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@RaananEichler @RealSamRogers She's not even good in her own field. She's basically a meme for ill informed academics bbc.com/news/entertain…

@RealSamRogers It's true and important to remember that highly credentialed people can be ignorant outside their field. But good for her for being honest about this instead of putting on airs like many do.

Doctor, Rhodes Scholar, lower understanding of near space than my toddler. It's beautiful.

No one but only a bully can make such savage claims on others' territories. @mrbcyber @GordonGChang @MalayaIrredenta

🔥 Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has revoked the diplomatic courtesies granted to certain Danish representatives in Taiwan after the Danish government continues to designate the nationality of Taiwanese nationals in Denmark as “China” (Chinese) on their Danish residence permits in spite of repeated protests and requests from Taiwan. cna.com.tw/news/aipl/2026…

@realitymayhurt @London_W4 They'll be arrested for vigilantism for sure

@London_W4 Does anyone ever throw anything at them or give chase?

DO NOT TAKE YOUR PHONE OUT IN PUBLIC IN CENTRAL LONDON! Was stood waiting to cross the road at corner Marble Arch and Oxford Street just now and turned to see bloke on very fast electric bike heading up behind me. I turned and he turned away. I stood and watched as it was obvious what was going to happen next and sure enough, he snatched the phone of a young woman stood at the bus stop. Then off down Oxford Street for more. Face fully covered. If we had a police force in London this could easily be stopped, but instead, dozens of people a day have their lives made shit by these vermin. I’m in a shop writing this. Put your phone away on the streets. Take care. Be safe.

Arbitrarily dismissing our publication as a "report" is an abandonment of factually grounded analysis, which doesn't just cast 🇹🇷 in a negative light, but demonstrates the country's entanglement with violent jihadist entities, which is vital to understanding where Ankara's preferences lie under Erdogan Which then leads us to Turkey's bona fides as a NATO member. A tweet about NATO's operational dependence on Turkey is simply a soundbite, which has little basis in reality at this point. NATO is a point of leverage for Erdogan to extort gains for his expansionist regional policy, while barely living up to the responsibilities of membership: aiding Russia's war effort by sales of dual-use goods, holding NATO expansion hostage. In the event of a major Russian escalation towards NATO, do we seriously expect Turkey to stand up for Europe, its sovereignty, borders and its peoples? The country has nothing but contempt for the West. To forward an argument that under increased Russian aggression against Europe or the Black Sea, Ankara would do anything but keep its distance under fancy terms such as "active neutrality" - or worse, cut a deal with Moscow, is sadly mistaken and a fundamental inability to perceive how far TR has drifted from its western anchor. If this fails to convince, ask any member of Congress other than Joe Wilson, who believes otherwise. Many natsec persons in/outside the Trump administration are convinced of this: TR only wants defense articles from the US such as F-35's and plane engines, not as a means to become a more formidable ally of NATO or the US, but bc of Ankara's desire for strategic autonomy: in their words "give us what we want and leave us alone to do what we want" This trope of Ankara being a capable NATO ally that the alliance desperately needs and relies on is a fatigued narrative that most policy makers in Washington and Europe only pay lip service to, but don't believe a word of in private

Opinion: Continuing to label Turkey as a reliable NATO ally is dangerous, as Ankara’s ambitions erode the very alliance structures that have long sustained Western security. jpost.com/opinion/articl…

As an Iranian, let me tell you what @POTUS is talking about here: In Iran, if you protest, you die. Not metaphorically. Snipers on rooftops shoot people in the head and chest. In January, the regime massacred thousands in the streets, many of them young people whose only crime was demanding a normal life. When he says Iranians are telling the U.S. “please keep bombing” he’s describing a population so desperate to be free from a regime that murders them for protesting, that they’re willing to endure war if it means the system that has terrorized them for 47 years finally falls. You may not understand that. Most Westerners can’t. You’ve never lived in a country where your daughter can be shot in the face for not covering her hair. Where your son disappears into Evin Prison and you get a call to come pick up the body. Where the internet goes dark so the world can’t see the killing. That’s what “they have lived in a world that you know nothing about” means. Before the media turns this into “Trump wants to bomb civilians,” understand: the Iranian people have been begging the world to see them for years. This is the first U.S. president to say it out loud.

