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@Jake_Wukong

Qingdao native based in Melbourne. Former financial analyst who saved up to open a Chinese restaurant. 😏 I recharge by the sea https://t.co/RWbV7OGLlV

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ChefJake
ChefJake@Jake_Wukong·
Billionaires don’t need the regular paychecks like us plebs. They can cover bills with existing wealth or loans against assets, which keeps their reported taxable income low. Much of their unparalleled wealth growth comes from capital gains that often go untaxed until realised.
More Perfect Union@MorePerfectUS

U.S. billionaires reached a record breaking $7.6 trillion in wealth as of September 2025, an increase of $4.7 trillion in the less than eight years. Most of that wealth hasn’t been taxed and won’t be taxed under our current system — per @4TaxFairness.

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人民中国雑誌社@PeopleChina·
力強さと美しさの共演
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Science girl@sciencegirl·
The tides of the Qiantang river makes patterns exactly like a tree Watch this
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Sarang Shidore
Sarang Shidore@globalsarang·
The US just made a massive bet — and it could backfire spectacularly. By blockading the Strait of Hormuz, Washington thinks China will hurt more and pressure Iran to fold. The math: Iran supplies 12-13% of China's oil demand. But here's what they missed: This blockade may not weaken the China-Iran bonhomie. It provides more incentives to lock it in. Beijing now sees this crisis exactly as it is evolving to be: a US-China proxy conflict fought through energy access. Why would China pressure Iran when America just proved it's the real threat to Chinese energy security? The whole world is being held hostage to this game of chicken. And the worst part? Even if the US "wins," Americans lose too. Welcome to the might-is-right world neither superpower can afford.
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Cenk Uygur
Cenk Uygur@cenkuygur·
Trump is retaliating against Iran by double closing the Strait of Hormuz. So, now Iran's oil can't get out either. Ok, but what will that do to oil prices? Make them much higher!! And that will hurt our economy very badly. So, ironically, that only INCREASES Iran's leverage.
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HealthRanger@HealthRanger·
China's power grid is largely powered by coal and renewables (hydro, solar, wind), NOT natural gas and oil. It's U.S. allies in the region (Taiwan, South Korea, Japan) who depend far more heavily on gas and oil, compared to China. Anyone arguing that Trump blocking the Strait of Hormuz is going to pressure China to pressure Iran to reopen the strait isn't well-schooled on reality. If anything, South Korea, Taiwan and Japan are going to be screaming at Trump to stop the escalation before they suffer power grid collapse and industrial "lights out" scenarios. Meanwhile, China can purchase gas and oil from Russia, Brazil, Africa and Canada to get by.
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Crashman@Crashman_X·
Groceries expected to cop a 20% inflation in ONE MONTH. I don't want to be a doom poster but how much worse can things get without a collapse? #inflation
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Robert A. Pape
Robert A. Pape@ProfessorPape·
Within 10 days, parts of the global economy will start running short of critical goods After 30 years studying economic sanctions and blockades, I don’t say this lightly: --Not just higher prices --Shortages. Markets are not ready for this
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Patricia Marins
Patricia Marins@pati_marins64·
It’s just one front after another. President Trump is now trading fire with the Pope and posting images of himself as Jesus. Netanyahu has opened yet another front, this time against Turkey, while he’s still under fire from South Korea. Both Trump and Netanyahu continue to face heavy criticism from Spain as well. Insane… But this is the main mechanism of asymmetry: pressure coming from both internal and external actors.
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Lechuga Feroz 🔻
Lechuga Feroz 🔻@lechuga_feroz·
Trump llega a un restaurante y le reciben así. Esto ya es imparable ✊🏼
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James Tate
James Tate@JamesTate121·
