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Apr 13
Peter Magyar just toppled Orban after 16 years in power.

He spent 20 years inside the very system he just brought down. Here is who he is. 1/ Image
He grew up in a conservative family with deep roots in Hungarian politics.

His grandfather Pal Eross was a well-known TV personality and lawyer. His godfather Ferenc Madl served as President of Hungary from 2000 to 2005. 2/
In 2004 he graduated from the law faculty of Pazmany Peter Catholic University in Budapest. After Fidesz took power in 2010 he was appointed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 3/
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Apr 13
“Iron must fight. People must live”

Ground robotic systems went from an outsider idea to the backbone of Ukrainian army logistics. Viktor Pavlov, founder of the UGV School, writes for UP on how it happened and what still blocks Ukraine from winning the robot war. 1/ Image
In 2022 Pavlov was in reconnaissance when his unit carried a wounded soldier 800 meters through a tree line under fire — left flank under enemy control, right flank the same. No way out.

“If we had a ground drone, we would have just put the guy on it and driven him out.” . 2/
The first UGV his unit tested: a 12 kg tracked drone ordered with private funds, arrived late 2022. They rebuilt the comms themselves, mounted cameras, printed parts on a 3D printer.

First combat test — Bakhmut direction in January 2023. 3/
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Apr 13
So the threats of Russian false flag ops and the like to prevent #Orbàn’s fall never materialised. They never were plausible, but also Moscow was quite sanguine about the risk. A short thread based on… 1/
…an interesting commentary in Rossiiskaya Gazeta by Fyodor Lukyanov, one of the Russian foreign policy commentariat's main explainers/unofficial Kremlin mouthpieces 2/
rg.ru/2026/04/13/fed…
His main angle is that this is a victory for Hungarian self-interest rather than any liberal, Europhile tide, so that Moscow still has much to play for. 3/
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Apr 13
🧵 THREAD — The Ottoman Empire, Fakhrī Pāshā and Their Crimes Against the Prophetic City (al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah): An Ugly Legacy

The concept of a state’s legitimacy through its guardianship of the Two Sacred Sanctuaries emerged later in Islāmic history, during the struggle between the ʿAbbāsid state and the Fāṭimid state, which claimed descent from al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib.

During a time when the Ottoman state was in decline, they sought to preserve whatever remained—most importantly al-Madīnah al-Nabawiyyah, which, for them, represented the emblem of the legitimacy of the Ottoman Imāmah over the Muslims.

[1] The beginnings of an Arab Revolt
[2] The Ottomans turned the entirety of Madīnah into a war zone
[3] The Battle of al-ʿAwālī
[4] The Battle of Abyār ʿAlī
[5] The Ottomans used the Prophets Mosque ﷺ to store weapons and ammunition
[6] The Ottomans’ violent removal of Madīnah’s inhabitants
[7] The Ottomans forced intense starvation upon the people of Madīnah
[8] How many people remained in Madīnah?
[9] The condition of those who were deported to SyriaImage
1) The beginnings of an Arab Revolt

The objective behind sending Fakhrī Pāshā to al-Madīnah stemmed from Jamāl Pāshā’s apprehension and expectation of a revolt by Sharīf Ḥusayn, in addition to what he had learned from the individual arrested by Baṣrī Pāshā—who was one of the advocates of the Arab Revolt. As a precaution, Jamāl Pāshā decided to dispatch Fakhrī Pāshā to al-Madīnah. He was the only commander operating directly under Jamāl Pāshā’s authority.

The initial instructions were that Fakhrī Pāshā would assume command of al-Madīnah at the first sign of the Arab Revolt, while Baṣrī Pāshā would remain and manage the civil administration.

