1/ Russia has reportedly effectively privatised its air defence systems, shifting their cost onto regions and private businesses. This is likely resulting in wealthy Moscow getting a disproportionate amount of air defences while poorer regions languish. ⬇️
2/ VChK-OGPU (now restored to Telegram following Pavel Durov's falling-out with the Kremlin) reports that according to a source, "the federal centre has effectively shifted funding for the creation of ever-new air defence lines for Russian cities to the regions…
3/ …(Moscow is no exception). The air defence systems themselves come from the Ministry of Defence (and sometimes their creation is financed by regional budgets), but the expensive preparatory and communications work falls to regional budgets.
🧵We all saw Gabriel Zucman's NYT op-ed justifying the California wealth tax proposal, along with ostentatious claims that billionaires pay lower tax rates than average Americans. Let's dig into the methodology...
Zucman & his coauthor Emmanuel Saez have been making this claim in various forms for years and presenting it as "fact," even though they have struggled to gain scholarly acceptance of their approach. Instead, they do "peer review" by sending their stuff to the NYT editorial page
I first caught this pair in 2019 when the rolled out "new" stats claiming that the ultra-wealthy only paid an overall tax rate (federal/state/local) of a little over 20%.
In reality, the wealthiest Americans pay about 41% - a fact admitted in Zucman's own stats from 2018.
1/ How could Russia counter Ukraine's ongoing and increasingly devastating drone campaign against its logistics? One Russian warblogger suggests a possible approach, but another says it won't happen due to the army's systemic deficiencies ⬇️
רוצים להיות בגרעון קלורי מאיזשהי סיבה?
זה לא מתחיל בהתנהגות - זה מתחיל במוח שהתעצב במשך שנים של אבולוציה כדי לאגור ולחסוך אנרגיה ולא להפך.
לכן המכשול הראשון בדרך לגרעון קלורי יהיה המוח. הוא לא בעדנו! הנה הדרכים שלי להתגבר על ההטיות שלו:
(+דיסקליימר בסוף)
1. גם האנשים הכי חדים, כשהם מודדים ״לפי העין״ כמה קלוריות יש באוכל - יחרגו כלפי מטה. מוכח מחקרית!
איך עוקפים את זה? כמו בטייסים שחווים ורטיגו - משתמשים באמצעי מדידה טכנולוגיים ולא מאמינים לחושים: לא לעין, לא לבטן, לא ל״אינטואיציה״ - כל אלו הם שלוחות של המוח שהוא לא בעדנו!
2. המוח אוהב עונש ותגמול. שניהם מפעילים איזורים נוירוניים דומים. הבעיה היא שהקינק הזה נוטה להפוך לאובססיה.
אז אם אתם לא רוצים להתאבסס על אוכל, אל תתגמלו את עצמכם על פעילות גופנית עם אוכל ואל תענישו את עצמכם על אוכל עם פעילות גופנית.
Excited to share our study by @keylas3 et al. on pathological autoantibodies in people with Long COVID. We asked whether IgG in patients with Long COVID bind to human tissues/antigens and cause pathologies when transferred into mice. With @PutrinoLab
Using tissue-based staining, a human proteome array, ELISA, IgG-pull down and mass spec, we identified a wide array of autoantibodies in those with LC. IgG targeting neurological antigens, such as NMDAR, were elevated in LC. Collab with CellTrend and @C_Scheibenbogen 🙏🏼
With SeromYx, we found that autoantibodies to MED20 in LC have undergone class switching to IgG from IgM, bind to many FcgRs, and induce robust phagocytosis when in immune complexes compared to IgG from control participants
28 mai 1938
Le 22 janvier 1938, François Mitterrand, 21 ans, fait au bal de Normale sup une rencontre qui va changer sa vie. Une jeune fille qui ne lui dit ni son nom ni son âge, qu’il surnomme « Béatrice ». Il tombe amoureux pour toujours. L’une des premières lettres. ⬇️🧵1/7
Il lui en a écrit des milliers. Quelques extraits : « si nous n'imposons pas notre volonté aux jours et aux circonstances, nous serons perdus l'un pour l'autre. Et cela je ne le veux pas : comment ne m'accrocherais-je pas, de mes deux mains et de toute mon âme, à vous, puisque je vous aime ? »
2/7
« Il est vrai que j'aime ma fantaisie et que je saute sans me lasser d'un bout du monde à l'autre, et que je m'écarte le plus possible des lieux où je sens la banalité, la médiocrité ou la vulgarité.
Il est vrai que je ne pourrai me contenter d'une vie stationnaire, endormie…Il est vrai que mon ambition est grande, mon exigence illimitée, et que de toutes mes forces je veux tendre vers une plus belle réalisation de moi-même » 3/7
Lovely to find out that the DC Bar’s disciplinary authority is full not just of Democrat political donors like it’s leader Hamilton Fox but also full-on Marxists like his #2 in going after me at the trial they thrust upon me — Jason Horrell.
Important Oversight Project 🧵below and see my thread here, which continues.
I’m reading the Milburn Exoeriment. I mean Report. (The other was Milgram was t it….) anyway, my first analysis is that the evidence is best read as triangulation, not as one definitive causal model. Some of the groups were as low as 30 members. Many under 500.
The report also puts too much weight on one single quarter having passed 1 million NEETs. ONS’s own caution on LFS volatility means the best interpretation is not “one bad quarter proves crisis”, it is that the medium-term direction and level that are worrying.
The report doesn’t scapegoat health issues, it’s quite balanced in that respect. However, it says the NHS, schools, welfare and employment services are not configured around participation as a health outcome. That seems like just another wording if work as a health outcome.
