Recent well liked threads
En 1655, Inglaterra envió una flota de 56 barcos y 10.000 hombres para hacerse con la joya de la corona española en el Caribe, Santo Domingo. Parecía una victoria segura, pero fueron derrotados por un rival inesperado: un ejército de cangrejo. Tira del hilo 🧵👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 
El dictador británico Oliver Cromwell inició una ambiciosa política exterior contra las posesiones españolas en el Caribe para expandir la influencia y el control británico en la zona, para lo cual trazó un plan cuidadosamente diseñado al que bautizó como “Designio Occidental”.
Para ello organizó una fabulosa flota de 56 navíos y 10.000 hombres al mando del almirante William Penn y del general Robert Venables cuyo objetivo era conquistar la isla La Española y su capital, Santo Domingo, la joya de la corona española en el Caribe.
🔥🔥🔥Bad Kitteh has European Union butt to kick today. What I’ve already reported on how their DSA censorship rules were created should have ended it. @ElonMusk was fined by rules created by the Global Trump resistance!
Hello, is anyone listening?
The radical leftist, Avaaz, used pressure campaigns and activists to get their way on censorship. Once even using a million people to pressure Facebook. They even worked with Imran Ahmed of the Center For Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) too.
Avaaz was created by MoveOn, a key player in the Soros Democracy Alliance Trump Resistance, aka Serbian Otpor. And Avaaz is used to stop “Trumps” globally.
Avaaz is also partnered with Newsguard. And was a signatory for the EU Code of Practice on Disinfo.
About a year ago, I did a 5 part series on Avaaz, with tons of evidence, that I’m going to review today.
Avaaz even ran a disinfo war room in Brussels and EU brass visited them regularly.
Here’s a couple of quotes so you understand what Avaaz is about:
“Avaaz is the epicenter of the global resistance to Trump. Together, we've helped defeat Trumpism at the ballot box in Western Europe, and defeated Trump's attempt to kill the Paris climate agreement.”
“Avaaz has planned a massive, people-powered uprising to help defeat the far right. We'll expose the wolves in sheep's clothing, uniting millions in a defiant rejection of hate and planetary destruction.”
Now onto my EU evidence.
♦️ Avazz:
“We can honestly say Europe’s new Digital Services Act wouldn’t look like it does without Avaaz.
We ran massive investigations into the harms caused by social media and shared our findings everywhere. Then we drafted groundbreaking legislative proposals.
EU Commission Vice-President Margrethe Vestager endorsed our call for a “Paris Agreement of the Internet”. And EU Commissioner Thierry Breton was so convinced by our research that he went on TV to talk about it the day after we met him!
For over four years, our movement - together with an inspiring civil society coalition – has been at the forefront of this battle to protect citizens and democracy.
In 2019, many EU lawmakers didn’t really understand the problem. The idea that lies and conspiracy theories going viral online.
So, inspired by a Lithuanian project, we hired researchers we called “elves” to investigate internet “trolls” and reveal the scale of the disinformation problem, especially the impact it was having in Europe.
Working from a war room in Brussels, our team of 30 “elves” uncovered what 30,000 Facebook monitors and their team of experts seemed to have missed: huge networks, using fake accounts and inauthentic pages, spreading toxic lies and hatred across Europe ahead of crucial elections. Following our investigation, Facebook took down networks that could reach an estimated 3 BILLION (!!!!) views in a single year!!
As election day approached, top EU politicians, journalists and security experts were coming to our war room almost every day for information and briefings.
Top EU officials were shocked by what we had found and asked us: what could be done?
So, working with social media insiders, academics and lawmakers, we developed research-backed proposals to clean up social media.
And we didn’t let go – showing up at every single meeting, event or video call with our findings, and publishing ever more evidence exposing how platforms were failing. We even organised a conference on disinformation bringing together some of the most influential EU politicians and executives from Facebook and Twitter to make our case!
We even delivered messages to politicians from Avaaz members across Europe in beautifully made books!”
Full article at link
archive.is/lXeAs
@HarmeetKDhillon
@EdMartinDOJ
@SecRubio
Video- Imran Ahmed of the Center For Countering Digital hate worked with Avaaz on the Paris Agreement For Disinfo to work on the DSA. This was attended by EU Vice President Commissioner Věra Jourová, and EU commissioners etc.
