Nostr notes by Tea time.

Is that French for "angina caused by poutine"? Because if ...

2026-04-15T06:32:00Z

In reply to nevent1q…d9ks
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Is that French for "angina caused by poutine"?

Because if it is, that makes a lot of sense really. VERY Canadian!

@npub16c3…lgtl 's feed is full of #africa's #lgbtqia ...

2026-03-22T20:12:08Z

Nakafeero (npub16c3…lgtl) 's feed is full of #africa's #lgbtqia bravery.
Glad they followed me, and great to see this kind of representation on #mastodon .
Definitely of interest for those interested in #activism , #law and the fight for basic #humanrights in countries impacted by the fallout of Western #colonialism and the spread of religious intolerance.
#blackmastodon

Steve Witkoff, who reportedly pushed Trump to help launch the war ...

2026-03-20T16:20:01Z

Steve Witkoff, who reportedly pushed Trump to help launch the war on Iran, must've felt like a complete tool after being told by Russia that they would stop helping Iranians kill Americans, in exchange for cutting intel support to Ukraine.

Witkoff either works for the Russians, or clearly must know by now that the Russians completely played his incompetent ass. There is no choice #3 here.
https://www.politico.eu/article/putin-offers-stop-intel-iran-condition-us-cuts-off-ukraine/

Applause in the European Parliament as Hungary's obese ...

2026-03-20T07:04:36Z

Applause in the European Parliament as Hungary's obese Russian-backed stooge Orban is called a useful idiot and tool of Putin.
h/t: JayinKyiv

So, as CNN reports that a couple dozen mines might've been ...

2026-03-10T23:50:26Z

So, as CNN reports that a couple dozen mines might've been laid in the gulf by Iran - with about 80-90% of their small vessel fleet available to spread more - it's worth noting the Trump administration basically decommissioned all of the US' mine hunters in the gulf in the run-up to the war, never to be seen again.

The Trump administration literally do not know what they are doing.
https://www.twz.com/sea/navys-avenger-class-mine-hunters-have-left-the-middle-east-for-good

SOOO many badly butthurt Trump bedfellows, upset that a US ...

2026-03-07T07:45:56Z

SOOO many badly butthurt Trump bedfellows, upset that a US journalist for CNN is traveling in Iran and reporting that life, on the whole, is pretty normal, calm and orderly, with plenty of food, fresh coffee, no protests, and no tiny US flags.

Almost like it's a REALLY big country and 496 aerial terrorists can't really dominate the greater reality of 93 million people.

Violent idiot demands unconditional surrender from someone or ...

2026-03-06T16:45:40Z

Violent idiot demands unconditional surrender from someone or other, as he bombs cities into rubble.

Naah, bitch. Send in your troops to die first.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/06/iran-war-live-updates-us-temporarily-lets-india-buy-russian-oil-amid-energy-fears-israeli-military-launches-strikes-on-beirut

Supernova+ posted info to their Telegram stating that ...

2026-02-26T14:51:44Z

Supernova+ posted info to their Telegram stating that Russia's MAX is basically a repackaged Telegram fork, under the control of the Russian FSB... which is essentially the FBI, CIA, and NSA all rolled into one. Supernova+ also released some really detailed information on MAX that system admins, hackers, free speech advocates, etc. should be VERY interested in, including how to protect yourself from MAX, if you're required to install it. I translated/screen captured the info.

"Some say Ukraine should be grateful for everything. The ...

2026-02-15T11:34:39Z

"Some say Ukraine should be grateful for everything.
The truth is just the opposite...
The rest of us should be grateful to Ukraine."
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk

Important to note that the timing of Starlink being cut off to ...

2026-02-06T10:03:33Z

Important to note that the timing of Starlink being cut off to the Russians was likely linked to corporate lawyers making the call, most likely well over six months ago.

Which means, this decision wasn't REALLY about Ukraine at all. Rather, it was about Starlink in China, Starlink in Indonesia and SE Asia. Starlink in the EU.

Starlink in a whole bunch of places that WILL NOT turn over their nation's wireless communications to a US company that might allow enemies to use them in a time of war.

Elon is now trying to call news reports about the actual ...

2026-02-01T18:17:30Z

Elon is now trying to call news reports about the actual correspondence between him and Jeffrey Epstein lies, but no problem...
His daughter is willing to confirm the relevant details.🔥

"In the last 100 years, Russia has attacked at least 19 ...

