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I ACCUSE PUTIN. I accuse Vladimir Putin of turning 9/11 into one of the greatest strategic opportunities of his political career. Putin’s rise was built on war. After Kosovo in 1999, Moscow feared that the West might one day challenge Russia over Chechnya as it had challenged https://t.co/hUPN6p4AaV #Putin #9/11 #Geopolitics #RU #US #KG #RS

Θα μείνουν για πάντα χαραγμένες στη μνήμη μας οι στιγμές που ζήσαμε μαζί, από την κατάκτηση του UEFA Youth League μέχρι τις μεγάλες επιτυχίες της πρώτης ομάδας. Μεγάλωσες ποδοσφαιρικά μέσα από την Ακαδημία μας, φόρεσες την ερυθρόλευκη φανέλα και έγραψες τη δική σου ιστορία με τον Ολυμπιακό. Θα είσαι πάντα μέλος της ερυθρόλευκης οικογένειας. Σε ευχαριστούμε για όλα και σου ευχόμαστε κάθε επιτυχία στο επόμενο βήμα της καριέρας σου! Καλή τύχη, Χρήστο! 🔴⚪ The moments we shared will forever remain etched in our memories, from winning the UEFA Youth League to the great successes of the first team. You developed as a footballer through our Academy, wore the “red-and-white” jersey and wrote your own chapter in Olympiacos’ history. You will always be a member of the “red-and-white” family. Thank you for everything, and we wish you every success in the next step of your career! Good luck, Christos! 🔴⚪ #Ολυμπιακός #ποδόσφαιρο #επιτυχία

When Pathology Takes Power If the last decade in the West felt unstable, you’re not imagining it. Andrew Lobaczewski studied how psychological pathology can spread into politics and produce “pathocracy”: societies where disordered personalities gain disproportionate power. He argued that revolutionary upheaval drives “negative selection.” Healthy people are pushed out or leave; manipulative, lying, and ruthless personalities rise through institutions. The system keeps its name and funding, but its character changes. At the top are essential psychopaths—empathy- and guilt-free exploiters. Beside them are schizoids who treat people as data and design control systems from abstract theories. Next come spellbinders: charismatic figures who package authoritarian ideas in the language of compassion, using invented moral standards for convenience. Then the spellbound: true believers. Around them gather conformists who comply to protect careers, while resisters are targeted and bystanders adapt to avoid trouble. Lobaczewski estimated a small minority builds the system, a larger group serves it, and most merely adjusts. Over time, society becomes the censor: truth turns dangerous, sanity is labeled extremism, and resistance is punished. The point isn’t only that bad ideas harm. It’s that pathological personalities can exploit good intentions, ideology, and institutional power—so the real conflict is psychological health versus pathology, and healthy institutions must be able to recognize the difference.

Why Psychopaths Rise to Power: What Hitler, Stalin & Mao Had in Common Polish psychiatrist Andrew Lobaczewski argued that in certain conditions, psychologically disordered people can rise through institutions and create “pathocracy,” where pathological personalities gain disproportionate power. He described “negative selection”: upheaval pushes aside those with conscience and competence while manipulative, ruthless figures thrive. At the core are psychopaths, who feel little guilt or empathy and use normal human weaknesses as tools. Around them are schizoids, ideological architects who turn abstractions into systems for managing people. Next are spellbinders, charismatic leaders who frame authoritarian ideas as moral duty. Together they produce “paramoralisms”—moral standards that invert reality: dissent becomes extremism, censorship becomes protection, coercion becomes compassion. Beneath them are true believers and conformists who follow out of conviction or career safety, echoing Milgram’s insight that the key question is who gives the orders. Finally come bystanders, a frightened majority that adapts to avoid trouble until self-policing replaces external coercion. Lobaczewski’s warning: pathological behavior becomes far more dangerous when society mistakes it for morality. The real struggle isn’t left vs. right—it’s whether institutions can preserve truth and resist normalization of destructive behavior.

Contraception and Western Culture In the 1960s, the birth-control pill became widely available. Sexual liberation is usually presented as a story of freedom and progress, but its biological consequence is rarely discussed: sex could now be separated from reproduction. Every Western nation has experienced below-replacement fertility for decades. Oxford anthropologist J. D. Unwin anticipated this pattern in *Sex and Culture*, a study of 86 societies. He expected to disprove any link between sexual restraint and civilizational achievement. Instead, he concluded that cultures practicing strict monogamy generated energy expressed through art, science, conquest, and commerce. Relaxing sexual restraint, he argued, consistently weakened that energy within three generations. Unwin also predicted that such societies would abandon rationalism, deism, and monogamy. Three generations after 1960 brings us near the present, and some of his predictions appear increasingly visible. Religious affiliation has collapsed, marriage is declining, the median age at first marriage is at a record high, and a record share of people will never marry. Rationalism also appears to be giving way to egoism, identity, and emotion. Contraception helps explain this transformation. Evolutionary theory distinguishes between a behavior’s immediate purpose—such as pleasure—and its ultimate function, such as reproduction. Sex traditionally served both purposes. Contraception severed that connection, preserving the behavior while disconnecting it from reproduction. Female education, urbanization, workforce participation, economic growth, and the rising cost of living also correlate with declining fertility. Yet many of these changes depend on technological control over reproduction. Career-first lifestyles, extended education, and mass female workforce participation would be far more difficult without it. Women may have gained freedom from child-rearing, but they may have fewer daughters to inherit that freedom. Institutions that promoted this transformation now import replacement populations that may not share its values and could eventually reverse them.