Hello, is anyone listening?
The radical leftist, Avaaz, used pressure campaigns and activists to get their way on censorship. Once even using a million people to pressure Facebook. They even worked with Imran Ahmed of the Center For Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) too.
Avaaz was created by MoveOn, a key player in the Soros Democracy Alliance Trump Resistance, aka Serbian Otpor. And Avaaz is used to stop “Trumps” globally.
Avaaz is also partnered with Newsguard. And was a signatory for the EU Code of Practice on Disinfo.
About a year ago, I did a 5 part series on Avaaz, with tons of evidence, that I’m going to review today.
Avaaz even ran a disinfo war room in Brussels and EU brass visited them regularly.
Here’s a couple of quotes so you understand what Avaaz is about:
“Avaaz is the epicenter of the global resistance to Trump. Together, we've helped defeat Trumpism at the ballot box in Western Europe, and defeated Trump's attempt to kill the Paris climate agreement.”
“Avaaz has planned a massive, people-powered uprising to help defeat the far right. We'll expose the wolves in sheep's clothing, uniting millions in a defiant rejection of hate and planetary destruction.”
Now onto my EU evidence.
♦️ Avazz:
“We can honestly say Europe’s new Digital Services Act wouldn’t look like it does without Avaaz.
We ran massive investigations into the harms caused by social media and shared our findings everywhere. Then we drafted groundbreaking legislative proposals.
EU Commission Vice-President Margrethe Vestager endorsed our call for a “Paris Agreement of the Internet”. And EU Commissioner Thierry Breton was so convinced by our research that he went on TV to talk about it the day after we met him!
For over four years, our movement - together with an inspiring civil society coalition – has been at the forefront of this battle to protect citizens and democracy.
In 2019, many EU lawmakers didn’t really understand the problem. The idea that lies and conspiracy theories going viral online.
So, inspired by a Lithuanian project, we hired researchers we called “elves” to investigate internet “trolls” and reveal the scale of the disinformation problem, especially the impact it was having in Europe.
Working from a war room in Brussels, our team of 30 “elves” uncovered what 30,000 Facebook monitors and their team of experts seemed to have missed: huge networks, using fake accounts and inauthentic pages, spreading toxic lies and hatred across Europe ahead of crucial elections. Following our investigation, Facebook took down networks that could reach an estimated 3 BILLION (!!!!) views in a single year!!
As election day approached, top EU politicians, journalists and security experts were coming to our war room almost every day for information and briefings.
Top EU officials were shocked by what we had found and asked us: what could be done?
So, working with social media insiders, academics and lawmakers, we developed research-backed proposals to clean up social media.
And we didn’t let go – showing up at every single meeting, event or video call with our findings, and publishing ever more evidence exposing how platforms were failing. We even organised a conference on disinformation bringing together some of the most influential EU politicians and executives from Facebook and Twitter to make our case!
We even delivered messages to politicians from Avaaz members across Europe in beautifully made books!”
Full article at link
archive.is/lXeAs
@HarmeetKDhillon
@EdMartinDOJ
@SecRubio
Video- Imran Ahmed of the Center For Countering Digital hate worked with Avaaz on the Paris Agreement For Disinfo to work on the DSA. This was attended by EU Vice President Commissioner Věra Jourová, and EU commissioners etc.
Avaaz was created from a regime change org, ResPublica, and MoveOn. This is what is running the global Trump and populist resistance.
Avaaz was called the globe's largest and most powerful online activist network.
Is it any wonder that MoveOn is running a Serbian Otpor on Trump? Otpor defined is resistance.
After I share the 5 parts on Avaaz, I’ll review the MoveOn Trump Resistance.
Oh and Soros funded the creation of Avaaz.
Avaaz was called the globe's largest and most powerful online activist network.
Is it any wonder that MoveOn is running a Serbian Otpor on Trump? Otpor defined is resistance.
After I share the 5 parts on Avaaz, I’ll review the MoveOn Trump Resistance.
Oh and Soros funded the creation of Avaaz.
