“We leave here. And we leave here with a... very simple proposal. A method of understanding, that is our final and best offer. We see if the Iranians accept it.” My understanding of the final words of JD Vance is that he has not declared the negotiations a failure. He did say that the Iranians are not ready to accept U.S. terms, and that an agreement could not be reached. However, in his concluding remarks, he still appears to be expecting something from the Iranian side. Iranian officials are expected to present their own perspective on the talks in a few hours. Let’s see how the situation develops from here. A continuation of the war would be the most devastating outcome for the region. Watch. Listen closely. .show more

With much appreciation for President Donald J. Trump, there... are no options for nearly 90% of the Iranian people inside Iran but Pahlavi. It is time to recognize the WILL of the people. We told the him weeks ago that this regime and its affiliate are crazy and that they won’t give up power until completely eliminated. We were right. We said not to trust the Kurd militia with starlink equipment and firearms and they won’t reach the people. We were right. We said that he negotiating with his regime is futile and that reaching an agreement with these demonic creatures is impossible. We were right. NOW we’re letting him that he should take out all the remaining officials if he wants to see any peace in the region and that the Iranians will not settle for anyone but HH Pahlavi because he is the only person that they trust and listen to and he’s the only person that will ensure a smooth transitional period and can bring peace. The Iranian people do not accept anyone that is associated with the regime in any shape or form. Marco Rubioshow more

We ran quickly from the intensity of the bombing... to the stairwell because it is considered safer. We are living in a genocide that has not stopped for two years. The situation is difficult here. I am afraid for my family and myself. If you’re scrolling, PLEASE leave a dot . it's just a dot.show more

Spoke to a few NFL refs this morning and... a couple that are retired: 1) “The official on the left hash behind the Offense would be responsible for calling a hold if he sees one, from that view, not a hold” 2) “If the blocker is strong enough to keep a defender directly in front of him, and blocker gives up, that is not going to be called.” 3) “Not a hold if he keeps his feet in good position which is another thing we look at.”show more

This is an incredibly beautiful and inspiring scene from... the Iranian revolution. Iranians are facing the darkest times in a very long time but we are determined and will not give up. Be their voice.show more

Happiness often has a reason. Something happens, something changes,... something goes our way. Joy is different. It does not depend on circumstances. It is the simple celebration of being alive. In Awakening in the Final Chapter, Deepak reflects on this deeper experience of joy, what the Vedic tradition calls Ananda, an intrinsic quality of consciousness that does not depend on getting what we want. When we stop looking outside ourselves for a reason to be happy, we can become more present to the joy of simply being here. Preorder Awakening in the Final Chapter here: #mindfulness #consciousness #wellbeing #joy #presenceshow more

🚨🔴⚪️ BREAKING: Atlético Madrid manager Diego Simeone says Julián... Álvarez will not leave for Barcelona this summer. 🗣️ “My position is clear, and I know the club’s is too. We do not want Julián to leave for Barcelona. We have made that known to the player, his representatives and everyone involved. I have no doubt Atlético Madrid is the right place for Julián, and he is the perfect centre-forward for us. We want to keep him as one of the most important players in this project. Barcelona is not a destination we are considering. We do not want to sell him to them, and unless something changes dramatically, he will remain an Atlético Madrid player. But if one club could make us understand Julián wanting a new challenge, it is Arsenal. They are a top club, one of the biggest in Europe, building something special, competing for the biggest trophies with a fantastic manager and great squad. If he ever wanted a new challenge, Arsenal is a club we would understand. The situation is simple: Julián can stay at Atlético Madrid, where we want him, or if the right opportunity comes and he decides to leave, Arsenal is the only club that could change the situation. Barcelona? No.”show more

