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this literally happened on silicon valley

Not only was Peter Thiel aware of Epstein’s crimes, the emails show that they were also close associates. Thiel also happens to be one of the biggest threats to democracy in the world today.

X’s algorithm amplifies conservative content and shifts users’ political attitudes to the right within 7 weeks, with no reversal when switched off. Evidence come from a 2023 randomized field experiment — Nature. 1/

BREAKING: Muliple women are reporting similar things in Texas They’re saying that their voter registration is in “suspense” meaning somebody challenged their voter registration. Thanks to Ashley we’re reporting this. What’s going on Texas?

48hr playback video of vessel movements in the Strait of Hormuz showing the drop in traffic during the last few hours. Source: MarineTraffic #kpler #marinetraffic #iran #hormuz

Secretary Rubio 🇺🇸 in his description of what lead to the decision to go to war is clear that the trigger de facto was pulled by 🇮🇱. And then 🇺🇸 didn’t have much of a choice.

Hey White House, please remove the Tropic Thunder clip. We never gave you permission and have no interest in being a part of your propaganda machine. War is not a movie.

The Pentagon has officially notified Anthropic that it's being labeled a "supply-chain-risk." New piece on why Pete Hegseth's attempt to destroy Anthropic will not work, and why it's nonetheless a disastrously bad thing for the government to try to do. inc.com/james-surowiec…

Arnout Brouwers

The world energy shock is coming — it will deepen inequality in ways we've seen before. Our new @newstatesman piece argues that without urgent government action, the Strait of Hormuz crisis will ripple through our economies and rip apart our societies. Here's why. 1/

Opinie: Wat vinden Afrikaanse ondernemers zelf van onze eerlijke’ hulp en handel? volkskrant.nl/columns-opinie…

shocked, shocked etc

Heeft de krant niet gehaald..

De tijd nadert dat Europa, of een Europese coalitie, zijn laatste kans krijgt om van zijn luie gat te komen. Zo niet, blijven we zelfs op eigen continent een pathetische toeschouwer.

According to a six-month investigation, Hungarians are offered money, jobs, firewood, transportation to polling stations, and in some cases even medicine in exchange for votes for Orban’s party - BBC

The anti-Muslim sentiment sweeping across the UK and Europe is "basically racism" says Rory Stewart

Trump says time is "running out" for Iran and that there are "48 hours before all hell will reign down on them"

Assad in Moscow watching Zelenskyy visit Damascus

Another day in these strange times. Trump 🇺🇸 threatens to obliterate thousands of years of Iranian civilisation. JD Vance is in Budapest campaigning with Orbán and spreading lies about the EU. And Trump Jr is in Banja Luka with Dodik and his gang. Could it get worse? Probably…