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Feb 12
Pseudogewerkschaft Zentrum -
▶️ Mitglied fühlt sich "verarscht" und tritt aus

Zu den kommenden Betriebsratswahlen wird auch Zentrum,
ein AfD-naher Verein aus Stuttgart, Kandidaten aufstellen. Image
Seine Vertreter geben sich in Betrieben als "Kümmerer", die professionelle Gewerkschaftsarbeit anbieten. Ein Ex-Zentrumsmitglied sieht das allerdings anders.
▶️ Und warnt.
▶️ Der Verein lebt von Angst
Dabei verspricht Zentrum: "Wir verwenden deine Beiträge ausschließlich für DEINE Interessen – nicht für politische Kampagnen, nicht für Weltanschauungsprojekte, nicht gegen Andersdenkende."
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Feb 12
Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "THE NEW INDIA-USA TRADE DEAL - A BRIEF LOOK

I waited until I could read it and I am very happy to see a lot of positive elements, especially considering how in the past US-India relations were often at odds,
1)
partly because of Indian protectionism and party because of political considerations on both sides, both of which were essentially without much sense.
2)
In short, the new agreement opens the door to a lot more trade between the USA and India in addition to a lot more investment into development in India. Tarriffs are to be lowered, with the prospect of further reductions as time passes.
3)
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Feb 12
1/ This chart shows the 1-Month SKEW for $SPX — and it’s flashing a strong PUT BIAS.

Let’s break down what that means in simple terms. 🧵👇 Image
2/ First: What is “skew”?

Skew measures the difference in demand between:

• Downside protection (puts)
• Upside speculation (calls)

When skew rises → traders are paying more for downside protection.
3/ Right now, skew is in the 95th percentile over the last 3 months.

That means:

• Put demand is higher than 95% of recent readings.
• Traders are aggressively hedging downside risk.

That’s elevated fear / caution in the options market.
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Feb 12
COMEX Is Bleeding Silver.

🧵 1/

While everyone watches the price…
COMEX silver is quietly bleeding.

And almost nobody is talking about it. 🩸🥈

Let’s look at what just happened.Image
2/

📉 TOTAL REGISTERED SILVER:

Was: 101,394,888 oz
Now: 98,138,005 oz

💥 −3,256,882 oz
In. One. Day.
Registered = metal ready for delivery.

That’s the ammo pile shrinking.
3/

📉 TOTAL COMBINED STOCKS:

Was: 386,273,024 oz
Now: 381,568,803 oz

💣 −4,704,221 oz gone.
Not a paper move.
Not a spreadsheet trick.

Physical silver leaving the system.
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Feb 12
▶️ Orbáns Gegenspieler
macht Erpressung öffentlich

Der ungarische Oppositionsführer
Péter Magyar hat öffentlich gemacht, dass er seit Längerem mit der Veröffentlichung eines Sexvideos bedroht werde.
t-online.de/nachrichten/au…Image
Auf der Plattform X schrieb der Vorsitzende der Tisza-Partei, dass eine
▶️ Kampagne nach russischem Vorbild gegen ihn gestartet werden solle. "Ich vermute, dass sie vorhaben, eine mit Geheimdienstmitteln aufgenommene und möglicherweise gefälschte Aufnahme zu veröffentlichen,
auf der meine damalige Freundin und ich beim Intimverkehr zu sehen sind", erklärte Magyar.
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Feb 12
▶️ "Trumps Name häufiger in Epstein-Akten als Gott in Bibel"

In einer äußerst hitzigen Befragung von US-Justizministerin Bondi im Kongress werden keine Gefangenen gemacht.
Es ist ein schiefer Schlagabtausch:
▶️ Die Demokraten werfen ihr Vertuschung im Fall Epstein vor. Image
Bondi wehrt sich mit
‼️Fotos krimineller Migranten.

Bondi hat dafür ein
"Burn Book", also einen vollen Aktenordner mitgebracht, aus dem sie immer wieder Munition gegen Demokraten herausholt und Fotos von kriminellen Migranten in deren Wahlkreisen zeigen.
"Deshalb wollen sie über Epstein reden, um abzulenken", wird sie mehrfach behaupten, aber die Öffentlichkeit durchschaue die Täuschung.

▶️ Bondi verfährt so wie Trump:
Sie wirft den anderen vor, was sie selbst macht; in diesem Fall anderen ins Wort fallen, schreien,
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Feb 12
She is one of the most powerful women in tech.

She worked at Tesla, launched ChatGPT, and oversaw GPT-4.

Her biggest flex? She refused billions from Mark Zuckerberg and built a $50 billion company instead.

This is the Mira Murati story: Image
She was the daughter of two teachers in Albania who pushed books, languages, and competition.

By her teens, she was winning math Olympiads.
At 16, she left for Canada on a scholarship.
By 23, dual degrees from Colby and Dartmouth.

