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Bombing a school by accident is always a tragedy. In this case, it was an understandable mistake: it was a former IRGC building, next to other IRGC buildings. BUT what really irks me, is that the US doesn't take its responsibility here, and instead blames the victims. That's 1/2

@OfficialElftown @hntrbrkmedia That's typical of any IPO; tends to get overvalued at first. They have 10 years worth of orders already though.

@hntrbrkmedia Doesn't look like a great investment so far...

NEW: Europe’s biggest military IPO is combusting. Our months-long dive into the Czechoslovak Group — and the question of just how much ammunition it really produces.

@hntrbrkmedia Trusting Vance's public outcries on anything Ukraine or Russia-related? How do I short your business? You don't seem to do solid research.

Then, there are the Russia ties, despite CSG’s biggest customer being Ukraine. In 2024, then-senator JD Vance wrote to the Treasury Department urging it to block $CSG's acquisition of Vista Outdoor's ammunition business. Vance called $CSG "Kremlin-linked" and cited ties to Putin's inner circle. CSG says those relationships ended years ago.

Anyone familiar with Roman Anin, publisher of the Russian investigative outlet @istories_eng, knows that he's careful to a fault. He doesn't overdramatize or exaggerate. Still, he calls their latest scoop "one of the most important pieces of news about Russia in recent times." What's the news? 👇

The most iconic scene for me in that movie, was when the pirates identified themselves as the Somali coast guard; technically, that was true, though it was presented as a fib.

Magyar's Big update Pragmatic attrition – no victory slogans, no embellishment: for five months in a row, the SMO “in/out” balance has been kept negative by drones. On the negative growth of the occupation force, in numbers: • 148.4k personnel IN – russia mobilized/contracted into the SVO between Dec 2025 and Apr 2026 (HUR data, leaks, and official russian sources): 33.0k – December 20.2k – January 25.4k – February 34.6k – March 35.2k – April Dimon Medvedev claimed “recently” on April 30 – 137k total (127k contracts and 10k volunteers in 2026). He’s off by a bit over twenty thousand – maybe added VAT, but it works for us. • 156,735 OUT ☠️🩸 – enemy sanitary and irrecoverable losses from drone strikes ONLY, verified in the Delta situational awareness system used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine: 33,006 – December 29,572 – January 26,204 – February 33,989 – March 33,964 – April *Delta currently has over 200k active users, so both the figures and the verification process are accessible for broad review by authorized and interested parties (full event metrics are logged alongside video confirmation). An additional 4,651 enemy personnel were destroyed/engaged by artillery (those that can be video-confirmed and verified). In reality, the tolerance is about +20% over the total infantry losses that lack confirmation: close-quarters engagements, MLRS/artillery strikes without drone BDA, and drone strikes on shelters (four worms run into a battered house, the house is leveled by drones, but bodies are buried or they might have slipped into a basement – those four don’t get counted: “no body – no case”). ‼️For the fifth month in a row, this balance has remained NEGATIVE – one of the most critical tasks directly affecting the enemy’s combat capability and pressure on the battlefield. Within manpower attrition there are priorities – enemy drone pilots, command posts, etc. – but that’s outside the balance discussion. Within the USF Grouping, the standard is that at least 30% of strikes must target enemy manpower. The cumulative result over 11 months stands at 29.59%, verifiable via the USF live scoreboard: out of 305.7k confirmed targets struck by USF Birds, manpower accounts for 90,470 ☠️🩸 (48,843 KIA, 41,627 WIA): sbs-group.army/subdivision/us… April 2026 closed at 10,581 ☠️🩸 worms for the USF Birds – 31.15% of all drone-inflicted manpower losses across the Defense Forces, or every third confirmed kill of the occupying army. That’s the pragmatics of attrition. “Kyiv in three days” will never happen on Ukrainian soil again. Trading an enemy body for a $300–500 drone – one of the best exchange rates in the world. Real hyperinflation of a worthless worm life. The cost per confirmed enemy KIA is tracked in USF management accounting since inception (11 months) and stands at $882 (drone expenditure per confirmed manpower kill). The Drone Line must close across the entire front as soon as possible. For that, we need to reach 5% of the total strength of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Currently – 2.5%. Let’s get to work, gentlemen. Thank you for your courage and for executing your missions. Eternal memory to the fallen Birds and warriors of the Defense Forces 🫡🇺🇦 Follow USF results live: USF online scoreboard “PIDRAKHUIKA” sbs-group.army MAGYAR 🇺🇦 04.05.26

@cremieuxrecueil Availability of prophylactics seem like a better explaining factor than religiosity here..

Coitus interruptus is as old as time. Couple it with cycle tracking and extended breastfeeding in poor material conditions, and birth is effectively controlled. But there were also prophylactics, and during this time series, condoms became massively available (circa 1850s) and widely used after the Bradlaugh-Besant trial.

France used to be the "China of Europe"—1 in 25 people globally was French and 1 in 5 Europeans was French. Now, France is smaller than Germany and virtually identical in population to Britain Why? Thanks to some wonderful new work, we probably know the answer!🧵

She meant to say *Barcelona, of course.

The Russians are camouflaging the top of water towers to hide antennas and equipment for electronic warfare jamming, radio reconnaissance, and even radars.

I did not see this one coming, but makes sense in gladiatorial aerial combat!

Interesting timing.

