Seems like the DHS want to establish its own air transport company for deporting "illegals."

No just a government fleet, but a "company" - i.e. contractors.

Lets break this development down below👇👇👇
1/20

1. DHS is a taxpayer money pit where our dollars go to be spent frivolously. This latest announcement indicates an existing contractor, looking for ways to profit futher, suggested the creation of a contracted DHS airline for shuttling detainees. LIkely very lucrative. 2/20

2. DHS is experiencing increasing pushback for its domestic expansion, finding it difficult to find new holding locations. Recently, they have started divesting property (bought at inflated prices) that was slated for detention facilities. This indicates they reached a point 3/20

🚨Can bipolar membrane electrodialysis (BMED) make #OAE commercially viable?

New study evaluates techno-economics of producing alkalinity from desalination brine & finds that commercial success depends far more on C markets & financing than on incremental tech improvements🧵1/11

2/ OAE works by increasing the ocean's alkalinity, allowing seawater to absorb and store more atmospheric CO₂ while helping counter ocean acidification.

3/ So, the proposed BMED system converts desalination brine into ~1,993 t/yr of NaOH for OAE while simultaneously producing ~1,768 t/yr of HCl as a marketable by-product.

The plant was modelled to remove ~878 tCO₂ annually, creating two potential revenue streams.

1/ Is Alexey Melnichenko's interview in The Economist a worthwhile vision of Russia's future, or a sneaky British provocation? Opinion among Russian commentators is divided, with some praising the oligarch's views and others looking for a hidden agenda. ⬇️

2/ (For part 1 of this thread, see the link below.)

https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/2075611738460803315

3/ 'Intelligence Diary' comments that Melnichenko was approaching the question of Russia's future from a rather different perspective, but had come to the same conclusions as the author:

🚨EXCLUSIVE: “Teen brawl” along Florida’s scenic 30A. Hardly any MSM coverage. (One short article by local agency was written.) That’s why I’m here. 👇 🧵

(Footage may be disturbing for some viewers)

After reviewing the Walton County Sheriff’s Office arrest affidavit and speaking with an anonymous source who has direct knowledge of the incident, I have determined that there are a lot of questions surrounding what happened that night that have not been answered, and one big question is why, so far, only one person has been arrested.

According to the arrest affidavit, deputies responded on the night of July 2 to reports of a physical disturbance near East County Highway 30A and East Ruskin Street. When they arrived, they found Kanyon Lee Williams unconscious in the roadway with severe facial injuries. Investigators documented extensive swelling to his face, multiple lacerations, loose teeth, fractures to his nose and a hematoma to the back of his head. Additional injuries to his shoulder and jaw were still unknown at the time because of the severity of the swelling.

The affidavit states the confrontation began after an unidentified individual attempted to snatch Williams’ necklace, triggering a fight involving approximately ten juveniles. Investigators allege Williams was eventually able to escape the initial altercation before 18-year-old Bryson Adam Rodgers of Wylie, Texas allegedly chased him down and struck him in the back of the head, knocking him unconscious into the roadway.

According to investigators, witness videos show Rodgers standing over Williams after he was incapacitated while yelling, “I knocked your ass out,” followed by, “Wake up b****, I knocked your s*** out.” Based on witness statements, video evidence and the deputy’s investigation, Rodgers was arrested and charged with felony battery.

🚨However, according to an anonymous source whose family was DIRECTLY involved in the incident and who requested anonymity to protect their son’s identity, the publicly released information tells only part of the story.🚨

The source told me several teenagers from Texas were vacationing in Seaside when they encountered what they described as a group of mostly African American teenagers confronting a Hispanic teenager. According to the source, Williams stepped in to stop the confrontation rather than participate in it. The source said Kanyon REPEATEDLY told the group he did not want to fight and attempted to walk away multiple times, but they continued coming after him anyway. It was only after someone ripped the chain from around his neck that the situation escalated into a physical altercation.

The source alleges the situation escalated rapidly into a much larger fight involving between 20 and 30 people. According to the source, their own son entered the fight only after seeing Williams being overwhelmed and attempted to help him escape. The source described multiple individuals swarming the teenagers, striking and kicking them while they tried to defend themselves. By the time the fighting stopped, Williams was lying unconscious and bleeding in the roadway.

