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Ninan Chacko retweeted
This weekend, President Trump again directed the Department of Justice to investigate me. The next day, @AGToddBlanche went on TV and threatened me.
We’ve seen this movie before. I will not be deterred from standing up against his corruption or calling out his violations of the law.
Watch my full response here:
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REPORTER: There have been instances of credible allegations of corruption in US officials dealing overseas
RUBIO: Like which ones?
REPORTER: Ambassador Guilfoyle
RUBIO: Okay
Ninan Chacko retweeted
❗️Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski stated that Elon Musk bought Twitter (now X) with the help of Russian money, after which content controls on the platform were weakened and the number of bots and hate speech increased significantly. He emphasized that Russia uses Western social networks to wage an information war against Western societies, and the platforms allow this because they profit from it. Sikorski believes social networks should be held responsible for the spread of illegal content and must remove, in particular, calls for violence, and he advocated for the creation of a European alternative to X.
Ninan Chacko retweeted
There it is. Just as we predicted, Trump is now trying to sow doubt in our elections.
Last week, millions of Americans rejected Trump’s illegal war, high prices, cruelty, and corruption. Now he wants to silence them.
We won’t let him.
ALT Does anybody really believe that this “Election” was honest. How could the Polls be so wrong??? Some early voting “dumps” were so large that it was impossible to win, no matter how many people went to vote. It’s all about the machines, which are far more important than the voter! President DJT
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Scientists at Eli Lilly reported that its GLP-1 pill helped reduce the number of obstructive sleep apnea episodes people had, while another drug called retatrutide—an experimental weight-loss injection that the company is currently testing—helped ease pain caused by osteoarthritis in the knee. time.com/article/2026/11/09/…
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Thirty years ago, no French basketball player had ever appeared on a professional roster in the U.S. Since then, N.B.A. teams have signed more than 50 players from France, including a record 17 under contract this season, more than any other country outside the U.S. This explosion in French basketball talent is no accident. The emergence of players such as Victor Wembenyama and Hugo Yimga-Moukouri, one of next year’s top draft prospects, is the result of development programs commissioned back in the twentieth century. But, as in soccer, French basketball has tapped into a growing youth population fuelled by migration from former colonies, and the stars who go on to represent the nation on the brightest stage represent a vision of multiculturalism redefining old notions of French identity. “With so many French basketball stars being the children of immigrants, and benefitting from government investment in youth programs, the country’s basketball triumphs spotlight success stories for national values that now appear in jeopardy,” Albert Samaha writes. Read more about France’s relationship with basketball: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/Yr…
Ninan Chacko retweeted
the white house may ignore this.
the security services and the committees may not.
expect investigations…and leaks.
@gzeromedia
Ninan Chacko retweeted
This is disgraceful. According to new reporting, Pete Hegseth pulled decorated officers from promotion lists after merit boards had already selected them.
Staff printed out internet searches showing that officers had spoken at a Hispanic Heritage Month event, joined an International Women’s Day panel, or encouraged sailors to get vaccinated.
Those printouts went into files the officers never saw, and they were used to end careers built over decades.
On one Navy board, every woman and person of color who had been selected, except one, was removed.
Every American should want the most qualified leaders in charge of our military, and these men and women earned their stars.
Hegseth must come before Congress, testify under oath, and answer for his decisions.
He has no business hiding while he sabotages careers.
ms.now/news/pete-hegseth-pen…
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Scientists found a way to flush Alzheimer’s plaque out of the brain in minutes.
Without any surgery and drugs.
Your brain has a waste-clearance network called the glymphatic system. It flushes out toxic proteins and dead cells.
But it only really activates during deep, slow-wave sleep.
If you don't sleep, the trash piles up. Over time, that buildup leads to cognitive decline and Alzheimer's.
Until today.
Researchers just published a paper proving they can manually trigger this cleaning cycle.
Without you ever going to sleep.
They used 40.68 MHz ultrashort waves (USW) beamed non-invasively into the brain.
Within 10 minutes, the brain's fluid flow rapidly accelerated.