Part 2:
When the left writes the rules that censor the right, be careful what you admit to.
This part also mostly discusses what I mentioned in my top post. Feel free to move on to Part 3 without missing much.
Dsa - “As we met with decision-maker after decision-maker to argue that the legislation should focus on holding platforms accountable for harms created by their algorithms, slowly the idea started to gain traction.”
“After years of work, months of negotiations, and a final stretch of over 16 hours of non-stop discussions in Brussels, it happened: officials and lawmakers agreed upon a historic law that holds platforms accountable for the harms caused by their algorithms.”
When the left writes the rules that censor the right, be careful what you admit to.
This part also mostly discusses what I mentioned in my top post. Feel free to move on to Part 3 without missing much.
Dsa - “As we met with decision-maker after decision-maker to argue that the legislation should focus on holding platforms accountable for harms created by their algorithms, slowly the idea started to gain traction.”
“After years of work, months of negotiations, and a final stretch of over 16 hours of non-stop discussions in Brussels, it happened: officials and lawmakers agreed upon a historic law that holds platforms accountable for the harms caused by their algorithms.”
I am 39. Married 8 years.
I learned 4 phrases that de-escalate any argument with my wife in under 60 seconds.
Being “right” is less important than being connected.
Here are the phrases:
I learned 4 phrases that de-escalate any argument with my wife in under 60 seconds.
Being “right” is less important than being connected.
Here are the phrases:
1. “You might be right. Help me understand.”
2. “I hear you. You’re saying... [repeat her words].”
3. “That makes sense. I didn’t see it that way.”
4. “We’re on the same team. What do you need right now?”
2. “I hear you. You’re saying... [repeat her words].”
3. “That makes sense. I didn’t see it that way.”
4. “We’re on the same team. What do you need right now?”
> Why these work:
• They lower the fire. No blame. No attack.
• They show care. People calm down when they feel seen.
• They buy time. Calm brains solve problems.
• They lower the fire. No blame. No attack.
• They show care. People calm down when they feel seen.
• They buy time. Calm brains solve problems.
🧵1-The Deceiver is a thief!
I expose the kaleidoscopic use in architecture pretending it's craftsmanship. It's an optical effect creating symmetrical patterns. It's a fraud to patent what is natural but David Brewster did it in 1817. Ancient Egypt showed it to Humans to
I expose the kaleidoscopic use in architecture pretending it's craftsmanship. It's an optical effect creating symmetrical patterns. It's a fraud to patent what is natural but David Brewster did it in 1817. Ancient Egypt showed it to Humans to
2- reveal the perfection and magnificence of the Creation. It was introduction to optic! And then, the first Initiated, understanding the divine knowledge, discovered the optic chiasm they had in their brains where nerve fibers of each EYE converge & diverge, the crucial
3- junction in the visual pathway. Leonardo da Vinci discovered and understood it in France. The "Vitruvian Man" is a forgery. Leonardo da Vinci drew it later in France and his model was a woman.Madeleine has never forgotten! The center of the Kingdom is not the genitals of Man
Perplexity just replaced my entire research workflow.
No more opening 50 tabs. No more saving bookmarks. No more "where did I see that?"
Here are 10 Perplexity prompts that replaced my research tools:
No more opening 50 tabs. No more saving bookmarks. No more "where did I see that?"
Here are 10 Perplexity prompts that replaced my research tools:
1. Competitive Intelligence Dashboard
Prompt I use:
"
Create a competitive analysis for [COMPANY/PRODUCT] covering:
1. Recent product launches (last 90 days)
2. Pricing changes (with before/after if available)
3. Customer sentiment (Reddit, Twitter, G2 reviews - categorize positive/negative themes)
4. Technical stack (from job postings and tech blogs)
5. Funding/financial news (any recent rounds, partnerships, layoffs)
Format as a table:
| Category | Key Findings | Source Date | Impact Assessment |
Focus on information from the last 30 days. Cite every claim.
