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Quoting this so I can pin it

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

Be prepared, there is a small chance that our horrendous leadership could unknowingly lead us into World War III.

[Alon Mizrahi @alon_mizrahi]

Iran threatens harsh retaliation if Israel does not cease its Lebanon murder spree. One nation of heroes holding both Big Satan and Little Satan under its thumb. I am overtaken with admiration. Absolute grand, historic glory

[Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 @pmarca]

(1) What

[Pavel Durov @durov]

Indian telecom Reliance is sabotaging access to Telegram for millions of users OUTSIDE India (including the UAE) via a rogue method called BGP hijacking.

The sabotage seems intentional, as Reliance has ignored multiple reports.

This may be part of a competitive war, as Reliance is partially owned by Meta — the company behind WhatsApp.

Network operators are advised to reject unauthorized BGP announcements from Reliance (AS18101) to prevent route hijacks and ensure stable Internet access for their users.

Such abuse of global Internet routing is alarming. I wouldn’t be surprised if Reliance/WhatsApp were also behind the recent lobbying effort to ban Telegram in India.

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@Kristinartz Lonely

[Andrea D. Huberwoman, Ph.D. @thegenesisbl0ck]

It’s always funny whenever the sex-after-marriage discourse hits the timeline because most of the people writing think pieces about it aren’t even married. If you really want sex advice, go talk to that 50-year-old MILF at the gym who’s still rocking her husband’s world after 30 years of marriage. The only sex advice she’ll give you is, “Just have sex.” It’s not that complicated.

[Ryan Cole MD @DoctorCole]

Censorship of actual science continues. It must be stopped.

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@JoshuaLisec Divorce is contagious. My ex’s best friends divorced, then she became ex

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@RampCapitalLLC @Larryjamieson_ I’m free between now and my 2:00 nap time

[Jeffrey A Tucker @jeffreytucker]

The case of Angela Perryman is a fascinating one. She was on the MV Hondius cruise ship with the hantavirus outbreak. She was exposed but has no symptoms and has consistently tested negative.

She and others were taken to a federal quarantine facility in Nebraska. Others were freed because their states agreed to 24/7 monitored quarantine at home. Florida refused to do that, thus triggering a federal refusal to let her leave. She remains there now, protesting that it is like a prison sentence.

RFK agrees with this quarantine and I suspect the reason comes down to a belief that a targeted quarantine makes better public health sense because it blocks a more general lockdown such as we saw during Covid. An exposed hantavirus suspect on the loose could, maybe, might, generated public anxiety and provide fodder for such a lockdown.

I see the point but, in the end, we are talking about taking away a person's rights for mere exposure and many negative tests. That seems inconsistent with freedom. You cannot violate one person's rights in the name of protecting freedom for all. That's a dangerous trajectory.

The federal quarantine power, granted only for the first time in 1942, is itself inconsistent with the American ideal. Perryman should have been allowed to go home if she so desired and Florida was correct to refuse to put her under house arrest.

I say this not to rap RFK on the knuckles but just as a warning and heads up. The administration wishes that Perryman had just quietly complied but Americans are a funny breed. They believe they have rights.

The whole model of quarantine AND lockdown need to be rethought.

[Tablesalt 🇨🇦🇺🇸 @Tablesalt13]

Oh boy.....

I think I might now understand why the natives are the most conservative demographic in Canada.....

[Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald]

It shouldn't matter who you are or what your ideology is to understand how dangerous these laws are that require the submission of state ID to use social media.

"Protecting children" is the bullshit pretense. The real outcome is tracking everyone's views and online behavior:

[Basil the Great @BasilTheGreat]

🚨 BREAKING: It has been revealed that the public consultation data Keir Starmer is using to promote his social media ban did NOT have an ‘against’ option

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@hot_cocoa_girl I know of couples - this one included- where practice (and strong hints) makes perfect, or at least good enough

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@hot_cocoa_girl Just tell us what you need. Hand here, tongue there, “toy” when… Help us out and we’ll help you out

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@McFaul 1. This is probably no more credible than the novichock bs 2. Have we sponsored or supported attacks and assassinations in Russia?

[Kirill Dmitriev @kadmitriev]

Panicked Starmer, under the pretext of protecting kids <16, imposes TOTAL social media controls for ALL UK adults: mandates ID disclosure with a high risk of arrest for sharing thoughts.

The UK leads the world in social media comment arrests instead of correcting bad policies.

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@KILLTOPARTY Buy more sheets

[Pavel Durov @durov]

Banning social media for teenagers only puts them in greater danger.

Teens are forced to switch to VPNs — and unlock far worse illegal content.

We’ve seen this before. When the Russian government banned Telegram, 95% of Russian teenagers kept using it. They just moved to VPNs.

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@svenkata29 30 minute bus ride from the international terminal to the shared van area

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@Aella_Girl @Thomasdelvasto_ I’m not advocating anything but I have thought about the pioneer families that had 12 kids in a one-room log cabin. Those kids probably saw some things