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Mikie Sherrill calls Trump’s deal with Putin ‘corrupt and illegal’ as she weighs moves to stop shipment to east coast port. Lapidan Energy Group said in a note: “Several Russian diesel cargoes are signaling the US as their destination, but we see little buyer interest so far, even among grey-market

The author argued that the Trump administration was signalling to European allies funding PURL that even commercial arms deals with the United States could be affected by Washington’s political decisions. They said the message would have lasting consequences for European defence cooperation with the US. #Trump #Europa #Defesa #EU #US

Study shows that Rhizopus arrhizus promotes metabolic steatotic liver cancer by producing kynurenic acid, which activates MAPK signaling, enhancing tumor cell proliferation and accelerating tumor development. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1550413126003803 #OpenAccess #mycology #cancer #oncology #microbiology

Five Lessons on Aggression and Dominance “There is a point in the history of society when it becomes so pathologically soft and tender that… it sides even with those who harm it.” Friedrich Nietzsche wrote this nearly 140 years ago, yet it still sounds contemporary. In *Chimpanzee Politics*, Frans de Waal shows that dominance, aggression, hierarchy and confrontation—often dismissed in humans as “toxic masculinity”—also appear in our closest relatives. These behaviors may reflect deep-rooted drives, not merely social constructs. **1. The threat of violence can keep the peace** Most chimp confrontations are displays, not fights. Only about 0.4% of male confrontations become physical. Rank depends on strength, alliances, displays and recognition. Violence matters partly because it is rare: conflict must be allowed to resolve before it escalates. **2. When respect disappears, violence rises** Chimpanzees maintain hierarchy through formal greetings, including bowing. At Arnhem, 22 of 37 serious male fights occurred when males had stopped greeting one another—even though such periods made up less than a quarter of observation time. Violence was nearly five times more likely when recognition rituals broke down. **3. Power requires alliances** Before challenging the dominant male, a chimp often grooms females and plays with their young. Like Machiavelli’s political challengers, he builds support before attempting to seize power. **4. Influence can replace force** Female chimps sometimes recruit males to attack rivals, signaling distress and flattering the enforcer while avoiding the fight. Power can operate through alliances and influence, not just strength. **5. Concentrated resources create conflict** Chimpanzees normally forage for scattered food, limiting competition. When humans provide concentrated food, aggression rises. Larger groups are also harder to govern because familiarity declines and hierarchies become unstable. Stable societies may require hierarchy, respect, controlled confrontation and distributed power. Suppressing every expression of dominance may not eliminate conflict; it may remove mechanisms that keep conflict contained.

The Victimhood Economy: Why Young People Prefer Socialism Western civilization is increasingly shaped by entitlement and a culture that rewards displays of victimhood. At elite universities, disability claims have risen: 18% of male and 22% of female undergraduates report a disability, and 54% of non-binary students, with higher rates at some wealthy schools than at community colleges. The issue isn’t genuine disability; it’s what happens when accommodations become status and advantage. Extra time, separate housing, and exemptions can turn diagnosis into leverage. When weakness is rewarded, some will learn to perform it. This matters because today’s students become tomorrow’s institutional elites. If grievance produces rewards, the lesson may spread into journalism, government, HR, academia, and business, letting beneficiaries inherit the power to expand the system. Research on victimhood signaling raises uncomfortable questions: people who habitually emphasize victim status, on average, show higher narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy—not to say genuinely suffering people are manipulative, but that systems rewarding victimhood create incentives for manipulators to exploit the category. Rob Henderson describes this as a status game: in elite institutions, grievance can become the currency of virtue signaling. For some, the rational strategy is to manufacture grievance and convert it into status. Nietzsche similarly argued that displays of helplessness can become covert power, while pity can create moral superiority for the caregiver. The danger isn’t compassion; it’s a culture that turns suffering into currency and teaches ambitious people that the easiest route to power is to claim they are powerless.

🇨🇳 #China #Tech Backlogs Signal Demand Recovery in Key Sectors - Securities Times ➡ About 30 Chinese listed companies have disclosed their order backlogs for the first half of this year, signaling recovering demand in core real-economy sectors. ➡ Disclosures are concentrated #China #Tech #DemandRecovery #CN

È stato scoperto un nuovo gene, Ndrg1, che aiuta le cellule tumorali a riparare i danni al DNA, offrendo al contempo un potenziale bersaglio terapeutico per farmaci che ne inibiscono l'azione o danneggiano irrimediabilmente il genoma, come suggerito da uno studio dell'Università di Copenhagen pubblicato su Science Signaling. #geneNdrg1 #cancro #riparazioneDna

Als Ruth Moschner noch jede Menge rassistische Witze machte... Ich denke mal, dass viele der heutigen "Haltungs-Promis" ihre eigene Vergangenheit verarbeiten wollen und darum in der Öffentlichkeit mit ihrem permanenten virtue signaling allen auf den Sack gehen! #Rassismus #VirtueSignaling #Gesellschaft

V privat sektorju garamo kot fuknjeni in smo ful veseli, če je na koncu 100.000 eur dobička. Maleku je 35x toliko drobiž. Zato sem za privatizacijo vsega, kar se da privatizirat. Ker potem se ceni tisoč evrov. Ko je javno, se niti milijonov ne ceni. Zakaj bi se jih. Itak bodo plebejci plačali za luksuzno udejatvovanje patricijev. Na koncu bodo pa patriciji nad plebejci še nos vihali in kazali svojo moralno superiornost z luksuznimi prepričanji in virtue signalingom. Ta folk je perverzen in nesramen do skrajnosti. #privatizacija #ekonomija #družba

Jio Platforms, the telecom unit of billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries, has announced a potential $4 billion IPO, which analysts believe could become one of India's largest share sales, signaling a significant moment for India's capital markets and demonstrating the country's capability to build globally competitive technology companies. #JioIPO #MukeshAmbani #IndiaTech

Three Iranian tankers laden with crude oil have successfully navigated past the U.S. military blockade in the Gulf of Oman, marking a significant move amidst ongoing sanctions and signaling Iran's confidence despite the U.S. asserting that the blockade would remain until an agreement is finalized, with these vessels potentially representing Iran's first oil exports in two months. #Iran #OilExport #USBlockade

Three Iranian tankers loaded with crude oil successfully navigated past the U.S. military blockade in the Gulf of Oman, signaling Iran's confidence in the imminent removal of sanctions despite ongoing U.S. enforcement efforts until a formal deal is signed, with these vessels representing Iran's first oil exports in two months. #IranOil #USBlockade #MaritimeTrade

Empty window-dressing and domestic virtue-signaling by the UK, Canada and Australia. This after all three recognized a fictitious state that doesn’t meet ANY basic requirements of statehood. Here are but a few fundamental suggestion for a more honest and realistic approach: How #Statehood #Diplomacy #InternationalRelations

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's pro-Western Civil Contract Party won a crucial election, garnering 49.8% of the vote despite Russian pressure, signaling a continued push for closer ties with the West amidst economic challenges and internal criticism following Armenia's military defeat by Azerbaijan in 2023. #ArmeniaElections #ProWestGovernment #PoliticalReform