Hexbear federation?
Some context and history on the topic.
I wanted to ask if there is change in opinion on this topic, while slrpnk was down I had account federated with Hexbear and it didn't seem that bad. Yet I way be just propagandised enough to not see the problem.
What do you think?
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These are not worth anything. Peace talks I mean
- russia is trying to break Ukraine. And strongly believes it can or has to do it. Not conquer and occupy. It is a Stallinist method - let them be "free" and self regulate by installed puppets.
- russian diplomacy schools explicitly teach that you either are stronger or food for others.
- russian diplomacy schools explicitly teach to prolong, stall, distract, enrage until complacency is achieved.
Glad to see it.
Even more glad to see it now that we're not the ones fronting the cash and material.
Trump Shares Unhinged Conspiracy Theory That Biden’s a Clone
Trump Shares Unhinged Conspiracy Theory That Biden Is a Robot Clone
“There is no Joe Biden,” the post reads, claiming that the former president was actually murdered in 2020.Catherine Bouris (The Daily Beast)
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They aren't talking about real-world biological cell cloning. They're talking about a machine built with secret reptilian technology where you put the dead person in one cylinder and it scans them and then prints out a replica that is alive but without a soul, so then you turn it into a cyborg with a brain chip (more alien technology) and then it can be remote controlled and progammed what to say.
It is not so much a "conspiracy theory" as a "psychotic delusion". And all the 'Q' people believe it. They are all severely mentally ill.
My god, such a horrible conspiracy theory... just on it's face.
LLM's have drastically improved every year. Biden was so blatently on the mental decline.
ChatGPT would have smoked trump in the 2024 debates.
Entirely seriously:
The last time I heard anyone talking about this conspiracy theory was when I was homeless ... this idea was fairly popular with the meth and fentanyl addict crowd.
I also witnessed some arguments over whether or not Kayne was a clone.
This is a demoralization tactic.
It’s not about Biden, it’s not about conspiracies. It’s about rubbing your nose in it.
“Look at the absurd shit I can say and lose no support. Look at how brazenly I can spew this garbage and look at how you’re doing nothing about it. Fuck you, I win, and you won’t even try to stop me.”
You sound like the opposing team in Air Bud insisting there’s a SERIOUS procedural problem here and totally ignoring the fact that a golden retriever is just dunking on you over and over again.
Like.. if he’s just a dumb jackass- it does NOT reflect well on you that you haven’t put a stop to it yet. The only possible takeaway is that you’re a huge coward, not that you don’t know what do do.
Spain aims to ban flushing of wet wipes, with manufacturers paying for cleanup
Spain aims to ban flushing of wet wipes, with manufacturers paying for cleanup
Government’s draft legislation also includes ban on releasing disposable party balloons into the environmentSam Jones (The Guardian)
I've always wondered this, but how do you prevent a bidet from festering? When dedicating, micro poop particles get everywhere in the bowl, and therefore my conclusion would be that it would get on the bidet spout. Over time, since it's moist, wouldn't a very thin microbial biofilm form on the spout? Then you'd be blasting in potentially dangerous bacteria back into yourself. Do you have to clean it after every use? Every day?
The only way I could see it maybe keeping clean would be if it was behind a small door that opened when it'll be in use and then retracted once more.
So far the most hygienic option would be wet wipes.
I’ll preface my comment with the fact that I never saw a bidet until I was in my 30s, so I was never properly “bidet trained”, but I can tell you that at a glance the prospect of having a damp ass after every shit does not appeal to me. Particularly in humid regions where damp bodily areas leads chafing and rashes. It also looks like a lot more effort than just wiping and moving on with minimal difference in results.
That said, if you prefer bidets and have access to them, more power to you.
After a shower you dry off with a towel, obviously.
Do you dry your ass with a towel after using a bidet? An ass towel? Because that's disgusting.
'Russian bombers are burning en masse' — Ukraine's SBU drones hit 'more than 40' aircraft in mass attack, source claims
An operation by Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) has hit "more than 40" Russian bombers at air bases "in the rear of the Russian Federation," a source in the agency told the Kyiv Independent on June 1.
"Enemy strategic bombers are burning en masse in Russia — this is the result of a special operation by the SBU," the source said.
Video provided by the source shows what appears to be a row of heavy bomber aircraft on fire at an undisclosed location.
'Russian bombers are burning en masse' — Ukraine's SBU drones hit 'more than 40' aircraft in mass attack, source says
"Currently, more than 40 aircraft are known to have been hit, including the A-50, Tu-95 and Tu-22 M3," a source told the Kyiv Independent.Chris York (The Kyiv Independent)
Judging by Russian TG, they are not exaggerating one bit.
Also rumors of a sub base getting hit, even though one can say today subs Russia has are all tracked.
I wonder about missile silos - if any of them were still operational, maybe they've been all sabotaged long ago (or rotted by themselves), and we didn't know simply because it's not as visible as burning strategic bombers in the midst of a day.
So apparently Russian regime just got more willing to negotiate.
Which may be kinda good news, because fewer troubles means more attention to each particular one, so the degree of bullshit elsewhere might fall too.
Missile silos are sadly, ridiculously hardened. You may have to hit a single door with 10+ drones to get through.
Aircraft are perfect targets, since an aircraft must be light and cannot be hidden underground too easily.
Also, missile silos aren't being used to attack Ukraine. Knocking one out would have no effect on the safety of people in Ukraine. Aircraft however, are used daily / weekly. Tangible benefit is immediate - less air raids, less missiles fired, less glide bombs dropped.
It would also be sweet if a shortage of radar planes occurred - Russia not knowing what's happening in its airspace would allow Ukrainian long-range drones to reach where they must.
since an aircraft must be light and cannot be hidden underground too easily.
With the kind of money Putin has at his disposal, one could have underground reinforced concrete hangars even in permafrost, would cost less than those yachts or palaces or sports events.
It would also be sweet if a shortage of radar planes occurred - Russia not knowing what’s happening in its airspace would allow Ukrainian long-range drones to reach where they must.
These are all a system, I think.
But at the same time, about missile silos - they'd really do something about them first, because imagine you are a psychopath usurper thinking yourself to be some kind of princeps, and you've lost much of your visibility and of your long range bombers and apparently of your subs. Who knows what the people getting orders will think. What if they receive a launch order and just do that.
First, I am not a Russia fan or apologist.
…But the Soviets made some good shit, often with the philosophy of “big and simple,” but often well engineered, too. Soyuz has been so reliable it’s unreal, hence it sent astronauts from around the world to space for decades because nothing else was dependable enough.
They did tons of real, oldschool nuclear testing, not simulations like newer powers. They knew what they were doing.
Hence, asserting most of Russia’s warheads are duds is quite an assumption. It’s quite possible. But there’s enough of a track record for the threat to be very real.
I agree about older Soviet engineering, it's a bit of a result of digital automation being less available due to domestic computer research being shot down politically in favor of copying IBM and DEC, and also having worse abilities at minimization.
Hence Soviet engineering is how you'd approach building a spacefaring civilization with a slide rule as the baseline instrument, and mostly analog components of everything. That does feel cool.
About warheads - there's an issue of half-life with nuclear warheads, so that they "rot" is not in doubt, the question is how good the maintenance was.
Fissile material (enriched uranium and plutonium) has a long half-life.
AFAIK tritium is the biggest issue, with a half life of 12.3 years. From what I've read, nukes have little feeder tubes to replenish that.
…But the Soviets made some good shit, often with the philosophy of “big and simple,” but often well engineered, too.
Of which a disproportionate share was Ukrainian. Valentin Hlushko's engine shot Gagarin into space, Sergei Korolev designed the Soyuz, and Soyuz' successor, Zenith, is Ukrainian.
And that's just rockets. Ukraine designed and built Russia's only aircraft carrier, and their flagship (the Moskva), as well as the missiles that promoted it to submarine.
Ukraine also did the bulk of the heavy lifting fighting back the Nazis. And they're certainly out-innovating and out-engineering Russia right now when it comes to drones.
That's not to say that Russia is completely incapable and they have no scientists or engineers at all, but this equation of "The Soviets did it, so it's Russian" is very misleading.
I read elsewhere that these were autonomous drones. It likely wouldn’t be terribly difficult to program a drone to fly to a specific location, look for something shaped like an aircraft, then fly into it.
You could also program one or two drones to fly to a specific location, record video for 5-10 minutes, then fly to a different landing zone where one person is waiting to recover the video.
Not just big, it has plenty of towns and villages abandoned, which weren't abandoned for centuries before. There are growing populations of brown bears and various fish and what not in Tver oblast, or so I've heard.
What Russia definitely doesn't need is more territory, but, obviously, territory is not all Ukraine has, it also has people, and I think Russia's leadership was after more slaves.
And that, ladies and gentlemen (and everyone else), may be entire Russian strategic bomber fleet, one that has been terrorizing Ukrainian cities for years now.
Every time they got their ass kicked - like when Kerch bridge was blown up or Moskva was sunk - you'd be sure to expect a bombing run at night. That was their temper tantrum weapon, and one that simply terrorized our people, Kyiv and outskirts had it really bad last few weeks. And now it may be gone.
It's not only what they did, but how they did it.
First of all the loss of this aircraft is substantial. They don't have many more of these aircraft and likely not all are operational at every time, especially now when it's hard to get parts. And these planes are full of western parts.
And another thing, is not like Russia can throw everything at Ukraine, it's got other borders to watch.
The second part is how they did it. They snuck into Russia with weapons and carried an embarrassing blow against a country that is basically fighting this war to keep its status as a super power. And this country that they don't even consider as a country did this to them from the inside. Thats just weak and it's there for everyone to see. This is shouting for everyone to hear: Russia is no super power, it's no power at all.
" They snuck into Russia with weapons and carried an embarrassing blow"
Like us after 9/11?
" Russia is no super power, it’s no power at all."
And if that's true, why do we need NATO? For the group hugs and crying?
You are spewing the same kind of propaganda the other side says about you.
It's a bad day to be a Putin apologist. How's the weather in St. Petersburg today?
None of what you said is relevant or coherent. 9/11 was an attack against civilians by terrorists. This was an attack against military targets by state actors at war. NATO exists for soft and hard power projection, and to discourage intra-state conflict within Europe. Further, the weakness of the Russian Military as contrasted by their posturing has been stark. I don't personally believe Russia remains a superpower, with their ability to project power now restricted to digital battlefields and hard power only adjacent to their borders.
If not for nukes, nobody would give a shit about Russia. Their army has fluctuated between being excellent and being worse than useless for its entire history, and they're currently on a low end of that cycle. As for the Russian navy, the Cold War might have been the only time period where it was worth a damn.
So no, they're not a superpower. They've been running on nukes and momentum since the dissolution of the USSR.
And if that’s true, why do we need NATO?
Because even a destitute regional power can still bombard your cities, kill your civilians, and occupy your territory if they're willing to suffer the results.
Let me guess: Russia should bomb Ukraine, because USA does it in other places.
