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Wow crazy coincidence that they decided to ban tiktok after it became overwhelmingly pro Palestine unlike other social media platforms.

New draft of the UN resolution has dropped language calling for a "six week ceasefire" in favour of "an immediate and sustained ceasefire"

Hamas is winning

Boeing whistleblower dies after "self-inflicted" wound 👁️
He was travelling to give legal interviews in his lawsuit against Boeing and was discovered in his car outside his hotel.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2024/03/12/boeing-whistleblower-charleston-factory-john-barnett-dead/

Boeing whistleblower found dead

A former Boeing employee who exposed alleged safety problems at the company has been found dead.

John Barnett died from “self inflicted” injuries in a hotel car park on Saturday in South Carolina, where he had been due to testify in a lawsuit against his former employer.

The 62-year-old drew public attention to what he said were bad practices at Boeing’s factory in Charleston, where he worked for seven years as a quality control manager. He exposed alleged errors in the company’s manufacturing process, claiming that employees had deliberately fitted substandard parts to aeroplanes because of pressure to produce them quickly.

... He had been attending interviews for the case in Charleston last week, but failed to turn up for a cross-examination by his own lawyers on Saturday.

they killed the whistleblower

oh I didn't realise this was already posted

I'm keeping it up because WTF they killed the fucking whistleblower

Leader of Yemen's Houthis vows to attack more shipping lanes

"Our main battle is to prevent ships linked to the Israeli enemy from passing through not only the Arabian Sea, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, but also the Indian Ocean towards the Cape of Good Hope. This is a major step and we have begun to implement our operations related to it," al-Houthi said in a televised speech.

A US Delegation just Visited Niger (selfinvited) , then annoyed , insulted and threatend the Hosts so much , that Niger now made this Non Diplomatic
Press Statement c.a. 3 minutes in

and as ended cooperation with the US

I think we should be pushing the "soviet union did not collapse, it was overthrown" button a lot more.

Of all the people I have radicalised, about half of them have later come back and said that this specific thing was a major aspect of what flipped them from being a holdout on communism. They had the brainworm that communism failed and does not work. They felt it was good on paper but had already proven to fail.

This button seems to be one of the strongest things to push on with a lot of people. We don't do it enough. We don't have enough media on it.

I know some here disagree with talking about the Soviet Union, I've seen people say that there's no point because it doesn't matter anymore and that it turns people away. But I sincerely think we really should be talking about it more. It sits in people's minds as having failed and is the thing that holds them back from exploring the left further.

I'm speaking anecdotally of course but I feel like I've personally radicalised a lot of people and I really do believe it's about half of them that this particular thing has turned. I will also say that I think this group of people have all been younger people (16-30) from american right wing families.

A week late but Carmakers Must Bring Back Buttons in Europe

Euro NCAP, the automotive safety industry body for Europe, is introducing new guidance for 2026 which means that indicators, hazard warning lights, windscreen wipers, horn, and SOS features will have to be controlled by proper switches in order for cars to be granted Euro NCAP’s coveted five star safety rating.

“The overuse of touchscreens is an industry-wide problem, with almost every vehicle-maker moving key controls onto central touchscreens, obliging drivers to take their eyes off the road and raising the risk of distraction crashes,” explained Matthew Avery, director of strategic development at Euro NCAP. “New Euro NCAP tests due in 2026 will encourage manufacturers to use separate, physical controls for basic functions in an intuitive manner, limiting eyes-off-road time and therefore promoting safer driving.”

I heard from someone that The NY Times claims that TikTok algorithm favors anti-us content and that’s why it’s a national security threat. It really is easy to sell propaganda to people.

seriously, why is "Destiny" even on this debate with Finkelstein. I obv don't agree with the other 'genocide defender' in the debate but he at least is a writer and knows some of the history (and Finkelstein's work)

Compare that to a fucking TWITCH STREAMER YOUTUBER.

We are absolutely witnessing the decline of Western academia. Truly incredible times

Sounds like China won't be bailing out real estate firms:

“For real estate companies that are seriously insolvent and have lost the ability to operate, those that must go bankrupt should go bankrupt, or be restructured, in accordance with the law and market principles,” Ni Hong, Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, said at a press conference Saturday.

Niger revokes military accord with US, junta spokesperson says

Niger's ruling military junta has revoked with immediate effect a military accord that allows military personnel and civilian staff from the U.S. Department of Defense on its soil, junta spokesperson Colonel Amadou Abdramane said on Saturday.

There were about 1,100 U.S. troops in Niger as of last year, where the U.S. military operates out of two bases including a drone base known as Air Base 201, built near Agadez in central Niger at a cost of more than $100 million.

