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😳 We are now approaching an event that will require unity from us. And if there is no unity, there may be a catastrophe. I will not give an example, because it will be very sad and unpleasant, - Budanov

Tiger Woods called Donald Trump from the scene of his rollover crash before his DUI arrest in Florida. "I was just talking with the president."

@Rome_Beast Palming

unreal

Read this. It's important. It's from a Silicon Valley guy talking about what AI is about to do to us, whether we want it or not. sahajgarg.github.io/blog/cognitive…

What we learned from the Ye saga is that when an extremely high-status individual shows clear signs of mental illness, people will steadfastly resist the conclusion that they're ill––in a way that they'd never do if their friend were behaving the same way See: Tucker & Candace

@Microinteracti1 She was being sarcastic

Donald Trump: “NATO is nothing without America.” Meloni: “Perfect. Then Europe will close the U.S. bases, tear up the sweetheart trade deals, and, just to make the message land, boycott McDonald’s too.” That is the blunt reality: if Washington wants to talk like protection is a one way favor, Europe can answer like a partner with leverage, not a dependent begging for permission. And honestly, that tone is long overdue. When someone says “you are nothing without me,” the correct reply is not gratitude. It is boundaries.

@TotalBlueSports Lou holtz did it one year too

To all high school recruits: If you want to play weak schedules, has coaches that pout if they don’t make the CFP, and backs out of bowl games their seniors have earned Notre Dame is for you!

@FrankhHQ @CultureExploreX Because it stops you from forming memories just like a dream

Explain why while Im on the operating room for 8 hours, then woke up on recovery room without any consciousness or knowledge of what happened. If consciousness is not tied to brain, I should have experienced this right? I should be "conscious" enough whats happening when my heart was stopped by a machine right?

Professor Maria Strømme, a professor of nanotechnology at Uppsala University, just proposed a theory that, if true, would flip modern science on its head and hand the afterlife back to religion. She argues that consciousness isn’t made by the brain at all. It’s a fundamental field of the universe. Meaning your “self” isn’t a chemical glitch… it’s a wave in something eternal. When you die, the wave doesn’t vanish. It returns to the source. If she’s right, near-death visions aren’t hallucinations. They’re glimpses. And life after death isn’t faith, it’s physics. So, if consciousness continues after the body, were religious traditions closer to the truth than modern science ever admitted?

The growing popularity of Korean fried chicken reflects a greater familiarity with Korean culture. But its origins can be traced back to African American soldiers fighting in the Korean War. cbsn.ws/44fQpMs

BREAKING 🔴 U.S. special operations troops and Puntland Counter-Terrorism Forces carried out a pre-dawn assault on ISIS-Somalia hideouts in the Baalade Valley. More than 100 American operators arrived by MH-60 helicopters with MQ-9 Reapers overhead, striking cave positions held by about 10 to 15 ISIS fighters in the Bakuuje and Mareero areas of the Cal Miskaad range. PCTF pushed in with roughly 200 troops after several days of U.S. airstrikes that had already killed multiple militants. The raid triggered two to four hours of close-quarters clashes inside fortified caves, including engagements with foreign fighters from Syria, Turkey, and Ethiopia. By sunrise, U.S. and PCTF forces had withdrawn with no reported American casualties. Early results indicate a senior ISIS-Somalia commander and several aides were killed, along with a total of 5 to 10 terrorists. Forces also destroyed weapons caches and equipment used for gold-mining operations that funded the group. Puntland’s leadership says its Operation Hilaac now controls almost all of the Cal Miskaad mountains and aims to eliminate ISIS-Somalia by December 2025. Images: Somalia ISIS leader Abdulkadir Mumin and his terrorists

Best non-fiction books of 2025: marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolu…

The campaign against Putin's General Gerasimov is blowing up, now the top story in Russia, as the the head of the Russian military is embroiled in a scandal over not only his secret mistress and family but that he's been funneling hundreds of millions in state funds to them.

The best is the enemy of the good. Contrary to recent press speculation, the draft 28-point plan for peace in Ukraine is in fact a reasonable basis for negotiations. Journalists can gripe about it as they griped about the 20-point Gaza plan. But wars are not ended by op-eds. 1/5

Here's how to instantly open Grok AI Assistant with the Action Button on iPhone Siri doesn't have any real assistant capabilities. It can’t answer basic questions, struggles with simple tasks, and is seriously limited Grok AI is a fully capable assistant, answers in real-time and does quick web search when needed automatically without needing to do anything Here’s how to make Grok as your go-to assistant with the Action Button: ➝ Open Settings ➝ Tap on Action Button ➝ Swipe to select Shortcut ➝ Tap to choose a shortcut ➝ Search for the Grok App ➝ Select “Talk to Grok” as your action ✅ DONE Now Press & Hold Action Button = Instant Grok Access You can trigger Grok from the Lock Screen or any app with your Action Button Make sure the Grok app is updated for the best experience Apple still restricts third-party voice assistants, even though it can’t offer what they can But this shortcut is by far the smoothest way to access Grok on iPhone

Kawhi Leonard comments on the tree-planting company allegations: “I like trees.” (Via @TMZ_Sports)

@TheWapplehouse let people have their fun

This generation gets stumped by questions that were answered by Medieval Persians a thousand years ago. We are so cooked.

I’d love to know what the baseline official was looking at here. Was he wondering at this moment if he left his iron on back at his hotel room? Because, to me, it looks like the ref is staring right at BYU’s Fousseyni Traore getting smacked in the face. Worst no-call of the day.

@JasonMac2022 going fast and acrobatics have nothing to do with being a devastating attack plane

For context, it would take the Europeans $2-5 trillion and 30-50 years to build a competitor to the F35 and by that time the US would be on its next generation planes…. This is why I keep telling you no one is closer than 50-100 years to the US military dominance.

Now we lock every unmarried BYU player in their room and place a guard on watch. It’s not happening again.