@PurefoyAmebo After witnessing 70+ years of near-persistent warfare in the Middle East, I am fairly certain that the only way it ever stops is if the entire region is reduced to a “sea of glass”. I have no hopes of it ending any other way.
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Fred from CT
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Will historians look back on 1978 as the birth of a new militant Persian empire and death of the empire of the “West” …?
My take: we’ve just seen the explosion of a militaristic Persian empire across the Middle East. It could last a day or 200 years — and, either the rest of the world accommodates this new empire OR they try to destroy it *now* it in its infancy.
My bet is most of the West — reports that NATO is coming up with a “plan” — does not understand (I think elements of US deep state and Israel do understand) the slippery slope we are now on.
The Islamic Republic has exploded by threatening to take the entire Middle East down in flames unless they pay tribute of seeing them as the regional hegemon.
Attempts by both sides to achieve escalation dominance of this critical global energy hub means that the West faces an enemy willing to take down the entire Middle East, and so all hell let loose on the rest of the world.
This means that any attempt by the West will ultimately mean the complete destruction of Iran to prevent any power projection. But, of course, as we know from Hamas, Hezbollah, etc, it doesn’t necessarily work. It’s possible to have both the Middle East destroyed and a rump Iran surviving despite our strategy.
The West faces a choice: a war as the Romans once fought, or take the knee.
But either way, we will not be the same at the other end of this war. A new dark age beckons.
Christian Purefoy@PurefoyAmebo
I just finished reading the brilliant Fredrick the Great by Tim Blanning (on recommendation of @dcsandbrook 🙏) We’re not there yet but it’s a tale of an emerging great power surrounded by enemies who underestimate him and miscalculate their own strategy. 👀
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NEWS — Trump coercing staff to wear the same black pair of shoes that he wears.
“Everybody’s afraid not to wear them,” a staffer said, as some reportedly ditch their own footwear to comply with Trump’s wishes.
We’re officially in the dumbest timeline.
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Fred from CT retweetledi
6 for me!! I feel confident nobody
Has all 20
How many for you?
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If you could name the first city on Mars, what would you name it?
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DYK: Dave Winfield was the first athlete in history to be drafted by 4 different professional leagues.
The 4th overall selection in the 1973 MLB Draft by the San Diego Padres was also taken in the 5th round of the 1973 NBA Draft, the 6th round of the 1973 ABA Draft and the 17th round of the 1973 NFL Draft. #BlackHistoryMonth
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@GodlyNations counting the “o” letters as white dots, there would be 18 dots
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@Dave_Longevity His high protein recommendations (2g per kilo, LOL) always seemed scammy, a way for him to sell supplements or promote his books. You don't get rich hawking standard science, after all. Not surprising he found a home at CBS.
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Beyond disgusted that Peter Attia MD, a man who I have followed for years and genuinely looked up to, is in the Epstein files over 1000 times.
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"Everybody thought software programming was the ultimate “smart” profession. Look what one of the first things AI is solving: software programming."
~ Jensen Huang defines smartness in the AI era
"I know what people are thinking: the definition of smart is someone who’s intelligent, solves problems, and is technical.
But I find that’s a commodity. We’re about to prove that artificial intelligence can handle that part easily, right?
My personal definition of smart is someone who sits at the intersection of being technically astute, having human empathy, and having the ability to infer the unspoken, the “around the corners,” the unknowables."
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From 'A Bit Personal with Jodi Shelton' YT channel
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