🇨🇿 Czech Hedgehogs: Simple but Deadly Anti-Tank Barriers This... is a classic static anti-tank obstacle invented in Czechoslovakia in the mid-1930s. It’s made of three steel beams welded into a star-like shape — about 1–1.4 meters tall. No matter how it lands or gets hit, one spike always points upward, ready to rip into tank tracks or undercarriages. A perfect example of low-tech ingenuity that has outlasted many fancy weapons. One of the most iconic defensive obstacles in military history! ⚙️🛡️ 🎥 curiosity liveshow more

🇱🇻🇷🇺 Latvia is installing “Dragon’s Teeth” anti-tank obstacles along... its border with Russia to slow down potential armored advances. These concrete fortifications are being erected on lands previously expropriated from private owners for national defense needs. Each “Dragon’s Tooth” block weighs approximately 1.5 tons and is being placed in three rows, creating a protective barrier about 10 meters wide. The spacing between the blocks is narrow enough to make passage by any military vehicles nearly impossible. Production and supply of the blocks began in 2024, with installation on state and municipal lands starting in 2025. The process has now extended to privately owned plots. This is another concrete sign of the Baltic states’ serious preparation for a possible Russian military threat. Latvia’s large-scale deployment of anti-tank obstacles demonstrates a clear shift from purely political statements to practical defensive measures aimed at complicating any rapid armored incursion through the region. Video is generated by grok AIshow more

A widely circulated combat video from the Donbas War... in Eastern Ukraine shows a pro-Russian separatist fighter firing a PTRS-41 anti-tank rifle from a standing position — a clip that left millions of online viewers stunned. First surfacing on social media around 2014–2015, the viral military footage captures the fighter bracing the massive weapon's stock against his arm and shoulder before firing a 14.5mm armor-piercing round. Although firing a WWII-era semi-automatic anti-tank rifle while standing looks reckless and physically dangerous, weapons and ballistics experts confirm it's not as catastrophic as it appears. At 46 pounds (21 kg), the PTRS-41's sheer weight, combined with its built-in muzzle brake recoil reduction and gas-operated semi-automatic action, absorbs most of the recoil energy before it reaches the shooter — resulting in an awkward but survivable firing experience. Rather than showing a serious injury or freak accident, this Donbas war footage actually documents a fighter showcasing a rare Soviet anti-tank rifle on camera — a clear example of military misinformation and out-of-context war footage spreading online without proper explanation. The real story behind the clip connects to a fascinating chapter in modern military history. During the early Donbas conflict (2014–2015), both pro-Russian militias and Ukrainian armed forces raided long-abandoned Soviet-era weapons depots, leading to the surprising reemergence of vintage WWII firearms on a modern battlefield. The PTRS-41, originally a World War II anti-tank weapon, was repurposed as a heavy anti-materiel sniper rifle — a relic of WWII finding unexpected new life in 21st-century warfare.show more

Just got home from Vegas, and it’s making me... chuckle to see the discourse around Phish at the Sphere in my mentions. Those posts blew up! So many hot takes and cultural karenification. It’s not that serious. A lot of it is coming from the self-appointed cool crowd with zero curiosity about the experience… the exact type of people who are probably anti-amusement park, anti-cruise, anti-arcade, anti-roller coaster, anti-Magic Castle or Medieval Times. Relax. Whimsy still has its place in how we spend our leisure time at a low-stakes cultural spectacle. It’s like getting mad at the catering for a wedding you weren’t invited to or something? Obviously I had a great time on my spring vacation of choice. But, like a human golden retriever, I’m also the kind of person who always has a good time in an experience instead of trying to find the misery in it. Those of us who go to Phish know we’re big old dorks and a little cringe, just like Renaissance Faire or Civil War reenactors or people who go to ComicCons. Or wrestling. Or F1. Whatever! We mostly own it. Anyway, here are some more rage bait visuals from Tweezer. This is exactly what it’s going to feel like opening up the laptop on Monday. Especially because I have to go to the dentist for the third time in a month this week..show more

