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Vitamin D: Unerwarteter Zusammenhang mit früher Demenz

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Robert "Madyar" Brovdi: Largest killing of enemy forces [Russians] in history of mankind is being coordinated from this very room. In 10 months, we've surpassed 85,000 confirmed enemy personnel destroyed, all eliminated from this room using drones that cost $300-$2,000 each.

@Kasparov63 @NafoEngelman Seems it's a cognitive off day for POTUS

Note the underlying stupidity behind these threats. US bases and troops around the world are there for US global force projection, not to protect Spain or Italy or whatever he thinks. America’s enemies would love it if he picked up his toys and went home.

This is Odesa kindergarten after russian attack. This happens throughout the country every day,

Very good thread, explainer on the new LLM paper @ScienceMagazine

Chairman @RepMoolenaar made the following statement after China threatened economic retaliation against the European Union for its plans to ban Chinese telecommunications equipment: “China is pointing a loaded gun at Europe and telling it to keep using Chinese telecom equipment or face punishment. This blackmail shows exactly why CCP-controlled entities cannot be trusted to be a part of the free world’s critical infrastructure in Europe or anywhere else. Chinese telecom equipment is a security threat to all nations and European leaders should stand firmly for their own national security interests against China. I urge them not to bow to CCP pressure.”

Germany’s scale, fiscal capacity, and centrality within the Europe all point in one direction: if Europe is to acquire the strategic coherence needed to defend itself, Berlin will be a key player. chathamhouse.org/2026/05/german…

@Reuters So?

Restaurants in Dubai have downsized their menus to reduce costs as the tourism sector reels under the impact of the Middle East war. The disruption in trade has also made it difficult for some to source imported ingredients such as avocados and scallops reut.rs/4w83t2U

@GordonGChang That's precisely why Xi will order it to do so. He feels in control.

Xi Jinping has decimated China’s military. It is not capable of invading Taiwan. It may never be able to do so.

China is increasing pressure on many countries to stop supporting Taiwan. This calls for a collective response to protect national sovereignty and forestall PRC retaliation.

@GordonGChang But not unexpected.

China is making Japan its enemy. This is a grave strategic error for Beijing.

@JMichaelWaller Prosecute for treason?

Former head of Harvard chemistry department defects to China, tied to helping CCP build AI supersoldiers.

The Russian air defense across Russia is increasingly overwhelmed to counter the Ukrainian air campaign. The situation in Russia's South, most notably in and around Tuapse, is currently the most prominent example, but it is happening across the country. What was once Russia advantage, its size, has become a liability. The Russian regime has to make compromises, and this is protecting Moscow at all costs while abandoning other parts of Russia. However, in Moscow it is dawning that even the capital is at risk of being successfully struck, no matter whether Russian rust buckets are rolling or not. This is why Putin made the pathetic offer for having a truce on May 9. It is as transparent as it can get: Russians are very afraid. Moscow might get soon into the cross hairs, but this isn't even the worst for Putin. The Russian regime will have to allocate huge amount of air defense assets to the capital and by doing so exposing the rest of the country. And there is not much they can do.

Ukraine built a system that detects incoming drones and cruise missiles by listening for them. The FENEK passive acoustic system detects Shahed-type drones at 3 km and cruise missiles at 5 km via TDOA triangulation. defence-blog.com/ukraines-fenek…

U.S. Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich and commander @SHAPE_NATO praises Norway’s defence buildup, calling it vital to NATO’s role in the Arctic. He highlights NOR as “NATO’s eyes and ears” and urges greater European responsibility for security. 🇳🇴🤝🇺🇸 #NATO #WeAreNATO #ArcticSentry

❗️This is big. Visual confirmation shows Ukrainian strikes hit Su-57 aircraft and a Su-34 at Shagol airbase in Russia’s Chelyabinsk region, around 1,700 km from Ukraine’s state border. The attack reached one of the deepest confirmed aviation targets inside Russia. #Ukraine