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May 1
There is something more dangerous than black magic and evil eye:
Let’s talk about something most people miss.

In Surah Al-Falaq, we ask Allah’s protection from so many evils:

1. from the evil of whatever He has created
2. from the evil of the night
3. from the evil of those blowing onto knots
4. from the evil of an envier when they envy.
But we only call upon Allah once:

“Qul a’udhu bi-Rabbil Falaq”

(Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the Daybreak)
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May 1
🧵1/ Our new study on AI and physician reasoning just came out in @ScienceMagazine. As co-senior author, I'm excited about our findings, and I do think AI will reshape medicine. But after seeing some of the discussions, I'm also worried about how our findings may be misinterpreted.Image
2/ First, a huge shoutout to our superstar co-first authors @PeterBrodeurMD (IM resident @BIDMC_IM) and @tabuckley_ (PhD student in @AIM_Harvard_PhD). Without them this paper would not exist.Image
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3/ Now, some background. In 1959, Ledley & Lusted published a paper (also in Science!) arguing for complex clinical cases (such as the NEJM CPCs) to be a gold standard for evaluating the reasoning abilities of medical AI. That gauntlet motivated every generation of medical AI since and for decades, AI systems fell short.Image
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May 1
The menswear ("Derek") guy offers some valuable commentary. This one for example.


He first thought I was in the US and was some poor confused person. He then told me to stay out of US conversations. Maybe he was joking? Who knows?

A thread on clothes. Image
One thing that bothers normies about fashion commentary is that most people instinctively understand clothing is socially constructed. That is why some women feel more comfortable covered while others go topless on a beach.
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Men especially often just want to know: what can I wear so nobody notices my clothes at all? To people like those men, detailed judgmental fashion commentary feels like the myopia of a dilettante.
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May 1
⚔️PODSUMOWANIE KONFLIKTÓW NA ŚWIECIE💥
- KWIECIEŃ 2026 -
Podsumowanie najważniejszych konfliktów na świecie w kwietniu.
Dziś: 🇮🇷🇺🇸🇱🇧🇮🇱🇷🇺🇺🇦🇲🇱🇸🇩🇸🇸🇪🇹🇸🇴🇨🇩🇲🇿
Zapraszam➡️Image
III WOJNA W ZATOCE PERSKIEJ 🇮🇷🇺🇸🇱🇧🇮🇱

Konflikt z początkiem kwietnia przeszedł w stan zawieszenia kiedy 7 kwietnia prezydent USA Donald Trump ogłosił że zginie cała cywilizacja (w domyśle Irańska), to następnego dnia obie strony tymczasowo zawiesiły zawieszenie broni.

- Początkowo zawieszenie bronii miało być dwutygodniowe, ale kiedy Iran nie pojawił się na rozmowach USA jednostronnie przedłużyły rozejm.

- Pod wpływem zawieszenia broni Iran zgodził się zdjąć blokadę z cieśniny Ozmuz, jednak szybko ją przywrócił kiedy okazało się że zawieszenie nie obejmuje frontu Libańskiego. Kiedy ostatecznie Liban także został objęty porozumieniem i Izrael wstrzymał kampanię lądową na północy blokada znowu została otwarta.

- Od 13 kwietnia USA prowadzi blokadę morską Iranu - dotychczas najsensowniejsze posunięcie Waszyngtonu tej wojny. W zamian Iran znowu przywrócił blokadę na cieśninie Ormuz.

- Przedłużające się podwójne blokady wywołują spustoszenie na światowych rynkach a cena ropy brent jest już na najwyższym poziomie od lipca 2022.

- Dużo kontrowersji wywołują celowe działania Izraela, pomimo zawieszenia broni, których celem jest niszczenie zabudowy mieszkalnej, podstawowych środków do życia lokalnej ludności, a także obiektów religijnych także chrześcijańskich w południowym Libanie.

Jeśli blokada w cieśninie nie ustąpi, wtedy może nastąpić poważny światowy kryzys, już obserwowalny w Afryce czy Azji.Image
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WOJNA NA UKRAINIE 🇷🇺🇺🇦

Od początku 2026 roku Rosjanom nie idzie dobrze. Kwiecień był kolejnym miesiącem ciężkich walk, a większość wysiłku wojennego jest skupiona wokół Konstantynówki

- Sama Konstantynówka jest obiektem ciężkich walk, choć Rosjanie powoli starają się w swoim stylu okrążać miasto, front jest bardzo postrzępiony, i Ukraińcy trzymają wiele pozycji daleko za domniemaną linią frontu. Obecnie w tym rejonie ciężko określić jak owa linia przebiega.

- Rosjanie największe swoje postępy uzyskali w obwodzie Sumskim, w odcinku Hulajpolski udało im się wykonać silne uderzenie od strony Myrne, jednak front Siewierski stanął.

