stymaar.bsky.social

stymaar.bsky.social

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Trump's decision to live-stream a public execution puts America in a very small and select company .. (cartoon Marian Kamensky)

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More AI Slop. Recent image (still from vid) of one of Russia’s Pr. 11661 Gepard Class light frigates from the Caspian Sea covered with large anti-drone nets, Sep 2026 Then 2 fake AI Slop 'enhancements' which look better at first glance but are hallucinaions. It's just nets

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Wild Hornets have shown the first combat footage of their new STING S interceptor drone, destroying a Russian jet-powered Geran-5. The interception was carried out by a crew of the 1020th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment, a unit we have directly supported through our previous fundraising campaigns

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If Houthis convince themselves that the Saudi army is under such flawed leadership that it cannot mount an effective defence and that no external power will do enough to bail out that inept Saudi elite, then what stops the Houthis from expanding the ground war into Saudi Arabia?

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Without Iran's help the Houthis would never have expanded with such success since 2008. But like Hamas, Houthis have their own distinct ideological origins and geopolitical, even irredentist, agendas. Is everyone sure Tehran can rein Houthis in if IRGC cuts a deal with Riyadh?

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Terms of service tend to shift over time, often with little awareness by users (fine print notice). Tech leadership has also revealed patterns of deference to authoritarian leaders over time.

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Since becoming president again, Trump has promised: -$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend" -$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend" -$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies -$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms No checks have been issued www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magi...

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

Trump: "If the Republicans win the House of Representatives and the United States Senate...I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000."

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I still can't get over the fact that someone fat-fingered a doomsday message from the alert system in Hawaii, including the line "this is not a drill". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Ha...

en.wikipedia.org2018 Hawaii false missile alert - Wikipedia
WarTranslated (Dmitri)@wartranslated.bsky.social

A large-scale test of the warning system took place in Germany this morning, with sirens sounding across the country and warnings of a threat issued.

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"The RNLI has announced a review of its security procedures to ensure the safety of its volunteers after anti migrant protests.. at the weekend. Some crew members had their photos and names shared on social media in posts accusing them of treason"

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As a brown migrant living in the UK legally, this is precisely why there can be *no* compromise on the fundamental right of seeking asylum. Pretty quickly it’s anyone who ‘looks’ like an asylum seeker - ie brown or black - who is targeted. No one is safe from this.

Alasdair Mackenzie@alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social

If a lEgiTiMaTe dEbATe aBOut iMMigRaTioN leads to people turning up with pitchforks to demand credentials from every group of young non-white men arriving in town, you’d think even Labour MPs would start asking themselves if it’s really a legitimate debate

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If the CDU is hoping for a better result in Berlin regional elections to balance today's outcomes in Sachsen Anhalt against the AfD then it runs the risk of having an even bigger meltdown on 20 September if the Socialist Linkspartei ends up as biggest party in Berlin's parliament

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Of course we don't get to live through a fascist era that has the aesthetic sensibility of Leni Riefenstahl and Hugo Boss. We just get the posters off the bedroom wall of a 14 year old boy who has played far too much Warhammer 40k

Eliot Higgins@eliothiggins.bsky.social

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He cannot belive the face eating leopards he was cheering along would do such a thing.

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social

Former Kanye West aide Milo Yiannopoulos walks back his support for Trump after his ICE arrest: "If I had any clue that anything remotely like this was even possible, I would have never gotten involved in supporting Trump in the first place"

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This is a good answer and it beats the hell out of the alternative.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Q: Have you ruled out using a nuclear weapon against Iran? TRUMP: Well I would never say that, but the answer is yes. What a stupid question that is, actually.

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[ #VeilleESR #Parcoursup ] Après le classement des meilleurs formations, le classement des formations privées en liquidation qui laissent leurs étudiants endettés sur le carreau. Félicitons encore une fois notre glorieux président et sa glorieuse ministre du travail pour cette formidable réussite.

75secondes.frTsunami dans l'éducation : ces 50 écoles privées et CFA qui s'effondrent en silenceFaillites en série, étudiants piégés et profs impayés : découvrez la liste noire explosive des écoles privées et CFA liquidés en 2026.

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I don't know why I bother to keep saying this, but Israel is literally not even a treaty ally of the United States.

The Free Press@thefp.com

The mayor accused Israel’s leader of genocide and the maiming of children. And he wants to make an enemy of America’s closest ally, writes Douglas Murray.

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Indeed. Anyone who claims that Israel is the United States' 'closest ally' is basically instantly discrediting themselves. Our actual closest allies, at least before 2025, were very obviously the Five Eyes (FVEY) countries - the UK, Australia, New Zealand and, of course, obviously, Canada.

James@gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social

I don't know why I bother to keep saying this, but Israel is literally not even a treaty ally of the United States.

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"If we find that civilized nations don’t put their captives to death, don’t destroy city and countryside, it is so because the intellect is more mixed into their practice of war and has taught them more potent means of applying violence than these raw expressions of instinct."

(Un)Dead Carl 🎃@deadcarl.bsky.social

In light of the war with Iran escalating to targeting desalination plants, I've chosen to look at what Clausewitz wrote on the distinction (or lack thereof) between wars of civilized peoples and those of the "uncivilized." www.deadcarl.com/p/barbarity-...

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Yet the crisis of US shipbuilding is so bad that the US Navy is ordering ships from Korean or Italian firms and US logistics depend on bases among allies Colby is typical for an elite so marinated in myths of its power that it forgot to sustain real structures it needs to survive

I've been writing a series of short stories projecting what could happen in the near future if current technology simply continued in the dystopian direction they point to, and it's the third time reality catches up before I have published anything. I think I need to write faster…

David Slack@slack2thefuture.bsky.social

Polymarket lets people bet on wildfires. Wildfires that those samepeople could easily set in order to win money on this illegal gambling site. Big Tech is organized crime.

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Polymarket lets people bet on wildfires. Wildfires that those samepeople could easily set in order to win money on this illegal gambling site. Big Tech is organized crime.

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What’s that, Dale? You want to give me an unconditional personal gift of £5million to do whatever I want with? Sure! I just need to fill out a form. If I didn’t declare it that would be silly.

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"The arsenal of democracy has been reignited," he said, investing roughly 1/3 of a single F-35A.

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Hegseth also announced that all Army personnel have to learn how to wield a sword, and lance, on horseback, because this is far more manly than sitting behind a desk flying a drone.

Matthew Gault@mjgault.bsky.social

Hegseth announced they're gonna start screening for T and administering testosterone treatment for warriors found wanting

Spain is always going to hamper playmaking for they opponent. When they combine that with efficiency (which is their perennial weakness) they are unbeatable. (One could argue that giving them an imaginary penalty helps on the efficiency part, but they still managed to score one out of 3 occasions)

Sam Freedman@samfr.bsky.social

Kind of annoying that the commentary team think all the French players suddenly lost form rather than Spain coming up with a system that neutralised them.

“Radars are useless against 5th gen fighters anyway”

Warsight@warsight.bsky.social

The status of the F-35’s new AN/APG-85 radar has always been shrouded in secrecy, but news then emerged that six F-35Bs had been accepted by the US Marine Corps without their radars fitted. warsight.com/2026/07/02/f...