Minn Thu

An amiable Burmese guy who loves social media, believes in humanity, promotes freedom & liberty, and respect women. Tweets are solely my personal views.

[Cyrus Janssen @thecyrusjanssen]

An Iranian man left this comment on my YouTube channel. This is without a doubt the single best explanation of the reality facing Iranian people today👇

"As an Iranian, I can tell you the situation is no longer just political—it's existential. We are trapped between two collapsing structures: one internal, one external. On one hand, we face a deeply dysfunctional government, led by the Supreme Leader and the Islamic Republic’s unelected institutions.

Decades of economic mismanagement, suppression of dissent, and brutal ideological control have alienated multiple generations. No one believes in reform anymore—because every attempt has either been co-opted or crushed. But here's the paradox: We are also terrified of regime collapse—because we've watched the aftermath of Western intervention in countries like Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Afghanistan. Each was promised freedom; each descended into chaos, civil war, or foreign occupation.

So no, we don't trust the U.S. or Israel. Not because we support our regime—but because we know how imperial powers treat ‘liberated’ nations in the Middle East.

Freedom, in their language, often means vacuum, fire, and permanent instability. Right now, many Iranians live with three truths at once: The Islamic Republic is morally and politically bankrupt. The alternatives offered by foreign actors are not liberation—they’re collapse.

A bad government is survivable. No government is not. We are not silent because we agree. We are cautious because we’ve learned—too well—what happens when superpowers decide to "help." In a sentence: Iran is a nation held hostage by its own regime, but haunted by the fate of its neighbors. We are stuck in a house we hate, surrounded by fires we fear more."

[Iman Jalali @Stealx]

Khamenei is dead. Good.

But I have family in Iran. My dad is there right now. And I'm not celebrating yet. Here's why.

Iran built the most layered contingency plan on Earth for this exact moment. Four levels of succession for every key position. Pre-authorized military strikes. Regional commanders who don't need orders from Tehran to act.

As you read this, there is already a new Supreme Leader. We just don't know who.

This isn't Maduro. The government didn't get overthrown. The system absorbed the hit. That's what it was designed to do.

Every credible intel assessment says the same thing: a post-Khamenei Iran is more likely to get harder, not softer. More IRGC. More dangerous. Potentially worse for the Iranian people than Khamenei himself.

Don't breathe yet. There's a long way to go.

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

Acts of war unauthorized by Congress.
The U.S. is attacking Iran according to AP.
https://t.co/Bgwk8yIdRT

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

I’m in love with this sentence:

“Discipline feels boring until you witness what it creates.”

[Celestara @celestaracosmos]

What motivates people who choose to be kind every day, even when they don’t receive the same kindness in return?

[Essential Mastery @EssentialMastry]

“To be happy you must eliminate two things: The fear of a bad future and The memory of a bad past.”

- Seneca

[Success Minded @_SuccessMinded_]

The cheat code..

[The EastAfrican @The_EastAfrican]

How China is expanding influence in Africa through construction of ports

Beijing’s presence in Africa, overall, includes nearly a third of 231 active commercial ports in the continent’s maritime trade hubs, according to the latest report by Nigeria's leading geopolitical research firm SBM Intelligence.
https://t.co/2rgycPuefb

[Essential Mastery @EssentialMastry]

“The purpose of knowledge is action, not knowledge.”

- Aristotle

[Prof. Carl Sagan @ProfCarlSagan]

Teach your children how to think, not what to think.

[Minn Thu @MinnThu]

Alex Pretti was murdered.

[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

Alex Pretti was murdered.

[Francisco Ribeiro @fraveris]

"Be kind. Don't let the world harden you. Don't let pain make you hate. Don't let bitterness steal your sweetness. Be proud that, even though the rest of the world disagrees, you still think it's a beautiful place."

Kurt Vonnegut

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

Only a true psychopath could genuinely believe this story justifies the shooting of an innocent VA nurse.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

[Essential Mastery @EssentialMastry]

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