@shuibs How much knowledge do you have sir? I hope it’s not a dangerous amount.
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Lee Kuan Yappin
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Lee Kuan Yappin
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If I wanted to remain anonymous this isn’t how I’d do it
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There is both a literal meaning and a metaphorical meaning of the word Jesuit. It has evolved overtime and is now used metaphorically to mean, subtle strategic behavior or using clever reasoning to justify the actions. Little knowledge is very dangerous.
Hassan Zihan@0xZihan
"I believe that with proper democracy in the Maldives, we can play a very important role as a counter to the reformation—or rather, the Jesuits—have to come up quickly." —Father Alexius Ahmed
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@Ranfahtaru @aisherth @ibrahimlatheef Only one faction has someone - I won’t say who - that expressly intended to “dismantle” the party, that became a deliberate and willing existential threat to the party.
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@aisherth @ibrahimlatheef Dhe faction ga ves eba thibi MDP aa dhekolhah massahkai kohfa thibi meehun. Vaki meehakah dhookuraane meehaku nei.
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@dh0nkeyo @vichalhey Why? Anyone that’s worth electing to lead the party must not only seem to have, but exercise, in good faith, the capacity for reconciliation.
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Both sides in the @MDPSecretariat CP campaign can and should do it with decency and political maturity, without attacking each other personally, and with a focus on the future vision. Not with the heavy anchors of past grievances!
@anedhivehirajje @MickailNaseem
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This should give you an idea of the current outlook for our BoP position as we enter more uncharted territory as the economic consequences of the Iran war are being realized. The next MMA update on usable reserves will indeed determine how long we can sustain the net FX drain due to high import prices and reduced revenue from tourism, which are both expected to deteriorate as the supply shock turns increasingly into one of demand. My gut says we can’t get through the rest of the year without significantly more FX liquidit, which will necessitate even more short term sovereign debt. Unfortunately, right now is arguably an even worse time to be a debtor than during the COVID crisis.
BS@BSun8n
India did not roll over the USD 400 million currency swap. The Maldives paid it back yesterday. This is the sentence the Finance Ministry did not want to write. For months the framing from Treasury Building was that the rollover was pending Delhi’s approval, that the relationship was strong, that the cash would be there when needed. Last night the Indian High Commission confirmed the maturity. Yesterday it was reported the Finance Minister’s own words. The swap had to be paid because there was no way to roll it over. India offered the second window of the same 2024-2027 framework instead. INR 30 billion, roughly USD 320 million at current rates, drawable in rupees not dollars. That window was part of the original October 2024 agreement. Not a new concession. Three things matter about what just happened. One. The Maldives went into April with USD 1.32 billion in gross reserves. In three weeks the country has cleared the USD 500 million sukuk, the USD 24.68 million final coupon, the USD 100 million Abu Dhabi Fund loan, and now the USD 400 million India swap. Over USD 1 billion moved out of reserves in a single month. The reserves number that comes out in the next MMA update is the most important economic indicator of the year. Two. The rupee window is useful but it is not a dollar. A country that imports 100 percent of its fuel, 90 percent of its food, and essentially all its building materials pays its import bill in dollars, not rupees. The rupee facility helps with the India trade relationship and with rupee-denominated obligations. It does not plug the dollar gap that BML is visibly rationing at the TT counter. Three. The government position for eighteen months has been that the Maldives was not in distress, that the sukuk would be paid without drama, that the swap would be rolled over, that the dollar crisis was a tourism story not a fiscal story. Each of those positions has now been revised in succession. The Finance Ministry deserves credit for clearing April without default. The Finance Ministry has not earned a pass on the conversation that comes next.
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Yann LeCun (@ylecun ): Sillion Valley is "completely LLM-pilled"
"In the end, if you’re interested in building systems that have the intelligence of, let’s say, a cat, let alone humans, you need common sense. You need the ability to predict the consequences of your actions.
You need the ability to plan. You need the ability to reason.
And you’re not going to get this with VLA, VLM, or LLM or any generative architectures."
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From 'AI House Davos" YT channel (full link in comment)
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Lee Kuan Yappin retuiteado
The UAE exploring a swap line with the US should give us pause that the consequences of the Iran conflict are far greater than what we see priced in markets. Such explorations do not arise lightly, even behind closed doors.
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Underlying threat which seems to be floated by Nasheedists…
IF we don’t get our way… THEN we’d make sure President Muizzu wins!
Like saying without them neither MDP nor PNC can win!
Qasim’s position now held by Nasheed?
The “king maker” claim & hype!
When you know you can’t come back to power… get what you can kinda dilemma 😉
I think i’m going to enjoy watching the unfolding drama & sure to see the usual Kannaadi politics from Nasheedists too!
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Read every word. This is the best, clearest summary I have read.
HFI Research@HFI_Research
Well done JPM. It is just math.
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Lee Kuan Yappin retuiteado
You can do the following simple calculation. Create a ratio btw a country's GDPpc and the average world GDPpc (obviously population weighted), all in PPP terms. And ask the Q: when has a given country achieved its peak income with respect to the world?
Ask this Q for all so-called transition economies.
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Lee Kuan Yappin retuiteado
There's an old French saying: "gouverner, c'est prévoir" - "to govern is to foresee".
Which means that if you wanted a good proxy to measure whether a state is seriously governed, strategic oil reserves would be a strong candidate.
They're expensive, unglamorous, yield zero benefits in the short term... but they're indispensable the day a crisis arrives, as it inevitably always does.
Now look at the ranking below and draw your own conclusions.
I'll just say, as a European, that the fact that Europe as a whole has fewer strategic reserves than Japan tells you pretty much everything you need to know about governance on the continent...
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@xahidcreator @MMuizzu Are you retarded? We negotiated a subsequent swap worth INR 90B ~= $388M under presumably worse interest terms to plug the gaping hole in FX liquidity left behind by the previous swap expiring.
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Yet another victory for the country. This year alone, over USD 900 million in major obligations settled. Clear, decisive leadership by President @MMuizzu, restoring confidence and strengthening the nation’s financial position. Thank you, Raees. 🦾
Ministry of Foreign Affairs 🇲🇻@MoFAmv
Maldives settles USD 400 million bilateral swap facility and welcomes India’s INR 30 billion currency swap 📃 Press Release | t.ly/yrHrp
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Polymarket is inevitably a scam. Only scum can even come up with such a concept in good conscience.
UxG@UxGsol
This guy literally hacked Polymarket with a hair dryer 💀 Happened in Paris. On Polymarket, temperature bets were settled using a single sensor near Charles de Gaulle Airport. He figured out the exact location, showed up in person, and placed a bet on an “impossible” outcome 22°C when the market expected 18°C. Then he pulled out a hair dryer and heated the sensor. The artificial spike got recorded as the daily high → market settled → he cashed out. Did it twice. Walked away with ~$34K. While everyone’s arguing over indicators and alpha, this guy is out here doing IRL market manipulation.
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Lee Kuan Yappin retuiteado
Tonight, everyone on social media seems to have become a financial advisor and expert.
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Lee Kuan Yappin retuiteado
ބޭނުންވާރަކަށް ބޭނުންހާ މީހަކުވެސް MDP އަށް ވައްދައިގެންވެސް ހިތްހަމަޖެހިގެން އިންތިޚާބު ބާއްވާށެވެ . ވޯޓުން ބަލިވާނެ ހެން ހީވާކެންޑިޑޭޓަކު ބަލި ނުވާވަރަށް ހިތްހަމަޖެހިގެން ޕާޓީގެ އުސޫލުތަކާއި ގަވާއިދުތައް ފުނޑާ ކުދިކޮށްގެނވެސް.
އިތުރައް މިޕާޓީ ރޫޅާ ނުލާ ވެތޯބަލާށެވެ.
އެތައްބައެއްގެ ބުރަ މިންނެތް މަސައްކަތުން އެއްކުރެވުނު މިޕާޓީގެ ރޫޙު އަދި ގެއްލުވާލިއަސް އަހަރުމެން އެއްކުރާނަމެވެ
ޢާއިލީ ވެރިކަމާދެކޮޅައް. މީކާއިލް އަށް ވޯޓުދެއްވާށެވެ. މީ މަގޭ އެދުމެވެ.
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Let’s accept it now, Vance’s abrupt departure from the talks was a strategic mistake.
Iran came fully prepared, with a complete team and a clear intent to find a settlement.
Walking away didn’t create leverage, it destroyed momentum. Now the equation has shifted.
Iran knows Trump is under pressure to secure a deal, and that changes everything.
The next time they come to the table, it won’t be on the same terms. They will demand more and get more.
Walking away did not strengthen the U.S. position. It handed Iran time, clarity, and leverage.
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Lee Kuan Yappin retuiteado
Visa fee nudhakka adhi musaara nudhey bidheyseen gengulhey dhivehi verin aa veringe kunfuni thah kuvveri nuve bidheysee meeha deport vaan jehey insaaf eh nuvisney.
Bidheysee meeha ah ves insaaf liben jehey !
Mihaaru@Mihaarunews
ވިސާ ފީ ނުދައްކާ ބިދޭސީއަކު ފެނުނަސް އަންނަ މަހުން ފެށިގެން ޑީޕޯޓްކުރާނަން: އިހުސާން ift.tt/7e5hJZx
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@DanDeFiEd Only to discover you got someone else’s fucking order
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Italian efficiency when it comes to coffee should be studied.
In Italy:
- Walk into a bar and look at the guy
- Un caffe
- 30 seconds later it’s ready
- Shoot it
- Leave €1
- Walk out
In the US:
- Join a line
- Wait
- Order coffee
- Answer 12 questions: Size? Milk? Roast? Sugar? Temperature? Colombia beans? Name? How do you spell it?
- $12.34
- Ask for a 20% tip. Click 5 times on a ipad to have a custom tip
- Tap phone
- ask where to send the invoice
- Wait again on a different line
- Someone call a name that sounds similar to mine
- get the coffee
- too hot, can't drink it
- finally at temperature
taste like shit
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Lee Kuan Yappin retuiteado
Prof. Jeffrey Sachs message to AFRICA: Unite as ONE continental economy, FOLLOW CHINA'S🇨🇳 MODEL
'If you add up the 55 countries of the African Union, that's around 1.5 billion people, same size as India and China. The big difference is the imperial powers divided Africa...they HAVE TO unite. As 55 countries you can't make it, but as ONE African continental economy, you can.'
Going Underground@GUnderground_TV
🚨HOW CHINA🇨🇳 SURPASSED THE UNITED STATES🇺🇸 'China has made absolutely extraordinary gains in renewable energy production and EV production and high speed rail production, absolutely leapfrogging what the USe and Western Europe have been able to achieve. Now this is remarkable. This is causing people in Washington and London to scratch their heads like how did China manage to do this? The reason is because China has public control over the financial system and so it can align finance and investments with the national development plans. It also has credit guidance policies. And so China can direct its incredible financial power towards what is most important for society and for the planet rather than just what is most important for capital. And that's what's enabled them to make these incredible developments in industries that are not necessarily the most profitable. And so I think that we can learn from basic industrial policy that China is implementing. I think that everyone's paying attention to this, certainly across the Global South, states are realising the need for industrial policy alor these lines.' -@jasonhickel on Going Underground
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