John

Beautiful!

Voltaire passed away today in 1778. There are two quotes of his I always come back to: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." and “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”

@Heroiam_Slava War is expensive… 🔥

15% increase in the price of vodka in Russia.

@jurgen_nauditt Moscow won’t be a safe refuge…

Russia openly announces that it intends to render Kyiv uninhabitable within a month through a series of attacks. Why? Because Ukraine allegedly attacked a Russian vocational school and killed students. However: To this day, there is no verified evidence of this attack on students. Furthermore: According to data verified by the UN and UNICEF (as of November 2025), 1,611 Ukrainian schools have been damaged or destroyed by Russia (verified cases only). The actual figure is significantly higher—approximately 4,500 attacks on schools. That is the Russian mindset. We call it an excuse for further genocide.

@nexta_tv @ItsTheEnforcer Perhaps this studio should be ground zero for a special response by UK or France? 💥

☢️ Russian state TV propagandist Vladimir Solovyov openly called for a tactical nuclear strike on Europe Solovyov — one of the Kremlin’s most aggressive media figures and a top Putin ally on Russian television — said Europe should “feel what war is like on their own miserable European skin.” He also claimed Russia should strike the “weak and pathetic scum” in Europe rather than the US. Solovyov is known for regularly threatening the West, NATO countries, and Ukraine with nuclear war live on state television.

@Long_Brown_Path Great time for a barefoot hike with nice moist soil. 😎🦶🦶

8 miles 👣 in the grasslands, and it's nice to have some 🌞 after the rainiest Memorial Day Weekend ever! Now, most of the time the deer keep their distance as in like 200 meters away, but I came around a turn and saw this guy and made a point to creep by slowly. My hunter-gatherer ancestors from long ago would have been like 🏹 👍

@Archer83Able @ItsTheEnforcer Should come as no surprise given high use in Ukraine. Sad no defense, perhaps time to make a deal with Ukraine for their help?

Hezbollah's FPV drone strikes an Israeli Humvee loaded with IDF soldiers in the town of Bint Jbeil located in southern Lebanon. One of the soldiers managed to jump out of the vehicle moments before it was hit.

@BarefootPeace Feels great too! 😎🦶🦶

Can Grounding Improve Your Health? "The easiest is to walk #barefoot outside." health.com/grounding-7968…

@WolfgangRichtEU @elonmusk Every movie is not a reflection of the overall world. A story on Vikings would only have northern white people. A story in South Africa should have blacks and whites. Depends on context. So the movie Apollo 13 should have a black person even though all were white astronauts!?

@elonmusk Dear Elon, Movies should reflect the real world. In the real world, there are more black than white people. There are trans ans disabled people. To demand that movies respect this is just and sensible. All the best, Wolfgang

Who specifically is the asshole who added DEI lies to Academy Awards eligibility instead of it just being about making the best movie?

@NightSkyNow I have far more at SpaceX, not NASA will actually get this done at scale.

Humans could be living on the Moon before 2030. Experts say the possibility is — finally — within reach. NASA is racing to establish a permanent human presence on the Moon by 2030, transforming the lunar surface into a strategic hub for deep-space exploration. The next giant leap for humanity isn’t just a visit; it’s a relocation. NASA is targeting the Moon’s south pole for a permanent base, a region rich in frozen water that can be harvested for drinking, oxygen, and even rocket fuel. This ambitious mission begins with a robotic vanguard designed to map the terrain and melt lunar dust into solid landing pads. To survive the harsh environment, early astronauts will inhabit modular structures reinforced with lunar soil, creating protective shells against intense radiation and micrometeorite impacts. Sustainable living on the Moon requires innovative engineering to conquer the 14-day lunar night. Since solar power alone is insufficient, NASA is developing compact nuclear fission reactors to provide a continuous energy stream during the darkness. Explorers may also head underground into massive lava tubes, where temperatures remain a stable 63°F, offering a natural sanctuary from the surface's extreme fluctuations. By utilizing local resources and advanced power systems, this lunar outpost will serve as the ultimate proving ground for future missions to Mars. source: The Conversation. (2026). Nasa plans to have a permanent base on the Moon by 2030 – how it can be done.

@MOSSADil Just get the job done and defang these bastards. No more being stringed along!

🚨 IRAN REJECTS U.S. STRAIT OF HORMUZ PROPOSAL Senior Iranian official Mohsen Rezaei says Tehran will not allow the U.S. to reopen the Strait of Hormuz through what he called an “unrealistic plan.” According to reports, Iran is demanding war reparations and “tangible benefits” before agreeing to any deal. Rezaei also said Iran will continue its “resistance.” So while Washington talks about progress, Tehran is signaling the opposite: No clean reopening. No simple exit. No deal without payment. Stay connected, follow @MOSSADil

@BarefootPeace Too many won’t take the couple of weeks of frequent barefooting to condition their soles so no longer uncomfortable. Once soles are leathered up, like wearing moccasins without anything on your feet. Fantastic! 😎🦶🦶

Walking barefoot and finding happiness: "It’s difficult to explain to others how going #barefoot is one of the things that truly bring me great joy and delight." thecentralminnesotacatholic.org/walking-barefo…

@BarefootPeace Does help to have others to help encourage each other to go to classes barefoot. I did when in college and since then. 😎🦶🦶

The lost art of #barefoot culture at Eckerd: "We are losing the people who will go to class barefoot ... we are gaining doubters who judge these people and Yik Yak about how atrocious it is to see people barefoot." theonlinecurrent.com/opinion/the-lo…

@wholemars Yea! 🎉🎉🎉

Tesla Self-Driving has just crossed 10 BILLION miles traveled!

