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Mar 22
๐Ÿ”ฅ While Trump begs for help, Ukraine is crushing Russia.

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๐Ÿ”ฅ Massive overnight drone swarm hammers Russia: Saratov refinery, Engels, blackouts, Togliattiazot chemical plant in Samara.

Saratov Refineryโ€”produces gasoline, diesel, fuel oil for Russia's war machine. 2023 refining: 4.8M tons. Secondary units & RVS-10000 tank damaged.

2/12
๐Ÿ”ฅ SBU delivers precise strike on secret "Rubicon" drone technology center, occupied Donetsk

This high-priority ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ facility serves as a core hub for developing and testing advanced UAV systems. The attack damages critical infrastructure, laboratories, & stored prototypes.

3/12
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Mar 22
๐Ÿงต THREAD: Democrats TEACH voter identification and election integrity ... just not in America

The Democratic Party has an international arm called the National Democratic Institute (NDI). It's funded by $181M/year in US tax dollars. Its board includes Stacey Abrams, Donna Brazile, and Tom Daschle.

But in regards to today's SAVE America Act debate... did you know that the NDI has taught and supervised election processes all over the world?

For 40 years, NDI has told every developing country on earth that voter ID is essential for election integrity. They've recommended biometric systems... yes, that's right, NDI recommended biometric systems, which goes way beyond SAVE America Act! They praised fingerprint verification. Tracked ID card issuance rates.

Meanwhile, Democrats call the SAVE Act "Jim Crow 2.0."

Same party. Same people. Opposite positions.

As always, patience as I pull together the thread ๐Ÿ‘‡Image
NDI's own 2001 guide emphasizes the importance of only citizens voting. It further says voter ID cards "introduce an additional safeguard into the system" and describes photo ID and fingerprints as standard election infrastructure. Image
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In one of their PDFs, the complaint in Nicaragua wasn't that voter ID existed. It was that the government wasn't issuing ID cards FAST ENOUGH. They even called the issuance of temporary IDs as ignoring "the far more fundamental problem." Image
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Mar 22
@yashar @Shayan86 1).
โ€žDisgustingโ€ and โ€žsick human beingโ€ in Orange Makeup, @POTUS @realDonaldTrump, rejoices over the death of former @FBI director Robert Mueller โ€žwho led Trump-Russia investigationโ€

March 21, 2026

@CNN edition.cnn.com/2026/03/21/polโ€ฆ

@BBCBreaking bbc.com/news/articles/โ€ฆ
@yashar @Shayan86 @POTUS @realDonaldTrump @FBI @CNN @BBCBreaking 2).
@GuardianUS theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mโ€ฆ

๐•ฟ๐–๐–Š ๐•น๐–Š๐–œ ๐–„๐–”๐–—๐– ๐•ฟ๐–Ž๐–’๐–Š๐–˜ (@nytimes) archive.is/20260321173546โ€ฆ

๐•ฟ๐–๐–Š ๐–‚๐–†๐–˜๐–๐–Ž๐–“๐–Œ๐–™๐–”๐–“ ๐•ป๐–”๐–˜๐–™ (@washingtonpost) washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/โ€ฆ
@yashar @Shayan86 @POTUS @realDonaldTrump @FBI @CNN @BBCBreaking @GuardianUS @nytimes @washingtonpost 3).
@FortuneMagazine fortune.com/2026/03/21/forโ€ฆ

@NBCNews nbcnews.com/politics/politโ€ฆ

@TheAdvocateMag advocate.com/politics/natioโ€ฆ
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Mar 22
@IamToddBentley @Shirinsmit A human life has two phases, the finite phase and the infinite phase. The finite phase is an introduction to moral existence, where humans are introduced to the problem of good and evil.
@IamToddBentley @Shirinsmit The finite phase is therefore a moral formation phase. Here is where moral education, moral training, moral testing and moral proving happens. Death is where moral sorting/moral separation and moral graduation happens. The parable of the weeds and parable of the net.
@IamToddBentley @Shirinsmit The finite phase is therefore a moral formation phase. Here is where moral education, moral training, moral testing and moral proving happens. Death is where moral sorting/moral separation and moral graduation happens.
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Mar 21
@shelbyholliday @Shayan86 1).
โ€žOne of the missiles was shot down by a US warship, while the other failed in flight, according to the @WSJ, citing multiple officials.
@shelbyholliday @Shayan86 @WSJ 2).
If the salvo had reached its target it would have been the longest-range Iranian strike yet. Before the war, according to the US Congressional Research Service, Washington was aware of Iranian missiles that could reach 3,000km [1].โ€
@shelbyholliday @Shayan86 @WSJ 3).
โ€žThe U.S. has described the Diego Garcia base as ยปan all but indispensable platformยซ for security operations in the Middle East, South Asia and East Africa.