2025-12-15T09:16:27Z

"In the last 100 years, Russia has attacked at least 19 countries - some as many as three or four times.
None of those countries has ever attacked Russia.
So (Russia) doesn't need security guarantees.
The Security guarantees are needed for everybody else."
- Kaja Kallas, Fmr. PM of Estonia

Even for those cynical of centrist Democrats, well... If you want ...

2025-12-10T04:12:11Z

Even for those cynical of centrist Democrats, well...
If you want the future to look more like Mamdani, you need Cuomos to be the establishment that you're able to reject.

Russian General Chirkin admits the truth about the war, without ...

2025-12-07T12:43:49Z

Russian General Chirkin admits the truth about the war, without touching upon whether it was actually ethical or legal to invade opportunistically.

Yep. And just as a matter of training, you WANT every soldier to ...

2025-11-27T01:59:33Z

Yep. And just as a matter of training, you WANT every soldier to have this drilled in to them.

Reports are that the Europeans have decided to go it alone, and ...

2025-11-21T22:41:56Z

Reports are that the Europeans have decided to go it alone, and negotiate a separate peace initiative, without US involvement.

Trump took himself out of the game, whether he realizes it yet or not.
Embarrassing.

Rich degenerates doing what rich degenerates do... ...

2025-11-02T19:53:48Z

Rich degenerates doing what rich degenerates do...

Enormous protest in Hungary yesterday... Made larger by it being ...

2025-10-26T07:04:48Z

Enormous protest in Hungary yesterday...
Made larger by it being a way of honoring the Hungarian uprising, sure... but Peter Magyar has a majority and can definitely draw a crowd.
He's not as pro-Ukraine as I would prefer, but part of that is triangulation. Once Orban is gone - and, ideally, in front of a jury - much more becomes possible again.

It was probably about half a year ago or so when I posted about ...

2025-10-24T09:07:37Z

It was probably about half a year ago or so when I posted about how narratives were being pushed in the Russian media, about how immigrants were making surprisingly good money driving taxis in Moscow, during a self-inflicted wartime labor shortage...

Have no fear. The Russian government has fixed the problem, taking over the market, throwing immigrants out of work, closing major businesses, and making cabs slow, inconvenient, expensive proxies of the surveillance state.
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/09/22/russias-taxi-industry-hits-a-breaking-point-as-prices-soar-migrants-shut-out-and-options-shrink-a90429

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed this interview in March, with the ...

2025-10-18T20:05:27Z

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed this interview in March, with the understanding it would only be released after her death.

So right.
So good.

Putin's war on Ukraine was ill-advised, always a bad idea, ...

2025-10-17T14:08:40Z

Putin's war on Ukraine was ill-advised, always a bad idea, and always had a high potential for eventual failure, regardless of what the US did / does.

It's important to make it clear though:
Biden was very much the stern dad, tough on Putin, who warned the 🌍 about Putin's invasion before it happened, and provided a ton of anti-tank rockets that helped stop the Russians cold on the outskirts of Ukraine.
Whereas Trump has been the doting mother, undermining his efforts.
Peace through appeasement.

A Kenyan intelligence-led police raid on a residential apartment ...

2025-09-28T10:51:26Z

A Kenyan intelligence-led police raid on a residential apartment on the outskirts of Nairobi, has broken up a major Russian human smuggling ring, arresting the individual responsible for overseeing the operation. More than 20 Kenyans have been rescued, before they could be trafficked to Russia under false pretenses and forced to join Russian forces in Ukraine.

Wild to think that the extent of this operation could have accounted for nearly 1% of new 'Russian' recruits.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxqjqjln1ko

So, how many times is it now that Windsor has enabled a ...

2025-09-18T06:59:20Z

So, how many times is it now that Windsor has enabled a paedophile?
Is anyone still counting...??!

Accounts linked to the Russian government pushing identical ...

2025-09-11T16:41:46Z

Accounts linked to the Russian government pushing identical conspiracy theory posts re: Charlie Kirk shooting.

Apparently, Canadian journalist Dean Blundell got the goods... ...

2025-07-20T14:04:31Z

Apparently, Canadian journalist Dean Blundell got the goods... #letter #trump

This IS exactly as described in the WSJ article, complete with "Donald" being used as pubes. The letter made up a page in a leather-bound book of birthday wishes, collected by Ghislaine Maxwell for #epstein 's 50th birthday, in January 2003... one year before the real estate squabble that caused the friendship to break up.

h/t: ⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯ (npub1xh0…48gt)

Trump and his peedofriends not looking too good here... ...

