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Exciting peek into rehearsals for historic event at Élysée! Coldstream Guards & French troops prepping for the first foreign guard change at French presidential residence. Impressive adaptation to French commands and flawless parade execution. Monday's event promises grandeur! 🇬🇧🇫🇷

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🇷🇺 Xi Jinping’s Parade Shows China’s Power and Warns Washington “Judging by the meticulous preparations being carried out by the People’s Liberation Army of China for the parade on September 3, marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, Xi Jinping clearly intends to astonish the world with the might of his armed forces — and in doing so, once again send a message to his main and most principled adversary, Washington: that any kind of military confrontation with China is hopeless. Speculation in the media that Donald Trump might be invited to this event remains groundless, since serious confrontation between China and the United States continues — both economically and militarily. Meanwhile, Xi Jinping has gladly invited the presidents of Russia and Belarus to the celebration, signaling where his priorities lie. A delegation from Iran is also likely to attend — for its own reasons. At the same time as the anniversary events, China will also host a Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, a bloc closely aligned with BRICS — the mere mention of which tends to send Trump into a rage. And Trump's personal ambitions are unlikely to motivate a visit to China during this period anyway. The scale of the parade is enormous — it seems China is determined to demonstrate its military power to the entire world. Preparations began three months before the event. Every last detail is being rehearsed. In comparison, Trump’s military parade in Washington looks like a ridiculous farce. Empires love parades — and so does Xi Jinping. It’s no coincidence that the Western press often compares him to the great unifier of China, the reformer and builder, the first emperor of a unified China: Qin Shi Huang.” — Case for the Kurai (Bashkir flute), Telegram channel

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Why is the national guard handing out coffee and donuts? The ret*rds among the Amerimutt right don't understand why the National Guard of Minnesota are giving out donuts and coffee to the locals in Minneapolis. They're too inexperienced to understand basic COIN principles. You must win over the locals. You have to meet with them, create every opportunity to connect. Make them like you and do it in a genuine, and human way. Once you do that 90% of your operations are basically done. This is how the US gets to stay in extremely dangerous places around the world, and the unit responsible for it is CAPOC. It's manned by extremely charismatic and intelligent officers. Every event and encounter is accounted for, studied and eventually every loss is turned into a win. In Vietnam era terminology it's called winning hearts and minds. The majority of humans, by their core nature, are unwilling to attack a friendly face. Furthermore, when they connect with someone, genuinely, they are unlikely to betray them most of the time. Stack these events and the likelihood of immersion with the locals becomes high. Then you facilitate your strategic objectives, without any interference from the locals, because they're already on your side. What you don't do is a road-side execution, fit for a terror organisation. This doesn't just lose you the locals but creates an environment where people around the world want to actively see you harmed, or lose. Every local you kill has hundreds of friends and potentially thousands of associations. Do this enough times and the entire city will want to hunt you down. So, while the e-right laugh at the competent national guard, they're busy winning, one hot coffee, one donut, one hand shake and one conversation at a time.

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From sofa to stadium in a single leap. From living room to world-class stadium in seconds. Argentina vs Brazil, one magical run, one unstoppable strike, and a celebration heard around the world. Create your World Cup moment with SeaArt, earn free Credits and win an iPhone 17. #SeaArtWorldCup Made with Seedance Credit: SeaArt.Ai🐋 SeaArt Creator Lab Prompt: First-person POV from a comfortable reclining armchair in a cozy modern living room. From the very first frame, a large television mounted on the wall directly ahead is already showing a live Argentina vs Brazil football match in full swing. Soft afternoon sunlight streams through the windows, creating a relaxed match-day atmosphere. The viewer's legs are stretched out comfortably while wearing casual shorts, enjoying the game from a resting position. Authentic British football commentary and crowd noise play naturally from the television. At 0:02, a young woman wearing an appealing lavender-purple casual shorts outfit and a stylish half-French braid hairstyle enters from the right side of frame. She is a neutral football fan, not supporting either team. Drawn into the excitement of the match, she glances at the television, smiles, then accelerates into a sprint across the living room. At 0:04, she runs directly toward the television. The camera remains first-person and perfectly stable. At 0:05, she leaps into the TV screen in one continuous motion. No cuts, no scene jumps, no transitions breaking continuity. As she reaches the screen, the living room seamlessly dissolves away and transforms into a massive international football stadium hosting Argentina vs Brazil. Television audio smoothly expands into a deafening live stadium atmosphere. The transformation happens organically around the camera while preserving one uninterrupted shot. At 0:06, she lands smoothly on the pitch, still wearing the exact same lavender outfit and half-French braid. A single football rolls naturally toward her. IMPORTANT: Only one football exists throughout the entire video. The football must maintain perfect object permanence. The same ball remains continuously visible and physically consistent from first touch to goal. No duplication, replacement, morphing, teleportation, flickering, frame-to-frame jumps, texture changes, scaling changes, disappearing ball, floating ball, or AI artefacts. Realistic football physics only. At 0:07, she controls the football with a clean first touch. At 0:08–0:11, she dribbles continuously between Argentina and Brazil players. Every touch follows realistic momentum, spacing, and foot-to-ball contact. Defenders react naturally. No clipping, collision errors, or unnatural movements. At 0:11, she approaches the edge of the penalty area. At 0:12, she unleashes a powerful strike using the same football. The camera clearly tracks the football's entire flight path from her foot to the goal in one uninterrupted motion. Realistic spin, realistic speed, realistic trajectory. At 0:13, the football smashes into the top corner of the net. The net deforms naturally and ripples realistically. The crowd explodes with excitement. Authentic British football commentator shouts: "What a strike! Absolutely sensational!" At 0:14, she turns and sprints toward the corner flag as the camera follows closely. For the final second, she leaps high into the air and performs the iconic Siuuu celebration, rotating and landing with feet apart and arms extended downward while facing the roaring crowd. Her half-French braid swings dramatically behind her. Stadium lights illuminate the scene as thousands of fans celebrate. One continuous unbroken shot, no cuts, no scene resets, seamless living-room-to-stadium transformation, cinematic football commercial quality, authentic British football commentary, realistic player movement, physically accurate football physics, strict ball continuity, stable camera motion, premium sports broadcast visuals, dramatic stadium atmosphere, crowd chants, sprinting footsteps, grass impact sounds, powerful strike, realistic net ripple, ultra-realistic visuals, 15-second duration, 16:9 horizontal format, no logos, no text overlays, no subtitles, no watermark, no flickering objects, no AI artefacts, no visual glitches.

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Yes it's stressful, it reminds me of trying to keep Words With Friends online during that first insane year, but it's EXACTLY what we were hoping for (NEED) to turn this into the polished, top-notch game and streaming experience we are on a mission to deliver. I truly can't thank y'all enough, and hope to see you again when we run it all back again next week 🥹 - The stream itself stayed up and was mostly stable! Phew 😅. For context, ThousandsTV is not a twitch wrapper, it's a web3-native streaming tech stack built we built specifically to connect game, web/mobile, and blockchain together all at the same time. There are a LOT of moving pieces going on behind the scenes. - We brought viewers INTO THE GAME! 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