- Ukraińcy zakończyli działania pod Pokrowśkie, uzyskując postępy pod Stepnohirskiem i odrzucając Rosjan spod Łymania

- Ukraińcy dalej atakują Rosjan na głębokim zapleczu, zadając już straty większe niż w ubiegłym roku. Co ciekawe Rosjanie od kilku miesięcy osiągnęli swoje maksymalne możliwości jeśli chodzi o uderzenia Shahedów, podczas gdy Ukraińcy nadal rozwijają zarówno średnie jak i dalekie uderzenia.

- Jednocześnie powolny Rosyjski postęp daje czas Ukraińcom na budowę nowych fortyfikacji. Poniżej mapa @clement_molin te czerwone linie to fortyfikacje ukończone TYLKO W TYM ROKU.

Oczywiście obie strony mają swoje problemy, choćby Ukraińcy z rekrutacją, ale Rosjanie też powoli zaczynają je odczuwać u Siebie. Do podobnych wyników co w poprzednim roku Rosjanie potrzebowaliby dwukrotnie większego wysiłku, który nie jest możliwy.

To co się dzieje poza frontem zwiastuje że ten rok będzie dla Rosji jeszcze gorszy.Image
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May 1
🚨Italian TV has a new report on Paolo Zampolli on Sunday. Zampolli had his mom declared mentally and physically incapable and had her put in an elderly home, away from her house. He took a lot of her money and her jewels. His aunt, his mom’s sister, talks.
Zampolli’s aunt says her sister (Zampolli’s mom) is brilliant, a college professor, and Zampolli relegated her on an elderly home. She specifies Zampolli “only completed mandatory primary education. He was enrolled in a specific southern Italian High School bc he would never have passed at a high school in Milan. Didn’t complete it. Didn’t go to college”. Consider that this utterly ignorant, cruel, amoral man has been given a freaking DIPLOMATIC post by the Trump administration.
Zampolli’s aunt further adds that she always wondered how an only child could do this to his mother, and that the rest of the family fails to understand how, with all they had intellectually and financially, her sister could have had such a son.
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May 1
Erasmian fans of the reconstructed keep saying ἡμεῖς (we) and ὑμεῖς (you) both sounding like /imis/ proves historical Greek pronunciation is "broken." They're wrong.

The distinction isn't lost — and Plato already documented it 2,400 years ago.

Greek pronunciation thread 🧵 (with receipts)Image
We don't need 16th-century Europeans to tell us how our own vowels work.

Living Greek dialects still preserve the υ sounds the Erasmians claim were "authentic Attic":

Megarian: υ = [u] (back rounded) — κρούσταλλο [krústalo] = crystal

Pontic: υ = [y] (front rounded) — νύφε [nýfe] = bride

Cappadocian: υ = [y] (front rounded) — σκυλιού [scyˈʎy] = of the dog

Standard: υ = [i] — ύπνος [ípnos] = sleep
Even without the pronouns, the verb ending already tells you who is speaking:

ἡμεῖς λέγομεν = we say (-ομεν = 1st plural)

ὑμεῖς λέγετε = you say (-ετε = 2nd plural)

The pronoun is redundant. English uses "you" for singular, plural, formal, and indefinite — with zero verb help — and nobody calls English "defective".
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May 1
High blood pressure doesn't start with salt and getting old...

It starts with inflammation, insulin resistance and low nitric oxide.

Here are 10 science-backed methods to lower your blood pressure naturally (bookmark this): 🧵

1. Eat more garlic Image
Garlic contains a compound called allicin which works like a natural ACE inhibitor.

That's the exact same mechanism many blood pressure meds target.

Studies show aged garlic supplements can drop blood pressure by 5-10 points in just weeks.
2. Eat more potassium-rich foods.

Potassium helps your kidneys flush excess sodium and relaxes your blood vessel walls.

The problem?

Most Americans are massively deficient in it.

Add avocados, spinach, sweet potatoes and bananas to your daily meals.
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May 1
Japanese scientists just discovered shocking news about grey hair.

It’s literally your body choosing survival over cancer.

Here’s everything you need to know (& how to keep your hair dark): Image
1. It starts with pigment stem cells

Your hair color comes from melanocyte stem cells.

They live inside your hair follicles
and produce melanin (your natural pigment).

But these cells are fragile.

And extremely sensitive to damage…
2. When damage hits, your body makes a decision

These cells have 2 options:

• Keep dividing → risk becoming cancer
• Shut down → stop producing pigment

Your body chooses survival.

That’s when your hair turns grey.

Because…
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May 1
Proof of Funds is the #1 reason many student visas get denied.

🇨🇦 Canada 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇳🇿 New Zealand 🇦🇺 Australia 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇦🇹 Austria 🇮🇹 Italy 🇫🇮 Finland 🇫🇷 France 🇮🇪 Ireland 🇨🇭 Switzerland are very strict about it.