2025-07-13T02:24:30Z

Trump and his peedofriends not looking too good here...
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/trump-pushes-back-jeffrey-epstein-questions-cabinet-meeting-123578021

Pretty sure that after your first billion dollars, you don't ...

2025-07-12T18:02:56Z

Pretty sure that after your first billion dollars, you don't view the country's top universities and scientific establishments for seeding major startups as fighting innovation, as much as you view them as a potential source of upstarts for toppling your permanent hegemony.
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I have never, ever felt motivated to root for the Dodgers before, ...

2025-06-19T19:24:04Z

I have never, ever felt motivated to root for the Dodgers before, but...

Once more, the terrorists have won.

2025-06-19T18:31:57Z

In reply to nevent1q…dxtm
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Once more, the terrorists have won.

Meanwhile, on Russian TV... a surprising bit of truth. ...

2025-06-13T06:56:50Z

Meanwhile, on Russian TV...
a surprising bit of truth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vQAaA4yD3k

They are NYPD, but from what I have read, this was a ICE ...

2025-06-10T17:13:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…deph
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They are NYPD, but from what I have read, this was a ICE detention. The NYPD were trying to go after a group of criminals, and in their attempt to flee, they knocked her over. She called for help, and NYPD falsely arrested her. She was handed over to ICE and held incommunicado, but was released after repeated interrogation. She plans to sue for false arrest.

NYPD/ICE arrests a Chilean legally visiting NYC on a work visa ...

2025-06-10T15:47:20Z

NYPD/ICE arrests a Chilean legally visiting NYC on a work visa with her daughter, ignoring the fact that her daughter is left behind on the streets.
Time to cancel/boycott those upcoming US Olympics...

LA is overflowing with homeless squatters. No food, no water or ...

2025-06-10T14:58:25Z

LA is overflowing with homeless squatters. No food, no water or sanitation, can't/won't provide for themselves...

A wonderful side effect of the recent Ukrainian drone strikes ...

2025-06-07T13:20:12Z

A wonderful side effect of the recent Ukrainian drone strikes deep in Russia: every truck entering Crimea is getting stopped and searched. Would make a very nice target..!

Russia’s in recession, per the Center for Macroeconomic ...

2025-04-27T17:27:30Z

Russia’s in recession, per the Center for Macroeconomic Analysis and Short-Term Forecasting, founded by Defense Minister Belousov. Industrial output rose 8% in 4 years, but without military production, it’s just 1.2% and falling since late 2023.
h/t: wartranslated

Oh good. Cory Booker is now calling people out by name, for not ...

2025-04-01T23:39:07Z

Oh good. Cory Booker is now calling people out by name, for not being VERY clear that the use of the Signal chat was blatantly unconstitutional, and there needs to be an investigation.

World's most powerful unelected civil servant says civil ...

2025-03-13T15:10:25Z

World's most powerful unelected civil servant says civil servants, not dictators, are to blame for all that genocide.

So-called freedom of speech absolutist fires Ukrainian journalist ...

2025-03-08T13:08:13Z

So-called freedom of speech absolutist fires Ukrainian journalist for factual reporting.

Having looked at the UK energy mix, comparing it to other ...

2025-03-07T13:50:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…cy4x
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Having looked at the UK energy mix, comparing it to other areas... it's a complete mess.

Solar in the UK is less efficient than wind, which should be the largest source of green energy, but clearly is not. (I'm assuming that nuclear is off the table in the UK...)

I can see zonal pricing as perhaps useful for persuading some to allow wind near where they live, BUT why should wealthy people living in the country be able to milk the system? Wind should simply go forward, period.

Financial Times reports that it appears that Donald Trump and JD ...

2025-02-28T19:57:09Z

Financial Times reports that it appears that Donald Trump and JD Vance intentionally sabotaged their meeting with Zelensky. The two provoked a confrontation with Zelensky in a way that appeared to be a pre-planned attack, designed to provide an excuse for the signing today.

Trump, who wanted to keep Zelensky from visiting the US for the signing - and who later relented after Macron and British PM Starmer insisted on it - now puts himself firmly in Putin's corner.

Disgraceful.

Absolutely. I was actually going to touch on this, but I thought ...

