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This is my father and me at a Grêmio match in Brazil. For most of my teenage years, our family worked selling newspapers and magazines at a small newsstand. Years later, my father developed colon and then gastric cancer. His experience shaped how I think about healthcare. 1/6
ALT Gilberto Lopes and his father Gilberto Lopes Sr. at a Grêmio soccer match.
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Total media blackout while the streets of Sudan erupt in massive protests demanding the immediate downfall of General Burhan and his failing military rule. The people's anger can no longer be silenced by state propaganda.
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This is happening in Khartoum, under the SAF-led, Muslim Brotherhood-controlled authorities.
In Omdurman, passengers are so desperate to find transportation that they're climbing onto vehicle roofs just to get around. Footage from the Souq Libya–Al-Shuhada route shows dozens of people packed onto a single vehicle. Tragic.
Fuel shortages and the worsening transportation crisis are making everyday life difficult for people in the capital. Ultimately, none of these problems can be sustainably addressed without fire truce.
#KeepEyesOnSudan #Sudan
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Vidim da mnogi komentarišu kako će se, zbog klijentelističke strukture čitavog sistema izgrađenog na interesima, podrška SNS-s raspasti. Neki idu toliko daleko da smatraju da će se stranka ugasiti samo zato što više nije na vlasti. Teško da će se to dogoditi, evo zašto.
Svaka stranka ima tri ključna tipa birača. Naravno, ove grupe nisu strogo odvojene i jedan birač može pripadati više njih. Postoje i podtipovi, ali da se zadržim na ova tri.
Klijenti: Ljudi čija lojalnost zavisi od radnog mesta, ugovora, biznisa ili lične koristi. Kod njih je materijalni interes dominantan, nemaju snažnu emotivnu ili identitetsku vezu sa strankom i spremni su da je promene čim prestane da im isporučuje ono što očekuju.
Politički identifikovane pristalice: Ljudi koji iskreno veruju u politiku, nacionalne stavove ili liderstvo stranke. Njihova podrška proizlazi iz političkih uverenja, koja mogu da se promene ukoliko se pojavi bolja alternativa.
Socijalno vezani birači, ili kako ih ja zovem, porodični birači: Ljudi za koje je stranka tokom godina postala deo porodične tradicije i društvene pripadnosti. Praktično, stranačka pripadnost je snažan deo njihovog porodičnog ili individualnog identiteta. Oni najteže napuštaju stranku. To je najčvršće jezgro.
Što se tiče klijenata:
Specifično je to što u Srbiji jednu stranku nije zamenila druga, već građanska lista. U praksi se preraspodela klijentelističkih birača nakon izbora najčešće odvija na sledeći način: stranka koja je bila na vlasti gubi klijentelističko biračko telo u korist novog političkog subjekta, koji nastavlja da servisira njihove klijentelističke zahteve.
Ali ako takvog subjekta nema, kao što je slučaj u Srbiji, situacija je mnogo složenija. Pošto klijentelizam ne zahteva nužno stranku, već pristup moći i resursima, očekujem da će deo tih ljudi pokušati da se prilagodi i uspostavi odnose sa novim centrima moći. Ali pošto nova vlast nije stranačka struktura, to će im teško ići (nadam se).
U takvoj situaciji deo klijenata će se pasivizirati. Postaće tihi, izgledaće kao da su nestali, ali zapravo mogu da čekaju priliku da pomognu starom „gazdi“ da se vrati na vlast. Ovo je jedna od pojava koje očekujem da vidimo u Srbiji.
Tako da Vučić samo prividno može da izgubi deo ove grupe, koja je u velikoj meri povezana sa administracijom i biznisima zavisnim od države. Važno je reći da među klijente ne treba automatski ubrajati i uplašene zaposlene u administraciji. Biće i onih koji su podržavali Vučića iz straha, a sa promenom vlasti prestaće to da rade. To nije isto što i klijentelistička lojalnost.
Druga grupa je ona koja je podložna promeni političkih uverenja.
Ovi ljudi su iskreno verovali u politiku ili liderstvo Vučića, ali to ne znači da je njihova podrška trajna. Kada budu izloženi novoj politici i novoj alternativi, ukoliko se ona pokaže boljom, mogu da promene politički tabor.
Ali da bi se to dogodilo, biće potreban dokaz da je nova alternativa zaista bolja. Imajte u vidu da kod dela ove grupe postoji veliki strah i neizvesnost, ogromna skepsa i uzdržanost. Kako će i da li će promeniti svoja uverenja u velikoj meri će zavisiti od rezultata, upravljanja i pristupa nove vlade.
