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[Amjad Taha أمجد طه @amjadt25]

Breaking | The UAE strongly condemns the renewed Iranian attacks against Bahrain and Kuwait.
BTW, the EU, NATO, the UK, and Muslims in the West have not posted about the Islamic regime in Iran’s terrorist attacks on civilians last night. Literally zero.

[Hussain Abdul-Hussain @hahussain]

Wow!
By opposing the Lebanon-Israeli Agreement, Ben Gvir is on the same exact page with Hezbollah (and Randa Slim, Michael Young, Diana Moukalled...) as well as Trita Parsi, Rola Gibreal... etc.

https://t.co/6pkjy614DV

[Visegrád 24 @visegrad24]

BREAKING:

Israel recognizes the Armenian genocide

[Redrick Samson @R_D_Z_King]

This is an example of the utter state of insanity of the media.

First, much of the world claims Israel is "gencoding" Palestinians in Gaza, then they blame Israel for not letting these same Palestinian come and work in Israel... what?! Where is the logic in that?!

Why would Palestinians even want to work in a place they claim over and over is so horrible to them and that Israel is trying to annihilate them?!

Secondly, why would Israel let workers who last time helped Hamas to carry out the barbaric October 7th attacks?!

Even if only 10% of such workers are Hamas/PIJ members then it means at least 100 terrorists are let in.

They want work, sure go to Egypt or Jordan.

[Dan Gainor @dangainor]

@NewYorker Palestinians are not owed jobs in Israel. If they want jobs, they should go to Jordan or Egypt. You know, the nations where they didn’t help slaughter people.

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

Israel’s ban on Palestinian workers has left families hungry and parents unable to pay for their children’s school fees. Still, the ban is being justified in the name of security, and shows no signs of abating.
https://t.co/s8n7Kz5bhP

[Mossad Commentary @MOSSADil]

Netanyahu says Secretary of State Marco Rubio supports the concept of a security zone in Lebanon aimed at preventing Iranian and Hezbollah attacks on Israel.

Netanyahu: “Secretary of State Marco Rubio, with whom I have held several conversations, has expressed U.S. support for the concept of a security zone that prevents Iran and Hezbollah from attacking us.”

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

Netanyahu on Lebanon:

I want to remind you what was in Lebanon. Hezbollah had 150,000 missiles and rockets. And we eliminated about 90% of this huge stockpile.

We shocked them with beepers, we eliminated Nasrallah, we killed the commanders of the Radwan Force.

Just in the last two weeks we killed more than 200 terrorists.

[Amjad Taha أمجد طه @amjadt25]

The UAE does not tolerate terrorists; it deletes them from the equation.Iraq is now arresting members of the Islamic regime. Lebanon has normalized relations with Israel and is pushing Hezbollah out.Meanwhile, in the EU, the UK, and across the West, Muslim Brotherhood terrorists get upgraded to “activists,” the IRGC plays street politics, and antisemitism is treated like a fashionable opinion instead of a crime. That is not tolerance. That is political cowardice wearing a human-rights costume.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Yes: handwriting still matters.

A new study has confirmed that writing by hand activates far more complex and widespread neural networks in the brain than typing, underscoring its importance for learning and memory.

Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology used a high-density EEG cap with 256 electrodes to record brain activity in university students. They found that the intricate, sensory-rich movements involved in handwriting, especially cursive, trigger highly synchronized brain waves across extensive areas of the parietal and central regions. These coordinated patterns are strongly linked to memory formation, cognitive processing, and encoding new information.

In contrast, typing, which involves repetitive, simpler finger movements, produced significantly less neural connectivity and engagement. The difference was striking: the brain appears much less active during digital writing.

The researchers conclude that the unique motor and sensory experience of holding a pen plays a key role in brain development and learning. As a result, they argue that handwriting instruction should remain a core part of education to support deeper comprehension and cognitive growth in the next generation.

[ “Handwriting vs. Typing: A High-Density EEG Study on Brain Connectivity During Learning” — Norwegian University of Science and Technology (published in Frontiers in Psychology, 2025)]

[Hussain Abdul-Hussain @hahussain]

I stand corrected. Apparently, three of the eight Druze MPs in Lebanon now publicly support peace with Israel. The Druze community has near total support for disarming Hezbollah and peace with the Jewish state, but its leader Jumblatt is too risk-averse to go with his tribe's sentiments. He wants to make sure that Hezbollah and Iran are gone before he sticks his neck out.

[Race @multiplanet1]

Elon Musk was asked if he believes in God. His answer took longer than anyone expected and it didn't land where the audience thought it would.

Most billionaires dodge this question. They give a diplomatic answer to avoid conflict. Musk didn't dodge it.

He said he agrees with the idea of a creator. That when he looks at the physics of the universe, the precision of the constants, the mathematical elegance of how everything holds together, it seems unlikely that it's all random.

But he didn't stop there.

He said he wasn't sure the creator is the version described in any particular religious text. That the universe itself might be the closest thing to God that he can understand. That the act of making life multi-planetary is, in his view, a way of honoring whatever force created consciousness by making sure consciousness survives.

He basically described his life's work as a spiritual mission without ever using the word spiritual.

Building rockets to Mars isn't just engineering to him. It's an answer to a question about whether the universe created intelligent life only to watch it die on one planet. He said that felt like a waste. Like the universe wouldn't bother creating consciousness if it was meant to end on one rock.

So his answer to "do you believe in God" was essentially: I believe something created all of this. And I think the appropriate response to that creation is to protect it by spreading it as far as possible.

That's not atheism. It's not traditional religion. It's a man who looked at the stars and decided the most reverent thing he could do was make sure we reach them.

