Gaby

I've not wished for an hour long footrub for anyone like I wish it for you now in a long long time.

Ziet er op de beelden die ik zag niet uit als een inslag. De meer gênante uitleg is dat munitie onder de vleugel spontaan faalde of dat het een ander technisch probleem was. Het zijn oude beestjes. De bemanning heeft het overleefd. Het grotere nieuws is de SA raffinaderij die getroffen is en brandt.

It's what Trump was hoping for: once Iran starts striking beyond its borders, chances are much better that Congress will give him a pass after the fact after all.

Mind you, it's a terrible outcome and may provide China the opening it was looking for to go after Taiwan.with the U.S. distracted.

I hope they do. It'll finally get them crushed into rubble. Without the moderation of the ayatollahs they've been going on a useless bender antagonizing anyone and everyone around them and now they're going to pay for it and the people of Iran can set themselves free.

Given they've now pissed off every other country in the neighborhood save for perhaps Iraq, they really need a new scapegoat but will it distract all those neighbors from finally wanting the IRGC dismantled?

Can't imagine Iran having much of any military powers or equipment left after this.

The calculus is rapidly changing, especially with the war in the middle East expanding and the economic situation in Russia deteriorating fast. Ukraine is regaining territories and now that Trump is distracted, I think there's a good chance Ukraine will keep pushing for more.

The whole story behind the series also has parallels with current developments in the U.S. but I didn't take that into account when selecting the gif. I did figure the V in but that may have been in bad taste so there's that.

V (1983 miniseries) - Wikipedia

Was afraid I was using a reference to a meme space we don't share. "V" was a mini series about a reptilian race invading earth but mimicking humans. Diana was their evil "queen". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_(1983... worth a watch if you like the genre but seems only available on Prime. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@swilua.bsky.social You liked the post, but did you read the alt text and understand the reference? 😋

Sounds like Iran won't have a navy or airforce left in a few days. I wonder if Israel is crazy enough to go after the IRGC and the atomic installations on land after that.

Once this is "over" I'd love to hear how many of your pre war assessments were correct, as you are proven right so often.

I hope Labour stays this delusional and loses every single seat they have to Greens or LibDems. The only thing that'll "Reform" the party is a good ol' spanking by the electorate.

Counting 21 tomahawks?

Could you please put all these Covid related posts into a thread instead of posting them separately perhaps? It is starting to look like an avalanche and gums up my "following" timeline. 😬

This very much sounds like "dieting that actually works!"

People are so surprised that something they actually take serious and invest focussed time and effort in works versus scattershot "attempts" at anything else.

Sorry that I don't take you or your suggestions serious.

No worries. The amount of reading many of us are doing is already quite high. Going through every scientific paper in detail just isn't doable for everyone so let's share the load. I track @labwaggoner.bsky.social but can't read all they post either, for instance. Still highly valuable content.

You're welcome but I was actually being too brief. It also mentions that unrefined grains and unprocessed foods are higher quality and gives the Mediterranean and DASH diets as examples.

Essential detail: higher quality is defined as more plant based nutrients.

They seem to be prescribing "lifestyle D/s" as a religious edict. Yeah, that's more than just wild to me.

Throwing the concept of consent, and therefore the whole ethical basis underneath relationships out of the window is horrible and unethical and harks back to the darkest aspects of religion.

I hope greens and libdems will throw labour, Tories and reform out everywhere. Your utter failure across the board on both policy and ethics should result in your wipeout from politics, not yet another theatrical "reset".

Hoping that greens and libdems together will completely wipe out reform, Tories and labour over the next few elections.

So basically it's a reboot bug that anyone can trigger? Interesting. Why would you share your personal denial of service vulnerabilities?

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I have these recurring dreams about a brilliant but emotionally damaged vigilante biochemist/geneticist going after evil organisations in the world and devising a method to mass murder whole groups like the IRGC, the North Korean leadership and ICE. Like an enhanced version of "Dexter".

@nieuws.nos.nl journalistiek is het rapporteren van de werkelijkheid.

De werkelijkheid is dat Trump 103 minuten vrijwel onafgebroken heeft staan liegen over de toestand van de VS. Dat is het nieuws van die toespraak. Wat ie precies heeft gezegd is daarmee compleet onbelangrijk. Wees beter.

Leugens. Het zijn leugens.

Taal doet er toe en "politieke correctheid" is schadelijk.

Great take on the state of the world and one of the major exponents of the "privatize the profits, socialize the losses" mentality of "neocons"/"neolibs".

Hackers Expose Age-Verification Software Powering Surveillance Web Three hacktivists tried to find a workaround to Discord’s age-verification software. Instead, they found its frontend exposed to the open internet.

Oops. Turns out Persona, Discord’s age-verification service, was secretly screening selfies against government watchlists AND accessible by the feds. It's backed by Peter Thiel.

“The state wants to see everything. The corporations want to see everything. And they've learned to work together.”

/me backs away slowly.

Yeah. Well. I see you are figuring this out just fine.

Kthxbai

*runs*

But where does that put service tops?

*Mumbles "Effing turtles" under his breath*

Topping from the bottom. And they only realize this now?

I hate for them to figure out what that actually means. Both for them and you.

And how are you going to tell the kids? Or are you going to tell us they have always known but didn't care to tell anyone out of loyalty to you?

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