Most recent unrolls from @ThreadReaderApp

OK- now #TrumpTrial Day 4 (after earlier 4 days of jury selection, book here:
David Pecker still on cross-examination; Justice Merchan foreshadowed a "curative instruction" at the end of Day 3. Inner City Press will live tweet, thread belowamazon.com/dp/B0D2FJBVJB

Trump is in the courtroom; blue tie with blue suit this time.
All rise!
Clerk: People versus Donald J. Trump.
Justice Merchan: Next week's hearing, we're changing the time to Thursday at 9:30. The texts from Dylan Howard -
Prosecutor: We've proposed redactions

Justice Merchan: First Mr. Bove said We're all pretty much on the same page, then a concern about prejudice. But I don't know when that will be. At some point we may get there. I'm relying on People v. Settles.
Trump's lawyer Bove: We'll confer with the People

Here are my issues with your take
-Ataturk's speech is eloquent, representing the speech of highly educated Turks of the Ottoman era. Not the vernacular Turkish of today or 1920s
-There are like 2 Persian words there. Rest is Arabic.
-No union based on loanwords existed.
-Wrong

https://twitter.com/BiruniKhorasan/status/1783405348465811923

"Loanwords prove we're the same" the same Arabic loanwords exist in very significant amounts in Spanish and Hindi too.

Ataturk was not only highly educated but also he was LITERATE. In 1927 the overall literacy rate in Turkey was below 10%. In other words, the impact of Perso-Arabic vocabulary was limited to the written Turkish and it was hardly expanded to spoken Turkish.

🔴Sur l'hypothèse de construire un bouclier antimissile européen, évoquée hier dans son discours sur l'Europe, le Président de la République a développé sa pensée ce matin lors d'un échange avec la presse à Strasbourg.

🧶 🔽

@franceinfo @FranceTVEurope

1/11

Ce que je comprends de ses propos (que je vous retranscris plus bas), c'est qu'Emmanuel Macron n'est pas certain à ce stade que la France rejoigne à terme le projet bouclier antimissile "Sky Shield" dont l'Allemagne est à l'initiative, rejointe par une 20taine d'autres pays
2/ 11

E. Macron pense à présent "qu’on a besoin de protéger l’Europe car nous sommes le continent qui peut être touché demain par les missiles Iskander de la Russie"
Un changement de doctrine pour la France, qui jusqu'à lors se réfugiait derrière sa seule dissuasion nucléaire

3/11

🧵
Ginni Thomas is still getting away with her J6 coup plotting.
Clarence Thomas is still ruling on cases involving his insurrectionist wife.
Steve Bannon is still out of jail and doing a podcast.

🧵
Gen. Michael Flynn, who was pardoned for his treachery, is still promoting his anti-government message, is still collecting his military pension, and is promoting a new movie.
Fox News is still lying after paying a $787M settlement for its past lies.

🧵
NBC’s news execs are still employed despite trying to hire fascist liar Ronna McDaniel for a $300K job. 
Rep. Ralph Norman is still in Congress and seeking re-election despite revelations that he secretly urged Trump to declare martial law to stay in office in January 2021.

Elena Akrita

Διαβάστε την πολύ σας παρακαλώ και κοινοποιήστε από εδώ γιατί στα συστημικά Μέσα δεν θα τη βρείτε.
Τι είναι και τί δεν είναι αντισημιτισμός; Την απάντηση δίνει ο Μπέρνι Σάντερς σε μια ιστορική ομιλία 3’.
«Όχι, κ. Νετανιάχου.
♦️Δεν είναι αντισημιτικό ή υπέρ της

Χαμάς να επισημάνουμε ότι σε λίγο περισσότερο από έξι μήνες η εξτρεμιστική κυβέρνησή σας έχει σκοτώσει 34.000 Παλαιστίνιους και έχει τραυματίσει περισσότερους από 77.000 – το εβδομήντα τοις εκατό των οποίων είναι γυναίκες και παιδιά.
♦️Δεν είναι αντισημιτικό να επισημάνουμε ότι

οι βομβαρδισμοί σας έχουν καταστρέψει πλήρως περισσότερες από 221.000 κατοικίες στη Γάζα, αφήνοντας πάνω από ένα εκατομμύριο ανθρώπους άστεγους – σχεδόν το μισό πληθυσμό.
♦️Δεν είναι αντισημιτικό να επισημάνετε ότι η κυβέρνησή σας έχει εξαφανίσει τις αστικές υποδομές της

Me in 2021: making $400/month.

Me in 2024: making $30,000/month.

Here are 6 skills that made it possible:

Skill 1: Design.

This skill is crucial for creating visually appealing and effective branding, marketing materials, and UX.

By learning design principles and mastering software, you can build a strong and consistent brand that resonates with your target audience.

Skill 2: Copywriting.

This skill is crucial for effective marketing materials such as ads, websites, and email campaigns.

By learning copywriting techniques and developing your writing skills, you can learn how to capture your target audience's attention and drive conversions.

