Feels like a lot of shit has happened and the vibes are completely off, but I think a lot of folks here and elsewhere have kind of forgotten that the American imperial machine is still in a state of rapid unraveling and no "wins" in the Middle East are going to stop it. Compared to 2015, for instance, the world is entirely different. So many more regions can afford to effectively ignore the United States and pursue their own interests, for good or ill. The civil war in Sudan is case and point; the US can't do shit to stop it, and has no real influence there at all. Fucking Ukraine is doing more on the ground to shape Sudan that the United States, let alone actors like the UAE. India has shown complete disregard for the American imperial project to the point of assassinating enemies of the Indian state in Canada of all places. The Sahel has been able to entirely pursue its own interests, and there's nothing the West can do about it. They can't even stop Yemen from closing down the Red Sea. There's a shit ton of dooming here, but I think it's important to not lose sight of the fact that the world has irrevocably changed in the last decade, that the space for maneuver is far wider than its been in decades, and there's virtually nothing the United States or its pawns can do to change this continuing shift.
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The fall of the US empire is inevitable, but the real question is whether it will commit a region-wide Holocaust on the way out, and the answer to that question, especially after the last year is yes
The US could absolutely tell the UAE to stop in Sudan, the same way we could tell Israel to stop. We don't want to.
After losing a vote in the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee over the Dem ranking seat on the House Oversight Committee following Nancy Pelosi and establishment Dems throwing their support behind a 74-year old with cancer, AOC appealed to the general House Democratic Causus, and lost again. Lmao get fucked snake.
The r/politics comments are actually kinda funny. It's hard to tell to what extent reddit shitlibs have changed after the election and the extent to which the DNC isn't paying for astroturfing now that the election is over.
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Rest In Piss Leunig you piece of shit.
NYPD decided to do a perp walk photo op with Luigi:
This seems to have pretty much backfired on social media, for obvious reasons (this picture objectively goes hard). Lots of people comparing him to pics of Superman in handcuffs or saying they are treating him like a supervillain in Gotham.
Oh, also, that's Eric Adams directly to his right behind him. He might have given a speech about how Rikers is the Blackgate Penetrntiary of New York, I am trying to check.
Asked this elsewhere, but figured the beloved bulletin bears would be better at answering it.
Commentary has been that "the loss of Syria cuts Iran off from the Mediterranean, from Hezbollah and Palestine".
Was this not the case for the periods from 2003-2011 and 2014-2019, when there were hostile occupying powers in Iraq and/or Syria?
There has never been a point in history where Israel directly controlled this much Syrian territory, at this rate they will control most of the Syrian-Lebanon border before too long. That’s new. Hezbollah has never had to deal with Israeli invasions from the East
Correct. The Resistance has been clear on this: it’s a setback for Hezbollah but they have ways of getting materiel from Iran into Lebanon.
NVIDIA's new computer looks legitimately very impressive and can run inference while only pulling a max of 25W. Hopefully hardware and software improvements continue to quickly make AI less power hungry.
edit: to make this post more worthy of the news cavern: This is a low power computer for $250 that is probably powerful enough to run a dog robot that hunts people (if you need a reason to care).
am I reading right it only has 8gb of vram? I know it's only 250 bones but for an AI machine that seems low
They can do that shit but still can't make me not dread the day I have to update their proprietary piece of shit driver on linux
Isn't ai block thingies in new cpus do kinda same for 5-10w?
This is a low power computer for $250 that is probably powerful enough to run a dog robot that hunts people
but can it ray-trace?
High resolution satellite images finally came out from the original Oreshnik strike:
https://xcancel.com/squatsons/status/1869812277333111183#m
You can see that each projectile cluster landed roughly in a straight line, and the lines are pretty consistently spaced.
Because of the nature of ballistic missiles, projectiles do land in an elongated elliptical pattern like that, usually in the orientation from where the missile is launched from.
Interesting that only three of the six submunition packages landed on target. Those that landed on target managed to pierce straight through 10 storey buildings though.
Ansarallah continue their streak of being Allah’s strongest soldiers
🇾🇪🇸🇾🇵🇸🇮🇱 The Leader of Yemen's Revolution Sayyed Al-Houthi on the latest developments in the region:
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The enemy, in partnership with America, has continued to exterminate the people of Gaza for 440 days with American missiles and bombs that it drops on the displaced
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The soldiers of the so-called Israeli "army" are competing with each other to commit massacres in Gaza, the number of which this week reached 30 massacres
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What is happening in Jabalia reveals the extent of the deliberate and systematic targeting of all aspects of life in the Gaza Strip
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The Palestinian people have the legitimate, moral and legal right to confront the Israeli enemy.