2025-02-27T02:32:15Z

Absolutely.

I was actually going to touch on this, but I thought it would be a bit off-topic, as we haven't seen that in the Bluesky algorithm yet, to the best of our knowledge.

But yes, it is certainly a possibility for #bluesky to do so, on the road to its likely #enshittification .

(I mean, if their enshittification wasn't likely, would we be hearing from assorted digerati, urging us to pay for a Bluesky clone for its apparently naive user base, rather than just supporting #opensource?)

If you don't like Anne Applebaum being interviewed by Bill ...

2025-02-26T17:41:01Z

In reply to nevent1q…d25q
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If you don't like Anne Applebaum being interviewed by Bill Kristol, well... how about Anne Applebaum being interviewed by Jon Stewart?

Does that work for you?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFNh3MuvvmE

Ukraine has Europe's best military, on track to beat back ...

2025-02-21T08:43:48Z

Ukraine has Europe's best military, on track to beat back Russia's army, largely with drones.

Though nations like France & Germany surpass Ukraine's population, neither have adjusted their tactics for realistic modern warfare.

Ukraine has evolved war to where drones inflict 70% of casualties. No mass use of cheap drones? No modern military. It's as if they were France in the 1860s, dismissive of an emergent Prussia.

In truth, US threats to them are MORE realistic than threats to Ukraine.

A media circus? Because you tried extorting the leader of a ...

2025-02-20T15:04:47Z

A media circus?
Because you tried extorting the leader of a war-torn country... who became a global hero due to his strong, principled resistance?

And you were rejected, with everyone calling Trump venal, evil, a Russian stooge and incompetent as a result?

Gee. That's too bad.

I'm not sure which reporter dragged Trump's fake SecDef ...

2025-02-14T01:47:55Z

I'm not sure which reporter dragged Trump's fake SecDef Pete Hegseth so thoroughly, but we need more of them...

I am curious about one thing... If a very large amount of money ...

2025-02-08T01:04:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…dggl
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I am curious about one thing... If a very large amount of money is spent on the project to build basically another Bluesky, and Bluesky is, for example, purchased by another company, what's to stop them from simply cutting access, so as to not empower customer migration or sharing access to people who aren't Bluesky customers?

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2025-01-25T21:55:44Z

X whistleblower says Elon ordered the manipulation of the '24 ...

2025-01-23T04:06:46Z

X whistleblower says Elon ordered the manipulation of the '24 election with AI bots IMPLEMENTED BY X, using Eliza AI software provided by Marc Andreesen, changed the algorithm to boost Trump, ignoring foreign influence campaigns trying to do the same, and using X to create fake news stories they'd rig to go viral.

"We're currently doing the same thing in Germany and other European nations... People don't know what's real anymore, and that's exactly what we wanted."

https://theconcernedbird.substack.com/p/elon-musks-and-xs-role-in-2024-election

Y'know, I don't even like #tiktok, but I'm not going ...

2025-01-22T15:58:22Z

Y'know, I don't even like #tiktok, but I'm not going to not defend it right now, when it's under attack.

It's like some sort of evil dopamine experiment on mice, where every 10th time you push the lever for food, you get anally probed. But I appreciate their youth, their energy, and, above all, their FREE SPEECH, existing in amongst the evil mouse experiment.

"That lady is a legend. Who is she?" Episcopal Bishop ...

2025-01-21T20:55:49Z

In reply to nevent1q…c7h7
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*"That lady is a legend. Who is she?"*
Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde.
https://edow.org/about/bishop-mariann/

Bravery? She wrote the book on it.

Madam President, adorned in orange rouge, and her VP, in her ...

2025-01-21T20:48:49Z

Madam President, adorned in orange rouge, and her VP, in her stunning mascara, watch on, internally cursing God and Christians, for being so hung up on what it says in their book.

She's also on Bluesky, and was one of the first major ...

2025-01-21T04:08:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…2svd
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She's also on Bluesky, and was one of the first major politicians with a presence there. In fact, she was the first person on Bluesky to hit a million followers.

She is a public servant who should be everywhere she can make a difference.

It's very important as we try to make it to the next election ...

2025-01-21T03:46:33Z

It's very important as we try to make it to the next election intact, to remember that both Elon and Trump are deeply abusive, and find it amusing to gaslight you, on a sadistic, elitist level.

They've largely gotten away with it all their lives, unfortunately.