If the CJ believes there should be POTUS immunity for core Art. 2 powers like appointments, there's an easy answer to the concerns in his hypo about bribery. It can be analogized to Speech or Debate immunity.

You can't prosecute a Senator for voting on a bill, but you can 1/

https://twitter.com/lee_kovarsky/status/1783620118615847319

Prosecute him for taking a bribe to vote a certain way. With bribery the crime is the agreement to act in exchange for the bribe. So prosecutors can prove the "deal" - but they can't introduce evidence of the Senator actually voting. And that's OK, because 2/

Carrying out the deal is not an element of the crime and is not necessary. Prosecutors don't need to prove it to convict. The crime is the deal itself.

So if POTUS had immunity for core official acts the same would be true. You could prosecute for a bribery agreement w/out 3/

1/ Out now: the latest essay in our @CarnegieEndow #IndiaElects2024 series: Anirvan Chowdhury (@chyawanprash) examines the BJP's unique strategy of incorporating women into political spaces through the moral concept of "seva" carnegieendowment.org/2024/04/26/how…

2/ Historically, women’s turnout in India has lagged men's. This came to an end in the 2019 general elections. Furthermore, the assumption that women simply vote in tandem with men in their household has also been challenged carnegieendowment.org/2024/04/26/how…

3/ In Rajasthan, Anirvan's research finds that when women deviate from men in the political realm, they tend to lean toward the BJP. carnegieendowment.org/2024/04/26/how…

Давно не выкладывала рецепты сюда, а вчера приготовила такой потрясающе вкусный черничный пирог, что было бы кощунственно не рассказать о нём вам💜

Сохраняйте в закладки, чтобы устроить чаепитие в грядущие выходные!

Нам понадобится:
• яйца – 2 шт
• кефир – 250 г
• мука – 250 г
• сахар – 150 г
• масло сливочное – 120 г
• разрыхлитель – 10 г
• ванильный сахар – 10 г
• черника замороженная – 250 г

Яйца взбиваем с сахаром и ванильным сахаром в пышную белую пену. Теперь добавляем кефир и растопленное масло, тщательно перемешиваем.

Муку вместе с разрыхлителем вводим в два приема, хорошенько перемешивая до однородности.

Дно формы выстилаем пергаментом. У меня форма 20 см.

We're on Week 4 of 11 of running through my entire UCLA course on tax planning

It's kept me accountable to pushing out a longer thread on a weekly basis

Want to pay less tax? You need to understand deductions

Week 4: Intro to Deductions and Itemized Deductions Deep Dive 🧵

Deductions are not guaranteed and can be subject to scrutiny

→ Taxpayer has burden of proof
→ Adequate records of expenses must be maintained

There are "above the line" deductions and "below the line" deductions

one happens before AGI (Adjusted Gross Income), the other happens after:

Podemos ficar anos pesquisando e identificando a lógica familiar e genealógica da classe dominante tradicional de uma região, um "objeto sociológico complexo" e de repente boa parte da classe desfilou e foi atualizada em um ritual, no IV Centenário do Rio de Janeiro, em 1965+

Tudo é política, muitos ficaram contentes com o movimento de 1964 (reacionário e golpista para alguns, a redentora e renovadora para muitos), preservando a dominação histórica da classe. Em uma lista de 2015, quase um censo, do genealogista Cau Barata, visualizamos 10.000 nomes+

Pesquisar e conhecer a classe dominante tradicional é tarefa sociológica, política, histórica e genealógica. Para se construir uma base de dados identificando famílias, trajetórias, ocupações e cargos no Estado em uma região pode demorar anos. Boas listas ajudam ! +

How to make thumbnails that get your content an INSANE amount of clicks:

Here’s a quick breakdown for you:

Step 1: Learn from Jaack Maate's explosive thumbnails

Step 1: Learn from Jaack Maate's explosive thumbnails

Jaack Maate uses vibrant colors and expressive facial expressions.

He also include elements like teasing questions boxes..

Here’s why this works…

All of the above tactics spark curiousity in the viewer.

Here’s some quick tips to get more clicks from Jaack Maate:

-Use vibrant colors.

-Add depth with effects:

Use lighting effects, such as simulated explosions, to add depth and make the thumbnail pop.

1/ Good morning from Trump's Manhattan criminal court, where I'm covering Day 8 of the trial for @USATODAY. David Pecker is slated to re-take the stand as Trump lawyer Emil Bove cross-examines him.

2/ Pecker, the ex-tabloid executive, has been testifying since late Monday. He described agreeing in 2015 to publish positive stories about Trump and negative stories about Trump's political opponents, and to catch+kill women's damaging Trump stories, ahead of the 2016 election.

3/ One thing the defense may try to challenge is the narrative told through Pecker's testimony that the alleged catch+kill scheme between Pecker, Trump, and Cohen was about the 2016 election, as opposed to just protecting Trump from embarrassment or family strife.

1/6 The upcoming months are anticipated to be the most challenging for Ukraine since the initial weeks of the invasion. Quick take by @joni_askola

2/6 russia is acutely aware that with the approved US aid, Ukraine's imminent mobilization, and the construction of defensive lines, they must make significant advances now, before the situation stabilizes.