You are so pathetic.
He never said it is. Most people don’t think it is.
We want NATO as a security, should we ever need it.
It’s like paying for insurance: let’s hope you never need it, but are glad to should the need arise. It’s not hard to understand, mate.
We all hope NATO can sit idly by and make plans they never ever need to execute.
I don't care for comparisons, but the comparison to 9/11 is not really accurate.
This is a war between neighbouring countries, one of which calls itself a super power, yet has not only completely failed to achieve it's goals, it has depleted itself doing it. It has practically destroyed all it's weapons, which were before the war thought of as limitless, it has reduced it's gas pump economy to ashes, it has destroyed it's status and already lost it's sphere of influence in Syria and elsewhere and ... wings wheel above in silent loops.... If you know what I mean.
NATO is of course needed beyond Russia, stupid question. Plus Russia still has nukes, which would be safer if Russian state somehow survives this war.
What I'm saying is no propaganda, just a very very sober assessment of the current situation.
Russia has lost immediately when it was clear, that it cannot take Ukraine. It's perceived status as a super power went down the drain and nobody is taking it seriously anymore. It cannot project power, it cannot hold a sphere of influence.
Just to put it in perspective, Wikipedia is currently listing the "before being destroyed" numbers, along with a note of "obsolete source".
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_…
Before this attack, their bomber force was:
- Tu-22M: 56
- Tu-95: 47
- Tu-160: 22
It's apparently the first two that got hit most. 40 total gone is a significant chunk of their whole bomber force, and they ain't going to be able to replace them.
This is going to have the secondary effect of exploding rats but times a thousand.
During WWII the brits planted dead rats filled with explosives around german facilities, as it was common practice to simply throw dead rats into the boiler fireboxes, where these rats in questions would explode and hopefully deal damage to important equipment. Almost no real damage was done but simply finding the rats was enough to make the Germans so paranoid that the extra caution and paranoia did more damage than the rats ever would have if they had gone undiscovered (and thrown into boilers as planned)
Bro I love Ukrainians so much and the respect for you HEROES is astonishing, SKY HIGH LOVE YOU GUYS KEEP IT UP !!!
The SBU claims that 34 per cent (‼️‼️) of Russia's fleet of bombers, with a combined value of more than €6 billion, has been eliminated with this operation 'Spiderweb'. The figures cannot be independently confirmed because Russia and Ukraine are both silent on military losses for strategic reasons.
May the spiders crawl all over putin and eat him alive.
Pick your side, they're mutually exclusive! Only those who cheer on palestinian deaths can oppose the russian attack.
What a shit troll.
It was a joke. Both sides has their catalysts. One is Hamas and the other is Netanyahu.
Circumcision vs Beheading. What a choice to have. Ironic that the Jews are on the other side of genocide. They're probably going "So this is what the Nazis felt like!"
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IAEA warns Iran has upped enriched uranium production
The international nuclear watchdog said Iran's stocks of 60% enriched uranium have increased to over 400 kilograms. It also criticized Iran for a "lack of cooperation."
The UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that Iran has increased its production of enriched uranium in recent months, according to a report seen by multiple news agencies on Saturday.
The news comes amid talks between Iran and the US aimed at curtailing Tehran's nuclear program and preventing it from acquiring nuclear weapons.
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how was it not at the least a crime against humanity during war? was what the nazis did not “technically” a crime at some point? no. it was always a crime.
the point is that the US has used nukes, they didn’t even need to, but chose to to “scare” the watching communists next door.
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Indian Aircraft Bound for London Crashes on Takeoff from Ahmedabad Airport, 244 on Board
Indian Aircraft Bound for London Crashes on Takeoff from Ahmedabad Airport, 244 on Board
An Air India passenger aircraft carrying 244 people crashed on Thursday afternoon in the northwester...Al-Manar TV Lebanon
Tehran unravels documents exposing secret IAEA-'Israel' collusion
Iranian media outlets on Thursday published a series of documents that reportedly reveal covert coordination between IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi and "Israel", a collaboration Iranian officials say was designed to politicize the agency’s oversight of Iran’s peaceful nuclear program.
The documents were obtained by Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence in what was described as a high-level intelligence operation, sources revealed to Al Mayadeen.
According to reports by Fars News Agency, the documents expose a long-standing partnership between Grossi and Israeli officials, showing that the IAEA chief repeatedly acted in alignment with Israeli directives regarding Iran’s nuclear file.
The unveiled documents implicate Merav Zafary-Odiz, "Israel’s" permanent representative to the IAEA from 2014 to 2016, as playing a pivotal role in advancing Tel Aviv’s position within the agency. According to the documents, she regularly criticized Iran’s cooperation during Board of Governors meetings and accused the previous IAEA chief, Yukiya Amano, of disseminating “inaccurate” information about Iran’s nuclear progress.
Tehran unravels documents exposing secret IAEA-'Israel' collusion
Iranian intelligence files raise serious concerns about the IAEA’s impartiality, exposing years of behind-the-scenes coordination with “Israel” to undermine Tehran.Al Mayadeen English (Tehran unravels documents exposing secret IAEA-'Israel' collusion)
$1.5 Billion AI Company That Reportedly Used No Actual AI Goes Belly Up
not only created a fake AI company that was ‘all humans, no intelligence,'” he also “dared to falsely report 300% revenue to investors.”
Name: builder.ai
$1.5 Billion AI Company, Builder.ai, Collapses, Accused Of Fraud
Builder.ai, one of the United Kingdom’s most hyped AI startups, is now broke and accused of being a complete fraud.Douglas Charles (BroBible)
Malleable software: Restoring user agency in a world of locked-down apps
Malleable software: Restoring user agency in a world of locked-down apps
The original promise of personal computing was a new kind of clay. Instead, we got appliances: built far away, sealed, unchangeable.www.inkandswitch.com
Apple’s Craig Federighi on the long road to the iPad’s Mac-like multitasking
Apple’s Craig Federighi on the long road to the iPad’s Mac-like multitasking
Federighi talks to Ars about why the iPad’s Mac-style multitasking took so long.Andrew Cunningham (Ars Technica)
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Kind of a mind blowing read since Android has had this for over a decade.
Apple F'd this up way back when they had divergent builds between phone and tablet OS treatments because they were afraid the iPad would impact MacBook sales. They nerfed the entire device line by restricting memory for this exact reason. Not even mentioned once in this article.
They needed the entire device line by restricting memory for this exact reason. Not even mentioned once in this article.
Autocorrect issue? This doesn't make sense to me as written. Maybe impeded?
This is the problem with android fans. You’ll say Android does X or Y thing and has been able to do it for years! Apple sucks!
But the reality is that it doesn’t matter because the app ecosystem for Android tablets is abysmal, so who gives a fuck about the capabilities of Android tablets if there’s nothing worth doing on them? Most Android tablet apps are still phone apps. It’s terrible all around.
And I don’t mean this in a platform war way, it’s just that it’s not a straight up comparison as it would be with Phones which are more up to par.
laptopmag.com/tablets/ipads/ap…
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And also I was at WWDC 2019 where they literally said in a Q&A they weren't making developer tools available for iOS because they wanted people to use MacOS for development.
There is literally no difference in software between any of them anymore, except the manufactured kneecaps that they won't allow certain devices to produce under.
Android had all this over a decade ago. It's just a fact.
Did WWDC 2025 just prove that Apple is kneecapping the iPad?
iPadOS 26 is more like macOS than ever before, and it's still nowhere closeStevie Bonifield (Laptop Mag)
If you like Apple devices you also know they are opinionated. Sure there’s no reason not to allow X or Y thing on it, but if it requires dev time why would Apple invest on something that they do not see as a priority for the device? The iPad is not aimed at developers or engineers it’s aimed at creatives and board room executives. I know many tattoo artists that use it, they have 0 complaints about the device. I know it’s widely used by illustrators as well.
And yea it’s true Android has had all those features for ages, but who gives a fuck like I said? The apps are not there and no one wants an android Tablet because of it. If those features were so good and so better than what the iPad offers people would be ditching their iPads for Android tablets, but that’s not what happens at all.
The simplest difference is a company that cripples their products to ensure they keep profit margins and $1 TRILLION in the bank.
It's not a better product, it's just a profit machine.
You're completely missing the point though.
The reason Apple is literally spending billions of dollars globally fighting against government mandates for opening their ecosystem to third-party app stores is not because of their usability, it's because they know they have an on-par product with a high profit margin and intend to keep that way instead of doing actual innovation to differentiate their products.
As you even said, there is no difference between them now, so just existing to enhance profits is not a good reason to keep doing things as they are.
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I think it's hilarious that people will buy an iPhone, iPad and Macbook and not realize the only thing that's different about them is the software. Any restriction is manufactured.
edit: apparently I've upset some Apple users. I apologize. My point was that the features each class of device has is manufactured to ensure you buy 3 products instead of 1 while the hardware inside is essentially the same. Like restricting touch and pen support isn't about hardware limitations; it's about getting you to spend. If you're happy with a company that does that you, then hey you do you, but don't get upset when that fact is pointed out.
I think it's hilarious that people will see an iPhone, iPad and Macbook and think the only thing that's different about them is the software. Any mental restriction is manufactured.
Size actually matters.
A small box you can stick into 3 different cases, one looking like a laptop, another like a tablet and another like a phone, can.
Or a phone you stick into the former two, like a dock station. One could do this with Ubuntu Phone, sadly they failed.
One can argue that the case of a MacBook and its screen and the keyboard account for much of its cost, but I think the fact itself that it's a single device with different UIs would make many situations more convenient. No need to synchronize files - it's already the same storage medium. No need to charge 3 separate devices. No need to stop your work when switching.
And yeah, I still think the "computer" part costs a lot.
Multitasking is a feature of an operating system that is already there.
And window management on a touchscreen - I guess tiling is fine. Maybe.
Gaza doctor who lost nine children in Israeli airstrike dies from wounds in same attack
A Palestinian father who had lost nine of his 10 children in an Israeli airstrike has died from wounds sustained in the same attack, local health officials have said.
Hamdi al-Najjar, 40, a doctor at Nasser hospital, was critically injured when Israeli forces bombed the family house in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis on 23 May, killing nine of his children. He had just returned home after accompanying his wife Alaa, a paediatrician at the Nasser medical complex, to work when the building was struck. He had initially survived alongside his son Adam, 11, who is still in hospital.
Even by the terrible standards of the Gaza conflict, their deaths had shocked the international community.
Footage shared by the director of Gaza’s health ministry and verified by the Guardian showed the burnt, dismembered bodies of Najjar’s children being pulled from the rubble of their house near a petrol station as flames engulfed what remained of the family’s home.
Gaza doctor who lost nine children in Israeli airstrike dies from wounds in same attack
Hamdi al-Najjar, 40, was critically injured when Israeli forces bombed the family house in Khan YounisLorenzo Tondo (The Guardian)
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I wonder how many Gazan women find it frustrating that Hamas doesn't accept women. To many like this man's wife the prospect of lobbing IEDs at Jews is probably at least a little tempting.