@gbrew24 @ItsTheEnforcer Just buying time, start again now!

Tasnim has reported details of Iran's proposal, which Trump has said he is reviewing. Included among Iran's demands: -Withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iran’s surroundings -Lifting the naval blockade and a new mechanism for the Strait -Lifting sanctions -Release of Iran’s frozen assets -Paying compensation -Ending war on all fronts, including Lebanon The US had suggested a two-month extension of the ceasefire, but Iran has countered with a 30-day period to hash out a lasting peace.

@garyblack00 The average driver has no clue nor will without being informed. Sad is necessary but most folks just pay attention to their own bubble of information. ⚡️🇺🇸

I’ve argued for years that TSLA’s communications are its weakness. Far too many $TSLA bulls think FSD is so good it will magically sell itself. That was the mantra for TSLA EVs in 2020-21 with bulls blindly parroting Elon’s target of 20M deliveries by 2030 - until two consecutive down delivery years caused the target to be discarded. Now the same delusional thinking is going on with FSD: The bulls’ mantra now is that TSLA’s FSD technology is so advanced, and TSLA has such a data advantage vs peers that no one can catch up. Meanwhile, $GOOGL, $BIDU, $PONY, $WRD, and $AMZN are completing 1.0M paid robotaxi rides per week. So who is delusional? TSLA needs to invest in world class comms to educate potential consumers about the benefits of FSD vs others’ unsupervised autonomous platforms. Only then will TSLA FSD take rates move higher from their current mid-teens level to the 40%-50% take rates discounted by TSLA’s 2026 P/E of 200x. Rather than dismiss anyone who is not a raging bull as not understanding the technology, give credence to those of us who have been correctly cautious on TSLA’s stock price and argued for greater marketing investment the past five years.

A creature smaller than your fingernail just solved the hardest problem in evolutionary biology. This male peacock spider weighs less than a grain of rice. His brain contains roughly 100,000 neurons. For comparison, a honeybee has a million. Yet this tiny spider executes a courtship routine so intricate that human choreographers study his movements. He raises his abdomen like a neon billboard, revealing patterns that shift from electric blue to golden yellow. His front legs wave in perfect synchronization while his third pair of legs vibrate at frequencies that create substrate tremors only the female can detect. The entire sequence lasts exactly 47 minutes and involves over 300 distinct movements performed in precise order. Get one step wrong and she eats him alive. Sexual selection created the cruelest performance review in nature. The female peacock spider doesn't just judge his dance. She measures his genetic fitness, his neurological precision, and his ability to execute complex motor functions under lethal pressure. Every movement broadcasts information about his DNA quality, his developmental stability, and his cognitive processing speed. What breaks your brain is the computational load. This spider must simultaneously control eight legs in different patterns, monitor her behavioral cues, adjust his display intensity in real time, and maintain perfect rhythm across nearly an hour of continuous performance. His nervous system is processing sensory input, motor output, and decision trees at a speed that would challenge supercomputers. Evolution built a microscopic performer capable of calculations that required millions of years to perfect, all contained in a brain you could barely see without magnification. The universe keeps hiding its most sophisticated engineering in the smallest packages.

The ‘Great Escape’ for real! Great true story for a movie!

A group of Ukrainian prisoners of war staged a revolt in the Russian rear, seized tanks and weapons, and fought their way back to their own forces! According to information confirmed by our sources, several dozen Ukrainian fighters who were being held by the Russians in a camp on occupied territory suddenly rose up. They took advantage of a moment when the guards were weakened and, within minutes, seized control of the facility. The prisoners didn’t just escape. They grabbed weapons, opened storage depots, and captured several tanks and infantry fighting vehicles. After that, they launched a breakthrough toward Ukrainian positions. Russian forces rushed to intercept them, but it was already too late. Our fighters, already inside captured enemy vehicles, went into battle. Fierce fighting broke out. The Ukrainians fought their way through Russian checkpoints, destroying everything in their path.

@MykhailoRohoza This is awesome and future movie material!

🇺🇦🇭🇺 Peter Magyar received the mayor of the Ukrainian city of Berehove in Zakarpattia and discussed with him the situation of the Hungarian minority, and also proposed to hold the first meeting with Zelensky in Berehove. "It is time for Ukraine to end more than a decade of legislative restrictions, and for the Hungarians of Transcarpathia to restore all their cultural, linguistic, administrative and educational rights and become equal and respected citizens of Ukraine again... If these issues can be resolved, we will definitely be able to start a new chapter in Ukrainian-Hungarian bilateral relations," added Magyar. He noted that he considers the compromises proposed by Ukraine on educational issues in 2025 "promising, but insufficient."