I have not been able to independently verify every aspect of the source’s account because portions of the investigative file have not been released while the investigation remains active. However, several portions of the source’s account are consistent with the arrest affidavit, including that someone attempted to take Williams’ necklace, that Williams briefly escaped the initial fight, and that investigators allege Rodgers chased him before striking him from behind.

🚨 One of the biggest questions that remains is why only one arrest has been made. 🚨 READ PART TWO IN THREAD 👇

The anonymous source told me Williams’ family was informed that multiple individuals were initially detained, but that only Rodgers ultimately remained under arrest. The Walton County Sheriff’s Office has not publicly stated whether additional arrests are expected or whether other suspects remain under investigation.

The arrest affidavit itself states investigators relied on multiple witness videos in establishing probable cause. The source provided me the exclusive footage seen here, that they believe provides greater context regarding how the confrontation unfolded and the number of people involved. Because the investigation remains ongoing, much of the evidence has not yet been released publicly.

As with any active criminal investigation, additional evidence may emerge in the weeks ahead. For now, the official record documents one arrest and one defendant charged with felony battery. Whether additional arrests will follow remains unknown. I will continue following this case as more information becomes available.

Dear @WCSOFL you have time to delete this. Maybe….

1/ An interview with Russian oligarch Alexey Melnichenko in The Economist is prompting strong interest among Russian commentators. Some see it as a valuable insight into elite thinking about Russia's future; others see it as a Western provocation. ⬇️

https://x.com/TheEconomist/status/2075185736324637154

2/ Melnichenko sees five possible scenarios ahead for Russia:

– a "humiliated" Russia on the periphery of the West, which would turn to aggressive revanchism in the style of Weimar Germany;
– Russia falling into China's orbit and becoming a de facto satellite state of China;

3/ – a disintegrating Russia with struggles between regional leaders for resources and territory, and uncertain control over the nuclear arsenal;
– a "fortress Russia", closed to the outside world and in a permanently mobilised state of emergency;

Can LLMs predict the next World Cup champion?

Goodfire partnered with @EternisAI to improve how LLM forecasters use available evidence and manage uncertainty.

We found models were overconfident in their predictions – but probes significantly improved calibration. (1/6)

A good forecaster should be calibrated: e.g., outcomes it predicts with 80% confidence happen 80% of the time. In our tests, Eternis-Forecaster was better calibrated than much larger models.

But training probes on model internals let us improve calibration even more! (2/6)

These probes also double as “lie detectors” for reasoning faithfulness.

We swapped real news sources with fabricated ones, watching both the forecast and the probe. This often changed the forecast without the CoT acknowledging it – but the probe still tracked the shift. (3/6)

In 1952, an abandoned shrine was found in the Wakayama prefecture of Japan. This temple, known as Rabu Shrine (羅父神宮), had signs of occupation as late as the 1920s. These documents, including postcards and manuscripts by the priest Sōkū (桑空), were recovered at the site:

“O Spirits, why must you test our faith? The Child Shinchū has absorbed one more of us, yet she will not grow into a God. Elder priest Tōji says we must keep waiting. That the Child still hungers. And yet, nineteen people has she taken into itself and her shell will not harden.”

“The old faithful of the shrine still recall Her elder siblings. How a single soul would suffice, how they would become beautiful Gods. Yet the Child refuses ascension, and we dwindle. Her Father does not guide us. He is blind in his old age. I fear his spirit readies to depart.”

Mark Minervini averaged 220 percent a year for five years straight.

A 33,500 percent total return, with only one losing quarter in the entire run.

He turns down more setups than he takes.

And he ignores almost every stock that excites everyone else.

Here is the one thing he waits for before he ever buys ↓

An Italian group took stomach lining biopsies from people with Long COVID and counted the nerve fibers in them. Under endoscopy the mucosa looked normal. Under a fluorescence microscope, roughly half the fibers were gone.🧵

https://twitter.com/atranscendedman/status/2075568377502761388

12 patients with symptoms lasting more than 12 weeks, 8 controls no prior infection who were having a gastroscopy anyway. Biopsies from the fundus and antrum, taken 21 weeks after a negative swab. A blinded operator.

