2/ This photo shows the Project 06363 (Kilo class) submarine Mozhaisk and Project 877EKM (Kilo class, built for tropical waters) submarine Dmitrov, equipped with anti-drone protection, in Kronstadt near St. Petersburg.
3/ The first submarine's defensive armament consists of a heavy machine gun, likely intended for use against unmanned surface vessels (USVs), which is mounted on a turret aft of the keel, and a searchlight on the navigation bridge.
Clan-Based Elite Capture in Pakistan Administered Kashmir: Former Prime Minister Occupies Government Guest House with Institutional Backing
Sources in the government say the former Prime Minister of Pakistan administered Kashmir had already prepared the way,
even before being removed from office, to occupy a government guest house @ Kashmir House in Islamabad.
According to sources, during his tenure he declared four rooms on the second floor of a three-storey government guest house in Kashmir House as an “annex” to the PM's House.
A notification was issued in this regard and kept secret. Copies of the notification are held only by the Services and General Administration Department and the then Prime Minister’s Principal Secretary.
China Supera Silenciosamente A Una Rusia Debilitada En Asia Central @kritik_bakis aracılığıylakritikbakis.com/es/china-super…
China ya no expande su influencia en Asia Central con soldados, sino con corredores energéticos, infraestructura y redes financieras. #China #AsiaCentral #Geopolítica #RutaDeLaSeda
Mientras la guerra en Ucrania debilita la capacidad de Moscú para sostener su influencia regional, Pekín consolida silenciosamente una nueva arquitectura euroasiática basada en comercio, yuanes, tecnología y conectividad estratégica. #China #Rusia #Eurasia #BRI #Geoeconomía
Apple ya no es solo una empresa tecnológica; se está convirtiendo en el “Estrecho de Ormuz digital” de la inteligencia artificial. #Apple #IA #Tecnología #Geopolítica #TimCook #JohnTernus #ArtificialIntelligence
Quien controle el acceso al usuario, controlará también la distribución, las reglas y el futuro de la innovación. #Apple #IA #Tecnología #Geopolítica #TimCook #JohnTernus #ArtificialIntelligence
La Segunda Flotilla Global Sumud: La Piratería y Los Secuestros De Israel En Alta Mar @kritik_bakis aracılığıylakritikbakis.com/es/la-segunda-…
Gaza sigue bajo bloqueo y el mar también se ha convertido en un campo de confrontación. #Gaza #Palestina #FlotillaSumud
La interceptación de la Flotilla Global Sumud en aguas internacionales volvió a poner en debate el bloqueo sobre Gaza, el derecho internacional y los límites del poder militar israelí. #Gaza #DerechosHumanos #Israel #Palestina #Geopolítica
1/ A high-profile figure in Russian drone development has been arrested on charges of large-scale fraud. It's another illustration of how Russia's pervasive corruption is hampering its efforts to become a leading developer and producer of drone technology. ⬇️
2/ On Friday 8 May, the Sverdlovsky District Court of Belgorod arrested Yuri Kozarenko, former CEO of Transport of the Future LLC, and sent him to a pre-trial detention centre. He is under investigation for alleged large-scale fraud; details have not yet been released.
3/ Kozarenko, 36, is a native of the Belgorod region and did his military service in the Russian Naval Infantry (Marines). He joined the EFKO Group of Companies in 2012 and rose to become the head of the corporate university and innovation centre.
LIDÉ ČERNOZEMĚ
„Zasluž si to.“ Tahle myšlenka z filmu Zachraňte vojína Ryana nás neustále pronásleduje. Když za vás někdo umře – skutečně položí život, abyste vy mohli přežít – vzniká dluh, který se nedá nikdy splatit.
A jak plyne čas, vaše pocity a myšlenky se kolem toho začínají nevyhnutelně formovat.👇👇
Dnes jsme se sešli u hrobu padlého hrdiny Ukrajiny. Ne proto, že bychom chtěli slavit konec 2. světové války.
Důvod je mnohem prostší: náš bratr ve zbrani, Sierra, padl přesně před dvěma lety, zrovna v tento den. Jeho tělo jsme tehdy pod palbou vynášeli přes otevřené minové pole, aby rodina měla vůbec co pohřbít. Dnes se u jeho maminky Larisy sjeli všichni, komu se podařilo uvolnit.
Ptáte se, proč se takhle scházejí i po dvou letech?
Protože jsou to lidé černozemě.
Mezi Ukrajinci jsou velké rozdíly ve vnímání národní identity.
Hodně jsme toho napsali o tom, jak Sierra padl a jak jsme ho odtamtud dostali. Sierra ale nežil ve vzduchoprázdnu. Tenhle mladý kluk, z nás tehdy zdaleka nejmladší, byl celý svůj život formován v úrodných nížinách k jedinému: aby se nikdy nebál postavit za svoji věc.
Watching @ezraklein grill the candidates for CA governor on housing policy was a vertiginous experience.
tl, dr: "Abundance" has won the war of ideas, but not the war of legislative attrition in Sacramento. And no one's talking about the second war.
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First, the war of ideas: I had expected that at least one of the leading Dem candidates would try to separate from the pack by veering NIMBY.
