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atomheartbevo

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  1. From earlier this month, speaking of navigation systems
  2. I’ll find it later when I’m at my laptop, but there is a whole thing in Russia about pilots having to go back to paper charts because navigation systems are either down or providing inaccurate information on purpose.
  3. Don’t look at me, I tuned out of his speech when he declared the Holy Land was at peace and that he had ended 8 wars in 8 months. I do not know, even with a surge of Arab/Muslim peacekeepers and humanitarian aid, how we can call it ended without some amount of time in the rear view mirror - this is not a pickup basketball game where somebody gets bumped and we say “no harm, no foul”. Homes and lives were destroyed by the IDF. I think Hamas might be a little/lot more careful because if there are tens of thousands of peacekeepers keeping an eye on things and Hamas is out there killing collaborators, it could blow back on them. Plenty of the peacekeepers could easily drop a dime on Hamas and let the IDF or other Palestinian groups know where they going, etc. as most of these countries would like to see Hamas knocked down a few notches for various reasons. And they could create safe havens for the Palestinians to work out of against Hamas, but I feel like that’s asking too much. I question how many of the peacekeepers want to get involved and how many just want to serve their time and go home. i do think a lesson was learned by anybody wanting to do something like this in the future - take a lot of prisoners. I also think there are thousands, probably tens or even hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, who hate Israel with a all their being and who might be willing to sacrifice themselves to kill Israelis, because they lost everything, including relatives and friends. They are extremely easy to radicalize against Israel because it was Israeli forces who fucked up their shit. Our friends in Israel are concerned about this going forward. I haven’t talked to them in a few weeks though, but even a massive surge in humanitarian aid can’t easily paper over that anger and resentment, and feeling so powerless.
  4. @Brisketexan get a plane ticket EU to fund tribunal for Putin — Kyiv to receive first millions for war crimes investigation Kaja Kallas has announced the allocation of €10 million to establish an international tribunal to investigate Russia’s crimes against Ukraine. Another €6 million will go toward helping Ukrainian children deported by Russia and victims of sexual violence. In addition, the EU is preparing an extra €100 million package to support Ukraine through the winter.
  5. G7 countries are preparing an oil strike against the Kremlin — Russia could lose half of its oil revenues (around $80 billion a year). According to Reuters, G7 finance ministers are drafting new measures aimed at draining Moscow’s war budget — including additional tariffs on countries that continue to buy Russian oil. If the plan works, Russia’s oil revenues could drop nearly by half — from 7.3 to 5 million barrels per day — leading to losses of about $76 billion annually. The G7 is also urging Saudi Arabia and the UAE to boost production while pushing India and Turkey to reduce imports of Russian oil. Experts believe that coordinated pressure could severely weaken Russia’s economy — and might even force Putin to halt the war. But the question remains: can they actually make it happen?
  6. Rainbow spotted over the still burning Feodosia fuel terminal in Russian-occupied Crimea this afternoon. The facility, one of the largest fuel dumps in Crimea, a region already facing a critical gas shortage, suffered a catastrophic fire after an overnight Ukrainian drone strike
  7. NASA satellite over the Black Sea
  8. Hitting production, hitting pipelines, hitting stored fuel. Keeping it up day after day. Gonna be some long lines in Crimea and a lot of black market profits. Also doesn’t bode well for Russians in Crimea if air defenses aren’t shutting this stuff down.
  9. Would help if it stopped them from procreating.
  10. One of Trump’s “spiritual advisors”, one of the major ones. This stuff is good (not the destruction but the talk of it being evil, Biblical, etc.). It pushes back against the narrative some push about Russia being the good guys. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Burns_(pastor) This morning, we were once again reminded of the unrelenting cruelty being unleashed on the innocent people of Ukraine. At 10:39 a.m. on October 11, a Russian warplane dropped a guided KAB-250 bomb directly onto the town of Kostiantynivka in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region. The explosion struck Svobody Avenue. Two lives were lost, and four others wounded. Among the severely wounded was a devoted priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. He was inside the St. Job of Pochaiv Church, offering shelter to a 4-year-old child whose mother had just died and was buried near the church days prior. The sanctuary itself, a place meant to protect life and offer peace, was damaged in the blast. This is not just an act of war. It is an act of evil. It is a strike against innocence, faith, and the very idea of sanctuary. A priest, a grieving child, a house of God, violently attacked in one brutal moment. As a Spiritual Diplomat, I cannot stay silent. This is not just a military crisis. It is a moral one. Russia’s war machine is not only destroying homes, it is desecrating sacred spaces and tearing at the very soul of humanity. To all people of faith and conscience: I urge you to speak out. Share this story. Let the world know what is happening. Let policymakers, interfaith leaders, and every spiritual diplomat across the globe rise up and demand justice. We must not grow numb. We must not let darkness have the final word.
  11. https://nataliaantonova.substack.com/p/meet-propagandist-alexandra-jost
  12. We maybe decades removed from the Soviet Union, but damned if the apparatchiks aren't still around, toadying up to whoever is in power.
  13. Paul Blart and Reacher crossover?
  14. Already took care of the first one.
  15. don't care if already posted, from the Longhorn socials, for those looking for new wallpapers.
  16. I would assume nowhere near the front lines - Ukrainian drones are starting to range pretty deep. And they are probably manufacturing trucks.
  17. "Sir, your hearing loss is not game-related"
  18. Is that boat zigging and zagging and putting out a smoke screen?
  19. Russia is desperate for tanks. Is it desperate enough to use T-64s? Edit: I'm iffy about whether they are really moving back to using more tanks - the drones just keep getting better and better.
  20. Yup, he needs to stick around for a long time.
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