"
Prompt I use:
"
Create a competitive analysis for [COMPANY/PRODUCT] covering:
1. Recent product launches (last 90 days)
2. Pricing changes (with before/after if available)
3. Customer sentiment (Reddit, Twitter, G2 reviews - categorize positive/negative themes)
4. Technical stack (from job postings and tech blogs)
5. Funding/financial news (any recent rounds, partnerships, layoffs)
Format as a table:
| Category | Key Findings | Source Date | Impact Assessment |
Focus on information from the last 30 days. Cite every claim.
"
2. Technical Comparison Matrix
Prompt:
"
Compare [TOOL A] vs [TOOL B] vs [TOOL C] for [SPECIFIC USE CASE]:
Build a decision matrix:
| Feature | Tool A | Tool B | Tool C | Winner & Why |
Must include:
- Pricing (exact tiers, hidden costs)
- Performance benchmarks (from independent tests)
- Integration options (with [MY STACK])
- Community size (GitHub stars, Discord members, Stack Overflow activity)
- Recent updates (last 3 months)
- Known issues (from issue trackers, Reddit)
Rank overall winner with confidence score (1-10) and reasoning.
Cite every benchmark and review.
"
Prompt:
"
Compare [TOOL A] vs [TOOL B] vs [TOOL C] for [SPECIFIC USE CASE]:
Build a decision matrix:
| Feature | Tool A | Tool B | Tool C | Winner & Why |
Must include:
- Pricing (exact tiers, hidden costs)
- Performance benchmarks (from independent tests)
- Integration options (with [MY STACK])
- Community size (GitHub stars, Discord members, Stack Overflow activity)
- Recent updates (last 3 months)
- Known issues (from issue trackers, Reddit)
Rank overall winner with confidence score (1-10) and reasoning.
Cite every benchmark and review.
"
WHY WEALTHY FAMILIES CREATE 3 COMPANIES JUST TO OWN ONE ASSET :
" A WORTHWHILE READ "
THREAD 🧵
" A WORTHWHILE READ "
THREAD 🧵
Holding company
Operating company
Modern capitalism wasn't invented by bankers...
It was invented in Edward Lloyd's coffeehouse in 1688.
He wasn’t a banker.
He wasn’t an economist.
But how he ran his coffeehouse changed how business works to this day.
It was invented in Edward Lloyd's coffeehouse in 1688.
He wasn’t a banker.
He wasn’t an economist.
But how he ran his coffeehouse changed how business works to this day.
Here's some context:
Back then, overseas trade was brutal.
If you sent a ship across the ocean and it didn’t come back, you were done.
No second chances. No safety net.
Storms. Pirates. Wars.
One bad trip could wipe out everything you owned.
Back then, overseas trade was brutal.
If you sent a ship across the ocean and it didn’t come back, you were done.
No second chances. No safety net.
Storms. Pirates. Wars.
One bad trip could wipe out everything you owned.
The biggest problem wasn’t ambition.
It was huge risk margins.
In 1686, Edward Lloyd opened a coffeehouse near the River Thames in London.
Then he noticed a pattern...
Certain people kept coming back to his place:
• Ship captains
• Merchants
• Shipowners
It was huge risk margins.
In 1686, Edward Lloyd opened a coffeehouse near the River Thames in London.
Then he noticed a pattern...
Certain people kept coming back to his place:
• Ship captains
• Merchants
• Shipowners
🧵On the Fulton raid, Tulsi's role and the aftermath.
What we know:
The materials from the 2020 Fulton County election had been preserved under seal because of ongoing litigation. The parties involved in that litigation sought access to those materials but were denied.
1/
What we know:
The materials from the 2020 Fulton County election had been preserved under seal because of ongoing litigation. The parties involved in that litigation sought access to those materials but were denied.
1/
Fulton fought access to those materials, despite Higher court rulings and lower court Fulton County judges obstructed access as well. Fulton even tried to block the SEB from gaining access.
Multiple cases were brought to the SEB, investigated, and referred for prosecution, but
2/
Multiple cases were brought to the SEB, investigated, and referred for prosecution, but
2/
Nothing happened to hold anyone accountable. Fulton kept obstructing investigations, AG Carr ignored referrals, and SOS Raffensperger's office called egregious malfeasance a "clerical error."
For more information about all the issues in Fulton, I recommend reading this report.
3/
For more information about all the issues in Fulton, I recommend reading this report.
