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Do crocodiles feel anything like a sense of honor that keeps them from eating the little dentist birds that hop into their mouths? I guess they probably don't even have conceptual self-identities, so no. Maybe cleaning symbioses w/ more complex animals would be 'honor-bound'.

I have a problem and its name is Wisconsin. A thread. I hate Wisconsin. It’s like you took the absolute worst stereotypes of red states and blue states and mushed them together to create a Sheboygan hard role except dummer. The Madison libs are a walking talking Portlandia skit and the Republicans are all fat and on the verge of a very racist heart attack. Everything you heard about Wisconsin is true.

🚨 Ghalibaf is positioning himself as the next godfather of the Islamic Republic. With Khamenei dead, a massive power vacuum has opened at the top of the regime. Despite Mojtaba being named Supreme Leader, many believe it is in name only, as he is reportedly incapacitated, raising the possibility that his appointment is a temporary cover while the real power struggle unfolds behind the scenes. This is the kind of power game the Islamic Republic has always been built on. It operates just like the mafia, running global rackets from drug trafficking to sex trafficking, murdering without remorse to consolidate power. Even their mannerisms mirror the mafia. Rivals hug and kiss in front of each other while plotting to eliminate one another, smiling in your face while quietly planning your downfall behind the scenes. Within this context, there is a growing theory that Ghalibaf is executing a calculated power play, a mafioso-style masterstroke to eliminate rivals and consolidate control. Rumours suggest he may have tipped off the location of Ali Larijani’s hideout, and possibly even sensitive high-level meetings, to the United States and Israel during Operation Epic Fury, enabling them to be targeted and eliminated. Ali Larijani was his biggest rival for the top spot. While it was not an open rivalry, Larijani was widely seen as having a stronger path to becoming the next de facto leader than Ghalibaf. The fact that so many rivals were eliminated in one swoop raises deeper questions. Some now speculate he may even have played a role in tipping off U.S. and Israeli intelligence about where Khamenei and top military leadership were gathered before they were taken out. Many other top IRGC commanders and security officials have also been eliminated during the war. Who is providing such precise, real-time intelligence? This feeds into a broader theory that he may have long positioned himself as a point of contact with the United States. When talk of “regime change” and dealing with “better people” emerges from Washington, despite the same system remaining in place, figures like Ghalibaf may be exactly who is being referred to. They may say that because they have been dealing with him for a while and believe he is the better option. Aspiring to lead Iran is nothing new - it has always been what Ghalibaf has wanted. In a 2024 IranWire report, individuals presenting themselves as advisers to Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf were quietly approaching European and American diplomats, portraying him as the man who could take over after Khamenei, stabilize the regime, manage internal factions, and re-engage with the West while sidelining more radical elements. He has consistently styled himself as an “Islamic Reza Shah,” a strongman promising order, nationalism, and control within the system, while also being someone who can work with the West. Is this now his moment, with backing from the world’s most powerful actor? Just like the mafia, power shifts by selling out your own to rise to the top. And while much of this remains theory, it fits a clear pattern of how he continues to survive, advance, and position himself. Now he is leading and openly meeting with those same U.S. officials he may have once backchanneled with in Islamabad. What was once hidden is now out in the open.

Those complaining about this post are confusing agitation by conservative pundits with actual daily violence and civil war conditions which they haven’t either studied or experienced. You shouldn’t wish for that…and also there’s nowhere in western world the right would win rn…

Giant Honeybees use a collective defense known as "shimmering" to deter wasps and other predators, whereby hundreds of individual bees flip their abdomens upwards in a coordinated wave-like pattern.

And families with Familial Hypercholesterolemia were living normal lifespans compared to the general population prior to about 1915. 🤔🤔🤔