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@Baku88475562 Funny thing: the most beautiful version of classic Europe lives in Japanese anime. Meanwhile the real West is busy 'updating' it into something... less magical.

Pragmata broke my heart in the best way😭 Diana waving goodbye was so sweet. Devs, you killed it!

@WarMonitor3 Seen this movie before .Iran wants strait open now, nukes later. Trump says nah, fix the big problem first. Hardball, but makes sense so we don't repeat this in 2 years

Trump has reportedly rejected the new Iranian peace proposal which would open the strait of Hormuz but leave the nuclear deal for later talks...

@harukaawake Growing up between East and West, I saw how much the West actually admires Japanese culture. The real negativity often comes from elsewhere. Uniqueness like yours is worth protecting.

🇯🇵 Something I'm noticing more and more on X. When we were young, we were told that the Western world looked down on us. But almost all of the anti-Japanese posts come here from developing countries. I have to say that being on X has made me much more pro-Western.

@0bserver4 @sugondese6666 Interesting how Kormar leans on big landing ships for amphibious runs while neighbors like Thailand emphasize swimming APCs &Vietnam sticks with classic river-crossing gear. Same goal, different toolkits based on their setups. Observer note

@sugondese6666 And run me thru why can't Pindad not make an amphibious APC for Indonesia Marine again like Thai. Wasnt you jump thru bunch of mental gymnastics: "Soviet-doctrince", "we have LST/LPD to bring it to the shore" to cover for Pindad's incomplete in that? Now back track it lol.

The Thai and Philippine Marine Corps utilize Landing Platform Docks (LPDs) and Landing Ship Tanks (LSTs) to conduct combined arms and modern amphibious warfare.

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@Pirat_Nation Typical. 'Think of the children' always ends with adults getting surveilled. Fix it with parental controls on devices, not vague EU rules that'll grow into full nanny state mode. History's full of these 'temporary' overreaches.

EU Vice-President “suggests”restricting VPNs to prevent citizens from circumventing EU's age-restrictions of the Internet EU Vice-President Henna Virkkunen is helping roll out a new EU age verification app. But the app can be bypassed with simple tools like a VPN When a reporter asked how the EU will stop kids from using VPNs to get around the rules, Virkkunen said: “It’s difficult, of course, to have the technological solutions that there’s no way to circumvent … it’s also an important part of next steps to look at [the issue] that it shouldn’t be circumvented.”

Yamamoto drops 'I am here' like the final boss of retirement homes. Thousand year old grandpa with a BBQ sword who needs zero backup. Bleach peak.

@Pirat_Nation Welcome to UK 2026: Drawing loli art gets you arrested faster than grooming gangs. Priorities completely inverted🙃

UK-based VTuber and artist Mimi Yanagi was arrested on April 20 for her own drawings of anime-style characters. These drawings were 100% fictional, made up by her, with no real people involved. UK law still treats these kinds of drawings as illegal child pornography, police took all her computers and devices. She has now been released on bail, but she is not allowed to post any “adult” content. She must also use an account name approved by the police. The UK is lost, you can’t even draw now, they will put you in prison

@Pirat_Nation Short term: smart for China’s huge population &keeps social stability. Long term though, it might scare companies from adopting AI & slow their big push to become an AI superpower

A Chinese court has made a big decision about AI and jobs, companies cannot fire workers just to replace them with artificial intelligence and save money. This ruling comes from recent cases in Beijing where employees lost their jobs after their companies started using AI. The judges said these firings were wrong because using AI does not count as a major enough change under China’s labor laws. The law needs a real big reason in the business before a company can easily end a job contract. Because of this, the courts overturned the dismissals and the workers kept their jobs. The ruling reminds companies that they must treat employees fairly and responsibly and helps protect people’s jobs

Left behind in Kabul. Alone. He waited 47 days. K-9 Chaos was not a dog who did his job. He was a dog who had DECIDED, completely, permanently, without reservation, that Lieutenant Marcus Webb was coming back for him. No matter how long it took. At Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, on the morning of August 30th, 2021, a three-year-old Belgian Malinois sat in an empty aircraft hangar. The last American plane had left six hours ago. The evacuation was over. Chaos had been left behind. Not intentionally. The chaos of the withdrawal. The panic. The rush. Webb had been separated from Chaos during the final evacuation. Put on a different plane. Told Chaos would be on the next flight. There was no next flight. Chaos survived the first day alone. Waiting at the hangar where Webb had left him. Chaos survived the first week. Scavenging food from abandoned military supplies. Chaos survived 47 days in Taliban-controlled Kabul. Alone. Hiding. Waiting. Because Chaos survived on the belief that Webb wouldn't leave him forever. Back in the United States, Webb was losing his mind. Filed reports. Called congressmen. Contacted rescue organizations. Went on the news. "I left my dog in Afghanistan," he said on CNN, his voice breaking. "I left my brother. And I'm going to get him back." The military said it was impossible. Kabul had fallen. Taliban controlled the airport. No way to extract a dog. Webb didn't care about impossible. He contacted Pineapple Express, a veteran-run extraction operation. Gave them Chaos's last known location. Sent photos. Videos. Anything that could help. For 47 days, Webb didn't sleep. Didn't eat properly. Just waited for news. On October 16th, 2021, his phone rang. "We found him," the voice said. "We found Chaos." A rescue team had infiltrated Kabul. Used Webb's intel. Found Chaos still at the hangar. Still waiting. Forty-seven days later. Chaos was emaciated. Dehydrated. Traumatized. But alive. The extraction took three days. Smuggling Chaos out of Taliban-controlled territory. Through checkpoints. Through danger. But they got him out. On October 19th, 2021, Chaos landed at Dulles International Airport. Webb was waiting on the tarmac. When they opened the crate, Chaos didn't move. Stared at Webb like he was seeing a ghost. "It's me, brother," Webb said, kneeling down. "I came back. I promised I'd come back." Chaos stepped out slowly. Walked to Webb. Collapsed into his arms. The reunion video went viral. Seventeen million views in three days. But what people didn't see was what happened after. For six months, Chaos wouldn't sleep unless Webb was in the room. Wouldn't eat unless Webb fed him. Wouldn't go outside unless Webb went first. "He's terrified I'll leave him again," Webb said in an interview. "And I don't blame him. I left him once. In the worst place. At the worst time. He waited 47 days for me. And I'll spend the rest of my life making sure he knows I'm never leaving again." Three years later, Chaos still sleeps with his head on Webb's chest. Still follows him everywhere. Still making sure Webb doesn't disappear. K-9 Chaos. Survived 47 days alone in Kabul. Extracted by heroes. Reunited with his handler. Home. facebook.com/share/1HLX9dCv… #LostAndFound #doglover #seniordogs #animalwelfare #militarydog #k9hero #dogrescue #Kabul #47Days #LeftBehind #BroughtHome

@RoyalFamily Those mountains in Shenandoah are stunning. The planning for King Charles’ visit feels really thoughtful. Wish both sides gain something good from this.

Parks and Rex! 🏕️ The King has spent time at Shenandoah National Park in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains and Appalachian Highlands.   ⛰️ The Blue Ridge Mountains are among the oldest in the worldand the Appalachian Highlands were, remarkably, once connected to the Scottish Highlands as part of a single mountain chain.   Conservation efforts at Shenandoah include those aimed at preserving the iconic bald eagle, which was at risk of extinction in the mid-1900s. 🦅

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@Pirat_Nation Lab grown neurons playing Doom while my brain forgets my keys again. Tech’s wild. Mini brains focus better than me.

An Australian startup called “Cortical Labs” is making computers that mix lab-grown human brain cells with silicon chips. Each unit holds about 200,000 brain cells grown from stem cells and the company has opened a test data center in Melbourne with 120 units and plans a larger one in Singapore. These living brain cells use far less power than regular AI servers, the cells also stay alive with special nutrients and electrical connections.

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@fandompulse Western creators usually defend their work to death when fans criticize it. Meanwhile Japanese mangaka like Isayama be like "yeah I messed up parts of the ending, I was young & naive." Simple self reflection like that hits different. Wish we saw more of it

Attack on Titan creator Hajime Isayama says he's unsatisfied with the ending of the show: “Eren became a protagonist who committed mass slaughter on a scale rarely seen in other works of fiction. As for why I conceived such a story from the beginning, part of it was my desire to create a narrative with a major twist — where the victim becomes the perpetrator,” it reads." “But a large factor was also my own immaturity and foolishness at the time, when I was in my early twenties. That aspect became the core of Eren’s character, leading to the point where he confesses not as someone forced into wrongdoing by circumstances, but as someone who harbored a desire to do harm.” Why do western creators avoid criticism but the Japanese reflect and try to get better?

@TTP_TJT @RealCyberkitten @Dexerto Everyone debating if Eren’s arc broke the story. Meanwhile Isayama came out and said there’s “a sense of insincerity in the story’s conclusion.” AoT stays solid for me tho. One imperfect ending doesn’t erase how good the whole thing is.

@RealCyberkitten @GaussStrategos @Dexerto Exactly that was his motivation. He played the role of villain and an artificial pawn for his people to live happy lives. Don’t understand how people don’t see that

Attack on Titan creator Hajime Isayama has regrets about how the series ended, saying there is a “sense of insincerity” to how Eren Yeager’s story played out “A large factor was also my own immaturity and foolishness at the time, when I was in my early 20s”

@Pirat_Nation Everyone’s mad at piracy until their bank site or council page dies because Cloudflare got blanket blocked again. Get the 'save football' vibe, hate that we’re breaking the open web to do it. Just smashing everything vibes.

A Spanish judge has ordered Cloudflare to block access from its CDN network to several websites that offer pirated football streams. It is the same court handling a complaint filed by LaLiga and Telefónica against Cloudflare and its CEO, Matthew Prince. The two companies accuse Prince of crimes against: -intellectual property -obstruction of justice -threats -coercion Cloudflare CEO always publicly criticized IP blocking measures in Spain and warned that such blocks could risk lives if they ever hit critical services. Prince was due to appear in court on April 7 but did not travel to Spain. The judge has now sent a formal request to U.S. authorities about the case but no one knows if Cloudflare will comply. The company uses a security feature called Encrypted Client Hello (ECH), and hides domain names during connections, making it impossible for Spanish internet providers to block just the illegal sites without also affecting thousands of legitimate websites that share the same infrastructure. Only Cloudflare can carry out a clean block at the domain level.

@sentdefender Mogami and Daegu frigates look like a smart fix: cheaper to build, modern tech, smaller crews, and way faster production. Finally gives the Navy the numbers it actually needs

The Pentagon is considering outsourcing warship design and building to Korea and Japan with a proposed $1.85 billion feasibility study into the project within the proposed budget for 2027, with the study to look at the feasibility of adopting or co-producing advanced hulls such as Japan’s Mogami-class and Korea’s Daegu-class frigates to supplement the U.S. Navy, according to USNI News.