3/
Anti-ICE protests were grassroots and peaceful, said the media. They never were. They are organized specifically to intefere with law enforcement operations and trigger violence, as Signal groups, operations manual, videos, and reporting by @haileyywest and @camhigby prove.
For weeks, the media have claimed that the protests against federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Minneapolis and other cities are peaceful and that protesters are not interfering with law enforcement operations.
Hailey West, an independent journalist covering the protests, found something different.
“Interference is constant,” she told Public. “It’s like a badge of honor out there.” She described the “physical pushing of officers” by protesters who are “trying to break through a [police] line. They’ll send people who are mentally ill or disabled in a wheelchair to the front of the line.”
West expressed horror at the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. “We don’t want to see what happened to Renee or Alex to continue,” she said. “We should want to protect our citizens.”
West described a situation of rising violence. In one instance, protesters threw tear gas at ICE agents, but hit the van that she and other reporters were sitting in instead.
“You have this massive group of protestors following all the vehicles,” she said. “They were throwing tear gas canisters, and one of them ended up being thrown on top of our vehicle, bounced off, went underneath the vehicle, and started filling the car up with tear gas.”
When asked if it was her only time being tear-gassed, West said, “No, I’ve been tear-gassed multiple times. Usually, I’ll have a gas mask, but unfortunately, I wasn’t able to take one on the plane. You get used to it after a certain point.”
West said that the protesters are “instructed to cause as much chaos so they can”...
x.com/shellenberger/…
Please subscribe now to support Public's award-winning journalism, read the full article and watch the whole video!
x.com/shellenberger/…
Hailey West, an independent journalist covering the protests, found something different.
“Interference is constant,” she told Public. “It’s like a badge of honor out there.” She described the “physical pushing of officers” by protesters who are “trying to break through a [police] line. They’ll send people who are mentally ill or disabled in a wheelchair to the front of the line.”
West expressed horror at the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. “We don’t want to see what happened to Renee or Alex to continue,” she said. “We should want to protect our citizens.”
West described a situation of rising violence. In one instance, protesters threw tear gas at ICE agents, but hit the van that she and other reporters were sitting in instead.
“You have this massive group of protestors following all the vehicles,” she said. “They were throwing tear gas canisters, and one of them ended up being thrown on top of our vehicle, bounced off, went underneath the vehicle, and started filling the car up with tear gas.”
When asked if it was her only time being tear-gassed, West said, “No, I’ve been tear-gassed multiple times. Usually, I’ll have a gas mask, but unfortunately, I wasn’t able to take one on the plane. You get used to it after a certain point.”
West said that the protesters are “instructed to cause as much chaos so they can”...
x.com/shellenberger/…
Please subscribe now to support Public's award-winning journalism, read the full article and watch the whole video!
x.com/shellenberger/…
This man was richer than anyone alive.
But you probably haven’t heard of him.
Forgotten. Just like that...
John Jacob Astor was America’s first billionaire.
He owned half of Manhattan.
But he lost it all.
Here’s how a man can own everything… and watch it disappear.🧵
But you probably haven’t heard of him.
Forgotten. Just like that...
John Jacob Astor was America’s first billionaire.
He owned half of Manhattan.
But he lost it all.
Here’s how a man can own everything… and watch it disappear.🧵
Astor started from zero.
He was a German immigrant with nothing, but he saw opportunities others ignored.
His first fortune? The fur hat trade. Luxury clothing for the elite.
Not just locally, Astor dominated 80–90% of the U.S. fur market.
Europe and China were snapping up his furs. The guy basically ran the global hat game.
Here's the secret most tycoons never master: knowing when to quit.
Here’s the secret most tycoons never master: knowing when to quit.
Astor saw the fur trade was about to crumble—over-trapping, shifting fashions.
He sold his empire at the peak, locking in insane profits.
Most traders fail here. They cling to their business, blinded by greed… and watch everything collapse. Astor didn’t.
So, what do you do when you suddenly have more money than anyone else?
Astor did something most people totally overlook: he bought land.
Not flashy mansions. Not yachts. Manhattan.
Back then, it was mostly farmland, dirt cheap. Astor quietly scooped up hundreds of acres under long leases.