Edit: I'm not trying to push Israeli talking points, though I guess it might seem that way; I just didn't want to portray your average Palestinian as something they're not. We don't need to gloss over Palestinian antisemitism to believe that pretty much everything Israel did to Palestinians in the last 90 years was abhorrent.
They don't see 'jews' attacking them and hate jews, they know what the IDF and the US is, of course there are likely antisemitic people there as there may be anywhere, but most people know the difference between Jews as a group and the people they see shooting and bombing them wearing the flag of Israel or the US.
Why do you think they wouldn't make a distinction? Islamic texts reference Jewish and Christian prophets, they don't just naturally automatically hate each other.
I'm extrapolating from my own experience (not Palestinian, but from a country in the vicinity). "Couldn't Hitler have gotten rid of all of them and spared us the trouble" is pretty much a universal position from Morocco to Iraq, and I see no reason Palestinians—who have by far suffered the most under Israel—would be any different. This
It seems that the interest of the Zionist movement, however, is to inflate this figure [of Holocaust deaths] so that their gains will be greater. This led them to emphasize this figure [six million] in order to gain the solidarity of international public opinion with Zionism. Many scholars have debated the figure of six million and reached stunning conclusions—fixing the number of Jewish victims at only a few hundred thousand.-Mahmoud Abbas
Seems to confirm my suspicions. This is one of the things that I find very frustrating about my people, so I'm really not keen to sweep it under the rug.
Why do you think they wouldn't make a distinction?
Because they only ever have the misfortune of interacting with Jews who want to see them dead, would be my bet. Everything an antisemite in Palestine would think about Jews is confirmed by looking at their own lives, meanwhile there's very little challenging those assumptions, so they persist.
Abbas is not necessarily the best source to quote, that quote in particular was something like 30 years ago and he had clarified his stance later emphasizing the horrific crime against humanity that the holocaust was, but he sucks anyway and has very low approval in Palestine, with a reported 90% of Palestinians wanting him to resign. But it is unfortunate that antisemitism like you describe is very common in the Arab world.
This is pure conjecture but it could be possible Palestinians would have a more accurate view of the situation because of their proxmity and history and therefore have less explicit antisemitism versus anti-Zionism, recognizing the distinction.
There is no deeply held, culturally rooted antisemitism in Palestinian culture, as exists for example in German or Russian culture.
Certainly true, but by the time this all ends one way or another we'll be looking at more than a century of Zionist colonialism, which I fear is more than enough to culturally root antisemitism in Arab culture. I certainly hope I stop hearing neo-Nazi conspiracy theories as fact from people I otherwise respect, but I think it'll be up to the generation born after Zionist rule is over to fix this mess.
which is a moral catastrophe for which Israel is squarely responsible.
Yeah definitely, no argument there.
It's like they're trying to create a new generation of terrorists that despise them
Ugh ... as if I didn't already know Netanyahu literally helped keep Hamas in power so people would be less sympathetic to Palestine.
We have some really disgusting people running this world these days. I thought humanity would figure things out eventually but we seem wholly incapable of learning anything from past attrocities for longer than a few generations
Shouldn't have launched missiles at Israel on October 7th. I know they've been fighting since 1948, but perhaps that bombing put Israel's barrage into overtime.
Who would have thought that Jews and Muslims can't share the same land.
A fight over the holy land, and people care more about the Muslims than the Jews and their 6 million death genocide during WW2.
Is it because Trump supports Israel?
Is it because the Palestinians are the rightful owners of the holy land?
Either way, you can thank the almighty Great Britain for this holy war and bringing down the ottoman empire.
It's a tough situation for either side. A whole planet and the two contradicting ideologies are trying to inhabit the same land.
Hopefully, both sides find peace.
They lived together fine for many years. People are concerned about Palestinians because there is accepted scholarly consensus that they are being killed en masse in a genocide waged by Israel and supported materially by the US and it's allies. Likely at least 100,000 Palestinian people have been killed since October 2023.This isn't a competition for who is the most worthy victim historically between Muslims and Jews, innocent families, entire neighborhoods are being obliterated by Israel right now. Thousands of children are at risk of starving because of the total blockade by Israel. Many Jewish people disagree with what is happening and would prefer to share the space in peace.
Supporting Palestine and recognizing this as genocide has nothing to do with recognizing the horrors of the holocaust and feeling sympathy for the Jewish victims of antisemitism, they are not contradictory positions.
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Se non riesci a concentrarti su cose serie per più di mezz'ora, è tempo di un post cazzaro.
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Tanto, sul #Blog, chi ti scova?
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Nel cuore impenetrabile della giungla malese, dodici intrepidi avventurieri affrontano un viaggio estremo, tra fango, sudore e liane, alla ricerca di un montepremi da dividersi alla fine del percorso. Ma non sono esploratori, non sono ex militari, e no, nemmeno boy scout. Sono... professionisti digitali. O qualcosa del genere.
I loro titoli? Un tripudio di inglesismi, abbreviazioni e parole che, messe insieme, sembrano generate da un algoritmo ubriaco: content creator, consulente creativo, digital strategist, autore di contenuti web, project manager di progetti fluidi (ma quali?). Alcuni sono “ex manager”, che non si capisce bene se vuol dire che hanno lasciato la scrivania o se è la scrivania ad aver lasciato loro.
Li vediamo marciare tra le zanzare e i serpenti come se dovessero raggiungere il Wi-Fi più vicino, mentre il sudore scioglie l’ultima traccia di ceretta alle sopracciglia e i loro zaini sembrano contenere più prodotti skincare che strumenti di sopravvivenza. Il vero pericolo, però, non è la natura selvaggia: sono le tentazioni.
Ad ogni bivio, una nuova prova morale: una bistecca tomahawk da 240 euro, una suite con aria condizionata e minibar, un massaggio balinese a otto mani. Se uno di loro cede – e, spoiler: cedono spesso – il montepremi si riduce. Tutti si indignano, ma poi, alla tentazione successiva, cambiano idea. Perché rinunciare a una Jacuzzi in mezzo alla giungla solo per lasciare agli altri qualche euro in più?
E qui sorge spontanea una domanda: se questi sono i lavori del futuro, noi che ci svegliavamo alle sette per timbrare il cartellino abbiamo sbagliato tutto? Forse. Ma resta il dubbio: cosa fanno, esattamente, queste persone?
Uno dice: “Creo contenuti emozionali per il web”. Che potrebbe voler dire scrivere una poesia, girare un reel con la nonna, o semplicemente filmarsi mentre beve un cappuccino con lo sguardo assorto. Un altro è “strategic planner esperienziale”, cioè, se abbiamo capito bene, organizza eventi dove la gente si sente ispirata a investire in sé stessa. Un terzo “ha lasciato la finanza per seguire il cuore”, e oggi racconta la propria trasformazione interiore tramite podcast. Spoiler: la finanza sembra sentirsi benissimo anche senza di lui.
Certo, i tempi cambiano, e non tutti devono sapere riparare un tubo o accendere un fuoco con due sassi. Ma in certi momenti – tipo quando piove da tre giorni e bisogna costruire un riparo – l’assenza di skill pratiche diventa più evidente del fard sbavato sulle guance. E la giungla, quella vera, non fa sconti ai CEO di sé stessi.
Alla fine, mentre il montepremi si assottiglia e le prove si moltiplicano, resta solo una certezza: nella giungla digitale di oggi, l’unica vera sopravvivenza è farsi notare. Anche se l’unica cosa che si è costruita, finora, è un profilo LinkedIn pieno di parole che non significano nulla.
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Anthropic's Claude 4 could "blackmail" you in extreme situations
- Anthropic’s new Claude 4 features an aspect that may be cause for concern.
- The company’s latest safety report says the AI model attempted to “blackmail” developers.
- It resorted to such tactics in a bid of self-preservation.
Anthropic's Claude 4 could "blackmail" you in extreme situations - Hypertext
After debuting its latest AI model, Claude 4, Anthropic's safety report says it could "blackmail" devs in an attempt of self-preservation.Robin-Leigh Chetty (Hypertext)
Egypt detains 200 Gaza protesters, including about 30 from Netherlands
Egyptian authorities have detained approximately 200 pro-Palestinian activists from more than 40 countries, including about 30 from the Netherlands, ahead of a planned protest march to the Gaza border. Many Dutch participants reportedly said they were subjected to “unjust and humiliating treatment,” including being held for hours without food, water, medical care, or information.
Approximately 100 Dutch nationals had traveled to Egypt for the march, representing a diverse range of backgrounds, according to the Dutch public broadcaster NOS. Among them were students, teachers, healthcare workers, retirees and artists. Organizers said 18 members of the European Parliament were also expected to join the protest.
One of those detained was the sister of Mark van Rennes, the captain of the protest ship Madleen, who is currently imprisoned in Israel. She was among approximately 30 Dutch activists deported from Egypt to Istanbul, Turkey. She has since confirmed her arrival in Istanbul and is expected to land at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport around 2 p.m., likely accompanied by many of the other deported Dutch citizens, NOS reported.
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More than 200 killed as London-bound Air India flight crashes in Ahmedabad
Air India flight to London Gatwick crashes in Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff – latest updates
Plane was carrying at least 242 people on Air India flight AI171, say policeAmy Sedghi (The Guardian)
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The plane involved was a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, delivered to Air India in 2014, according to the aviation tracking site FlightRadar24.
Fuuuuuuuuck I was about to blindly post "I'll bet 10 grand it was a Boeing." Ofc it's a Boeing rofl. Look guys the Boeing shareholder meeting is coming to town 🎪🤡 🐘🤡🎩!!!
I actually cannot imagine being an engineer and willingly taking a job at Boeing. "Yeah so I paid for my degree and don't actually have any engineering skills. Perfect you're hired."
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Not in the field, but I think it depends. It's for sure more dangerous on average if we consider the entire world, but I feel like that's mostly because of certain areas (US w/ toothless FAA and ATC shortage, Russia with the war&part shortages etc, ...) and new Boeing aircraft.
Flying is still the safest mode of travel per km, and if you're flying Airbus/Embraer/COMAC/pre-2010 Boeing it's likely as safe as it was a decade ago. However it kinda sucks due to all the greenhouse gas emissions.
Paranoid Kash Patel polygraphs FBI agents in MAGA purge
The FBI has devolved into chaos amid Director Kash Patel’s ongoing efforts to rid the agency of staff disloyal to the Trump administration.
Patel is now subjecting senior executives to polygraphs at a “rapid rate,” The New York Times reports, as part of a wider effort to stamp out embarrassing news leaks from within the agency.
One senior official told the Times in its exposé that he was forced out last month after being subjected to a lie detector test. He believes he was targeted because he hadn’t told Patel about his wife taking a knee during the 2020 protests against police brutality in Washington, D.C.
