Cross Worder
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Cross Worder
@Cross_Worder
Likes cryptic word puzzles? Likes to argue? Likes a fencing duel? Or, just annoyed with words? That describes me if you can solve it (5, 6).
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@TRHLofficial Mark looks like an iron dome with a beard. He'll blend in real well over there, whichever side he chooses to be on. 😂
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@alon_mizrahi *Day 20: ok we need 200 billion dollars .. and we promise you it won't be a "forever" war
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@glennbeck Glenn's playing Baghdad Bob. *Oh, don't look at the input, look at the output."
Even if Trump joined to control the outcome - we don't know that - how does that prove he wasn't duped into joining? 😂
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@amazing_physics Definitely Trump. They will think we are just another planet of dumb rocks. That is, if they don't die laughing first. 😋
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@antonioguterres Never a party to this conflict? Get a clue. Another reason to get rid of the UN.
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The Wall Street Journal@WSJ
U.S. missiles that hit Iran likely were fired from Gulf countries that have taken the brunt of Iranian drone and missile attacks—although none acknowledges allowing use of their land or airspace on.wsj.com/4rLLyvx
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I have two clear messages:
First, to the United States & Israel:
It’s high time to end this war that is risking to get out of control, causing immense suffering on civilians, with dramatic effects on the global economy & potentially tragic consequences, especially for the least developed countries.
Second, my message to Iran:
Stop attacking your neighbors, they were never parties to the conflict.
The Security Council has condemned these attacks, has ordered them to stop, as it has order to open the Strait of Hormuz.
The prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz causes enormous pain for so many people around the world who have nothing to do with this conflict.
It’s time for the force of the law to prevail over the law of the force.
It’s time for diplomacy to prevail over war.
My remarks from the European Council in Brussels: un.org/sg/en/content/…
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@WhiteHouse Bilateral meeting. Mr. President, is there anyone else in the room with you? 😂
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President Trump Participates in a Bilateral Meeting, Mar. 19, 2026 twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
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@PressSec Oh, STFU already. Just end the TSA. Let's travel free, like we once used to. 😋
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Democrats admit their DHS shutdown is “making people hurt” as they stall negotiations with dangerous demands
whitehouse.gov/articles/2026/…
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@WSJ "Habibi, close your eyes so we can say we ain't seen nothing. Oh, ears too if they ask if we heard anything." 😂
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U.S. missiles that hit Iran likely were fired from Gulf countries that have taken the brunt of Iranian drone and missile attacks—although none acknowledges allowing use of their land or airspace on.wsj.com/4rLLyvx
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@Agrimonious Not sure why this post showed up on my TL and had to respond:
Watched a clip. The Indian guy cleans his car and throws the trash out the window. Is everybody in India like this? I bet your homes are clean but your streets are a mess. 😵💫
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India is a delusional country. We're so delusional about where we stand in the world. We have NO SAY in anything, we're third world as hell. We insulate ourselves in gate societies, malls and multiplexes.
We build nothing. All 'manufacturing' is assembly (even the AI products)
Vikramjit Singh@Vikramjit_S
Maid just told me everyone's out of cooking gas where she lives, and people are arranging for firewood to cook food.
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@ProfessorPape Add a layer at the top, "entrapped engagement," when it's impossible to leave once you enter it, like hotel California. 😵💫
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@TRHLofficial 32 covers everything since this is a war between Iran and the Epstein class.
Oh yeah, especially the IRS who prey on parents from feeding their children. 😭
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Since no one will see this anyway, here is a list of everyone I think should be drafted.
1. Mark Levin, we need the enthusiasm you bring to X on the front lines. Drafted.
2. Lindsey Graham, I hear you want to ask South Carolinians to send their sons and daughters to fight for Israel, well homie, You first. Drafted.
3. Ben Shapiro, you say this is the single greatest foreign policy move of your lifetime? You should see it from the front lines, legend. Drafted.
4. Every single person who has been telling Trump he is “the non-Jewish Messiah”. Yes we know about that. Congratulations on cracking the code, you win front row seats to see “Cyrus” usher in your apocalypse. Drafted.