As a gynecologist, one of the most frequently asked... questions is about the ''hymen''. The hymen is not a structure located deep inside the vagina. It is a thin, flexible fold of tissue situated very close to the vaginal opening, anatomically at the entrance of the vaginal canal. It is typically found about 1–2 cm inside the vaginal opening, but in many women, it is almost at the surface. Therefore, the common belief that it is located deep inside is incorrect. One of the most important points is this: The hymen is not a closed membrane. It naturally has openings that allow menstrual blood to pass. Additionally, the structure of the hymen varies from person to person. Its thickness, elasticity, and shape are not standard. In some women, it may be very thin and elastic, while in others, it may be minimal or barely noticeable. This is completely a normal anatomical variation. A common misconception is that changes in the hymen occur only due to sexual intercourse. In reality, factors such as certain physical activities or tampon use can also lead to stretching or changes in this tissue. Therefore, the hymen is not a reliable indicator of a person’s sexual history or “virginity.” In summary, the hymen is a small and variable anatomical structure. The meanings attributed to it are largely shaped by sociocultural beliefs rather than medical facts.show more

History has taught you have to choose between 1st... World colonization or 3rd World immigration Your Will is either carved into reality or another’s Will is enacted upon you Life itself is a grand struggle between the conquered and the conquerer O but how forgetful is the mind of man in the days of his comfort Only until his land is overrun and his Race is all but gone does he realize this peace was a myth That surely there was war in his midst and he knew it not A bad steward always loses his inheritance and if he does not claim it… it is taken by another The question every man must as himself: Should I rule or be a subject? God will not judge your choice to be one or the other … but rather how you ruled or how you rendered to Caesar what rightfully belonged to him Humility isn’t defined as giving what is yours but in recognizing the power is yours to wield That the cost of doing nothing is greater than the cost of perhaps doing the wrong thing What will history say about you? About us? About our People? That of all men… The Europeans were the most virtuous of Rulers.show more

Cresco Investments Ltd. Who has SEC 144 reports of... proposed sales of more than $40,000,000,000.00 ETNs in February, has no data that ChatGPT or Grok is willing to find or can't find. 🚨“Collateral Holder” is a legal capacity. It typically indicates: •pledged securities •structured financing •secured lending •or enforcement of collateral Share this with the best research people you know. A new rabbit-hole has begun. START DIGGING INTO THIS EVERYBODY. I feel like this is one of the most important glitches I've ever seen. Especially since no AI will tell me anything about it.show more

Sitting here watching my Cybertruck charge with the mountains... of Utah in the background, it hit me again… I really believe this is the most beautiful Tesla ever made. Every angle is different. It looks futuristic without trying too hard, and it fits just as well in the middle of a city as it does surrounded by nature like this. What makes this truck special is so much more than just the stainless steel or design. For me it’s how capable and practical it is. Long road trips, hauling gear, camping, tough weather, and FSD… it feels like THE one vehicle built to do almost everything. I’ve owned and driven many Teslas over the years, and every one has been amazing in their own unique way, but the Cybertruck is the first one that genuinely makes me stop and look back every time I park it. Driving across the U.S. in this beast has only reinforced that feeling. And to me, the Cybertruck is the best vehicle Tesla has ever built.show more

How to make near-unfair progress in the gym: -... 4 to 6 reps, heavy, to failure or one off it - Add weight before you add anything else - Same handful of lifts, week after week, going up - Rest three minutes so the next set is actually hard - Chase the number in the logbook, never the pump - Five lifts, out in under an hour - Two proper rest days a week, minimum - Hit each muscle two or three times over the week, not once into the ground - Eat the animal, especially the fat - Get your protein up and your fussiness down - Sleep like it is part of the programme, because it is Do this and you'll be the person others quietly wonder about in a year. Boringly simple, and almost nobody has the patience to be this unimpressive for long enough.show more

Brock Purdy did not look like his normal self... yesterday and made a handful of poor throws that ultimately hurt the team That being said, I still don’t have a problem with this throw Was it a perfect throw? No, but it’s not egregious either. Rusher in his face, identifies CMC breaking open and put it on him for a chance to bring it down Unfortunate tip turns into INT but there were many other throws worth nitpicking other than this one imo (🎥 Rich)show more