@just_in_brown @micah_erfan Trump printed more money than Biden, did he not?

@micah_erfan This is pandemic aid falling off the books. Biden’s “policy” was turn on the money printer after Covid and set expiration dates for later in his term.

Just in case you thought people voted based on actual policy results: 77.7% of farmers voted for Trump in 2024.

@TestaRo40548188 @EmmaSengsta @dieworkwear Someone studying to be a good architect is not a good architect yet. That's what the study is for, that's what the (sociology) teacher is for.

@EmmaSengsta @dieworkwear Eine gute Architektin braucht keine Soziologen um zu verstehen, was sie entworfen hat. Aber ein Soziologe braucht gute Architektur und/oder eine Architektin um glücklich zu sein.

The replies to this person's tweet lack a nuanced understanding of aesthetics. Let me tell you why I don't think this room works. First, the gold decorations make the room look like an ersatz Versailles. Go to Getty Images and type in "Oval Office." Then zoom in on the gold decor. You'll notice that the lines are very blunted and muddied; they lack the sharp lines and fine detailing that you'd expect on something made by an artisan. Hence why some people have suggested these decorations are from Home Depot (true or not, that's the impression). You can see the difference between the first and second photos. The first, of course, is of the Oval Office; the second is the reception room from the Hotel de Cabris in France, which was made during the 18th century under the direction of Louis XVI. Even at this distance, the second image looks much better because it was designed and executed by artisans working within a coherent visual language. You can really see the crisp lines and detailing. Second, the White House was designed by James Hoban, an Irish architect who migrated to the US for economic opportunities (what a great American story!). He originally designed it in the Neoclassical style, drawing on Palladian and Georgian influences. Neoclassicalism was a reaction against the Rococo movement, which reactionaries saw as overly ornate and frivolous. A bit of gold used sparingly and strategically can look fine in a Neoclassical building, but the amount Trump used has so radically encrusted the room that it's now in Rococo territory, making it look like a mismatch of aesthetics. You can see an example of gilded Rococo architecture in the third slide. Although it's not my thing, the effect is totally different because it's coherent. IMO, architecture sets the terms for you can decorate a space. Modernist furniture looks best in modernist buildings, just as Craftsman furniture looks best in Craftsman homes (see fourth slide). You don't have to do period recreations — sometimes mixing two aesthetics, or old and new, can make a space feel more natural — but having a sense of aesthetic history (art, architecture, furniture, fashion) can help you create better aesthetics. The Oval Office offends on at least three levels: the ersatz nature of the decor, the way it grates against Hoban’s Neoclassical vision, and the way it misunderstands the classical-republican symbolism that the White House was meant to project in the first place. As others have noted, this is the kind of decor you'd expect from dictators who rob their own country.

@twitkhou25 @dieworkwear Anyone campaigning on tearing down any potential ballroom built, restoring the White House wings, and selling off the tasteless gold parafernalia the moment they hit office, would have my vote.

@dieworkwear Actually, I think it brings out the portraits of the previous presidents. The eye tends to look up above the gold on the mantle. Certainly not my style, but Trump is the WH occupant, and he can style as he wishes.

‼️ Following the start of the systematic destruction of Russian OTRK in Crimea, the number of “Iskander-M” launches from the peninsula has decreased. Over 75 days, at least 10 OTRK positions in Crimea have been struck. 🧵Thread 1/3

Filing this under "reverberations of the Iran war I had not anticipated"

@selectsand @ExistentialEnso Similar to how tesla aimed at the high end market first, and now all the Chinese manufacturers are doing the mass market.

it's not just price, fat and marbling was the key bottleneck a few years ago while everyone was working on muscle cells. as of may 2025 researchers at the university of edinburgh developed a self-renewing pig fat cell line, and researchers are now tuning things like oleic acid content or volatile flavor compounds. they are now growing fat and muscle tissue independently and using combination techniques to 3d print engineered marbling to mimic juiciness and make wagyu style beef. i'm curious whether this will emerge first in ground beef and chicken nuggets where it's easier to inject something that is getting blended mechanically so the technical barrier is lower (but the price of the good is lowest end and uses the cheapest inputs), or whether they'll hit something like bioprinted wagyu steaks and compete with the high end first, so you can only get the best tasting steak from a lab or fantasy "dino" meats that are programmed to balance different compounds but don't actually exist in nature but are optimized for our palate as they are tuning and testing all these unique variables high end might be where these win first honestly, the tech is pushing both directions at once

A lot of reactionaries are convinced conventional meat will get banned, but it's probably gonna be economics that wins in the end A decade ago, a lab grown burger cost $300k to produce Now it costs about $10 Around 2030, it's predicted to start costing *less* than conventional

@Mallchad @bl0rq @ExistentialEnso Cows are terribly inefficient at those conversions though, not to mention the incredible amounts of fossil fuel that go into creating (and transporting) the feed. Super curious what maths bl0rq is referring to.

@bl0rq @ExistentialEnso The thermal energy is pretty input is pretty expensive ngl. Cows are essentially feed and sunlight

Wow! (Is this for real?)

Something that seems to have somehow slipped under the international radar is that under Israeli protection, the Druze-populated region of south-western Syria has become a de facto narcoterrorist state which is flooding its neighbours with illegal drugs. It's as if the US had allied with the Sinaloa Cartel to create a buffer zone along the Mexican border.