Too on point not to share, “Aussie reply to Trump rant about NATO not being there for us. Mate. You run a country with 600,000 homeless people sleeping on the street tonight. A country where 40% of adults can't cover a $400 emergency without borrowing money. A country where insulin costs more than a car payment and people are rationing it to survive. A country where medical debt is the number 1 cause of bankruptcy. A country where women are dying in hospital car parks because doctors are too scared of abortion laws to treat a miscarriage. You lock up more of your own citizens than any nation on earth. More than China. More than Russia. More than North Korea. The land of the free has 2 million people in cages, and a quarter of them haven't even been convicted of anything. They're just too poor to make bail. Your life expectancy is going backwards. You're the only developed nation where that's happening. Your infant mortality rate is worse than Cuba's. Your kids do active shooter drills between maths and English while you sell the gunmaker's stock to your mates. Your minimum wage hasn't moved in 15 years. You've got teachers working 2 jobs and veterans sleeping under bridges and you just spent a trillion dollars flattening a country that didn't attack you. And you’ve got a convicted felon, adjudicating raping, paedophile protecting, porn star shagging insurrectionist running the biggest dumpster fire war campaign since the Taliban thanked you very much for losing again. And you're calling Greenland poorly run? Greenland has universal healthcare. Free education. One of the lowest incarceration rates in the world. Nobody goes bankrupt there because they got sick. Nobody dies in a waiting room because their insurance said no. "NATO wasn't there when we needed them." When exactly was that, champ? September 11? Because NATO invoked Article 5 for the first and only time in history FOR YOU. Soldiers from dozens of countries deployed, fought, bled, and died in Afghanistan FOR YOU. Australia wasn't even in NATO and we still showed up. For 20 years. And you pulled out at 2am without telling anyone and left them to deal with the mess. So maybe before you start calling other countries poorly run, have a look at your own backyard, you spray-tanned aluminium siding salesman. The only thing poorly run in this picture is your fucking mouth. Credit (borrowed from) Jim Scroggins - original author 📷 unknown”
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ChefJake
ChefJake@Jake_Wukong·
@RobbieBarwick Trump is asking for cannon fodder. If it was so easy, he should send the US navy in but doesn't as he knows it's tough. He is in a quagmire moment where he has no good moves left and is now cracking into a psychotic break, tweeting himself as Jesus Christ. 🙄😅
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Robert Barwick
Robert Barwick@RobbieBarwick·
Liberal Senator and Deputy Leader Jane Hume pre-empts Trump... ...calling for Australia to send warships to support Trump's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz... ...because it's in Australia's national interest for the Strait to be open.🤦‍♂️
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ChefJake@Jake_Wukong·
@DrewPavlou And btw, this is the full quote that you trimmed. They know they cannot lie under oath without consequences - and they are the perfect witnesses as they didn't seek the trial.
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ChefJake@Jake_Wukong·
@DrewPavlou Doing the right thing is not always easy. But they swore and testified under oath and when you have this many soldiers testifying, it's hard to ignore. There's no shortage of people like Drew who doesn't know the meaning of honour.
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ChefJake@Jake_Wukong·
@KayKEELY @RepPatHarrigan I know prosecutors would never start a criminal hearing if they didn't believe they had enough evidence to justify it. Also not all victims are un-named. Ali Jan was identified as one of those victims and BRS is charged with his murder. Look him up. 😑 theguardian.com/australia-news….
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Kay KEELY
Kay KEELY@KayKEELY·
@Jake_Wukong @RepPatHarrigan I see you are Australian. Is it normal (there) to prosecute someone for murder when you cannot even name the alleged victim? How is someone supposed to defend themselves when no one is even sure who the victim is?
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Congressman Pat Harrigan
Congressman Pat Harrigan@RepPatHarrigan·
Have been engaged with this for some time. The political prosecution of elite Special Operators in Australia is inexcusable and harms the readiness and morale of our allies. Unfortunately, it is also happening in the UK with the SAS. Under a different administration, it could happen here to our heroes. That’s why I will be introducing a resolution to condemn the political prosecution of Special Operators by our allies, and will explore ways to protect our special operators from decades-old prosecution in law. It shouldn’t be happening there, and we can never let it happen here.
Drew Pavlou 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼@DrewPavlou