5. Anyone saying “Charlie would have wanted this.” Bro, You’re as evil as they come. But F*** you you’re drafted now.
6. BiBi Netanyahu. I command you to rise from the dead or wherever the heII you are and be drafted.
7. Everybody in the government who supports this war and all their firstborn sons. Drafted.
8. People who believe abortion is healthcare— Guess what. War with Iran is healthcare now. Drafted.
9. The history retarded who think George Washington would want war with Iran. lol. You’re too dumb to insult. Drafted.
10. Men who compete in women sports. Iran is the women’s sports now. Drafted.
11. Every pundit who destroyed their credibility over the last 3 months defending Jeffrey Epstein. Ew. Drafted.
12. Everyone on the Epstein client list. You’re double drafted.
13. Everyone who participated in the 2020 George Floyd riots. Drafted.
14. The Covid tyrants. You’re all drafted now.
15. The corpses of Dick Cheney and John McCain. Drop them in Iran, they should see this. Drafted.
16. The El Salvador Prisoners. Microchip them all, they’re dying for Israel. Drafted.
17. Bill Kristol, David Frum, Max Boot, Jennifer Rubin, Victoria Nuland. Get out of my sight, you’re all drafted.
18. John Bolton. You’re the most drafted of all.
19. The J6 committee. You’re the war with Iran committee now. Drafted.
20. People who don’t like dogs. You can’t be trusted. Drafted.
21. Every podcaster who lied us into this war and every other war. Drafted.
22. Vegans, cyclists, crossfitters, and people with pronouns in their bio. Drafted.
23. Antifa. You psychopaths are fkn crazy. We need that. Drafted.
24. The $7000 club, and anybody is taking money to lie to you. Drafted.
25. Feminists and male feminists. You’re both just awful. Drafted.
26. People who asks Grok “is this is real”. Drafted.
27. PETA. You brought this up upon yourselves. Drafted.
28. Activists for foreign nations. You’re all activists for the war in Iran now. Drafted.
29. People who blow rape whistles at protests. I could not draft you fast enough.
30. People who report their untaxed purchases across state lines. You won’t be hurting America anymore. Drafted.
30. Gun-grabbers. Grab this d***. Drafted.
31. AIPAC. I could not draft you harder if I tried.
31. Furries. Get in the box or your antisemitic. Drafted.
32. Pedos. Get comfortable, you won’t be coming back. Drafted.
I reserve the right to add to this list
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@ianbremmer $4? Wow. Where? Waiting to fill my tank. Been coasting on empty like Kramer. 😋
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@ExploreCosmos_ ngl, but you appear to speak with absolute confidence about this Dunning–Kruger thingy. 😋
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There are people who speak with absolute confidence about topics they have barely explored, as if a few articles or videos were enough to master a complex field. This phenomenon has a name in psychology: the Dunning–Kruger effect, described by researchers David Dunning and Justin Kruger. Its central idea is uncomfortable but revealing: those with low ability in a given area often lack the very skills needed to recognize their own limitations.
In their studies, they found that participants who performed worst in tasks such as logic, grammar, or even humor tended to rate themselves far above their actual level. In other words, the less they knew, the more they overestimated their competence. This is not simply arrogance, but a lack of metacognition, the ability to accurately assess what one knows and does not know. And this is the key point: to evaluate a skill properly, you largely need that same skill.
Later research has shown that this effect becomes more pronounced when the subject is particularly complex or when personal or ideological beliefs are involved. In such contexts, it is common to see individuals with very superficial knowledge in areas like medicine, climate science, or economics expressing themselves with disproportionate confidence, while those who have spent years studying the topic tend to be far more cautious, precisely because they understand the depth and uncertainties involved.
The most important aspect, however, is that this bias does not only affect “other people.” We are all susceptible to it in some domain. We may be highly competent in our professional field while having a completely distorted self-assessment in others without realizing it. Moreover, the effect also works in the opposite direction: those with greater expertise often underestimate their own knowledge, because they are fully aware of how much they still do not know.
At its core, this effect highlights a clear relationship: deep knowledge tends to be accompanied by humility, whereas ignorance, unable to perceive its own limits, often presents itself with a level of certainty that is not always justified.
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@IfindRetards if you ask questions, you are retarded, period. any question comes back to you as an action item. 😋
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By diminishing the president’s political superpowers, his reckless campaign may make him more dangerous economist.com/leaders/2026/0…
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@TheEconomist Trump's legacy in one picture. What a fall from deserting his voter base. 😂
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The reckless campaign against Iran will weaken America’s president. That will make him angry. Be warned: he makes a very bad loser econ.st/4lA7lEQ

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I'm going to make some obvious points.
(1) Blowing up all the oil infrastructure in the Middle East is an insane idea, and may well result in a global economic crash and humanitarian crisis unrivaled in the lives of those now living. We're talking about the price of everything everywhere rising, from food to gas, at a moment when inflation was already high. All of that will be laid at the feet of the authors of this war.
(2) The antebellum status quo of Feb 27, 2026 was just not that bad, but we're unlikely to return to it. Expect indefinite, long-term, ongoing disruptions to everything out of the Middle East.
(3) Also assume tech financing crashes for the indefinite future. The genius plan to get the Gulf states caught in the crossfire has incinerated much of the funding for LPs, for datacenters, and for IPOs. Anyone in tech who supported this war may soon learn the meaning of "force majeure" as funding gets yanked.
(4) Many capital allocators will instead be allocating much further down Maslow's hierarchy of needs, towards useful basic things like food and energy.
(5) It's fortunate that all those progressives yelled about the "climate crisis." Yes, their reasoning about timelines was wrong, and much of the money was wasted in graft, but the result was right: we all need energy independence from the Middle East, pronto. It's also fortunate that Elon and China autistically took climate seriously. Now they're going to need to ship a billion solar panels, electric vehicles, batteries, nuclear power plants, and the like to get everyone off oil, immediately.
(6) It's not just an oil and gas problem, of course. It's also a fertilizer problem, and a chemical precursor problem. Maybe some new sources will come online at the new prices, but it takes time to dial stuff up, particularly at this scale, so shortages are almost a certainty.
That said, China has actually scaled up coal-to-chemicals[a,c] (C2C), and there's also something more sci-fi called Power-to-X[b] which turns arbitrary power + water + air into hydrocarbons. But all of that will need to get accelerated. I have a background in chemical engineering so may start funding things in this area.
(7) Ultimately, this war is going to result in tremendous blame for anyone associated with it. It's a no-win scenario to blow up this much infrastructure for so many people. Simply not worth it for whatever objective they thought they were going to attain. But unless you're actually in a position to stop the madness, the pragmatic thing to do is: scramble to mitigate the fallout to yourself, your business, and your people.
[a]: reuters.com/business/energ…
[b]: alfalaval.com/industries/ene…
[c]: reuters.com/sustainability…

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The U.S. request to delay a summit between President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping served as a reminder that Washington still drives the global agenda—not China on.wsj.com/3NC6Opg
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