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This week marks the one year anniversary of Honduras ceasing to recognize Taiwan and instead only recognizing China. Over that time period, China and Honduras have gone through several rounds of negotiating a free trade agreement, with trade expanding. Additionally, they have just signed a $275 million cooperation agreement, providing education infrastructure for Honduras.
The other major news piece relevant to Honduras is the battle against Prospera, a US-based crypto libertarian firm that sought to buy a private island in order to create an ancap paradise, in which Bitcoin would be legal tender. In 2022, Honduras killed the island's special status that made the deal possible, and so Prospera is seeking $11 billion in compensation.
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Israel-Palestine Conflict
Sources on the fighting in Palestine against Israel. In general, CW for footage of battles, explosions, dead people, and so on:
UNRWA daily-ish reports on Israel's destruction and siege of Gaza and the West Bank.
English-language Palestinian Marxist-Leninist twitter account. Alt here.
English-language twitter account that collates news (and has automated posting when the person running it goes to sleep).
Arab-language twitter account with videos and images of fighting.
English-language (with some Arab retweets) Twitter account based in Lebanon. - Telegram is @IbnRiad.
English-language Palestinian Twitter account which reports on news from the Resistance Axis. - Telegram is @EyesOnSouth.
English-language Twitter account in the same group as the previous two. - Telegram here.
English-language PalestineResist telegram channel.
More telegram channels here for those interested.
Various sources that are covering the Ukraine conflict are also covering the one in Palestine, like Rybar.
Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists
Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict
Sources:
Defense Politics Asia's youtube channel and their map. Their youtube channel has substantially diminished in quality but the map is still useful.
Moon of Alabama, which tends to have interesting analysis. Avoid the comment section.
Understanding War and the Saker: reactionary sources that have occasional insights on the war.
Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict. While he is a reactionary and surrounds himself with likeminded people, his daily update videos are relatively brainworm-free and good if you don't want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. He also co-hosts The Duran, which is more explicitly conservative, racist, sexist, transphobic, anti-communist, etc when guests are invited on, but is just about tolerable when it's just the two of them if you want a little more analysis.
On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent and very good journalist reporting in the warzone on the separatists' side.
Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.
Pro-Russian Telegram Channels:
Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.
https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR's former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR's forces. Russian language.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ A few different pro-Russian people gather frequent content for this channel (~100 posts per day), some socialist, but all socially reactionary. If you can only tolerate using one Russian telegram channel, I would recommend this one.
https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts.
https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster's telegram channel.
https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ A big Russian commentator.
https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia. Produces interesting and useful maps.
https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a 'propaganda tax', if you don't believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses.
https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.
Pro-Ukraine Telegram Channels:
Almost every Western media outlet.
https://discord.gg/projectowl ~ Pro-Ukrainian OSINT Discord.
https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.
imagine being Buttigieg right now.
> get told by Obama to drop out in 2020 in exchange for a cushy cabinet appointment where you do nothing
> be told you can be in the spotlight and run next time
> deaths by car at an all time high
> East Palestine train derailment happens and poisons an entire town
> Boeing planes start unraveling in mid-air
> a major bridge gets rammed into and collapses
> all US infrastructure starts collapsing and annihilates any chance you have at being president
In an interview with Israel today, Donald Trump calls for an end to the war in Gaza: "You have to end your war. You have to do it. We have to reach peace. We cannot allow this to continue. Israel has to be very careful, because you lose a lot of the world. You are losing a lot of support.'
Meanwhile, Fetterman:
One of Trump's biggest political strengths is knowing which way the wind is blowing.
EDIT: Found this from Twitter:
“I think Israel made a very big mistake,” he said. “I wanted to call [Israel] and say don’t do it. These photos and shots. I mean, moving shots of bombs being dropped into buildings in Gaza. And I said, ‘Oh, that’s a terrible portrait.’”
“It’s a very bad picture for the world,” he continued. “The world is seeing this … every night, I would watch buildings pour down on people. It would say it was given by the Defense Ministry, and said whoever’s providing that, that’s a bad image.”
Trump reiterated his support for Israel, but he said images of the heavy-handed military response have sparked anti-Israeli and antisemitic sentiment.
“Go and do what you have to do. But you don’t do that,” he said, referring to mass bombings. “And I think that’s one of the reasons that there has been a lot of kickback. If people didn’t see that, every single night I’ve watched every single one of those. And I think Israel wanted to show that it’s tough, but sometimes you shouldn’t be doing that.”