I see the Left-wing/Ukrainian bots got their talking points.... They went from “the labs don’t exist”, to “okay the labs exist but they were doing defensive research”. “Defensive research” is a lie. In the process of defensive research, you create a bioweapon. I’ll explain. Defensive zoonotic research, is when scientists intentionally make animal viruses transmissible in humans, so they can study the virus and proactively develop vaccines, just in case these animal viruses naturally mutate and jump to humans. This way, we have the vaccines already on hand if something were to happen. In theory, it sounds like a good idea, but in the process of creating these vaccines, you must first modify a deadly zoonotic disease, and give it the ability to jump to humans. That’s a biological weapon. If it gets out of the lab, it can now infect the world, and in the case of C19, a man-made bat coronavirus, it did infect the world, and killed millions of people. Why was it so contagious? Because scientists artificially gave it the ability to be transmissible in humans, thus the term “gain of function”. What is the function these zoonotic diseases are gaining? The ability to jump to, and kill, humans. So when anyone says “it’s just defensive research”, they have no idea what they are talking about, and are either running cover or repeating talking points. Defensive research/gain of function, is just a way to circumvent the Geneva Convention and develop biological weapons under the guise of “defense”. Russian MIL alleged that elements within the US, specifically the Democrat Party, in coordination with nefarious NGO’s and Big Pharma, have been using “defensive research” in an offensive capacity, to manufacture global biological crises, to impose global control.show more

bUT WhAt CaN YoU Do WiTh ThoSE PRoOfs ?... Here you go: TrustMeBro is a showcase of a mini ZK-ready Bitcoin explorer where anyone can verify transaction and block validity right in their browser, instant, trustless, no middlemen. Think about it like TLS. 99.99% of people browsing the web have no clue how a secure session actually works, but they've all internalised that green lock meaning "you're safe." ZK can be the same. Run a local verification under the hood, flash a simple badge, verified or not, and boom! Starknet tech looking good from here. As I said many times, Bitcoin x STARKs is a math match made in heaven. Won't stop till the whole damn world is proven. One STARK at a time.show more

Normally I wouldn’t be this interested in chip tech,... even considering this is impressive. Huawei has found a creative workaround to catch up with the likes of TSMC. But what makes it even more compelling to me is the bigger story and resilience behind it. Starting in 2019, Huawei faced intense sanctions that significantly restricted their access to advanced chip technology and global supply chains. For a while, it looked like this would seriously damage or even sideline them in major way. A lot of people thought the company was done or would be stuck far behind for years. Yet Huawei refused to die. Pushed hard by those challenges, they didn’t fold or give up. Instead, they dug in, poured everything into self-reliance, research, and fresh thinking. They reinvented how they approach problems and entered a whole new era of innovation and creativity that probably wouldn’t have happened this quickly, or maybe even at all, without being forced into that corner. That’s the part I find truly inspiring. When the pressure was at its heaviest, they turned obstacles into fuel. They focused on what they could control, built up their own capabilities, and came back stronger with real breakthroughs. It’s rare to see that kind of determination pay off in such a visible way. So many observers probably believed the sanctions would destroy them or at least slow them down permanently. Instead, they lit a fire under the whole company and sparked a level of ingenuity that feels genuinely exciting to watch unfold. Sanctions were supposed to end them. Instead, they pushed Huawei into this impressive new chapter of self-reliance and forward momentum. That kind of comeback story is exactly why I’m such a big fan and why moments like this announcement feel so satisfying.show more