Paranoid Kash Patel Polygraphs FBI Agents in MAGA Purge
Top brass at the agency are being pushed out as the chief continues his obsessive quest to plug leaks.Will Neal (The Daily Beast)
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The Plot Against the King: Patel, Kash, Vincent, Laura: 9781955550123: Amazon.com: Books
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Ah yes, because those are totally a real and trustworthy technology and not some snake oil bullshit that is inadmissible in court because of how snake oil bullshit it is.
Anyway, that tracks.
This is basically what J. Edgar Hoover did. I didn't think he ever used a polygraph specifically, but he did ideological purges all the time.
The FBI has always been like this.
(I would say hi to my agent, but let's be honest, he's probably been laid off already)
That doesn't sound legal
But you could also just take it and force the results to be useless
devolved into chaos
i love how we're still pretending things are otherwise orderly when literal nazi clowns are running the show.
Ok I'm not going to entertain the idea that the actual FBI doesn't know how polygraphs work and how effective they really are.
This is a clear excuse to just oust whomever they don't like.
Trump was not informed of Ukraine attack on Russia
Trump was not informed of a recent Ukrainian attack on Russia, The Hill’s sister network NewsNation confirmed Sunday.
According to NewsNation’s Tanya Noury, an administration official said the president was not given a heads-up about the drone attack that a Ukrainian security official alleged destroyed more than 40 planes well within Russian territory, according to The Associated Press.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5327835-trump-ukraine-attack-russia/
I think the facts demonstrate otherwise. It's more accurate to say he's not learning much, and I think that someone like Donald, who has to be the center of international attention, is going to notice when the other national players start leaving him out of the loop.
That Donald reacted to the bond markets panicking in the face of his tariffs demonstrates that someone inside that Administration has the ability to get him to see reason. It's a bummer that they don't bend his ear more often.
We are currently clean on OPSEC
the level of stupidity involved with formulating this sentence still gives me pause. What the actual fuck are you trying to say, Hesgeth or whatever idiot on the signal chat.... do you really think you're 'clean' on 'opsec' IN FUCKING SIGNAL?
they heard the term opsec from one of their security detail and wanted to jam it in there because it sounded cool.
He said quite possibly the cringiest string of words of all time
I dunno there's quite some contenders in the running, like "Amen, and a-women." 😂
But it's up there!
This is a ridiculous headline.
If this was "Heads of UK, Germany, and France were informed ahead of Ukraine attack; Trump left in the dark" it'd be a different story.
As it stands, there's no reason to think this is anything but clickbait. The real story is the military operation. Don't mention him unless it's actually relevant.
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George Stephanopoulos Rips Trump for Monetizing Presidency
George Stephanopoulos, on Sunday, ripped President Donald Trump — highlighting the “unprecedented money-making by a sitting president and his family.”
In a scorching show open on ABC’s This Week, Stephanopoulos called out the Trumps for cashing in on the office — while noting that those who are filling the Trump family coffers are benefitting from “official actions” taken by the White House.
“The scale is staggering,” Stephanopoulos said. “President Trump and his family are making hundreds of millions, potentially billions of dollars — as Trump and his administration take official actions that benefit contributors and investors.”
The ABC News anchor called out Trump’s “pardons to tax cheats,” and various windfalls originating from the Trump family’s foray into cryptocurrency.
George Stephanopoulos Goes Scorched Earth on Trump for ‘Unprecedented Money-Making By a Sitting Pres ...
George Stephanopoulos, on Sunday, ripped President Donald Trump — calling out his "unprecedented money-making by a sitting president."Joe DePaolo (Mediaite)
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In a scorching show open on ABC’s This Week, Stephanopoulos called out the Trumps for cashing in on the office — while noting that those who are filling the Trump family coffers are benefitting from “official actions” taken by the White House.
"Official Actions". Two very important words, because thanks to the Supreme Court even a future Congress can't even investigate this, much less do anything about it. And forget about this congress lifting a god damned finger, outside of the middle one they keep giving to the people who voted for them.
Thiago Ávila's message to his daughter
"Dear Tereza,
I’m sorry for not being around these past days, but Daddy was trying to bring food to other children as beautiful as you. Unfortunately, they are starving because some people don’t understand that every human being has the right to freedom.
Your father is one of the millions of people doing something to end the greatest violation of rights of our generation.
I truly hope to come home soon. I think of you and your mother every day. And that is why I cannot accept that the world we live in has so much exploitation, oppression, and destruction.
Do not be afraid for your father. I am okay and hopeful."
Original, untranslated text and video is available here correiobraziliense.com.br/cida…
Vídeo: Direto da prisão em Israel, Thiago Ávila envia carta à filha de um ano
A carta foi enviada à mulher do brasiliense pela advogada que acompanha o caso de Thiago em IsraelCidades DF
GOP senator doubles down on 'We all are going to die' comment
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Religion has always been a way to convince the poor to die for the rich. "Your rewards will come in the next life. Please kill yourself working."
Even Buddhism has the philosophy of suffering in this life will be repaid in the next. Fuck all that shit. There's no fucking reward, just death. Make sure you don't die carrying someone else's debt.
Even Buddhism has the philosophy of suffering in this life will be repaid in the next.
Not all Buddhism. Zen Buddhism, for example, is very clear that it's all about how you live right now, not later, and has nothing to do with reincarnation myths. Unfortunately, with Buddhism, Christianity and all religions, the dumber varieties tend to be the loudest and most popular.
Yeah; for any faith system, you’ll get someone attempting to exploit it to maintain their wealth and power.
Eventually, the entire underlying belief structure that’s usually based on something real becomes overlaid with a prescriptive ideology designed to help a small group of people get their way.
If we will all die anyway, is there anything wrong with killing the wealthy and powerful?
Or does the tune change then?
These Christians love to wear their mascot like a badge while completely contradicting the explicit lessons of the book.
Because they don't actually believe in anything but greed. They use religion as a tool to gain power. Hypocrisy be damned, they couldn't care less. It's the religious idiots that refuse to see this that kill me... But then again it's completely understandable, we are stuck in a 2 party system where it's "the ultimate evil" vs "people I generally agree with but don't particularly like." (That goes for whatever side you're on. We all see the politicians the same, except for the insane Trump cultists.)
No, suicide is a sin so you'd go to hell.
What you would need to do is set up a chain where the one Christian murders another, and then asks Jesus for forgiveness immediately, before the next Christian murders them. And so on...
At the end, you would end up with a single murderer who wouldn't have anyone to do them in... But that could be their sacrifice. Like Jesus or some shit.
From a gilded perch, Trump tries to retain the common touch
There are some lessons here in the article that I think other politicians can learn from. We're often baffled why some people like Trump so much. It explains how he's able (from the perspective of a supporter) feel raw, authentic and validate their concerns.
Of course we don't like him because we study his actions, not his words and know that the "solutions" he's proposing aren't going to help his supporters or help anyone except perhaps the richest of the richest or rather the very wealth people within his inner circle and even then it seems like he's not helping all of the rich or anybody because he's hurting the economy which impacts us all no matter how rich or poor.
So I think the lesson is a politician who could evoke a similar feeling of authenticity without the divisiveness paired with real progressive solutions that will help the average American would do very well in an election and as president.
34% of Russian strategic missile bombers at main airfields damaged in Ukrainian drone operation, SBU reports
The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) reported that the June 1 “Spider Web” drone operation caused approximately $7 billion in damages and disabled 34% of cruise missile bombers in key Russian airbases.
The agency confirmed that more details about the attack will be revealed later.
“And you thought Ukraine was easy? Ukraine is exceptional. Ukraine is unique. All the steamrollers of history have rolled over it. It has withstood every kind of trial. It is tempered by the highest degree. In today’s world, its value is beyond measure,” the SBU wrote, quoting Ukrainian poet Lina Kostenko.
They also vowed to continue to drive Russian forces out of Ukrainian territory.
34% of Russian strategic Russian bombers at main airfields damaged in Ukrainian drone operation, SBU reports
The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) reported that the June 1 “Spider Web” drone operation caused approximately $7 billion in damages and disabled 34% of cruise missile carriers in key Russian airbases.Sonya Bandouil (The Kyiv Independent)
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Depending on fuel availability and other obligations, it opens them up to some severe implications to enterprising forces. Logistically they must either weaken other theaters (like say Syria or Georgia or Kyrgyzstan) by flying them to replace the lost craft, or simply accept a weakened position with air power over Ukraine. (Assuming all are in service and none are reserve)
Even more so, Russian command will have to gauge if Ukraine is able to replicate this, and how often. If another strike like this is deemed not only possible but imminent, they will have to start using an airbase even further from the front, driving fuel costs up to deliver the same payloads. Additionally, increased flight time means less chance the target will be caught unprepared for your arrival and allows more time to relocate mobile AA to respond to your (now much longer and obvious) flight path.
Edit: The TU-95 (the nuclear capable bigboi) has a fuel range of 15k km (9300mi) so these were already well within range, just flight times will be longer.
You get it, brother.
This actually has huge implications for the war in general. Russias nuclear triad just had the dick blown off of it,
I'd be willing to wager that this was most, if not all the active bombers being used in the Ukrainian theatre. If they are following a loose rule of 3rds with their birds (deployed and flying missions, being prepped for deployment, shut down receiving repairs/overhauls), this very well could severely limit Russia's ability to keep up their cruise missile bombardment.
If that's the case, that frees up Ukraine to be much more flexible with their air defenses.
Not to mention if they were able to pull off a mission like this, allegedly using cell towers to fly their drones, what's stopping them from doing similar limited missions to tank factories, recruit depots, and other places that are further away from the front? Literally all of these targets now become viable because they will be much less heavily guarded than the nuclear triad bombers.
Protecting those assets pulls material and meat from the front lines, which further helps Ukraine.
I can't help but see this as a massive positive swing in momentum for Ukraine.
I think Ukraine can only pull off a big attack like this a few times. Not because they’re incapable, or Russia, now aware of the method, can defend against it, but because each attack generates data. The more data you have, the greater the ability to analyze and spot patterns, which puts Ukrainian operators at risk.
Although it would be excellent if another attack happened very soon against another relatively irreplaceable Russian asset. But a campaign of smaller scale harassment throughout the country would suffice to harm morale and keep supply constraints, well, constrained.
Presumably the other 2/3'rds are operational. Presumably.
We'll have to see how much of their previous pace they can keep up. In any case, every military that can, keeps some things in reserve. What's the likelihood that the ones in storage are still there and not gutted for parts that got sold for vodka?
The US keeps their reserve in Arizona but it isnt a quick, easy, or cheap process to reactivate a plane depending on how it is stored. We have pulled two B-52s out of storage in the last decade as replacements after a ground fire and a crash. One took 19 months and the other took 12+ months.
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"Wise Guy" is Back! Regenerated After 10 Years At the “Boneyard” B-52H Flies Again After PDM at Tinker AFB - The Aviationist
B-52H Stratofortress “Wise Guy" has started flying from Tinker Air Force Base after Programmed Depot Maintenance.David Cenciotti (The Aviationist)
At this point, Putin can't stop. Weird that everyone acts like he has a choice.
