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My TL is choked with doomers prepping for imminent nuclear war and End of Days.
Their alarmist netas are advising 7-30 days of eating canned peas, drinking chlorinated bath water and using plastic bags as toilets.
While desis are discussing makeup in The Ramayana movie and hating on babus, judges & FAANG reelmakers.
What’s going on?! Why are we left out of the panic?!
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余計な引用リポストごめんやで。
この方は80歳超えた宗派の最高指導者の老僧さまやねん。
これは出張の移動中で、毎回数百人から1000人以上の前で説法するために、ぎっちり詰まったスケジュールで何時間もかけて遠くまで移動してはるんよ。
移動くらい、できるだけ楽にしてあげんと、迎える側も待つ側も付き人も送り出す側も、みんな困っちゃうやんか。
投資やら社会の仕組みに詳しい人なら、この気持ち分かってもらえるんちゃうかな、と思います。
後ろ姿に後光がさして、思わず写真撮るのもええけど、なんなら胸の前で手を合わせて見送ってくれると嬉しいわ。
ほな、今日も穏やかに過ごしてな
あんさんにもええことありますように🙏
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JAI HOE.
U.S. intelligence agencies have long acknowledged that U.S.-supplied F-16 fighter jets form part of Pakistan’s strategic nuclear arsenal. Pakistan is believed to have adapted some of its F-16s to carry miniaturized nuclear warheads. Yet at a time when the Trump administration is waging war on Iran supposedly to prevent it from acquiring a nuclear bomb, Washington is simultaneously modernizing and upgrading Pakistan’s F-16 fleet, which is primarily directed at India.
Under a $686-million upgrade package for Pakistan’s F-16 fleet, the U.S. is modernizing the jets’ avionics, operational flight program software, electronic-warfare systems and cryptographic hardware, while installing tactical data-link systems to enable real-time, jam-resistant communications across air and ground assets and enhance network-centric capabilities. The upgrades would extend the jets’ operational life through 2040.
The contradiction is hard to miss: Washington is waging war over Iran’s hypothetical nuclear bomb while effectively giving Pakistan a free pass as it expands and modernizes its nuclear arsenal. For more than 22 years, Pakistan has retained its designation as America’s Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA).
TheSignOfFive retweeted
ムンシャリを訪れる人は是非Apna Bhojnalayaでクマオン式ターリーを楽しんでほしい。食べたことのないローカルフードばかり。どれもめちゃくちゃ美味しい。少しティムール（山椒）が効いている気がした。
左上：野菜のカレー（Sabzi）
上中央：青菜（からし菜）炒め（Saag）
右上：サラダとクマオン名物の Bhang ki Chutney（麻の実のチャツネ）
左下：Palak ka Kapa（パラク・カ・カパ） ほうれん草などの青菜を細かく刻んだり、すりつぶしたりして煮込む料理。香草が浮かんでいる
中央下：Jholiヨーグルトとベサン（ひよこ豆粉）などで作る酸味のあるカレー。
右下：マンドゥア・ロティ（Mandua Roti）シコクビエ（Finger millet、ラギ）を使った赤褐色のロティ
The obsequiousness of the Most US Friendly Administration EverTM and its minions,
And the casual venom with which it is met by the Empire and its people.
TheSignOfFive retweeted
Russia showcases payment systems operating beyond Western control
Russian banks and their foreign partners are already processing international payments without relying on Western financial systems, Kremlin Deputy Chief of Staff Maxim Oreshkin told President Vladimir Putin at the Russia-Africa forum in Moscow.
"Just five years ago, we, like many countries, relied mainly on the dollar and euro for foreign trade," Oreshkin said, adding that Russian banks and their foreign partners now use digital technologies and nonbank financial institutions to process international payments.
Finance Minister Anton Siluanov highlighted Russian company A7, which is preparing to offer cross-border payment services in Africa, with transactions processed "in one click" for a fee of just 0.3%.
"Nobody can cut you off. From a technological standpoint, it's impossible to block such payments," Putin said, describing the system as sovereign, transparent, and capable of instantly converting between traditional and digital currencies.
TheSignOfFive retweeted
京繍の歴史は古く、仏画を刺繍で表現した「繍仏」に始まります。
平安時代には十二単、室町時代には能衣装、桃山時代には小袖などに用いられ、発展してきました。
絹糸や金銀糸を用いる京繍には、約30種類の技法があります。
私たちの現場では「金駒」と呼んでいます。
TheSignOfFive retweeted
今日は Khaliya topのzero pint（3500m）まで登ってきた。今はKhaliya base（3000m）まで降りて、ここに宿泊する予定。コテージでくつろいでいると、見事な夕陽でパンチチュリがオレンジに染まった。もはや何も言う事なし、という気持ち。
TheSignOfFive retweeted
【🎥本展研究員が解説！能〈葵上〉の世界】
『源氏物語』を題材とした能〈葵上〉。
光源氏をめぐる六条御息所の嫉妬や苦悩を描いた物語は、能の世界でどのように表現されているのでしょうか。
復原能装束の注目ポイントもご紹介します！
📢 〈葵上〉に関連する復原能装束の展示は11月1日（日）まで。
ぜひ動画をご覧いただき、会場でお楽しみください。
“Can't the politicians in New Delhi just drop that pitiful ambition of theirs?” is disingenuous & defeats the core message.
Besides, no Indian outside of Twitter’s echo chamber wants war. We want our people to be prosperous & our country secure. Ordinary non-wumao Chinese here too wish for peace & better ties.
In any case, we need more such videos. Pre-Galwan, there was more bonhomie.
TheSignOfFive retweeted
Disgrace for @MSF as Switzerland freezes CHF1.25m in funding following 59 reports of sexual exploitation of Sudanese refugees in Chad. 18 staff dismissed. Swiss authorities say MSF breached its reporting obligations. NGOs with too much power, too little accountability.
swissinfo.ch/eng/internation…
@amnesty @ICRC @hrw
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🚨HOLY CRAP:
Turn this off on your phone right now.
Go to your iPhone settings - accessibility - audio & visual - LIVE LISTEN.
Turn off LIVE LISTEN.
It even says it keeps TRANSCRIPTS.
This is NUTS.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Live Listen is Apple’s official accessibility feature that streams sound from the iPhone mic to the user’s own AirPods or hearing aids. The Remote Control setting is optional. It does not enable third-party access or always-on listening.
support.apple.com/guide/iphone/u…
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India's female suicide rate is double the global average.
It is especially high in southern, more developed states.
Dandana et al (2023) find that it's mostly housewives, citing family problems. pdf.sciencedirectassets.com/…
I'd add, southern states also register high tolerance of gender based violence and divorce stigma,
Many women may feel trapped.
