
Richard Van Orton
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Richard Van Orton
@richardvanorton
CEO at Van Orton Recovery. Financial Crime Investigator. Disclaimer to clients: The content below may not be visible if you're not logged in.









I’m going to answer this claim that “X is turning into TikTok” one time only: • Posts containing videos already make up close to half the impressions on X • Many videos from top accounts are simply stolen from other users, sometimes 5 years after they originally went viral. • Our team believes this recycled content has a negative impact on the user experience and the business. • For the first time, we are providing a functional video editor so some videos on X can finally be original content that doesn’t exist on other platforms If you are a creator that does not recycle other people’s content, you have the biggest arbitrage opportunity of your career to build an audience here. The algorithm may take time to recognize you, but when it does, you will climb faster than other account on this app.

do people outside the US say their country is the best in the world or is it mostly an american thing? like, do swedes say "sweden is the best country in all of human history?"











If Israel stopped getting weapons and money from America









Last year, a human trafficking victim trapped in a crypto scam compound in the Golden Triangle region of Laos contacted me. He proceeded to leak a huge trove of the compound's internal materials. Then he had to get out alive. This is his story. 🧵👇 wired.com/story/he-leake…





PINKPANTHERESS YOU’VE DONE IT AGAIN OMFG











According to the Wall Street Journal, citing U.S. officials, Israel set up a secret outpost in Iraq’s western desert in the work up to the conflict with Iran and the U.S. was aware of the move. Additionally, per the report, early in the conflict an Iraqi shepherd discovered the installation and Israel used airstrikes to force back investigating Iraqi military forces, killing one Iraqi soldier. The installation was set up to support operations against Iran, including positioning for combat search and rescue (CSAR) if an Israeli pilot was downed during operations