He later urged the country’s leadership to change its public image in the conflict.
“Israel has to get better with the promotional and with the public relations, because right now they’re in ruin,” Trump said. “They’re being hurt very badly, I think in a public relations sense.”
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4554652-trump-israel-gaza-hamas-war
About as "sympathetic" to Palestine as you can probably expect from him.
mfw Trump is the lesser evil on Palestine
HOW IS TRUMP BETTER ON THIS THAN FETTERMAN
mostly trump just knows how to play the fiddle for the establishment. He knows when its done and its time to bail.
Use this one weird trick to get liberals to think and care about material conditions.
George Santos, former US congressman, has announced that he will run again, only this time as an independent. He justifies it by saying that he can't remain in the Republican Party, because of "what has been demonstrated in the House of Representatives".
Please let him win again, it will be so fucking funny.
Charges dropped against Ontario pigs that killed toddler
They were pursuing a father that kidnapped his kid, they knew the kid was in the vehicle, and the opened fire anyway and killed both of them. Of course the charges were dropped. KKKlanada cops are just as bad as anywhere else
For the next four months I'll be studying a subject called "Economy of Historians" in my University. Turns out the professor is a Marxist gigachad and his classes are four hours long, the first two hours we see general economic theory, from Smith to Keynes, Marx and all economic systems. The last two hours it's just him reading through Das Kapital chapter by chapter, line by line.
This is the evil political indoctrination milei was talking about. HELL YEAH. 
By the end of this period I'll be the biggest Marxist around here, so you better buckle up, liberals.
it's kind of funny that they gave Mayor Pete the transportation secretary job just in time for all of our transportation infrastructure to turn to dust. boeing, railroad union strikebreaking, train derailments, bridges collapsing, selfdriving vehicles being allowed to run down people in the street, everybody buying trucks the size of elephants. they could've given him veterans affairs or something and not only would it have been more fitting it also would've been a much quieter post but now if he tries to run for president again he'll have so much shit to answer to. not a guarantee that it'll sink him or anything but it will be a lot tougher than it could've been
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Dumbest people on Earth
In totally unrelated news, China has now made it easier to get permanent residence in the country.
If I spoke Chinese...
UNSC passed ceasefire resolution, US abstained. Can't wait for Israel to immediately invade Rafah
guy who thinks that it's ridiculous that madman communist dictator Putin could possibly accuse Ukraine, the nation which has previously and continues to this very day to proudly state that they commit terrorist attacks against Russia, of doing a terrorist attack against Russia
but also thinks that Medvedev himself or something personally drove the boat into the bridge
you couldn't pay me to look at news subreddits or lib twitter so I'm assuming that most of the people there are exactly that guy right now
The parasites that ruined Florida have been migrating north towards the Appalachians
Boomers fed up with Florida are moving to southern Appalachia, fueling a population spike in longtime rural communities
I give my deep sympathy to any Appalachian folks here for the encroaching loss of their distinct landscape and historical culture as the scum of the earth destroy it with their golf courses and HOA nazis
archive.today • Gazans Drown Trying to Retrieve Aid From Sea, Authorities Say - The New York Times
The authorities in Gaza said on Tuesday that around a dozen people had drowned while trying to retrieve airdropped aid that had fallen into the Mediterranean. Officials called for an end to airdrops over the territory and an increase in deliveries by land.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said in a post that if the UN resolution ordering a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas is not followed, Colombia will break off diplomatic relations with Israel.
Has america thought about joining the belt and road initiative? It's great for bridges and infrastructure etc.
cw suicide, Canada, maid
Canada continues their aktion t4 program with the "assisted suicide" of a neurodivergant person with no clear terminal medical conditions. Someone with autism and ADHD struggles to exist in modern capitalist society and of course the solution in killing them. I love being afraid of bringing up mental health and the possibility of being neurodivergant to medical practitioners because their answer might be "have you considered suicide?"
Cross-post about the Baltimore Bridgen't:
The Baltimore Bridge has collapsed after collision with a cargo ship. The bridge had about 30k daily crossings and it appears to be part of an outerbelt system, so while it will detour lots of traffic (including regional distribution hubs, i.e. Amazon), I think the bigger effect will be on shipping because Baltimore is the 18th largest port by tonnage and the only way in is full of bridge.
Update: The port is indefinitely closed until the channel can be cleared to a depth of 50 feet. My initial guess is 2-4 weeks for port reopening and 6 months-?? for bridge replacement. I have no idea.