So the tik tok bill also gives the US government the authority to shut down any website it deems to be propaganda for a national security adversary. Like, it sounds like they could absolutely shut down hexbear.

In an interview on French national television, Macron said a Russian victory in Ukraine "would reduce Europe's credibility to zero," and would mean that "we have no security."

Irish bands pull out and boycott SXSW music festival over US Army and Defense contractor sponsorships and the genocide in Gaza.

reddit users getting ready to post about le rigged elections after spending the past two years talking about how killing Russian civilians is wholesome 100 because they're all evil and support putler

Euros being delusional as per usual.

Malaysia’s PM Anwar Ibrahim makes ‘no apology’ for Hamas links on Germany visit

The Malaysian PM visits Germany and gets accused of supporting Hamas by an audience member - but are these westerners completely illiterate?

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has defended Malaysia's relations with Hamas, saying he made "no apologies" for his nation's historical links with the Palestinian militant group and reiterating his stance that the Middle East conflict predates the October 7 attack on Israel.

"What I reject strongly is this narrative, this obsession, as if the entire problem begins and ends with the 7th of October," the prime minister said. There had been decades of "atrocities, plunder and dispossession of Palestinians," he added at a press conference alongside German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin.

Despite the hysteria that the “geopolitics understanders” made about Anwar Ibrahim’s NED credentials months ago, Westerners seemingly forget that his initial rise came from the radical student organizations in the 1970s which were in-part connected with the Muslim Brotherhood, the Iranian Revolution and other influential Islamic movements at the time.

Of course he will be anti-Israel. That has been the hallmark of Malaysian foreign policy since the beginning - even with our 1st PM in 1957 - and he was the most Western friendly of them all.

As the article mentions:

Anwar's staunch support for the Palestinians can be traced back to his years as a student leader in the 1970s including as the leader of the Malaysian Islamic Youth Movement.

Muslim-majority Malaysia does not recognise Israel's statehood. It has long been a vocal supporter of the Palestinian cause, hosting Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in 1984 and 2001 and welcoming Ismail Haniyeh and Khaled Mashal, leaders of the political wing of Hamas, in 2020.

This reminded me of when multiple “Israeli” news outlets accused Malaysia of being the most anti-semitic country on Earth, despite historically having no native Jewish population, and a residential population that at it’s peak only reached the teens. Completely unhinged and insane.

And then there’s the palm oil issue.

Banning our palm oil will not change the fact that we were able to succesfully industrialize its production and outcompete your local biofuel industry. Europeans needs to stop barking like a rabid dog. It isn’t the 1800s or even the neocolonial late 1900s anymore.

These deindustrialization policies will not work, especially when you yourself have lost any capabilities of enacting economic warfare. Hiding behind a facade of environmentalism doesn’t change reality.

As Bloomberg noted, there will be other markets that the palm oil could be sold to. You are kneecapping yourself just to appear “environmentally friendly”.

Perhaps it’s just the final cries of a region declining into subordination. The garden after all, will inevitably be reclaimed by the jungle. It just takes time.

Also I read the worst thing ever when I was researching for the post, titled “A Close Encounter With Asia’s Anti-Semitic Capital”.

Warning: Terminal crackerism.

Houthis announcing that they will begin striking Israeli ships outside the Red Sea as well

Really good post about how the CIA is essentially running American foreign policy in this late stage of imperial decline. Has tons of links to related news articles as well.

Those angry about the US genocide in Gaza need to understand that his willingness to slaughter millions of innocents in US wars is why he was appointed to be President.

TL;DR: The CIA is wildly powerful thanks both to it's huge breath of resources and money (not just their government budget either - so much drug money!) and their ability to act freely, especially post 9/11. At this point it can act independently of the president, as it did during the entirety of the Trump presidency, and can work for the benefit of its own brass instead.
Not that Biden is opposed to them. He is definitely the most genocidal president since Bush, or at least was while his brain was capable of having such opinions.

Watching Norm debate Destiny for five minutes was like watching someone knowledgeable in any field debate a Reddit lib. Complete dumbasses that are so smug and overconfident about their own abilities. Couldn’t watch more than five minutes because I could feel bits of my life slowly dying away.

Lol at destiny searching Wikipedia during a debate. What a pathetic shitshow of a debate.

If they ban tiktok gen z will abandon the democratic party

probably unrelated , ... Houthies have just announecd the Closure of the route.

EDIT:

A palestian teenager stabed two IDF security personal in Bethlehem. He was killed. Rest in peace.