Two stains. PGP 9.5 marks all nerve fibers. VIP marks a subset of autonomic fibers that the authors treat as cholinergic. Software then reconstructs the nerves in 3D and computes fiber length per volume of tissue.

NⓐUGHTY DOCTOR - S2 - PART-6: (Story thread🧵)👇

{RECAP: Doc Sam Anil & Fareed tho thanaki jarigina experience antha Leela ki phone call lo cheppesindhi. Leela ki warn chesthe, Leela mathram thaggedhele annattuga attitude tho call cut chesindhi. Next day Anil ni hospital lo meet ayi, convince chesi thana cabin varaku tiskellindhi}

(1/23)

https://x.com/NaughtySirisha/status/2072340837355471180

(Anil ni akkadunna chair lo kurchopetti, door vesi, table mundhu thana chair lo legs cross chesi kurchundi)
Leela: Ippudu cheppu Mr. Anil. Jarigindhi motham cheppesey. Nenemi ninnu judge cheyyanu. Niku help cheyatanike nenu ikkada unna. Trust me

Anil: Adhi.. adhi.. Sam madam ee vishayam evariki cheppodhu ani cheppindi doctor

(2/23)

L: ("Asalu cheppakudani vaadike anthaa cheppesi, intha penta petti, ippudu na deggara cheppakudadhu antunnava?" ani anukuntu, table paina vanukuthu unna Anil hand paina chey vesi) Relax Anil. Doctors tho anni share cheskovachu. Mi Sam madam kuda idhe mata cheppi untaru nitho..

(3/23)

Who is Muhammad Junaid?

1. Here are some shocking and unknown details about him.

He is not a secular person, as the CJP protest painting portrays him.

2. Muhammad Junaid wants to rebuild the illegal Babri Masjid in place of the Ram Mandir.

3. According to him, Haniyeh, the leader of the terrorist outfit Hamas, was a freedom fighter.

The Selection: Who Was Allowed to Live in Israel (1/2)

[Image: Cover of the book "Ha'selektzia: Selection and Discrimination in the Immigration and Absorption of Moroccan and North African Jewry, 1948–1956," by Chaim Malka]

The Selection

Before Morocco's immigrants had even arrived in Israel, someone had already decided which of them deserved to come in.

The regulations, in black and white

In November 1951, David Ben-Gurion, through the "Coordinating Body" — the agency that centralized immigration policy — set an explicit selection policy. From Eastern Europe: accept everyone, including the elderly, the sick, even people with criminal records. From Morocco: no elderly, no sick.

This wasn't a hidden policy that only comes to light through hints. It was an official decision, documented in the minutes, in the Central Zionist Archives.

What this meant in practice, for one family

Imagine a family in Morocco wanting to immigrate together. If the grandfather was blind, or the mother chronically ill, or a child had turned 40 — because anyone past 36 was already classified as "elderly" — the family faced an impossible choice: leave them behind, in an Arab country no longer safe for Jews, or give up the chance to immigrate at all.

Yehuda Berginsky, head of the Jewish Agency's absorption department, himself described a meeting with a woman who had given up three of her children to immigrate, while she herself remained behind, disqualified by the selection.

"Necessary discrimination"

Ben-Gurion himself didn't deny it. He admitted, in words recorded in the minutes: there was discrimination — and it was discrimination he considered necessary.

It wasn't "the same thing in two places"

It's worth being precise here: this wasn't a uniform policy applied equally to all immigrants. Eastern European immigrants received immediate, quality housing — sometimes at the expense of North African families who had already been waiting for years in the same transit camps for the same right. The health-and-age-based selection was directed at Morocco and North Africa specifically, while Europe simultaneously received preferential treatment in the opposite direction.

What remains of it

Entire families were permanently split apart. Those left behind — in a country that no longer wanted them, without the family members who could have cared for them — often vanished from the historical record entirely. There's no official count of how many elderly, sick, and blind people were left behind. There are only the families who remember.

What Happened to Those Who Did Get In — Wadi Salib, 1959 (2/2)

The selection didn't end when the plane landed. It simply continued in a different form.