He didn’t chase hype. He waited.
The city grew… his wealth exploded.
By the time Astor died in 1848:
He controlled hundreds of Manhattan, New York acres and a fortune worth $150–$200 billion today.
He was richer than almost anyone alive.
Timing, vision, execution—he had it all.
He achieved what most people only dream of.
Then came the heirs.
Astor left billions to his descendants. And they blew it.
Mistakes:
– Risky, clueless investments
– Lavish, wasteful spending
– Dividing the fortune among too many heirs
– No strategy, no discipline
A few generations later… the empire vanished. Poof. Gone.
Here’s the brutal truth: building wealth is hard. Keeping it alive? Even harder.
Astor’s rise teaches that timing and strategy can build an empire.
But his fall is an even bigger lesson:
Even mountains of money can vanish without discipline.
Money doesn’t just grow. It needs protection, planning, and patience.
Why should this matter to you today?
Because this isn’t just history. It’s a warning for anyone chasing wealth.
Exit before the industry dies.
Invest in assets that grow quietly.
Protect wealth with strategy.
Don’t let your fortune vanish in a generation.
Getting rich is hard.
Staying rich is a whole different battle.
He was a German immigrant with nothing, but he saw opportunities others ignored.
His first fortune? The fur hat trade. Luxury clothing for the elite.
Not just locally, Astor dominated 80–90% of the U.S. fur market.
Europe and China were snapping up his furs. The guy basically ran the global hat game.
Here's the secret most tycoons never master: knowing when to quit.
Here’s the secret most tycoons never master: knowing when to quit.
Astor saw the fur trade was about to crumble—over-trapping, shifting fashions.
He sold his empire at the peak, locking in insane profits.
Most traders fail here. They cling to their business, blinded by greed… and watch everything collapse. Astor didn’t.
So, what do you do when you suddenly have more money than anyone else?
Astor did something most people totally overlook: he bought land.
Not flashy mansions. Not yachts. Manhattan.
Back then, it was mostly farmland, dirt cheap. Astor quietly scooped up hundreds of acres under long leases.
He didn’t chase hype. He waited.
The city grew… his wealth exploded.
By the time Astor died in 1848:
He controlled hundreds of Manhattan, New York acres and a fortune worth $150–$200 billion today.
He was richer than almost anyone alive.
Timing, vision, execution—he had it all.
He achieved what most people only dream of.
Then came the heirs.
Astor left billions to his descendants. And they blew it.
Mistakes:
– Risky, clueless investments
– Lavish, wasteful spending
– Dividing the fortune among too many heirs
– No strategy, no discipline
A few generations later… the empire vanished. Poof. Gone.
Here’s the brutal truth: building wealth is hard. Keeping it alive? Even harder.
Astor’s rise teaches that timing and strategy can build an empire.
But his fall is an even bigger lesson:
Even mountains of money can vanish without discipline.
Money doesn’t just grow. It needs protection, planning, and patience.
Why should this matter to you today?
Because this isn’t just history. It’s a warning for anyone chasing wealth.
Exit before the industry dies.
Invest in assets that grow quietly.
Protect wealth with strategy.
Don’t let your fortune vanish in a generation.
Getting rich is hard.
Staying rich is a whole different battle.
The richest people in history didn’t get lucky.
They had hidden rules.
And those rules are still being used today.
Follow @Peace_Iwuozor if you want to see what most people never learn.
They had hidden rules.
And those rules are still being used today.
Follow @Peace_Iwuozor if you want to see what most people never learn.
The choroid plexus (ChP) has become one of the most consistent findings in post-COVID and long COVID neuroimaging.
It is enlarged.
But larger alone doesn’t yet tell us what is actually happening🧵
It is enlarged.
But larger alone doesn’t yet tell us what is actually happening🧵
A new paper in Alzheimer’s & Dementia moves the ChP story one step further.
It’s no longer just about volume - the authors also measure choroid plexus blood flow (CBF) and link it to cognition and biomarkers.
It’s no longer just about volume - the authors also measure choroid plexus blood flow (CBF) and link it to cognition and biomarkers.
Study design.
86 long COVID patients, 67 recovered COVID, 26 healthy controls.
