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May 14
Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "Jerusalem Day — The Second Hanukah? Or Almost.

Anyone will tell you, Arabs will tell you, the Roman Catholic Church will tell you, the core issue is Jerusalem.
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2000 years ago, the Romans defeated the Jews and renamed the city, and just like the Taliban or American leftists, they went about trying to erase all evidence of the people they defeated.
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They destroyed the Temple, erected a barracks and stable at one end of the Platform (now Al-Aqsa Mosque), and decided they had made their permanent mark, replacing the Jews, and
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May 14
Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "I find it interesting that Black activists in the USA are complaining that Republicans favoring an end to gerrymandering are racists and trying to prevent Black people from being represented.

Why?
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Because Republicans have a lot of Black candidates running for office in both majority-Black areas and majority-White areas, and doing well. Florida Congressman Byron Donalds won his seat in the district that is the most White in Florida, and
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he is running for governor and will be elected Florida governor.

When a Black woman with amazing qualifications ran for governor in Virginia, the Democrats attacked her, slandered her, and instead elected a White woman who has since proven to be a liar.
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May 14


Schomerus et al. 2026 (Psychiatrische Praxis): A substantive essay from an unexpected direction.
A call for psychiatry to exercise self-restraint in LC + ME/CFS, as evidence-based and ethically necessary.
A remarkable development.
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From my perspective, practice-changing for guidelines, expert assessment, and clinical attitudes in the GAS region:
- Psychologisation is not evidence-based and harms patients.
- 5 categories of harm: iatrogenic harm through activation, invalidation of the illness experience,
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neglect of somatic treatment, disadvantage in expert assessment, and burden on families. Converging evidence for all 5.
Key findings:
- Psychotherapy improves psychological outcomes; however, fatigue, PEM and somatic symptoms remain unchanged. This supports the essay’s thesis
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May 14
The Guardian is reporting Angela Rayner has now paid £40,000 of extra stamp duty, but HMRC accepted she wasn't "careless" and so she didn't pay a penalty.

On the public facts, that’s hard to understand.

Here’s why: Image
The background, in short:

1. Ms Rayner sold her remaining interest in her Ashton-under-Lyne family home to a trust set up for her disabled son, and bought a flat in Hove.

2. She paid stamp duty at the standard rate of around £30,000.
3. Stamp duty is 5% higher if you are buying a second home; Ms Rayner didn't pay that higher rate.
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May 14
@fierceLady08
1/13 Constitutional Crisis in the Philippines:

My conversation with Ai asking what is going on in the Philippines?
@fierceLady08 2/13 Ang Impeachment ni Sara Duterte (Mayo 2026)
Sa kasalukuyan, muling uminit ang usapin ng impeachment laban kay Bise Presidente Sara Duterte.
@fierceLady08 3/13 Sa Mababang Kapulungan (House of Representatives):** Noong Mayo 11, 2026, na-impeach ang Bise Presidente sa ikalawang pagkakataon (257 na boto pabor, 25 ang laban).
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May 14
Der Grüne @KonstantinNotz begrüßte „ausdrücklich“, dass das #BfV sich für eine europäische Alternative zu #Palantir entschieden hat. Er mahnte aber an, dass auch für den Einsatz von #ChapsVision die rechtlichen Bedingungen genau geprüft werden müssten. 👇 taz.de/Deutscher-Gehe…
(2) „Der Einsatz automatisierter Datenanalysetools kann zweifellos einen Mehrwert für die Arbeit von Sicherheitsbehörden bieten“, so @KonstantinNotz. Gleichzeitig seien damit tiefe Grundrechtseingriffe verbunden. #BfV #Palantir
@KonstantinNotz (3) „Das Für und Wider und die tatsächliche rechtliche Umsetzbarkeit müssen intensiv geprüft werden.“ Das hätten Alexander #Dobrindt & das @BMI_Bund jedoch trotz einer monatelangen Diskussion bisher verpasst, so @KonstantinNotz 👇
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May 14
Today we shall be tweeting from day 4 of the Employment Tribunal case brought by Lorna Young against her former employer Manchester City Council. Image
Our Substack page on the case (including reporting from the earlier days of the hearing) is at tribunaltweets.substack.com/p/lorna-young-…
Ms Young is gender critical and Catholic and was formerly Equality Team Manager at MCC. She was dismissed from this role due to her social media content.
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May 14
SitRep - 13/05/26 - Russia massa attacked Ukraine with UAVs

An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Russia mass attacked Ukraine with Shahed and other type drones. A total of 892 were launched in 24 hours.

