I'm surprised because in theory a regime so totalitarian shouldn't be that creative. DJT is an easy target, but it's also easy for other totalitarians and Iranians clips really stand out.
That said, "Beware of Persians bearing gifts". They're not doing us any favors with them.
๐ซค On the Strait of Hormuz and commodities I have a similar sinking feeling as when back in the day the WHO had already flagged "pandemy" and there were already contagions in Italy, but apparently most people would shrug like "Meh, won't be that bad".
And me "Oh, yes, it will".
Bracing for impact.
The same logic, however, apparently does not apply to left-wing influencer accounts, as Sam learned when he created a short-lived liberal counterpart for Emily on Instagram: โDemocrats know that itโs AI slop, so they donโt engage as much.โ
โThe MAGA crowd is made of dumb people โ like, SUPER dumb people. And they fall for it.โ
For my @wired.com feature debut, I talked to Sam, a guy who made thousands of dollars on Instagram by scamming MAGA men with Emily Hart, an AI generated, Trump-loving influencer. www.wired.com/story/ai-gen...
For the love of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and to restore and preserve the freedom our forefathers fought and died for, the War Department will DISCARD AND REJECT the woke prohibition on shitting in our drinking water. AMERICANS SHIT WHERE WE WILL.
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Joining today with my little toonies
#toonietuesday time again
Letโs goooooooooo
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This week weโre backing Kristina and the ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐จ๐๐ฉ anti Shahed team of the ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ.๐งตโคต๏ธ1/3
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"The chances that Dua Lipa would help raise funds for a vehicle for our unit werenโt high... but they were never zero!"
British singer Dua Lipa helped the Ukrainian First Separate Medical Battalion acquire a pickup truck.The vehicle will be used for evacuations&operational tasks in the combat zone
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๐ง๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ
Apparently, since April 1 the Kremlin has created a ๐ฅ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฅ of sorts, where Telegram still can be used at the frontline and a milblogger can quickly upload a post using advanced VPNs (VLESS/Shadowsocks), but a Muscovite will take 10' to download it.
Kommersant https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/8605584 Tourists are left without access Russians abroad can not use banking services and "State services" Tourists in Egypt and Turkey complain about problems with access to Russian resources. Services are not opened when trying to connect to them via Wi-Fi in a hotel or a local mobile network. If you go to the application of one of the aggregators to buy tickets, then there is a notification with the text "It seems you have a VPN". After the connection disappears, reported in the Association of tour operators of Russia. Similar problems arise during the payment of the reservation on the websites of some airlines. Photo: Alexander Miridonov, Kommersant
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Russian tourists left without access to internet banking and other services.
Big "Oh, no. Anyway" news ๐ฟ
But read update about milbloggers still posting in Telegram.
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Today I turn 89. Iโve seen this country at its best and its worst, and I know how much community matters. For my birthday, Iโm asking you to stand with PFLAG and support the work thatโs helped so many in the LGBTQ+ community, including me. give.pflag.org/page/95493/d...
For decades I have been preaching that we in Germany need to take responsibility for defending our own homeland and Europe, and, unsurprisingly, I got a lot pushback for this stance. Yet, I have been holding my position. It fills me with pride to see that this stance is becoming mainstream.
We expect some positive decisions tomorrow on the โฌ90 billion loan to Ukraine.
This would show that our support for Ukraine remains strong and that Russia cannot outlast Ukraine.
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What is going on with Meat Cubie? ๐
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https://newstrategycenter.ro/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ConTrolling-the-Russian-Information-Warfare-Efforts-1.pdf
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Yep. #WeAreNAFO, optimized in secret ๐บ๐ฆ biolabs for hybrid warfare, influence ops, memetic warfare and much more.
(๐๐ผ๐ป)๐ง๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ณ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐: ๐ก๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐บ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐โ๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ
New Strategy Center, 2026
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๐ค France and Poland have unveiled a strategic satellite pact and discussed Polish participation in Franceโs nuclear deterrence strategy during a summit in Gdansk.
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โSky Defense is about bringing all of the components of Ukrainian air defense together. Ukrainians know what they need to do; they just need a little help to get there.โ
Timothy Snyder.
A worthy read:
snyder.substack.com/p/sky-defense
For a worthy cause:
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EU Defence at Risk of US โKill Switchโ
A Brussels think tank warns that over three-quarters of European countries depend on US cloud giants like Microsoft, AWS, Google, and Oracle for critical defence systems.
Fuck you, @golden.house.gov
The term here is โfreeloadersโ โ โmoderateโ antivaxxers have long expected others to uphold the social contract and vaccinate while they do what quack doctor Bob Sears advocated in his parenting book as โhiding in the herdโ. Then when too many weaken herd immunity & their kid may get sick they ๐
PS
I do get that inverted U shaped relationships do use to confuse people, but I don't really find them that difficult, like in:
Moving away from the optimal point bad๐
Moving towards the optimal point good๐
Trickle-down economics is sub-optimal (harming) both theoretically and empirically.