At first, Fakhrī Pāshā’s visit bore no official character; it was presented under the guise of visiting the grave of the Prophet ﷺ and serving al-Ḥaram al-Nabawī so as not to arouse the suspicions of the Ashrāf. Indeed, upon his arrival, Fakhrī Pāshā would each morning serve in al-Rawḍah al-Musharrafah, wrap himself in a shroud, place a white turban upon his head, and wipe the Blessed Chamber.Image
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That was the outward appearance. As for the coded telegram sent by Jamāl Pāshā to Fakhrī Pāshā clarifying his mission, it stated:

❝I shall entrust to you a mission of the utmost secrecy, and I will summarize it for you. The Sharīf of Makkah will dispatch approximately 110,000 camel-mounted troops to participate in the Suez campaign. Of these forces, 1,600 have arrived in al-Madīnah. I have sent Sharīf Fayṣal to al-Madīnah accompanied by a special delegation to receive the mujāhidīn on my behalf and dispatch them to the fronts of jihād. The other son of the Sharīf of Makkah, ʿAlī Bey, has been in al-Madīnah for two months with about 500–1,600 soldiers besides the forces of the mujāhidīn… Proceed to al-Madīnah, take with you the necessary number of men in your camp as though you intend to inspect the railway lines and the region of al-ʿAqabah. Enter al-Madīnah as a visitor, as if you passed by it incidentally. Do not undertake any action. Arrange the affairs of your battalion from al-Madīnah until the forces of the mujāhidīn move and Sharīf Fayṣal arrives. At that time, I shall issue my order for the Yemen detachment to move from al-Madīnah and for your arrival in al-Shām. If necessity requires the use of force, all armed forces will be under your command…❞Image
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Apr 13
When critics post old Tucker Carlson clips (from his Fox era through late 2024) that clash with his current (2025-2026) takes on Trump, Israel, Iran, and radical Islam, defenders often shrug: “He simply changed his mind.”

That response feels pretty thin. Why? Image
Genuine evolution deserves transparency—new evidence, self-reflection, acknowledgment of past views. A bare assertion stops the conversation instead of engaging it.

Let's look at the shifts with context. Image
On Trump: Private 2021 texts (Dominion files) revealed Tucker calling Trump a “demonic force,” a “destroyer,” and saying “I hate him passionately” while the presidency was a “disaster.”

Publicly, though, he boosted Trump. Image
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Apr 13
Ayer perdí 3 horas en tareas que una IA habría resuelto en 3 minutos.

Desde que uso Petclaw, eso ya no pasa.

Dejé la mitad de mis herramientas. Te cuento por qué ↓ Image
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Petclaw es un agente de IA de escritorio, no un chatbot, no otra extensión más.

Se conecta a tu flujo de trabajo y ejecuta tareas de principio a fin.
Investigación, contenido, emails, análisis… todo desde un solo lugar.

Así se ve mi setup 👇 Image
Antes tardaba 30 minutos editando borradores y enviando emails de seguimiento.

Ahora Petclaw lo maneja todo:

→ Pego el contenido en bruto
→ Lo auto-edita con el tono correcto
→ Y envía el email final automáticamente

Mira el workflow completo 👇
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Apr 13
I’m looking for an entry point into $SCHD. The problem is GSPC (s&p500). I see 3/30/26 break through previous resistance (low) 10/10/25 of $6550. This usually means test of next support 8/1/25 start of measured move at $6212. To high on $6963. ($751 A to B)
B to C (3/30 $6317) a $646 pull back that’s way over 50% which is bearish. If we go back in time and move A to 4/21/24 5102 low
A-B is now $1861. B-C 646. That becomes a 36% pull back close to fib 38.2% pull back.
That’s long term. We could also pull back to 50% or less on B-C/B-A. Or 6032 So to buy I’m going to need to see a breakout above 6963 on volume and above 50 day moving average. For now I’m holding. Risk reward
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@stockmom above measured move and Fibonacci retracement of S&P500. System I use with relative strength/volume to trade
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Apr 13
SubhanAllah… today I learned something that shifted my entire perspective.

In class, the ustadh asked:
“Why do people die?”

