XIII Legion

Politics, history...... lets discuss/debate.

[Roman Helmet Guy @romanhelmetguy]

If an English guy says that Bangladesh has a culture of raping kids, he goes to jail. If a Bangladeshi guy says that Bangladesh has a culture of raping kids, he gets out of jail.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

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[XIII Legion @dave19cole]

@cdnpolling Northumberland—Clarke. People's party

[XIII Legion @dave19cole]

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[Townhall.com @townhallcom]

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[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

The science behind this is wild. Your face has over 300 tiny filters sitting just under your skin. They’re called lymph nodes. Your entire body only has 400 to 800 total. And the drainage system connecting them has no pump at all, which is why a brush can do what you just watched.

I looked into this. Your lymphatic system is your body’s sewage network. It collects about 3 liters of leaked fluid from your blood vessels every single day and routes it back through those nodes for cleaning. But unlike blood, which has the heart forcing it around, lymph fluid moves using muscle contractions and breathing. That’s it. No backup system.

Because the vessels sit right under your skin, even light pressure from a brush or your fingertips can physically shove fluid toward the nearest node. So the de-puffing in this video is real. You’re watching fluid get pushed out of tissue in real time.

But the research gets weird. A 2025 study out of Seoul put 34 women on gua sha or facial rollers for 8 weeks. Both tools visibly slimmed the face by over 2mm (the point where you can actually tell with your eyes). The two tools work through totally different biology, which I didn’t expect. Gua sha loosens up tense facial muscles. The roller makes the skin itself bouncier, about 8.6% more elastic. Same visible result, two completely different paths to get there.

A Japanese team in 2022 took CT scans of 5 people before and after 2 weeks of daily facial massage. The cheek tissue got thinner and shifted upward on the scans. Wild result. But 5 people and no control group, so I’d slow down before calling that proof of anything.

The honest part. UCLA Health looked at all the evidence in January 2026 and concluded: if your lymphatic system already works fine, there’s no real proof this helps it work better. An anatomist at the Medical University of Innsbruck told National Geographic the same thing. Healthy lymph nodes don’t need the help.

That sculpted jawline you see in before-and-after clips lasts 1 to 8 hours, according to a certified lymph specialist. It’s a temporary fluid shift, and the fluid comes right back. The brush is also doing nothing your own hands can’t do. A lymphatic therapist told National Geographic straight up: you don’t need any tools, just your fingers.

The unsexy answer to long-term lymphatic health is exercise and drinking water. Your muscles are the pump this system was built to run on.

[Toby Turner @TobyTurner]

May 17th, that's a pretty significant date

[Geiger Capital @Geiger_Capital]

Holy shit.

America’s first submarine kill since WW2 🇺🇸

[I,Hypocrite @lporiginalg]

oh nevermind then

[Roman Helmet Guy @romanhelmetguy]

Friendship, foes, and force: The Venetian School of International Relations.

The Venetians understood international relations far better than today's politicians. Not surprising, given that Venice lasted way longer and did way better than it should've, given its position. They seem to have thought about alliances through three lenses:

1. Friendship: If the leaders/peoples of two states are united by shared beliefs, heritage, etc, they will naturally view each other warmly, and are more likely to ally. This aligns well with Sam Huntington's Clash of Civilizations thesis, that states will ally along shared cultural lines.

2. Foes: States will ally to counterbalance a common foe or foes. This aligns with realists like John Mearsheimer. For instance, France allied with the Ottomans against the powerful Holy Roman Empire.

3. Force: A much weaker state will ally with a stronger one if it thinks that's its only option to avoid being conquered. This can save the stronger state the trouble on militarily defeating the weaker one, while still giving it most of the benefits.

I think this is a pretty comprehensive framework for thinking about alliances. What do you guys think, are there any other reasons states ally?

The report I got these ideas from (translated into English for the first time ever) is below. It discusses the peace negotiations between Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and the King of France Francis I after the Italian War of 1536, from the Venetian perspective:

https://t.co/Fx7Cl7mOBm

[Roman Helmet Guy @romanhelmetguy]

🚨 New Venetian intelligence report. France in 1535.

Everyone should read this one, it's an absolute masterclass in diplomacy. Inject it into your veins, it's what a multipolar world will look like:

King Francis burns Lutherans at the stake at home, but allies with Lutheran Princes in Germany to weaken Charles V. He hates Muslims, but allies with the Turks to weaken Charles V. He despises Henry VIII's character, but allies...you get the idea.

Read it here. And as always, this first-ever English translation will remain free forever, but if you support what I do, please consider a paid subscription 🫡🙏

https://t.co/fXedOeidtt

[vittorio @IterIntellectus]

we’re less than 10 years from decoding all animal communication and BCIs that let us talk back

an entire kingdom of minds we’ve been ignoring for 300,000 years
going to be really fun

[Autism Capital 🧩 @AutismCapital]

My Venezuela. My Caracas. My Crude.

[Fr. James A (Faith-Chat Platform) @frjamesa]

Did anyone else notice this about the movie “Home Alone”?

[Trad West @trad_west_]

Our Father in aramaic is beautiful

[XIII Legion @dave19cole]

@jeffreyweichsel @Grok is this true?

[Tyler Oliveira @tyleraloevera]

Full Video Here!

https://t.co/pmXUyijmxk