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Charlie Knoles retweeted
As an Australian, this is horrific. These people are openly calling for a second holocaust in my home town.
Would you have protected Jews if you’d been around in WW2?
Because it’s happening again.
Step up and speak out against antisemitism before it’s too late.
A thought experiment:
AGI + UBI arrives and everyone becomes wealthy.
Without ‘work’ to provide a direction to life what do you do?
1) Meaningless hedonism.
2) Activities with intrinsic value. Creativity, knowledge, enlightenment.
we need ubi at a minimum or ai is going to lead to a catastrophic level of death.
we are not prepared for this bumpy mid point before we reach abundance for all.
unless we act, it’s clear that human greed will force the profits of artificial super intelligence to a select few as all jobs are automated.
no one wants this future.
agi in the short term demands ubi and in the long term universal gigantic fucking income will come forth.
Technological progress will make vegans of everyone.
Once we have bio-identical, synthetic animal products watch as mainstream opinion suddenly discovers the ethics of veganism.
It will mirror the mass social rejection of slavery that occurred when we developed mechanical labor for farms and factories.
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Prior to 2022 I never saw a single instance of antisemitism with my own eyes.
Now I see X posts and instagram comments saying variants of “it’s all a Jewish conspiracy” every single day.
Anti Jewish graffiti is everywhere in my town.
What happened?
Charlie Knoles retweeted
GeoConfirmed UKR - Misinformation by President Trump.
While we typically refrain from political commentary, President Donald Trump's recent statement regarding the war in Ukraine is so egregious that we feel compelled to respond.
Several claims made by President Trump have already been debunked. We've included responses from Grok AI for each claim, demonstrating that even Grok refutes the misinformation spread by the president.
In this thread, we will provide geolocated footage as a reminder to everyone that Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, marking the beginning of this war.
1)
The United States has not spent $350 billion on this war, nor has it outspent Europe by $200 billion. In fact, European contributions have surpassed those of the US. Moreover, a significant portion of the American military aid (around 90% !) is spend in the US, reinvesting in the US economy.
statista.com/statistics/1499…
eeas.europa.eu/delegations/u…
ifw-kiel.de/publications/new…
csis.org/analysis/where-miss…
(Grok: xitter.gq/i/grok/share/9grtpN5K2…)
2)
President Zelensky did not claim that half the American money sent to Ukraine is "missing". He stated that half of the promised funds had not been received, which is a crucial distinction.
csis.org/analysis/where-miss…
politifact.com/factchecks/20…
edition.cnn.com/2025/02/19/p…
(Grok: xitter.gq/i/grok/share/x2J4XJgAu…)
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Ukrainian constitution prohibits elections during wartime, a measure designed to protect the democratic process from foreign interference, particularly given Russia's known capabilities in this area...
foreignpolicy.com/2023/07/11…
edition.cnn.com/2024/03/30/e…
united24media.com/war-in-ukr…
(Grok: xitter.gq/i/grok/share/iNgj4reyI…)
4)
President Zelensky is not a dictator, as evidenced by Ukraine's constitutional framework and his commitment to holding elections once hostilities cease. In contrast, it's worth noting that President Putin consistently wins elections in Russia with implausibly high percentages of votes, with opposition that 'falls out of windows", is poisened or jailed, raising questions about the true nature of Russia's electoral process.
europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc…
oscepa.org/en/news-a-media/p…
osce.usmission.gov/on-the-ru…
japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/0…
bbc.com/news/world-europe-68…
(Grok: xitter.gq/i/grok/share/aK1JCZlsa…)
5)
President Zelensky has a approval rate above 50% and not 4%. 4% is Russian disinformation.
edition.cnn.com/2025/02/19/p…
kiis.com.ua/?lang=eng&cat=re…
euronews.com/2025/02/19/zele…
abcnews.go.com/International…
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6)
There was no NATO expansion to the East, as NATO itself cannot expand. Instead, democratic countries independently decide whether they want to become members of the alliance. The process of joining NATO is voluntary and involves multiple steps, including meeting specific requirements and completing a formal application process.
The fact that many of Russia's former neighbors have chosen to seek NATO membership speaks volumes about their perception of Russia and their desire for collective security.
