Alexandra Poolos

[Alexandra Poolos @apoolos]

@heidiblake & @mega2e relentlessly reported on the Tate brothers’ criminal enterprise that preyed on women and girls. Both refused to be deterred even when law enforcement had shrugged off their many cruelties. They are both to be commended for doing their jobs with such rigor.

[Heidi Blake @HeidilBlake]

Andrew and Tristan Tate have been arrested in Miami on new charges of rape, trafficking, and child pornography. Here's my @NewYorker investigation into how they built a vast empire of sexual exploitation in plain sight. https://t.co/pLE92i8F4Q

[Kevin Gaughen 🇺🇸 @gaughen]

Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s former Minister of Defense, in just about the craziest picture I've ever seen.

[Mykhailo Fedorov @FedorovMykhailo]

It has been a great honor to serve the Ukrainian people as the Minister of Defense.

Here is what our team managed to achieve:

1. Disabled Starlink access for Russian forces.

2. Took over a Ministry of Defense with zero budget, took a risk, reallocated funds from payroll from the end of the year, and effectively invested them in mid-strike capabilities, fiber-optic FPVs, low-cost reconnaissance, ground robotic platforms, interceptor drones, and deep-strike drones.

3. Launched "Logistical Lockdown", this cut off enemy logistics and initiated the isolation of Crimea.

4. Continued the funding program for the Drone Line.

5. Launched a support program for modern drone-assault units that rely primarily on advanced technologies in combat.

6. Introduced a 70% advance payment policy for procurements made via e-Points on the Brave1 Market portal.

7. Fundamentally overhauled the procurement system.

8. Procured thousands of pickup trucks, buggies, and ATVs for the military for the first time—and did so through open tenders.

9. The drone interception rate rose from 83% to 91%, and the cruise missile interception rate soared from 47% to 87%.

10. Contracted Patriot PAC-2 GEM-T missiles for the first time, and submitted an application through an EU loan to purchase PAC-3 missiles.

11. Launched a baseline drone supply system for brigades and corps.

12. Launched a massive grant program for manufacturers of explosives and missiles.

13. Initiated an unpopular but vital transformation of the military.

14. Conducted three UDCG meetings, where we successfully broke through the Russian information trap claiming our defeat, restoring partners' faith in Ukraine. This secured $40 billion in support announced for this year (excluding the EU loan).

15. Launched the mechanism to utilize the EU loan for our military priorities.

16. Found a way to scale cheap missiles against jet-powered Shaheds and signed a record-breaking contract.

17. Our domestic ballistics. We radically revised the technical specifications, maximized accuracy, and reduced the cost by 30%.

18. Signed a contract to procure Gripen fighter jets.

19. Collaborated with the military to plan and execute Operation Auchan, which halted the enemy's mechanized offensive for six months.

20. Opened up exports under the Drone Deal program to attract investment and scale up domestic defense-industrial complex (OPK) production.

21. Launched the Trophy Lab, providing partners with the opportunity to study captured Russian military technologies.

22. Launched the Defense AI Center A1 to accelerate the integration of artificial intelligence on the battlefield.

Thank you to my entire team for their relentless 24/7 service. A special thank you to my family for their patience.

Thank you all for your support!

I will continue to work toward the mission I originally brought to the Ministry of Defense: defeating the enemy through asymmetry, the speed of innovation, and the power of organization.

To be continued.

[The Princess of Soul @princessofsoul_]

Jennifer Hudson performing “Hallelujah” and “I Will Always Love You” at @CliveDavis’s funeral this morning. Such an emotional and fitting tribute to the music icon!

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

@LoinDuTribu An hour ago I finished writing a chapter of my latest book and now I'm having a drink while simultaneously watching football and men on Twitter throw tantrums because I've made more money than they have. Honestly, if life has more to offer, I don't want it.

[La Giornata Tipo @parallelecinico]

Ciao ragazzi, quella che voglio raccontarvi è una follia. Una follia che mi ha portato ad essere al Madison Square Garden ad assistere ad una delle partite più incredibili della storia: gara 4 tra Knicks e Spurs.

Mi chiamo Fabio, sono di Bologna, e martedì sera ero a spasso con la mia ragazza. Sono da sempre un tifoso Knicks, e più passeggiavamo col nostro cane “Brooklyn” (siamo grandi amanti di New York), più aumentava la mia curiosità di controllare l’andamento dei prezzi folli del Madison…
Mi sono detto “Se riesco a trovarli in resell sotto i 4000 dollari, lo compro”.

Faccio una premessa: ho purtroppo avuto a che fare con un delicato problema di salute nella mia vita. Questo mi ha dato la possibilità di vedere il presente il futuro in modo diverso.

Passano le ore e trovo un biglietto a 3900 dollari.
Ho chiuso gli occhi, e l’ho comprato.
Non dico nulla alla mia ragazza.
Andiamo a casa e accendo il computer.
Trovo un volo da Roma.
Prima di dormire trovo il coraggio di dirglielo.
“Ho la sveglia tra quattro ore, vado a New York a vedere gara 4…”.
Gelo.
Poi mi abbraccia e mi dice “Goditela”.

Ed eccomi qui, testimone della più grande rimonta nella storia delle Finals, di un clima pazzesco, di una città che esplode di passione per il basket, di una due giorni che non dimenticherò mai.

