Will China invade Taiwan? Everyone has an opinion, but almost nobody is looking at what is actually driving Xi Jinping's decisions. Beijing set a 2027 military readiness deadline. That date has dominated Western #CulturalPerspective

Thailand's economy is not dying. The country pulled in $58 billion in foreign investment applications last year, the most in Thai history. #CulturalPerspective #Thailand #ASEAN #ForeignInvestment #SoutheastAsia

American isolation has reached a dangerous point. The data shows how far the culture has shifted toward extreme individualism. #CulturalPerspective #AmericanCulture #Individualism #SocialIsolation #CommunityDecline

Peru's 2026 election looks unpredictable on paper. The 180 year cycle shows Keiko Fujimori is the most likely winner. #CulturalPerspective #Peru #KeikoFujimori #PeruElection #LatinAmerica

Putin is not a madman, and he may not even be irrational. The West keeps misreading Russia because of a cultural blind spot. #CulturalPerspective #Russia #NATO #Putin #HonorCulture

Trump sent Vance to Budapest to support Viktor Orban, Hungary's authoritarian leader and one of Putin's strongest allies in Europe. #CulturalPerspective

We can predict the future. Not the details, but the direction and the most probable outcome. #CulturalPerspective

Trump says the Iran war ends "soon." It won't. He needs out. Iran has been preparing for this for 1,400 years. #CulturalPerspective #Iran #Trump #Hezbollah #MiddleEast

Are Chinese citizens controlled by fear, or is China controlled the same way every other country is? I lived and worked in China for years, and the honest answer goes deeper than most people expect. #CulturalPerspective #China #XiJinping #FreedomOfSpeech #CulturalProgramming

Trump saved Iran's regime. That is not clickbait. It is a pattern that a 14th-century historian identified 700 years ago, and the U.S. just walked straight into it. #CulturalPerspective #IranRegime #TrumpIran #IbnKhaldun #MiddleEast

A student at Rutgers University stands up against an IOF soldier who was invited to speak at the Students Supporting Israel club.

Checking in from the Capitol as Senate Republicans try to give tens of billions to ICE. I'll keep you updated throughout the night.

This week, Senate Democrats will force a vote on another War Powers resolution… “…Because returning to full war will just compound the suffering of Americans troops and the American citizenry who are suffering under a very, very devastated economy” —@kaine.senate.gov

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Amber needs money for college, but all the jobs she’s applied for have turned her down... Luckily, Amber knows there is more than one way to pass an interview... www.amazon.com/dp/B0BZQTJLY7

Diagonal panning video from a very detailed shaded map of Le Havre, France. The full map is 24000 x 20000 pixels with 0.5 m resolution and is available at https://shadedmaps.github.io Data source: https://geoservices.ign.fr/lidarhd [Institut national de l'information...

@thelisagraves.bsky.social on the class action against Trump's birthright citizenship EO ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkiA...

A major water line on Utah Street was struck in the town of Livingston, affecting both wells that supply the entire town, officials said. Read more: https://www.wbrz.com/news/major-water-line-struck-on-utah-street-in-town-of-livingston-all-government-offices-closed 

Sen. Kennedy asks if Europe should give Ukraine the $300B in frozen Russian assets and whether America should sell weapons to Taiwan. Yes. Democracies cannot survive by hesitating while authoritarian regimes invade neighbors, threaten allies, and test the limits of our resolve. Vote Democrat.💙

Everything is on fire, yet they stand strong and keep believing in victory. Endless gratitude to the defenders of Ukraine 💙💛

The Unstoppable Thai Beauty: A Stage Goddess #MissEcoInternational Witness the mesmerizing presence of Thailand's top beauty who commands the stage with unmatched confidence and elegance WATCH ON: youtu.be/Tm4SC0gOtVI #missgrandallstar2026 #ThaiBeauty #StageGoddess #Elegance #BeautyQueen

Yesterday, I stood shoulder to shoulder with UNAC/UHCP members at the Kaiser Unfair Labor Practice Strike in Riverside. Nurses & healthcare workers are frontline heroes, not bargaining chips. They deserve a fair contract, fair wages, & safe working conditions NOW! #TogetherWeWin #UNACUHCPStrong

#SimiValley #BainWildfire #SandyWildfire #California 🔥 #CaliforniaWildfires

🔥 Brexit in vox pop from Merthyr Tydfil 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 “This place used to have tons of funding now everything has fallen apart. I don’t feel I can stay.” You’re going to move? “Yeah, back to Dublin… there’s just more opportunity. There really isn’t anything here.” 🇮🇪 worker leaving 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 for booming Dublin 1/2

Zelenograd’s Elma Technopark, home to the highly restricted "Mikron" microelectronics plant, was also targeted. Mikron is Russia’s top manufacturer of domestic microchips for military optics and smart circuitry. Geolocated footage shows a massive blaze inside the tech zone.

⚛️ #Materie und #Geist ✨ – zwei Seiten derselben #Wirklichkeit🌍? 📎 philosophies.de/index.php/20... 🎥 youtu.be/hoqiI_TElv4 #Zoomposium #GodehardBrüntrup #Metaphysik #PhilosophiedesGeistes #Bewusstseinsforschung #LeibSeeleProblem #LiberalNaturalismus #Panpsychismus #KognitiveNeurowissenschaften

Breakup songs earn $8.65M on average. Love songs earn $7.87M. Harry Styles just dropped his fourth album. Fans already think half the tracks are about Olivia Wilde. At this point Harry Styles doesn’t go through breakups — he goes through content cycles. Love On

HA, he caught this on his way up!