❗️❗️ We are only a few hours away from... the announcement of an agreement between Iran and the United States. 🇺🇸🇮🇷 the United States and Iran have agreed on a peace proposal that has been approved by top negotiators, including Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and US Vice President JD Vance. ▪️ both sides will announce the final adoption of a peace agreement on Sunday afternoon, which includes the cessation of all military operations on every front. 🇵🇰 A Pakistani official involved in the talks told Reuters that the interim agreement, which is in its final phase, is “quite comprehensive for ending the war.” Video is generated by grok AIshow more

This is not what we Ukrainians would want to... see from our windows in winter. It would be better if the voices and laughter of children making snowmen or playing snowballs echoed from the courtyards of residential areas. One could step out onto the balcony and watch that very scene while sipping a warm tea or coffee, rather than the sights we see now. You cannot distract yourself from thoughts of the war for long; it continues, and everything around us tries to remind us of that. Over the years, the brain tries to pretend it has adapted to everything happening around it - to what the ears hear and the eyes see, to the various situations that occur here every day. But sanity is always on guard, and an inner voice says without words: this is not a normal life for a human being; if only everything could return to the way it was before. But is it even possible to return to the life we had, carrying such an experience on our shoulders? … Now, in the "points of warmth," you can see beds. You might ask: are these for overnight stays? The beds are intended for people who need assistance in the event of an emergency or for medical reasons, as well as for temporary rest if a person is in need of it… but people are still forced to return to their apartments.show more

🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 Tomorrow JD Vance could become the most senior... American official to meet Iranian leadership since 1977... The last time a top U.S. official sat across from an Iranian leader, Jimmy Carter was visiting the Shah on New Year's Eve. Vance wasn't born yet. 47 years of hostage crises, proxy wars, and "Death to America" chants stand between then and Saturday morning in Islamabad. Obama tried to arrange a handshake at the UN. Iran's hardliners killed it. Trump tried in France in 2019. Same result. Kerry met Iran's FM for the nuclear deal but that was lower-level. A sitting Vice President meeting Iran's top officials in person would be genuinely unprecedented in the history of the Islamic Republic. The stakes for Vance personally are enormous. He opposed this war from the start. He told Trump to his face it was "a bad idea" in the final Situation Room meeting. He was the one Iran specifically requested as a negotiating partner. Now he walks into a room in Islamabad carrying the weight of 2,000+ dead Iranian civilians, 13 dead Americans, and a fractured conservative base watching his every move. If he lands a deal that gives the U.S. a credible exit, he carries that achievement all the way to 2028. If talks collapse and the war restarts, the man who said "don't do this" becomes the face of failing to fix it. To his credit, being right about the war before it started is the best possible foundation for negotiating its end. Source: WSJ JD Vanceshow more

I think a big mistake is believing that if... something is here, we should be able to see it. Right? The lights in the sky and the pilots or the gods or whatever they are? I think we assume out of arrogance and ego. An insect can crawl across your hand and never understand that you are a whole entire being. It only experiences pressure, heat, vibration, and movement. A fingertip appears. A shadow passes. The insect never sees the body attached to it. The insect does not have access to the full image. Ever. I think our situation may be exactly the same. Whatever people call the phenomenon, nonhuman intelligence, gods, or something else entirely, may be present in full while we only register a portion of it. We notice effects, not the actual being. Changes in perception. Anomalies. We expect a face when all we are capable of sensing is the fingertip. Let me explain. Reports are always partial and strange. Lights, shapes, impressions, symbols, missing time, pressure, fear, calm. None of it ever shows us a full being, or the real craft; because our senses are not built to assemble it. Just like the ant cannot assemble a human from a few sensations. Now that doesn't mean what we are seeing is fake. It means the insect’s world is smaller than the thing interacting with it. I get sick of people saying there is no there there, I think they are making the same mistake the insect would make. Our reality is likely a thin slice of what actually exists. We move through a world full of forces and intelligences that exceed our resolution. We are not seeing nothing. We are seeing effects. And effects are often the only honest proof a limited observer ever gets.show more