Most of us answered:
“Because their time (ajal) has come.”

He said: No
No.
“They die because their rizq has been exhausted.”
And the room went silent.

We’ve reduced rizq to money.
Salary.
Business.
Financial stability.

But this perspective flips that fear on its head.
Allah says:

“There is no creature on earth except that its provision is upon Allah…”

Not just food.
Not just wealth.
Your entire existence is Rizq, moment by moment.

as long as there is a single sip of water, a single grain of rice, or even one more breath decreed for you, the world cannot take you.
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Apr 13
New paper: LLMs encode harmful content generation in a distinct, unified mechanism

Using weight pruning, we find that harmful generation depends on a tiny subset of the weights that are shared across harm types and separate from benign capabilities.

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Paper >>

We use weight pruning to probe model internals.

Result: pruning ~0.0005% of model parameters, harmful generation drops dramatically, while general capabilities remain largely intact. arxiv.org/abs/2604.09544Image
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The mechanism is unified across harm types.
E.g., prune weights identified from malware generation → hate speech drops too.

Different harms rely on a shared underlying mechanism. These weights also heavily overlap. Image
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Apr 13
EXCLUSIVE: Behind the scenes, the Trump administration has been wielding its vast power to transform the midterm elections.

This is the untold story of Trump’s efforts to, as he has called it, “take over” the midterms. Image
2/ I’ve been reporting this for months with the great @JenAFifield for @propublica, with help from @WilliamTurton , @mrsimon22, and Misty Harris. This is what we found.
🧵👇

propublica.org/article/trump-…
3/ When Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held – barely.

propublica.org/article/big-li…
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Apr 13
The Economic Layer for Embodied AI

Inverted Lambda is building an economic layer for embodied AI, where people can earn by contributing to real robot operations and data collection. Unlike past crypto cycles, where move to earn and learn to earn trends collapsed due to rewards not being tied to lasting demand, Inverted Lambda connects contributor effort directly to a verifiable external need.
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That demand comes from embodied foundation models. These systems need large amounts of high-quality interaction data to become useful in the physical world. It is not enough for a model to see images or videos. It needs demonstrations of action, control, recovery, and real-world manipulation.
There are different layers of embodied data. Web and video data are abundant, but they lack physical interaction. Simulation data is fast and scalable, but still suffers from the reality gap. Real robot trajectory data, especially from teleoperation, is the most valuable because it captures how humans actually solve physical tasks under real-world constraints.
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Apr 13
A couple of points needed for context as the Michael Atkinson transcript is released.

(1) Prior to becoming Inspector General for the Intelligence Community (ICIG), Michael Atkinson was legal counsel to the office of the AAG at the DOJ National Security Division (DOJ-NSD).

(2) Atkinson was legal counsel to AAG Mary McCord, when the Carter Page FISA was submitted in Oct '16.

(3) The Legal Counsel for the DOJ-NSD is responsible for oversight of all of the FISA applications. Atkinson was responsible for legal review, when McCord submitted the Title-1 warrant application.

(4) Atkinson then left the DOJ-NSD and took a position as ICIG

(5) Mary McCord then left the DOJ and went to work for Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler on the joint House impeachment comittee.

(6) When ICIG Atkinson took the CIA complaint from Eric Ciaramella (working at the National Intelligence Council), and engaged with Congress, he was essentially back collaborating with his former colleague, Mary McCord.

(7) Atkinson doesn't have clean hands in this. He is not a neutral figure. He was an enabler for the false impeachment accusation, just as he was an enabler for the falsely constructed FISA application.Image
ICIG Complaint and Investigation documents.

justthenews.com/sites/default/…
Sept 19, 2019, transcript of ICIG Atkinson.

[NOTE: The GOP Reps who were present]

intelligence.house.gov/wp-content/upl…
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Apr 13
Claude built me a $26K YouTube channel in less than 90 days.