MRI + pCASL perfusion imaging.
In a subset of long COVID patients, blood biomarkers (GFAP, p-tau217, etc)
86 long COVID patients, 67 recovered COVID, 26 healthy controls.
MRI + pCASL perfusion imaging.
In a subset of long COVID patients, blood biomarkers (GFAP, p-tau217, etc)
HAMAS: COMING TO AMERICA🧵
As promised, my report from Israel.
First, a few background notes.
If you’re looking for a thread that runs through all of the countries/places I’m visiting on my latest expedition—World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland; Auschwitz - Birkenau &…
As promised, my report from Israel.
First, a few background notes.
If you’re looking for a thread that runs through all of the countries/places I’m visiting on my latest expedition—World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland; Auschwitz - Birkenau &…
2.
…Nowa Huta near Krakow, Poland; Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, & Gaza; and 3 more countries to go—it is this:
I intend to demonstrate how the crackpot ideas that are historically formed in places like Davos become policy and are sent downstream and demolish the lives of millions….
…Nowa Huta near Krakow, Poland; Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, & Gaza; and 3 more countries to go—it is this:
I intend to demonstrate how the crackpot ideas that are historically formed in places like Davos become policy and are sent downstream and demolish the lives of millions….
3.
…Those who formulate these ideas are invariably leftists who are, in the words of Russian historian Sheila Fitzpatrick, “enthusiasts, zealots, and utopians mesmerized by big, distant goals…. They have the intoxicating illusion they personify the will of the people….”
…Those who formulate these ideas are invariably leftists who are, in the words of Russian historian Sheila Fitzpatrick, “enthusiasts, zealots, and utopians mesmerized by big, distant goals…. They have the intoxicating illusion they personify the will of the people….”
When DOGE went to audit the African Development Foundation, its CFO locked them out. The move was heralded by Democrats and the media as heroic.
Turns out, when people resist audits, it's because they have something to hide. Today the agency's CFO admitted taking bribes.
Turns out, when people resist audits, it's because they have something to hide. Today the agency's CFO admitted taking bribes.
Mathieu Zahui, CFO of the USAID-style federal agency, admitted to doing exactly what the Trump team suspected was common in foreign aid. Money was sent to his friend in Africa as a "pass-through," it then came back to him ($12k in bribes) and others in D.C.
Some details are redacted in court papers, so you'll have to get them from @realdailywire, which broke this story last May. Incredibly, *after* we revealed Zahui's bribery scheme, left-wing attorneys pushed a judge for an injunction that would put Zahui in charge of the agency.
🚨BREAKING🚨
Crunchyroll has allegedly rolled out a new "Slow Sellers" policy for the Crunchyroll Store in which products that fail to meet internal sales expectations are flagged, leading to order cancellations and delisting of the product to prioritize other products that are considered "fast selling" (Popular IPs, Trending Emerging IPs, etc)
In addition, it's also alleged that publishers are not notified if & when Crunchyroll decides to mark one of their products as a "slow seller" or if the product is delisted
Crunchyroll has allegedly rolled out a new "Slow Sellers" policy for the Crunchyroll Store in which products that fail to meet internal sales expectations are flagged, leading to order cancellations and delisting of the product to prioritize other products that are considered "fast selling" (Popular IPs, Trending Emerging IPs, etc)
In addition, it's also alleged that publishers are not notified if & when Crunchyroll decides to mark one of their products as a "slow seller" or if the product is delisted
✨Background Context✨
• Back when Crunchyroll announced their merger with Right Stuf, they released a FAQ in which they committed to customers their open orders will still be processed and fulfilled by Right Stuf
• For those who've never used Right Stuf prior to the merger, the website allowed you to place a backorder on
- At the time, if enough backorders were placed -> this would allow the distributor to suggest a reprint to the publisher to fulfill those orders
