https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/natural-sciences/animals/mammals/why-zebras-were-never-domesticated-like-horses/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_wick

I hate Trump, and think nothing but the worst of him and wish this were all facts to have him locked up and away from society, but there’s a ton of holes here:

1. What’s the primary evidence that Trump was involved in the Bank of New York/Benex laundering? Not “same era” or “same city”—show transactions, subpoenas, testimony, charges, or documented links between Trump entities and Benex/YBM.

2. Is “$10 billion” a proven number or an early estimate? If it’s an estimate from early reporting, building a whole causal story on it is shaky.

3. Are you distinguishing “Russian organized crime” from “the Kremlin”? They can overlap sometimes, but they’re not automatically the same actor. Where’s the documented chain of command?

4. “Trump properties were frequent targets” — what’s the denominator? How many Russian/shell-company buys happened in Trump buildings vs. comparable luxury buildings? Without comparative rates, “magnet” is just vibes.

5. Which claims are court-established vs. journalist-reported vs. internet-lore? If key details rely on books, blogs, or Wikipedia chains, what are the underlying primary documents?

6. Specific examples (Bogatin, Ivankov, etc.): what exactly is proven? “A criminal bought condos” is not the same as “Trump knowingly participated.” Which part is evidenced, and by what?

7. Real estate laundering being common doesn’t prove Trump laundering. General mechanism ≠ proof of a specific person’s intent, knowledge, or participation.

8. Where’s the evidence of Trump’s intent/knowledge? Did he direct acceptance of illicit funds? Did he knowingly structure deals? Did investigators establish willful blindness? Point to something concrete.

9. Why assume Trump is a “controlled partner” instead of “useful chaos”? Many actions can incidentally benefit Russia without being coordinated. Alignment ≠ control.

10. The “viral photo with Mogilevich” type claims need provenance. Who took it, when, where, and what archive verifies it? Otherwise it’s misinformation risk.

11. Moldova playbook similarity doesn’t prove identical organizers in the U.S. “Looks familiar” is not attribution. What’s the specific evidence tying the same networks/handlers to both contexts?

12. Bomb threats “from Russian email domains” don’t equal a coordinated takeover plot. Even if true, that shows nuisance/harassment operations—not proof a U.S. candidate is a Russian asset.

13. The narrative collapses categories: business ties, criminal finance, state intelligence, and political outcomes are repeatedly blended as one continuous storyline without proven links between each step.

14. Extraordinary claim standard: If the claim is “decades-long covert partnership and capture,” the evidence has to be extraordinary—documents, money trails, sworn testimony—not a pile of suggestive anecdotes.

Daily user, works just as well as discord, etc, no middle man (self hosted for many use cases).

Sell it, or buy and return items to make cash, invest it.

Traffic lights are the same colors as a subset of bell peppers?

I can do that and flare my nostrils, my brother always made fun of me for it.

https://youtu.be/xon9A5_4tQw

This does a fantastic job describing the situation

This thought appears on Reddit r/showerthoughts in 2024, potentially prior, though I guess who’s to say it’s not original

So the concept is that the models are kicking out these common themes and naming patterns, so there must be a source that correlates them together? And if it’s not public domain then there’s some copyright material at the foundation of many different commercial models?

My wife would notice in a few hours, and be panicked in less than 12. Work would notice in <12-16 hours weekdays, <60 hours weekend.

UDP cares about the target, it doesn’t care if it gets there, more like broadcast.