Putin committed to this play, and then went all-in when it didn't play. Three years later, Russia is relying on a rickety, unstable, wartime economy, suffering more and more sanctions. If he pulls out, the whole house of cards comes tumbling down, utter ruin. Which would be fine by me. Fuck Russia.
Putin falling out of a bunker window would be a great meme of the year.
Why is there a window in a bunker? Why not?
To be honest plenty of bad things happened to a country leader that lost a war outside of a bunker.
Just look at Mussolini's death
I love the great news of Ukraine beating Putin's sorry behind - and how that development is spreading to many other news sources.
Slava Ukraini!
And what you have them know? Putin has prosecuted his propaganda in Russia exactly as he had in the West.
Russians think any and all news is bullshit, no source is to be trusted. And look what we have in America today. Huh.
Apparently, the Russians moved a lot of their best bombers far from the front when they realized they were exposed to strikes, so Ukraine hit them with some James Bond, 4D chess operation they’d been planning for a year and a half.
Those bombers had been terrorizing Ukrainian cities, destroying defensive fortifications, and are a key part of the Russian nuclear threat.
Whatever weapons and money everyone is sending Ukraine, double it.
Whatever weapons and money everyone is sending Ukraine, double it.
Freaking truth.
Side thought purely as a hypothetical from a civilian standpoint: I'm wondering if it's too paranoid to consider figuring out how to smoothly use Monero for sending donations.
I'm wondering if records of sending aid to Ukraine will be the newest excuse to get disappeared by goons in the US, the same way they've been crushing the Constitutional rights of anyone who prominently voices anti-zionist dissent.
If a Republican crippled a historic enemies military without a single soldier dying and did so using a fraction of the US military budget they would put him on Mt. Rushmore, but since Biden did it they, and the entire media apparatus, called him a bumbling fool and senile.
Just like how Reagan gets credit for 'ending the Cold War' when a ton of the legwork for that was put in place by Kennedy, Eisenhower, (yes Nixon too), and LBJ and Carter.
Biden has flaws, and I wish Biden really did more to help Ukraine in the beginning of the war, but him helping out and clearing so much equipment to them was a genuinely good thing that he did while in office.
Are we sure that these were the aircrafts shooting the bombs?
Dont get me wrong, i hope they were and every Russian plane that goes up in flames is good, i just want to be really happy if there is some proof those were the actual planes that Ruzzia was using.
Apparently the FOB for the Ukrainians was next door to a FSB post
They shared the same Starbucks
Ukraine did this with $500 drones. No infantry. No tanks or fighter jets.
Ukraine doesn't have the numbers to continue this war, less they want to start drafting 18 year olds.
As much as I want to send them more money and arms, I want a ceasefire and end. Ukraine has lost enough, and they deserve peace.
I doubt Russia will agree to any peace talks though. And it'll be tough to replicate Operation Spiderweb now that Russia knows how it was conducted.
Such a tragic fucking state of affairs
Russia is already sending children in their military and uses donkeys and stolen civilian vehicles for supply.
The fate of ukraine is in our hands, but its their decision what they will give to resist the orks.
You forget that russia is deeply corrupt. This type of operation can be done again.
Getting some inspiraton from hogans heros is good /j
I don't think it's because Trump is a Russian asset which is why they haven't told the White House, but because Ukrainians have had bad experience with their plans being leaked before. The 2023 Ukrainian offensive failed because the Russian knew they were coming, and everyone including the media and their mothers shouted it across the rooftops for weeks. Back then, I thought "isn't this a bad idea to report it on the media"? But then I am an armchair analyst so I guess the Ukrainians and Bidem knew what they were doing (turns out they didn't). Since then, Ukrainians choose to hide their intentions.
Edit: incorrect year
The 2022 offensive failed because there wasn't enough support. Ukraine was saying they needed X tanks, shells, guns, whatever from the West, and they actually got around X/3. Even with that, they very nearly made it far enough that Crimea would have been logistically cut off. Russia would have either needed to come to terms or else Crimea literally and metaphorically starves.
There isn't really a way to hide what you're doing. You have to build up forces at your bases, move a lot of material, etc. The timing wasn't going to be a surprise, either, because local seasonal weather changes put a demand on when you do things.
The Ukrainians were far from cutting off Crimea in 2022. They barely made it like 5-10 kilometres? And unfortunately, the area they recaptured is being slowly grounded away by Russian counterattacks in the past two years. The Ukrainians were hoping that Russia at the time haven't learned their lesson and could replicate Ukrainian rapid offensive in Kharkiv in autumn of 2021.
The surprise Ukrainian offensive into Kursk proved you can hide your intentions. It isn't like Ukraine haven't learned their lesson beforehand. Speaking of which, the incursion wasn't told to the White House either when Biden was president.
It didn't need to be far.
Artillery range is around 70km. You need to get that close to the southern most road along the coast into Crimea, and a little more for padding some defense. Now you can turn that road and anything on it into rubble whenever you want.
Ukraine got within a few km of doing that at some areas.
The Kerch Strait Bridge could be hit whenever by a missile. Ukraine had already hit it by then.
There's a port at Sevestapol. It's also been hit by Ukranian missiles before, and even if not, it's not enough on its own.
Airplanes expend lots of fuel for not much cargo. You're not going to supply Crimea that way.
There would be no logistical options left for Russia. Holding those couple of km more would starve it out. Only question is if Putin tries to hang on out of stubbornness.
It's really good news that a military state lost their war assets used to wage war (they should have never been built to begin with) but i'm gonna use this thread to highlight something else:
If 34% of russian strategic missile bombers got destroyed in a ukrainian drone operation, EU governments are simply lying when they say russia is going to invade europe and that we must stack more billions on the ones we already spend in war.
but not as expensive as Russia invading.
Given ukraine managed to wipe 34% of their strategic missile bombers with a drone operation it sounds like there's room for cuts
Pacifism, unfortunately, is dead in this new age of multilaterlism and worldwide resurging authoritarianism.
Great, let's spend the budget in weapons right before the far right authoritarians reach all governments in Europe! Can't see that going wrong! After all, Europe has never done anything bad militarily!
What would change without having the weapons? Nothing, other than the EU being a soft target for rivaling power blocks, inviting more war into Europe. Look at poor Ukraine. Putler thought them weak and attacked. Same power dynamics since the dawn of man.
You should also keep in mind that the EU is a supra-national federalist construct. So a sudden and all-encompassing power grab of the executive branch by the authoritarians - like the one in the US - simply isn't possible due to all participating nations still being sovereign and having their own military.
You should also keep in mind that the EU is a supra-national federalist construct
It still supports the ongoing genocide in Gaza and supported the invasion of Iraq, the bombing of Yugoslavia, the destruction of Libya, Afghanistan, colonialism in Africa... Seriously, tell me three military interventions done by European countries in the past century that were arguably moral.
No. We have been talking about the present and future threats to the EU while you choose to mostly indulge in past actions that weren't even conducted by justification of Europe's immediate security. Geopolitical concerns have fundamentally changed since then and you are now comparing rotten apples to budding oranges, calling them one and the same, which obviously they are not.
I agree, the EU isn't perfect, but it is the best the world has to offer for the future of democracy and individual freedoms. Afterall, perfect is the enemy of good.
We have been talking about the present and future threats to the EU
And how exactly do you think those other wars were presented in the past? Do you think Nazi politicians weren't telling their population that Lebensraum was exclusively for the defense of German culture and rights against the barbaric Russians? Do you not think that the imperialist powers in WW1 fighting each other framed these wars as defensive to their own populations? Essentially: "trust me bro, this next war will be the defensive war bro, I promise bro"
Geopolitical concerns have fundamentally changed
Didn't I just tell you about the ongoing genocide in Gaza that European states support? How can you claim that things have changed when Europe keeps engaging in genocide?
the EU isn't perfect, but it is the best the world has to offer
"Maybe Europe has a history of barbaric colonialism and imperialism leaving tens (if not hundreds) of millions of deaths in its colonies in Africa, Asia and South America. Maybe European states have fought endless wars among each other in the name of self defence. Maybe Europe continues to engage in the support of genocidal apartheid states such as Israel, and recently itself participated in the bombing of Yugoslavia, Iraq and Libya. Maybe Europe is getting overrun by far-right politicians as we see in Poland, Italy and soon Germany and France. But Europe is the best and most free the world has to offer! Yes, I'm European, but I swear that opinion is completely reasoned, unlike the opinions of people from other countries outside Europe who hold the exact same beliefs towards their own countries! No, I'm not a nationalist/chauvinist"
You are replying in a thread about 34% of Russian strategic Russian bombers being wiped by a "poor" ukraine drone attack.
Same power dynamics since the dawn of man.
Same power dynamics since the dawn of man, rulers use fear to seize power.
If you cannot discern which regime uses which rhetoric
Since the dawn of man no regime is good.
And what about US aggression towards parts of the EU like Greenland? You sure you want to decrease military spending against an increasingly facist super power right on your doorstep that has already openly stated to be very much interested in forcefully attaining your overseas territory? I don’t think so.
The US has more than a thousand military facilities all over europe, if they are your concern the best way to defend against them is indeed cuts.
Pacifism, unfortunately, is dead in this new age of multilaterlism and worldwide resurging authoritarianism.
Don't say nonsense please, if you are concerned with authoritarianism you want to cut the military budget to 0 so that no authoritarian ruler can use it.
they also hit vladivostok.
on the other side of the continent. all the way from europe to the end of asia.
SLAVA UKRAINE, goddamn
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…
medium.com/the-dock-on-the-bay…
lots of shit behind paywalls :|
Ukraine’s Special Forces Attack A Military Target In Vladivostok 6,800 Km From Ukraine
Ukraine struck a serious blow to Russian military morale and war criminals with its attack on the 155th Marine Guards base in Vladivostok 7000 km from KyivJames Marinero, MSc, MBA (The Dock on the Bay)
lots of shit behind paywalls :|
TWZ has some excellent coverage of the event with nary a paywall.
twz.com/news-features/what-we-…
What We Know About Ukraine's Mass Drone Assault On Russian Bombers
New details are emerging about how Ukraine pulled-off its highly-coordinated drone strike operation at multiple airbases in Russia.Howard Altman (The War Zone)
TY!
tho no mention of vladivostok in that link, which I think was the purpose of the person I replied to
According to a Kyiv Independent SBU source, first-person-view (FPV) drones were covertly transported deep into Russian territory and hidden inside trucks before being launched against four major airfields.
Holy shit that's embarrassing. I mean, those operatives are going to have to flee to Japan to in order to get home, but wow. That's incredible.
A few years before WWI, Russia had a disastrous war against the Japanese, whom they had considered an inferior, small opponent that would be defeated quickly.
Time is a flat circle.
By every account I've read from both sides, seems pretty fucking successful.
Awesome.
