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[Mae ✨💜 Fae VTuber @wthmaesira]

the part they didn’t include in the headline was that he was giving them electric shocks alongside lavender scents that made them vomit. they’d avoid lavender scents even after becoming butterflies and future generations would avoid it as well even without ever being shocked

[Michael Taiwo @AskMichaelTaiwo]

Chase the skills that do not expire.

Persuasion, clear writing, selling, reading people, staying calm under pressure. The tools change every few years and the platforms die. These have quietly paid off for centuries and will outlast whatever is trending now.

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

I can't speak to issues like humanitarian aid, but I can say with certainty that Elon's DOGE cuts impacted watchdogs such as the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC).

What is the WRC? People who have been following me for a while may have inadvertently seen WRC reports, as sometimes I post them to show when a company is relying on global supply chains connected to labor abuses. The WRC is a US nonprofit that monitors labor abuses abroad and fights for those workers' interests.

I will give you an example. In 2024, the WRC uncovered labor abuses at a Guatemalan factory, where the factory owner was withholding some $5 million in back wages to over 750 garment workers. This practice, called waged theft, is common in the garment industry, as garment workers are often in precarious positions and not always able to fight back.

The WRC identified a South Korean company, SAE-A Global Trading, as one of the factory's largest customers. SAE-A was essentially getting things made here and then selling those clothes to Target, the US retail chain. The WRC then pressured SAE-A to pay the back wages owed to those workers, which they did (to their credit).

By cutting the WRC's funding, the government has hobbled their efforts. It has become harder to know when labor abuses occur abroad and to fight for those workers. So, in a way, Elon's claim can't be disproven. It's hard to prove that people have been hurt because you've slashed funding for the very watchdogs that monitor for labor abuses.

Importantly, this has happened at the same time as US manufacturing continues to decline. Since 2025, there has been a decline in both manufacturing jobs and new factory construction. This means that Americans continue to rely on imports, especially in clothing, and this is unlikely to change in the near future.

This, in turn, means two things. By hobbling watchdogs and continuing to rely on imports, Americans are less likely to know when their garments are made with exploited labor. And by making it easier for factories to hide exploited labor and hobbling our ability to pressure suppliers to pay back wages, we've put US companies at a further disadvantage. It's now easier to sell a $2 T-shirt in the US, as you can exploit workers abroad and never be held accountable.

[Ben 🇬🇧💷 @ben__investing]

Down today 🔴

Hoping the discounts last until payday next week 🤞🏻

[Graham Stephan @GrahamStephan]

For those who paid off their mortgage early and own their home free and clear - any regrets?

[Aporia @aporia9n]

Second homes are the classic rich-person trap, the thing that looks great on paper but that you end up regretting for a long long while.

I’ve never understood the idea of becoming extremely rich only to accumulate 10 properties, 30 cars and endless material assets that need to be maintained, insured, staffed and constantly thought about. At some point you’ve basically created a small company whose only job is managing your stuff.

And then the assets start dictating your life. You bought the house in Tuscany so now you feel like you should spend every summer there. You own the London flat so you keep going back even if somewhere else would be more fun. The things you bought to give yourself more options end up reducing them.

If I had that level of money, I’d want the exact opposite: maximum optionality and as little dependence as possible. Spend three months in London, winter in Dubai, summer in Italy, stay in the best places and leave the second the weather, politics or taxes become annoying.

Own the very few things that genuinely anchor my life, rent almost everything else and remain dependent on no asset, city or government.

The economics are even more absurd here: nearly £1m of stamp duty on a £5m London flat, before service charges, repairs and exposure to whatever tax the next government invents. That alone can fund years of renting somewhere better.

Ownership makes sense when it gives you stability. Beyond that, every additional asset is another small administrative job.

The ultimate luxury isn’t owning everything. It’s being able to access almost anything while being trapped by almost nothing.

[Jared Shult @jared_shult]

Melania was a nude model. Michelle Obama is a Harvard-educated lawyer.

[Harry Sisson @harryjsisson]

LOL SPAIN EDITED TRUMP OUT OF THE PHOTO 🤣🤣🤣

[Zara Quinn @_Zaraquin]

If FIFA world cup final was not rigged, why were the fireworks colors of Argentina? Their plans were ruined by Spain.

[Toni Kroos @ToniKroos]

Football won

[Drew Bricks @DrewBricks]

This being one of his last tweets before getting arrested for human trafficking

[Mukhtar @I_amMukhtar]

The Internet is undefeated.

[James Surowiecki @JamesSurowiecki]

No - that's an actor playing an ancient Greek warrior.

[Jeff of Troy 🏛️🏺 @starwart1]

The guy who tweeted this just got arrested alongside his brother for rape and sex trafficking 🙂

[Daniel Kebede @DanielKebedeNEU]

Don't let the racists claim this England team.

This guy would deport most their parents given half the chance.

[Nigeria Stories @NigeriaStories]

BREAKING NEWS: NDLEA arrests South African 🇿🇦 woman with heroin at Abuja airport

[Femi @Femi_sorry]

Oh shut the fuck up you RACIST PRICK.

Your spokesperson just refused to rule out deporting me because I'm black.

You don't get to celebrate the success of black English people while telling us we don't belong in England.

Keep the name Jude Bellingham out your Nazi mouth.

[Chude @Chude_ND1]

Aboriginal people of Australia 🇦🇺.

They look so much like the people of Pupua New Guinea.

[Tomato @AMIRAM38224507]

@RupertLowe10 A filthy racist clinging to the acheivement of a black man

[Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana]

Keep Jude Bellingham’s name out of your mouth.