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Which way will the MAGAs swing? Could this become a factor? "A lot of the MAGA crowd, the big influencers, the YouTubers, the podcasters, the blue ticks, are monetizing X. So a lot of them depend on it for reach and actual income. Musk is in quite a powerful position when it comes to them."

⚡️Situation 'tense' as Russian troops try to enter Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian military says. Russian forces continue their efforts to break into Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine's Southern Defense Forces reported. kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-mi...

Big balls showing up at work tomorrow:

are there any doctors on here, is it technically possible to die of popcorn overdose

This is somewhere Musk is genuinely vulnerable – there have been allegations he illegally overstayed a student visa for years (his brother once publicly admitted they did)

The Musk-Trump breakup is not just personal. It has broad potential implications for: -fate of the “Big Beautiful Bill” with Musk actively lobbying against it -damage to Trump’s political support among Musk fans -Musk’s push for (and potential financing of) a third party 1/

六四36周年,做一个螳臂当车的歹徒。 Drawing for the 36th anniversary of Tiananmen Massacre. In 1989 China’s national TV made this comment on tank man 'If our cavalry keeps moving forward, how can this mantis gangster (螳臂当车的歹徒)who is trying to stop us from moving forward be able to survive?'

03.06 #BurkinaFaso JNIM video, notably captured in the attack were an SPG-9 recoilless rifle and a ZPU-2 autocannon.

Ukraine was jubilant on June 1 as news filtered through of a stunning drone attack targeting Russian heavy bombers, that simultaneously targeted four air bases, two of them thousands of miles inside Russia. Here's everything we know — and don't know — about Operation Spiderweb.

Exclusive: NATO to ask Berlin for seven more brigades under new targets, sources say reut.rs/4kCWGrl

Banning scientists receiving public funding from publishing in independent journals. Remember ten minutes or so ago, when conservatives relentlessly insisted they were alarmed by censorship and were champions of free speech?

👀 Moscow region was reportedly attacked by drones. Explosions were heard near Kronstadt company in Dubna, a drone manufacturer, and Elma tech park in Zelenograd, which unites companies working in the fields of micro- and radio electronics, information technology, and robotics.

Ukraine’s president said he believes Moscow wants to launch a new offensive in Sumy as a way to ‘push out’ his troops on the Kursk front.

Vladimir Putin visited the Kursk region for the first time since Russia’s army said it cleared the area of Ukrainian forces. During the visit, he toured the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant with Deputy Presidential Chief of Staff Sergei Kiriyenko. Read more: www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/05/21/p...

Politico — The U.S. is opposed to including “further support” for Ukraine in a G7 statement that is being hashed out by finance ministers in Canada. Washington is also reluctant to describe Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine as “illegal” in the text www.politico.eu/newsletter/b...

REPORTER: You said you believe Putin wants peace, but he just attacked Ukraine yesterday. So what makes you think he wants peace? TRUMP: Well, he's in a war

Russian media reports that Putin will not fly to Istanbul tomorrow and has no current plans to do so. Meanwhile, Russian sources claim a plane is being prepared for Lavrov and Putin's aide Ushakov. Putin’s visit remains unconfirmed, but a decision to proceed could be made at any moment.

Trump: “Maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls…They don’t need 250 pencils, they can have 5.” Also Trump: accepts new Air Force One worth $400M from Qatari royal family.

Following Bellingcat's piece showing videos related to the India-Pakistan conflict have been deepfaked, Grok is now telling people we've fact-checked videos we've not written a single word about.

❗️❗️Russian drones in direction of Kyiv were reported

Russian President Vladimir Putin is proposing holding direct talks with Ukraine in Istanbul on May 15. www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/05/11/p...

President Trump says the US "held a very good meeting today with China, in Switzerland. Many things discussed, much agreed to. A total reset negotiated in a friendly, but constructive, manner."

Twenty-seven foreign leaders are currently in the stands on Red Square for Russia's 80th anniversary Victory Day parade. Read more of our coverage here: www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/05/09/r...

There are snipers all over the rooftops in Moscow during the parade. There have been jokes that Putin is using Xi Jinping as a type of air defense and that's why he's been so eager for Xi to arrive.

New from Bellingcat - How deepfake videos are getting mainstream coverage in the conflict between India and Pakistan www.bellingcat.com/news/rest-of...

