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ChatGPT No — you are not “missing a spindle knuckle.” The AI identification is wildly wrong. That piece is almost certainly a brake dust shield / splash shield / backing plate from behind the brake rotor on a VW/Audi platform. It’s thin stamped metal, not a structural suspension component. The good news: * Your wheel is not about to fall off. * The hub, spindle, and steering knuckle are still there. * The car driving normally strongly supports this. The bad news: * That shield should not have “flopped out” in one piece unless it rusted through, broke loose, or got bent into the rotor. * The deafening rattle was likely the shield scraping the brake rotor. You can usually drive without that shield temporarily without catastrophic damage. Many people do after they rust away. Its job is mainly: * protecting brakes from water/debris, * reducing dust, * helping airflow management a bit. However, you should still have the area inspected because: 1. The shield may have broken due to severe corrosion nearby. 2. Something else could have contacted it. 3. Loose fragments could damage the rotor, ABS wire, or brake hose if more remains attached. The visible part number and VW markings fit a backing plate much better than a knuckle. A real steering knuckle is a heavy cast steel/aluminum structural part weighing many pounds — not thin sheet metal like this. So the practical answer is: * You are probably safe to drive cautiously short-term. * But get the brakes/suspension inspected soon. * Do not ignore new grinding, vibration, ABS warnings, pulling, or heat from that wheel. And no, the car does not run on “only three spindle knuckles.” If one actually broke, the wheel would usually collapse or become uncontrollable almost immediately.

There was this deafening rattle coming from one of the wheels on my car, so I took the wheel off and this thing broken piece of scrap metal flopped out. AI tells me it’s a “wheel hub or spindle knuckle.” I put the wheel back on and the car runs fine. Is this going to wreck my car? Or am I OK with only three spindle knuckles?

SNYDER: Politicians like Trump and Putin obsessed with the past. But with version of the past that never happened. Trump and Putin like to say that in the past everything was good. But then somebody came, immigrants or Ukrainians, and took it all away. It's always same story, and that's not history. Putin is always sure what happened. It's not about evidence, it's about feeling good, it's about defining an enemy. That's why Trump and Putin hate history, in my sense of the word. They don't want historians around. They don't want history taught in schools. What they do is, and Trump does this too, they turn history instruction into moral play about how we're good and other people are bad.

@NikkiHaley Would Qatar & Türkiye sign on? Without Qatar & Türkiye is it a non-flyer?

This is smart. Arab countries benefit significantly if Iran’s nuclear capabilities are stopped. They should step up too. If the United States gets rid of Iran’s enriched uranium and blocks a nuclear weapon — while bringing more countries to the Abraham Accords — it would be a major win.

SNYDER: Trump is very much on Putin's side. He keeps talking how Russia has to win the war, Russia will win the war, Russia already won the war. None of these things are true. What's really happened? Russia hasn't won the war even with Trump on its side. Russia's losing the war.

We need to revisit convalescent plasma therapy, i.e. passive antibody treatment first developed in 1890. When a patient recovers from an infectious disease, their immune system produces highly specific antibodies (including IgG) targeting the Ebola pathogen. This strategy has been successfully tested in Africa So, for starters, it might be prudent to build up plasma banks to known Ebola strains

Thankfully these 2 patients tested negative, but it’s only a matter of time. What do we need to know about Ebola?

„Einen Bundespräsidenten, der eher polarisiert, als uns verbindet, brauchen wir nicht“ to.welt.de/QWAViLg

This era will be studied by historians. They will struggle to figure out why the British people, whose ancestors once dominated 25% of the planet, decided that they should eliminate national pride and import millions of 3rd world primitives to replace their native population.

if you are not worried - you should be! Ukraine wins by not losing. Ruᛋᛋia loses by not winning Ruᛋᛋia has one card left to play: bring the war to the West by bombing London, Berlin, & Copenhagen etc… Either the West caves or its mutually assured destruction and as repeated several times on Kremlin TV « A world without Russia is not worth having! » How does one best translate into RuᛋᛋIan « Götterdämmerung » ?! FTR RussianMediaMonitor by @JuliaDavisNews is outstanding by way of Reality Check! youtu.be/9m6Z2hCQ5Gw?si… x.com/juliadavisnews…

In return for 500 freed political prisoners, the US dropped sanctions on Belarus's state airline, its potash giant, and Belinvestbank—a state bank that Belarusian defectors documented as financing the Russian artillery shells hitting Ukrainian positions. Now Washington wants Ukraine, Lithuania, and Poland to ease their sanctions too. On 25 May, Kyiv refused, with the Belarusian opposition leader by the foreign minister's side.