And she was just getting started. Image
Then came the career moves that don't look linear until you see the pattern:

• Engineer at Zodiac Aerospace
• Senior Product Manager on Tesla's Model X
• VP of Product and Engineering at Leap Motion

Every job pushed her closer to the frontier of human-machine interaction. Image
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Feb 12
🧵 | إعلان "منطقة الغرب" منكوبة: هل هو تأخر في الاستجابة أم تخطيط مدروس؟
بعد أسابيع من الفيضانات، الحكومة تعلن رسمياً " الغرب" منطقة منكوبة. هذا القرار أثار انقساماً بين من يراه "استجابة متأخرة تحت الضغط" ومن يراه "اختيار متعمد في التوقيت".
نديرو تحليل لزوايا هذا الملف : 👇 Image
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القراءة الأولى: ضغط الواقع
البعض يرى أن الإعلان جاء متأخراً وبعد "فوات الأوان"، معتبراً أن الضغط الشعبي والإعلامي هو ما دفع الحكومة للتحرك لتخفيف الاحتقان وامتصاص غضب المتضررين الذين واجهوا الكارثة و تحملو جزء مهم من المصاريف و الأضرار. 2/7
القراءة الثانية: التخطيط الاستراتيجي (الذكاء في التوقيت)
هناك وجهة نظر تقنية تقول: "مكاين لا ضغط لا والو، هي مسألة حسابات".
لماذا؟ لأن إعلان منطقة منكوبة يفتح الأبواب للمساعدات الدولية فوراً:
- فريق (UNDAC): تبدأ الفرق الأممية لتقييم وتنسيق الكوارث بالتحرك. 3/7
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Feb 12
NEW: We are filing an unprecedented civil RICO lawsuit to dismantle a fraudulent slumlord empire in DC.

The Razjooyans spun a web of brazen fraud and severe housing neglect that exploits tenants, lenders, and the District — and worsens DC's housing crisis.

We will shut it down.
Together, Sam Razjooyan, Ray Razjooyan, and Houri Razjooyan have acquired dozens of apartment buildings in DC.

They have no interest in their upkeep.

Instead, they are using the buildings as bait to secure more and more loans in a Ponzi-like scheme to line their own pockets.
The scheme works like this.

First, Razjooyan finds a distressed building.

Next, he secures a loan from lenders to buy the building by promising to redevelop it and turn it into a cash cow — full of tenants who receive lucrative housing subsidies reliably paid by DC government.
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Feb 12
How much influence would Epstein have on the Trump administration, if Epstein was alive and running his network today?

(Is it a fair question to ask, I don't know. Just wanted to see Groks answer)
x.com/i/grok/share/3…
"Through Bannon, Musk, Lutnick, and Thiel, Epstein could shape policy in tech, finance, and foreign affairs—potentially 7/10 impact, akin to his real post-conviction sway (e.g., advising on Palantir, global populism)."

[Certainly not my kind of "populism", but this is Grok]
full prompt: Image
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Feb 12
𝚋𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚘𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚒𝚗'𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚍𝚍𝚊𝚖𝚗 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍.
𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 '𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍'𝚜 𝚊 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚝𝚑𝚢 𝚊𝚍𝚍𝚒𝚌𝚝 𝚝𝚘 : 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎,
𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚗,
𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑.
𝚠𝚎 𝚓𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚢-𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚜𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚜, 𝚜𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎,
𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚢𝚜.
𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚖:
𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊 𝚞𝚗-𝚏𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐-𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎,
𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚙 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛,
𝚊𝚙𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚢𝚙𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚜𝚗𝚘𝚘𝚣𝚎.
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Feb 12
What Epstein & Co did to people is terrible, full stop.
But can we look at what they WANTED to do to people?
What they were actively working on in their hallowed halls of 'science' and 'academia?'
Here's Robert Trivers imagining the perfect engineered bodies for fetish sex 1/4 Image
2/4 Trivers "one of the world's foremost evolutionary biologists" gave a TED Talk called "Deceit and Self-Deception: fooling ourselves the better to fool others."

It's a hallmark of these pseudo-intellectual perverts, isn't it? Deception? Image
3/4 Bret and Heather Weistein just did a full hour of excuse-making for Trivers.
It figures that they would - Both were mentored by Trivers. He officiated their wedding. Bret lived with Trivers' family in Jamaica. (more here)
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Feb 12
Justice That Works: Report of the Scottish Sentencing and Penal Policy Commission - Some thoughts - a Thread - Full Report URL: shorturl.at/1g10f

My Research URL: shorturl.at/NnEnd

A Thread:
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Scotland’s “Justice Works” report promotes expanding alternatives to prosecution as efficient, rehabilitative, and victim-centred. This thread presents findings from my research critically evaluating that policy position.
2/
The Commission frames alternatives, including fiscal fines, diversion, and restorative measures, as proportionate mechanisms capable of reducing pressure on courts and custodial institutions.
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Feb 12
🏳️ I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE 🧵

What is allegiance? It is devotion or loyalty to a person, group, or cause.