So, having ANYONE who straight out defends objective reality... well, that's going to be the real hero going forward.

“Freedom is the *freedom* to say that *two plus two* make four. If that is granted, all else follows.” George Orwell

You want a younger, strong leader who defends objective reality, ...

2025-01-21T03:26:46Z

You want a younger, strong leader who defends objective reality, against people who are fascists?

Well... here she is.

And yes, this is personal to me. My grandfather nearly died, ...

2025-01-19T15:33:40Z

And yes, this is personal to me. My grandfather nearly died, after the Germans bombed his work in London, at the Postal Service.

The city was home to 8.5 million people, and probably around a quarter evacuated, including all the children. But Hitler wanted to target BOMBING CIVILIANS.

He could've picked military targets. But no. Terror & slaughter was his choice.

And yes, this reflects VERY strongly on my stance regarding my unconditional support for Ukraine. Evil shouldn't stand. 🇺🇦

The amusing thing is that the main technologist at the Social Web ...

2025-01-13T23:37:58Z

In reply to nevent1q…0wet
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The amusing thing is that the main technologist at the Social Web Foundation, who is doing this helped create the ActivityPub protocol and presumably is all excited about the plans for this.

Whereas Christine Lemmer-Webber - Christine Lemmer-Webber (npub1urx…v0z4) - is ALSO an ActivityPub Co-author, and wonders why - despite the serious technologists weighing in - nobody's bothered to mention the AT protocol is "quadratic to scale towards decentraliation".

A bridge to nowhere?!

Christine Lemmer-Webber (npub1urx…v0z4)/113822016427233952">https://mastodon.social/Christine Lemmer-Webber (npub1urx…v0z4)/113822016427233952

The Republican House Foreign Affairs Committee came out, ...

2025-01-08T19:11:44Z

The Republican House Foreign Affairs Committee came out, supporting war against our ally to the north...

They deleted their tweet later, apparently not knowing how the internet works.

As for me, I believe war criminals should be hung from the neck until dead, and undeclared wars on our friends and allies would basically be in that ballpark of being a war criminal.

I, for one, am curious whether Elmo forced Chelsea to delete her ...

2025-01-07T17:47:34Z

I, for one, am curious whether Elmo forced Chelsea to delete her post.

In any event, #elonmusk is a cuck.

Best known as that guy who failed to report known civilian ...

2024-12-27T23:12:29Z

In reply to nevent1q…f6vx
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Best known as that guy who failed to report known civilian casualties during the invasion of Panama, and whose forces executed a wonderful invasion of a fabric store and Chinese restaurant, before burning down the whole place.

https://elk.zone/mastodon.social/@KraftTea/113727038146292197

So many Russians dying so rapidly, it makes the North Korean ...

2024-12-27T07:35:44Z

So many Russians dying so rapidly, it makes the North Korean contribution pale in significance.

Meanwhile, they appear to be getting less than 20K Russian recruits a month.

WarTranslated cites a Russian Telegram warblogger, mentioning ...

2024-12-25T07:21:35Z

WarTranslated cites a Russian Telegram warblogger, mentioning that the Ursa Major was significantly irreplaceable, and that its loss has delayed plans to improve northern port infrastructure and exploitation of the Northern Sea Route, potentially allowing icebreakers to clear a path through arctic waters to the east.

...which might be awfully handy for shipping oil, gas, and goods to and from China, since the railway isn't working all that well.

Oh well!

Pretty much this. Unfortunately, Trump isn't going to cough ...

2024-12-22T04:58:53Z

Pretty much this.

Unfortunately, Trump isn't going to cough up the modern air force. The rest of NATO should be modernizing their air forces, and sending Ukraine the old stuff, ASAP... or at least looking for ways that Ukraine can have more range on their ground-to-air missiles, to keep Russian air at bay.

Sudan can smell weakness. Doesn't want to tie themselves to a ...

2024-12-18T21:55:18Z

Sudan can smell weakness. Doesn't want to tie themselves to a loser.

So, the US lowers its fed rate, because inflation isn't all ...

2024-12-18T21:45:07Z

So, the US lowers its fed rate, because inflation isn't all that bad here lately...

Meanwhile in Russia, inflation is...
"The Turkish scenario... is becoming increasingly realistic."

Merry Xmas!

There are actually VERY good reasons why #socialmedia ...

