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OTD in 1949 Operation Priboi started. USSR forcibly deported *90,000* Baltic people to 'inhospitable parts' of Russia. 70% of those deported were women & children under 16.
Imagine mass deporting children today....
Imagine mass deporting children today....
Attempts to return home were punishable. Those who organized the deportations received medals. We do not understand why Estonians are not grateful to us for this.
Da. Prez is aware that "inhospitable parts of Russia" is tautology.
Da. Prez is aware that "inhospitable parts of Russia" is tautology.
We (and various pseudo academics*) genuinely pretend there's no way to explain why NATO is so obviously popular with so many of our former colonies. Total, unexplainable mystery. Especially seeing as we don't whitewash these crimes at all and aren't repeating them right now.
“$300-$500 and a trip abroad.”
Moldovan recruit Maxim Roșca was promised easy money and travel — then sent to camps in Bosnia and Serbia to train in drones, incendiary devices and protest tactics, Politico.
Recruits were told instructions would come from Moscow. 1/
Moldovan recruit Maxim Roșca was promised easy money and travel — then sent to camps in Bosnia and Serbia to train in drones, incendiary devices and protest tactics, Politico.
Recruits were told instructions would come from Moscow. 1/
In camps, they learned to fly drones, drop explosives, evade police and organize unrest — part of a Russia-backed network targeting operations across Europe. 2/
Moldovan investigator: “Dozens were trained.”
Prosecutors are probing 80 suspects, 20 indicted. Some linked to operations in France and Germany, including vandalism and election interference cases. 3/
Prosecutors are probing 80 suspects, 20 indicted. Some linked to operations in France and Germany, including vandalism and election interference cases. 3/
You’re misunderstanding how the Fathers use the word “Scripture.”
Historically, the term is used in both a broad and a narrow sense—and if you miss that distinction, you’ll misread the evidence every time 🧵1
Historically, the term is used in both a broad and a narrow sense—and if you miss that distinction, you’ll misread the evidence every time 🧵1
In the narrow sense, “Scripture” refers to the canonical books: inspired, certain, and binding for doctrine.
But in the broad sense, “Scripture” can include all books read in the Church for edification—even if some of them are not doctrinally authoritative. 2
But in the broad sense, “Scripture” can include all books read in the Church for edification—even if some of them are not doctrinally authoritative. 2
There is a 2-tier framework found throughout the Fathers (for that broader sense):
• Canonical books → fully authoritative, single-handedly used to establish doctrine.
• Ecclesiastical (non-canonical) books → useful, edifying, but NOT doctrinally binding in isolation. 3
• Canonical books → fully authoritative, single-handedly used to establish doctrine.
• Ecclesiastical (non-canonical) books → useful, edifying, but NOT doctrinally binding in isolation. 3
1) THREAD: Federal cybersecurity reviewers said this @Microsoft cloud package was “a pile of shit.”
They gave it their seal of approval anyway.
Here’s how it happened 👇
They gave it their seal of approval anyway.
Here’s how it happened 👇
2) By late 2024, Microsoft’s “lack of proper detailed security documentation” left reviewers with a “lack of confidence,” an internal gov report said.
It wasn’t a one-off. For years, reviewers said, Microsoft failed to fully explain how it protects sensitive info in the cloud.
It wasn’t a one-off. For years, reviewers said, Microsoft failed to fully explain how it protects sensitive info in the cloud.
3) The federal government could be exposed if it couldn’t verify the cybersecurity of the cloud product in question: Microsoft’s Government Community Cloud High, or GCC High.
So why did it bestow its seal of approval?
So why did it bestow its seal of approval?
#Cuba 1/ The Castro tyranny keeps locking up Cuban teens just for protesting blackouts and hunger. Prisoners Defenders reported 1214 political prisoners in February 2026. 31 got arrested when they were still minors 29 boys and 2 girls. Sixteen got convicted of sedition with sentences around 5 years on average. Many are still not free. Full list here lista.prisonersdefenders.org
2/ Eliane Martin. She was 16 and pregnant when they took her on September 17 2025 in Puerto Padre Las Tunas after peaceful protests over no power and no water. Charged with public disorder. No real lawyer her family still has almost no info on her health or exact location. She is still listed. Source: Prisoners Defenders October 2025 report and official profile.
3/ Leroy Hernandez Escalona. He was 17 when arrested the next day September 18 2025 in the same protests. They claimed he attacked police but witnesses say it stayed peaceful. His family calls the Las Tunas provincial instruction center a torture spot with bad conditions. No fair process. He is still locked up. Source: Prisoners Defenders list and October 2025 update.
1/12 Today's short thread will cover ROIC or return on invested capital and one of the ways I like to calculate the ratio.
We will look at the formula, and inputs and briefly discuss why. Keep in mind there are a gozillion ways to determine ROIC, this is my fav.
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We will look at the formula, and inputs and briefly discuss why. Keep in mind there are a gozillion ways to determine ROIC, this is my fav.
🧵⬇️
2/12 "A company creates value when the present value of the cash flows from its investments are greater than the cost of the investments. In other words, one dollar invested in the business becomes worth more than one dollar in the market."
Michael Mauboussin
Michael Mauboussin
3/12 ROIC helps investors measure how effectively management reinvests the one dollar to grow beyond the initial investment. As with many metrics, the higher the better, and the longer the better.
It is one way to measure how well mgmt effectively allocates capital.
It is one way to measure how well mgmt effectively allocates capital.
