I just landed in Lisbon, and met Renzo Gracie at the airport, in the queue at passport control. We started chatting, he showed me a video of himself competing, and that's when I realised who I was actually talking to. He got into a conversation with my son, also a BJJ practitioner... A really nice guy!

Au Cameroun, on fait le décompte des votes à la main, et c'est pourquoi il faut en général 15 jours pour déclarer les résultats des élections présidentielles. 🤡 15 jours pendant lesquels une fraude à grande échelle s'opère, rendue possible par une corruption massive des différents acteurs clefs: certains leaders de «l'opposition», la cour constitutionnelle, les responsables des bureaux de vote... Bref, le système semble être verrouillé. Si jamais ils réussissent encore leur coup cette fois-ci, ce sera reparti pour au moins sept autres interminables années d'extrême supplice...😢 View quoted note →

”So in some respects the diplomacy between Putin and Trump is irrelevant to the outcome of the war because the war is already lost. But in spite of that Zelinski won't compromise and nor will his supporters in Europe. It's in some respects very like what happened with the Confederacy in the American Civil War. There was no surrender negotiation serious negotiation between the Confederacy and the United States... If the Europeans were prepared to change their stance if they were to tell Zelinski and the Ukrainians that it's game over well that might change the calculus. But again there is no evidence in Europe that the European leadership is prepared to do that...“ — Alexander Mercouris

The real reason for the dip is that I cashed out part of my pension to buy sats. 😂