Let me show you how to get it right Thread 🧵👇
1) Start Early — Don’t Wait for Admission

If you’re planning to travel to any of these countries, start preparing at least 6 months in advance.

If you have a strong 2:2, 2:1, or First Class, your admission chances are already high (around 80–90%).
But admission is not the problem ; Proof of Funds is.
2) Every Deposit Must Have a Clear Source

Immigration officers don’t just look at your balance; they look at how the money got there.

Salary → clear
Business income → clear
Transfers → must be explained
Gifts → must be supported

If you cannot explain it, it becomes a red flag.
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May 1
Cuatro cosas que tenés que hacer si recién empezaste a usar Claude

Lo más poderoso de la herramienta no es meterte y tirarle un par de prompts, sino aprovechar las funcionalidades que lo hacen rendir al máximo. Te dejo las más importantes para configurar que solamente te llevan unos minutos.Image
Uno: no arranques de cero. Si venís usando ChatGPT, Gemini o Grok, Claude ahora te ayuda a importar la memoria directo desde ahí. El concepto general de lo que aprendieron sobre vos (tus preferencias, tu contexto, tu forma de laburar) se transfiere. Son tres clicks y listo.
Dos: bajate Claude a la computadora y activá Cowork. Es la manera más efectiva de dejar de hablar con la IA y ponerla a trabajar. Toma control del mouse, abre Chrome, te llena planillas, ordena la carpeta de Descargas que tenés hecha un desastre... Todo lo que te come tiempo y no requiere criterio humano, lo hace él mientras vos hacés otra cosa. Pero cuidado: sabé que la herramienta no siempre se comporta como esperás y un gran poder como este implica una gran responsabilidad. Yo te avisé.
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May 1
Mebendazole is just a regular anti-parasitic drug.

But researchers started noticing something unexpected.

It might affect how certain cancer cells grow.

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This drug has been used for years
to treat worms and parasitic infections.

Nothing new.

But what changed… is how we started looking at it.
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In lab studies, researchers observed:

Mebendazole can interfere
with how cells divide and multiply.

And that’s important. Image
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May 1
20 AÑOS de Google Translate 🎂
¿Todavía los usas como en 2010? 🤦‍♂️

10 TRUCOS de Google Translate que parecen de pago, pero son gratis 🧵👇Image
1. Práctica de pronunciación con IA.

Beneficio: entrenas tu forma de hablar, no solo tu vocabulario.

Cómo usarlo: abre Google Translate, toca “Práctica”, elige idioma, nivel y escenario. Luego habla y recibe ejercicios guiados según tu objetivo.
2. Live Translate con auriculares.***

Beneficio: escuchas traducciones en tiempo real sin mirar tanto la pantalla. (70 Idiomas).

Cómo usarlo: abre Google Translate, toca “Live translate”, conecta tus audífonos y elige idiomas. Ideal para viajes, clases o conversaciones rápidas.
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May 1
Winter, 683/684.

A Roman official Petrus leaves Rome for Spain carrying a bundle of papal documents across a dangerous Mediterranean. It sounds like a minor errand. It was anything but.

A thread on a journey from Rome to Visigothic Spain...and the world behind it.🧵 Image
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The background of Petrus' mission is one of the great doctrinal struggles of the age: the Monothelite controversy.

For years, the Roman world had argued over how to describe Christ. And whether He had one will or two. This could sound weird to you, but for the people in the 7th century this was a highly political issue. /1Image
In 680-681 AD, the Sixth Ecumenical Council took place in Constantinople. What was meant to settle the religious issue, ended in a crisis.

The council rejected Monothelitism and affirmed that Christ possessed two wills, divine and human, in harmony. But a council’s decision meant little unless the wider Christian world accepted it. /2Image
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May 1
🚨 Investigação da Polícia Federal contra Lulinha avança e preocupa Lula

Reportagem da VEJA afirma que a investigação contra o filho de Lula ganhou força nas últimas semanas.

Movimentos internos para tentar blindar Lulinha já foram mapeados e não travaram o avanço.

O caso do INSS é o tema mais sensível dentro do governo agora! 👇🏼Image
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1️⃣ Investigação ganha tração nas últimas semanas

De acordo com a coluna Radar, a Polícia Federal avançou sobre Fábio Luís Lula da Silva, o Lulinha, dentro do inquérito ligado ao INSS.

As apurações evoluíram a ponto de gerar preocupação no Palácio do Planalto.

O foco agora está em conexões do esquema com a cúpula do poder.Image
2️⃣ Movimentos de Lula

A reportagem indica que o próprio presidente tentou agir para proteger o filho.

Esses movimentos dentro do governo foram identificados pelos investigadores.