2024-12-18T19:28:29Z

There are actually VERY good reasons why #socialmedia SHOULDN'T be funded by traditional advertising.

For starters, take a look at the dot com bubble collapse. It was, at heart, a collapse premised on an economic slowdown that made ad rates CRASH. LiveJournal survived it because it didn't rely on advertising, but rather provided a valuable service that people appreciated enough to contribute $$ for.

People tend not to contribute generously to ad-driven websites.
Earning good will matters!

My personal take is that Trump wants a quick, weaselly peace that ...

2024-12-16T18:58:01Z

My personal take is that Trump wants a quick, weaselly peace that takes a big dump on the Budapest Memorandum, enforced by everyone in NATO except the US... followed by a quick, weaselly withdrawal from NATO entirely.

The best path forward is to give him neither, without EXTREME political and financial costs. This means rapidly making sure all NATO countries are paying about 3% of their GNP, not letting him control the peace negotiations, and raising the costs on US isolationism.

It's unrealistic to expect people NOT to comment on the basic ...

2024-12-10T17:02:17Z

It's unrealistic to expect people NOT to comment on the basic facts:

UnitedHealthcare's plans of INTENTIONALLY doing end-runs around informed doctors, to seek out second opinions that only benefit their pocketbooks, is a form of legalized, amoral, for profit murder.

It really isn't hard for ethical health insurance companies to not do this, except in the case of EXTREME medical fraud.

Am I concerned about a few copycats? Not as much as I'm concerned about those UnitedHealthcare insures.

Nevzorov brings attention to discussion on Russian Telegram: A ...

2024-12-09T11:30:52Z

Nevzorov brings attention to discussion on Russian Telegram:
A Russian military base in Syria is COMPLETELY CUT OFF, surrounded, and reportedly under attack.

The base is estimated to hold up to 800 Russian troops.

Putin playing petty, vindictive games with Abkhazia, which, ...

2024-12-07T12:41:41Z

Putin playing petty, vindictive games with Abkhazia, which, I'm sure, have absolutely nothing to do with their refusal to ratify a Putin-supported plan to give Russian investors preferential treatment in Abkhazia.

Petty vindictiveness that raises prices in Russia, even as they are already suffering from rampant inflation.

It's like the "find out" economic phase of all the Trump "fucking around" that we can completely rely upon for the first few years of his administration.

Assad is rapidly approaching the "flee to Dubai" stage of ...

2024-12-06T22:46:29Z

Assad is rapidly approaching the "flee to Dubai" stage of his life.

Someone should teach Lavrov Russian history. The Finns were never ...

2024-12-06T12:46:29Z

Someone should teach Lavrov Russian history.

The Finns were never Hitler's best allies.
The Soviet Union was a far better, more useful ally, providing the raw materials and security for conquering Europe that built and fed the Third Reich.
https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/sinister-alliance-soviet-german-relations-1939-1941

Kellogg's / Trump's plan for Ukraine is DOA. Unrealistic, ...

2024-11-30T14:45:14Z

Kellogg's / Trump's plan for Ukraine is DOA.

Unrealistic, unworkable, and unsupported, by all of the parties involved.

It's appeasement, on a scale that #europe and #nato are not likely to choose to be a party to.

Is Trump going to deploy tens of thousands of US troops to keep his appeasement peace? Highly unlikely. But legally, it's the US, not most of the rest of Europe, responsible for enforcing the Budapest Memorandum.

If I were France, Germany, etc., I'd make Trump pay for his "wall".

"Another means of silently lessening the inequality of ...

2024-11-29T13:45:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…n73t
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"Another means of silently lessening the inequality of property is to exempt all from taxation below a certain point, and to tax the higher portions of property in geometrical progression as they rise."

- Thomas Jefferson, who viewed it as essential to prevent a tyranny of the rich from developing in the US.

"Labour needs to 'simplify Britain’s byzantine tax ...

2024-11-29T13:04:04Z

In reply to nevent1q…xes7
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"Labour needs to 'simplify Britain’s byzantine tax system, with its array of codes, reliefs and thresholds'..."

Sounds like they want to scrap the current inadequate levels of progressive taxation and go with something that benefits the very rich, even more.

Russia's Central Bank has abruptly changed its policies, with ...

2024-11-28T03:25:16Z

Russia's Central Bank has abruptly changed its policies, with the goal of reducing the level of demand for overseas currency, to slow the fall of the ruble.