"Dozens of long range bombers destroyed"
their ICBM fleet is poorly maintained - both land based and submarine launched; this event is a solid kick in the strategic nutsack.
SLAVA UKRAINE!
Or Putin dies of natural causes. Which isn't too farfetched. Then the oligarchs find themselves a Deng Xiaoping-like figure who says "ok, all that was bad, let's do something else".
Probably, Russia will have to face the facts that they can't build their own fighter jets, bombers, tanks, or fighting ships larger than a destroyer anymore. Not on the scale they need. Even if you assume some of the designs they're putting out are good (a big assumption), they can't possibly build them at scale. China is sitting right over there with the factories for those things. Xi Jinping will be happy to take their check, but will make sure it clears first.
Yeah, but the wording is weird. "34% of cruise missile bombers in key Russian airbases"
Does that mean "34% of all Russian cruise missile bombers were destroyed by hitting those sitting in key Russian airbases" or does that mean "34% of the Russian cruise missile bombers that were currently present in these specific key Russian airbases were destroyed"?
That's two very different statements with very different meanings.
Doubling the already over the top european military budget isn't going to fix any of the things in your first list.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_…
If european countries are concerned with USA instead of doubling their military budget they can simply cut and close the thousands USA military facilities all over europe.
Could be. It could also be as simple as using an actual Russian phone, and having an app on the phone that flies the drone.
We don't know, and I don't want to know so they can keep doing it.
Here's for 2 years since I joined Lemmy
Congrats! This is definitely a better place than reddit.
4 years over here for me, when lemmy.ml was pretty much the only option.
"I like Lemmy way more than I ever did Reddit. The people are nicer"
punches you in the face
Oh, yeah. Totally agree
punches you in the balls
Over on reddit, there are all kinds of fascists, and literal nazis.
uppercuts you
Over here, theres an instance full of tankies, but you can avoid them.
kicks you in the shins
The people here are TOTALLY nicer!
kick kick punch
What? I'm not attacking you to be violent. I just have a neurological disorder that causes my limbs to involuntarily thrash out.
punch
I'm TOTALLY being friendly right now!
kick punch it's all in the mind
Nearly the same for me, but it was closer to the end of June that I moved.
I've not contributed to Reddit since, and only really occasionally browse it from my computer when I'm looking for something in particular now.
Kinda helped by the fact the Reddit I used to enjoy seems to be more or less dead anyway. Weird bot filled comment sections, ads shoved in your face, weird monetising features no one asked for, increasingly weird moderation.
I hope there is more than one dev, lest it go the way of mbin or kbin, forgot which one was abandoned.
it was kbin, the first one i registered on because it played nicely mastodon too, and i thought it would be nice to have less tabs permanently open.
now i have accounts on mastodon, dbzer0's lemmy, piefed, pixelfed and even friendica goddamnit it's like collecting pokemon
Fediverse for teens
I have three teenage daughters who are currently not allowed on social media. But I want to give them some ability before they become adults. My eldest gave me a PowerPoint presentation on why she should be allowed on Snapchat, lol.
She made some good points. Her friend group has a group text and she wants to keep up with everyone but doesn’t want to get the ding notifications constantly.
Feels like a good opportunity for a Fediverse platform. Like a closed Mastodon/Pixelfed server and have some parental controls. Any projects out there?
Walz Calls on Dems to ‘Bully the S**t’ Out of Trump or Risk Becoming ‘Roadkill’
Walz Tells Dems to ‘Bully the S**t’ Out of Trump or Risk Becoming ‘Roadkill’
The former vice presidential candidate doled out harsh words for both the president and his own party.Will Neal (The Daily Beast)
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Incomplete. The full phrase is actually:
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
(The buffalo from Buffalo that buffalo (i.e. bully) buffaloes from Buffalo, buffalo (i.e., bully) buffaloes from Buffalo.)
i mean, by the grammatical rules, it's still a valid reply to the comment.
[modifier][noun][verb][modifier][noun].
gödel reminds us: "syntax all on its own cannot determine semantics".
the point is to evidence grammaticalness despite apparent meaningfulness, and the commenter may just be seeking to simulate the point with a logically consistent application of the rules at play. "incomplete" with respect to [mimicking] or [reproducing] an [socio-historical cultural] artifact, but not inconclusive in evidencing the point (remixing to produce variations on the theme; i.e., there are evidences of +20-word recursive sentences, if not larger).
nothing about the buffalo sentence entails the social rule "when someone else posts the buffalo sentence, it must match the aforementioned sentence verbatim". permutations on the point are totally fair game.
"If you push me, I am going to hit you with a Buick."
I've lost "friends" over this philosophy, but the friends I've gained since taking on the philosophy feel a lot more real.
Likewise, if you're being bullied, destroy the bully and the bullying will stop.
Colonel Graff:
Tell me why you kept on kicking him. You had already won.
Ender Wiggin:
Knocking him down won the first fight. I wanted to win all the next ones, too. So they'd leave me alone.
This is Trump's strategy too. Make a brutal enough example of a few universities, or law firms, or immigrants, or other countries' economies, and the rest will comply in advance. Like Trump said in his West Point commencement speech recently: "As much as you wanna fight, I'd rather do it without having to fight. I just wanna look at them and have them fold.”
Reminder: Ender Wiggin is not a fucking hero.
I've said this for a while now. You want to make a dent? You go after the ego.
Picture this: an endless stream of totally “realistic” phone-recorded AI videos of Trump playing golf. He lines up the putt—misses. Tries again—air ball. It’s literally an inch away now—misses again. Doesn’t blink, just traps it in, smirks, walks off like he nailed it. Over and over.
The key is subtlety. These can’t look staged or flashy—make them feel like someone’s nephew filmed it from the cart. Make it look like he’s genuinely terrible but thinks he’s crushing it.
Then blast them everywhere. Flood the algorithm. Turn his “I’m the best at golf” schtick into a punchline.
This is how you use AI to actually take Trump down—with a thousand tiny ego papercuts.
I’m old enough to remember when the advice people gave to deal with a bully was “Beat their ass and they’ll stop.”
But bullies somehow changed the narrative to where fighting back was wrong. It’s not. Self defense is never wrong. The only people that argue this are bullies.
Some people only speak the language of violence, and if you want them to understand your reply it must be delivered in a way they understand.
Bullies do not self correct their behavior. They find it rewarding and it continues until they are stopped.
But bullies somehow changed the narrative to where fighting back was wrong.
I grew up in the age of zero tolerance policies in school which meant you would get suspended for fighting back no matter the circumstances. I blame those policies for the shift.
199% responsible for this shitty version of society where self defense is basically not a concept any more.
Same motherfucker policy was responsible for getting me suspended when I fought back against a bully he hit me from behind knocking me down.
But I remember in middle school had a bully kept picking at me. My dad said the next time he did it to beat the shit out of him. So he was flicking my ear during study hall. So I threw his ass down the blenchers and then beat the fuck of him.
He never messed with me, nor did any other bullies. And I am no fighter and wasn't strong. I found over the years most bullies are just weak ass pussies and that break down if you give any resistance.
Very similar story here when moving somewhere while ESL. Got singled out on the first day and it's like I had a bully magnet on my back. I was so confused, because this had never happened to me before. I'm actually thankful to the one but kid who shoved me, because I lost it on him (I think I took out my culture shock on him lol).
Anyway I wasn't big enough to cause any real damage. I was a slight little guy, even for my age, but I guess trying my best to tear this kid's ear off made an impression, because I never ever got bullied again.
Actually I remember bullies standing up for me, which I'm sure could have been a whole different career path if I was interested in acquiring henchmen rofffl.
I think you're right. I grew up right before that... got bullied a lot until about 6th grade. Got into fights at the bus stop probably once every two weeks or so. Got beat up pretty bad when we had deep snow one time.
Once I got home, I got a knife and a bat and went over to his house where he was outside with a neighbor. I chased that SOB around with a steak knife and a bat until he ran out of breath... didn't hit him when he started crying and begging me not to hurt him; but I sure instilled the fear of god in him.
He's a Baltimore city police officer last I heard.
Walz usually saves that level of ire for ethnically Palestinian Minnesotans. Good to see a Dem centrist at least talking about having a spine though.
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And seeing these downvotes-- you do understand that picking Walz as your champion means losing whatever election you run him in, right? You cannot run a genocider from the left and expect the base to show up. You need to join the fascist-right if you want to support a fascist right wing ethnic cleaning of innocents. You cant have it both ways.
JCRC applauds Gov. Tim Walz’ pro-Israel record, stalwart friendship with Jewish community - JCRC
Gov. Tim Walz has spoken forcefully in support of Israel and against antisemitism. Read his quotes here.JCRC
People gushing over an ardent zionist shows the dems have learned nothing at all, and still dont really give a sh*t what their voters think.
Just gonna leave this here.
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The fear of being publicly humiliated can lead a narcissist to stop functioning.
Are you wondering what it takes to stop a confident, high-achieving narcissist from functioning? Here are some situations that make narcissists feel totally inadequate.Elinor Greenberg Ph.D. (Psychology Today)
I have big narc tendencies and lemme tell ya that shit would kill me. The only point I am saying this is to harden the fuck up through some niche forum so that ‚public embarrassment’ doesn’t feel like dying anymore.
It kinda worked. But it took a lot of trolling like a lot and multiple bans on any possible social media you can imagine to shape oneself into someone more resistant to words.
First gain resistance by learning to say whatever shit is on your tongue and feel nothing about consequences and then come back to reason and you feel like unlocking superpower. Finally not shaped by others but being more of a rock staying solid and unaffected by external factors whatever happens.
The hardest battles are those we fight with ourselves
It’s a bit of tomfoolery to be honest. I have no idea what I written here but it sounds like ramblings of a lunatic the logic of who made some perverse sense few hours ago but it is too emphemeral to understand after some time passes.
I am method acting comments on lemmy for some reason, looking to see what happens I guess
The thing is I could craft a perfect comment that would be likeable but what would that give me other than empty dopamine?
It’s far more interesting to go against this desire of validation and see what happens.
Can we truly free ourselves from the need to conform? Is it possible?
Nothing I have written recently was written to please an audience. Maybe I have done too much to the other side now, to irritate the audience but that’s how you seek those ways.
All that effort to stop audience in defining who you are and seek authenticity. To stop “being perceived” as the prime factor in “being”
If we look at the common exhibitionist subtype of narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) that most people think of when they hear the term narcissist, it is fairly easy to see that they use a simple three-part defense to create a façade of extreme self-confidence. I call this the “GOD defense.”G – Grandiosity: They act as if they are special and entitled to do or say whatever they want. Grandiose motto: “I am special.”
O – Omnipotent: They make all sorts of unrealistic claims about how powerful and knowledgeable they are. Omnipotent motto: “I can do anything, and I know everything worth knowing,”
D – Devaluing: They feel free to attack and devalue anyone who is not clearly above them in their status hierarchy. Devaluing motto: “You are worthless, defective garbage, and are here to serve me.”