BREAKING: Court documents reveal that Australian government war crimes investigators do not even have the NAMES of two individuals Ben Roberts-Smith is alleged to have killed in Afghanistan almost 20 years ago. Nobody has managed to identify these alleged victims - even after $300 million was spent on war crimes investigations over five years. Australian Office of Special Investigations director Ross Barnett already revealed that investigators have: - No crime scenes - No access to the deceased - No bodies - No post-mortem report - No official cause of death - No recovery of projectiles to link to weapons that might have been carried by members of the ADF - No photographs - No site plans - No measurements - No recovery of projectiles - No blood spatter Now we know that after nearly $300 million and 5 years of investigation, they do not even have the NAMES of two alleged victims. If there is no name, no identification, no body - how do we even know they were killed? Does anybody actually think this is fair? Does anybody actually think that a criminal conviction - proved to a criminal standard, beyond reasonable doubt - is remotely possible in these circumstances? Daily Mail: ''Two of the five men Ben Roberts-Smith is accused of murdering while serving with the Special Air Service in Afghanistan have never been identified by war crimes investigators. Court documents seen by the Daily Mail show one of the Victoria Cross recipient's alleged victims is described only as 'Person Under Control 1', or alternatively 'Enemy Killed in Action 3'.''

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@KayKEELY @RepPatHarrigan Oz justice system is never perfect but it is designed to not convict unless evidence is airtight. So even a crook can get away if evidence is weak. Personally I wish BRS a fair trial that reaches the truth as best as possible as that is what he deserves.
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ChefJake@Jake_Wukong·
@Sunnyside1001 @RepPatHarrigan Jealousy doesn't make people accuse others of murder and commit serious perjury. 🙄 Maybe one or two can lie. But over 20 under oath? That's way too high a number. More likely than not, the simplest explanation is that BRS is guilty and takes courage to break a code of silence.
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Sunnyside100
Sunnyside100@Sunnyside1001·
@Jake_Wukong @RepPatHarrigan The only soldiers testifying are a bunch of cowards who couldn’t do the job and were removed from the team. And one thought he deserved a VC too, so he’s jealous. And the others are the paid off Afghan citizens. Dickhead!
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ChefJake
ChefJake@Jake_Wukong·
@ke86108 @RepPatHarrigan And more importantly, if they had no evidence - a Federal Court would not rule he is guilty and he wouldn't be facing trial in criminal court. These things are conducted out in the open publicly so spreading ignorant & delusional conspiracies is not going to impact that reality.
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ChefJake
ChefJake@Jake_Wukong·
@ke86108 @RepPatHarrigan There is so many things wrong with that post. Ie; They didn't spend 300 million on one guy. They have over 20 SAS soldiers testifying against Roberts-Smith so there is no lack of evidence. And it's dishonest to imply none of the victims are known. Ali Jan was named & detailed.
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ChefJake@Jake_Wukong·
@escapefrommelos It's way more than that. 🙄 They had 21 SAS soldiers testifying against him in 2024 for at least 5 cases of murder. The most high profile one was of an unarmed farmer handcuffed. His name was Ali Jan. And he was identified in court by his name.
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Melian Refugee
Melian Refugee@escapefrommelos·
so Australia is putting its own soldier on trial for killing someone identified only as “Enemy Killed in Action 3”
Drew Pavlou 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼@DrewPavlou

BREAKING: Court documents reveal that Australian government war crimes investigators do not even have the NAMES of two individuals Ben Roberts-Smith is alleged to have killed in Afghanistan almost 20 years ago. Nobody has managed to identify these alleged victims - even after $300 million was spent on war crimes investigations over five years. Australian Office of Special Investigations director Ross Barnett already revealed that investigators have: - No crime scenes - No access to the deceased - No bodies - No post-mortem report - No official cause of death - No recovery of projectiles to link to weapons that might have been carried by members of the ADF - No photographs - No site plans - No measurements - No recovery of projectiles - No blood spatter Now we know that after nearly $300 million and 5 years of investigation, they do not even have the NAMES of two alleged victims. If there is no name, no identification, no body - how do we even know they were killed? Does anybody actually think this is fair? Does anybody actually think that a criminal conviction - proved to a criminal standard, beyond reasonable doubt - is remotely possible in these circumstances? Daily Mail: ''Two of the five men Ben Roberts-Smith is accused of murdering while serving with the Special Air Service in Afghanistan have never been identified by war crimes investigators. Court documents seen by the Daily Mail show one of the Victoria Cross recipient's alleged victims is described only as 'Person Under Control 1', or alternatively 'Enemy Killed in Action 3'.''

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