The waves artificially synchronized the neurons into a Delta state, the exact frequency of deep sleep. This forced the brain's water channels to open and start flushing out the system.
They tested it on mice with traumatic brain injuries and Alzheimer's pathology.
The brain swelling dropped. The toxic proteins were cleared out. Cognitive deficits actually improved.
No surgery. No massive chemical interventions. Just a frequency.
Ninan Chacko retweeted
farmers are using AI laser machines to burn thousands of weeds a minute without spraying herbicides
they’re made by a company called Carbon Robotics, and the machine is called LaserWeeder
the problem is weeds growing right beside the crops farmers want to keep
spraying them means using herbicides, while pulling them by hand takes a lot of work
but a laser needs to know exactly which plant to hit, or it could burn the crop too
so instead, farmers pull a machine behind a tractor that spots and targets weeds one at a time:
cameras watch the plants passing underneath
AI tells the weeds apart from the crops
lasers burn each weed at its growing point
the crop stays standing and the soil stays undisturbed
it works day or night, and Carbon Robotics says its original tractor-mounted model targets more than 5,000 weeds per minute.
your lettuce now has an AI laser bodyguard before it even reaches your plate
Ninan Chacko retweeted
Spotify just announced a feature that could either save the music industry or destroy it.
Starting as early as Q1 2027, Spotify Premium subscribers will be able to use AI to transform any participating artist’s song into a completely different version. Turn a folk ballad into a dance track. Make a hip-hop song sound acoustic. Generate a cover where one artist’s voice performs another artist’s song. Remix a pop hit into lo-fi study music. Create the version of your favorite song that only existed in your head until now.
The remixes will be uploaded directly to Spotify. They’ll appear in playlists. They’ll count toward the original song’s chart position. And most importantly the original artist will earn royalties every time someone listens to a fan-created remix of their work.
Spotify has already signed a landmark licensing deal with Universal Music Group the world’s largest record label. Negotiations with Sony Music and Warner Music are ongoing. The feature will cost an additional $4–$5/month on top of Spotify Premium. And analysts project 7–8% of American subscribers will adopt it by 2028.
This is not Suno or Udio generating music from text prompts. This is fans remixing real songs by real artists with the artists’ permission, on the world’s largest streaming platform, with royalties flowing back to the creators.
A music industry analyst who’s covered streaming economics for 15 years told her team something after reading the licensing agreement that reframed how she understood the future of recorded music.
“Spotify just turned 640 million listeners into 640 million potential remixers. The question isn’t whether people will use it they will. The question is whether paying artists for fan remixes solves the economics of streaming or creates a world where the original recording is worth less than the infinite remixes generated from it.”
Here’s what Spotify’s AI remix feature actually is, who wins, who loses, and why this might be the most consequential decision in the music industry since the launch of streaming itself 🧵
Ninan Chacko retweeted
I’ve seen some of my colleagues say @SecWar Hegseth has been effective and they agree with the war, so they’ll vote not to impeach.
That’s not the question though. The question is whether he committed impeachable acts, and the answer is yes, eight times:
massie.house.gov/UploadedFil…
Ninan Chacko retweeted
shocked, shocked to discover this
EXCLUSIVE: Covert Russian network exploited French riots on social media, EU report says reut.rs/4ixV4Rt
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EXCLUSIVE: For the first time, a Pentagon official explains exactly how @SecWar blocked the promotions of women and people of color from the military's most senior ranks. Some say the new process is illegal. My latest for @MSNOWNews ms.now/news/pete-hegseth-pen…
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GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert will lose reelection to Democrat Eileen Laubacher, CNN projects, ending the conservative firebrand's tenure in Congress and flipping Colorado's 4th District. cnn.it/4erCDeP
Ninan Chacko retweeted
The quickest way to end Russia’s war is to hold the positions and move to discussions. What is very important here is that we decided: stop where we are, it’s a ceasefire, and we go to the diplomatic track. It can last one month, two months, or one year. Or it can last longer than we expect today. But we end the hot stage and people stop dying. When you hold, you speak about the contact line, slow down the pace of mobilization; the economy begins to work. You are in discussions. Dialogue is better than guns. That's why the best way to end this war is to exchange guns for words.