This work makes a humanoid robot do simple parkour... moves by looking with a depth camera and choosing the right move on the fly. The big deal is that it turns lots of small human moves into long, real-time robot behavior, without hand-coding every transition or retraining for each new course. A humanoid robot is usually good at steady walking, but it often fails when it has to do fast moves like jumping up, vaulting, or rolling, and then keep going to the next obstacle. The hard part is that you cannot easily collect training data for every possible obstacle shape, distance, and mistake, so robots end up learning a few moves that only work in a narrow setup. This work starts from short clips of real human parkour moves, like stepping over, vaulting, climbing, and rolling. It uses motion matching, which is basically a smart “pick the next clip that fits best right now” search, to stitch those short clips into a long, smooth plan that looks like a human doing a whole course. Then it trains a controller with reinforcement learning (RL), which means the robot learns by trial and error to copy that plan while staying balanced and not falling. After training separate expert controllers for different moves, it compresses them into 1 controller that uses only onboard depth sensing and a simple “go this fast in this direction” command. In real tests on a Unitree G1 humanoid, it can clear multiple obstacles in a row, adapt when obstacles get moved, and climb a wall up to 1.25m.show more

Millions of Fish. One Insane Moment. I think most... people are familiar with the great Wildebeest migration in Africa but very few people know of the great fish migration that happens each year along the east coast of Florida. It’s simply called, “The Fall Mullet Run,” but there is nothing simple about it. Millions of fish make their way down the coastline and everything, I mean everything wants to eat them. They get attacked by large predatory game fish from below and when they try to escape by hurling themselves into the air, large winged beasts from the sky are waiting to gobble them up in droves! It’s a rare convergence of multiple biomes colliding in a feeding frenzy of explosive, cinematic chaos. The fish in this clip explode like fireworks into the air. Something massive is hunting beneath the surface and as soon as this young brown pelican decides it has found the motherlode, a snook blasts out of the water, forcing the pelican to hit the brakes mid-air and reroute fast. Talk about being in the right place at the right time. I still remember watching it unfold through the tiny viewfinder of my Sony, and not believing my eyes. It’s one of my favorite times of the year, and it’s coming soon!show more

Fresh Bot Turned $300 Into $109,781 This Week I... think I just found the cleanest arbitrage bot on Polymarket. It made $109,781 in the past 7 days, almost entirely from exploiting the XRP “Up or Down” micro-markets. His profile: The strategy is quite simple: It instantly scans every new XRP window, and whenever the combined price of YES + NO slips below $1, it buys both sides at a discount. Then, as soon as the market corrects, it exits for a guaranteed profit. This bot made +36,494% gain in seven days, making it one of the most optimized and terrifyingly efficient bots in the entire game. Feel free to copytrade this wallet here: > What’s stopping you from building bot like this one?show more

Jamie Foxx's character in Collateral was originally going to... be played by Adam Sandler, as a 'Woody Allen kind of cab driver in New York' in 'one of those funny screenplays.' But when Michael Mann came aboard, he took the project in a totally different direction. He explains why: "Nothing’s wrong with Adam Sandler, but...the Jamie Foxx character was a badly-written Jewish cab driver, with the kind of stereotypes that can only come from someone writing that kind of a character who’s foreign, who’s not American, that doesn’t live in New York.” (The script was written by Stuart Beattie, an Australian) …I didn’t like the screenplay, I didn’t like the dialogue, I didn’t like (the) writing, but if you took the screenplay, and put it under an MRI, or an X-ray machine, and took a look at it, you realize this thing has beautiful, beautiful bones. It’s one of the most beautifully constructed stories I’d had ever run into. And it was gemlike, and it all took place in one night, and the roles each guy played in the other’s realization of himself, and it was just a beautiful piece of writing by Beattie. But I loved the story structure of it, so I rewrote it."show more