You can now listen to Richard Miller's talk from our Doctors in Deprivation Training Day on Spotify, as part of our Hope in the Deep End Podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/5gup... Get your ticket for our next Doctors in Deprivation Training Day in June: sharedhealthfoundation.org.uk/events/docto...

Iran trolling Trumpstein - White House Dinner

AI-infrastructuur wordt vaak gezien als een technisch vraagstuk. Dat is een misvatting. Een AI-Gigafabriek (AIGF) raakt direct aan geopolitiek, economische kracht en strategische autonomie. Nieuwe HCSS analyse: buff.ly/edNs3h6

Net-juu no Susume Opening Saturday Night Question

April marks Fair Housing Month. Donald Trump and his administration are attempting to roll back civil rights enforcement for fair housing and pressuring states to weaken our own protections. We won’t go back to the bad old days in Illinois.

Iran claimt dat er een deal in de maak is waarbij Iran en Oman de controle over de Straat van Hormuz krijgen en de VS hun militaire aanwezigheid terugtrekt. Is dat volgens voormalig diplomaat Ron Keller een realistische uitkomst van de vredesonderhandelingen? #pauwendewit

AI can now generate entire finance research papers—and experts can’t reliably tell them apart from human work. 🤯 Study in JEL details the risk. #AIinFinance Source: https://phys.org/news/2026-05-ai-mass-papers-indistinguishable-human.html

Petition with us all weekend / all month! clairevaldezforcongress.com/events

#gym #fitness #health

I needed the walk and the ocean tonight. No worries i had no intent of harm

Snippet of Wreckless Eric, the Make-Out Room, Dan Francisco, May 7, 2026… @thewrecklesseric @makeoutroomsf

At both the state and local level, it's time to phase out honors for Cesar Chavez and replace them with honors for Dolores Huerta, a true hero of the labor and human rights movements. Kudos to State Reps. Angie Cuellar and Edgar Gonzalez, Jr., for starting this effort.

Ken Paxton has taken to calling you ‘Talafreako’ If Paxton is worried about freaks, he should stop giving Epstein-style sweetheart deals to pedophiles. This is the guy who just released Adam Hoffman from jail, an admitted child rapist

When you have The Avengers at home. 😁 #deadbydaylight #deadbydaylightgameplay #deadbydaylightmoments #gaming #dbd

Wrapping up a set of wings for our next bodysuit commission!🪽

Jamen, vill man avleda litet - så kör man hårt på något annat. Lite som En prutt i klassrummet: den skyldige stormar upp och pekar på andra (ej skyldig för detta hemska beteende, hell no - det var Stoffe ju!!).

In beta and need of testers! skysweep.app Sign in via Bluesky OAuth. Safe and secure. Revoke permissions at any time. Has a bunch of new and useful creator tools including post performance as you can see below. #nsfw #adultcreator #adultcontentcreator #sexworker #sexworkersaturday #swSaturday

Arranca el Telenoticias 2 con toda la actualidad de este sábado. ➡️ Síguelo en directo a través de nuestra señal TDT, del canal de YouTube de RTVC, en la plataforma Canarias Play y en rtvc.es

While he is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, Victor Marx never served in combat or deployed to a war zone, according to his own public statements.

🏆 #ANDNEW! Sol Ruca catches Becky Lynch with Sol Snatcher, upsetting the GOAT (and it's not just us saying that, everyone says that) to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship at #WWEClash! #WWE

BBC Balloons flew away today 04/01/97 - 28/03/02. Flying over iconic landmarks throughout the UK they introduced BBC1 TV programmes. As the whole world focused its attention on #BirmINgham in May 1998 the balloon took flight over Pebble Mill to celebrate hosting #Eurovision + #G8 on Midlands Today.

Fitted & ready for his first pitch ⚾️ @Jadarian15

Hey there #gamer fam! It's a new week! This #neko will be taking a break today due to being in the hospital until 1am But here is the #StreamSchedule for the rest of the week! Come swing by for #cozy vibes! Take a load off, because it's #NOOKVEMBER #Eldenwood #VTuber #VTuberEN

BRANDY takes us back to 1994 at the Roots Picnic | 2026 🔥

How Brasil sees the USMNT….😂🤣😂

I want it. #dopedevice #dabsky #stonerfam mjarsenal.com/products/pha...

Here's my tux and I'm ready for #TheGameAwards    The song is Gold by Spandau Ballet

🐟 El restaurante Tintero nació del antiguo oficio de teñir redes de pesca ⚓ Cuatro generaciones después, mantiene viva la esencia marinera de Málaga, donde nos lleva hoy nuestro reportero Jonatan Oliva #MalasLenguas

Se ha filtrado un audio exclusivo donde Leire Díez, fontanera del PSOE, conversa con un capitán de la Guardia Civil sobre "protección" a cambio de atacar a la UCO.

📺 La distancia detrás del jonrón de José Ramírez.

🔥 Así quedó el edificio calcinado en el barrio de A Ponte Los bomberos continúan con las labores de refresco ↘️https://mrf.lu/BNs5

Makai Lemon is already injured... No practice today, with a noticeable limp. Original post