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Crazy images from the Netherlands. We need to become more effective, act faster: more radical in our goals, and more professional in their realisation.

Vyvracení jaderných pohádek ne s žádným odmítačem jádra, ale s někým, kdo mu zasvětil desítky let kariéry. Opravdu velmi zajímavý rozhovor hlavně v této době, kdy tu oslavujeme podepisování smluv a memorand, ale jak něco reálně postavíme, a hlavně za kolik, už není předmětem debaty.

@grok @parvanaveliyeva @GlobalTBCaucus @GarafulicIgor @grok does this mean that to infect another person through natural sex, one needs to sleep with 2500 different people. Or sleep with one person every day for 6 years?

According to CDC and systematic reviews (e.g., Patel et al.), the estimated per-act probability of HIV transmission from an HIV-positive female to an HIV-negative male during unprotected insertive vaginal intercourse is about 0.04% (4 per 10,000 exposures, or roughly 1 in 2,500). This assumes no condom, no PrEP, and detectable viral load. With effective ART and undetectable viral load (U=U), the risk is effectively zero. Factors like STIs or high viral load can increase it.

I were in the UN Headquarters in New York, USA today addressing the Multi-Stakeholder Hearing for the 2026 High-level Meeting on HIV/AIDS. Thanks the colleagues to catch up my intervention 🙏 Considering this a real success I thank to all partners who supported to make this happen

Putting to one side the shenanigans over who is going to be in #10, the King’s Speech includes a striking number of proposals damaging to the UK economy & society. Five of the worst examples: ...

Xi literally said **the exact same words** (China and US should be "partners, not rivals") in 2024 to Blinken **in the exact same place** (the Great Hall of the People): aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/26… Presenting this as some sort of extraordinary concession Trump would have extracted from China is hilarious... and the insane popularity of this post 👇 a sad testament to how ignorant people are 🤦‍♂️

A painting of the end of meritocracy: A meeting of the two largest economies and not one woman at the table.

@realPetrSvec Kamil Fila je cuck, Destiny po česku. Chudák krasavec inteligentní by to ještě chápal jako pochvalu.

Mnoho současného politického diskurzu stojí na selektivním odmítání vědy a dat, která se nehodí a vytváření narativů, které dokážou (při alespoň letmém pohled) tu vědu a data popřít a zároveň vytvořit dojem, že existuje jiná, "správná" věda a data. Racionální přístup by byl sesbírat data a na základě dat dělat závěry. Lidé jako Kamil Fila ale ty závěry udělali dávno předtím, než se podívali na jakákoliv data. Data je ve skutečnosti nezajímají. Data jim překáží v jejich ideologickém výkladu reality. Je jim dávno jasné, jak to je, teď už to jen potřebují vysvětlit ostatním. Pan Fila je však zároveň dostatečně inteligentní na to, aby chápal, že jeho příběh, který se snaží protlačit, bude dávat smysl jen v případě, že se nějak vypořádá s realitou - to jest s existencí dat, která odporují jeho příběhu. A proto neváhá vytvářet sofistikované teorie o tom, jak jsou statistiky falšované a nafouknuté a jak je pravda ve skutečnosti skrytá. Tenhle způsob myšlení se nijak neliší od myšlení libovolných konspiračních teoretiků.

“Are we getting oil from Iran” “No” “Then why are California oil prices so high!” Well Joe… California IS getting oil from Iraq. Which gets sent to South Korea to be refined. Then the gasoline and diesel goes to Cali. BECAUSE NEWSOM’S DEMS CLOSED OIL REFINERIES And there is shortage of oil tankers to deliver it. Supply and demand tells us when there’s a shortage of ships delivery prices skyrocket. Frankly I’m shocked Newsom has been able to hold prices under $10 a gallon. x.com/RedWavePress/s…

Y'all laughed at Arthur Laffer, but the Australian Treasury proved him right with cigarettes