Short explanation for the 70 IQs: Stand your ground... laws do not authorize deadly force. The response must still be reasonable and proportionate to an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury. A shove is not deadly force. A knife to the heart is. The jury delivered a verdict in roughly 3 hours because any person capable of basic reasoning (not a retard) could see this was escalation, not self-defense. His “community” is now spinning fantasies and rewriting facts because they simply refuse to accept that he must be held accountable for what he did. Fortunately, despite its many flaws, this country still requires accountability. We are not a barbaric society of savages. Not yet.show more

Hage loved soccer and the #DrHageGGeingob Cup had his... heart. He also adored Amos Shiyuka, whose brainchild this is. As we were driving home from the 2023 Cup, the radio announcer said it would be the final instalment and Hage was quick to say, “it’s not true.” I am glad that he was right. Today, we go to the final edition of the Cup with heavy hearts that he is not here but happy that it is happening. Thank you Amos for honouring Hage while he was with us and your continued love and support towards Hage’s legacy.show more

World Models are the path for some AI Models... in the future. But how can we efficiently train these models to not only see the world the way humans do but to see the world in a new and unique way. By visualizing, what is normally sequenced audio patterns, we can derive much more insights. Here we see Paganini in a visual form that can than be described and transcribed into a World Model. We can observe connections in a manner that may not have been clear prior to the digitalization of music and sound in this way. The company with the most valuable potential in building a World Model is Tesla. Not that this type of visualization is being used, but that the mechanisms are in place, and the technology is in place for the company to thrive in this new form of AI.show more

Trump: We are ahead of our initial timeline by... a lot. I would say that we probably would not have thought, after a month, we would be here. In addition to the fact that we have taken out the leadership twice, maybe three timesshow more

Americans are not ready to watch sons and daughters... hunted by FPV drones. Some may not like this post, and that’s OK. Some may see this as being a “panican,” and that is also OK. My tolerance for American blood being spilled is very, very low. But this needs to be said: If you have paid any attention to the war in Ukraine, you will know how drone warfare has escalated. You will have an understanding of the sophistication of the Ukrainians and Russians in their pursuit of hunting and killing each other with human-guided robots strapped with explosives. We know Russia and Iran share military ties; hell, the most common form of long-range standoff munition used to target Ukrainian infrastructure is an Iranian-designed Shahed drone. Now, are the Iranians as sophisticated as the Russians? No. But will a ground action result in grainy videos of Americans being hit by FPV drones? Almost certainly. Could the deployment of ground forces to the Gulf be a feint? Sure, it could be, but this point extends beyond Iran. The U.S. needs to be ready to counter the drone menace. I won’t pretend to know the inner machinations of the Joint Chiefs, the White House, or President Trump, but with the destruction of an E-3 Sentry on the runway, it has become absolutely clear the U.S. armed forces have not scaled their ability to handle drones. I don’t know what the answer here is, but I haven’t seen this point brought up at the frequency it deserves. It needs to be said. We are not ready for footage of American soldiers and Marines cowering in their last moments, set to some upbeat pop song or some cleric screaming praises to Allah.show more

[ ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE RORIIPUPPER ARKNIGHTS X PERSONA 3... R COLLAB GLOBAL GIVEAWAY ] Scarf and I are months ahead of schedule, but that's because we want the event to be special and fun. Here is a preview of a prototype of the site that we will be using for the Arknights x Persona3R giveaway that we are going to hold. The instructions for how to join the giveaway are not final and may be changed later as we may add more things to give away and better requirements to prevent cheaters as much as we can. Here is also a preview of the raffle/roulette animation that will decide the winners for the giveaway. I know we're six months early, however we're just so hyped and we have a lot of ideas art and animation wise for it. For now, this is what we can show y'all.show more

Bobby Marks: "There's a lot of teams that I've... talked to that have their hand up ready to submit a proposal to the NBA to try to fix this whether it'd be rewarding teams in the standings with wins and not incentivizing teams to lose. This is gonna be an overhaul of the system not just something minor here"show more