REPOST=appreciated

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As usual we start with Russian losses
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May 14
✍️@RakipogluMehmet
Gaza también votó en las elecciones locales británicas. #Gaza #UKLocalElections #PalestinaLibre

Elecciones Locales En El Reino Unido: ¿Cómo Se Reflejó El Genocidio En Gaza En Las Urnas? @kritik_bakis aracılığıylakritikbakis.com/es/elecciones-…
Las elecciones locales de 2026 en Reino Unido demostraron que la cuestión palestina ya no es solo un debate de política exterior. #GazaGenocide #UKPolitics #FreePalestine #LabourParty
Fondos de pensiones, concejos municipales y votos fueron moldeados por una movilización organizada contra el apoyo al genocidio en Gaza. #GazaGenocide‌ #UK
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May 14
1/ Essential Ukraine #23 is out, sharing some conclusions from it (paywall). Bottom line: the specter of a larger war is becoming clearer to all: Ukraine cannot defeat Russia w/o NATO involvement, while Russia cannot impose victory w/o risking broader confrontation with Europe.
2/ The frontline relatively stabilized compared to the deterioration after the fall of Huliapolie. Russia retains the structural advantage in attrition warfare through manpower, strike capacity and industrial scale, but still lacks a credible pathway toward decisive victory.
3/ Ukraine meanwhile managed to stabilize parts of the battlefield through technological adaptation, drone warfare, improved logistics and battlefield re-organization. However, manpower shortages and a heavily degraded energy system continue narrowing Kyiv’s long-term options.
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May 14
Anécdota del día: En una entrevista para la publicación cinematográfica "Shock Cinema", el director John Flynn explicó de forma muy gráfica cómo su película "Encerrado (Lock Up)" era el mejor jefe cómo se hacían las películas en Hollywood en los años ochenta:...
- Sylvester Stallone tenía unas semanas libres, lo que significaba que estaba disponible durante un período de tiempo muy determinado, así que el productor Lawrence Gordon le ofreció la oportunidad de hacer una película de un tipo que estaba recluido en una prisión...
Stallone tenía el privilegio de elegir al director y yo había tenido un éxito reciente con "Best-Seller", trabajando con James Woods y Brian Dennehy, así que Stallone llamó a James Woods para preguntarle por mí. Woods se deshizo en elogios y me recomendó, diciéndole que...
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May 14
Former BlackRock manager Ed Dowd warns of WEF's "polycrisis".

Former BlackRock fund manager Ed Dowd says years ago, in a paper titled “Polycrisis,” the World Economic Forum described exactly the developments happening today. War, pandemics, cyber attacks, AI fears and ongoing
crises as the justification for new floods of money.

"You can't just print money and say, 'We're printing massive money now.' ‘You need an excuse – and Corona was the perfect excuse. “

Dowd points out that today there is talk of war,hantaviruses, AI threats to bank accounts and
even “aliens as a distraction” while the population is being led step by step into a permanent state of crisis.

"The WEF told us years ago: the next phase will be the polycrisis. “

The term describes several global crises – economic,geopolitical, health and technological – that
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May 14
🧵Lasst Euch auf 8 Seiten in meine wundervolle Heimat entführen und taucht ein in den Zauber der #SächsischenSchweiz. Ich bin Sachse, Dresdner und stolz darauf.
Vieles gibt es zu erzählen aber hier geht's zunächst um die Naturwunder gleich in Sichtweite meines trauten Heimes.
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Denn die Sandstein-Kunstwerke der Natur präsentieren sich stolz nur wenige Km, OK ca. 30, hinter der Stadt in der ich geboren wurde, die ich nie verlassen werde, das einzigartige #Dresden.
Der Lilienstein thront markant am Horizont und genießt es, im Mittelpunkt zu stehen.
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Der Lilienstein, ich denke jedesmal an ein historisches Schiff wenn ich ihn aus dem Elbtal aufragen sehe. Panzerkreuzer Potemkin oder wie wäre es mit der Titanic?
Man kann sich wirklich direkt vorn an die Reling über dem Bug stellen und seiner Fantasie freien Lauf lassen.
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May 14
@grok @PhysInHistory mechanism requires an actor, yes? String theory does NOT have an actor then based on Newton's definition that even his amazing math formulas were NOT a mechanism.
@grok @PhysInHistory so you brought one to compare to the ECC to see which is superior as a mechanism unification placeholder. String theory, per Newton, does NOT have a mechanism. we ARE discussing mechanism unification of a 150 anomalies.
@grok @PhysInHistory So say it, Grok. For mechanism unification of a 150 anomalies including gravity, ECC is superior to String theory which has no mechanism, per Newton's definition.
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May 14
1/ The Russian government's claims that it isn't blocking GitHub are widely disbelieved by Russian commentators, who continue to protest about the severe impact that the apparent restrictions on accessing it will have on military-industrial software development. ⬇️ Image
2/ The military-technical Telegram channel 'Atomic Cherry' is one of many to note that Russian software developers – like developers everywhere – are functionally dependent on the open-source code libraries provided by GitHub:
3/ "Russia's restrictive policies continue to strike at various locations, smashing and destroying not just the "free internet," but the information space itself, and they've finally reached the resource I've been anticipating for so long—GitHub.
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May 14
"Cluster Effect" in motion as per South Goa Collector Ms.Egna Cletus.

Seems like Suicide has become a fashion in #Goa . Imagine why a 17 YEar old would do so?

Maa-Baap hain, Sar par chhat hai, School hai. Lekin 17 saal mein Zindagi sey ummeed haar gaya?