1/ QUICK TAKE: Other Russian mil bloggers are echoing the points made in the quoted thread: "Drone warfare has ceased to be a mere "supplement" to artillery and reconnaissance; it has become the very medium of battle." t.me/barantchik/354… x.com/sambendett/sta…
2/ "This is no longer a story about individual drones, but rather about how the front line has transformed into a zone under constant surveillance and constant fire—a place where any movement of vehicles, troop rotation, ammunition resupply..."
3/ "...or casualty evacuation is under threat. The share of combat losses attributable to drones surged from 10% in 2022 to 80% as early as 2025; the average time required for casevac in certain sectors has ballooned to over three days; and—according to enemy sources—ground robots alone executed more than 7,000 missions in January 2026."
Patient-derived IgG in Long COVID appears functionally pathogenic - and in some cases, this autoreactivity persists for years🧵
At the heart of the paper is a pretty important question. We already know that Long COVID has often been linked to autoimmunity, but that alone does not tell us whether these antibodies are actually doing harm or whether they are simply a byproduct of the illness.
What the authors tried to test here was the functional side of that question - can these antibodies themselves trigger measurable effects? They purified IgG from the plasma of Long COVID patients and transferred those into mice. They then looked for changes in sensory and behavioral testing.
The @fordnation government via OPG just cost Ontario Taxpayers $477 million with the sale of Eagle Creek Renewable Energy Inc. selling it at a loss to some NY Private Equity firm.
In November 2018, Ontario Power Generation acquired Eagle Creek from Hudson Clean Energy Partners, Power Energy Corporation, and its other previous investors. On October 8, 2019, Ontario Power Generation (OPG) announced the finalization of the acquisition of Cube Hydro Partners and Helix Partners (collectively, Cube Hydro) from I Squared Capital. The two companies are now merging into one, operating under the Eagle Creek Renewable Energy name. eaglecreekre.com/about-us/who-w…
In November 2018, Ontario Power Generation acquired Eagle Creek from Hudson Clean Energy Partners, Power Energy Corporation, and its other previous investors. On October 8, 2019, Ontario Power Generation (OPG) announced the finalization of the acquisition of Cube Hydro Partners and Helix Partners (collectively, Cube Hydro) from I Squared Capital. The two companies are now merging into one, operating under the Eagle Creek Renewable Energy name. eaglecreekre.com/about-us/who-w…
#CompetitionLaw #Germany
🚨📢 Did you know about the recent “fuel market intervention package” rushed through the German parliament this week? I think it deserves serious scrutiny from the antitrust/Competition community. It’s presented as an “urgent” response to rising gas prices from the Middle East conflict. However, the competition law changes buried inside it are far broader than that. A 🧵👇1/9
🚨📢 Did you know about the recent “fuel market intervention package” rushed through the German parliament this week? I think it deserves serious scrutiny from the antitrust/Competition community. It’s presented as an “urgent” response to rising gas prices from the Middle East conflict. However, the competition law changes buried inside it are far broader than that. A 🧵👇1/9
Link to the Bill, here:
Apparently, the government is determined to have the law enacted by April 1st. Is that a good thing? It is possible to do that following a proper procedure? 2/9dserver.bundestag.de/btd/21/047/210…
Apparently, the government is determined to have the law enacted by April 1st. Is that a good thing? It is possible to do that following a proper procedure? 2/9dserver.bundestag.de/btd/21/047/210…
Some background: Section 32f of the Act against Restraints of Competition (ARC), introduced in 2023, already gave Germany’s Federal Cartel Office (FCO) sweeping powers to impose behavioral and structural remedies (including divestiture) following sector inquiries, without any finding of unlawful conduct. A “novel tool”, borrowed loosely from the UK’s market investigation regime (not a good thing, if you ask me, but we can have that conversation another day). 3/9
I spent 7+ years studying money full time to understand how the financial system was designed to keep you poor forever.
Here are the top 10 brutal truths no one will ever teach you (THREAD):
1. Every dollar is your life compressed into a token.
Here are the top 10 brutal truths no one will ever teach you (THREAD):
1. Every dollar is your life compressed into a token.
When inflation destroys it, those are real hours of your life you can never recover.
It is a legally enforced transfer of wealth from those who earned it to those who printed it.
It is a legally enforced transfer of wealth from those who earned it to those who printed it.
2. Food, healthcare, pharma and politics look like separate problems (they're not)
They all operate inside the same broken incentive structure built on top of dishonest money.
For every thousand hacks at the leaves, there is but one strike at the root. Corrupt money is the root problem, but its symptoms are countless.
They all operate inside the same broken incentive structure built on top of dishonest money.
For every thousand hacks at the leaves, there is but one strike at the root. Corrupt money is the root problem, but its symptoms are countless.
1/ Russia should take advantage of the Iran war by launching a massive war-winning offensive to capture Kyiv and Odesa, says a prominent Russian warblogger. The conditions he identifies for Russia doing so, however, are so onerous that they are practically impossible to meet. ⬇️
2/ Alexey Zhivov asks:
"How is victory possible in the Special Military Operation?
After the capture of Pokrovsk, Myrnohrad, and the battle for Kupiansk, any significant news about the advancement of the Russian Armed Forces has ceased to come from the front."
"How is victory possible in the Special Military Operation?
After the capture of Pokrovsk, Myrnohrad, and the battle for Kupiansk, any significant news about the advancement of the Russian Armed Forces has ceased to come from the front."
3/ "All military action was reduced to an exchange of missile and drone strikes and [Kremlin spokesman Dmitry] Peskov's inappropriate statements about our great "concern" for the legitimacy of the Ukrainian government."