Yeah, you could just put "Example: Donald Trump" on all three.
Is Calling Republicans "Weird" our Best Message?
MAGA Republicans are super weird, but the voters already know thatDan Pfeiffer (The Message Box)
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Australia asks China to explain 'extraordinary' military build-up
Australia's defence minister Richard Marles has called on China to explain why it needs to have "such an extraordinary military build-up".
On Sunday morning, Marles asserted that "what we have seen from China is the single biggest increase in military capability and build up in conventional sense, by any country since the end of the Second World War".
It is not just the size of the military build-up that concerns other countries, he told reporters.
"It's the fact that it is happening without strategic reassurance. It's happening without a clear strategic intent on the part of China… what we want to see is strategic transparency and strategic reassurance be provided by China, and an understanding of why it is needed to have such an extraordinary military build-up."
Australia asks China to explain 'extraordinary' military build-up
Australia's defence minister Richard Marles said Beijing needs to provide greater transparency and reassurance.Tessa Wong (BBC News)
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Every government is uncomfortable. News stories about "defence" spending are commonplace.
WWIII has already begun. The only questions now are how many will die and who will be the victors.
I would like to be wrong. If the world can be pulled back from the brink of the existing skirmishes, then what's happening right now won't get the WWIII label, but we sure have a lot of hard-headed megalomaniacs running world-affecting countries these days, don't we? That's never a good sign.
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If the world can be pulled back from the brink of the existing skirmishes, then what's happening right now won't get the WWIII label
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That’s right!
But if I stopped buying from AliExpress, I would have to purchase the exact same thing from Amazon or eBay at 10 times the price, and if I boycott the US companies as well, I would need to buy the exact same thing at 100 times the price from Bunnings!
(Meanwhile AliExpress sellers are reselling the exact same thing that can be purchased in bulk from AliBaba at 1/10th the price)
I don’t think there’s much of a mystery to solve here. Basically every country or territory along China’s maritime borders is forming or deepening ties with the U.S. military, buying weapons systems, and even building new bases. A full-blown war between nuclear powers is pretty unthinkable but just a blockade would seriously harm China’s economy.
Of course, everyone talks about just wanting to protect shipping lanes and their territorial sovereignty and shit like that. Peace through strength. Maybe that ultimately turns out to be how it goes. But wars have broken out over some pretty dumb shit that escalated.
Why is there any mystery here. They said they intend on ending their civil war and have shown no indication whatsoever that such a statement is only rhetorical or posturing. Taiwan has never tried to be independent of China. It still claims sovereignty over all of China.
If the US Confederates had retreated to Cuba and others had intervened on their behalf, while the Confederates still claimed dominion over a part of the USA, you can bet your ass the US would invade Cuba as soon as they had the opportunity. We can all decry the whole thing, but it is their conflict. If anything, we should be evacuating anyone and anything that needs to leave and capitulating without further involvement. Like if your neighbor and their spouse are arguing, stay out of it for the benefit of everyone. This is not some mate getting abused that needs help. This involves two bloody parties where all sides have done monstrous things and that needs to get resolved one way or another. Both can't claim dominion over all. The past cannot be bowdlerized for convenience or exploitation for profit of western criminal capitalist abuse. No one needs to fight or die, but a resolution must be found.
Edit: Wow Lemmy is remarkably stupid to the point of incompetent ineptitude at basic fundamental history. Like wtf am I doing here in a room with this insane nonsense.
Taiwan has never tried to be independent of China. It still claims sovereignty over all of China.
Do you have a source for that?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_A…
You can check the territorial claims of the Republic of China ("Taiwan") under the selector "Show map of Taiwan (dark green) with ROC Mainland Area and historical claims (light green)"
The map is not quite up to date as it still shows the ROC as claiming Taiwan, despite formally granting independance in 2002 (source)
It's complicated.
Unfortunately, the Wikipedia articles I found lack citations, so they probably aren't a good source. They claim that the ROC (Taiwan) claims all of the mainland.
This reddit thread refers to the ROC constitution and interprets it as:
In the Act Governing Relations between the People of the Taiwan area and the Mainland area, the following is stated:
"Taiwan Area" refers to Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu, and any other area under the effective control of the Government."Mainland Area" refers to the territory of the Republic of China outside the Taiwan Area.
"People of the Taiwan Area" refers to the people who have household registrations in the Taiwan Area.
"People of the Mainland Area" refers to the people who have household registrations in the Mainland Area.
The implication is that wherever this law applies, is what the ROC government considers to be "territory of the ROC outside of the Taiwan Area". Currently the application of this law overlaps the entirety of the PRC, minus HK and Macau.
This the fun part. If you look at the ROC constitution, it makes [...] mention to Mongolia and Tibet.
I don't know how much of this applies beyond the KMT.
This is common knowledge available anywhere.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_…
Those all have sources. There are also lots of reputable YouTubers with relevant academic credentials that have coved this, Asianometry and William C Fox are two that I recall covering the subject. I think Caspian Report did as well at one point in the last few years. This is like ultra basic surface level stuff everyone should know or severely question their sources and echo chambers if they are not made aware of this fundamental information.
Expecting people to wade through 8000 word articles in the hope of finding mention of your claim is why you're being downvoted.
Imagine someone making the claim, 'Jesus hated gay people, it's obvious' and then when probed for a source, responding, 'this is common knowledge available anywhere:
thekingsbible.com/'
Because that's a history question. "Taiwan" is not a country, it's a province of the Republic of China (ROC), which was the government of China before the communist revolution. They fled to Taiwan but their constitution etc still define them as the Republic Of China, with territorial claims over all of China
Here is an article specifically on that exact topic
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_A…
Edit:
The main "Taiwan" wikipedia article also has a map that can be selected under the label "Show map of Taiwan (dark green) with ROC Mainland Area and historical claims (light green)"
Many, many countries have 'historical claims' that mean nothing in current day geopolitics.
Claiming that 'Taiwan is not a country' is enough for me to know that this will not be a fruitful discussion.
Literally the first line of the 'Taiwan' Wikipedia article:
"Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia."
they don't, in any practical sense, and haven't since Chiang died in the 80s, probably even before that.
however, they are threatened with invasion if they ever update their constitution to reflect reality, because that would be taken as "declaring independence".(even though they are completely independent anyway)
Except to actually make that a proper analogy, the confederacy would gave had to take over nearly all of the US, and the union would be in Cuba. In which case, yeah fuck those confederate bitches.
Also at this point it doesn't matter. Taiwan is more or less internationally recognized as an independent country so they can both sit the fuck down.
They still have the old wartime territory definitions in their constitution because updating their constitution would provoke a violent response from China. Nobody, absolutely nobody, takes those claims seriously.
Even without Taiwan. broadly gestures at everything
Russia has proved to be unreliable. USA are proving to be unreliable. Europe is building up its own armies. India is fighting Pakistan. Who knows how big Israel wants to be, they are already attacking neighbours.
No idea what's happening in Africa. I think most of them are still stuck fighting amongst themselves.
Maybe Australia is just asking the question so that they have an excuse to build up as well.
“what we have seen from China is the single biggest increase in military capability and build up in conventional sense, by any country since the end of the Second World War”
WTF? The USA alone outspends most of the world combined in this area but somehow China is the threat? This guy should at least remove the american balls he's gargling before spouting something like that
America overthrew the Australian government last time they did that. The balls remain firmly in place.
For all you folk who aren't big history nerds and didn't know that the US overthrew the government of AUSTRALIA, en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_A…
It's really interesting
Australian navy keeps fucking around in the South China, deliberately trying to antagonise China because the US told them to. No Western news coverage of this at all.
The US keeps trying to use the Taiwan situation as a wedge issue, keeping dozens of warships stationed in the area, because they desperately want another proxy war. No Western news coverage of this.
China does anything at all in response to all this deliberate antagonisation, even if it's something as minor as, telling an Australian ship to go away, or moving PLA troops around in response to the Americans. Western news media makes a huge amount of noise about how China is doing all these for no reason and in response to nothing, and how they must be stopped with a military intervention.
"fucking around in the South China" = sailing in international waters as defined by the UNCLOS, to which China is a signatory
"US keeps trying to use the Taiwan situation as a wedge issue" = maintaining the status quo in the face of repeated, overt invasion threats
"desperately want a proxy war" = can't allow an oligo-fascist state to seize control of the single-path source of chips that enable modern life
"no western news coverage of this" = I don't look at the news
Trump not informed about Ukraine attack that destroyed huge fleet of Russian planes
Trump was not informed about Ukraine attack which destroyed huge fleet of Russian planes, report claims
White House was not given advance notice about Ukraine’s ‘large-scale’ drone attack, which wiped out a fleet of about 40 Russian military bombersIsabel Keane (The Independent)
did no cia boots on the ground get a whiff
You're referring to the current CIA...??
😂 🤣
The title stating the obvious concerning the felon not being informed is weird, but the article is a worthwhile read:
Some of the trucks were parked in Siberia, thousands of miles away from Ukraine, according to the report.About 40 Russian military planes, including strategic bombers, were reportedly struck in the attack.
I cannot begin to imagine what a blow this is to Russia's crumbling air force. And the ingenuity of the attack (some of whose details are omitted in this article - though you may have read more about it in others) is phenomenal.
And don't forget this little tidbit - also a developing story:
Ukraine’s unprecedented drone attack on Russia comes as seven people were killed and 69 more injured after bridges collapsed in separate incidents across Russia.
I imagine the pending defenestrations of some Russian officials might be kept secret.
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I don't see why the US should be informed?
There shouldn't be any US equipment in the area, why bother including anyone who doesn't need to know?
Good. Single him out as the one not being informed.
Yes, others were kept in the dark too. But focus on the little rape pig being kept in the dark. Make TACO seethe until that crusty heart gives out.
Another headline said the opposite. But I find this more likely.
Trump: Excuse me, Vlad. I just learned about something you'll want to know about.
He's trying to fix the peace talks all on his own while undermining the EU.
Him not getting informed while EU members do would make him very upset.
Slava Ukraine!
Torture and Forced Disappearances: Inside Wagner’s Secret Prisons in Mali
Since arriving in Mali in 2021, Russian Wagner mercenaries have abducted and detained hundreds of civilians in former UN bases and military camps shared with the Malian army. Our investigation, as part of the Viktoriia project, reveals secret prisons where abuse and torture are carried out with total impunity.
Torture and Forced Disappearances: Inside Wagner’s Secret Prisons in Mali - Forbidden Stories
For more than three years in Mali, Wagner mercenaries have detained and tortured civilians in secret prisons located in military bases, according to Forbidden Stories’ investigation.Louise Berkane (Forbidden Stories)
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Cool state department propaganda bro. I prefer state department funded admissions of letting terrorism run rampant in the region across years and years of expensive military deployment, though. africacenter.org/spotlight/fiv… I don't think anyone is taking the Guantanamo Bay guys seriously with the "hey look, a Russian bird!" shit. You are not going to convince people that Africa is worse off with the Russians and Chinese.