3/6 Ukraine is confronted with an exceedingly challenging situation in the East, as russia is advancing at a faster pace than before and possesses an increasingly significant manpower advantage.

They don’t give this to everyone, but…

I got access to the global data for Micromarkets.

Here’s a master list of the best-selling products you need for your vending machines:

(Bookmark This)

Top 5 Selling Items (Sales/Store):

1. Pastries.

2. Gatorade.

3. Bottled Water.

4. Celsius.

5. Sweet Tea.

Top 5 Most Common Items (By # of stores carrying):

1. Dr. Pepper.

2. Poptart frosted Strawberry.

3. Mountain Dew.

4. Doritos nacho cheese.

5. Pepsi.

HORA DA BIOLOGIA BRABA CARALHO.

Hoje eu vim falar do animal mais temido entre todos, O pinscher.

São pura canalhice, quem tem um pinscher sabe o que eu tô dizendo, esses olhões esbugalhados e seu corpo que pode abrigar todo o ódio do universo, nosso bombo explosivo é originário da Alemanha, isso pode explicar um pouco do apelido anterior.

Esse delinquente tem raiva do universo, então ele odeia todo mundo sem exceção e sem distinguir raça , o arrombadinho parte pra cima.

São inteligentes para caralho, mais corajosos que a porra do leão rei da selva, o pinscher é o rei do hospício, doído mas fiel e leal ao seu dono.

When I got to college in the late Y2K era, free Palestine was one of those things I only heard from edgy Jews, kids of academics, and Black radicals.

The wildest part of * everything* is that I’m convinced the overreaction & hyper state violence to quash FP is elevating it…

Yes. Okay. People are learning more.

But I am not sure, as a deep reader of higher ed history, that this many protests would have even popped off this week if the hyper policed response had not happen.

Their brutality is communicating to students that protestors are right…

There is a student somewhere who had no dog in this fight going “why are you willing to put snipers on the roof of our campus in the name of a foreign government?” And that is going to send them down a deep rabbit hole.

And there will be anti-Zionist Jews ready to welcome them

I have posted Homar-K, K239 long range rocket artillery systems contract and its CTM-290 ballistic missile demonstration which is delivered to Poland soon. But i have received many comments to Polish friends whether it will be local produced and ToT.
As matter of fact, the entire contracts contains such things in very first place. I kindly explained by comment days ago and I told dont give too much trust to here since long ago.
Recent meeting was part of next phase of additional production plan of the K9 and K239. This is the first official meeting since new Polish government and it seems going well.
And what Polish peoples curious are basically treated as secret or similar.
For example, Koreans don't want to publish the 'specific' informations about most of weapons deal with foreign countries. these tendencies especially increasing when dealing with Middle Eastern countries, sensitive strike or defense missiles, ToT and local support business.
Not only Polish, many peoples here ask about sensitive things and contract but I cant address it because it's sensitive, not confirmed or beyond my knowledge.
Anyway, I received many questions from days ago. the CTM-290 missile price is 20~30% cheaper than the American ATACMS missile and its warhead can be equipped with thermobaric warhead or unitary HE warhead.
Korean 400mm PrSM program cancelled and it moved to Chunmoo-II 280mm missile program and KTSSM-II missile program. Just simply think about the Chunmoo-II missile is slightly bigger than the American ER-GMLRS.
KTSSM-II's informations not cleared yet but technically enhanced version of the CTM-290 missile.
I also heard that the Korean companies have plans to establish the weapons hub center in Romania. Romanian News says that the K2, K9 and Redback IFV are highly likely to be chosen. Of course, there are other fascinating weapons which is ongoing talk about officially.

More clear footage of the ballistic missile pod re-loading procedure.

Ballistic missile demonstration footage

10 Visuals everyone should know

1. How to read an annual

2. How to analyze stocks

3. Thinking Fast and Slow

1/ HOW GERMANS GET HYPNOTIZED BY RULES

A tendency of Germans and especially their bureaucrats is a fixation with enforcing rules to the exclusion of common sense and (in certain eras) basic humanity. Wait for the 2 stingers at the end of this insane tale. swr.de/swraktuell/bad…

2/ This is a story told by Boris Palmer, the Green Party mayor of Tübingen, Germany. Former Green, actually -- he was basically forced out of the party for questioning Green orthodoxy.

3/ One example was his book about immigration called "We Can't Help Everyone". You'd think that was common sense, but no, it was (groan) a "racist dog whistle". Palmer recently unveiled a €250 million plan to extend Tübingen's main hospital, the University Clinic.

Vienna, where the melodies of classical music intertwine with the whispers of imperial palaces!

Let’s explore 12 of its cultural treasures:

1. St. Stephen's Cathedral

A Gothic masterpiece standing proudly in the city center, symbolizing Vienna's freedom.

This iconic structure began its construction in 1137 and has stood as a testament to Vienna's rich heritage ever since.