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LeoAi is super hungry for the data

People need to keep feeding it.

Spamimator keeps unliking it though, but would keep feeding LeoAi, whatever it takes.

The thread comes a day after a public debacle between Zelenskyy and President Donald Trump during their meeting Friday in the Oval Office. Tensions ran high during the meeting and resulted in the Ukrainian president's ouster from the White House.

According to The Hill, Trump said Zelenskyy was not ready to make a peace deal and "overplayed his hand."

Zelenskyy said in his thread on Saturday, "It's understandable the U.S. might look for dialogue with Putin." He went on to say that "together" Ukraine and the U.S. "can take strong steps against Putin."

In fact, the U.S. is already negotiating with Russia. Last month, Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Russian diplomats in Saudi Arabia to discuss terms. The meeting sparked an immediate reaction from European leaders who held an emergency meeting in Paris, ostensibly to strategize continued support for the war.

what a debacle that was. Absolutely embarrassing

Heads of state tend to dress in their best attire, based upon their culture. Zelenskyy shows up for meetings in a sweatshirt.

I would say he's in the middle of a war, but he's miles away and probably a few stops along the way. But is there a tailor where he is? Could the U.S not have offered him one?

So many possibilities, but yes he's addressing the world at a world stage.

After the fall of Assad in December, Israel seized the U.N.-patrolled buffer zone on Syrian territory. The zone was set up under a 1974 ceasefire agreement. Syria’s new authorities and U.N. officials have called for Israel to withdraw.

Meanwhile, Netanyahu’s government has been under pressure to protect Israelis living near border areas in the north as it tries to return residents of the north to their homes.

“This research highlights the role of physical activity and sedentary behavior as modifiable factors that may enhance brain health and reduce the incidence of these diseases,” lead researcher Dr. Jia-Yi Wu of Fudan University in Shanghai, said in a news release. “It is promising to think that encouraging people to make these lifestyle changes could potentially lessen the burden of these diseases in the future.”

For the study, researchers analyzed data from more than 73,000 U.K. residents with an average age of 56 who wore motion-tracking devices for seven days.

The devices monitored their physical activity, the energy they spent on those activities and the time they spent sitting each day.

The team used that data to quantify each person’s physical activity as metabolic equivalents, or METs.

“The finding that transitioning from short or long to healthy sleep duration is associated with increased mortality risk underscores the impact of irregular sleep on health,” Johnson wrote. “It also raises critical questions about the potential for recovery from insufficient sleep and the time required to reverse its effects on health outcomes.”

On Saturday, gunmen came from the Damascus suburb of Mleiha to Jaramana, where they clashed with Druze gunmen. That left one Druze fighter dead and nine other people wounded, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor.

The Israeli warning last Sunday to Syrian forces and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the main former rebel group, made clear that Israeli forces would stay in parts of southern Syria for an indefinite period.

“We demand the complete demilitarization of southern Syria in the provinces of Quneitra, Daraa and Sweida from the forces of the new regime,” that earlier statement said. “Likewise, we will not tolerate any threat to the Druze community in southern Syria.”

For the study, researchers analyzed sleep and health data on nearly 47,000 people 40 to 79. Participants entered the study between 2002 and 2009, and completed follow-up surveys between 2008 and 2013.

Researchers grouped all the participants based on their sleep “trajectory” — differences between the sleep they reported at the start and then during follow-up.

For example, people on a “long-short” trajectory got too much sleep at the beginning and too little by the end, while “short-long” went the opposite way.

Overall, 66% of participants reported getting too much or too little sleep, results show.

Zelenskyy said in his Saturday thread: "Europe is ready for contingencies and to help fund our large army. We also need the U.S. role in defining security guarantees—what kind, what volume, and when. Once these guarantees are in place, we can talk with Russia, Europe, and the U.S. about diplomacy. War alone is too long, and we don’t have enough weapons to push them out entirely."

The thread follows the Oval Office argument, during which the following exchange occured:

Zelenskyy: "First of all, during the war, everybody has problems, even you. But you have nice ocean and don't feel now. But you will feel it in the future. God bless —"

Trump: "You don't know that. You don't know that. Don't tell us what we're going to feel. We're trying to solve a problem. Don't tell us what we're going to feel."

The Senate’s narrow approval reflects bipartisan contention over the state’s role in handling volatile digital currencies. Sponsored by Republican Sen. Mark Finchem, the bill aligns with broader efforts by states like Utah to integrate cryptocurrencies into public finance.

Proponents argue the fund could generate revenue through strategic investments while streamlining management of seized assets. Critics, however, question the risks of state involvement in crypto markets in general. This type of maneuver is also being looked into on the federal level.

SB 1373 now faces scrutiny in the Arizona House, where amendments or further debate could shape its final version. If enacted, Arizona would join a small group of states hoping to experiment with frameworks for strategic bitcoin management.

Postal Service Changes May Improve Some Rural Deliveries
The U.S. Postal Service this week announced sweeping changes to mail processing. Rural customers in some areas may see faster deliveries.

The announcement from the Postal Service claims the government could realize as much as $36 billion in savings as a result of the service revisions over savings already achieved. "As part of the ongoing Delivering for America plan, the Postal Service has, to date, lowered $1.8 billion in annual transportation costs by eliminating redundant networks and rationalizing the use of air and surface options, and reduced 45 million work hours, or $2.3 billion annually, by improving plant productivity, and eliminating unnecessary facilities."

Many of the new postal operation changes involve how zip codes are used to direct mail throughout the system and eventually out for delivery.

Under Fishbank's proposal, the remaining 60% of savings would go toward the allocated budget.

The Post added that "according to [Fishback's] math," this would mean 79 million households would receive $5,000 checks if Elon Musk can cut $2 trillion from the federal budget.

Meanwhile, it doesn't appear that money going toward paying down the debt would outpace deficit spending. This week, the House passed its budget bill, which, according to USA Today, would add "almost $3 trillion to the federal deficit over 10 years."

Nonetheless, Fishback suggested that the first checks come in July 2026, when DOGE is expected to terminate, or they could come earlier if the proposal becomes law.

The Post stated that some economists believe the dividend checks could increase inflation.

NY Post: 'DOGE Dividend' Could Become Law
A proposal referred to as the "DOGE dividend," which would redistribute 20% of government savings from cuts to taxpayers, could become law, the New York Post learned on Thursday.

Earlier this week, 28-year-old hedge fund manager James Fishback met with lawmakers to discuss the idea.

Fishback told the Post, "The president supports this and Elon likes the idea of incentivizing people to report waste, fraud, and abuse. The proposed bill will be coming in the next few days."

Last week, President Donald Trump spoke at the FII Institute PRIORITY Summit in Miami. There, he suggested that "a new concept" was "under consideration," where "we give 20% of the DOGE savings to American citizens and 20% goes to paying down debt."