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[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court GRANTS People Not Politicians stay application, ordering the 2022 map to be in effect for the midterms!

A victory for Elias Law Group, our clients People Not Politicians and Richard von Glahn, and the people of Missouri. https://t.co/0MeDNaTlgU

[Badd Company @BaddCompani]

Pay attention, he's not lying!

[Sandy 🙋‍♀️💙💙💙 @sj_pete]

My husband and I just checked our voter registration, here in Texas. We have been suspended. They said they got returned mail and so they suspended us. I call bullshit and voter suppression. How do we know we didn’t get mail they sent us, we DIDN’T GET IT! We just voted /1

[Alvin @Alvin1492840]

Netflix is quietly hoping you never type a 4-digit code into your browser.

I did.

There are 2,200+ hidden categories the homepage will never show you noir thrillers, cult sci-fi, tearjerkers, gentle British reality TV, witchcraft documentaries, deep sea horror, gritty courtroom dramas.

Netflix uses over 2,000 "taste clusters" to decide what you see. The algorithm shows you what IT wants. The codes show you everything.

You've been scrolling for 20 minutes saying "there's nothing to watch" while sitting on a library of 8,000+ titles organized into categories you were never meant to find.

Here's how to unlock them and the codes most worth bookmarking 🧵

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

Coincidence? I don't think so.

For nearly 500 years, hundreds of millions of people looked at the most famous painting of God ever made, and none of them noticed what was hiding in plain sight.

Then, in 1990, a doctor looked up at the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and realized that God is wrapped inside a human brain...

The painting is Michelangelo's Creation of Adam, finished around 1512. You know the image even if you don't know its name: God reaching out from the heavens, His finger almost touching Adam's, the spark of life about to leap across the gap.

But look at the shape around God, the swirling red cloak that holds Him and the angels aloft. For five centuries it was seen as just a billowing robe... but in 1990, a physician named Frank Lynn Meshberger published a paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association arguing that the red shroud is something else entirely: an anatomically precise cross-section of the human brain.

Once you see it, you cannot unsee it.

The outline of the cloak traces the outer curve of the brain. A fold in the fabric forms the Sylvian fissure, the deep groove that separates the brain's major lobes. The angel curled beneath God is positioned exactly where the brainstem would be, and the green scarf trailing down becomes the vertebral artery. Even the pituitary gland and the optic chiasm, where the nerves from the eyes cross, fall precisely into place.

This was not a man likely to invent such a thing by accident. Michelangelo had spent his youth secretly dissecting human corpses in a monastery in Florence, studying the body from the inside with an obsessiveness that, by one early account, exceeded that of professional anatomists...

So what did he mean by it?

Meshberger argued that the painting has been misnamed. He suggested it should be called not the Creation of Adam, but the Endowment of Adam. In the Bible, God gives Adam life. But in Michelangelo's fresco, Adam is already alive, his eyes open, his body lifted. What God is reaching across that famous gap to give him is not life. It is intellect. The divine spark of human thought itself, delivered, fittingly, from inside the very organ that produces it.

One of the most looked-at images in the history of the world may contain a message that took half a millennium to be read, hidden by a man who understood both the human body and the human soul better than almost anyone who has ever lived, and who seems to have decided to bury his deepest idea about us where only the most careful eye would ever find it...

[𝓔𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓪 @elioralux]

A woman on my flight yesterday switched seats with her husband because their toddler wouldn’t stop crying.

The second she sat down alone, she closed her eyes for maybe 30 seconds.

Just resting.

Not sleeping.

When the husband walked past with the kid later, he laughed and said loudly,
“Must be nice to finally get a break from doing nothing.”

A few people chuckled.

She laughed too.

But something about it felt off because for the entire flight she had been:
holding the baby,
packing snacks,
cleaning spills,
walking him down the aisle,
missing her own meal trying to calm him down…

while the husband watched a movie with headphones on.

And honestly I think that’s why so many women are exhausted.

Not because they’re doing everything alone.

But because they’re doing everything while someone else calls it “nothing.”

[Jane of the North @JaneotN]

Look at his face.

Imagine being six years old, and this monster is raping and sodomizing you.

He's been sentenced to 60 days in jail. He doesn't have to register as a sex offender.

When you vote Republican you give power to men who violently terrorize children.

[Diana Alastair💚🤍💜 ⚢ ❌❌ @sappholives83]

When Sarah Barratt was threatened with rape by 3 men while poolside at the @MarriottIntl in Qatar, her husband Craig complained to the front desk, and they were told the men hd been kicked out.