So, the question I'd ask is, "What is Russia likely to do, in order to reduce its own people's increasing demand for foreign currency?"
Are they not at that point yet, or are they contemplating something they would just assume the Russian people have no warning of, before it occurs?

Hungary's negotiating stance here is really something... ...

2024-11-21T06:38:42Z

In reply to nevent1q…vk4y
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Hungary's negotiating stance here is really something...

"We'll give up on the Russian oil we can't import into our country anymore, if you subsidize our oil industry for us.

But if you don't, we promise to shut down our economy and make our citizens freeze, without providing them any fuel to go elsewhere. THEY.WILL.HAVE.TO.WALK!"

Maybe their good friend Putin can loan them the money, in return ...

2024-11-21T06:32:50Z

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Maybe their good friend Putin can loan them the money, in return for all the hard work?

Perhaps they could even get preferential rates, just a few points above the likely 23% key rate that's coming soon.

I think we've been seeing more of what this can mean in ...

2024-11-20T22:04:59Z

I think we've been seeing more of what this can mean in Kursk, where Russia keeps bringing forth armored columns that completely lack the characteristics of projecting armored force, that increasingly get ripped to shreds not just by drones, but by actual, fully-functional tanks, who are increasingly operating with relative impunity, despite Russian drones.

Basically, the uglier, more rout-like side of a Lanchester square collapse... Soon with measurably less, more trashy capabilities.

Gee, Fecal, I'd love to hear what you're saying, but ...

2024-11-19T02:29:14Z

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Gee, Fecal, I'd love to hear what you're saying, but it's really hard to over the secondary explosions of Russian arms depots, each boom signifying another weapon that Russia can't use against the Ukrainian people...

All those Russian losses. And yet, we're not hearing about ...

2024-11-18T06:59:58Z

All those Russian losses.
And yet, we're not hearing about Ukrainian troops shattering, or being overrun, or basically doing much worse than retreating in an organized fashion.

Makes you think...

At this moment, I give #bluesky only a ~33% chance of making ...

2024-11-17T19:56:02Z

At this moment, I give #bluesky only a ~33% chance of making federating easy, highly usable, and enabled by default.

...and not without pressure from its users.

...and, most likely, not in a complete way that allows Mastodon users, etc. to engage on an equal basis with them.

Why should I have to waste my emotional energy trying to convince a VC-backed dotcom to do the right thing... and never sell it out later, for a quick boost to revenue... yet again?!

No more free labor from me, thanks.

What part of their countries are these non-entities willing to ...

2024-11-14T15:03:48Z

In reply to nevent1q…nv3q
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What part of their countries are these non-entities willing to give up to Russia, in order to make peace?

Makes you wonder which Hungarians, Serbs, or Slovakians they are using as their anonymous sources here... Because I am PRETTY DAMN SURE that none of their sources are British, Polish, etc.

North Koreans dying in the Russian military, after basically ...

2024-11-13T10:23:57Z

North Koreans dying in the Russian military, after basically ingesting anything with any kind of alcohol in it.

Apparently, a lot of the North Koreans are either drunk or watching porn on suddenly uncensored mobile devices. (Or both.)

Between Trump-adjacent Nazis saying "your body, my ...

2024-11-10T03:08:04Z

Between Trump-adjacent Nazis saying "your body, my choice" and a TON of random text messages, basically threatening the return of slavery and picking off where the KKK left off, I am pretty sure this is something that Trump supporters voted for.

(They might not admit to it - though a surprising amount would - but it comes with the territory.)

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/racist-texts-black-residents-states/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

Those extremely high ratios of prisoners going to the front are ...

2024-11-02T07:42:13Z

Those extremely high ratios of prisoners going to the front are legitimately scary, as they suggest EXTREME levels of intimidation & abuse to make many prisoners risk themselves in meat assaults, as opposed to waiting a few years for freedom.

It is basically a short step away from killing the elderly, clinically insane, etc. Many, many Russians lost valued family members who they were hoping to see free in a few years, after serving their time.

The Putin Geyser. New Russian tourist destination!

2024-10-28T11:14:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…84v5
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The Putin Geyser.

New Russian tourist destination!

The difference is who gets the lion's share of the profit. ...

2024-10-28T10:08:05Z

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The difference is who gets the lion's share of the profit.

Oil refined in Turkey & India tends to be sold to them under the price cap, which is perfectly legal.

