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1/5 Remember the Destiny 10-Year Plan?
This is one of gaming’s biggest myths. We thought Bungie had a meticulous master story blueprint locked in a vault, but the phrase actually came from a messy, unsealed corporate contract leaked in a 2012 lawsuit. 🧵
This is one of gaming’s biggest myths. We thought Bungie had a meticulous master story blueprint locked in a vault, but the phrase actually came from a messy, unsealed corporate contract leaked in a 2012 lawsuit. 🧵
2/5 The contract didn't outline an epic narrative; it demanded a brutal release schedule of 4 separate mainline games. When Activision’s CEO mentioned a "$500M bet" on the franchise, the internet conflated the two facts and assumed one single game would evolve for a decade.
3/5 Behind the scenes, development was pure chaos. Just a year before D1's launch, Bungie completely rebooted the story, scrapped the script and frantically stitched the game back together. They were putting out fires, not executing a 10-year master plan.
Czech President Pavel: if Russia's violations of NATO airspace continue, the alliance will have to shoot down unmanned, or manned , aircraft.
Russia does not understand nice language. They mostly understand the language of power. — The Guardian. 1/
Russia does not understand nice language. They mostly understand the language of power. — The Guardian. 1/
Pavel proposed asymmetric responses: switching off Russia's internet or satellites, cutting Russian banks from the global financial system.
"Not killing people — but sensitive enough to make Russia understand this is not the way they should go."
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"Not killing people — but sensitive enough to make Russia understand this is not the way they should go."
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Pavel on how Russia calibrates its provocations: When I asked them why they do provocative actions — overflights, close encounters over battleships in the Baltic — their answer was 'because we can.'
That's exactly the kind of behaviour we allowed.
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That's exactly the kind of behaviour we allowed.
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🧵Hilo - MARCOS FASTLICHT SACKLER (1/10)
Hilo #1 sobre el enclave sionista en Mexico
“Mi primera palabra no fue mama, ni papa… fue Israel”
Como es que alguien con influencia internacional, alguien que siempre ha sido una constante en los últimos presidentes de Mexico, con poder inmesurable logra pasar tan desapercibido, pero siempre ha logrado asegurarse que los hilos se muevan correctamente.
Es MORENA una creacion sionista en Mexico?
Hoy les presentamos la historia de MARCOS FASTLICHT SACKLER y familia. Una de las figuras, quizás solo después de su padre mas influyentes en el enclave sionista en Mexico.
PD: Lo mejor esta al final su relación y apoyo directo a AMLO y presidentes.
Guarda el hilo antes que sea baneado
Hilo #1 sobre el enclave sionista en Mexico
“Mi primera palabra no fue mama, ni papa… fue Israel”
Como es que alguien con influencia internacional, alguien que siempre ha sido una constante en los últimos presidentes de Mexico, con poder inmesurable logra pasar tan desapercibido, pero siempre ha logrado asegurarse que los hilos se muevan correctamente.
Es MORENA una creacion sionista en Mexico?
Hoy les presentamos la historia de MARCOS FASTLICHT SACKLER y familia. Una de las figuras, quizás solo después de su padre mas influyentes en el enclave sionista en Mexico.
PD: Lo mejor esta al final su relación y apoyo directo a AMLO y presidentes.
Guarda el hilo antes que sea baneado
Marcos Fastlicht Sackler (Ciudad de México, 1942) (2/10)
Es un empresario inmobiliario, galerista y operador cívico de la comunidad judía mexicana, de raíz ashkenazí galitziana. Es hijo de Adolfo Fastlicht —primer cónsul honorario de Israel en México y figura fundadora de las principales instituciones judías del país a quien dedicaremos un hilo entero proximamente— y de Thelma Sackler (ojo con el apellido y familia sackler), neoyorquina.
Su casa funcionó como consulado informal de Israel antes de que el gobierno israelí pudiera pagar oficinas. Allí recibió a Moshé Dayán, Abba Eban y Eleanor Roosevelt; Thelma Sackler tradujo la plática de la ex primera dama estadounidense. Marcos recuerda que en aquellos años se enviaban armas a Israel “escondidas en cajas de dulces”. Adolfo Fastlicht murió en 1964, a los 58 años. Mas detalles de eso en el segundo hilo.
Como es que una familia pseudo “refugiada” termina influyendo directamente las políticas internas y externas de un país católico e hispano?
Es un empresario inmobiliario, galerista y operador cívico de la comunidad judía mexicana, de raíz ashkenazí galitziana. Es hijo de Adolfo Fastlicht —primer cónsul honorario de Israel en México y figura fundadora de las principales instituciones judías del país a quien dedicaremos un hilo entero proximamente— y de Thelma Sackler (ojo con el apellido y familia sackler), neoyorquina.
Su casa funcionó como consulado informal de Israel antes de que el gobierno israelí pudiera pagar oficinas. Allí recibió a Moshé Dayán, Abba Eban y Eleanor Roosevelt; Thelma Sackler tradujo la plática de la ex primera dama estadounidense. Marcos recuerda que en aquellos años se enviaban armas a Israel “escondidas en cajas de dulces”. Adolfo Fastlicht murió en 1964, a los 58 años. Mas detalles de eso en el segundo hilo.
Como es que una familia pseudo “refugiada” termina influyendo directamente las políticas internas y externas de un país católico e hispano?
Por su apellido materno, Marcos Fastlicht es un “Sackler”. (3/10)
La pregunta —legítima, dado que Sackler es uno de los apellidos más mediáticos del mundo por el escándalo del opioide OxyContin, la familia impulso el consumo masivo de este opioide para beneficiarse de manera multi-millonaria sabiendo la hiper adictividad del fármaco.
