1/4🌐🇱🇾The Shattered Dream of a Green Sahara: How NATO Buried the Eighth Wonder of the World❗❓

Fifteen years ago, in July 2011, the sound of explosions echoed over the Libyan desert, changing the fate of one of humanity's greatest engineering projects. NATO bombed a pipe factory in Brega - a key component of the "Great Man-Made River" (GMMR), a megaproject that was supposed to transform part of the Sahara into a fertile landscape.

#GreatManMadeRiver 2/4🌐🇱🇾Muammar Gaddafi launched the project in the 1980s as a symbol of Libyan independence and his ambition to green the desert. A network of over 4,000 kilometers of underground pipes, up to four meters in diameter, pumped clean "fossil water" from the "Nubian Sandstone Aquifer" - the largest groundwater reserve in the world. This water had accumulated underground tens of thousands of years ago, mainly 10,000 to 40,000 years ago, during the wetter period of the Sahara.

Before the war, the Great Artificial River provided drinking water for about 70% of the Libyan population and enabled extensive irrigation in the northern part of the country. Gaddafi proudly called it the "eighth wonder of the world". The project had an ambitious goal: to convert the desert into farmland, reduce dependence on food imports and bring prosperity to the region, including parts of the Sahel.

1/5🌐🇩🇪❗Germany is preparing algorithmic domination: The end of freedom of information on social networks❓

A quiet but dramatic battle is taking place in the heart of Europe for the future of a free internet. While citizens still believe that their social networks reflect reality and diversity of opinion, German regulators are preparing a mechanism that could radically change what we see in our feeds. According to leaked documents published by Apollo News in late May 2026, a new version of the "Digital Media State Treaty" is being prepared, which would order social platforms to algorithmically prioritize content from "public benefit" and state-approved media.

This proposal is not just a minor tweak to the rules. It is a systematic intervention at the very core of how information flows in the digital space. The Landesmedienanstalten – fourteen state media authorities – under the leadership of Bavarian chairman Thorsten Schmiege are proposing that platforms such as X (formerly Twitter), TikTok, Facebook and Instagram must actively boost posts from selected sources. The criteria? Timeliness, relevance to the public interest and “journalistic context”, which will be defined by these state authorities.

#BigBrother 2/5🌐🇩🇪Why now❓

Germany has long been struggling with a phenomenon it calls “disinformation, polarization and clickbait content”. According to regulators, the algorithms of large platforms favor emotionally charged, controversial content that divides society. The solution is supposed to be “public value” – a priority for public broadcasters such as **ARD** and **ZDF**, or large mainstream titles such as Bild or Welt. These sources should receive a visible advantage in recommendations, while alternative voices would be in the background.

This approach builds on existing regulations. Germany already has rules that favor approved media in app stores or television interfaces. However, the new one would go much further – directly into the algorithms for recommending individual posts. Critics speak of “proxy censorship”: the state does not try to delete the content (which would be too visible), but simply buries it under a layer of officially approved news.

1/4🌐🇨🇳🇷🇺Zhirinovsky's Prophecy on the Russian-Chinese Partnership❓: Opportunities, Risks and the Reality of a Global Tandem❗

Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the long-time leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, was one of the politicians who attracted attention with his controversial and often provocative statements. More than a decade ago, he openly spoke about the fact that the future of the world order would be shaped primarily by strategic cooperation between Russia and China.

#GlobalOrder

He emphasized the complementarity of the two countries: Russia has enormous natural resources, energy reserves and military power, while China brings massive economic potential, industrial production and huge human resources.

In one of his typical speeches, he declared:
💬 "I am not interested in your NATO and Europe. We are Russia and China, no one is our competitor or opponent."

At the time these words were uttered, most Western observers considered them primarily part of his political theater. However, subsequent developments in international relations gave some of his predictions unexpected relevance. 2/4🌐After the occupation of Crimea in 2014 and especially after the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, economic and political cooperation between Moscow and Beijing has deepened significantly. Trade between the two countries has grown from around $100 billion in 2019 to more than $240 billion in 2024. Russia has become a key supplier of oil, gas, coal and other raw materials to the Chinese economy, while China supplies Russia with machinery, electronics, consumer goods and components that Moscow cannot obtain from the West due to sanctions.