Ukraine wins by not losing. Ruᛋᛋia loses by not winning. Ruᛋᛋia has one card left to play: bring the war to the West by bombing London, Berlin, & Copenhagen etc… Either the West caves or its mutually assured destruction and as repeated several times on Kremlin TV « A world withoutbRussia is not worth having! » How does one best translate into RuᛋᛋIan « Götterdämmerung »

Meanwhile in Russia: state TV host Vladimir Solovyov threatened Denmark, Germany and Britain, and joined head of RT Margarita Simonyan in mocking Japan. youtube.com/watch?v=9m6Z2h…

Aus Syrern werden per Rekord-Einbürgerung Deutsche, aus den eigenen Bürgern werden "Nicht-Migranten". Die herrschende Politik betreibt die sprachliche Abschaffung des eigenen Staatsvolkes. Wir stehen als einzige Kraft fest an der Seite der Bürger und unserer Heimat.

SIKORSKI: I'm skeptical about negotiating with Putin. First, Vladimir Putin is a man whose word and whose signature cannot be trusted. He has lied to us repeatedly: “These are not my men in Crimea,” remember? “I have absolutely no intention of invading Ukraine.” This is a man whose signature is on Russo-Ukrainian border treaty. How can we expect Putin to respect next treaty when he is already in breach of current ones? Second, when you've been dictator for over 20 years, everybody lies to you, and you always drop your maximalist demands too late, because you don't know true situation you are in. I also think dictators like Putin correctly understand that they cannot admit a mistake or withdraw from one without losing power. Therefore, I believe this war will be ended by someone else.

@VanderbiltNurse The first 10 footnotes are very telling! It would appear that some turf-protection is happening in the comments

Ein Vorfall in Koblenz sorgt für Entsetzen: Ein Afghane und sein Kumpan sollen eine elfjährige Förderschülerin bis zur Toilette verfolgt, bedroht und missbraucht haben. Offenbar war das nicht die einzige solche Tat von ihnen. Weiterlesen: jungefreiheit.de/politik/deutsc…

🇨🇦 In Canada, the anti-Israel group Mtl4Palestine displayed a flag of professional ice hockey team Montreal Canadiens, next to what appears to be an effigy of a Jewish man wearing a kippah hanging from a noose.

@Deu_Kurier @FPOE_TV

Orden für Merkel & Selenskyj: „Die EU zeichnet genau die Politiker aus, die Europa zerstört haben!“ | Gerald Hauser (MdEP | @FPOE_TV) Während sich das EU-Establishment in Straßburg selbst feiert, verweigerten die Patrioten diesem Schauspiel demonstrativ die Teilnahme. Mit der Ehrung von Angela Merkel und Wolodymyr Selenskyj zeichnet die EU genau jene Politiker aus, die Europa mit Masseneinwanderung, Deindustrialisierung und Kriegspolitik an den Rand des Niedergangs geführt haben! Der FPÖ-Europaabgeordnete Gerald Hauser im exklusiven DK🇩🇪-Interview.

Donald Trump faced a backlash from fellow Republicans — including many of the US president’s most ardent supporters —to his efforts to strike a deal with Iran at the weekend. ft.trib.al/XziycrO

🇷🇺 A crisis is maturing inside Russia: dissatisfaction with Putin’s policies and the course of the war is growing among the Russian elite and security apparatus ▪️ Putin’s inner circle is gradually losing trust in him, while the dictator himself is becoming increasingly isolated. Despite this, Putin has no plans to end the war and is firmly determined to continue fighting. ➡️ A representative of the Russian elite stated that this year there has been a “noticeable change in mood” in the Kremlin’s inner circle and “deep disappointment with Putin” has emerged. ➡️ People who previously actively supported the Kremlin leader are now distancing themselves from him more and more, and “any sense of the future has disappeared.” Video is generated by grok AI

CRAZY: 🇩🇪 Ex-Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel has admitted she opened Germany's borders to mass migration to "prevent the far right from gaining power."