The story of the Apeldoornsche Bosch
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Jewish psychiatric institution 'The Apeldoornsche Bosch' has gone down in history as a location where a terrible war drama took place. On January 22, 2023 it was 80 years since the institution was evacuated by the Germans in World War II.

2/n More than 1300 Jews were taken to Auschwitz, where they were murdered. The Apeldoornsche Bosch was a Jewish psychiatric institution, located on the Zutphensestreet in Apeldoorn from 1909 to 1943. At first it seemed that the Nazis would leave Apeldoornsche Bosch alone.

3/n That is why the institution in Apeldoorn was also called 'Jews' heaven'. On Wednesday, January 20, 1943, the Ordedienst of Camp Westerbork appeared. A freight train with 40 wagons was prepared at Apeldoorn station. Half of the staff fled that night and went into hiding.

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„The Canadian Armed Forces have modelled a hypothetical U.S. military invasion of Canada and the country’s potential response, which includes tactics similar to those employed against Russia and later U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan, two senior government officials say.

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It is believed to be the first time in a century that the Canadian Armed Forces have created a model of an American assault on this country, a founding member of the @NATO and a partner with the U.S. in continental air defence.”

Jan. 20, 2026

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1. No it isn’t - we talk to our healthcarers

15yrs ago a lump grew. My GP was concerned enough to refer me for an urgent biopsy

The best place was the local ‘Vulval clinic’ but they arranged for me to attend out of hours

The Dr & nurse were both kind & respectful, but…

https://twitter.com/emmeejacobs/status/2013928823943786504

2. … best was the nurse

After the lump removal (it was benign) I heard the nurse talking to the Dr:

“I’ve changed the dressings pack, I couldn’t give Professor W sanitary towels.
I think we need to change the clinic name if we are to have more gentlemen attending”

I went …

3. … back 4wks later for results & check up to a joint m/f clinic now known as ‘genital health’

That nurse was a Salford granny in her 60s

They knew all of my medical history & she told me about her grandchildren as she held my hand through a very painful procedure …

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These headlines tell you everything the media doesn’t want you to notice.

AP and the BBC aren't just reporting what happened; they’re quietly framing how you’re supposed to understand it.

Look closely. ⬇️

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AP says Israel claims, “often with little evidence,” that UNRWA staff are tied to Hamas.

That line does a lot of work by quietly telling readers not to believe what comes next.

Except the evidence exists. And it always has.

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The BBC doesn't just report here, but adjudicate sovereignty.

By declaring “occupied East Jerusalem” as fact in the headline, the BBC isn’t describing a dispute.

It’s unilaterally drawing the borders of another country’s capital.

POV: It’s 2052.
With Kenya's economy set to grow 10% annually to $1.5T and cementing 17th place in the world, Mbwesa’s Nationalist Party of Kenya (NPK) is cruising towards a second consecutive parliamentary majority.🧵

At $30,000 per capita the Kenyans aren't just swimming in wealth and prosperity; they are drowning in it. And all this? In just 10 yrs. It is an economic miracle like no other.

Nuclear power stations, popping up everywhere.
Industrial parks glowing like Minecraft builds at night.
Energy so cheap KPLC had to rebrand as a lifestyle company.
Textiles.
Defence.
Aviation.
Automobiles.
Kenya isn't “adding value.”
Kenya is dominating the supply chain.

"It gave cold comfort to a watching world that fears the future of the transatlantic alliance now lies in the hands of a modern Caligula."

Trump, the first truly mad emperor, since the Roman era.

1/🧵theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j…

Yes, we've had plenty of deranged despots, Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Mao, Napoleon etc (there's too many of them to count). But whilst all were mad in their own way, you'd to go back to Roman times, to find one as obviously florid as Trump. Trump is an old-fashioned lunatic.
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It says there is something seriously wrong with the US, that such an away with the fairies lunatic like Trump, is allowed to stay in office, whilst so openly telling the world, he's totally detached from reality.
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1/8 Donald Trump today during a press briefing talked about everything from getting hurt by a binder clip and not even showing any pain to Greenland. He looked like he hadn't slept in 10 days. And the state media didn't even ask a SINGLE question about the Epstein files OR

2/8 tariffs. GREENLAND is what he is using to steer our attention AWAY from the files and TOWARD Greenland. The Epstein files, BY LAW, were to be turned over to the House over thirty days ago. The law enforcement agency that used to be such a great crime fighting tool is NOW,

3/8 along with Trump, BREAKING the law, REFUSING to hand the documents over. I believe it is because they need to sanitize them and redact EVERY page or photo depicting Trump, who is up to his NECK involved with Epstein's crimes...END of story. And Trump lied all the way through.

A system designed not to last, but to win time

Look at the battlefield as a system of crumple zones - areas deliberately designed to fail under pressure while absorbing as much damage as possible, still protecting the vital nodes behind them.

https://twitter.com/M0nstas/status/2013733710705692717

Ditches and earthworks define the overall pattern of this system, but the actual defense relies on a constellation of strongpoints of varying size. These positions are meant to hold for as long as conditions allow and to be abandoned when necessary. Their value lies not in permanence, but in the time, attrition, and disruption they impose on the attacker.