Where is your allegiance today? More importantly, where should it be as a Christian?
🔍 God is Actively Searching

The Word of God tells us that He looks all over the earth, searching for those whose allegiance is to Him!
"For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew Himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward Him." — 2 Chronicles 16:9
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Feb 12
1/ Telegram is deeply embedded into Russian military units' internal communications, providing functionality that MAX, the Russian government's authorised app, doesn't have. A commentary highlights the vast gap that is being opened up by the government's blocking of Telegram. ⬇️ Image
2/ The Two Majors Charitable Foundation writes that without Telegram, information exchange, skills transfer, and moral mobilisation work within the Russian army will be crippled:
3/ "I'd really like to add that for a long time, we've been gathering specialized groups in closed chats, including those focused on engineering and UAVs, to share experiences and build a knowledge base. Almost everyone there is a frontline engineer.
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Feb 12
Final interview.

They ask:

“How would you use AI to improve this role in your first 90 days?”

Your mind freezes.

You say something vague about automation and efficiency.

Interview ends. No offer.

Here’s what they actually want.
They are not testing if you know fancy AI tools.

They are testing if you can think.

They want to see if you understand:

- The business
- The role
- The problems
- The results

If you answer with buzzwords, you fail.
If you answer with a plan, you win.

Here is the simple structure to follow.
Step 1: Show you understand the job

Start like this:

“In the first 30 days, I would focus on understanding [core responsibility], [key workflow], and where time or revenue is being lost.”

Example (Sales role):

“In the first 30 days, I would study the lead pipeline, how reps follow up, and where deals are getting stuck.”

Now they know you get the job.
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Feb 12
1/ Russia's Federal Customs Service is seeking to prosecute Russian volunteers who are importing reconnaissance drones from China to give to frontline troops. It's the latest chapter in a saga of bureaucratic obstruction that is blocking vital supplies to the Russian army. ⬇️ Image
2/ Much of the army's equipment, and many of its drones, are purchased with private money by volunteer supporters or the soldiers themselves. High-tech equipment such as drones and communications equipment is purchased in China or Central Asia and imported into Russia. Image
3/ However, the Federal Customs Service has been a major blocker. Increased customs checks on the borders have meant that cargo trucks have suffered delays of days or even weeks, drastically slowing the provision of essential supplies for the Russian army.
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Feb 12
O negócio de ouro de Dias Toffoli no Tayaya: Como o Ministro, Ronaldinho dos negócios, transformou R$ 00,00 em R$ 6.000.000,00 em 6 anos, através de um "investimento" em hotelaria.

Segue o fio:
31 de agosto de 2020.

A Maridt, empresa cujo Ministro alega ser sócio, é fundada em Marília (SP).

TRÊS meses depois, a mesma MARIDT vira sócia do Resort Tayaya, passando a ser dona de cotas que representam R$ 4.180.530,00, mediante COMPENSAÇÃO DE CRÉDITO.

OU seja, o Resort reconheceu uma dívida com a empresa do Ministro, na exata medida de 33% da sociedade, e transformou essa dívida em sociedade da empresa.

Qual era as atividades mercadológicas da MARIDT que justificaram uma dívida de 4 MILHÕES em relação a esse resort?Image
19 de fevereiro de 2021:

Os sócios do Tayaya decidem retiram o fundador do Resort, Euclides Gava Junior, da sociedade, trocando-o pela Família Ferro, dona do Resort Morro dos Anjos, em Bandeirantes (PR), e sócios de @ratinhodosbt no Tayaya Porto Rico.

Os mesmos sócios aproveitam para aumentar o capital social da empresa e, por isso, a familia Dias Toffoli passa a deter R$ 5.408.530,00 em cotas do Resort.Image
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Feb 12
A queen bee and a worker bee have identical DNA.

Literally the same genes.

But one lives 45 days. The other lives 7 years and rules 80,000 bees.

The difference? What they're fed for 5 days.

Here's the process that will blow your mind (and why it's relevant to humans): 🧵 Image
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Feb 12
1:
Llevo meses optimizando mi scraper de Google Maps.

Hoy he scrapeado 35,000 empresas de toda España en 2 minutos.

Sin proxies. Sin API key. 43 requests/segundo. Una sola IP. Sin Bloqueos de Google!

Abro hilo con lo que he conseguido. 🧵👇 Image
2:
El primer prototipo era Node.js y consumía 1.5GB de RAM.

Lo reescribí entero en Python asyncio. Lo optimicé pieza por pieza.

Hoy usa ~400MB, corre en un VPS de $5 y es más rápido que nunca.

La optimización no es un paso, es el proceso entero.
3:
Primera optimización clave: no scrapear el mar.

El sistema genera una cuadrícula por ejemplo, España: 27,140 sectores.

Pero el 81.7% son océano.

Un GeoFilter descarta los sectores en agua → solo quedan 4,958 en tierra.

22,182 peticiones eliminadas antes de empezar.
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