Thankfully, you can read all about the process on the official Israeli government page called "Swords of Iron War: Posthumous Sperm Retrieval, Preservation and Use"

What is the procedure of posthumous sperm retrieval and preservation?

A medical specialist (either a urologist or a fertility specialist) removes parts of the testicular tissue and transfers them to a nearby laboratory in the In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Unit or in the Sperm Bank. In the laboratory, under a special microscope, the tissue is searched for living sperm cells. The sperm cells found or the testicular tissue are transferred for preservation in liquid nitrogen.

Per https://archive.is/TmnRB#selection-717.0-755.193

"No nuclear weapon, that’s 99% of it. We’ll see how it turns out, we’ll see how it all works out."

I mean if this is Trump's definition of a "good deal," then the ceasefire negotiations are gonna go fine. Iran will 100% commit to no nuclear weapons if the United States drops all sanctions, withdraws from all bases in the region, and pays reparations. All outlined in the demands Iran has been saying since like day one. With this, Trump can frame a strategic US defeat as a "victory," giving the Iranians everything they want and minting a new regional power. I doubt Israel is gonna let that happen, but who knows.

The Iranians don’t seem to realize they have no cards, other than a short term extortion of the World by using International Waterways. The only reason they are alive today is to negotiate!

Per https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116381352865496679

"The Iranians don't seem to realize they have no cards, other than the royal flush they happen to have." Same vibe as "the Strait of Hormuz is open so long as the Iranians open it."

Mostly facetious on my part. China's not gonna get out of their deflationary spiral without serious state policy intervention, I agree.

I would argue it's a bit of both, with the latter being the base and the former the superstructure. Like underlying inflation/deflation is indeed due to supply and production issues, but expectations can reenforce and slightly nudge the base. Having prices rise even for a month can be helpful to break out of those expectations, but the undrrlying deflationary spiral isn't going to be solved by those. Merely represents a moment where an off ramp becomes a bit easier with the right state policies.

In the Economist Espresso this morning. Add another one to China's "do nothing, win" book.

Meanwhile, the war’s economic fallout could, ironically, help China achieve one of its economic objectives for the year: lifting inflation into positive territory. China’s producer prices (also known as factory-gate prices) have fallen every month since October 2022. Some economists have worried that China could follow Japan, where the expectation of deflation became deeply entrenched and self-reinforcing. The sharp increase in oil and gas prices in March may have been enough to break China’s deflationary trend. Figures released on Friday showed that producer prices rose by half a percentage point last month compared with a year earlier.

It's so egregious when the terms of the ceasefire very clearly say "Lebanon is included" and Trump is like "no Lebanon is not included;" it does not get more clear than that.

Interesting that Lebanon is suddenly "not part of the ceasefire" when the person who announced and "organized" the ceasefire, PM Sharif of Pakistan, clearly stated that Lebanon was indeed part of the ceasefire (https://xcancel.com/CMShehbaz/status/2041665043423752651#m). Not sure what happens now, we'll see if Iran launches some strikes.

EDIT:

Iran has told Pakistan that it will close the Strait of Hormuz and will not negotiate with the U.S until Israel stops its attacks on Lebanon. Iran has informed the mediators that it will only attend the meeting in Islamabad if a ceasefire is guaranteed for Lebanon – WSJ

Now is truly the time of monsters. I agree with the former image, Iran has no incentive to accept a temporary ceasefire that would probably be used to position USAmerican troops for a ground invasion of Iran without threat of Iranian drone and missile strikes, and time for the Epstein Coalition to produce more missile interceptors. The hardliners are in control, they understand this; Iran's greatest mistake during the 12 Day War was agreeing to a truce, only for Israel and the United States to "reload" and launch this current war. Iran will not make the same mistake twice. And if they do?

Punished Leo, ex-American, leading an army of Global South Catholics on crusade to destroy Israel would make me a trad Cath.

Almost certainly; Iran has already said as much.

If Trump makes a mistake, Aramco, Yanbu, and the Fujairah pipeline will be added to Iran's target banks.

https://xcancel.com/RT_com/status/2041591887040032918

In another sign of thawing French-Iranian relations, Iran has let a French couple under informal house arrest return to France. Between this, the UN veto, the permission for a French cargo ship to traverse the Strait of Hormuz, there is Something clearly afoot. I imagine behind the scenes France is lobbying other EU-member states to start dealing with Iran seriously.

Cecile Kohler, 41, and Jacques Paris, 72, were due back in France on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said as he hailed their departure from the country facing US threats of devastating attacks. The couple had been under house arrest at the French embassy in Tehran since they were freed in November. "It is a relief for all of us and clearly for their families," President Emmanuel Macron said in a social media post announcing the news. Macron thanked Oman for its mediation "efforts" in the case. Barrot told French television that Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi informed him on Sunday that the couple could depart. The pair left Tehran at dawn Tuesday in a diplomatic convoy with the French ambassador for the Azerbaijan capital Baku, where they were to spend the night, a foreign ministry source told AFP.

Per https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20260407-french-couple-leave-iran-after-more-than-three-years-in-detention