Tu je važno pomenuti da je, kako ja tumačim izborni rezultat, određeni deo ove grupe već kaznio Vučića na ovim izborima.
Treća grupa je možda najpotcenjenija u analizama budućnosti SNS-a.
Posle 14 godina vlasti postoje čitave generacije koje su odrasle i politički se formirale tokom vladavine SNS-a. Deo njih razvio je snažnu ličnu i porodičnu identifikaciju sa strankom. To se neće promeniti ni brzo ni lako.
Kada neko godinama glasa za jednu stranku, brani je u raspravama, opravdava njene postupke i doživljava njene protivnike kao pretnju, ona postaje deo njegovog ličnog identiteta. Zato izborni poraz stranke ovi ljudi mogu da dožive kao lični poraz.
Ovi ljudi će već pri prvoj grešci nove vlasti pronaći način da opravdaju svoja uverenja i lojalnost, predstave se kao žrtve i nastave tamo gde su stali, da bezrezervno brane stranku.
Na osnovu ovoga mislim da će i Vučić graditi svoju strategiju iz opozicije.
1) Pokušaće da stvori sliku da je nova vlast pretnja materijalnom statusu i bezbednosti klientelista i da ih tako održi mobilisanim.
2) Zatim će napadati vlast kao nesposobnu, čime bi pokušao da zadrži i povrati podršku politički opredeljenih birača.
3) I predstavljaće je kao izdajničku, čime bi pokušao da dodatno mobiliše najčvršće identitetsko jezgro.
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It is becoming f*cking dangerous: AI agents in Claude Code can turn a stack of research PDFs into an interactive physics lab you open right in the browser
Hand 10 subagents a pile of 48 papers and ONE brutal goal: a browser lab where anyone can rerun the experiments on their own
Choose a flow model, move the sliders and watch the physics react live
Flip algorithms mid-run, open any formula or script and read the numbers right next to the chart
One job per agent:
> analysts -> mine the PDFs for equations, assumptions and test setups
> coders -> turn each equation into code that runs
> auditors -> hold every curve up against the paper it came from
> UI agents -> give each experiment its own control panel
The trap: a gorgeous animation can still be dead WRONG on the math
That is why auditors check that mass is conserved, the time step stays stable and the output hits the paper's reference values before anything ships
Next to every run you see:
which claim it tests
which constants it uses
how far it drifts from the paper's numbers
what nobody has checked yet
Some methods will match the paper, some will stay flagged for review, and that is exactly the point
Put the PDFs in your project folder, open Claude Code and paste this prompt:
Build a browser lab from these papers:
1. Pull every algorithm, model and test parameter, cite the page for each and list what is missing
2. Give each method its own isolated subagent, feed them all the same inputs and score them with one shared set of metrics
3. Run a separate review pass where auditors log bugs, and anything not yet checked gets a WARNING badge
4. Add controls to change parameters, compare methods and open the source code
Start with ONE paper and ONE experiment, add agents only after it checks out
Ask for a single HTML file so anyone can open the whole lab in a browser
The 5-minute folder and CLAUDE.md setup for your agents is in the article below
Barb Webb retweeted
Pope Leo XIV's lung cancer diagnosis reminds us: lung cancer can affect anyone, including never-smokers.
On @WPLGLocal10, we discussed prevention, early detection, treatment advances & ending stigma.
No patient deserves blame.
youtube.com/watch?v=_SKmxwFb…
#LCSM
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A nuclear attack on LA and San Diego wouldn’t just be a CA disaster. Major ports, parts of the defense, tech, entertainment and tourism economies, and critical supply chains could be gone. The economic shock would hit every corner. Imagine his approval rating!
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Mohammed bin Salman’s government appears determined to sell the image of a decisive victory in Yemen.
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Saudi Arabia wants to present itself as a defender of Islam and a champion of the Palestinian cause. Riyadh publicly condemns Israeli actions in Gaza and has repeatedly demanded protection for Palestinians and an end to the fighting.
But behind closed doors, a very different regional relationship is emerging.
In September, the military chiefs of Saudi Arabia and Israel sat in the same secret U.S.-organized meeting in Germany, alongside other Arab commanders, as the region confronted Iran and the Houthis. Axios reported that military cooperation between Israel and Saudi Arabia has intensified.
