Hurricane Aircat airboats patrolling the Mekong Delta in South Vietnam circa March 1968

Barry Marshall was convinced that the Helicobacter pylori bacteria caused stomach ulcers, but no one believed him. Since it was illegal to test his theory on humans, he drank the bacteria himself and developed ulcers within days. He treated them with antibiotics and went

⚠️ Migration is the silent weapon that can overtake a country without a single shot fired. It changes cities, neighbourhoods, entire nations, until one day you feel like a stranger in your own home. Our duty is clear: protect Hungary, protect Europe.

Most people don't realize how many thousands of foreign troops the Red Army was fighting during the Russian Civil War. This is a photo of British troops in the city of Batumi, Georgia, in 1920. In 1921, the 11th Army of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, under the command of

By refusing to investigate the death of a Hungarian man during forced conscription, Ukrainian authorities have basically acknowledged that the documented abductions, beatings, and even cases of people being beaten to death are state-approved and state-executed. In any civilised

Il 4 agosto scorso Palantir ha inviato ai propri azionisti la terza lettera annuale sullo stato di salute della società e delle sue prospettive. Come sovente avviene quando si parla della società di Thiel e Karp queste lettere lungi dall’essere meri e aridi prospetti informativi

Big wildfire on the Greek Island of Thasos at the moment...🔥

The US is to impose an additional 15% tariff on Japanese imports. US tariff on Japan regardless of existing rates - Kyodo. english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/587…

🔴 ⚠️ BREAKING: The US is to impose an additional 15% tariff on Japanese imports. US tariff on Japan regardless of existing rates - Kyodo.

We have now published our updated "Officially Blacklisted Tankers" list. It currently contains 1202 tankers which have been placed under sanctions by US, UK, Australian, EU, Canadian and UN authorities; along with blacklistings by the NGO named UANI (United Against a Nuclear

Una piccola scossa di #terremoto è stata avvertita pochi minuti fa nel sud dell'Abruzzo, probabilmente nella zona di Sulmona-Avezzano. I dati preliminari stimano una magnitudo compresa tra 2.9 e 3.4. Mappa di GlobalQuake Italia

🇺🇸 US energy generation by source (quadrillion BTU): 1950 🪨 Coal: 14.1 🛢️ Crude oil: 11.4 🔥 Dry natural gas: 6.2 🌿 Biomass: 1.6 🔥 Wet natural gas: 0.8 🌊 Hydro: 0.3 ☀️ Solar: 0.3 💨 Wind: 0.3 ⚛️ Nuclear: 0 2024 🔥 Dry natural gas: 39.2 🛢️ Crude oil: 27.5 🪨 Coal: 10.6 🔥

When a bank makes a loan, it creates a deposit. Loan first, deposit second. The loan creates both sides of the balance sheet. Reserves only come into play later, if needed for settlement, not lending. 🧵4/9

We’re not in a fractional reserve world. We’re in a credit-based, capital-constrained system. Reserves facilitate settlement, not issuance. Time to retire the metaphor and model what's actually happening. 🧵8/9

Modern banking is endogenous credit creation, not deposit recycling. There’s no fraction. There’s no reserve limit. And there hasn’t been for a while. 📖 Full blog here → 🧵9/9 /end patreon.com/posts/myth-of-…

🇺🇲🇮🇱 Basically half of the US Congress is in Israel now

1/2 FT: "“There has been a realisation that scattered investment doesn’t create the scale necessary to make the sector profitable,” said Lin Qingyuan. “It is focusing resources to create a few national champions that can compete in the international market.”

China exports to US drop by 21.6% year on year in July: Calculation

A giugno 2025 la produzione industriale è calata dello 0,9% rispetto al giugno 2024: si tratta del 28esimo mese di calo della produzione industriale su 29 (serie interrotta solamente dal +0,1% di aprile). Da inizio anno i calo acquisito è stato dell'1,1%. Mezzi di trasporto e

Nonostante la magnitudo contenuta, la scossa di ieri a Villalago è stata diffusamente avvertita nel sud dell'Abruzzo. Dalle centinaia di segnalazioni pervenute all'INGV si nota come il risentimento si sia propagato maggiormente verso nord-est, in direzione di Sulmona.