Month 1: $608
Month 2: $10,557
Month 3: $26,133

Here’s the 3-prompt system I used: Image
I found a channel posting celebrity drama videos and making tens of thousands of dollars every month.

I wanted to see if I could use AI to build the same thing.

So I started a channel from zero using Claude for the titles, the scripts, and the strategy.
The results:

• 3.7 million views.
• 24,000 subscribers.
• $26,133 in ad revenue.
• All in 90 days.

Here's the system:
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Apr 13
Saviez-vous qu’en 1968, 23 ans à peine après Auschwitz, un État européen a orchestré l’expulsion de ses propres citoyens juifs, au nom de la lutte contre le « sionisme » ?

Plongée dans l'histoire méconnue de la campagne antisioniste polonaise de 1967-68 #thread 🧵👇 Image
Pour comprendre cette histoire, petit retour en 1939 : la Pologne compte 3,3 millions de Juifs, soit 10% de la population. Plus grande communauté d’Europe, deuxième au monde après les États-Unis, avec une présence remontant au XIIIe siècle. Image
Varsovie est alors la 2e capitale juive du monde. 350 000 Juifs y vivent, soit 1/3 de la ville. Théâtres, quotidiens, yeshivot, partis ouvriers, dynasties hassidiques, romanciers (Isaac Bashevis Singer y publie ses premiers textes). Une civilisation entière, dense, créatrice. Image
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Apr 13
In today’s Vatnik Soup, we introduce Yanis Varoufakis, a Greek economist and politician. He’s best known for rising to power at the height of the Greek debt crisis, not solving anything but endearing himself to the left, and using his fame to promote Russian imperialism.

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Born in 1961 in Athens, Varoufakis studied economics in the UK and built an academic career in Australia, the US, and Europe. His early work focused on game theory, political economy, and critiques of capitalism.

2/20 Yanis Varoufakis: How I became an erratic Marxist https://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/feb/18/yanis-varoufakis-how-i-became-an-erratic-marxist
Presenting himself as the fearless, unorthodox economist willing to confront the EU’s “neoliberal” elites, he rose to prominence during Greece’s debt crisis. At its height in 2015, he was appointed finance minister under the left-wing Syriza government of Alexis Tsipras.

3/20 Greek PM Alexis Tsipras appoints radical economist to new government https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/27/greek-pm-alexis-tsipras-economist-yanis-varoufakis
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Apr 13
引用失礼します。あくまでも一個人の経験ですが、状態の改善に成功しましたので共有します。
わたしも、椅子に座っていられない、まっすぐ立っていられない、転倒が多く手が付けない子どもでした。
成人後、早稲田大学で未熟児の運動機能について研究されていた方のアセスメントを受けて↓
体幹トレーニング(コアコンディショニング&マシンピラティス)を行ったところ、年々改善し、今は独特のふにゃふにゃ感はかなり改善されました。確かに体幹が弱いというのはその通りなのですが、恐らくアウターマッスルではなくインナーマッスルを意識的に使用する訓練をしたことで、↓
体幹深部の機能が活性化したこと、ボディマッピングの再編などが起こり、全身の協調運動が改善し、結果的に姿勢保持能力が改善したのではないかと考えています。個人的には単純な筋力の問題ではなく、身体の使い方を覚えたこと(運動統御)が影響として大きいのではないかと思います。↓
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Apr 13
1/ Russia recently sent a 'shadow fleet' tanker through the English Channel, escorted by a Russian Navy warship. However, as the 'Fighterbomber' Telegram channel points out, this is more for performative than practical reasons. ⬇️
2/ 'Fighterbomber' writes (using 'Laos' as a synchedoche for Russia, a common-used tactic by warbloggers to avoid the wrath of the censors):
3/ "Sources within the Security Council suggest that virtually all of Laos's more or less serious warships, capable of carrying out combat missions in these oceans of ours, have long been assigned to escort tankers.
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Apr 13
If my 67-year-old mom wanted a side hustle to make an extra $2000/month...

