SAMA HOOLE: Testosterone is made from cholesterol. Oestrogen is made from cholesterol. Cortisol is made from cholesterol. Vitamin D is made from cholesterol. Bile acids that digest fat are made from cholesterol.

Testosterone is made from cholesterol.

Oestrogen is made from cholesterol.

Cortisol is made from cholesterol.

Vitamin D is made from cholesterol.

Bile acids that digest fat are made from cholesterol.

Progesterone, which sustains pregnancy, is made from cholesterol.

Every…

— Sama Hoole (@SamaHoole) May 17, 2026

Testosterone is made from cholesterol. Oestrogen is made from cholesterol. Cortisol is made from cholesterol. Vitamin D is made from cholesterol. Bile acids that digest fat are made from cholesterol. Progesterone, which sustains pregnancy, is made from cholesterol. Every cell membrane in your body contains cholesterol. Every nerve is insulated by myelin, which is largely cholesterol. Every memory you form requires cholesterol to build the synapse that holds it. Your brain is 60% fat, mostly cholesterol. Breast milk is rich in cholesterol because infant brains cannot develop without it. Nature, given the job of designing the perfect first food, put cholesterol in it. When you eat less of it, the liver makes more. Because the body knows it cannot function without it. We declared war on cholesterol in 1977. Testosterone in men has dropped 25%. Vitamin D deficiency is now endemic. One in three adults over fifty is on a statin lowering the cholesterol the body is desperately trying to maintain. Depression rates have tripled. Infertility rates have doubled.

The war is going well. 

Mike Davies.

TOM LUONGO: Pro Tip: There is no welfare state for war losers.

These are normal Terms of Surrender when you've lost.

People seem to think that the losers are supposed to be compensated for being losers.

Pro Tip: There is no welfare state for war losers. https://t.co/LbvB4cl0tN

— Tom Luongo (@TFL1728) May 17, 2026

From Iran Observer,

BREAKING:

The US has responded to Iran's proposal:

- Iran must hand over 400 kg of uranium to the United States - No compensation for damages incurred - Only one Iranian nuclear facility may remain in operation - None of Iran’s frozen assets will be released - No ceasefire throughout the region

It is now clear why the Negotiations Failed.

SEC WAR, PETE HEGSETH: The killing of innocent Christians in Nigeria — and anywhere — must end immediately. The Department of War is preparing for action. Either the Nigerian Government protects Christians, or we will kill the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities.

Taking out another heavily British node. https://t.co/HOiPv6CxbE

— EM Burlingame - 蒲 奕 言 (@EMBurlingame) May 17, 2026

ANNA D. WEST: In a hit opera about the rescue of Christian women from the hands of Islamic traffickers. This was European high art and culture in 1782, based on current events and it's odd how many people want us to forget that.

Perspectives: Mozart premiered an entire opera about the Muslim enslavement of Europeans in Vienna in 1782, within 100 years of the Ottoman siege of that city.

All of Europe, with Vienna at the center of the fight and with Barbary pirates still capturing innocent Christian… pic.twitter.com/25ob3dQHGG

— Anna D. West 🇺🇸 (@SlimWiggy) May 16, 2026

Perspectives: Mozart premiered an entire opera about the Muslim enslavement of Europeans in Vienna in 1782, within 100 years of the Ottoman siege of that city. All of Europe, with Vienna at the center of the fight and with Barbary pirates still capturing innocent Christian Europeans, was still dealing with the constant threats from the Islamic world and only newly free of the threat of conquest by the Ottomans. This aria from The Abduction from the Seraglio (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), featured in the film Amadeus, is a woman singing of her resolve to remain pure and undefiled by the Turk who has abducted her, conceding that due to his determination to r*** her, she will look forward instead to the liberation afforded by death itself. In a hit opera about the rescue of Christian women from the hands of Islamic traffickers.

1782. This was European high art and culture in 1782, based on current events and it's odd how many people want us to forget that. 

English translation of the German libretto.  

Books on the subject.

White Gold, Giles Milton, 2005.