An Arab neighborhood, then a Mizrahi slum

Wadi Salib was originally an Arab neighborhood in Haifa, abandoned by its residents during the 1948 war. The government initially housed Holocaust survivors and other immigrants in the empty buildings — but over the course of 1948–1959, most of the veteran residents left, and North African immigrants increasingly concentrated there instead, in the same buildings, in the same poverty.

A café brawl, and what it exposed

On July 8, 1959, police were called to a café in the Wadi over an altercation involving Akiva Yaakov Elkarif, a Moroccan-born resident. A policeman shot him. He was wounded — not killed — but the rumor that spread through the street said he had died. Within hours, the crowd was already in the streets.

A leader born in prison

David Ben-Harush, a local young man, became the leading figure of the protest. The platform he drafted while sitting in jail didn't demand revenge — it demanded basic things: freedom of the press, an end to discrimination and neglect, free high school education for every capable child. When the commission set up to investigate the events asked him to prove his claims of neglect, he didn't get tangled in theory — he simply demanded they check one thing: what a Moroccan immigrant received compared to what a European immigrant received. Who lived in an apartment, and who in a shack.

The people behind the uprising

The committee itself, "Union of North African Immigrants," was not the organized, dangerous body it was portrayed as in the press — it was in fact a small neighborhood committee, sustained by tiny donations from residents, born out of frustration with an official Moroccan leadership seen as having sold out to the ruling Mapai party in exchange for jobs.

One moment illustrates exactly what the uprising was not: at one demonstration, a group of young men raised a photograph of Morocco's king and shouted that they were his sons, not Ben-Gurion's. The committee members themselves tore up the photograph on the spot, and made clear they were demanding their rights as citizens of Israel — not a revolt against Israeli citizenship, but a demand that it be fully honored.

Behind the headlines stood specific people. Shlomo Ben-Khalifa, who carried the flag at the demonstrations, was a discharged soldier, married to a native-born Israeli, father of three, who had been forced to sell the only table in his home just to get by, and was arrested the day after his wedding. Yaakov Amzalak, a dockworker supporting a family of four children on a meager wage, bore scars on his body from a previous suicide attempt. One committee member described simply what they were asking for: not housing, not jobs — fair treatment.

The officials didn't see it the way Ben-Harush did

The official responses reveal a great deal. Finance Minister Levi Eshkol suggested the stone-throwing might simply be "customary practice" in the protesters' country of origin. Police Minister Bechor Shitrit described them as people "known to be involved in crime and prostitution." Labor Minister Mordechai Namir accused Menachem Begin of stoking the unrest. Ben-Gurion himself later claimed political actors had exploited the event for political gain. In other words, the official response wasn't "let's understand why this happened" — it was "who stirred this up" and "what's wrong with them."

A commission of inquiry, of all people, by a Sephardic rabbi, that cleared the establishment

The government established a commission of inquiry headed by Rabbi Yitzhak Nissim, the Rishon LeTzion, with members including Rabbi Y. Abuhatzeira. The commission documented the feelings of neglect the immigrants described, but ultimately cleared the police and Mapai of any real responsibility. Ben-Harush himself ran for Knesset from prison, falling short by only 1,200 votes.

What the state did afterward

In the early 1960s, following the uprising, the state deliberately dispersed Wadi Salib's residents to peripheral housing projects. This wasn't merely "improving housing conditions" — it was, as researchers describe it, a move that effectively erased the Mizrahi presence from the center of Haifa.

What remains sealed to this day

[Image: "60 Years Since the Wadi Salib Events — What Does the Shin Bet Have to Hide?" — Photo: Dana279, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0]

In 2019, Dr. Shai Hazkani petitioned Israel's Supreme Court, demanding the Shin Bet security service release archival material on its surveillance of Mizrahi protest leaders and its suppression of the Wadi Salib uprising itself. The Shin Bet refused, citing state security — even as the service's own internal "heritage department" had already acknowledged, in general terms, its involvement — without allowing researchers to examine the actual documents.

The line continues

Wadi Salib didn't solve anything — but it was the first spark. The line from it runs straight: Wadi Salib 1959 → the Black Panthers 1971 → the "upheaval" of 1977. In 2019, exactly sixty years after the shooting of Elkarif, police shot and killed Solomon Teka, an Ethiopian-Israeli protester, and many commentators noted the precise similarity between the two events, sixty years apart. The same pattern. Different voices.

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