SCOOP: Meta bans the largest Muslim news page in India. The company is working hand in hand with the government to censor social media influencers and journalists in the region for 'anti-national content' following the terror attack in Kashmir.

NEW: The Houthis will likely exploit the ceasefire with the United States to reconstitute themselves while continuing to target Israel. Neither US nor Houthi officials have explained the specific terms of this ceasefire. isw.pub/IranUpdate05... More w/ @criticalthreats.bsky.social ⬇️(1/3)

"In Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani Kashmir, damage from the Indian strike was visible at sunrise. Security forces surrounded a small mosque in a hill-side residential neighbourhood which had been hit, with its minaret collapsed." www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

UPDATE: #Houthis - Trump ceasefire • Trump: US will stop bombing • ‘Effective immediately’ • Pentagon to stand down • Hrs after Israeli strikes • CNN: Witkoff talks via Oman • Witkoff getting sworn in: Sharq • Trump asked Rubio ‘to let everybody know’

/1 THREAD (Call it OSint if you want.) How we know where rebels trained in Syria, and how you can too. With a little bit of asking why Assad / Putin didn’t. Or, let me break down this video, it’s five months’ work in 65 seconds. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

Britain and India clinch major trade deal in 'new era' of Trump tariffs reut.rs/3EYLiqx

⚡️Drones target Moscow second night in a row, Russian official claims. Debris from one of the drones reportedly fell on the Kashirskoye Highway, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said. The reported attack comes just days before Russia's Victory Day parade and three-day "truce."

RFK Jr explains why he supports the idea of creating a national autism database

Facebook allegedly detected when teen girls deleted selfies so it could serve them beauty ads

1. Trump says imposing tariffs on nearly every nation on earth is essential to force companies to make investments in the US instead of abroad But since taking office, the Trump Organization has announced new multi-billion $ development deals in the UAE, Qatar, India and Vietnam And NONE in the US

🔴 Massive internet blackout hits Moscow as Russia rehearses its Victory Day air parade. All major mobile networks and messaging apps disrupted amid tight security. united24media.com/latest-news/...

Or to put it another way, overseas students now subsidise the cost of teaching each UK undergraduate by an average of £2,500 each. Take them away and you've got an absolutely existential crisis for universities. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...

A race played out across the globe, from Europe to the Middle East and the U.S., led by Eric Trump & Don Trump Jr. as they pushed new ways to profit off of the Trump name & Trump's status as POTUS. The NYT today investigates this extraordinary drive to cash in. nyti.ms/4iNzTYv

Welcome to Brexitland, US, in which waywardness is described as "strategic uncertainty", restrictions on trade boost performance and self harm is lauded.... Spoiler, it does not end happily www.ft.com/content/342d...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s personal phone number was easily accessible on WhatsApp, Facebook and a fantasy sports site as recently as March, potentially exposing national security secrets to foreign adversaries.

Air Force One en route Rome for the funeral of Pope Francis. Among those on the plane traveling with the president and first lady are: Steven Cheung Susie Wiles Mike Waltz Beau Harrison Hayley Harrison Nick Luna Natalie Harp Dan Scavino Stephen Miller

You can see why Rupert Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks felt paying £10m+ to Prince Harry was cheap to avoid three months of these headlines. Met’s statement shows they couldn’t be less interested in reopening criminal case and money largely shut down media coverage. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...

Authoritarian governments (Turkey) now paying attention to Bluesky. Solid discussion of the nuance of compliance with takedown demands, apps enabling workarounds, and distinctions vs federated networks like Mastodon. techcrunch.com/2025/04/23/g...

New Delhi's foreign ministry has said all Pakistani citizens in India must leave the country by 29 April, in the latest diplomatic measure taken after an attack it blames on Islamabad. "All Pakistani nationals currently in India must leave India before the expiry of visas, as now amended," it said

⚡ President Zelenskyy handed over to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa a list of 400 children abducted by Russia from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. 💬 "I really hope that President Ramaphosa will help us return them."

China's foreign ministry wallops the White House: Q: The U.S. says that China & the U.S. are having talks and about to reach a deal. Can you confirm? Guo Jiakun: None of that is true. China and the U.S. are not having any consultation or negotiation on tariffs. www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/xw/fyrbt...

Iranian press review: Tehran proposes atomic energy partnership with US - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iranian-press-review-tehran-proposes-atomic-energy-partnership-us