🇪🇺 EUROPE NEEDS A LABOUR MARKET REVOLUTION Europe is running out of workers, companies cannot find staff, families struggle to combine children and careers, and governments still punish work with some of the highest taxes in the world. The answer is not more bureaucracy. The https://t.co/VuVgLMSL1o #LabourMarket #Europe #WorkRevolution #EU

🇪🇺 EUROPE NEEDS A LABOUR MARKET REVOLUTION Europe is running out of workers, companies cannot find staff, families struggle to combine children and careers, and governments still punish work with some of the highest taxes in the world. The answer is not more bureaucracy. The https://t.co/4ddnUOTL2t #LabourMarket #Europe #WorkRevolution #EU

🚨🔵🔴 Breaking: Sergio Busquets makes first step in his new career as manager as he signs in as Barcelona B assistant coach. Busquets will work closely with Juliano Belletti while he follows the process to get his coaching license. https://t.co/8pZhZUCJIB #Busquets #BarcelonaB #FootballCoaching #ES

Catherine Anne Davies, known professionally as The Anchoress, is a British singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and author. During her acclaimed career as The Anchoress, Davies has written and produced three albums and one collection of covers. Her 2016 debut Confessions of a Romance Novelist, was followed by The Art of Losing in 2021, the covers collection Versions (2023), and the upcoming As We Once Were (2026). https://hvdommelen.nl/a/Anchoress.html

Any time I leave the house, if I am not with a friend or a parent, it costs something – that is an incontrovertible fact of my life. Freedom, ambition, career, a social life – all of the things other people in this room take as a given, or as a right – has a price tag for someone like me.

Jesse Ed Davis (September 21, 1944 – June 22, 1988) was a Native American guitarist. He was well regarded as a session artist and solo performer, was a member of Taj Mahal's backing band and played with musicians such as Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Jackson Browne. Davis was born in Norman, Oklahoma. His father, Jesse Edwin "Bus" Davis II, was a citizen of the Comanche Nation and a Muscogee and Seminole descendant. His father was also a prominent Native American artist whose nome d'arte was Asawoya or Running Wolf. His mother, Vivian Mae (Bea) Saunkeah, was Kiowa. Davis began his musical career in the late 1950s in Oklahoma City and surrounding cities with John Ware (later a drummer for Emmylou Harris and Michael Nesmith); John Selk (later a bass player for Donovan); Jerry Fisher (later a vocalist with Blood, Sweat & Tears); and drummer Bill Maxwell (later with Andrae Crouch). https://hvdommelen.nl/d/DavisJE.html

The price of anti-Palestinian racism, particularly pervasive across Western public and corporate spaces, is incalculable. Every silenced voice, every ended career, every child dehumanized in headlines: this is the cost of complicity in genocide. Irreparable harm. #AntiPalestinianRacism #Genocide #Complicity #IL #US

🚨 Dépister ne suffit pas : l'angle mort de la santé mentale des jeunes parents 📒 Diversité, équité et inclusion : repères pour une santé mentale antiraciste et centrée sur l'équité des familles en réanimation néonatale ✍️ Diversity, equity, and inclusion considerations for anti-racist, equity-focused NICU family mental health 6 Emily Echevarria, Tonia Branche, Emily R. Miller, Kimberly Novod, Valencia Walker — issu de la campagne Carousel Care de l'AAP TECaN (American Academy of Pediatrics, Trainees and Early Career Neonatologists).Journal of Perinatology Mars 2026 Capsules Audio de Pratiques en Santé 🎙️🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5754_QYQFd8 🔍💡 Santé mentale périnatale & équité : quand la langue, la précarité ou l'origine décident de qui est dépisté, orienté et soigné. Un cadre d'action clinicien → institution → politique pour réduire concrètement les écarts. 🤝 Analyse de Pratiques en Santé et lien vers la source ℹ️➕ https://www.pratiquesensante.com/blog/pratiques-15/diversite-equite-et-inclusion-reperes-pour-une-sante-mentale-antiraciste-et-centree-sur-l-equite-des-familles-en-reanimation-neonatale-6097 📌 Ce document donne une grille d'action concrète pour ne pas laisser les parents les plus vulnérables passer entre les mailles du filet en néonatalogie. Il montre, preuves à l'appui, que les écarts de santé mentale se creusent sur trois axes croisés : appartenance à un groupe minorisé, langue, précarité. Surtout, il rappelle une évidence trop souvent oubliée : dépister ne suffit pas — sans orientation ni ressources, un dépistage positif reste lettre morte. Un·e professionnel·le y trouvera un répertoire d'actions immédiatement adaptables (horaires de soins, interprétariat, groupes de pairs, co-construction avec les familles). Le cadre est transposable au-delà de la néonat, dans tout accompagnement périnatal ou médico-social. 🇬🇧: Perinatal mental health & equity: when language, precariousness or origin determine who is screened, referred and treated. - https://www.pratiquesensante.com/en/blog/practices-15/perinatal-mental-health-equity-when-language-precariousness-or-origin-determine-who-is-screened-referred-and-treated-a-framework-for-action-clinician-6097 #️⃣ #pratiquesensante #SantéMentalePérinatale #Néonatalogie #ÉquitéEnSanté #InégalitésSociales #InterprétariatEnSanté #SoinsCentrésFamille #LittératieSanté

