Shakes

Culture & Prosperity.

[Anna Daryush 🌐 @Us48434Anna]

A slice of old Beijing in the very heart of Moscow 🏮
This unique building on Myasnitskaya is over 130 years old! Its facade was redesigned in a Chinese style to attract customers and launch a tea business. An aesthetic impossible not to fall in love with 🐉☕️

[Shakes @LetselaSechaba]

@vick55top It is the perogative of the victor to be magnanimous.

[Shakes @LetselaSechaba]

@SMO_VZ Modern warfare is a terrifying thought. Someone could kill 50 or 60 people in one day and potentially even more than twice that in a week. It has never before been seen in history.

[Shakes @LetselaSechaba]

@Glenn_Diesen I think there's something in there that Prof. Mearsheimer doesn't quite appreciate.

[Shakes @LetselaSechaba]

@Glenn_Diesen Americans have never been devastated by war. You can tell as much because every time you listen to the likes of John Mearsheimer and others, they're always making an intellectual argument. Sergey Karaganov is a Head of Foreign and Defense policy. And also European...

[PoP Universe @popuniversee]

The combat system in Blood Message (Gameplay) ⚔️🔥

[Shakes @LetselaSechaba]

@RT_com Look throughout history and you can find countless examples of civilizations falling into ruin because they won a particular battle they shouldn't have. Where is Zululand today?

[Shakes @LetselaSechaba]

@NanibuLioness @thedispenser_ I see. Makes a lot of sense.

[Frank @frankonX_]

Nigeria is sitting on a goldmine

[Natural Philosophy @Naturalphilosy]

“A tiger wearing a bell will starve.”

— Mongolian Proverb

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

Geography trivia: The Okavango River is the river that never meets the sea. It flows from Angola into Botswana, spreads into a huge inland delta in the Kalahari, and then mostly vanishes through evaporation, plant transpiration and seepage into sandy soils. Source: https://t.co/SCOd02K9fv

[David (TalkingCents) @talkcentss]

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗸 is the oldest central bank in Africa, it was established on June 30th 1921.

It was because market participants were arbitraging Gold that the SARB came into existence.

𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 🔻

[WW2 The Eastern Front @ShoahUkraine]

This is a 1932 Soviet Stalin era short animation film . It’s about racism and exploitation of the working class in the American South and Cuba.

[Elorm Daniel @elormkdaniel]

Visual Studio Code (the blue one) is a lightweight code editor. It’s fast, minimal, and built for flexibility. You open it, install a few extensions, and you’re writing code in seconds. It doesn’t try to do everything it lets you decide what features you need.

The purple one, Microsoft Visual Studio, is a full-blown IDE (Integrated Development Environment). This isn’t just an editor it’s an entire development ecosystem. It comes with built-in compilers, debuggers, designers, testing tools, and deep integration for languages like C#, .NET, and enterprise-level applications.

So what is the “purple one” actually used for?

It’s what developers reach for when they’re building large, complex, production-grade software; think enterprise apps, desktop applications, game development (especially with Unity), and systems where debugging, profiling, and tight integration really matter.

In simple terms:

VS Code = quick, flexible, lightweight
Visual Studio = heavy-duty, structured, all-in-one

One is like a high-performance motorcycle.
The other is a fully equipped workshop.

Both are powerful but they’re built for completely different kinds of work.

[Seyed Mohammad Marandi @s_m_marandi]

In the 1990s, at the IRGC University of Command and Staff, future commander Hossein Salami - now a martyr - taught a course on asymmetric warfare. He instructed officers on prolonging a conflict with the US by escalating economic costs and political instability. Even then, they were already plotting the downfall of the evil empire.

[Shakes @LetselaSechaba]

If Cluckin' Bell opened tmrw, how many of us would there be in there??? In fact you can think of quite a few that could compete in the real world.

[Rooster @TheRooster]

Rockstar has balls.

Every other major game (Fortnite, COD, Roblox, FIFA) is turning into a digital billboard.

But GTA leaves hundreds of millions in guaranteed ad revenue on the table.

Just to protect their universe's unique cultural identity.

Because they know Sprunk and Cluckin' Bell are more valuable to their world than real brands ever could be.

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

🛢️ What is OPEC+? Meet the Members Shaping Global Oil

OPEC+ is the powerful alliance of OPEC countries + key non-OPEC producers that coordinates much of the world’s oil supply (around 40%+ of global production).

OPEC Core Members (12 countries):
•🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia (the heavyweight)
•🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
•🇮🇷 Iran
•🇮🇶 Iraq
•🇰🇼 Kuwait
•🇱🇾 Libya
•🇳🇬 Nigeria
•🇻🇪 Venezuela
•🇩🇿 Algeria
•🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo
•🇬🇦 Gabon
•🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea

OPEC+ Additional Members:
•🇷🇺 Russia (major player)
•🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
•🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
•🇴🇲 Oman
•🇲🇽 Mexico
•🇧🇭 Bahrain
•🇧🇳 Brunei
•🇲🇾 Malaysia
•🇸🇸 South Sudan
•🇸🇩 Sudan

The United Arab Emirates officially announced its withdrawal on April 28, 2026. The exit takes effect on May 1, 2026

[🍂 @Lovandfear]

“When you meet a swordsman, draw your sword: Do not recite poetry to one who is not a poet.”

— from a Ch’an Buddhist Classic