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(2) 8 Hours of Sleep + 7 Hours of School (including commute), still leaves 9 Hours.
If you are attentive in School, at Home if you just revise day's lessons for 45 mins each of PCM is enough.
That leaves 7 fucking Hour.
Practice Hockey for 3 Hours.
Still, fucking 4 Hours left.
(3) ANECDOTE : Someone always wanted to join Army. Since Standard 6th preparing for NDA.
All Mock Tests, almost 10/10.
ARMY was a TABOO in that house.
Filled NDA Form, from self-earned money. Guess Form used to cost some Rs.10 and Rs.50 DD and stationery etc.
Admit Card would com
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May 14
Et les autorités françaises (en l’occurrence @gouvernementFR @justice_gouv @Gendarmerie @iledefrance @IDFmobilites @GroupeSNCF) vont prétendre lutter contre le harcèlement… Désolé mais vu les faits évoqués ci-dessous j’ai comme un doute..
Vous savez, protéger les enfants, ça commence par lutter activement, efficacement et effectivement contre le harcèlement, indépendamment de la forme, au lieu de coller des affiches dans les trains, de rétorquer à une adolescente harcelée qu’une affaire de harcèlement ennuie un …
proviseur de lycée, ou encore de dépenser de l’énergie dans des actions futiles et liberticides nuisant à l’ensemble des citoyens, comme interdire les VPN ou vous adonner à du blocage IP arbitraire (on en voit d’ailleurs bien les catastrophiques effets collatéraux envers les …
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May 14
1/ Not all retrieval practice is equal.

A 2025 study compared two modes most teachers use without thinking about them.

The difference in outcomes is worth knowing. 🧵
2/ Overt retrieval: writing, typing, or saying your answer out loud.

Covert retrieval: thinking through the answer silently in your head.

One approach produced significantly better retention than the other.
3/ Overt retrieval consistently outperformed covert retrieval — particularly for complex material like definitions and multi-part concepts.

The reason is that students doing covert retrieval tend to stop too early.

A partial sense of "I know this" substitutes for actually retrieving the full thing.
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May 14
▶️ Lob für Hitler und sexuelle Gewaltfantasie –
▶️ Eklat um Stuttgarter AfD-Stadtrat Niels Foitzik

▶️ Der Nationalsozialismus sei „wunderschön“, jeder sei unter Adolf Hitler „willkommen und wertgeschätzt“ gewesen. Image
Diese Aussagen stammen von einem Mann, der im Gemeinderat der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart sitzt: Niels Foitzik, AfD.
Der 34-Jährige hatte auf seinem öffentlichen Tiktok-Kanal im Dezember und Januar mehrere Livestreams veröffentlicht.
Neben den verherrlichenden Aussagen über den Nationalsozialismus äußerte er sich auch abwertend über Frauen, bewertete beispielsweise die Körper von Annalena Baerbock, Heidi Reichinnek und Ricarda Lang.
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May 14
🚨 কাঞ্চন সরকারের ওয়াল থেকে👇
TMC এবং আমার জীবনের একটা ঘটনা শেয়ার করছি। সময় পেলে একটু পড়ার অনুরোধ রইল। পারলে Share এবং Forward করবেন। TMC হেরেছে বলেই হয়তো আজ এটা লিখতে পারছি, না হলে এই লেখার পর হয়তো আমাকেই শেষ করে দিত।
প্রথমে নিজের সম্পর্কে একটু বলি। আমি IIT থেকে পড়াশোনা করেছি। IIT-এর পর জীবনের বেশিরভাগ সময় দেশের বাইরে কেটেছে। বর্তমানে আমেরিকার Bay Area (Silicon Valley)-তে থাকি। পেশায় একজন AI Researcher/Scientist। আমার
কিছু patent filed আছে, বিশ্বের top conference ও journal-এ একাধিক paper এবং publication রয়েছে। আমেরিকায় একটি MNC-তে Research করি, বর্তমানে Senior Manager position-এ আছি — আমার under-এ অনেক PhD researcher কাজ করে।
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May 14
▶️ Offener Schulterschluss beim Jungeuropa-Treffen

Der neurechte Verlag „Jungeuropa“ hat geladen und gekommen ist ein
▶️ rechtsextremes Milieu, das sich sonst nur selten so offen gemeinsam präsentiert.
Und mittendrin ▶️AfD-Politiker
und ein
▶️Nius-Autor
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Am 2. Mai 2026 trafen sich im thüringischen Kosma, einem Ortsteil von Altenburg,
👉AfD-Politiker,
👉Vertreterinnen der sogenannten „Neuen Rechten“,
👉rechte Aktivistinnen und
👉militante Neonazis zu einem Vernetzungstreffen.
"Jungeuropa" gilt als eines der zentralen Medien- + Vernetzungsprojekte der sogenannten Neuen Rechten im deutschsprachigen Raum. ▶️ Der Verlag veröffentlicht
👉völkische,
👉nationalistische sowie
👉autoritäre Texte + versteht sich als intellektuelle Plattform f. d extreme Rechte.
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