It was a lie. Days later, coming off the elevator, the Barratts encountered the men again. Craig was furious, and posted a negative review on TripAdvisor.

Craig is a businessman who operates in the Middle East, and when he next returned to Qatar, he was arrested, detained, fined, and deported, having been convicted in absentia of damaging the Marriott’s reputation.

Worse, his inability to work in Qatar has destroyed his financial security. He and his wife are selling possessions online, and are considering selling their home.

Marriott International, a Western company, used the draconian laws restricting speech in Qatar in order to have Craig Barratt punished for leaving a negative review on TripAdvisor - a review that was fully justified and supported by the facts. This is appalling behavior on their part, and I sincerely hope that this story will be circulated as widely as possible. All Marriott had to do was apologize. Instead, they destroyed a guest’s life for daring to complain about having been lied to, and about having been made unsafe on Marriott property by the actions of Marriott staff.

https://t.co/bdwoTVlrID

[Sassycat @GayeSass]

@sheilatebra What a stellar human being. I hope all of the love and kindness she spreads come back to her 100x.

[Moonlight 🌙 ✨ @Moonlight_myths]

My husband said he would take care of our kids for a day to show how easy my job is, but now he's upset with me.

We have 2 kids, aged 3 and 5. My husband has the option to work from home some days, but he prefers going to the office. I run a small buisness from home that brings in a third of our income, but since I'm at home i also handle the kids and most of the house work. A few days ago, i was really tired and didn’t cook dinner. When he got home, i suggested he order something and he got upset. He said since i was home all day, the least i could do was cook. I tried to explain that he didnt know how much i did during the day and he said he would stay home to prove how easy my job was..

[AnthroVet50 @spooked75]

I spent 13 years in counterintelligence and HUMINT. Let me explain why the government psyop operation on X is a problem.

I'm not some random person speculating about intelligence operations. I spent 13 years in the United States Army doing counterintelligence and human intelligence work. Then another 7 years working for the government in related fields. I know how this works.

When I tell you that military PSYOP personnel operating on a domestic social media platform is a serious problem, I need you to understand I'm not being hyperbolic.

What PSYOP actually does:

Psychological Operations are designed to influence the emotions, attitudes, and behavior of target audiences. That's the literal job description. These are professionals trained to shape how people think, what they believe, and how they act.

This is a legitimate function — in foreign theaters. PSYOP exists to influence foreign populations in areas where the US military operates. It's a tool of warfare and foreign policy.

The problem: It's not supposed to be used domestically.

There's a reason for this. The Smith-Mundt Act historically prohibited the government from directing propaganda at American citizens. The idea was simple: the US military and intelligence community should not be in the business of psychologically manipulating the American public.

That's what authoritarian governments do. That's what we criticized the Soviet Union for. That's what we point to when we call countries "unfree."

What's happening now:

US military psychological operations personnel are now embedded in the platform that tens of millions of Americans use as a primary news and information source. The "free speech" platform. The one that was supposed to be the alternative to government-influenced big tech.

Let me be clear about what this means:

The same people who are trained to run influence campaigns on foreign populations — to change what they think, to manipulate their behavior, to shape their perception of reality — are now operating on a platform used primarily by Americans.

The irony is suffocating:

The MAGA crowd screamed for years about "government censorship" and "deep state control" of social media. Elon Musk bought Twitter explicitly to "free" it from government influence.

And now? Literal military psychological warfare specialists are running operations on the platform.

And MAGA is fine with it. Because it's THEIR government now. THEIR psyop.

This is what I was trained to recognize:

In my years doing counterintelligence, part of my job was identifying foreign influence operations. Recognizing when a population was being manipulated. Understanding the techniques.

I know what a domestic influence operation looks like. I know the signs. I know the methods.

And I'm watching it happen in real-time to my own country, being cheered on by people who think they're "free thinkers" while consuming content curated by military psychological operations specialists.

It doesn't matter if you agree with the current administration.

Today it's your team running the psyop. Tomorrow it won't be. The infrastructure you're cheering for will be used against you eventually. That's how this works. That's why we had rules against it.

You don't give the government the power to psychologically manipulate the domestic population just because you like the current president. That power doesn't go away when the next administration takes over.

Wake up.

You're not free thinkers. You're targets. And you're thanking them for it.

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

I don't think people understand the gravity of the situation as the UN is preparing for possible nuclear weapon use in Iran.