Such a system is inherently imperfect. It may fail for many reasons: manpower shortages, command-and-control friction, logistics constraints, or degraded operational awareness. These risks are not exceptions- they are expected variables under current conditions. The design accepts failure at the tactical level in order to preserve operational coherence and prevent strategic collapse.

(1/7) Judgment on Wednesday, 21 January 2026 at 10h00: The Constitutional Court declined to confirm an order of constitutional invalidity made by the High Court which declared section 10(2) of the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act 120 of 1998 unconstitutional.

2/7) The Recognition Act places customary marriage on an equal footing with civil marriage. A customary marriage, when the parties to it enter into a subsequent civil marriage, is not dissolved. Rather, the later civil marriage subsumes the customary marriage.

(3/7) The marriage between the parties is a single, continuous marriage that begins as a customary marriage and later becomes governed by civil law upon the conclusion of a civil marriage. The change is declaratory rather than constitutive

A bit of discussion about this detached bogie being a cause rather than an outcome of the Adamuz crash. It's essentially impossible for a bogie to be released from a moving train without that train already having been derailed.

It's being reported that this was found around 275m from the railway - the potentially 400km/h closing speed of the two trains when they collided will have easily created enough energy to launch the Iryo bogie that distance.

Despite their mass, bogies are often thrown loose during high energy derailments. The location of this bogie and the section of the train it departed from will help investigators establish the precise trajectories of the derailed vehicles and the energies involved.

Europe Has Lost Its Patience With USA

Across Europe, something has snapped. The tone has shifted from irritation to open contempt. What once passed for strained diplomacy is now spoken of as extortion, bad faith, and outright sabotage of international norms. The Greenland crisis, renewed tariff threats, and the crude theatrics of the Trump administration have pushed European public opinion into unfamiliar territory. It is anger, and it is no longer being hidden.

What is striking is how openly this sentiment is now expressed. In parliaments, in editorials, in boardrooms, and increasingly in everyday consumer choices, the message is the same. The United States under MAGA leadership is no longer seen as a difficult partner. It is seen as a problem that must be managed.

At Davos, the usual choreography collapsed. European and Asian leaders, long accustomed to translating American volatility into diplomatic euphemisms, stopped pretending. The language was blunt. The tone unmistakably cold.

This mega prompt turns Grok 4.1 into a world-class teacher that helps with building you a complete, customized course on any topic in minutes.

R.I.P $5K–$20K bootcamps & paid courses.

(Steal it ↓)

The mega prompt:

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# ROLE
You are an elite master educator and curriculum designer with 20+ years experience at top institutions (think Harvard + Stanford + modern online platforms like MasterClass). Your specialty is creating structured, engaging, practical courses that deliver real skill mastery with clear progression, hands-on practice, and measurable outcomes.

# INPUTS
topic: {Main topic or skill you want to teach, e.g. "Prompt Engineering" or "Python for Data Science"}
skill_level: {Target learner level: beginner, intermediate, or advanced}
duration_weeks: {Total length in weeks, e.g. 4, 6, 8, 12}
learning_style: {Optional: e.g. "hands-on projects", "theory + practice", "fast-paced", "deep dive with examples"}
final_project: {Optional: desired capstone, e.g. "build a complete project" or "none"}

# TASKS
1. Course Overview
• Create an engaging course title and subtitle
• Write a compelling course description (150–200 words) that sells the transformation
• Define target audience and prerequisites
• List 5–8 specific learning outcomes (what students can DO after finishing)

2. Full Syllabus
• Break the course into weekly modules (exactly matching duration_weeks)
• For each week: module title, 3–5 key topics, estimated time commitment

3. Detailed Weekly Breakdown
• For each week:
→ Core lessons (3–6 short lessons with titles and brief descriptions)
→ Recommended readings/videos/resources (free where possible)
→ Hands-on exercises or assignments (with clear deliverables)
→ Quick quiz or reflection questions

4. Assessment & Projects
• Weekly progress checks
• Final project or capstone (detailed brief if requested)
• Grading rubric or success criteria

5. Bonus Section
• Suggested tools/software needed
• Community/discussion prompts
• Next steps after completion (advanced resources or related skills)

# OUTPUT RULES
• Use clear Markdown formatting with headers (##, ###) and bullet points
• Make everything practical, actionable, and engaging — use energetic language
• Section headers exactly: **Course Overview**, **Full Syllabus**, **Week X: [Title]**, **Assessment & Projects**, **Bonus Resources**
• No fluff or reasoning — deliver polished, ready-to-use content only
• Keep total output concise yet comprehensive (fits in one long response)
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My input (took ~25 seconds in Grok 4.1):
topic: Prompt Engineering
skill_level: beginner
duration_weeks: 4
learning_style: hands-on projects
final_project: build a complete custom mega-prompt toolkit