Neymar, once on par with football legends like Messi and Ronaldo, has lost control over his career due to injuries, wild partying, and personal controversies, leading to a decline from his former stature as he navigates life beyond football with increasing distractions and a lack of structure. #Neymar #Voetbal #Blessures

AfD-Gutachten: Wer prüft eigentlich die Prüfer? Das neue, rund 1.500 Seiten starke AfD-Gutachten stammt nicht von einem Gericht, einer Behörde oder einem parlamentarischen Wissenschaftlichen Dienst. Erstellt wurde es von einem achtköpfigen Team der Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte e. V. (GFF) – einer politisch operierenden NGO, die das Ergebnis nun ausdrücklich als Grundlage für ein AfD-Verbotsverfahren vermarktet. Zur Finanzierung erklärt die GFF: ermöglicht durch rund 20.000 Einzelspender. Campact bestätigt zugleich, dass auch die Demokratie-Stiftung Campact „bei der Finanzierung geholfen“ habe. Eine projektgenaue Aufschlüsselung – welcher institutionelle Akteur wie viel zahlte – ist bislang nicht veröffentlicht. Und dann wird es interessant: Die GFF führt die Open Society Foundations ausdrücklich als institutionelle Geldgeberin auf – für eine Verfassungsbeschwerde und „allgemeine Förderung“. Zusätzlich nennt sie das Foundation Open Society Institute, die Open Society Initiative for Europe und die Open Society Foundations für Arbeiten zu zivilgesellschaftlichen Handlungsspielräumen und Whistleblowing. Open Society ist keine nebulöse Verschwörungsformel, sondern das von George Soros aufgebaute internationale Stiftungsnetzwerk. Soros hat nach eigenen Angaben der Organisation mehr als 32 Milliarden Dollar dafür bereitgestellt; Vorsitzender ist heute sein Sohn Alex Soros. Journalistisch sauber muss man unterscheiden: Bislang ist nicht belegt, dass Open Society unmittelbar das konkrete AfD-Gutachten bezahlt hat. Belegt ist aber, dass die herausgebende Organisation institutionell und allgemein aus dem Soros-Stiftungsnetzwerk gefördert wurde. Gerade deshalb wäre eine vollständige, projektbezogene Finanzierungsaufstellung zwingend. Denn hier arbeitet ein geschlossenes Advocacy-Ökosystem: GFF erstellt das Gutachten. Campact hilft bei der Finanzierung und fordert anschließend den „Startschuss“ für das Verbotsverfahren. Der RAV, bereits Unterstützer der Gutachtenkampagne, organisiert danach den offenen Brief von inzwischen mehr als 1.000 Juristen und beruft sich auf das GFF-Gutachten. Das beweist nicht, dass das Gutachten juristisch falsch ist. Es widerlegt aber die Inszenierung einer politisch und institutionell voraussetzungslosen Expertise. Wer mit einem privat finanzierten NGO-Gutachten das schärfste Instrument des Parteienrechts legitimieren will, muss Autoren, Geldflüsse, Unterstützer und personelle Netzwerke maximal transparent machen. Ich prüfe deshalb jetzt sämtliche Unterzeichner: RAV, GFF, VDJ, ECCHR, Amnesty, Refugee Law Clinics, „Kritische Jurist*innen“, Parteien, Ministerien, Hochschulen, staatliche Prüfungsausschüsse, Stiftungsförderungen sowie Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes und DAAD. Nicht, um anwaltliches Engagement zu skandalisieren – sondern um sichtbar zu machen, ob hier tatsächlich mehr als 1.000 unabhängige Einzelstimmen sprechen oder ein seit Jahren personell und finanziell verflochtenes juristisch-politisches Milieu mobilisiert wurde. Analyse aller Anwälte: in the making. Follow the money. Follow the careers. Follow the network. #AfD #Transparenz #NGOs

All my old colleagues from Father Ted, including Arthur Matthews, Neil Hannon and Ardal O'Hanlon, watched as my career and reputation were destroyed, rather than say this very simple thing. I can't imagine that level of cowardice, especially from the fathers of girls. #FatherTed #Cowardice #CareerDestruction #Therearenospecificcountriesmentionedinthetweet.Therefore #theresponseis: