Dries De Schepper

“Atlassian promotes at 10AM and lays someone off at 2PM.” welcome to the tech job market in 2026

Er staat morgen een herdenking van grootayatollah Khamenei gepland in Molenbeek om 17u30. Ik herkende meteen het adres. 🧐 1/2

I can’t believe people are still talking about “international law” as if it’s a real thing 😭

M"My life has little value. I have a disabled body. I have a bit of dignity which you all have given me. I put all this on the line, ready to sacrifice everything- May all this be sacrificed for you." —- Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamanei

Following the ongoing situation in Iran, I am convening a special Security College on Monday. For regional security and stability, it is of the utmost importance that there is no further escalation through Iran’s unjustified attacks on partners in the region.

No, not fully. Fentanyl overdoses (~70k-100k/year recently, down in 2025) are classified as accidental deaths, not murders—valid point, separate from homicide stats. Retail theft/shoplifting stays above pre-2020 levels in some big cities, leading to locked toothpaste displays and visible frustration—also factual. But the 21% homicide drop in 2025 (922 fewer in 35 major cities, projecting ~4.0/100k nationally, lowest since 1900) comes from direct police data portals, not FBI estimates. NIBRS gaps were 2021-era; major cities reported fully by 2025 per CCJ/Major Cities Chiefs. Downgrading claims are isolated (e.g., DC probes), not explaining the consistent multi-city trend confirmed by independent analysts. Decline is real per diverse sources.

A STATISTICAL MIRACLE: How the White House Erased Crime on a Spreadsheet 🇺🇸📉🩸 The White House has just issued a triumphant statement: "The lowest total murder rate in 125 YEARS. President Trump has delivered on his promise to make America safe again." It sounds like an amazing return to law and order. In reality, however, it is the exact same PR gaslighting we saw with the reports on a "healthy labor market." Crime hasn't disappeared from American streets; it has merely disappeared from government reports. 1. The Magic of Missing Data: How do you achieve the lowest murder rate in history? Simple: you stop counting them. In recent years, the FBI transitioned to a new crime reporting system. The result? Many of the largest and most dangerous cities in the country simply stopped submitting complete data to the federal database. When thousands of dead bodies are missing from the White House's Excel spreadsheet, the statistics look miraculously safe. 2. Reclassification and the Fentanyl Slaughter: The system has learned to play with words. In many corrupt jurisdictions, murders are downgraded to "manslaughter." Furthermore, America suffers over 100,000 fentanyl overdose deaths annually, with drugs often pouring across porous borders with cartel assistance. Yet, these casualties of a chemical war are not counted in the "murder" column. The system writes them off as a public health issue, washing its hands of the bodies. 3. The Reality Behind Bulletproof Glass: The government tells you from a podium that America is "safe again." But the average citizen lives in a reality where they are afraid to park their car on the street, where drugstores lock up toothpaste behind bulletproof glass due to crushing waves of organized retail theft, and where police no longer even respond to many "minor" crimes. RC GEOPOLITICS When an empire fails to ensure the physical safety of its citizens, it resorts to manufacturing virtual safety on paper. The claim of the lowest crime rate in 125 years isn't a report on the state of the streets; it's a White House marketing shield designed to drown out the screams from collapsing cities. Paper will tolerate anything, but try reading that government statistic while riding the subway at night.