Mesmo assim, a PF seguiu com as diligências sem interrupção.
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May 1
🧵 THREAD

1/ Another way we can fight back against digital ID and the coming digital control grid is to reach out to city and state legislators.

Most people today do not understand the US Constitution. Including state legislators.

The US Constitution created a decentralized power structure. The federal government actually has very limited powers. All other powers are granted to the states and to the people themselves.

And state legislators need to understand this.
2/ Not all legislators are bad people.

Most are not psychopaths. Most are not trying to destroy freedom. Most do not wake up in the morning thinking about how to oppress their constituents.

Most legislators genuinely believe they are doing the right thing. And most of them have no idea what they are actually voting for when they approve digital ID bills and online child safety laws.
3/ Most state legislators do not understand that child safety laws are not about protecting children.

They do not understand that age verification requires identity verification. They do not understand that identity verification requires digital IDs. They do not understand that digital IDs are the infrastructure for permanent surveillance.

They think they are voting to protect kids. They have no idea they are voting to build a cage.
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May 1
This is Tweet Thread Two from Day 2 of Graham Linehan's appeal against his conviction for causing £369 of damage to a mobile phone. Day 2 Tweet Thread One is here:

Thanks v much to all those who have supported my reporting of this case - if you haven't already, you'd like to and can afford to, please consider a small donation to fund this and other work in this area:

genderblog.net/donate/
Abbreviations and disclaimer incoming...
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May 1
11 мультфільмів з певним терапевтичним ефектом.

Якщо ви доповните цей тред своїми варіантами зі вказівками, чим вони терапевтичні – буде супер-пупер

Погнали
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May 1
Don't change the iPhone if the battery starts to drain.
Don't change the iPhone if the battery starts to drain.
Don't change the iPhone if the battery starts to drain.

Apple intentionally set the default settings so that the battery drains quickly.

After I played around with the settings myself, the battery now lasts from 6 hours to 10 hours.

Most people will buy a new phone before they ever find this.

Here is the method: 👇Image
1/ First thing, check who's the main culprit.

- Settings → Battery

- Scroll down and see which app is consuming your battery the most.

- Usually it's not the app you use a lot. But the problematic app is the one running hidden in the background.
2/ Background App Updates.

- This feature ain't useful but it's on by default.

- Settings → General → Background App

- Updates → Turn it off

- The whole point is that every app on your phone "updates itself" even if you haven't opened it.

- Instagram downloads the vid, Shopee updates the prices.

- Why, you ask? You can still open the app manually anyway.
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May 1
Diálogo social
Centralizar la administración de las cuentas de ahorro previsional: una propuesta mal escrita, mal fundamentada y peor comunicada. Se requiere contextualizar la discusión y profundizar en por qué las cosas son como son y si pueden cambiarse para mejorar. Va 🧵
Los resultados del diálogo social son los esperables en temas de pobreza infantil y afines. En el sistema previsional el resultado es impreciso, genera incertidumbres y amenazas al ahorro individual y a la sustentabilidad financiera del sistema. Además, faltan números.
El objetivo político del diálogo social era el vano intento de laudar 30 años de fuerte discrepancia en el “progresismo” sobre el régimen previsional mixto. La pag.63 del informe atestigua el fracaso de ese intento y anuncia la sempiterna oposición del PIT-CNT y afines👇 Image
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May 1
In today’s Vatnik Soup, we introduce Hasan Piker, a Turkish-American streamer and millionaire. He’s best known for his champagne socialism, rabid criticism of the US and Israel, support for the Soviet Union and for Chinese and Russian invasions, and for mistreating his dog.

1/20 Hasan Piker in Havana, Cuba
Born in 1991, Piker grew up in a privileged and well-connected environment. His father held senior roles at big corporations and his uncle, Cenk Uygur, is the founder of The Young Turks media network. He graduated cum laude from Rutgers, a top-tier university in New Jersey.

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His main activity and primary source of income consists of hours-long livestreams on Twitch where he comments on news and yells at videos. He also keeps his dog in place the whole time with a shock collar.

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May 1
ProjectEngine
BuildInPublic
FridayFeedback

I've tried to be calmer this week. No one is waiting immediately for me to do this, though I'm grateful to an interested audience. 🧵

🚧 The problem remains: youth unemployment
🤖 Tech is a great career to get into

🧵👇
🌉 A simple bridge is needed into tech skills
📈 Economies will benefit from these creative skills

Where are we?

🚜 We have functional first pages
❤️ Identifying a passion we will fight for
🐲 Cloaking the tech dragon in simpler clothes

🧵👇
🗺️ We have a roadmap for all stages needed
🏃 We have a sprint plan for the next three sprints

What is needed next?

🦸 Sprint 1 - Becoming a super hero
🎉 Sprint 2 - Having fun
🛡️ Sprint 3 - Ensuring safety
🪞 Three week sprints all start with Rest, Reflect, Reset

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