A South African billionaire "charity" scammer CEO who ...

2024-10-25T00:57:27Z

A South African billionaire "charity" scammer CEO who tried buying a cabinet position in the Trump administration stops a L.A. latina Editorials Editor from doing their job and speaking the truth.

And people subscribe to the LA Times why now?!

Putin is a fool to have his troops pushing forward in ...

2024-10-17T08:03:33Z

Putin is a fool to have his troops pushing forward in increasingly muddy weather. Ukraine's strategy is largely based on maximizing Russian losses, while minimizing their own... and this just plays into it.

It's important to remember that the prevalence of drones on the modern battlefield has NEVER been this high during the entirety of this war... and it keeps growing. And so, Russian small forces find themselves fighting the battle of Agincourt every day, piecemeal, as their losses accelerate.

https://elk.zone/mastodon.social/@KraftTea/113312068800133620

2024-10-15T15:14:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…pdqw
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https://elk.zone/mastodon.social/@KraftTea/113312068800133620

Morality is human, by nature. And that means emotions. Studies on ...

2024-10-15T15:09:16Z

Morality is human, by nature. And that means emotions.

Studies on animals have shown that many animals, including our closest relatives, have a fundamental dislike to unfairness and injustice, and a compassion to others.

So, when you see someone behaving in a fascist way, or supporting those who do, that is basically a mental wellness problem more than anything. They've allowed their fundamental human nature to be corrupted, most likely through social programming and dehumanizing.

Why would the State of California have a problem with Elon? Could ...

2024-10-15T13:00:53Z

Why would the State of California have a problem with Elon?

Could it be that his companies hurt small businesses, REFUSING TO PAY scores of companies, dozens of landlords, and thousands of former employees?

Could it be that they violated health codes, knowingly exposing workers to a lethal virus, at a time there were no vaccines? Hazardous waste ineptitude? Civil rights violations against people of color?

California SHOULD make rulebreakers like Elon unwelcome, not let them poach talent & $$.

Modern #ethics : Do you run over the tail, or violate your #cat?! ...

2024-10-07T17:23:51Z

Modern #ethics :
Do you run over the tail, or violate your #cat?!

(Either way, you're going to get scratched.)
#cats #CatsOfMastodon

Meanwhile, Russian bots are all over the whole "survivors are ...

2024-10-07T07:25:29Z

Meanwhile, Russian bots are all over the whole "survivors are only given $750 from FEMA, because all the $$ has been sent to Ukraine" idiocy... and Trump supporters are eating up what Putin's serving, no matter how fetid.

Two obvious lies used together to make a fake "truth".

Drugs kill, yo. ...

2024-10-06T05:37:20Z

Drugs kill, yo.

“I probably wouldn't have done what President Zelenskyy ...

2024-09-27T05:02:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…waze
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“I probably wouldn't have done what President Zelenskyy did."

"We can tell."

Journalist Ken Klippenstein was suspended from X for posting ...

2024-09-26T22:25:16Z

Journalist Ken Klippenstein was suspended from X for posting this.
Ergo, I'm sharing it.

https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/read-the-jd-vance-dossier

Trump's promise to force Ukraine into an appeasement deal for ...

2024-09-25T15:15:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…tny5
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Trump's promise to force Ukraine into an appeasement deal for Putin is as hollow as Mexico building the wall... and Biden's going to make that REALLY, REALLY obvious, soon.

The adults in the room are taking the controls away from Mr. Trump, and giving him a toy steering wheel not hooked up to anything.

A reminder: Funding voter registration efforts oftentimes matter ...

2024-09-22T10:20:44Z

A reminder:

Funding voter registration efforts oftentimes matter MORE than funding candidates, in that for a relatively low price, they can register voters overwhelmingly favorable to Democrats.

In short: it's like paying for additional votes. Republicans know this, which is why they make voter registration hard. Democrats should know it too, and leverage it by STRONGLY supporting groups like Black Votes Matter, Voto Latino, and Rock the Vote.

ANYONE in the world can contribute too, btw!

Faced with huge IT shortages after many left due to Putin's ...

2024-09-22T09:26:15Z

Faced with huge IT shortages after many left due to Putin's war, Russian companies refuse to raise salaries for IT employees, according to a study by hh.ru.

Only 11% are ready to increase salaries for all IT employees, and 15% did so individually.

I suppose Russian employers feel like they have a captive labor force at this point...