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The World as Seen and Lived in the last 6 months. Everyone argues about what “dominated the news”… But attention doesn’t work like that anymore. It split into three different battles: 1️⃣ Epstein files = outrage without closure Every drop = explosion Every headline = “this is it” …and then? Silence. No resolution. No accountability moment big enough to stick. But the AG Bondi and Kristi Noemi were sidelined. It didn’t fail to trend. It failed to finish the story 2️⃣ Iran conflict = fear with consequences This one didn’t need virality. It had: Oil, Markets and Military escalation When this moved, the world adjusted. When Epstein trended, people reacted 3️⃣ ICE = constant pressure, low spotlight Not always headline #1… …but always there. No King Protests, Policy fights, Viral local incidents This is the story you feel, not just read. Here’s the part most people miss: Virality ≠ Power Visibility ≠ Impact What actually “won”? Iran controlled the system ICE controlled the streets Epstein controlled the narrative of distrust The uncomfortable takeaway: We didn’t have one dominant story. We had three different realities at the same time: Global fear Domestic division Institutional distrust …and people were each reacting to only one of them. 🎯 Mic drop version (single post): **“Epstein gave you outrage. Iran gave you consequences. And ICE is turning into NICE…

@em_Lazzy That was the algorithm instead

Sometimes I don't believe that 77 million people voted for him.

@highbrow_nobrow @atrupar And which Canada are we talking about here?

Trump: "I would love to see Canada be the 51st state. The Canadians citizens, if that happened ... they'd have much better health coverage." (March 2025) @atrupar Fact-check: Canadians have longer life expectancy than Americans.

Can anyone tell the purpose of that necklace?

Someone here is confusing himself with King Charles who recently visited him.

@ManCity @etihad Lazy boy Semenyo again??😬😬😬

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Wedding or burying: you name it

@ManCityTimesHQ What other cases would matter than this one?

🚨🚨𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 : ManCity’s FFP(115 charges) delay reason revealed Verdict on the 115 charges has been delayed because judges have been “busy on other cases”, according to a legal source. The long-running saga continues with no new date confirmed yet .

@ManCity We need to make 5:0 to surpass the Setpiece FC

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@UrgentF24 @France24_fr De sa propre defense surement!

🔴 URGENT - Mali : le chef de la junte Assimi Goïta devient également ministre de la Défense f24.my/Btw7.x

Well said, our most cognitive President

@andrewmichta @Delta It has been MAGAnized for sure! What else?

I’m boarding @Delta in Atlanta for Amsterdam. Simply this: this airline is a disgrace. I never experienced this lousy customer service-rude gate agents, indifferent staff, my request prior to travel completely ignored. What has happened to this country’s airlines? Where is pride?

Curious about the ballroom and the obsession over it, here below the intake analysis from chatGPT. When Donald Trump speaks about adding a grand ballroom to the White House, the idea goes beyond architecture. It touches on how power wishes to present itself—how it stages its image, its rituals, and ultimately, its legacy. The White House has always been a house of symbols before it is a house of walls. Its rooms—particularly the East Room—carry the weight of restraint. They were not designed to overwhelm, but to host history with a certain quiet dignity. In that sense, the absence of a massive ballroom is not a limitation; it is a choice embedded in tradition. A new ballroom, especially one imagined at monumental scale, would shift that balance. It would bring spectacle into a space long defined by symbolism. It would say: power must be seen, must be gathered, must be amplified. And perhaps that is the deeper story—an evolving vision of leadership that leans more toward visibility than subtlety. There is also a practical argument. State dinners are constrained. Large events often require temporary structures—tents on the South Lawn, logistical compromises that feel at odds with the permanence of the institution. A ballroom could solve that. It could modernize hosting capacity and align the White House with other global seats of power that boast grand ceremonial halls. But the question lingers: at what cost to meaning? The White House is not a palace. It was never meant to compete with Versailles or imperial courts. Its power lies precisely in that difference—a republic’s house, not a monarch’s stage. Adding a ballroom risks blurring that line, even if unintentionally. And yet, every generation reshapes its symbols. What once felt excessive can become normal; what once defined restraint can feel outdated. Perhaps the real tension is not about chandeliers or square footage, but about identity: what kind of presence should American leadership project in the 21st century? In the end, a ballroom is just a room. But in a place like the White House, even a room becomes a statement.

@LarryJones What do they do with luggage charges?!!

JUST IN: Delta Airlines is reportedly seeking a $2.5 BILLION bailout. Why are we paying these big companies any money? Where is the money for the American people’s bailout?

@UziCryptoo The same greed applies to car loans as well. Many of us are trapped into eternal debt to enrich big corporates!

The average US mortgage is $250,000 at 7% over 30 years. Total repayment? $598,000. You borrow $250K and pay back $598K. $348,000 straight to the bank. For nothing. Then you pay to fix up the house. Stuff breaks. You pay insurance monthly. Property taxes every year. 3–6% in realtor fees when you sell. And we act like renting is throwing money away. There is a strong argument for renting.

@AdamtrendHQ Excuse my ignorance but how does this rather storage trick generate cash?

This US guy Turned Dead Ceiling Space Into a Cash Machine 💰

@MatrixMysteries That is the hand of corporates not wishing us eat naturally grown food!

“They reported me to the STATE for selling pickles and green beans.” “The government says I CANT sell food grown on my OWN land.” Yet the same system that bans farm-fresh jars has no problem APPROVING shelves full of pesticide-treated, chemically processed junk.

@USEmbassyUganda How many of those fans will be issued visas?

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@WallStreetApes Well, the preventive suspicion was somehow founded though. Even here in the US statistics of shoplifters is pretty much conclusive.

A black American from Tennessee went on a trip to visit Shanghai, China She shows in a retail store, a worker is assigned to follow her around and make sure she doesn’t steal anything No matter where she walks, the Chinese worker follows According to real FBI crime statistics, the likelihood of a black person stealing from a store is over 10x higher than a Chinese person stealing from a store Stereotypes seem to exist in multiple countries