Ho avuto un grave problema cardiaco 5 anni fa. Ho comprato la canotta di Hart, perché il suo nome mi ricorda quel cuore che è stato croce e delizia nella mia vita.

Salterò le vacanze, dovrò fare delle rinunce, ma sono felice di aver fatto questa follia.

(Fabio Augeri) @SkySportBasket @nyknicks @joshhart

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

USA. A Mexican restaurant. We had not yet ordered anything, and the food was already arriving.

Chips. Salsa. Unrequested. Free.

I stopped the waiter. "We have not earned these."

"They just come with the table, man."

They come with the TABLE. In my land, hospitality is a debt. Every gift creates an obligation, weighed carefully, returned in the proper season with interest of feeling. Here, the gift arrives before you have even proven you can pay for dinner.

This is not an appetizer. This is a declaration: we trust you. Eat.

I ate with the gravity the moment deserved. And then — I must report this calmly — the basket emptied, and a new one appeared.

"Did we…?"

"Refill," the waiter said. "It's bottomless."

Bottomless. They have wells of salsa. The supply lines of this nation are beyond anything my ancestors imagined.

My friend warned me. "Don't fill up on chips, dude."

Too late. I had accepted three baskets. Honor demanded each one be finished — an unfinished gift is an insult. By the time my actual food arrived, I was a ruined man.

I was not hungry. I was not comfortable. I had been defeated by a courtesy.

Generosity that arrives before the request cannot be repaid. It can only be survived.

I know the rule now. I have made my peace with the basket. One basket. Two at the most.

Who am I deceiving. There is no number of baskets I would refuse. The trust of a nation is in that salsa, and I intend to honor all of it.

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

185 Ukrainian defenders are returning home today from Russian captivity!

The youngest is 27 years old, and the oldest is 62. Some of them have been held in Russian captivity since 2022.

Welcome home, heroes! 🇺🇦

[Olena Zelenska / Олена Зеленська @ZelenskaUA]

У Національній опері України відбулося перше публічне виконання фрагментів опери «Матері Херсона» – документального твору про матерів, які заради повернення дітей, що їх викрала Росія, долають понад 4 тисячі кілометрів через кордони, страх, погрози та невідомість. Важливо, що саме українська аудиторія почула цю історію першою. Уже восени її повноцінна світова прем’єра відбудеться у Варшаві, а згодом – на сцені Метрополітен-опери в Нью-Йорку. Вдячна драматургу Джорджу Бранту, композитору Максиму Коломійцю, диригентці Кері-Лінн Вілсон, генеральному директору Метрополітен-опери Пітеру Гелбу та всій команді проєкту. Завдяки вам світ почує правду про один із найболючіших злочинів цієї війни – викрадення українських дітей – і про силу матерів, які не припиняють боротися за своїх синів і доньок.

[Alexey Navalny @navalny]

Ладно. Вы тут не скучайте без меня. А главное - не бездельничайте, жаба сама себя с нефтяной трубы не скинет.

[Christiane Amanpour @amanpour]

How very very sad.

Marjane was a true artist and advocate for Iranian women and freedom.

She disrupted literature with her wildly successful autobiographical graphic novel, Persepolis.

AFP reports she died of sadness a year after losing her husband, the love of her life.

RIP

[Alexandra Poolos @apoolos]

@mattyglesias These numbers don’t tell the story you think they do. ABC World News Tonight is outpacing 60 Minutes by almost 2 million viewers. That would have been unthinkable even a few years ago. 60 used to regularly pull in 10+ viewers on a Sunday.

[Alex Wickham @alexwickham]

Bloomberg News exclusive:

Vladimir Putin has been told by senior Russian officials that the war in Ukraine is becoming unaffordable, the most serious sign of internal division in Moscow since the full-scale invasion began

https://t.co/gpk6OChdlC

[Alexandra Poolos @apoolos]

@baseballcrank Jim Henson was a Christian Scientist and did not believe in conventional medicine. But the time he agreed to go to the hospital he had severe sepsis.

[Alexandra Poolos @apoolos]

@IAPonomarenko Thought you would appreciate @StevieVanZandt rocking out with @springsteen on his excellent Ukraine guitar.

[Sam Stein @samstein]

Sued by Patel and after news broke that the FBI is investigating her piece, she just drops this. Love it

[Eclipse Sportswire @EclipseSports]

What it is like to be alone in a crowd of 150,000 people for just a moment reflecting on winning the @kentuckyderby. Love this quiet moment for @joseortizjockey amidst the winner's circle mayhem. By fellow #boricua @cmanchegophoto

[Alexandra Poolos @apoolos]

@blahbybb @Justice4BJS That’s hilarious. Of course he would be compelled. He would have been under subpoena.

[Alexandra Poolos @apoolos]

@blahbybb @Justice4BJS Lively making millions doesn’t sound like she lost to me. Baldoni paid her out so he didn’t have to face a jury trial.

[Alexandra Poolos @apoolos]

@JulliardMo72882 @blahbybb @Justice4BJS Explain that to me. Lively sued WF. Baldoni had his case dismissed by the judge so he has no claim to $. He is the defendant. The person who got settlement $ is Lively.