Yes they do. You're just too poor to know what these brands are.
Forget Dior. Forget Louis Vuitton.
Old money wears quiet luxury.
Here are six brands that billionaires, world-leaders, and royalty actually wear:
𝟭) 𝗭𝗘𝗚𝗡𝗔
Clients:
• Lewis Hamilton
• Cillian Murphy
• Tom Cruise
Ermenegildo Zegna founded the company in 1910 in Trivero, starting as a wool mill before evolving into the world's largest men's luxury fashion group. Unlike any other house on this list, ZEGNA controls the entire supply chain.
Best known for suiting fabrics so refined that rival luxury houses source from them.
𝟮) 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗼 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗮
Clients:
• Jeff Bezos
• European aristocracy
• Middle Eastern oil heirs
Founded in 1924 by Pietro Loro Piana as a high-quality wool mill in Italy. His grandson, Franco, revolutionised the brand in the 1960s-70s by pioneering rare fibres like baby cashmere and vicuña.
Today, they're best known for sourcing the world's rarest natural fibres and creating ultra-soft cashmere coats starting.
In 2020, Horrell appears to repost a Communist account (note the hammer & sickle avatar) quote-posting an excerpt from “The Magnificat” and remarking that lifting the lowly and filling the hungry is “where Marx comes in” (rather than God).
🚨ÚLTIMA HORA: Google Gemini tiene funciones increíbles que casi nadie usa
La mayoría solo usa Gemini para prompts básicos… mientras que Google lo ha llenado discretamente de herramientas que reemplazan horas de trabajo en segundos
Probablemente estés usando menos del 5% de lo que Gemini realmente puede hacer
Aquí tienes 10 funciones ocultas de Gemini que te sorprenderán una vez que empieces a usarlas: 👇
1️⃣ MODO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PROFUNDA
Abre Gemini → toca el menú de modelos → elige “2.5 Pro con Investigación Profunda” e introduce cualquier tema
Gemini escanea automáticamente más de 50 sitios web, analiza la información, compara fuentes, organiza los datos clave y genera un informe de investigación profesional completo con citas incluidas
Se siente menos como un chatbot… y más como tener un equipo de investigación completo trabajando para ti
En solo 5 a 10 minutos, obtienes un informe que se parece más a un informe de analista premium que a una respuesta de IA común
¿Lo más increíble?
Herramientas con capacidades similares cuestan cientos de dólares al mes. Gemini te da acceso gratis 🚀
2️⃣ GEMAS: TUS ASISTENTES DE IA PERSONALIZADOS
Abre Gemini → ve a la barra lateral izquierda → haz clic en «Gemas» → «Crear nuevo»
Esto te permite crear tu propio asistente de IA personalizado, diseñado para una tarea específica
Un tutor de Python que te enseña exactamente como prefieres
Un redactor de correos electrónicos entrenado con tu tono personal
Un entrenador físico adaptado a tu horario y objetivos
Un planificador de comidas que solo recomienda recetas basadas en tu dieta
¿Lo mejor?
Tu Gema recuerda permanentemente sus instrucciones, estilo y propósito
Esto significa que ya no tendrás que repetir:
«Actúa como…»
«Recuerda esto…»
«Usa este tono…»
Cada nuevo chat comienza con tu configuración personalizada ya cargada y lista para funcionar
Básicamente, convierte a Gemini en un equipo de empleados de IA especializados que puedes crear en minutos 🤯
Why are Americans so pissed off right now? Take a look at three straight monthly declines in disposable income growth and that same metric over the last year.
Real wages are falling as disposable income declines and households are drawing down savings.
With rising inflation not having yet peaked this will get worse before it gets better and real spending is likely to decline in May.
Here one can see where consumers are pulling back on spending as disposable income declines.
Take a look at inflation across the PCE index. Note how far we are away from the 2% target. Both topline and the core index will move higher next month
@MissRinaIdrus He's in a Holocaust. We're not. Cointelpro specifically uses "in fighting" and amplifies in-fighting. Your group's behavior as outside forces that mass block a father who is frustrated with all of our failure. Your group CONSTANTLY fights privately & publicly. You need to examine
@MissRinaIdrus who knew your chats is constantly complaining, constantly has a bone to pick w/ everyone, constantly pointing out Gaza's Families that "aren't good". Who has he failed? Gaza? Or those ppl he has experienced who are NOT in Gaza?
Muslima HOLD tongues whenever a chance is better.
@MissRinaIdrus I asked for help. I was only mass added to many groups, added to an hours long rant on someone no one was addressing. And I never got help. I observed your group's DM and it was constant finger pointing and negative. I muted only to see "mute" doesn't stop it. I just left then.
Eastern #Syria is in the midst of a major environmental crisis -- with widespread flooding leaving several dead, 24,000 hectares of crops destroyed, 25% of water pumping stations out of action & 3 bridges washed away.
The cause was a mass release of water from #Turkey -- a🧵:
After months of unusually heavy rain & snow, #Turkey released a huge volume of dammed water 72hrs ago, flowing south down the #Euphrates.
A decades-old #Turkey-#Syria warning mechanism was reportedly not followed, giving authorities hours to prep for a huge rise in water levels.
Within hours, #Syria's Lake #Assad filled to capacity, forcing authorities at the #Euphrates Dam to release water from the spillway, reportedly for the first time in ~30yrs.
That's created a flood surge south into #Raqqa & Deir ez Zour, raising levels by 1-3 meters.