Audio of ADL head Johnathan Greenblatt in November urrging a move against TikTok, just in case anyone needs to be reminded that, yes, pro-palestinian news and opinion IS the primary force behind this legislative push: https://fxtwitter.com/snarwani/status/1725138601996853424/mediaViewer?currentTweet=1725138601996853424&currentTweetUser=snarwani

Not that the other reasons, like anti-chinese sentiment and anti-youth sentiment, don't dovetail nicely

Israel says it plans to direct Palestinians out of Rafah ahead of anticipated offensive

So "humanitarian islands" are just the next level of concentration camps right?

"Undisclosed country” may buy Swedish weapons for one billion euros

An undisclosed “state recipient” has been authorized to buy Swedish weapons systems for almost 12 billion SEK (€1.04 billion). The Swedish people are not told who the recipient is, what weapons are being exported or what they will be used for.

Pentagon correspondent for AFP reports that the US Navy ship leaving to build the dock in Palestine played the Empire's theme from Star Wars as they were leaving.

https://twitter.com/wgdunlop/status/1767603551633650037

Kinda insane that people actually believe that Ukraine is about to capture Belgorod what the fuck

The fact that Hamas has a podcast now is so fucking funny to me. Now all they need is a Twitch channel and a lemmy instance

Rofl this headline https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/help-ukraine-win-or-risk-kicking-off-a-us-losing-streak/

Help Ukraine win—or risk kicking off a US losing streak

I'm not reading the article but that header is great

Haiti's leader resigned, I guess he'll just live in the US/Puerto Rico now

history is happening maybe

PSA Hamas has executed a few members of the Daghmash family last night, it's a known collaborator crime family that steals aid in Gaza, they've been known to clash with Hamas since 2007, western press might use this as an opportunity to show Hamas as evil for killing Gazans or might trying to spin the crime family as "good gazans fighting against Hamas authorities" so yeah

https://twitter.com/revolutionaryem/status/1767972419552293098 :

The aid boxes fell on solar panels on the roof of Al Ahli Baptist Hospital, destroying many of them. This is the only hospital operating with limited capacity in northern Gaza.

The destruction of solar panels means a power outage, and the hospital will become out of service

lmao I just got invited to a talk with this as the blurb:

The dollar is the jewel in the crown of the US financial system. The widespread use of the dollar benefits the US in important ways, in particular it allows the US borrow money more easily. It also means the US can use the dollar, and access to it, as a weapon to sanction enemies of the country, unsettling foes and friends alike. In many respects the dollar is as dominant as it has ever been, but that doesn’t mean the position of the buck is at the top of the heap is guaranteed….

1. saying the quiet part out loud
2. the financiers are quaking - admitting that the dollar's reign might be coming to an end
3. I just love the admission that dollar hegemony and sanctions are a weapon deployed against friend and foe alike.

should I attend and take notes for y'all?

Report claims Yemen’s Houthis have a hypersonic missile, possibly raising stakes in Red Sea crisis

The Houthis’ main benefactor, Iran, claims to have a hypersonic missile and has widely armed the rebels with the missiles they now use. Adding a hypersonic missile to their arsenal could pose a more-formidable challenge to the air defense systems employed by America and its allies, including Israel.

“The group’s missile forces have successfully tested a missile that is capable of reaching speeds of up to Mach 8 and runs on solid fuel,” a military official close to the Houthis said, according to the RIA report. The Houthis “intend to begin manufacturing it for use during attacks in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, as well as against targets in Israel.”

it's ziover

Ukraine should introduce Work from Home policy for their soldiers so they can fight the war from the comfort of their homes. They can use Hoi4 and Microsoft Teams for this and stream it on twitch to get donations to fund the war.

As a response to the American-British aggression against our country and in support of the just cause of the Palestinian people, the Naval Forces of the Yemeni Armed Forces, with the help of Allah Almighty, carried out a targeting operation against the "Israeli" ship "Pacific 01" in the Red Sea using suitable naval missiles.

Furthermore, the Air Force conducted a targeting operation against an American destroyer in the Red Sea using unmanned aerial vehicles (drones), and the operation achieved its objectives successfully, thanks to Allah.

GUESS WHO'S BACK

I'm sorry if it was posted last week but even in the western MSM they manage to prove literaly every pro-Russian armchair bullshiter on YT correct. But this is some amazing footage honestly. I think its easy to overlook given the actual BS article and the source as usual but watch the video instead.

UP FOR THE CHALLENGE I joined Ukrainian soldiers in Brit-made Challenger 2 tanks that blast Russian invaders from up to 4.5km away Skip to the section starting at 5:00.

I remember all these YTers were saying the western tanks are too heavy they wont work on the east due to the terrain and the bridges and dipshit UK tabloid proving everyone correct, in a training exercise.

They could have edited the footage, they could have made some excuse, but no actualy they end up with some barely useful reporting ngl, they talk about how the Ukrainians themselves admit its too heavy, underpowered and just keeps getting stuck.