This is a picture of Tehran. For you uneducated, untraveled, never-served, warhawks licking your chops at the thought of bombing it. It's not some low population desert. There are families, children, family pets. Regular working class people with dreams. You're sick to want war.

Tehran is a city of nearly 10,000,000 people. Imagine nuking Washington, Berlin, Paris, London, or beyond, bombed with nuclear weapons.

I gave up my diplomatic career to leak this information. I suspended my duties so as not to be part of or a witness to this crime against humanity, in an attempt to prevent a nuclear winter before it is too late.

Yesterday, nearly ten million people protested “No Kings” in the United States. The possibility of the use of nuclear weapons must be taken very seriously. It's dangerous. Act now. Spread this message worldwide. Take the streets. Protest for our humanity and future. Only the people can stop it. History will remember us.

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

Oh, wow. This is No Kings in Nashville, Tennessee. 🙌💪👏✊️👇

[Tuki @TukiFromKL]

🚨Do you understand the irony of what just happened..

the FBI spent two years investigating Hillary Clinton for using a personal email for government work.. it dominated every news cycle.. it decided an election.. "lock her up.."

the man they put in charge of the FBI.. just got his personal email hacked by Iran..

the DOJ confirmed it.. Iran-linked group "Handala" breached FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email and got his data..

think about the timing..

America has fired 850 Tomahawk missiles at Iran this month.. spent billions.. and Iran didn't fire back with a missile..

they walked through the front door of the FBI..

and here's what nobody wants to say out loud.. the FBI Director was using a personal email in the first place.. the same thing the FBI called a national security threat when Hillary did it..

the agency that decides what's a crime.. doesn't follow its own rules..

The rules only apply until you're the one making them.

[anyone_want_chips @anyonewantchips]

Trump has 5 kids with 3 women he cheated on. Elon Musk has 14 kids with 4 women he cheated on. Pete Hegseth has 7 kids with 3 women he cheated on. RFK Jr has 7 kids with 3 women he cheated on. The Republican Party protects pedophiles. Family values - my ass.

[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

THE TRUMP EFFECT:

Gas when Joe Biden left office: $3.13/gallon
Gas today: $3.94/gallon

Electricity when Biden left office: 17.5c per kWh
Electricity today: 19.9c per kWh

Oil when Biden left office: $70/barrel
Oil today: $112/barrel

Heating Oil when Biden left office: $2.50
Heating Oil today: $4.60

Coal when Biden left office: $116.35/T
Coal today: $146.50/T

Beef when Biden left office: $5.50/lb
Beef today: $7.50/lb

Bread when Biden left office: $2.00
Bread today: $2.10

[DulceBiatch @BiatchDulce]

House Republicans blocked an amendment by Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D‑CO) that would have ensured no eligible married woman could be denied the right to vote because her ID didn’t match her married name.

The amendment was part of a fight against the MAGA backed SAVE America Act. The legislation pushed hard by Donald Trump to try and rig the midterm elections.
Trump says if the Save Act is passed, Democrats will be shut out of power “for fifty years.”

Pettersen called out the hypocrisy:

“Donald Trump is the man who incited a violent insurrection after losing a free and fair election that wants to rig the election before it’s even happened.”
“He’s doing everything possible to stop people from showing up on election day including making it harder for women to stay registered to vote…”

Her amendment wasn’t just about women. It also aimed to protect younger voters and people of color from barriers built into the bill. But Republicans shot it down, showing whose side they’re really on: rigging elections, not protecting voters.

Pettersen says she’s disappointed but not deterred, promising to continue the fight for fair, accessible elections where every eligible American especially married women can cast their ballot without obstruction.

This is voter suppression disguised as “election integrity.”
#SayNoToTheSaveAct

[TucsonBlonde 🇺🇸💙🌊 @TucsonBlonde]

@RightWingWatch @mike_bahamas

[BadLindaRobot @BadrobotLinda]

Breaking News‼️Democrats support ID to vote.

✔️A free of charge National ID
✔️Drivers license
✔️Real ID
✔️Student ID
✔️Military ID

We will never support the SAVE Act which disenfranchises millions on the basis of .00001% voter fraud.

Don’t fall for GOP lies‼️
#DemsUnited

[Heather Thomas @HeatherThomasAF]

Trump's Save Act forces 45 states to refuse driver's licenses, Real ID, student ID and military ID as valid voter ID.
Already-registered voters will be turned away from the polls if they don't obtain and bring a $165.00 U.S. passport or a $25.00 to $35.00 birth certificate copy.
It also forces all states to turn over your private voter information and voting records to Trump for selective purging.
It's not "Just ID."