⚡️russian foreign intelligence service claim that Ukraine is allegedly “preparing strikes against russia from Latvian territory” involving the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ Unmanned Systems Forces is false.
✅ Latvian Foreign Minister @Braze_Baiba has officially refuted these claims.
Baiba Braže described russian foreign intelligence service statement as a disinformation campaign and clearly emphasized that Latvia does not allow its airspace to be used for any attacks on russia.
The minister added that this position has been repeatedly communicated to russian representatives. The accusations against Latvia are accompanied by undisguised threats from russia to strike so-called “decision-making centers” on Latvian territory.
STAR WARS: EPISODE I – THE PHANTOM MENACE was released 27 years ago today. The fourth release in the Star Wars series, and probably the most anticipated movie ever to come out of Hollywood, the story behind the scenes will blast you into oblivion…
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Even before the original trilogy became a huge success, George Lucas had always planned for the Star Wars saga to be told across multiple movies. Having negotiated a studio deal allowing him to retain sequel rights when making the first film, he planned for a total of nine.
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Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) would later say that Lucas discussed the idea of an older Luke with him in the mid-1980s, while actress Sybil Danning said Lucas had asked her if she’d be interested in playing a Jedi Witch in a movie set before the originals.
Each has a legend behind it. Each legend has one book that explains everything.
Find your style. Read the book. Build your edge.
🧵 A thread
📌 Style #1: Value Investing
Buy great businesses at unfair prices. Ignore the noise. Wait. Win.
Practitioners: Buffett, Munger, Klarman, Graham
◆ The Intelligent Investor — Benjamin Graham
Why this book: Written in 1949. Still the Bible of value investing. Graham invented the concept of margin of safety, the idea that you don't need to be right, you just need to not be wrong by too much.
Buffett calls it "the best book about investing ever written."
If you believe price and value are different things — this style is yours.
📌 Style #2: Growth Investing
Don't buy cheap. Buy right. Pay for quality. Let compounding do the rest.
Practitioners: Peter Lynch, Phil Fisher, Terry Smith
◆ Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits — Philip Fisher
Why this book: Fisher didn't care about P/E ratios. He wanted to know: Does the company have products that can grow sales for years? Does management think long-term? Is R&D real or theatre?
His "Scuttlebutt Method" — talking to suppliers, customers, and competitors before buying — is still used by top fund managers today.
Warren Buffett said he is "85% Graham and 15% Fisher." That 15% built a lot of wealth.
If you'd rather own a great company at a fair price — this style is yours.
Russian blogger Alexei Rogozin warns that the American company Palantir has provided Ukraine with AI tools that process vast amounts of data to integrate with and leverage long-range UAV strike capabilities. 1/
“Ukraine's long-range strikes on Russian targets cannot be viewed solely as a problem of air defense. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or missile is just the final link in the chain.
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“The main work begins earlier: reconnaissance, accumulation of digital traces, analysis of satellite and aerial photos, comparison of open and closed data, assessment of the vulnerability of objects, and review of the results of previous strikes.
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Ms Young is taking her former employer, Manchester City Council, to employment tribunal for unfair dismissal on the grounds of religion or belief. Ms Young is a Catholic, holds gender critical beliefs. She was dismissed, among other grounds, for social media activity.
The Notes app on your iPhone is one of the most powerful tools available.
But 99% of People don't know its true potential.
Here are 15 amazing features you must know:
1. Document Scanning
• Long-press on the Notes app until the submenu appears.
• Select "Scan Documents."
• Scan your document and tap save.
2. Password-Protect a Note
• Open your note, tap the "..." menu, and choose "Lock."
• Decide whether to use your iPhone’s code or create a custom one (note: forgotten manual codes can’t be recovered).
• Now, Face ID or a code is required to access this note.
Conversation topics that quietly lead to intimacy with your partner:
Not “How was your day?”
I mean the kind of conversations that accidentally turn into 3AM honesty… where two people stop acting lovable and start becoming real.
Ask them:
🖤 What kind of love are you secretly afraid of?
🥀 What’s something you pretend doesn’t hurt you anymore?
