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Chalk lines around my body like the shoreline of a lake

[Rathin Shah @ShahRathin]

Interesting conversation with a growth lead at a $100M+ ARR AI company. They run about a 100 seeded Reddit accounts driving 15M views/month, for them to be cited in top 3 of their category on Claude, GPT & Gemini.
LLM citations are the new mass discovery channel.

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https://t.co/awZTFE1Gx3

[Press TV 🔻 @PressTV]

"These attacks make Lebanese people more attached to the resistance"

In his first report since he was injured in an Israeli attack, Press TV's @HadiHtt visited and reported from Lebanon's Ansar town where the Israeli regime massacred an entire family today, including 4 kids.

[Reuters @Reuters]

Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank diverted a spring that was a lifeline for the Palestinian village of Fasayil, cutting irrigation pipes in June and converting it into a tourist attraction, leaving nearby farms barren https://t.co/yzqIHVNnla

[Shaiel Ben-Ephraim @academic_la]

An incredible expose by Ronen Bergman shows how Israel invents quotes from Iranian officials in order to manufacture "evidence" that Iran is building nuclear weapons. This event took place on August 5th, when it was reported globally that Ahmad Vahidi, commander of the IRGC had admitted that Iran was developing nuclear weapons. The only problem? It wasn't true:

1) Netanyahu's pet network in Israel, Channel 14 spent months building Vahedi up as "the strongest man in Iran," priming audiences to treat any dramatic quote from him as coming from Iran itself. In reality, he is one power player among several.

2) An Indian Hindu nationalist account posts an earlier fabricated quote from Vahedi that says that nuclear weapons are a "necessity" for Iran. It does not get much traction.

3) The same account publishes a quote saying that Vahedi stated that Vahedi said that Iran will keep developing nuclear weapons as long as the US and Israel have them. There was no source.

4) The Mossad Commentary account, a large account with no affiliation to the actual Mossad posted the quote in English.

5) Channel 14, a mere 33 minutes later, covers this and claims that this is "the first time" an Iranian official directly admitted to building a nuclear bomb.

6) Three minutes later Yair Netanyahu, son of the Prime Minister, retweets Mossad Commentary, then three minutes later retweets Channel 14 English, followed later by Israel War Room.

7) Two hours later, Netanyahu senior cites the fabricated quote in an official speech at Mount Herzl, now the made up Tweet had become state policy.

8) The Tweet makes it to the US, US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz shares it saying that Iran is "finally admitting what was clear for years," then deletes it without explanation.

9) Mark Levine shares it and then Fox News reports it as fact, including an on-screen headline.

10) Channel 14 now reports this again with FOX and Netanyahu as the source. Mossad Commentary, the original source of the English version, now cites Channel 14 as its source, completing a circular citation loop.

11) Israel's Foreign Ministry spreads Netanyahu's remarks to Persian-speaking audiences.

12) Indian news agency ANI reports the story back in India, attributing it to "Israeli media," completing the round trip.

This is a well oiled machine of disinformation emanating from Netanyahu and his circle designed to create a false narrative which will destroy negotiations with Iran and renew the war. Similar frauds have been perpetrated in the past like the Jewish Chronicle/Bild affair, when a made up journalist planted stories in the press to justify blowing up a hostage deal with Hamas. But this time he is dragging the entire world into endless war and not just Israel.

[Decensored News @decensorednews]

MUST SEE: Journalist @samhusseini confronts Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer at a “Combating Corruption” event over his support for Israel

"You talk about corruption.... what could be more corrupt than backing genocide??"

[Praise @tufpraise]

All this in just 4 years.

Remember when they insisted it was impossible to build green infrastructure quickly enough

[Shams Charania @ShamsCharania]

Sources: Dallas is selecting Jalen Brunson with the No. 33 pick in NBA draft.

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@samhusseini What do you mean exactly by Usonia here? Was reading about this term and Frank Lloyd Wright, not sure if its related to what you're referencing.

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@Aaron_Good_ Everything about him is impressive, so fun to watch. Go Knicks

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@therealQuandalf @Dialogue_NRA this is more likely, pretty aligned with what you said. Many people dont know that his popularity began building a year ago because of the 12-day war. But has emerged even more popular now, since he gives for the "grand plan" explanation for the irrationality of USA and Israel.

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@HadiHtt You and the Lebanese people are heroes, Hadi

[Glenn Diesen @Glenn_Diesen]

We are told that security in the Middle East requires defeating Iran, security in East Asia requires defeating China, and security in Europe requires defeating Russia. We never discuss security in terms of how to learn to live together by harmonising interests and managing competition. This is by design. This is hegemonic peace, in which security depends on defeating rivals rather than managing a balance of power.

Subsequently, security relies solely on deterrence rather than reassurance; diplomacy is dismissed as appeasement; peace agreements are temporary and deceptive; and war is peace. Our rivals do not have legitimate security concerns, as their policies are allegedly always motivated by aggressive, irrational, or expansionist behaviour.

We have convinced ourselves that our liberal hegemony is a force for good, and that our opponents oppose our dominance because they reject our benign values of freedom. Discussing the security concerns of adversaries is believed to “legitimise” their policies, which is treasonous. The world is divided into good guys (liberal democracies) and bad guys (autocracies). We should not ask how defeating Russia, as the world's largest nuclear power, is a rational security strategy, or why our governments refuse to even speak with Moscow to discuss the European security architecture and end the war. Our governments have relabelled nuclear deterrence as nuclear blackmail to signal that there can be no more constraints.

All empires can become irrational during decline. Leaders take greater risks to avoid decline, legitimacy crises at home must be distracted with enemies abroad, outdated strategies from a bygone era of strength are still embraced, and there is a tendency to double down on narratives of being indispensable, representing universal values, and dismissing all opposition as illegitimate and dangerous. Are we the fanatics?

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Hundreds of millions of people throughout the world are immersed in extreme poverty. Yet, disproportionate wealth remains in the hands of a few. It is an unjust scenario, in the face of which we cannot fail to question ourselves and commit to change things. There is no lack of resources at the root of disparities, but the need to address solvable problems related to a more equitable distribution of wealth, to be achieved with moral sense and honesty.

[Ali Rida Sbeity @AliRida_SB]

The "Hezbollah" targets hit today by Israel:
📍 A funeral in Shmistar
📍 A Mosque in Saida
📍 A cafe for taxi commuters in Ouzai
📍 A local grocery shop in Ouzai
📍 A traditional bakery
📍 A shop in Rahab Market
📍 A house in a crowded street in Hayy el-Sellom
📍 A car wash in South Lebanon
📍 A grocery shop in Hayy el-Sellom
📍 A pharmacy in Mount Lebanon
📍 A civilian buildings

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

The cross is part of the mission. The imperialist occupation of the world is disrupted from within; the violence that until now has been the law is unmasked. The poor, imprisoned, and rejected Messiah descends into the darkness of death, yet in so doing He brings a new creation to light. #HolyThursday

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@Aaron_Good_ Great interview, appreciate your commitment to sharing your honest takeaways and views. We need less restraint in our culture to say what we see and think because of careerism and optics