@MsMelChen That is a high social awareness joke. 😅😁

Bro, this is Taqiyya with Chinese chatacteristics

Everyone who is up in arms about Trump "kissing Xi's ass" needs to understand that this is realpolitik and dealmaking. Trump is, by a mile, the most aggressive president America has had against the CCP in modern history. No one else imposed sweeping tariffs on Chinese goods, banned Huawei from domestic networks, put the entire CCP military-linked ecosystem on the entity list, restricted semiconductor exports, strengthened the Quad, and publicly called out China's currency manipulation, IP theft, forced tech transfers, and South China Sea aggression the way he did. Pre-presidency Trump was blunt. If you recall, as a candidate, he often complained about how "China was screwing us over." Literally in 2016 on the campaign trail, he said that "China is raping us." You need to understand that this posture completely shattered what was bipartisan elite consensus at the time - which was that more engagement with China on economic terms would liberalize and democratize China (ethnocentric projection once again), and that as China became more integrated into the global system, they would act more and more like responsible stakeholders. Every President since Nixon pushed closer economic integration while ignoring the OBVIOUS signs. This was especially supercharged under Bush, Clinton and Obama (but not Biden). And yet at the time, the mainstream media painted him as a xenophobe for this kind of rhetoric. It wasn't even a subtext - they directly alluded to how Trump was being racist against the Chinese for calling out their unfair trade practices. Once in office, Trump refined it into a strategy that actually moved the needle while dialing back his strong rhetoric. The personal flattery - calling Xi a "great leader," talking up respect for China, saying they'll have a "fantastic future together," is all Machiavellian Art of the Deal stuff. Flattery costs nothing and makes the other guy more willing to give ground without looking like he's folding domestically. The CCP's entire system is built on the leader's prestige. Publicly humiliating Xi or treating him like a subordinate would make him dig in, rally nationalists, and push him to retaliate harder just to save face. I don't actually think Trump knows about Chinese "honor culture" and the obsession with mianzi (face), but for whatever reason, Trump instinctively understands authoritarian psychology and how to work with it. The problem is that intellectual types, especially those steeped in liberal internationalist frameworks, tend to struggle with parsing the difference between rhetoric vs. revealed preferences. They're hard-wired to overweight the former. They treat diplomatic language as a window into the soul, as if it maps directly onto intent rather than as front-facing tool of statecraft. China weaponizes this brilliantly. It's a lesson everyone should've learned by now. With Trump, ignore the optics and ignore what he says. Just look at his actions, and look at his results.

Soudruzi, tu konstruktivní kritiku tak jako vítáme, ale musí být tak jako konstruktivní. Tvl, tohle je už jako za Husáka. Pruč s tím nesmyslem. #Czexit

Denne saken "radikaliserte" meg. Eller rettere sagt, at det ikke ble noen sak. Rumpen på gjerningsmannen er sensurert fordi han tisser på offeret sitt mens resten av gjengen filmer. Dette er fornedringsvold. Målet er ikke først og fremst å stjele, men å dominere og ydmyke offeret, som nesten alltid er norsk. Det er alt annet enn tilfeldig. Kun omtalt i lokalavisen bak paywall. Ingen nasjonal debatt. Ingen uttalelser. Ingen strakstiltak. Ingen konsekvenser. I stedet blir folk stilt til veggs for å si "minusvarianter" på fylla. Og Gaute får enda en helside etter ufine kommentarer.

Despite contributing to just 16% of all research output, Chinese papers make up over 50% of all retractions.

@rkaldy @holkazOvy @lokutus Potvrzuji z praxe, že je to poměrně obvyklý případ.

Děvenko, víš kulový hovno, jak v praxi probíhají rozvodová řízení. Kamarádovi po rozvodu soud přiřkl střídavku 50:50, akorát exmanželka mu odmítla děti dávat, než se to na soudech vyřešilo, uplynuly skoro dva roky a soud pak prohlásil, že si holky za tu dobu na mámu zvykly, takže smolík, budeš je vidět jen jednou za 14 dní, protože hlavní je zájem dítěte. Přitom pokaždé když holky má u sebe, tak na něm visí a říkají jak se jim po něm stýská, ale vysvětluj to stárnoucí ženské v taláru. Hnal to až k Evropskému soudu pro lidská práva, který mu sice dal za pravdu, ale vysoudil jen symbolické odškodnění. Děti stále vídá jen jednou za dva týdny.

Search and rescue operations are ongoing in Kyiv at the site of the Russian strike on an apartment building, Ukraine's State Emergency Service says. At least 2 people killed, 28 rescued at the site, which is seen in the video below. ft.com/content/813e84…

@TRobinsonNewEra nechce, aby to, co vidíte na videu, bylo dovoleno. Chce, aby se to vůbec nemohlo stát. Pan @honzabartosek sice neví, co je fašista, ale hodí se mu to jako nálepka na lidi, kteří mají o vlastní zemi obavu. Buď fašista, jakým je Tommy. Nebuď vlastizrádce jako ten druhý.

EN ALLEMAGNE ! Des femmes voilées hurlent sur une Allemande en short d’été : « Trop court ! » Soudain, un barbu islamiste surgit, la frappe violemment devant les enfants et la chasse comme une chienne. Voilà l’« enrichissement » de l’immigration de masse !