It hasn't happened.
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Take SB 79 (transit-oriented upzoning) for example. Last fall, there was a huge NIMBY push for a gubernatorial veto, led by homeowners associations and @MayorOfLA.
Yet today, not one of the candidates is calling for a pause.
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1/ Noch zehn Tage, bevor lt. der SZ-Autorengruppe um Georg Mascolo & Markus Grill im Kanzleramt die Runde um Merkel, Spahn, Braun, Wieler, Scholz u. Seehofer den Covid-Shutdown beschloss, um angeblich die „ungebremste Durchseuchung“ zu verhindern, verkündete Drosten im NDR-Podcast, dass in der Bevölkerung eben NICHT alle gleichzeitig infiziert würden, und dass die Covid-Todesfälle aufgrund des Altersprofils uns „fast gar nicht auffallen“ würden:
„Wer gerade in der älteren Bevölkerung an diesem Virus dann stirbt, der stirbt dann nicht kurze Zeit später an etwas anderem, also wie z. B. einem anderen Atemwegsvirus od. einer Herzproblematik od. anderen Dingen, … .“
Drosten wusste also sehr wohl, dass sein später propagierter „Dreisatz“ aufgrund der inhomogenen Durchmischung der Bevölkerung und einer Secondary-Attack-Rate von nur ca. 15% eben NICHT anwendbar und „exponentielles Wachstum“ und „ungebremste Durchseuchung“ nicht realistisch waren.
Die Frage ist nun: Warum änderte er diesbezüglich seine Meinung?
3/ Auszüge aus dem NDR-Podcast von Christian Drosten, Folge 7 vom 05.03.20:
„Dazu gehört die Überlegung, dass wir bei dieser Erkrankung noch keine W-förmige Inzidenzkurve haben. Wir haben schwere Fälle, vor allem bei der älteren erwachsenen Bevölkerung. Wir müssen uns über die Älteren Sorgen machen. Und ich komme jetzt zu einer Überlegung, die bitte nicht missverstanden werden soll. Die klingt ein bisschen radikal und ein bisschen hart. Man kann jetzt anfangen, Zahlen zu rechnen. Viele Leute fangen an, in der Öffentlichkeit Zahlen zu rechnen, wenn ein halbes Prozent stirbt. Manche rechnen sogar mit noch höheren Zahlen, aber bleiben wir mal bei einem halben Prozent und multiplizieren das mit irgendeinem Wert, der von mir und anderen gesagt wurde: 60 bis 70 Prozent der Bevölkerung werden sich infizieren. Von den Infizierten sterben soundso viel, da kommen wir auf ein paar Hunderttausend Tote. Stimmt das? Dazu muss man zwei Sachen sagen: Die Bevölkerung der Bundesrepublik Deutschland sind in Wirklichkeit 83 Millionen, aber die werden nicht alle gleichzeitig infiziert werden.
Die Frage ist doch, wie lange streckt sich das hin, über welche Zeit verteilt sich das? Und dagegen spielt die normale Sterblichkeit der Bevölkerung. 850.000 Deutsche sterben jedes Jahr. An diesem neuen Virus sterben Patienten in einer Größenordnung von fünf oder zehn Prozent der normalen Sterblichkeit der Bevölkerung. Das hat aber exakt das gleiche Altersprofil wie das Sterblichkeitsprofil der Bevölkerung. Dann wird uns das fast gar nicht auffallen.“ …
Fiona Hill: We are in a realm of magical and wishful thinking.
Iran is another personalized standoff between Trump and whoever his counterparts are, with each side trying to show who has the edge. Everyone else is watching this spectacle with real alarm. 1/
Hill: It will be very hard for any other state to corral Trump into a negotiation track.
This is all about how Trump thinks he is being viewed on the world stage: whether he looks strong, in control, and able to impose his will. 2/
Hill: Trump does not think about consulting allies because he does not think of them as allies. They are supplicants.
He sees them as subcontractors in his project, not partners in a larger enterprise. 3/
✍️Ian Proud
Las guerras modernas ya no se libran solo con ejércitos, sino con energía, deuda y sanciones. #Geopolítica #Economía #Irán
Prof. Michael Hudson: El Keynesianismo Militar Está Empujando A EE.UU. Hacia La Crisis @kritik_bakis aracılığıylakritikbakis.com/es/prof-michae…
Michael Hudson sostiene que el “keynesianismo militar” no rescata la economía, sino que profundiza la financiarización, aumenta la deuda y acelera las crisis sistémicas. #Sanciones #MichaelHudson #Geopolítica
Mientras tanto, las sanciones empujan a muchos países hacia una mayor autosuficiencia. #Sanciones #MichaelHudson #Geopolítica
I was 19 years old and I thought I was Plato reincarnated.
That's not a metaphor. I genuinely believed it. Not as a passing thought. As an absolute, unshakeable certainty.
Here's what nobody tells you about psychosis: it doesn't feel like madness. It feels like clarity.
🧵 1/6
The first thing I noticed was that everything felt lit from within. Every conversation felt electric. Every pattern in the world seemed to point directly at me.