[Imtiaz Mahmood @ImtiazMadmood]

Iranian MP Kamran Ghazanfari said Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s stated interest in meeting Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei was part of a US-Israeli plan to prepare the ground for targeting him.

This statement from Iran is a pariah symptom that they have created over the last 45 years or more I believe.

He'd have to be alive for that. He is dead I believe. Messages are all from leftover hard line IRCG most likely.

He will continue to be like the wizard of Oz, hidden behind the curtain. Schrodinger's Ayatollah.

[Moshe @MosheJLM]

Summary: US-brokered framework to end Israel-Lebanon conflict. Disarms Hezbollah & non-state groups, restores Lebanese sovereignty & control, phases IDF withdrawal, paves way for full peace treaty. US to lead reconstruction aid with conditions.

Benefits for Israel: Secure northern border, end to ops in Lebanon, formal end to war.

For Lebanon: Full sovereignty & arms monopoly, intl reconstruction funds, safe returns for civilians.

For US: Major diplomatic win, promotes stability, counters proxies with accountable support.

[Mossad Commentary @MOSSADil]

LEBANON PRESIDENT: ISRAEL DEAL IS FIRST STEP TO RESTORING SOVEREIGNTY

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun says the framework agreement with Israel is “a first step” toward restoring Lebanon’s sovereignty after the war with Hezbollah.

Aoun pledged: “There will be no more occupation, prisoners, subordination or tutelage,” vowing to continue until the goal is “fully achieved.”

[Smart Science @SmartScience]

Researchers at the University of Milan have identified that an enzyme called phospholipid transfer protein (PLTP) can effectively mobilize cholesterol from arterial plaques, sending it back into the bloodstream for natural disposal. This discovery is a potential game-changer because, unlike current treatments that primarily focus on preventing new plaque from forming, this method actually targets and dissolves existing blockages.

Atherosclerosis occurs when cholesterol and inflammatory cells create stable, hardened deposits in artery walls that resist traditional removal methods. When these plaques become too large, they severely restrict blood flow, often necessitating invasive procedures like stents or bypass surgery to prevent heart attacks or strokes.

The PLTP enzyme acts as a natural extraction system, pulling cholesterol out of the arterial wall and transferring it to HDL, or "good cholesterol," for transport to the liver. Scientists found that many people have naturally low levels of this activity due to genetic factors, which is why they have developed a gene therapy to boost PLTP expression directly where it is needed most.

In animal models, this localized boost in enzyme activity resulted in a 40% reduction in plaque volume in just three months, allowing narrowed arteries to reopen to nearly their original diameter. These results suggest that plaques not only become smaller but also more stable, which significantly lowers the risk of a sudden rupture that could cause a cardiac event.

While human clinical trials are currently focusing on patients with severe coronary artery disease who cannot undergo surgery, the long-term goal is a biological "reversal" of decades of arterial damage. If successful, this could shift cardiovascular medicine away from mechanical bypasses and toward a more natural, enzymatic cleaning of the circulatory system.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Creatine, long celebrated for supporting muscle growth and athletic performance, is gaining recognition in neuroscience as a powerful aid for brain energy management—especially under demanding conditions like mental stress, intense cognitive effort, or sleep deprivation.

As the brain's primary energy currency, adenosine triphosphate (ATP) gets rapidly depleted during high-demand tasks. Creatine helps by facilitating the quick recycling of ATP through the phosphocreatine system, providing neurons with a more reliable energy buffer to sustain performance when demands spike.

Recent systematic reviews and meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials have quantified these effects. A 2024 meta-analysis (Xu et al., Frontiers in Nutrition) found that creatine monohydrate supplementation significantly improved memory performance, with a standardized mean difference (SMD) of 0.31 (95% CI: 0.17–0.44; equivalent to Hedges' g ≈ 0.30), alongside benefits in information processing speed and attention time in some measures. An earlier 2023 meta-analysis (Prokopidis et al., Nutrition Reviews) reported an overall SMD of 0.29 for memory enhancement in healthy individuals, with particularly strong effects in older adults (SMD = 0.88 in those aged 66–76 years).

While this 0.31 SMD reflects a modest-to-moderate standardized effect size (not a literal 31% raw improvement in every person or task), it indicates meaningful gains in memory, mental clarity, and processing efficiency—especially when the brain is challenged.

Benefits tend to be most evident in specific groups: older adults (who may have lower baseline brain creatine), vegetarians/vegans (with naturally reduced dietary intake), females, and those experiencing sleep deprivation or high mental fatigue. Emerging research is also exploring creatine's therapeutic potential for neurological conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, traumatic brain injury, depression, and mild cognitive impairment, though evidence remains preliminary and strongest for memory support.

Creatine isn't a miracle cure or standalone fix—it's best viewed as a supportive nutrient that bolsters brain resilience. Experts stress the need for more large-scale, long-term studies to clarify optimal dosing, duration, and broader impacts on neurological health.

[Xu C, et al. (2024). The effects of creatine supplementation on cognitive function in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Nutrition, 11:1424972. doi:10.3389/fnut.2024.1424972]

[Kemal Izmirli @KemalIzmirli4]

@MatNuclear Mot to forget that Israel returned the oil rich Sinai peninsula to Egypt in return for recognition and peace.
Israel also offered to return Gaza (Which used to be part of Egypt) but they did not want.

[Mark Goral @MarkGoral]

@MatNuclear @BillAckman Just one minor trifle - as part of the peace pact with Egypt, Israel gave back to Egypt the Sinai peninsula - an area roughly x3+the size of Israel today.

[ביסלי אובמבה (סתירה) @monellove]

@MatNuclear