[...]
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Mar 21
โ€œDecapitation strikes donโ€™t work,โ€ they say. โ€œThe strategy isnโ€™t working,โ€ they say after 5, 10, or 20 days.

Strategic effects are cumulative. Impatience is not analysis.

Let's review just what Israel has stuck in Iran according to @IDF ๐Ÿงต
Eliminations of senior regime figures:

Supreme leader Ali Khamenei

Esmaeil Khatib: Minister of Intelligence

Ali Larijani: Secretary of Iranโ€™s Supreme National Security Council (regimeโ€™s effective leader at that time).

Gholamreza Soleimani: Commander of the Basij unit (6 years; oversaw repression).

Esmail Ahmadi: Head of the Intelligence Division of the Basij Force + several other senior Basij commanders.

Senior Ministry of Intelligence officials: Sayed Yahya Hamidi (Deputy Minister for โ€˜Israel Affairsโ€™), Jalal Pour Hossein (Head of Espionage Division).

7 senior Iranian Defense Leadership officials: Ali Shamkhani, Mohammad Pakpour, Saleh Asadi, Mohammad Shirazi, Aziz Nasirzadeh, Hossein Jabal Amelian, Reza Mozaffari-Nia.

Additional Basij/ Internal Security/ IRGC commanders (e.g., in Ilam and Tehran strikes).
Regime Command Centers/Infrastructure, Headquarters, and Basij/Internal Security Sites:

Regional headquarters of the IRGC and the Basij Forces.

Key headquarters of the Basij Forces.

Several Basij unit headquarters (Ilam Province and broader).

Basij base and Basij headquarters (within a large eastern Tehran military compound, alongside IRGC, Quds Force, Internal Security, etc.).

Series of Basij and internal security command centers (Tehran).

Basij Forces entrance posts/posts/checkpoints (over 10 across Tehran; Basij soldiers targeted while guarding, including one at a western Iran Basij Force entrance post - these function as regime checkpoints/enforcement points).

Headquarters of the Iranian terror regimeโ€™s Internal Security Forces (Tehran and other provinces, including Alborz).

Central intelligence headquarters of the Ministry of Intelligence (Ilam Province).

Ministry of Intelligence headquarters (Tehran; struck during opening of Operation Roaring Lion).

IRGC's Ground Forces compound/command centers (Tehran and Ahvaz).

Special forces headquarters and other IRGC command centers (multiple provinces).

Port command center and naval operational infrastructure (Caspian Sea).

Central infrastructure for vessel repair/maintenance (Caspian Sea naval strike).

Air defense systems and infrastructure (widespread, including Tabriz and Tehran central base).
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Mar 21
In 1999, calculating 3D lighting required doing 1 / sqrt(x) millions of times a second.

CPUs back then would completely choke on this math. so the developers of Quake III used this literal black magic code instead.

How the hell does 0x5f3759df calculate a square root?๐Ÿ‘‡ Image
The problem in 1999, floating-point division and square roots were massively expensive, taking dozens of clock cycles. normalizing vectors (the math needed for lighting/shadows) requires 1 / โˆšx.

If you ran this the standard way millions of times a second in a fast-paced shooter, your game would instantly run at 2 frames per second.
The solution is an absolute low-level C masterpiece.
Floating-point numbers (decimals) and integers are stored very differently in memory.