I stopped sleeping. Four hours. Then three. Then none.
I thought I didn't need it. I thought I was operating at a higher level.
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When my parents brought me to a psychiatrist, he offered me a pill.
I refused it. I thought refusing the pill was a test of my spiritual enlightenment. That taking it would mean I hadn't actually achieved it.
That's what psychosis does. It uses your own mind against you. The very tool you'd use to reason your way out of it is broken.
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سعید از کینه شخصی صحبت میکند که طبیعتا نقد و فهمش در حوزه کاری خودش روانشناسی است. ولی فکر کنم نکتهای بین خطوط نوشته سعید است که قابل نقد است و در حوزه تخصص من است. آن این است که روشنفکران دینی میدانستند که اسلام واقعی بیشتر شبیه به اسلام وحید خراسانی است تا اسلام سروش./۱
سروش و امثالش هم میدانستند که اسلام واقعی آن شکلی است ولی خودشان به آن راه زدهاند و با بیصداقتی روششناختی موضوع را به خورد جوانان ناآگاه دادهاند.
اینجا مرکز اختلاف همین اسلام واقعی است. بگذارید من چند قدمی از این دعوا فاصله بگیرم و جایی که ایستادم را روشن کنم./۲
من مورخ دین اسلام و دقیقتر فقه اسلامیام و نگاهم هم با لنز تاریخ شکلگیری، تداوم و تغییرات همین فقه و نسبتش با جامعه و قدرت خواهد بود. در واقع از نگاه مورخ چیزی به عنوان اسلام واقعی یا واقعیتر وجود دارد. شاید با اغماض از تجربه محمد بتوان به عنوان اسلام سرنمون صحبت کرد، /۳
If Apple tells you your iPhone needs a new battery because it keeps dying, do this first.
I went from charging three times a day to 48-hour battery life in one night.
I hope this helps you as it has helped me:
The smartphone ecosystem is a heavily monetized data-harvesting machine designed to extract your telemetry. I spent the last month completely tearing down how iOS defaults drain your hardware.
Here are 18 rules to bypass the battery traps, lock down your device, and direct your own reality: ↓↓
First. The "Background Refresh" Trap
Situation: You close an app and assume it stops running. You think your phone is resting quietly in your pocket, conserving power while you go about your day. You treat the screen turning off as a hard stop to all processing. You assume you are in control of the interaction.
System: Realize that Background App Refresh allows dozens of corporate applications to silently wake up, connect to the internet, and download data while your screen is completely black. They are constantly pulling your battery and processing power just to stay relevant for the exact second you might decide to open them. It is invisible labor done entirely for third-party developers.
Why it works: Turn it off completely. You force applications to only consume power when you actively decide to open them. You dictate the exact terms of execution, shutting down the background hemorrhage of your hardware's finite power.
🚨 "Proposta indecente." Il governo 🇩🇪 tedesco, ha respinto l'offerta di 🇷🇺 Putin di nominare, lex cancelliere e suo fedelissimo servo, Gerard Schröder, come mediatore di pace con l'Unione 🇪🇺 Europea. 1/9
Berlino, ha respinto la proposta di Vladimir Putin di nominare l'ex cancelliere tedesco Gerhard Schröder, come mediatore nei negoziati tra Russia e Ucraina.
Lo ha riportato da Deutschlandfunk, che cita fonti a conoscenza della questione. Secondo queste fonti, tali proposte "fittizie" provenienti da Mosca non sono una novità e rientrano nella "strategia ibrida" russa. deutschlandfunk.de/schroeder-als-…
A Prime Minister asking citizens to defer foreign travel, postpone gold buying, and restart work-from-home is not an energy conservation message.
It is a current account defence dressed up as patriotism.
Here is what Sunday’s speech is actually telling you.
The physical market backdrop first.
Hormuz traffic is running near 5% of pre-war volumes. 1,550+ vessels and 22,500 mariners are stranded. Project Freedom was launched on 4 May, paused on 6 May. The strait is technically open under new Iranian procedures. It is not actually flowing.
Global oil stockpiles drew down at roughly 4.8 million barrels per day between 1 March and 25 April per Morgan Stanley. That is the fastest depletion on IEA record.
JPMorgan estimates OECD inventories hit operational minimum floors by September if Hormuz does not normalise.
@levraiparsifal @DariusRochebin @EmmanuelMacron De Gaulle ne serait pas d'accord avec cela. Il ne faut pas confondre nationalité & culture.
La langue française fait partie de la culture & civilisation* françaises : dit "Francophonie" aujourd'hui.
@levraiparsifal @DariusRochebin @EmmanuelMacron La rendant alors aussi langue véhiculaire, surtout en Afrique & ses +500 dialectes.
Raison pour laquelle, le français est une langue (pas parfaite mais tout de même) universelle et internationale.
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@levraiparsifal @DariusRochebin @EmmanuelMacron *"Civilisation française" reniée en 2017 par cet inculte de Macron (faisant illusion par ses "cartouches culturelles" livrées clé-en-main #ScPo #ENA mais de niveau "Mondaine" (=Aristo-bourgeoise = erronée).