The Baltimore Port ranked first in the nation in handling automobiles, light trucks, farm and construction machinery, as well as imported sugar and gypsum. The Port ranked second in the country for exporting coal... Moreover, in 2023, the Port of Baltimore handled a record 52.3 million tons of international cargo, valued at $80.8 billion.
Notably, this may negatively affect rumored union action that was already prompting companies to reroute cargo to the West coast.
Something to consider, I guess.
AIPAC lobbyist runs to the restroom after confronted by CODEPINK.
Bad actress had to refresh her crocodile tears after called out on money to bomb children instinctively brought out her evil smirk. 
CW: keeping it vague but potential courtesy SA warning
In celebrity news, Australian actress Rebel Wilson has publicly accused Sacha Baron Cohen of sexually assaulting her, presumably on the set of Grimsby. It seems that karma may finally be swinging back around for this racist piece of shit.
He sucks so much and has gotten a pass for his racist shit for so long
Danish state media is currently running a great headline about how Danish shipping parasite Maersk claims to have been attacked by Ansarallah in the Red Sea, while also further down the main page running a story about how Maersk either rented or loaned the ship that did bridge-9/11 in Baltimore. Just all around a great day to be Maersk 
My theory on the Crocus attack:
Western leftists: Do you condemn Hamas?
Palestinian communists: Do you commend Hamas?
PFLP poster: https://twitter.com/LiuBeised/status/1772311666773913955
UN Security Council adopts resolution calling for immediate Gaza ceasefire
Amerikkka abstained, and the resolution also calls for the immediate release of all hostages. It's unclear to me if they mean the release of only those being held in Gaza or if Palestinians being held captive would also be released. For some reason I think they only mean the captive Israelis should be released
https://theintercept.com/2024/03/23/intercepted-doctor-gaza-interview/
But [Palestinian medical workers], they are working on a daily basis on the most horrific, explosive trauma that you’ve ever seen. They’re doing sometimes 14, 15 amputations, mostly on children, per day, and they’ve been doing it for six months now.
Francis Scott Key Bridge destroyed.
In Baltimore, a container ship rammed the Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing the entire arched structure and spans to collapse. There are dead and wounded; it is not yet known how many cars were on the bridge at the time of the collapse.
The bridge has stood since 1977. (reports about that ship has sunk are unconfirmed)
Itamar Ben-Gvir, the far-right national security minister of Israel, says “the United Nations is a wasteland” in reaction to the UN Security Council vote.
lol
that will be a fun Insurance claim..
I have started tagging hasbara on 
for my own sanity, and it's actually kinda surprising seeing how much these guys get around once you start tagging them. I am not looking at worldnews or politics, but I've started to notice it's mostly the same usernames over and over again.
Matt Christman hacked the cargo ship with his Neuralink chip. GUYNET is active.
Ukraine finally managed to blow up the bridge! Fuck you Putler 😡
Removed
video of the Dali cargo ship colliding with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, sending ~~the whole thing~~ a good chunk into the water
https://twitter.com/kf18616835/status/1772566837571539264
EDIT: the bridge is a mile long so this is only one section, I shouldn't have said "the whole thing"
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/25/middleeast/un-security-council-gaza-israel-ceasefire-intl/index.html
Israel cancels Washington visit after US allows UN Gaza ceasefire resolution to pass
''Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on X his country would not abide by the resolution.
“The state of Israel will not cease fire,” Katz said. “We will destroy Hamas and continue to fight until the last of the hostages returns home.”'
Come on US, do a mutiny on your land aircraft carrier already, just like in 1963
Maybe infrastructure should be constructed in such a way that 100K ton battering rams don't have to pass underneath them 
Yesterday, Mexico's Congress approved a ban on so-called homosexual conversion therapies. The big controversy was the vote of the National Action Party (PAN).
The PAN voted almost unanimously against the bill, which outraged internet users and members of the LGBT+ community. The reason: the party's candidates in Mexico City and for president claim to "defend" the community.
The presidential campaign is about to begin, and the PAN candidate for the presidency, Xochitl Galvez, has already started with this bombshell to explain.
send news
Do you mean send nudes?
No, I mean send news, load up the seventytwotrillion mega
I once read that if you repeat a lie enough times it becomes the state of Israel.
Dude you know a union is fking useless when the company offers to pay part of your dues
It was never about Hamas.
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