We have wrongly assumed that our enemies are “rational actors,” in part because we understand less and less other cultures, and seem to be enamored with our own normative platitudes. But what we consider rational escalation management is seen as timidity by our adversaries 3/6

📞'London has fallen. Sadiq Khan has hidden inside an Islamist Trojan Horse and rolled into the city. Only Susan Hall can roll it back!'

Colin from Portsmouth is passionate about the London mayoral election, despite never setting foot in the place as it's a no go area.

Ever want to test systems & see if your password is ever stored/sent in plaintext?

Make it: X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*

I am on the phone with a vendor right now because my test account is in an inoperable state.

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This lived up to the hype in the tweet. Great ending.

Spring is in the air! And our twice yearly Ellis Island visit, in partnership w Save Ellis Island is coming quickly. May 3!

fancygirlstreetboy.com/ellis-island-i… - it's an astonishing day, filled w memories, & an evocation of the spirits & hardy souls who came here seeking a new beginning.

Digitalization of the Russian economy.

(by Karl-Hans Arrak)

Russia is testing its new aggressive-imperialist identity in Ukraine. If the war of aggression and conquest-mode is successful there, it will become Russia's new identity for many years if not decades, making Europe the place of a new hot-cold war.

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Служебно правителство, което има две основни задачи:
1. Изборите да минат 'по правилния начин' - вътрешен министър, с който търговията с вот ще цъфти, а МВР ще подкрепя процеса. Нищо чудно да сме свидетели на позабравени сцени на пренасяне на чували с пари в полицейски патрулки.…

My life

As we approach the June EU election, we're going to see a whole bunch of 'what is the EU?' articles and videos in Europe.

The media can choose to present things simply, or make it seem absurdly complicated.

Why, I ask, do they usually choose the latter? open.substack.com/pub/davekeatin…

Why did America destroy its own cities?

A thread... 🧵

Двойният аршин на двуличния човек...
РР нито веднъж не каза нищо за варварските терористични актове на Рашистка държава и дума не обели за хилядите техни невинни жертви....

🧵 Over the past three decades, the transatlantic community has paid much more attention to Russia than to anyone else. Far too much. The world does not revolve around Russia, and we should finally stop acting as if Russia was the centre of the universe

The Don Lemon Show episode 1: Elon Musk

TIMESTAMPS:
(02:23) News on X
(10:07) Donald Trump and Endorsing a Candidate
(13:04) The New Tesla Roadster
(16:46) Relaxation and Video Games
(17:54) Tweeting and Drug Use
(23:19) The Great Replacement Theory
(30:03) Content Moderation…

1/ Viktor Orbán has disclosed what he says is Donald Trump's plan for ending the war in Ukraine – by cutting off all American aid. As Trump has at least a 50-50 chance of becoming the next US President, this has to be taken seriously. Could Trump's plan actually work? ⬇️

In fact, almost all Fortune 500 companies have worse AI than billions around the world because they ban GPT-4, Claude, etc in favor of limited internal tools. Use of frontier models is widespread but secret in companies. oneusefulthing.org/p/detecting-th…

Этот твит - не про 'выборы'. Он про людей.
Посмотрите на сегодняшние фото. На работниц избиркомов.
Они выглядят один в один как тётки, заседавшие в избиркомах во времена СССР.

С последних советских 'выборов' прошло 35 лет.
Нынешние работницы тогда максимум в школу ходили. И…

📞'That man says what a lot of this country are thinking!'

🎧'A lot? Just looking at the opinion polls, Colin.'

📞'That man says what 12% of this country are thinking!'

Colin from Portsmouth is on the line.