There have also been reports that MBS sought Israeli intelligence and assistance against the Houthis indirectly through CENTCOM.
That creates an uncomfortable contradiction.
You cannot build your legitimacy around being a defender of Muslims, condemn Israel publicly over Gaza, and then quietly deepen military coordination with the same Israeli military that killed thousands of Gazans when you need help fighting Muslims in Yemen.
Gaza gets the speeches.
Behind closed doors, Netanyahu gets the handshake from MBS.
Netanyahu increasingly looks like the puppet master of MBS.
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05 October 2026.
NOW HAPPENING.
APC PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN COUNCIL WOMEN MOBILIZATION DIRECTORATE, WOMEN STAKEHOLDERS’ MOBILIZATION AND EMPOWERMENT.
THEME: Renewed Hope to Prosperity, one voice, one Movement, One choice, one Mandate 2027.
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🔴 Day 1,837 since the Taliban closed secondary schools for Afghan girls.
Afghan women are carrying the struggle for education, equality and freedom forward with extraordinary courage and bravery.
They deserve the world's support.
You are not forgotten.
#Afghanistan #LetAfghanGirlsLearn #Afghanwomen
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The walls are closing in on Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.
The U.S. has sanctioned him, and Washington has determined that members of the Sudanese Armed Forces committed war crimes.
Now he faces allegations of production and use of chemical weapons. Next stop the ICC.
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🔴 Day 1,823 since the Taliban stopped Afghan girls attending secondary school.
What have millions of Afghan girls done to be excluded from classrooms?
Their only crime is being born female, and it is society which suffers when women are excluded from the work force and public life.
You are not forgotten.
#Afghanistan #LetAfghanGirlsLearn
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Friends, I’m truly sorry for sharing so much heartbreaking news from inside Iran, but I have to do this so that the international community can understand and see the crimes and oppression that the regime is inflicting on us. Follow me so my voice can reach more people.
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I’m reposting this testimony I published two days ago on the hope that this woman hears at least a word of support from the Western pro-Palestine movement, much of which continues to turn a blind eye to the atrocities Hamas inflicts on Gaza’s residents.
Hamas militants attacked a group of women from the Ahel family at Al-Shifa Hospital, beating them, firing shots near their feet, forcibly removing their headscarves and cloaks, stealing their phones, and arresting them along with their breastfeeding infants.
After they were released, the family was denied medical treatment at the hospital by Hamas and even asked to pay for the bullets that had been fired at them.
The audacity, barbarity, and cruelty of Hamas is never underestimated.
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There is a deafening global silence about the people of Afghanistan.
The de facto authorities are tightening and enforcing oppressive measures, especially against women and girls.
We need renewed efforts to protect the rights of all Afghans.
ohchr.org/en/press-releases/…
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'The vast majority of these victims are still trapped in Sudan. A chemical weapon was dropped on them, and no humanitarian aid has come to their rescue.'
Chama Mechtaly (@CMechtaly) joins @natasharaquel_ on #MiddleEastNow
Catch the full story 👉 youtu.be/2bK6rVtewWk?si=8e5Y…
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🧪 Did Sudanese forces use chemical weapons in the civil war?
A months-long investigation by the France 24 news organization found strong evidence of the use of chlorine gas as a chemical weapon near the al-Jaili refinery, north of the Sudanese capital Khartoum, by the Sudanese Armed Forces on September 5 and 13, 2024.
🔎 What comes next after the United States officially announced in May 2025 that the Sudanese government had used chemical weapons during 2024 and, as a result, imposed sanctions in 2025 and 2026 that have since entered into force?
⚠️ The Sudanese army is still following the same combat methodology and continuing the same violence against civilians. Fears of the reuse of toxic gases are growing as media reports continue to warn of escalating violence in the Sudanese war. Is this not a violation of international laws and norms that prohibit the use of such weapons—weapons that have worsened the conditions of civilians and killed and displaced many of Sudan’s sons?
The political Islam groups to which Sudan’s military ruler, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, belongs (the Muslim Brotherhood) continue to monopolize the army’s weapons in order to pursue their plans in Sudan and other countries.
🆘 The deteriorating humanitarian situation in Sudan requires urgent intervention and an investigation into these crimes—first and foremost for the sake of humanity and for the Sudanese people who have been suffering the horrors of war for years—so that the use of chemical weapons does not become normalized and those responsible are not allowed to escape punishment.