First, it forces the computer to read the decimal memory address as an integer. next, it uses a bitshift (>> 1) on the integer. Shifting the bits is instant division. Physically, it divides the float's exponent by 2 instantly finding a very rough square root in a single hardware cycle.Image
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Mar 21
3 weeks have now passed following the start of the US ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ-Israeli ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ operation to topple the regime in Iran ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท

๐Ÿ”ธThe Islamic regime is still holding
๐Ÿ”ธThe Hormuz Strait is closed
๐Ÿ”ธIran continues to retaliate
๐Ÿ”ธNo new protest in Iran
๐Ÿ”ธUS/ISR operations continue

๐ŸงตTHREAD๐Ÿงต1/20โฌ‡๏ธImage
Here are the main objectives of the operation:

๐Ÿ”ธCreate the conditions for regime change in Tehran
๐Ÿ”ธDestroy Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile programs
๐Ÿ”ธEnd attacks against the United States and Israel in the region (Iran and its proxies) Image
Here are Iran's main objectives in its retaliation:

๐Ÿ”ธTo ensure the regime's survival and elevate the dead to the status of martyrs
๐Ÿ”ธTo prevent regime change
๐Ÿ”ธTo create chaos throughout the region, thereby triggering an economic crisis that will ultimately end the war. Image
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Mar 21
It all begins with Dr. Oddfellow, a powerful occultist who used a traveling circus as a cover to harness dark supernatural forces tied to the Zodiac. Everything he built was rooted in control, from the performers he manipulated to the rituals he carried out behind the scenes.

The carnival wasnโ€™t just entertainment; it was a machine designed to channel fear and sacrifice into power.

Then thereโ€™s Jack.

Jack started as a killer who turned himself into a clown, using performance as a way to get close to his victims. When he joined Oddfellowโ€™s carnival, the two became part of the same system, but for very different reasons.

Oddfellow saw the circus as a tool for precision and purpose, while Jack turned it into something unpredictable, using it as a stage for increasingly chaotic and
theatrical violence.

As Jackโ€™s behavior grew more dangerous and drew attention, Oddfellow decided to eliminate the problem. He killed Jack and sealed him inside a box, believing he had contained the chaos for good.
But the box didnโ€™t just hold Jack. It transformed him.

Clawing Oddfellowโ€™s face just before he was entombed, Jack became fueled by the dark energy
surrounding the carnival and the power of the Cane of Souls.

Jack returned as something no
longer human. He broke free, killed Oddfellow, and took control of the circus, reshaping it into the Carnival of Carnage, a nightmare fueled by fear, spectacle, and blood.

But Oddfellow didnโ€™t stay dead.
Because of the power he had been building, his essence was pulled into the realm of the Zodiac, where he finally took full control of the forces that had once influenced him. When he returned, he was transformed as well, no longer just a man, but something far more powerful, wielding what had become the Dark Zodiac.

Now, both of them exist, bound to the same power and the same world.

Jack embodies chaos, turning everything into performance and destruction, while Oddfellow represents control, manipulating events and bending reality to his will.

They are opposing forces, but they are also connected. Neither of them would exist in this form without the other.

That dynamic is where our haunted house begins.
Guests step into the story at the moment it all started. Inside the box and into the Oddverse, Dr. Oddfellowโ€™s domain. Itโ€™s here they experience Jackโ€™s origin as it is being narrated by Oddfellow
himself, watching his rise from human killer to something far more dangerous within the
carnival.

But Jack refuses to stay contained, even within his own story. He interrupts the narration, takes control, and what begins as a retelling quickly becomes a
confrontation.