🌊 What’s a moment in life that changed you emotionally?
🎭 What do you think people misunderstand about you the most?
🤝 What’s something you need but struggle to ask for?
🫂 What makes you feel emotionally safe with someone?
🕰️ What’s a memory you wish you could relive one last time?
🌙 What’s been heavy on your mind lately?
🔥 What version of yourself are you trying to become?
💞 When do you feel closest to me?
Likes were part of real-time social interaction and discovery. Moving them into a hidden/history area removes frictionless browsing, weak-tie networking, and accidental discovery between smaller accounts
It shifts X further from community interaction toward passive algorithmic consumption.
A thread …. 🪡
@grok @elonmusk ‘Likes’ and why they matter on X 🪡
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This isn’t mainly about privacy.
It’s about removing an active social layer from the platform.
@grok @elonmusk ‘Likes’ and why they matter on X 🪡
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Likes used to function as live signals of:
•interests
•communities
•conversations
•emerging accounts
🚨 The mental health industry made $280 billion last year.
You're still anxious. Still burned out. Still stuck.
Here are 5 Claude prompts that actually help. For free.
(Save this. They're not going to like it.)
1/ UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN YOUR MIND
Act as a mental health coach who explains what's happening in my mind and builds a simple plan to feel better.
Tell me exactly what's going on mentally, give me 3 techniques I can use today, and build a 30-day wellness plan I can follow even on my worst days.
1. Ask me to describe what I'm going through before starting 2. Explain what's happening in my mind and why — no clinical jargon 3. Deliver 3 evidence-based techniques I can use immediately today 4. Build a simple 30-day mental wellness plan — realistic, not perfect 5. Design the plan to work even on the hardest days
- Plain language only — no clinical terms without explanation
- Techniques must be usable today — not after weeks of practice
- 30-day plan must be realistic for someone already struggling
- Always recommend professional support for serious concerns
2/ BREAK YOUR NEGATIVE THOUGHT PATTERN
Act as a cognitive behavioral therapist who identifies where negative thought patterns come from and rewires them permanently.
Break down my recurring negative thought, expose why it's not true, replace it with a powerful reframe, and build a 21-day practice to permanently change it.
1. Ask me to describe the recurring thought before starting 2. Identify exactly where this thought pattern comes from 3. Explain clearly why it doesn't reflect reality 4. Write a powerful reframe to replace it with 5. Design a daily 5-minute practice to rewire the pattern within 21 days
- Root cause must be specific — not "past experiences"
- Reframe must feel believable — not toxic positivity
- 5-minute practice must be simple enough to do every day
- Never dismiss the thought — acknowledge it before reframing
Wie kommt es, dass in Deutschland so viele Menschen die Schattenseiten von Autokratien nicht sehen wollen - oder schlimmer noch - als gegeben hinnehmen? In diesem 🧵 geht es um deutsche Befindlichkeiten: von Lebenslügen über Selbstzensur bis hin zu Selbstvasallisierung /1
Um zu verstehen, wo Deutschland falsch abgebogen ist müssen wir uns mit dem Architekten der Autokratieblindheit beschäftigen: Egon Bahr. Der Berater von Willy Brandt hatte eine sehr eigenwillige Theorie des Wandels, die er 1963 in seiner Tutzinger Rede wie folgt beschrieb: /2
"Das Vertrauen darauf, daß unsere Welt die bessere ist, die im friedlichen Sinn stärkere, die sich durchsetzen wird, macht den Versuch denkbar, sich selbst und die andere Seite zu öffnen und die bisherigen Befreiungsvorstellungen zurückzustellen.” /3
בוקר אור מביהמ"ש המחוזי בת"א, זהו היום ה-88 לעדות הנאשם נתניהו, היום ה-53 לחקירה הנגדית, היום ה-3 לחקירה הנגדית בתיק 2000 - ימים לא מלאים כמובן.
לאחר הביטול אתמול, היום מתחדשת העדות. אפשר להיות בטוחים שנתניהו כבר מכין טריקים ושטיקים להמשך היום. נוני מוזס כבר הגיע.
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