The end result is just pathetic, almost a cartoon drawing, the tank ends up 1/4 or so buried and the crew decides the "best" use of their time is to waste the MG turret ammo practicing and then end up being rescued by another Challenger. I could say more about that "practice" too seems more like just something for troop morale, "here guys lets do something to pretend this isn't the most useless and embarrassing use of our time ever".

Key takeaway? The best use of a Challenger is to tow another Challenger when it eventually gets stuck in the mud.

Australia getting absolutely humiliated over their AUKUS submarine deal.

https://archive.is/SSigI

imagine being a Ukrainian soldier and your commander tells you that you have to go die on the Belgorod border because reddit upvotes have been too low last month

The Top Minds at are arguing that it's just common sense that the primitive Slav is too corrupt and stupid to operate and maintain seventy year old technologies like an ICBM. Pay no mind to the stalemate in Ukraine, or the simple fact that Russia provided much of the world's space heavy lift capacity for decades. These are just communist propaganda or some shit. The Slavic brain volume is insufficient to plumb the mysteries of hydrazine and slamming chunks of plutonium together really fast.

Spain very quietly arrested the head of the Russia desk at the CNI (Spanish CIA) for spying.

Spying on Spain for the US.

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/spanish-intelligence-agent-spying-for-us-headed-russia-division-report/3154760

https://archive.is/kQMPx

One of two Spanish intelligence agents arrested for sending classified information to the US was head of the Russia division of Spain's National Intelligence Center (CNI)

Spain had tried to keep the scandal largely under wraps. When the leaks were caught, Spain's defense minister quietly summoned the US ambassador.

At least two US intelligence agents working in the US Embassy were also expelled from the country for their roles in infiltrating Spain's intelligence service

While US Ambassador Julissa Reynoso Pantaleon has not publicly commented on the intelligence issue, El Pais reports that she blames the spying on a secret program from the era of former President Donald Trump.

Don’t worry, it was some Trump related hiccup that the deep state opposed, completely unrelated to the spying that took place under President Obama, presumably.

So don’t worry about the fact it happened under Obama, don’t worry about the fact it continued under Biden, just blame Trump.

And shit I guess don’t worry that Trump is about to be reelected either.

Related to this from 2023 I assume? https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/7/spain-expels-two-us-embassy-staff-for-allegedly-bribing-intelligence-agents

And

https://archive.is/oLHnt

Even though it was the USA, don’t blame the USA because actually it wasn’t the USA, it was US president Trump

[The USA] Dijo que se trataba de un programa que se puso en marcha antes que llegara a la Casa Blanca el actual presidente Joe Biden y, por razones que desconocía, se había mantenido hasta ahora.

“The USA said the program wasn’t Biden’s fault it was already in progress when he was elected… not his fault… but for reasons unknown it continued…”

Nothing at all to see here.

🚨 warning 🚨

Comrades. I will send myself to the gulag for this, but please excuse me. With the ongoing Katespiracy distraction that sadly has entered my brain, here’s my conspiracy theory as to what’s going on and how it could mean the end of the Royals

1. King Charles is dying of cancer, possibly within months
2. Prince William is supposed to become king
3. Kate wants to divorce William after an affair (or even worse, e.g. DV)
4. The circumstances of the divorce would make William a deeply unpopular king and harm their reputation, possibly to the point of a majority rejecting the monarchy. Therefore, they’re trying to cover it up.
5. The line of succession (lol) goes to their children, so if they skip William the UK would have to have a child monarch - again, harming the reputation of the monarchy to the point of the public questioning it.
6. The line of succession then goes to Harry, who has been outcast from the Royal Family.
7. The line of succession avoiding a child monarch then goes to….Prince Andrew

The end of the royal family would be so fucking funny, especially if it plays out this way

The artist of Stonetoss has been identified as a Hans Kristian Graebener from Texas. CW for uh, all the vile shit in his comics.

He was identified by his email being exposed in the Gab hack in 2021. Some fun nuggets:
He lost 23 Bitcoin in a hack in 2014 (current value in USD: 1.6 Million)
He posted frequently on Reddit about being circumcised and donated to foreskin regeneration startups
He appeared in a 2014 NYT article where he was described as "an enormous bald man named Hans". He had apparently flown to New York for a pro-Gamergate meeting. It includes this banger of a quote:

“Naturally, accusations of misogyny are thrown around, but as evidenced by the presence of women, of which there are a few, it is a diverse group.” Hans paused, then winked. “By the way, table dances are $10 and lap dances are $75, if you’re interested. May I recommend Ms. Rain?”

Also, he works at the Houston office of Open iT... 👀