The decision of these nations to pursue NATO membership reflects their sovereign right to determine their own foreign policy and security arrangements. It also indicates a preference for the stability and security guarantees that NATO membership offers, rather than remaining under Russian influence.
Regarding the famous 'promise':
Article 103 of the UN Charter establishes a clear hierarchy in international law. It states that obligations under the UN Charter prevail over obligations under any other international agreement in case of conflict. This supremacy extends beyond just treaties, as it is generally understood to also apply to customary international law.
The hierarchy can be summarized as follows:
1) UN Charter obligations
2) Other treaties and customary international law
3) Non-treaty international texts
4) Political promises or commitments
5) Historical claims
Russia's invasion of Ukraine clearly violates fundamental principles of the UN Charter, including the prohibition on the use of force against the territorial integrity of another state. Any attempts to justify this action based on lower-ranking considerations like political promises or historical claims are legally irrelevant.
euvsdisinfo.eu/report/there-…
nato.int/cps/ra/natohq/11520…
iir.cz/lies-provocations-or-…
(Grok: xitter.gq/i/grok/share/fb5Fnn3Do… and xitter.gq/i/grok/share/NgIPkpYvJ… and xitter.gq/i/grok/share/NgIPkpYvJ…)
8)
Who initiated this nearly three-year-long war? RUSSIA.
As a platform that has analyzed over 50,000 frames/videos related to the conflict, we will remind the president ,with geolocated footage, who started this war: RUSSIA.
Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, despite repeatedly denying any plans for invasion in the preceding days.
xitter.gq/Mike_Pence/status/1892…
edition.cnn.com/2025/02/19/p…
(Grok: xitter.gq/i/grok/share/m1W0ZufMq…)
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24 FEB 2022 - Russian tanks crossing the border from Belarus into Ukraine in Senkivka.
52.106063, 31.780644
4Q4J+C7C Sen'kivka, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine
Sources: xitter.gq/Conflicts/status…
1/11
We have a crisis of meaning that is causing people with normal human reactions, epiphanies, and spiritual experiences to be medicalized and drugged.
Halfway through university I was diagnosed with clinical depression. After a battery of tests and interviews with psychologists I eventually met with the psychiatrist who was to dispense my medication.
Instead he asked me a question that no one had ever asked.
"Why are you depressed?"
So I told him about the meaninglessness of life in an accidental universe where all life was just the product of chance.
"You want me to put you on medication because you're an intellectual?" he said.
Then he said the wildest thing: "My concern is that your depression is part of a process and the drugs will slow it down."
He told me to go home and observe all the thoughts in my mind instead of trying to escape from them. If in three days I still wanted the drugs, to come back and he'd give them to me.
So I went home and spent three days journaling, had three epiphanies about the nature of reality, and the year-long depression immediately lifted.
I wonder about all the kids like me who got the drugs instead.
Charlie Knoles retweeted
My grandad was in the 8th Army. Was at El Alamein, saw the Holy Land, then up through Italy and Monte Cassino... then turned 26 days after the 8th liberated Bergen Belsen. In the late 1970s he got on the jars with dad one night and told him about it. Didn't hold back. 🧵
The wild thing about this clip is that if you subtract the visuals and focus on the words it is exactly what Noam Chomsky described in his book “Manufacturing Consent” in 1988.
RIP to the greatest to ever do it. A true legend.
this tabla x boxing jugalbandi in Monkey man was just pure genius.
Even at 73 years of age he was hitting it out of the park, he lived his artform till his last breath. Rest in peace legend #zakirhussain
Charlie Knoles retweeted
#RIP Ustad Zakir Hussain dies at 73
Perhaps the last of the legends whose name is synonymous with a musical instrument. End of an era.
Prediction:
We’ll see a major attack on a western country as described here within the next 5 years.
The attacks will be augmented with weaponized drones, similar to what’s currently used in Ukraine.
We’re not ready.
CIA Targeter: "We have not had a man walk up to a building with a su!cid3 vest in America."
Sarah Adams outlines the enemy's plan for a 2025 homeland attack. This is information every America should be made aware of.
@sarahadams
Say what you will about Bernie, he's a man of principle. He's not captured by ideology and will work with people he disagrees with in order to accomplish mutual goals. Mad respect.