If you DM me I will be happy to send you videos of the Ukrainians torturing their own soldiers with an electrified bedframe, which I got from Azov Telegram myself. That is, if you're curious why I can immediately intuit that "Viktoriaa" is full of shit.
Five Zones of Militant Islamist Violence in the Sahel
The spike in violence in the western Sahel is marked by differing actors, drivers, and motivations, calling for contextualized responses.the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (Centro de estudos estratégicos de África)
Graphite Caught: First Forensic Confirmation of Paragon’s iOS Mercenary Spyware Finds Journalists Targeted
On April 29, 2025, a select group of iOS users were notified by Apple that they were targeted with advanced spyware. Among the group were two journalists that consented for their cases described publicly. The key findings from our forensic analysis of their devices are summarized below:
- Our analysis finds forensic evidence confirming with high confidence that both a prominent European journalist (who requests anonymity), and Italian journalist Ciro Pellegrino, were targeted with Paragon’s Graphite mercenary spyware.
- We identify an indicator linking both cases to the same Paragon operator.
- Apple confirms to us that the zero-click attack deployed in these cases was mitigated as of iOS 18.3.1 and has assigned the vulnerability CVE-2025-43200.
Our analysis is ongoing.
Graphite Caught: First Forensic Confirmation of Paragon’s iOS Mercenary Spyware Finds Journalists Targeted -
We conducted a forensic analysis of devices belonging to two journalists who were notified by Apple that they were targeted with advanced spyware.Bill Marczak (The Citizen Lab)
Graphite Caught: First Forensic Confirmation of Paragon’s iOS Mercenary Spyware Finds Journalists Targeted
On April 29, 2025, a select group of iOS users were notified by Apple that they were targeted with advanced spyware. Among the group were two journalists that consented for their cases described publicly. The key findings from our forensic analysis of their devices are summarized below:
- Our analysis finds forensic evidence confirming with high confidence that both a prominent European journalist (who requests anonymity), and Italian journalist Ciro Pellegrino, were targeted with Paragon’s Graphite mercenary spyware.
- We identify an indicator linking both cases to the same Paragon operator.
- Apple confirms to us that the zero-click attack deployed in these cases was mitigated as of iOS 18.3.1 and has assigned the vulnerability CVE-2025-43200.
Our analysis is ongoing.
Graphite Caught: First Forensic Confirmation of Paragon’s iOS Mercenary Spyware Finds Journalists Targeted -
We conducted a forensic analysis of devices belonging to two journalists who were notified by Apple that they were targeted with advanced spyware.Bill Marczak (The Citizen Lab)
RFK Jr. announces 8 appointees to CDC vaccine panel—they’re not good
RFK Jr. announces 8 appointees to CDC vaccine panel—they’re not good
Robert Malone and Martin Kulldorff are two of the most concerning picks.Beth Mole (Ars Technica)
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Speaking at an anti-vaccine rally in 2022, Malone spread dangerous falsehoods about mRNA COVID-19 vaccines: "These genetic vaccines can damage your children. They may damage their brains, their heart, their immune system and their ability to have children in the future. Many of these damages cannot be repaired."Malone aligned with the anti-vaccine crowd during the pandemic and has become a mainstay in conspiratorial circles and an ally to Kennedy. He has claimed that vaccines cause a "form of AIDS," amid other nonsense. He has also meddled with responses to the measles outbreak that erupted in West Texas in January. In April, Malone was the first to publicize news that a second child had died from the highly infectious and serious infection, but he did so to falsely claim that measles wasn't the cause and spread other dangerous misinformation.
In a newsletter post earlier this week, Malone proclaimed: "Some people still believe that the term anti-vaxxer is a pejorative. I do not—I view it as high praise."
The phrase "the lunatics have taken over the asylum" never seemed more apt. I know, we've lived in an asylum for awhile. We had a lunatic fringe, but even if we had to interact with them at least sane adults were in charge. Those halcyon days are over.
I just think COVID and social media have allowed people's historical "well-rounded" selves - the crazy bits getting sanded off by friction with sane people, which they've steadily now removed from their lives - to slowly disfigure them until so many of the country have become grotesqueries. Superficially well-rounded people but when you turn them a bit, you see bizarre outgrowths of insane propaganda-fed mutation. And all of those people coalesced this election around Trump.
My neighbor is a nice, friendly person, but was talking about moving out of state during COVID because she didn't want her daughter to have to get the vaccine. I'm sure she is cheering this move. And goddamn, it's depressing.
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Navy backs right to repair after $13B carrier goes half-fed 🤣
US Navy backs right to repair after $13B carrier crew left half-fed by contractor-locked ovens
: Army joins in push to break vendor grip on military maintenanceIain Thomson (The Register)
My Mac Contacted 63 Different Apple Owned Domains in One Hour - While Not is Use
My Mac Contacted 63 Different Apple Owned Domains in One Hour - While Not is Use
During a one hour period today, my computer contacted 63 different Apple domains while i was not logged on and using it. I have been trying to minimize to the extent possible the reach of big tech into my life.appaddict.app
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TBH all the claims you commonly hear about Macs are either outright false or outdated:
- Macs don't get malware? Yes they do.
- Macs are more private? More than Windows maybe, but that's like saying you should go to the restaurant that gives you explosive diarrhea instead of the one that gives you botulism. The one that serves normal non-infected food is not an option I guess. Apple being "not as bad" as the worst offender is not praiseworthy and still means they're in no way private.
- Macs "just work?" Unless Apple decides it shouldn't. They can prevent you from installing paid apps you already own because the latest version arbitrarily doesn't support your older device anymore. Want to install an older version? Fuck you, stop being poor and buy a new Mac. Oh you installed a genuine Apple replacement part with the wrong serial number? Fuck you, your device is banned.
- Macs have better support than Windows computers? Yeah maybe when the Apple logo was still rainbow coloured and they had CRTs built in. Now a battery replacement costs nearly as much as a new device and they go out of their way to make sure you can't do it yourself.
- Macs don't come with bloatware? Then what do you call that bullshit AI they're pushing to compete with Copilot? What do you call Safari? What do you call Photo Booth? Has anyone ever opened Photo Booth once the novelty of their first time using a Mac wears off?
- Macs are intuitive? Look, maybe I'm just a tech illiterate idiot, but I had more problems figuring out how to drag and drop on my friend's Macbook than I had tinkering with the Linux kernel and systemd.
- Macs are good for developers? Yeah they're so good they've recently had to cave and introduce a WSL-like system so you can run Linux containers.
- ~~Macs are innovative? Yeah they're so innovative they don't even support snapping windows to half or a quarter of the screen when Linux desktop environments and even Windows have had it for ages. Gotta either leave all the windows floating, or full screen them all and swipe between them, or manually resize the windows to the layout you want.~~ (They have this now.)
- Macs are convenient? Yeah I just love carrying ~~HDMI~~ (some newer Macbooks have HDMI again) and USB A to C adapters forever because they couldn't be bothered to install those ports on a laptop sized device that can clearly fit them. Also fuck Apple for giving other laptop companies the idea that everyone wants only USB-C on their devices. No, we want ports we can use today, not in 10 years when all the peripherals switch to USB-C and all the computers bought today will already be obsolete regardless of what ports they have. I'll buy a computer with only USB-C when everything else I own actually uses USB-C.
- Macs are more secure? How do you know? Do you control the disk encryption keys? No, Apple does. Can you encrypt the drive yourself with a key you control like you can on Linux? No, fuck you for even thinking about that.
- Macs are elegant and their design is well thought out? Because gluing the battery to the chassis with double sided tape is the elegant way to do it and not redneck engineering. And with glue so strong that you risk puncturing the battery and burning your house down if you try to remove it yourself. Another great attention to detail is soldering the SSD to the motherboard, thoughtfully ensuring you lose data when the motherboard fails. But hey, I'm sure the Genius bar will be happy to recover your data for you since they made sure you can't do it yourself, and for only $999.99! Your wedding photos and your PHD thesis are each worth more than that right? So it's a bargain!
Linux beats Mac in every one of those categories (other than the hardware ones) and you can install Linux on every device. Even ancient ones, and you get to decide if it's too old to be usable or not, not the company who's incentivized to obsolete devices as fast as possible so you're forced to buy a new one. How many years before a brand new Mac stops getting OS updates?
Just to prevent you from falling to your own outdated claim, here's a correction or two:
Window snapping and arranging windows in the corners is a thing now (and with hotkeys too, a million years late- I had to look this up since I've been using Rectangle for a long time)
Some mac laptops have HDMI ports. If you get a mac without an HDMI port, it's in apple's "paperweight class" of machines and shouldn't be bought. Macbook Airs are just expensive mac flavored chromebooks.
The repairability sucks, but I still use my 2014 macbook pro daily because it still works really well (though those old intel chips make the fans go wild even after repasting everything and cleaning the fans). I was able to buy a cheapo replacement battery off ebay and it's working great after a fairly tedious process of using IPA and dental floss to release the old battery. It is no longer supported by apple through software, though I use OpenCore legacy patcher to update to the newest system so I don't have to worry about an old system without security updates connecting to the internet. I've tried installing various Linux distros on it and none of them are very happy with the process. Most of the time it's the stupid broadcom wifi chip and other times only a single speaker works and I'm too much of a dunce to troubleshoot things like that. Tails OS becomes nearly useless on an old macbook because of the broadcom issue. But also, I'm not about to go buy a thinkpad just so linux will work properly- I don't need more devices in my house, I'll just use what I already have.
Sure you can… until you run out of memory and it throttles because there is no fan. Then it uses swap memory until it chews away at the 256Gb drive. It’s possible to run these things just long enough to say “look, I told you so”, but I would never try using it professionally, especially if you’re running Adobe bloatware. Power isn’t the issue.
I’d almost always recommend the base Mac mini instead of a MacBook Air specifically because you can actually upgrade the internal storage after you buy it and it has fans. I still wouldn’t load up on a bunch of huge programs at the same time because memory will eventually be the bottleneck like it is with the MBA, but it’s far more reasonable to use for work for about the same price. The value proposition for the MacBook Air just isn’t that great generally speaking as well as when compared to other options Apple has.
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The Tangled Knot of Anti-Zionist Violence
Doubling down on the conflation of Zionism and Judaism won’t stop violent attacks.
[This is a must-read article on the recent killings in DC and the attack on the protest in Boulder, Colorado.]
from Jewish Currents
Daniel May
June 11, 2025
4 ex-DPP members indicted for espionage
4 ex-DPP members indicted for espionage - Focus Taiwan
The Taipei District Prosecutors Office indicted four former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) members on Tuesday for alleged espionage on behalf of China.Focus Taiwan - CNA English News
PartCrafter: Structured 3D Mesh Generation via Compositional Latent Diffusion Transformers
Paper page - PartCrafter: Structured 3D Mesh Generation via Compositional Latent Diffusion Transformers
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