Marcos y familia han estado involucrados con los Sackler de estados unidos? Han sido financiados por ellos?
Árboles genealógicos colaborativos convergentes (Geni, MyHeritage, FamilySearch), junto con el NYC Death Index 1862–1948 y los registros del Mount Hebron Cemetery (Queens), permiten reconstruir la siguiente cadena:
• Thelma Sackler sería hija de Mark M. Sackler (1876–1938), abogado en Brooklyn/Manhattan, y de Matilda “Than” Sackler; con un hermano, Albert L. Sackler.
• Mark M. Sackler habría sido hermano de Isaac Sackler (1874–1945), también nacido en Galicia austrohúngara. Isaac fue el padre de Arthur (1913), Mortimer (1916) y Raymond (1920) Sackler, fundadores de Purdue Pharma.
• El abuelo común sería Alter Meyer Sackler(1838–1913), nacido en Kuty, distrito de Brody, Galicia austrohúngara (hoy Ucrania.
Thelma Sackler (madre de Marcos) Prima hermana de Arthur, Mortimer y Raymond Sackler
Lo cual confirma que son familia directa de los fundadores y criminales Sackler. Una dinastía sin escrúpulos. Solo observen sus rostros…
La pregunta —legítima, dado que Sackler es uno de los apellidos más mediáticos del mundo por el escándalo del opioide OxyContin, la familia impulso el consumo masivo de este opioide para beneficiarse de manera multi-millonaria sabiendo la hiper adictividad del fármaco.
Marcos y familia han estado involucrados con los Sackler de estados unidos? Han sido financiados por ellos?
Árboles genealógicos colaborativos convergentes (Geni, MyHeritage, FamilySearch), junto con el NYC Death Index 1862–1948 y los registros del Mount Hebron Cemetery (Queens), permiten reconstruir la siguiente cadena:
• Thelma Sackler sería hija de Mark M. Sackler (1876–1938), abogado en Brooklyn/Manhattan, y de Matilda “Than” Sackler; con un hermano, Albert L. Sackler.
• Mark M. Sackler habría sido hermano de Isaac Sackler (1874–1945), también nacido en Galicia austrohúngara. Isaac fue el padre de Arthur (1913), Mortimer (1916) y Raymond (1920) Sackler, fundadores de Purdue Pharma.
• El abuelo común sería Alter Meyer Sackler(1838–1913), nacido en Kuty, distrito de Brody, Galicia austrohúngara (hoy Ucrania.
Thelma Sackler (madre de Marcos) Prima hermana de Arthur, Mortimer y Raymond Sackler
Lo cual confirma que son familia directa de los fundadores y criminales Sackler. Una dinastía sin escrúpulos. Solo observen sus rostros…
Currently watching two Indian guys attempt to row upstream on a river. They're trying to figure out how rowing works from first principles, and seemingly how their arms do too while they alternate bird-wing swings side-to-side on the boat while barely connecting with the water
In the 10 minutes of rowing now they've moved maybe 5 feet, most of their energy just strafes them side-to-side in the river. I think they only made it this far by sticking to the bank and pushing off of it, now that they're trying to enter the water they're going nowhere
Where did they even get a paddle boat and oars from? And if they own them, how did they buy a boat and oars without learning how to use them? They both have flotation vests on but with the way they're shifting I don't think they're secured, just wrapped around their necks
A 294-person randomized trial tested three diets over 18 months and tracked how each one changed the gut microbiome and metabolic health.
The polyphenol-rich version outperformed others at every level. Microbiome changes seemed to be driving the improvements.
Here’s what it showed: 🧵
The polyphenol-rich version outperformed others at every level. Microbiome changes seemed to be driving the improvements.
Here’s what it showed: 🧵
The trial randomized 294 adults with obesity and poor lipid profiles into three groups:
1. Standard healthy dietary guidelines (control)
2. Mediterranean diet + 28g/day walnuts (rich in polyphenols)
3. Green Mediterranean diet + 28g/day walnuts + daily green tea (3-4 cups) + 100g/day Mankai (polyphenol-rich plant)
Both Mediterranean groups were calorie-restricted and received the same walnuts, so the only difference between them was the added green tea and Mankai.
All three groups received physical activity guidance. Stool samples were collected and sequenced at baseline and 6 months.
PMID: 35264213
1. Standard healthy dietary guidelines (control)
2. Mediterranean diet + 28g/day walnuts (rich in polyphenols)
3. Green Mediterranean diet + 28g/day walnuts + daily green tea (3-4 cups) + 100g/day Mankai (polyphenol-rich plant)
Both Mediterranean groups were calorie-restricted and received the same walnuts, so the only difference between them was the added green tea and Mankai.
All three groups received physical activity guidance. Stool samples were collected and sequenced at baseline and 6 months.
PMID: 35264213
All three groups improved. But the improvements scaled with the diet. The more plant-rich and polyphenol-dense the diet, the better the outcomes.
Weight loss: control lost 1.6%, Mediterranean lost 5.4%, Green Mediterranean lost 6.5%.
The same pattern showed up in waist circumference, blood pressure, insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) and Framingham cardiovascular risk score.
Weight loss: control lost 1.6%, Mediterranean lost 5.4%, Green Mediterranean lost 6.5%.
The same pattern showed up in waist circumference, blood pressure, insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) and Framingham cardiovascular risk score.