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The enemy continues its attacks on Lebanon despite the ceasefire agreement and Lebanon’s implementation of its commitments, but the enemy is known for its disloyalty and treachery.
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It is unfortunate that the Palestinian Authority does not provide the slightest protection to the Palestinian people, but on the contrary, it is committing a grave mistake that amounts to treason.
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The Israeli path in Syria is to penetrate towards Suwayda and seek to link it to the desert areas under American control.
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The Israeli enemy has a plan called “David’s Corridor” which aims to penetrate the Euphrates River in the areas occupied by the Americans.
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The Israeli enemy has a dream of reaching the Euphrates River and sees the opportunity available to it because it does not face any obstacle in penetrating into Syrian territory.
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The occupation seeks to create opportunities and considers its control over the strategic Syrian Mount Hermon a very great gain because it overlooks all of the Levant.
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The occupation destroyed the capabilities of the Syrian army, which belong to all Syrians, and despite that, they were left to be targeted by the enemy.
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It is very unfortunate that the Syrian military capabilities are left for Israeli targeting and destruction. This is a strange and astonishing asceticism.
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The occupation is violating Syria by land, sea and air without any response, and it is sending teams to steal certain documents, equipment and research.
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The occupation’s continuation of its crimes against Arab countries comes with support and partnership from Washington, and they are two sides of the same coin, which is Zionism.
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Despite the comprehensive Zionist invasion, there is a ban inside Syria against any incitement against the Americans and Israelis.
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There is great negligence on the part of Muslims and collusion of some regimes and some groups with the Israeli enemy, and this is one of the biggest reasons that encouraged the enemy to target several countries.
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The harshest and most hideous scenes of crime in Gaza testify that Muslims, and Arabs in particular, are the most cowardly and evasive of nations.”
‘Sonic the Hedgehog 4’ in the Works for 2027 Release
The news comes as “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” races into theaters on Friday, where it is expected to top the box office with $55 million to $60 million from 3,800 North American theaters. The sequel is shaping up to be a nice holiday season hit for Paramount, hence the interest in more “Sonic” adventures. Internationally, the film will open in 52 markets on Christmas. Critics have also liked the latest movie, handing “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” an impressive 87% fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Together, the first two films have earned a combined global box office total of $725.2 million and driven over $180 million in global consumer spending from home entertainment rentals and digital purchases. They also inspired a spinoff Paramount+ series, “Knuckles,” which came out earlier this year. “Sonic the Hedgehog” is based on the popular video-game franchise from Sega, which first appeared in 1991.
i can't get over just how much assad fumbled it 2 weeks later, literally 6 months - a year from normalization 🤏, just decided fuck it, we ~~ball~~ bail.
Didn't the resistance ask him to open a front in the Golan after Oct 7 and he said no in order to pursue normalisation?
yes, but that was always a pipe dream i feel. No way explicitly russian-backed government will start attacking entity.
literally 6 months - a year from normalization
sorry i am politically incohrent in this region please elaborate, normalization with what explicitly? is that a positive or negative for who interests? thank you
With europe mainly italy and such, which likely would have relaxed sanctions. With arab states - who the fuck knows, they did their arab league stuff, but they are absolutely useless otherwise.
hm okay thank you
After campaigning against Donald Trump as a grave threat to democracy, President Joe Biden says it’s not his concern that Trump doesn’t “abide by the rules of the democracy we’ve established,” and Biden again committed to a smooth transition of power — including attending Trump’s inauguration.
“Of course I am,” Biden said, asked in an interview with MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas if he would attend the ceremony after Trump skipped his. “The only president ever to avoid inauguration is the guy who’s about to be inaugurated.”
Asked about inviting Trump to the Oval Office after November’s election, Biden said it was “how we’re supposed to be,” even after Trump tried to subvert the 2020 election.
https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-government-shutdown-news-12-19-24/index.html
lol.
Funny how libs have just totally dropped the "there will be no more elections" line, huh?
they've replaced it with euphoric enjoyment over the thought of minorities and the working class getting fucked. which conveniently they will somehow be insulated from because of their superior brains
It’s mostly their superior bank accounts that will do that
they'll pick it up again once the new Big Bad is established post-Trump
Enjoy it while it lasts