Side note: Ultimately "it is" up to the publisher if they decide to order a reprint of a specific series/volume. However placing a backorder would help increase the justification of a reprint to the publisher
• Back when Crunchyroll announced their merger with Right Stuf, they released a FAQ in which they committed to customers their open orders will still be processed and fulfilled by Right Stuf
• For those who've never used Right Stuf prior to the merger, the website allowed you to place a backorder on
- At the time, if enough backorders were placed -> this would allow the distributor to suggest a reprint to the publisher to fulfill those orders
Side note: Ultimately "it is" up to the publisher if they decide to order a reprint of a specific series/volume. However placing a backorder would help increase the justification of a reprint to the publisher
✨What Happening Now?✨
• If you placed backorder originating from RightStuf and it happens to include titles that they deem to be "Slow Sellers" your order will be cancelled and you'll be offered a 20% off coupon
This is currently as of reporting impacting Anime Blu-Ray backorders & Manga Volume Backorders
• Side Note: Previously, I reported that Crunchyroll is cancelling orders of recently reprinted Viz titles from their backlog due to "new reprints having a different SKU" from the original order
Upon further investigation: I discovered that claim turned out to be false as Crunchyroll still had those titles available at the original $9.99 price while other retailers had the new pricing and "New SKU" with no reported issues fulfilling backorders for customers who placed an order prior to "the new SKU"
• If you placed backorder originating from RightStuf and it happens to include titles that they deem to be "Slow Sellers" your order will be cancelled and you'll be offered a 20% off coupon
This is currently as of reporting impacting Anime Blu-Ray backorders & Manga Volume Backorders
• Side Note: Previously, I reported that Crunchyroll is cancelling orders of recently reprinted Viz titles from their backlog due to "new reprints having a different SKU" from the original order
Upon further investigation: I discovered that claim turned out to be false as Crunchyroll still had those titles available at the original $9.99 price while other retailers had the new pricing and "New SKU" with no reported issues fulfilling backorders for customers who placed an order prior to "the new SKU"
Tengo muchas ganas de ver como resuelve el Juzgado de lo Mercantil Nº15 de Madrid el caso del FPF del @GetafeCF en esta ventana de mercado de invierno, porque podría marcar un antes y un después en las cesiones condicionadas a hitos.
🧵
🧵
El quid de la cuestión lo explica perfectamente @iusport en este artículo.
@iusport Para lo que nos interesa, el “conflicto” viene del TRATAMIENTO CONTABLE en la "cesión con opción de compra" del jugador Uche al @CPFC, que en un primer momento @LaLiga autorizó para que el @GetafeCF pudiera inscribir jugadores en verano.
Sachsen-Anhalt:
▶️ AfD-Vorstand verdient an Wahlkampf gegen den eigenen Kandidaten
▶️ Tobias Rausch sitzt im Landesvorstand der AfD Sachsen-Anhalt.
Im Bundestagswahlkampf 2025 organisierte er über seine Firma
share.google/bzrX9tXC8Luqq0…
▶️ AfD-Vorstand verdient an Wahlkampf gegen den eigenen Kandidaten
▶️ Tobias Rausch sitzt im Landesvorstand der AfD Sachsen-Anhalt.
Im Bundestagswahlkampf 2025 organisierte er über seine Firma
share.google/bzrX9tXC8Luqq0…
die Plakatierungskampagne für den Einzelbewerber Robert Farle und berechnete dafür mehr als 40.000 Euro.
Stichpunkte:
👉Das AfD-Vorstandsmitglied verdiente am Konkurrent des eigenen Kandidaten.
👉Der Landesvorstand blockierte Ziegler. Der klagte und gewann.
Stichpunkte:
👉Das AfD-Vorstandsmitglied verdiente am Konkurrent des eigenen Kandidaten.
👉Der Landesvorstand blockierte Ziegler. Der klagte und gewann.
👉 Die Partei bestreitet einen Zusammenhang.
AfD sieht kein Problem
Die Landesspitze sei "frühzeitig" informiert gewesen.
👉Rausch selbst äußerte sich nicht.
👉Auch Farle reagierte nicht auf unsere Anfragen.
Der Fall reiht sich in ein Muster parteiinterner Konflikte:
AfD sieht kein Problem
Die Landesspitze sei "frühzeitig" informiert gewesen.
👉Rausch selbst äußerte sich nicht.
👉Auch Farle reagierte nicht auf unsere Anfragen.
Der Fall reiht sich in ein Muster parteiinterner Konflikte: