carpoftruth

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[–] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago

huh a psychotic dealt cult doing great man theory, that's weird

[–] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 22 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

it's possible this drop was precipitated by potential losses of F35(s) but this is not meaningful analysis in a vacuum. if you want to do this kind of analysis, it's important to compare the company in question to comparables (i.e. a US defence ETF like ITA) as well as the broader index (like SPY). during the same period, ITA is down ~2% and SPY is more or less flat. LMT has performed worse than comparables but -1.3% worse than the ITA ETF is not much. this could just as easily be the market thinking that the war will de-escalate and that weapons contracts will decrease, or it could be thinking that the war will escalate, hormuz will close and the world economy will go in the shitter, or maybe LMT just paid a dividend or some executive paid too much for a stupid acquisition. I'm not saying it's any individual thing, just that there are tons of drivers for stocks and picking out 'oh -2% because of F35s' is at best wishful thinking or tea leaf reading

[–] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

I planted about 30 plugs of strawberries that I got from a friend who was renovating their strawberry patch about 5 years ago and now there are literally thousands of plants in the yard. They are a great plant, really vigorous groundcover, they spread and propagate easily, and obviously the berries are great. They are really good for low quality beds like woodchips/hugelkultur because the moms can feed the daughters while they get established. Last year we picked something like 50-75 kg of fruit and the only upkeep I've done aside from picking has been pulling out plants to give away to others.

Braiding sweetgrass has a great section on the generosity of strawberries, 100% true. I also like how their habit encourages you to witness the garden. The flowers and green berries pop out above the leaves to show you where they are, but as they ripen and get heavy they sink down and hide. You won't find the best berries unless you get down low and turn over the plants, then who knows what you'll find.

[–] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

They're saying the inundation this year is the best they've ever seen, from the perspective of water. They've got cubits you wouldn't even believe. Akhenaten made some very bad choices, choices that were very bad for the egyptian people, and not only the people but the hippos! Absolutely tremendous appetites on them, I don't think we'll have any sedge left after today folks, so fill up while you can. But we're bringing the cubits back, folks. It's going to be magnificent, not just for the sedges but also the bee! Some people forget about the bee, but not me. They make a delicious pastry with the honey at Memphis. Maybe if the Hittites come to the table they can try it and we can make a deal.

MAKE EGYPT GREAT AGAIN and thank you for your attention on this matter!

[–] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 26 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Could it have come from Azerbaijan over the Caspian?

[–] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

I've never had luck propagating lavender from seed, but plenty of luck from seedlings. I find it bushes out pretty quick (over 2-3 years). If you aren't having luck with seeds, I suggest buying starts in 2" pots and going from there. It's a perennial so you can get good deals buying and planting it in the fall after the normal gardening season is over. Some nurseries will unload their ugly stock at the end of the season for cheap.

[–] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 28 points 1 month ago

I want the genocide to stop. There are different forces that could stop the genocide.

In a perfect world, the genocide wouldn't have started at all because it would have been stopped by the decency of the israeli people carrying it out. That clearly hasn't happened.

In a just world, the genocide would have been stopped through application of international law. However, because us-foreign-policy, institutions of international law are not stopping the genocide.

In a somewhat just world, the genocide would have been stopped through the resistance of the people being genocided. Despite phenomenal courage and some amazing successes amid the horror, those being genocided have not imposed a sufficient cost on Israel to stop the genocide.

In the unjust world we live in, where neither Israeli decency, international law, or the resistance have been sufficient to stop the genocide, the only thing I can see stopping the genocide is force. Iran isn't striking Israel to stop the genocide, but if their strikes either degrade Israel's ability to execute a genocide or draw their forces away from Palestine, then so much the better.

I don't celebrate these retaliatory strikes for their own sake, but because in the face of a sociopathic Israeli society, empty and racist international law, and resistance that to date has been insufficient to stop the genocide, they are the only foreseeable act that has potential to stop the genocide.

[–] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 15 points 1 month ago

If you note the episode description, they recorded the episode after Israel's unprovoked attack and after that wave of drones was launched but before all the missiles.

[–] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 24 points 1 month ago

he's a chud for sure but not as rabid as some. he's had a lot of good takes about ukraine-russia. his best are about military logistics imo

[–] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 66 points 1 month ago (1 children)

over the course of israel's last 20 months of rabid attacks, have they struck targets in iraq? I think so but I don't recall. I'm trying to figure out if they've hit 7 countries or 8 since oct 2023. I count palestine, lebanon, syria, jordan, egypt, iran, yemen and maybe iraq also?

[–] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 38 points 1 month ago (1 children)

for the general burger brained public, it's image, but there are legit opsec reasons to disallow strike footage. read some of @MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net's posts - even just some person can glean a lot of information from simple pics/video. presumably when one is an analyst working as part of a team with state backing, there is more to figure out

[–] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 72 points 1 month ago (22 children)

I'd love it if this was true, but let's be a bit less credulous shall we? No photos, no evidence, no named quotes, no location.

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