Erin Banco on X: "SCOOP: U.S. intelligence indicates that Iran's leadership is still largely intact and is not at risk of imminent collapse after nearly two weeks of relentless U.S. and Israeli bombardment, per sources briefed. w/@JonathanLanday https://t.co/02kwMBgUKG" / X SCOOP: U.S. intelligence indicates that Iran's leadership is still largely intact and is not at risk of imminent collapse after nearly two weeks of relentless U.S. and Israeli bombardment, per sources briefed. w/@JonathanLanday https://t.co/02kwMBgUKG

1/ News that the Iranian regime is proving more resilient than expected highlights its unusual governing structure as a 'polydictatorship'. In many ways, it was designed from the ground up to resist regime change. ⬇️
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Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.

A New York Times video analysis of an ICE agent’s fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis contradicts the Trump administration’s account. Watch our investigation here.

Reading an article titled "Why didn't Brazilian democracy die?" and a key part of the story is a Supreme Court that actually did its job

Google and Meta search both report that Cape Breton Island has its own time zone 12 minutes ahead of mainland Nova Scotia time because they are both drawing that information from a Beaverton article I wrote in 2024

Watch the slow motion: it appears to me that the officers discuss the photographer and reporter before the one on the end fires on them (it looks to me like he's aiming at the camera, not the reporter, but you decide)

Some of y'all can't handle 2 high agency males going at it and it really shows

Bängeri 💫😁

"Bro, I have a brain!" fucking legend.

I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points

Ei Orpo laske rikkaiden veroja siksi että ihmiset tekisivät enemmän töitä. Hän laskee veroja siksi että rikkaat saisivat enemmän rahaa ja että voi leikkaamalla valtion menoja tuhota hyvinvoinvaltion. Työnteon edustäminen on vain tekosyy tai sumuverho.

“History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce.”
— Karl Marx

Listen, Broligarchy is not some cute synonym for oligarchy. It's genuinely different & WAY more dangerous.

I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them.

🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:

Meta Is Blocking Links to Decentralized Instagram Competitor Pixelfed Pixelfed said it is "seeing unprecedented levels of traffic."

Meta is deleting links to Pixelfed, a decentralized, open source Instagram competitor that has had skyrocketing signups in recent days: www.404media.co/meta-is-bloc...

i’m gonna just watch this at least once a day and i recommend everyone do the same

With the collapse of Assad's defense lines in #Aleppo and #Hama, many journalists in the Global North were overtaken by excitement, overlooking who is filling the void - or deliberately trivializing it.

But who is #HTS, the jihadist militia that humiliated Assad?

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