And I’ve got zero percent on prediction markets ending well for society and global stability

Wild bit of conspiracy trivia: at one point the Birchers accused occultist Blavatsky secretly authoring an infamous Russian nihilist manifesto (spoiler: she wasn’t!)

The TCC spirit has existed for ages too — I remember AOL kiddies praising Kip Kinkel and cybersquatting on Harris and Klebold’s AIM handles — I suspect a kind of youthful misanthropy, which is timeless, plays a role here and animates all sorts of violent crime (including gang killings etc.)

Gallego: "Let's be clear -- the goal of what they're doing right now is to get us into war. They're not gonna be able to stop the drug trade, they're not effectively gonna be going after narcos in this way."

Was the NOTAM scheduled to lapse? Still interesting data points regardless

The ability to have a market pause between Friday and Monday was a key means through which governments could contain financial market crises before things got out of control

Honestly this is part of what has made the internet increasingly boring — at least in the forum era you had rich engagement from autodidacts and enthusiasts, but now it’s mostly engagement farming

Old South Yemen stuff? Do share any bangers

Part of the Suniel Sharma false flag network it seems — none of his registries are legit and he’s lent cover to a hefty portion of the dark fleets

Captain of convenience: how one man left a global trail of false flags Authorities have repeatedly targeted a mysterious figure who set up shipping registries in far-flung countries

@Reuters.com reports a tanker seized near Venezuela was flying a fake Guyana flag — tied to the same fraudulent registry network tracing back to Suniel Kumar Sharma, who we recently exposed in collaboration with @financialtimes.com

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Over a million dollars has been wagered on whether Russia will capture Pokrovsk on Polymarket. There are also bets on Vovchansk.

While Ukrainians are defending their country and dying, some people are trying to profit from it. I have no words. Their "high moral" principles are off the charts.

Opinion: How not to talk about immigration - The Arizona State Press Liberals must argue from a humanist perspective that welcomes immigrants.

It’s sad because like 5 years ago he seemed empathetic but just went pure edgelord/Twitter brained www.statepress.com/article/2019...

Is there a play testing group that’s still open?

Yeah I *think* Cherbourg should be fine but depending how mobile they become some lines of supply could be threatened from the peninsula — they took St. Lo though and are only ramping up in the central theater

Normandy 44 over the weekend at D-Day +7 — my Germans are building a defensive line southwest of Caen as we fortify east of the river, while the Allies grafually recover from a rough airborne landing on the peninsula

Amazingly niche, you love to see it! Can’t make tomorrow but looking forward to this game and future ones

Ah yes now I do remember you from Goldeneye 64

Perfect September afternoon for the Salerno 43 short scenario — managed to pin the Allies near the beaches but lost Salerno

Loved American Abductions by Cárdenas — truly a novel for our era

Any good recs for early medieval era? Really enjoyed A Distant Mirror for context

Wavelength podcast: Tracking the man linked to a ship registry on an uninhabited island Plus, in defence of brokers and where the richest fund is putting its shipping money

“[Suniel] Sharma is the LeBron James of issuing fraudulent flags.”

C4ADS Analyst Alex Kung joined Tradewinds’ Wavelength podcast to unpack the story of Suniel Kumar Sharma — the man at the center of a web of illicit ship registries used to help rogue vessels hide in plain sight.

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Someone is using a hidden AI voice to broadcast what sounds like an anti-NVIDIA tirade outside this DC school

Same! Will have to check it out as well

Thoughts on a blind card draw system for solo with the exception of reaction cards (mixed in face up)? So each side must improvise or burn a reaction card each turn

HHD = Hulk Hogan Dies

Thoughts on if this fits the rumored duel with Farina setup?

Fantastic week in Côte d’Ivoire

Inside the 'Anti-Woke' Literary Scene Growing in L.A. They felt excluded by "millennial moral censorship" — but is their work pushing boundaries, or just pushing buttons?

Write up on that crew that’s still missing some of the more overt race baiting www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Quarterlives Quarterlives [Smith, Cairo, Pegas, Matthew] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Quarterlives

I think ostensibly — but he’s tied in with Matt Pegas (www.amazon.com/Quarterlives... ) and his clique that is associated with Terror House (founded by Holocaust denier Matt Forney)

Isn’t Smith part of the white nationalist-friendly LA lit fascist scene