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[le chiffre | @NasserSaoud]

be real; you shouldn’t have to be told.

[Ivan — VVSVS™ @_VVSVS]

Mentally I want to be here.

[Elle Lookbook @EvaLovesDesign]

Mint 🍃

[(fan) Alex⁸ @UTDAlex8]

🚨Zinedine Zidane on Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich:

“In 2017, I spent a lot of time speaking with Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo. That connection gave them belief—it lifted their confidence before that iconic moment. And with Ronaldo, when you believe in him, he delivers. He proved it over both legs.

When you face Bayern Munich in the Champions League—home or away—you need a real leader, a point man. That’s something Real Madrid have been missing recently.

Now, too many players are focused on individual recognition. Everyone wants to be the Ballon d’Or favourite. When players stop sacrificing for each other, you lose your edge.

And against a side like Bayern, who are strong and disciplined this season, that mentality can cost you.”

[Elle Lookbook @EvaLovesDesign]

The Count of Monte Cristo
"All human wisdom is summed up in two words: wait and hope."

[Sci-Fi Archives @SciFiArchives]

Concert hall by Lihan Jin

[VALIX @RetroValix]

This trader made $178,000 on Polymarket using software, buying markets for $4.6

His trading bot makes 273 trades per hour or 4.55 trades per minute. He arbitrages 5-min Bitcoin markets and leans into the side where he sees an edge

His strategy is simple:

> Buys only with limit orders
> Hedges arbitrage positions through directional trading
> Median edge is 13.19%

Here is the link to this guy’s account:
https://t.co/y8BIkRJUbJ

He turned $2,050 into $178,000 in 1 month

Arbitrage + hedging through directional trading = lifechange

[Edward Frank Morris 🦇 @ThatsEFM]

You’re bored because you’re not doing side quests, man.

Life is more than just working and then throwing yourself into bed doing nothing.

Here are 50 side quests to complete:

[Madrid Xtra @MadridXtra]

🗣️ Gareth Bale: “Biggest character I’ve played with? Ramos or Cristiano.

Ramos was very loud, very vocal and spoke in Spanish so at the start I had no idea what was going on. He was VERY captain.”

[Pepijn Leonard Demortier @PepijnDemortier]

Ethics and aesthetics are one

[GC Cooke @Gccooke]

Trump is running the most dangerous geopolitical blitz since Bretton Woods.

And the endgame isn't a trade war.

There's a theory circulating that Trump is running a far more ambitious play -- one designed to collapse BRICS, force China's hand, and lock in dollar dominance for decades.

It's bold. It's speculative. And whether you buy it or not, the underlying moves are worth paying attention to:

𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝟭: 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘇𝘂𝗲𝗹𝗮

The U.S. moves on Venezuela's oil, lithium, gold, and rare-earth reserves. Not for regime change — for resource control. China has quietly relied on Venezuelan oil to sidestep sanctions for years. That lifeline gets cut first.

𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝟮: 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗮

This one's less dramatic but arguably more important. Canada deepens its alignment with Washington — offering diplomatic support, intelligence sharing, and strategic basing access. It's not that Ottawa becomes a puppet. It's that North America starts operating as a single economic and security bloc in a way we haven't seen since WWII. That kind of continental unity sends a message that's hard to ignore.

𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝟯: 𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗻

With Venezuela compromised, China pivots to Iran for oil. Predictable. That's when the U.S. and Israel escalate — strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, command infrastructure, and oil facilities. China's backup energy source disappears.

𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝟰: 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮

Here's where the theory gets really interesting -- and really controversial.

The argument is that a back-channel deal is already taking shape. Russia, increasingly squeezed and looking for off-ramps, begins redirecting energy exports toward Western markets. Out of self-interest, not friendship. In return, Moscow gets energy revenue guarantees and a pathway back to the global trading system. Canada, with its existing Arctic and energy ties, becomes the diplomatic bridge.

The result is a North American–Russian energy alignment that removes China's last major source of leverage.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗱𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲

BRICS loses its economic foundation. Beijing, cut off from reliable energy and geopolitical allies, is forced to negotiate on American terms, including purchasing U.S. debt at favorable rates. The dollar gets a controlled reset with gold as the backstop, and the global financial system re-centers around Washington.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗶𝗻 + 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿

Energy price spikes and defense spending flood capital into risk assets. Bitcoin pushes past $200K. Then comes the executive orders: a Strategic U.S. Bitcoin Reserve, funded by seized assets and energy windfalls.

But the piece most people are sleeping on is stablecoins. Every USD-pegged stablecoin moving across borders reinforces American financial infrastructure without a single new bank branch. The GENIUS Act laid the regulatory rails. A geopolitical shakeup of this scale would create a demand shock.

Stablecoins don't just survive a reset like this. They become the rails it runs on.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲:

Resource control → energy dominance → geopolitical isolation of China → dollar reset + Bitcoin reserve + stablecoin expansion.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲:

Precision chaos → total energy dominance → China's surrender on U.S. terms → dollar reset + strategic Bitcoin reserve + stablecoin expansion.

American financial supremacy 2.0.

Whether you believe it or not, the pieces are already moving.

[HOUSE PORN @HOUSEPORN___]

the natural lighting in this house is literally unmatched

[pdawg @prathamgrv]

this image has singlehandedly saved me from so much overthinking

[343 @UnscriptedFooty]

THE 12 MOST ICONIC VIDEOS ON THE INTERNET

A Thread 🧶

1. Bro was ZOOMING 😭

[tim. @ygg0f]

lock in. get it done.