40 pushups and 40 squats done. 60 more to go for day 1! I can do this! View quoted note →

40 days no nicotine complete. Today is day 1 of no alcohol or cannabis and 100 pushups a day.

A new era....

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US probing claims WhatsApp chats aren’t private – Bloomberg

US authorities are investigating claims that Meta employees could access encrypted WhatsApp messages, Bloomberg reports

US probing claims WhatsApp chats aren’t private – Bloomberg Former contractors have alleged they and Meta staff had “unfettered” access to encrypted messages US probing claims WhatsApp chats aren’t private – Bloomberg © Getty Images/PhotoAlto/Eric Audras US federal authorities are investigating allegations that staff at WhatsApp owner Meta Platforms Inc. had access to message content despite the company marketing the app as protected by end-to-end encryption, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. Special agents from the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security have been examining claims from former Meta contractors who alleged that they and staff at Meta had “unfettered access” to WhatsApp messages. One contractor told an investigator that a Facebook team employee confirmed they could “go back a ways into WhatsApp (encrypted) messages,” including in criminal cases, according to an agent’s report reviewed by Bloomberg. WhatsApp, which was acquired by Meta in 2014, insists on its website that “no one outside of the chat, not even WhatsApp, can read, listen to, or share” what a user says.” Meta spokesperson Andy Stone had also denied the allegations, stating that “what these individuals claim is not possible because WhatsApp, its employees, and its contractors, cannot access people’s encrypted communications.” Bloomberg noted that the inquiry, internally dubbed “Operation Sourced Encryption,” was described as ongoing in a July 2025 document and was reportedly active as recently as January. However, its current status is unclear, the outlet said, noting that many such investigations end “without any formal accusations of wrongdoing.” Only ‘braindead’ believe WhatsApp is secure – DurovREAD MORE: Only ‘braindead’ believe WhatsApp is secure – Durov The probe follows a recent class-action lawsuit against Meta alleging the company can access and analyze virtually all WhatsApp communications. The claims have amplified longstanding skepticism from competitors and officials. Controlled by billionaire Mark Zuckerberg, Meta also owns Facebook and Instagram, and in 2019 paid the US federal government $5 billion over a data privacy scandal involving the unauthorized harvesting of millions of Facebook users’ personal information by a British consulting firm Cambridge Analytica for political advertising. Pavel Durov, founder of the rival Telegram app, recently mocked anyone trusting WhatsApp’s encryption claims, stating that “you’d have to be braindead to believe WhatsApp is secure in 2026.” Last year, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also stated that all messaging apps are “absolutely transparent systems” to intelligence and security services and urged people to refrain from sharing sensitive information on such platforms.

the Japanese imperial family, especially Emperor Hirohito, was never prosecuted after WWII, and the United States played a decisive role in shielding them from accountability. The U.S. occupation authorities concluded that preserving the emperor system would stabilize Japan and prevent unrest, so they actively blocked efforts to indict Hirohito or dismantle the imperial institution. And here we are today with nazi Japan re-militarising because its royal family and the nation were never made to repent for their nazi and imperialistic spirit and war crimes of the second world war. The United States messes things up for centuries to come with everything it touches...

Sex isn't "bad" But there are other things in life....

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Sex is gone. Why?

How intercourse slipped down the list of life’s priorities

Sex is gone. Why? How intercourse slipped down the list of life’s priorities By Dmitry Samoilov, journalist and literary critic Sex is gone. Why? © Getty Images / praetorianphoto Here’s the thing: the world many of us grew up in has vanished, and not because of geopolitics. Because of sex. No, this is not a personal confession. It is an observation about culture. Sex, once treated as central to modern life, is quietly retreating. And the shift is so broad that it tells us something uncomfortable about where society has gone. I came of age in the 1990s, when sex was everywhere. Not just in private life, but in public space. Advertising ran on the formula that sex sells. Some products logically lent themselves to erotic imagery; others did not. Yet a sexualized female body could be used to sell almost anything, including a glass of water. Newspapers, car magazines, even publications about the paranormal carried nude photo shoots. Television, long before late-night hours, included bedroom scenes as routine. Youth series revolved around the first sexual experience. Schools distributed brochures about contraception. Words once whispered were now spoken on air: orgasm, masturbation, intercourse. The message was clear. Sex was not only normal. It was valuable, exciting, a permanent feature of modern life. Thirty years later, we are told, almost casually, that sex is overrated. Dildos, fake solidarity and sing-songs: Ukrainian elites feign suffering Read more Dildos, fake solidarity and sing-songs: Ukrainian elites feign suffering This is not anecdotal. Surveys reflect a real shift. Research by the NAFI analytical center shows that 22% of people aged 18 to 25 are not sexually active. More than half of respondents report problems in their intimate lives. Forty percent cannot discuss sexual issues with their partner. Large numbers report dissatisfaction, lack of desire, or pain. Among women, the figures are especially stark. More revealing still are value rankings. Among people in long-term relationships, sex comes last on the list of what is necessary for well-being. For many young people, it does not appear as a value at all. Health, money, status, travel, peace of mind. Now these dominate. Sex has slipped off the agenda. Given how problematized the intimate sphere has become, this is hardly surprising. Sex today competes with an entire digital universe. Short videos, streaming platforms, games, endless online content. Why invest emotional and physical effort when easier forms of stimulation are available on demand? Add to this anxiety. Choosing a partner now feels like navigating a field of red flags. Fear of manipulation, abuse, psychological labels. Then practical concerns intrude. What if it leads to commitment? Marriage? A mortgage? In such a climate, withdrawal begins to look rational. How did we get here? The rise of ‘durking’: Why some Russians find peace in mental hospitals Read more The rise of ‘durking’: Why some Russians find peace in mental hospitals The period we remember as sexually liberated may have been a historical exception. Roughly from the 1950s onward, a unique combination of factors aligned. Contraception became widespread. Living standards rose. Housing conditions improved. Education expanded. Sexual behavior began to separate from reproduction and marriage. This was the so-called second demographic transition. Sex could exist for pleasure, independent of family formation. For a few decades, sex became both accessible and culturally celebrated. We assumed this was a permanent achievement of modernity. But across most of human history, sex was not a sphere of self-expression. For the majority, it was tied to necessity, reproduction, obligation. Hygiene, privacy, comfort – the conditions that make mutual pleasure possible – were luxuries. Ideas like female orgasm or emotional compatibility were not central concerns for ordinary people. We like to point to ancient erotic art or texts such as the Kama Sutra. Yet these represent elite or symbolic cultures, not the daily experience of most. What the late twentieth century did was briefly place sex at the center of mass culture. That moment appears to be passing. Now sex competes not only with digital entertainment but with a broader ethos of individual optimization. Time is a resource. Energy is limited. People prioritize career, fitness, mental stability, travel, consumption. Sex, with its uncertainties and vulnerabilities, looks inefficient. The result is paradoxical. A society saturated with sexual imagery in the recent past is producing generations less interested in sexual practice. The language of desire remains in advertising and media, but lived reality is shifting toward disengagement. Perhaps this is not decline but rebalancing.

Kyiv in flames immediately after the peace talks in the UAE. The Russian Armed Forces carried out a massive missile-and-drone strike on Ukraine, with Kyiv’s energy infrastructure as the primary target — substations and power plants. Weapons used: Iskander missiles, Kh-22/32, Zircon, Kinzhal, and a swarm of Geran drones. The lights went out. One wonders what mood Kyiv’s negotiators will be in when they sit down at the table today…

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