As guests move through the house, they are caught inside a battle between chaos and control, as Jack and Oddfellow fight for dominance over the same space, the same story, and ultimately the same power.As the conflict builds, both come to a realization. Divided, their power is limited. But together,
their ability to generate fear becomes something far greater.
By the climax, they make a choice that is far more dangerous than continuing to fight.
They unite.
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Mar 21
FIRST NATIONS - CHINA STRATEGY - A formal Alliance
The First Nations-China Strategy: The BC First Nations Energy and Mining Council (FNEMC) developed a formal strategy to engage with Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs). This strategy ensures that any Chinese investment on traditional territories requires Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) and includes equity stakes for the Nations involved.
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BC LNG - Indigenous Led projects are opening up new shipping routes seeking long reliable energy supply
Strategic Economic Partnerships First Nations in BC have moved toward a "Nation-to-Nation" or "Business-to-Business" model when dealing with Chinese entities, seeking to bypass federal or provincial middlemen to secure direct benefits. * The LNG Pipeline: The First Nations LNG Alliance (representing nations like the Haisla, Nisgaโ€™a, and Metlakatla) has actively promoted Canadian LNG to China. The goal is to replace Chinese coal consumption with "net-zero" Canadian gas, framing the partnership as a global climate solution that simultaneously provides poverty relief for Indigenous communitiesImage
CHINESE AGRIFOOD INVESTMENT * Canola & Agri-Business: Recent trade thaws in early 2026 (following Prime Minister Carneyโ€™s visit to Beijing) have reopened the $4 billion Chinese market for Canadian canola, a move that benefits many Indigenous-led or partnered agricultural operations in the BC Interior.
THE PROBLEM WITH CANOLA - Roundup is still applied on a wide variety of crops using ground sprayers or airplanes that cover an entire field with the herbicide to ensure no other plants can compete. Data on the exact amounts of Roundup used on Canadian canola crops donโ€™t exist, but CBC reported in December that 50 million kilograms of it are sold in Canada each year.Image
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Mar 21
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BREAKING NEWS @ajc @foxnewspolitics โ€œINDEPENDENT GENERAL SHAWN HARRIS HAS EARNED MIGHTY 14th COVETED REPUBLICAN MAG ENDORSEMENT.

WE NEED REAL LEADERS. Trump has betrayed us w/ foreign enemy controlled bitcoin. Now Fuller is silentโ€ฆ
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โ€œโ€ฆ we gave Fuller every chance in the book. We even came to hear him and Mike Collins speak. Fuller did not denounce Bitcoin.



LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE LOSING BIG ON BITCOIN INVESTMENTS PROMOTED BY TRUMPโ€ฆโ€dlnews.com/articles/markeโ€ฆ
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IN ADDITION, Epstein was close to bitcoin, its raises USA energy cost. NOW WE ARE AT WAR, and @FmrRepMTG HAS CALLED OUT THE HYPOCRISY OF AMERICA FIRST FOLLOWERS. The movement is a lie, and now MAG endorses the one who will be honest. Trump prompted FOREIGNER MADE CRYPTO.
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Mar 21
So I was right, brOSINT was wrong, and the Russians never left. Dunking on these people gets boring after a while.โฌ‡๏ธ

As an aside, the Russians seem to utilize a somewhat more elastic defense these days focused on holding strongpoints and funneling the AFU into kill zones. Ergo why we get so many reports of "layer cake" tactical situations after Ukrainian attacks where Russian and Ukrainian positions have become intermixed, but where Russian front-line troops hold their ground and eventually mop up any Ukrainian troops that have infiltrated between their positions.

Think of it this way - the Russian "front line" is not actually a linear defensive array in the conventional sense. It's a foam of strongpoints several kilometers deep that forces any attacking force - particularly one attempting to execute bypass-heavy NATO doctrine to maintain offensive momentum - to fight in all directions at once through a series of engagement areas to advance. What inevitably happens is that after a few hours of combat an attacker's vehicles have all been knocked out, infantry disperses into whatever cover is available, and the Russians mop them up with fire systems and eventually their own armor and infantry at their leisure.

Ergo we've seen multiple Ukrainian large-scale attacks in the last few months (too small to be really termed offensives - the AFU lacks the combat power to mount really big attacks any more), specifically in Kupyansk and Dnipropetrovsk, where the Ukrainians infiltrated into the Russian position (leading to the geobrocators marking up big gains for them because their troops were seen getting killed in Russian territory) but ultimately failed to secure any ground in military terms.
By the way, notice all the red Russian geolocations in eastern Kupyansk and how Creamy Caprice is REFUSING to mark up advances for them in the area.

Yes, I hate to break it to you, but Russian mappers underestimate their own side's control zone all the time!
This is probably a lot closer to what the actual control zone in and around Kupyansk looks like by this point.

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