I love the camera person's commentary in this one! "They keep talking shit, but the US destroys them." "They [the regime] are only powerful toward the weak." "Shame for so much money that they wasted like this instead of spending it on the people's welfare."

@DSPetolicchio @formosanafro Yes, I’m glad we agree on this.

@YamabukiOrca A. Deceleration B. Constant velocity C. Acceleration It is impossible to know which one is traveling the fastest.

ええ？俺がバカすぎるのか？ この画像で分かるのは加速度であって速度ではないと思うんだが。

@RLHeinrichs As an atheist from a Muslim country, whenever I see news of the US bombing the shit out of the IRGC:

Again, POTUS makes clear that the US is against the regime, not the Iranian people.

@Ken_LoveTW KMT traitors think that they will become provincial leaders if China takes over Taiwan. In reality, they will be rounded up and publicly executed as the final Communist victory against "the reactionary forces."

The most dangerous word in Taiwan politics right now is “peace” KMT's Zheng Liwen is flying to Beijing selling peace like she suddenly found the solution everyone’s been waiting for. But peace without leverage turns into submission fast. Hong Kong already showed how quickly “stability” can replace freedom.

@xnoesbueno Seriously, why is the EU taking a stand for the misogynistic, homophobic, anti-human psycho Islamist regime? Are they afraid of a Muslim insurrection in Europe? The regime's elimination would be a net positive for humanity. Don't they see that?

The funny part is, Europe's recalcitrance on Iran is an inconvenience for the United States, and a crisis for Europe. Energy crisis. Defense crisis. Eventually, a free health care and university crisis. And who knows, a military crisis, when they start killing each other again. Funny haha, but also funny not haha. Who's going to have to sort that out? NATO was always as much about defending Europeans from themselves as it was about defending them from Russians. Dirty little secret.

@VictorKvert2008 Meanwhile Turkish citizens collect discarded vegetables at the produce market bc they can't afford groceries. Political Islam is cancer.

Weighing 7 tons, up to 10 meters long and exceeding Mach 5 — the moment Türkiye unveils its first hypersonic ballistic missile, Tayfun Block-4.

@Ken_LoveTW What peace? Is she going to demand that the CCP lay down their arms and end their communist rebellion lol. Last I checked the KMT was a Chinese party, not a Taiwanese party. So she can stay there and try to "retake the Mainland."

Taiwan oppposition leader's “peace trip” to Beijing would be the most dangerous illusion of the year. Zheng Liwen is heading to Beijing waving the word “peace” like it’s a magic shield. Sounds noble, but peace built on surrender doesn’t protect you, it strips you. Just look at Hong Kong, where “peace” arrived right after freedom disappeared. Let’s be real about what’s happening here. Beijing isn’t inviting her for dialogue, they’re using her as a prop to tell Washington that Taiwan’s mainstream opinion supports unification. That narrative matters a lot ahead of a potential Trump–Xi meeting, and it’s exactly the kind of signal Beijing wants to amplify. There’s also the military angle people aren’t talking enough about. Taiwan’s defense budget is being blocked by the opposition in the KMT controlled legislative Yuan, and a weaker Taiwan makes Beijing’s invasion job easier. This visit adds pressure in the same direction. Taiwanese people want peace, but they don’t want to kneel for it and repeat the miserable fate of people in Hong Kong. Pretending neutrality between a democracy and an authoritarian regime sounds clever, but it sends a very wrong message. And history isn’t kind to that kind of mistake.

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A new "even closer" view of the Moon from #ArtemisII during its flyby on April 6, 2026. The view of the 183-mile-wide Mare Orientale is amazing!