Of course, you will have thousands of questions. How to stop? Where to stand? What is the mandate of the monitoring mission? What is demilitarized? What does it mean? What do we need for this? Europeans. Reconstruction. Where to get the money? Thousands of questions, but this is the format to stop the war – ceasefire. If Putin doesn't want a ceasefire and says, “No, I want a long plan, with different questions, both difficult, sensitive, and not. And then, when we sign this long plan, we will stop the war,” it simply means he doesn't want to stop the war.
From an interview with DR Nyheder. (3/3)
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Meanwhile, Ukraine has hit eight major Russian refineries (including Kirishi near St Petersburg this morning) since resuming strikes on Oct 30. Fuel rationing is coming back across Russia.
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I predicted this last night on my podcast. Take a watch. youtube.com/watch?v=7FuOLWzu…
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Fame, at last!
@Lloyd_Cole getting a mention on Coronation Street while Jennifer She Said plays in the background. This is my exact cup of tea!
Ninan Chacko retweeted
Kushner three days ago: “Any arrangements must fully respect the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and independent decision-making of every nation.”
Kushner now: “While fully respecting the sovereignty and independent decision-making of every nation.”
Respect of the *territorial integrity* of Ukraine somehow got lost on the way to Abu Dhabi.
President Trump is determined to bring an end to this horrible war, which has caused enormous loss of life, destruction, and suffering. We are working hard to find a negotiated solution that can deliver lasting peace and create the conditions for a sovereign, secure, and prosperous Ukraine within a more stable European security environment.
Before beginning the two days of trilateral talks with Ukraine and Russia in Abu Dhabi, @SEPeaceMissions and I will meet with our partners from Ukraine, the EU, NATO, Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Italy to continue the close consultation and coordination we have undertaken on European security and Ukraine’s postwar future over the past several weeks.
These will be the first trilateral talks since February. Building on our separate consultations with both sides, our objective is to bring Ukraine and Russia together to discuss directly their postwar security concerns, proposals, and potential solutions. We hope these discussions will identify areas of common ground, advance practical solutions, and build momentum toward the next phase of negotiations.
Ultimately, achieving a comprehensive and lasting settlement will also require direct engagement between Russia and our European partners on the broader security arrangements that affect them. We hope the discussions in Abu Dhabi will create the conditions for that engagement to begin in the near future, as part of a broader multilateral process.
Our work has focused on four interconnected priorities: ending the fighting, developing credible postwar security guarantees and arrangements that reduce the risk of renewed conflict, preparing a comprehensive economic and prosperity plan for Ukraine, and advancing humanitarian measures to alleviate suffering and address the human consequences of this war.
Together with Ukraine, the EU, and other European partners, we are working to address Ukraine’s substantial postwar fiscal and reconstruction needs, support critical infrastructure, attract private investment, and create the conditions for long-term economic growth and self-sufficiency.
We are also working with the parties on important humanitarian issues, including the return of prisoners and civilians, and practical measures to alleviate suffering and reduce the human cost of this conflict.
An important part of this process is encouraging all parties to begin thinking seriously about what comes after the war. By discussing postwar security, economic recovery, and the mechanisms needed to prevent future conflict, we hope to shift the focus from managing the war toward building the foundations for a durable peace.
The existing European security agreements and institutions provide an important foundation for this work. We want to build upon what has worked, identify where existing mechanisms have fallen short, and what practical improvements are needed to make them more effective in the future. Our discussions will focus on stronger consultation, reliable crisis communications, greater military transparency, and reciprocal measures to reduce escalation risks, while fully respecting the sovereignty and independent decision-making of every nation.
This is an extraordinarily difficult and complicated conflict. We recognize the difficult decisions ahead and are approaching these discussions with determination and realism. Our hope is to make meaningful progress, establish a practical pathway forward, and help create the conditions for a lasting peace.