⚡️🇮🇷 NEW - Iran: Part of the city of Hamedan has fallen under the control of rioters.

Iranian security forces open fire in Hamedan to regain control over rioters.

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When a human egg is activated by an enzyme from a sperm, it releases a burst of zinc in a phenomenon known as “zinc fireworks.” The intensity of these tiny flashes directly correlates with the egg’s ability to develop into an embryo.

In other words, life quite literally begins with a spark of light.

⚡️🇨🇳 WATCH - A Chinese man burst into tears when he saw that ancient Chinese artifacts had been preserved by the British.

During the Culture Revolution, the CCP destroyed a lot of Chinese history. It's very sad that non-Chinese people were the ones to preserve (stolen) China's history.

⚡️🇺🇸 NEW - Scott Bessent: "I have the honor of being the IRS commissioner - and I can see that we're going to have a gigantic refund year in the first quarter 2026 because working Americans did not change their withholding.”

⚡️🇮🇱 NEW - Israel has officially deployed Iron Beam, a high powered laser air defense system developed in partnership with the United States.

The new system marks a major shift in modern air defense capabilities.

Iron Beam can shoot down rockets, mortars, and drones at a very low cost compared to traditional interceptors.

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⚡️🎮 GAMING - Barfender launches on Steam in Q1 2026. A chaotic 4-player co-op bar simulator where you manage vomiting drunks, mix drinks, and repair a destructible bar amid escalating mayhem.

⚡️👀 NEW - In this video, two ways of reading it stand out to me.

The first concerns the art of the table, an art that is being lost. Here, the service comes close to excellence: precise, controlled, almost flawless.

The second brings to mind the bourgeoisie, everything staged like a film, fully theatrical. And yet, what food waste.

⚡️🇺🇸 NEW - Actor Daniel Curtis Lee, who starred in Ned's Declassified on Nickelodeon with Tylor Chase, takes Chase out to lunch before checking him into a hotel.

Chase has gone viral in recent weeks after fans learned he was living on the streets of Riverside, CA.

Lee, who played as 'Cookie' on Ned's Declassified, encouraged Chase to check himself into rehab.

"Love is all we can really give people some time, and I'm happy that he was able to have that connection with his pops," Lee said, explaining how they called his dad.

Lee and Chase also got on the phone with Devon Werkheiser, the main character 'Ned' from Ned's Declassified.

⚡️🚨 NEW - Kick Live Streamer Asmongold has CONFIRMED the recent viral TikTok showing the ability to copy-paste SPECIFIC redacted documents from the Epstein Files LIVE on stream.

This is a MAJOR failure by the DOJ

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⚡️🥊 FLASHBACK - On November 12, 1993, the first UFC event took place, exactly 32 years ago!

❌ No rounds

❌ No time limits

❌ No weight classes

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Most Lightning wallets blur the line on custody.

In the latest blog from the VLS Project, Greenlight stands out as the model that lets builders offer Lightning access through apps or wallets without giving up control.

⚡️ Node ops in the cloud, signing on-device.

Built on Core Lightning and powered by the VLS Project, Greenlight shows how to implement Lightning infrastructure without custody risk:

✅ Professionally managed nodes

✅ Validated signing on user devices

✅ APIs for wallets and services to go self-custodial

Read the full custody-model report:

NEW: Ray Dalio says he owns Bitcoin but does not think central banks will take it on as a reserve currency because “there’s no privacy” and “the code could be broken.” 🤔

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🇵🇸🇮🇱An Israeli flotilla of approximately 200 small vessels are sailing for Gaza, demanding the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas. This is not to provide AID thats for sure so its unclear what this aims to do exactly.

The AI video that got 3.1 million likes on TikTok

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“Big drama today in the Tor community.

Conrad Rockenhaus, a Tor operator based out of Michigan, United States, was arrested in 2020 after refusing to cooperate with the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation

Rockenhaus, a disabled United States military veteran, ran the fastest Tor node in the United States. He was approached sometime in late 2019 when the FBI requested he allow them arbitrary access to his exit node and allow them to decrypt traffic. He denied their request.

Subsequently, in February, 2020 his home was raided. He was arrested for violating the CFAA (Computer Fraud and Abuse Act). It was alleged that he was a disgruntled ex-employee causing problems at his former place of employment.

Interestingly, to "help resolve the matter", law enforcement requested he decrypt his Tor exit node to prove his innocence (???). After he refused, he was held in a pre-trial detention cell for over 3 years. He was denied bail after law enforcement stated Mr. Rockenhaus used Linux to "access the dark web" and he was "not complying" and not allowing them access to this Tor exit node.

After Mr. Rockenhaus' wife filed an official complaint, and Mr. Rockenhaus was miraculously released, he was raided by the United States Marshal Fugitive Task Force TWO TIMES(???).

They took him out his home, threw him to the ground, beat him, smashed his windows, and threatened to murder his animals.

They are still requesting Mr. Rockenhaus allow them to access his Tor exit node. Mr. Rockenhaus still has not granted them that privilege.

All of this has been captured on home security camera footage. Additionally, his wife has released all court documents.

See subsequent post for more information.” -vxunderground, on X

On October 13, 2023, at the beginning of the genocide, occupation warplanes bombed a truck carrying displaced people from northern Gaza to the south. A short while ago, the occupation repeated the same crime against a family at Ansar Roundabout west of the city while they were on their way south.

The two incidents took place during the height of the first and second waves of displacement. You may ask: why does the occupation kill those who are evacuating, even though it demands that they evacuate? The answer is simple: Israel wants to kill, and it practices killing with brutality, monstrosity, arrogance, and deep-seated hatred.

Israel does not want them alive, nor does it want them dead easily. It seeks the vilest forms of death to impose on them, to satisfy within itself the instinct of the Children of Israel whom God has willed to rise high, only to fall with a resounding collapse because of their oppression, by God’s permission.