A Russian without a flag wins pole dancing championships in Budapest.

Surrounded by 2 Ukrainians.

I don't much care for this sport, it's weird and not pride-inducing but the madness continues.

'Politics is a contact sport' 😁 but only when the US DOES IT

US-run Venezuela judges to 'democratically' elect Machado —
James Story, ex US envoy to Caracas tells Atlantic Council quite openly

'As long as US economy based on oil and coal, it will TEND TO SEEK WARS over oil and coal'

Colombian Prez Petro points to Paris climate change treaty

Shifting to clean energy would make world 'more democratic and peaceful'

It's a nice sentiment but unfortunately flawed — the ROE (return on energy) from coal & oil is generally incomparable to any 'sustainable' energy sources

Palantir is here ‘to scare enemies and on occasion kill them’ — CEO Alex Karp

‘We hope you're in favor of that' — the over-medicated CEO tells his investors

'By controlling Venezuela's oil...we will see rapid change, improvement on the ground’ — US Energy Sec. Wright

If talking out of your ass was an advertised skill set one could easily apply anywhere within a US administration

GET RID OF Kaja Kallas — Slovakia’s Fico

Someone HAD TO SAY IT

Europe does not have its own position on anything — only hostility towards Russia, he went on to say

'We need to take this guy down' — Lindsey Graham eyes up Iran's Ayatollah during Jewish fundraiser

'If we can pull this off ...it'll be the biggest change in Middle East in 1000 years'

What?

Trump says if he doesn't take Greenland, Russia or China will..

Right, ok. Russia IS the Arctic while China has access to the Arctic — largely through partnership with Russia. Cui bono from military adventurism in Greenland?

Ayatollah 'plans to flee to Moscow' is 'intelligence' from Israel, promulgated through The Times & all global media

Article: https://pnqk.me/7w94z2

On this day in 1913 - Stalin became Stalin for the first time

Dzhugashvili wasn't marketable

Ashley St. Clair, Elon Musk's baby mamma (one of) has had her blue checkmark and X premium cancelled -- because she disagreed with platform's AI

Grok had created fake sexualised images of her, and is generally being used to create 'revenge porn' by butthurt ex-partners or other creeps

Without regulation - the platform is currently under threat of being blocked by entire regional blocks : https://pnqk.me/aisrc2

AI-Integrated Social Platforms Flooded With Abuse, Internet Now a Digital Wild West

Engineered for viral content but lacking safeguards, AI tech is highly unregulated, spiraling out of control, & forever changing the social media space.

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WAR sec Hegseth: 'I'm establishing a Barrier Removal SWAT Team under R&E with the authority to WAIVE… anything that SLOWS DOWN the acceleration of AI'

Why the rush?

Hegseth: 'SpaceX and Palantir had to SUE the Department of War just to get a shot at competing for department contracts'

'Arsenal of Freedom' clearly 😅

'We are advancing the 20th sanctions package' — Kallas

'Putin will only take negotiations seriously if we make him'

Who will tell her?

EU: “we are concerned about Iran’s crackdown on protesters.”

Also EU:☝🏻

Netanyahu: 'Israel one of TWO great innovation states in the world'

'It's a POWERHOUSE of technology — high tech, deep tech'

Deep tech?

Is it like deep-state tech that sues entire govt departments?

'There aren't that many ships sailing there' [let alone Russian or Chinese] — NATO Sec Rutte says of Greenland

No problem? Trust NATO to create one

Trump: 'I'm a MORAL person — I'm limited by my morality, I have a very HIGH grade of morality'

Trump says he was affected by everyone who died in Venezuela during the capture of Maduro. 🙈