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When you see Russia get into existential war over Ukraine, or Israel bomb Syria or India battle with Pakistan or Bangladesh, it is not because of some whim. It has a historical and geographical context. That is critical to understand for analyzing geopolitics.
Dive into the shadowy world of the Deep State—its hidden structures, powerful networks, and the far-reaching impact on global events and control.
This week's 5 Twitter thread picks include primer on America's wealth, Who's Amritpal Sandhu, Europe in 1500s, Kafir Women as booty, and ChatGPT future
US is the most powerful country in the world, even when it may not be the richest. But how rich is America? Sometimes we forget the context. This is one eye-opener. Americans hold $153T in wealth, 21% of that is in retirements accounts, 61% owned by boomers and older. It is one heck of a thread!
Wealth in the USA: a birds-eye macro view in Charts
— Mercedes Bent (@mercebent) February 22, 2023
Americans hold $153T in wealth... 👇🏾 pic.twitter.com/dj0c4SYjHi
Amrit Pal Sandhu has suddenly burst on the scene as Bhindranwale 2.0 Who is he? How did this guy who dropped in India just 6 months back with hair cut and following a bohemian life suddenly became the voice of an imaginary Khalsa nation? An eye-opening thread.
A 30yo man landed in India after 10yrs and within six months he is powerful enough to lead a mob of thousands that barged into the police station and got his aide released within hours.
— The Hawk Eye (@thehawkeyex) February 28, 2023
Is #ApritpalSinghSandhu an organically rose leader or a planted one?
Exclusive thread!
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Pieter Bruegel the Elder was a prominent artist during the Dutch and Flemish Renaissance period. He was a painter and printmaker who was best known for his landscapes and peasant scenes. He was one of the first to make these subjects the focus of large paintings. His paintings documented life in Europe during his era beautifully.
500 years ago there was a painter called Pieter Bruegel who changed the course of art history.
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) February 28, 2023
And his paintings are unlike anything you've seen before... pic.twitter.com/VuiSKPjkSA
Historians of the winners have a pattern. They sanitize the deeds of their masters. And when people look back, they do not fully comprehend the genesis of the problems that world is facing today. When we look back at the Islamic kingdoms, history often talks about the art. What they do not share is the treatment of women who were used as booty of war. Some paintings have recorded those days and deeds for posterity. Here is a telling thread on those times.
1. Non-MusIim SIaves and MusIim Masters
— Azzad Alsalem (@AzzatAlsaleem) February 27, 2023
How did lsIamic kingdoms treat the societies, countries and citizens it defeated? In this thread, we will understand the problem just by looking at a series of paintings depicting non-MusIim women under lsIamic rule. pic.twitter.com/pqVWwCgZII
ChatGPT is the talk of the town globally. But where is it going? What can we expect in future? OpenAI is coming up with a new service called Foundry. It uses ChatGPT 4.0.
What is it? It will provide dedicated servers for developers to build their own applications on top of the GPT API. Here is an extremely informative thread on Foundry.
OpenAI's leaked Foundry pricing says a lot – if you know how to read it – about GPT4, The Great Implementation, a move from Generative to Productive AI, OpenAI's safety & growth strategies, and the future of work.
— Nathan Labenz (@labenz) February 27, 2023
Another AI-obsessive megathread on what to expect in 2023 🧵 pic.twitter.com/OUfgryMQ3z
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