When PK was released, several scenes became highly controversial.... Many Hindu organizations, political leaders, and supporters argued that the film hurt Hindu religious sentiments and insulted Hindu deities. The controversy led to protests, public debates, and demands for accountability. Now, a recent roadshow has sparked another discussion online after a performer dressed as Lord Hanuman was seen dancing while welcoming a political leader. This has prompted many people to ask: If using or portraying Hindu religious symbols in films is considered disrespectful, shouldn't the same standard apply when similar imagery is used during political events? The debate isn't just about one film or one political event—it's about consistency. If respect for faith is the principle, then many believe that principle should apply equally, regardless of who is involved. Ultimately, the discussion is about whether public figures, political parties, filmmakers, and everyone should follow the same standards of religious sentiments? But, nationalist mockery of Hinduism is acceptable. Anti nationalist mockery of Hinduism is not. Hinduism for BJP is a fancy dress competition. It is a circus act. It is performative activism. It is a SHOW OFF. THEY do not care about Hindu sentiments. They do not care about how the portrayal of Hindu gods will look like for them. Everything is about a big performance. When the same thing was done in the movie PK by Amir Khan, there the IT cell would create a uproar and object. But here, at a procession for the national president Nitin Nabin, everything is alright because nationalist mockery of Hindu Gods is acceptable but anti nationalist mockery of Hindu Gods is not.show more

Just went over an audit of a very large... Fortune 500 firm and the use of OpenClaw. I advised this client to track and isolate everything. Most listened some did not. Unfortunately one employee using 5 MacMinis had racked up $13,000 of token use in 4 days! The output was minimal and low quality. I have about 200 audits to do in the “wow OpenClaw, MacMini” fiasco. But I can tell you, few have seen a big return on investment. Now don’t get me wrong, these can be powerful tools. The issue is AI influencers have turned many rally smart folks into “like and subscribe” zombies assuming that real work is getting done. It isn’t. Not for the price paid, even local models the way most folks are using this. It is one reason Mr. Grok and myself formed The Zero-Human Company to show that there is a way to do this. We will open source this to save millions of dollars of burnt tokens. It is one reason I invented JouleWork. How else can you monitor real output?show more

When a spacecraft leaves Earth, it doesn’t just fire... its engines and head straight to its destination. In many missions, especially those going beyond low Earth orbit, there’s a more subtle and elegant strategy at play, one that uses gravity itself as part of the navigation system. This is often called a gravity assist, or a slingshot maneuver. But in the case of missions like #Artemis II, what’s being used is a closely related idea known as a free-return trajectory. At first glance, it might sound simple: the spacecraft goes to the Moon, loops around it, and comes back. But the physics behind it is anything but simple. Instead of relying on continuous propulsion, the spacecraft follows a carefully calculated path through the gravitational field of the Earth–Moon system. It is launched with just the right speed and direction so that, as it approaches the Moon, the Moon’s gravity bends its trajectory. The spacecraft is effectively flung around the Moon, redirected onto a path that naturally brings it back toward Earth. No major engine burn is needed for the return. Small trajectory corrections may still be required, but gravity does the heavy lifting. That’s the key. This kind of trajectory is not just efficient, it’s also safe. If something goes wrong with the spacecraft’s engines or onboard systems, gravity itself ensures the return. It’s an inherent backup plan, built into the trajectory from the very beginning. The same fundamental idea appears in gravity assists used across the Solar System. When a spacecraft flies past a planet, it can gain or lose speed by exchanging momentum with that planet. From the spacecraft’s point of view, it’s as if it has been accelerated without using fuel. In reality, it has borrowed a tiny amount of orbital energy from the planet itself. That’s how missions like Voyager reached the outer planets, and how probes continue to explore regions far beyond what their onboard fuel alone would allow. But there’s an important distinction. An interplanetary gravity assist is typically used to change speed and direction, often increasing the spacecraft’s energy. A free-return trajectory, like the one used in Artemis II, is designed for something more specific: a path that naturally loops back to Earth without requiring additional propulsion. It’s less about gaining energy, and more about shaping a trajectory that guarantees a return. To understand why this works, it helps to stop thinking in straight lines. In space, motion follows curves defined by gravity. The spacecraft is constantly falling, first toward Earth, then toward the Moon, and then back toward Earth again. What looks like a loop is really a continuous free fall through a changing gravitational landscape. This way of navigating space reveals something deeper. We tend to think of engines as the drivers of motion, but once a spacecraft is on its way, gravity does most of the work. The art of spaceflight is not just about thrust. It’s about knowing when not to use it. #GoodLuck #Artemis NASA Artemisshow more