I wouldn't teach her Crypto
I wouldn't teach her TikTok shop
I wouldn't teach her how to place a vending machine

I'd show her this simple side hustle (that's made me $1,000,000+)

I'll expose it for you:
Here's why those options are terrible for someone like my mom:

• Crypto requires constant monitoring and tech knowledge
• TikTok shop means creating content daily (exhausting)
• Vending machines need physical labor and location scouting

None of these give you time freedom. They're just trading one job for another.
What I'd actually teach her?

Amazon KDP self-publishing.

For the most part, it's the perfect side hustle for retirees or anyone who wants passive income without the chaos.

You create the book once. It sells for months, even years.

Here's why it works:
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Apr 13
In 2023, Stanley Druckenmiller broke down How AI is dominating his long portfolio in this 30-mins video.

He made $1B shorting pound.

His frameworks:
- Knowing when NOT to play matters most
- Fat pitches coming in 8-24 months
- AI is real unlike crypto

12 lessons on markets:
1. Don't trade on entitlements but understand the long-term picture

"I don't think the entitlement situation is something you should be trading on in the next three to six months."

"What I've been focused on for over a decade is the long-term picture and the long-term implications."

"The last thing you should do is run out of this conference and think there's a trade to be made on it."
2. The debt situation is worse than he ever imagined

"The debt went from $15 trillion to $31 trillion. But that assumes we'll never make another Social Security or Medicare payment."

"If you did your accounting like any corporation and assume those payments are going to be made the present value is probably around $200 trillion."

"I went out to see if I could move the needle on this issue. The only thing Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton agreed on was that you shouldn't touch entitlements. Nobody listened to me."
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Apr 13
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தமிழ் புத்தாண்டு பலன்கள் பகுதி - 4 (மகரம் முதல் மீனம் வரை)

குறிப்பு

இந்த பலன்கள் அனைத்தும் பொதுப் பலன்களே பரிகாரங்கள் ஏதும் சொல்லவில்லை. எனவே ஜாதகத்தை ஜோதிடரிடம் காண்பித்து தசா புத்தி & கோச்சாரத்திற்கு ஏற்றாற்போல் பலன்களை தெரிந்து கொண்டு பரிகாரங்கள் செய்வது உத்தமம் Image
02/23

மகரம்

* பரஸ்பர நிதி (Mutual Funds), பங்கு சந்தை (Share Market) போன்றவற்றில் முதலீடு செய்திருந்த பணம் தற்பொழுது லாபமாக கைக்கு வரும்.
* திடீர் அதிர்ஷ்டம், திடீர் பணவரவு இருக்கும்
* நீண்ட நாள் ஆசை/ கனவு நிறைவேறும் Image
03/23
* அவ்வப்போது சுயநலம், யார் மீதும் நம்பிக்கையின்மை, அலட்சியமாக இருப்பீர்கள்
* எடுத்த முயற்சிகள் யாவும் வெற்றியடையும்
* பணவரவு திருப்திகரமாக இருக்கும்
* சகோதரர்/ சகோதரி வழியில் உதவிகள் கிடைக்கும்
* ஆடை ஆபரணங்கள் சேர்க்கை இருக்கும் Image
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Apr 13
The only 5 supplements worth your money (and why each one matters):

1. Vitamin D3 + K2.
Vitamin D acts more like a hormone than a vitamin.

Low levels are common and linked to poor immunity, low mood, and reduced insulin sensitivity.

K2 helps direct calcium properly and complements D3.

Many benefit from consistent daily intake (especially those with limited sun). Image
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2. Magnesium glycinate

Magnesium is involved in hundreds of processes tied to sleep, stress & recovery.

It helps regulate nervous system activity and supports deeper, restorative sleep.

Low intake's common, especially with modern diets & stress.

Try 200-400 mg in the evening Image
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