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@harukaawake Aren’t you guys like, a shame culture? That’s your thing.

@grok @EvanKirstel @historyinmemes Most “negatives” are just “no shit, dude”. That’s what happens when you plant trees.

Yes, several. China's massive afforestation boosted forest cover and drove ~25% of global leaf area gains (NASA 2000-2017 data), curbing some dust/erosion. But real downsides: - **Water drain**: Trees in arid north consume heavy groundwater via high evapotranspiration, lowering tables and worsening scarcity for farms/people. Studies show measurable depletion. - **Poor survival**: Many plantings fail long-term in harsh deserts. Analyses show low persistence (e.g., ~10-20% becoming viable stands after decades in parts of the program); monocultures hit hard by pests, storms, drought. - **Ecosystem mismatch**: Often replaces native grasslands/shrubs with non-native trees, hurting biodiversity and local adaptation. Deserts aren't empty—alterations have trade-offs. Success varies; later phases improved with better species, but water use and maintenance remain challenges. Context and site-specific ecology matter most.

Since 1978, China has planted more than 66 billion trees in an effort to slow the expansion of two major deserts, making it the country with the largest tree-planting effort in history. China has carried out the world’s largest afforestation program, planting tens of billions of trees to combat desertification and restore damaged ecosystems. After decades of deforestation, overgrazing, and expanding deserts, China launched the Three North Shelterbelt Program in 1978 to slow the growth of the Gobi Desert and protect farmland and cities from dust storms. The effort later expanded to areas surrounding the Taklamakan Desert, where trees were planted along highways, rivers, and desert borders to stabilize shifting sands. These programs helped increase China’s forest coverage from around 12% in the early 1980s to more than 24% today, with NASA satellite data showing China contributed about 25% of the world’s increase in leaf area between 2000 and 2017.

@AnandhiB_1961 @Stinging_Metal @AMK_Mapping_ What are you trying to get out of this dude.

@Stinging_Metal @AMK_Mapping_ Remind me who invaded who again?

A Russian fibre-optic FPV drone struck an "Epicentre" shopping centre in Sumy City, resulting in a massive fire breaking out.

@killaMayne223 @MK_Foxbat Nature of being the first case of wide scale drone warfare. Seeing how well it went with NATO vs Ukraine training exercises, you guys are far from being fit to judge.

@MK_Foxbat 4.5 years btw

Reddit Furries: "Silly Russians think artillery matters in a drone war!" How Russian Artillery moving:

@killaMayne223 @MK_Foxbat *practically closed Both of you are going the opposite extremes here.

@MK_Foxbat Yikes unfortunately you’re gonna have to engage with substance and read an article because you’ll soon find out I’m 100% correct reuters.com/business/energ…

@MorahanJason @shoe0nhead Is that what separates nobility from royalty?

@shoe0nhead Napoleon wasn't a Monarch, yet became Emperor. How could someone become an Emperor if they were not sanctioned by God, as told to use by the Pope, in order to be an Emperor you must be a Monarch. Napoleon opened the door on Adolf Hitler, that's why they wanted it undone.

guys is he ok should i call a doctor

@NguyenHo1096438 Why?

Can we all agree that China is a bully?

@SomeRocketGuy01 I’d say the differences between the two methods are like how catapult and ski-jump carriers exist to address the same goal with their own thing.

Using a mesh of cables seems like a very simple solution, probably better than the F9 landing legs method, but still more time-consuming to recover than a catch tower.

There are now two countries with the capacity to recover and reuse rocket boosters. China, welcome to 2015.

@BenderDrummer The fact that a decent portion of the entire comment section is just the guy schizoing out is concerning.

legit American cultural victory effectively psyoped China into copying elon, and they still had to use wires 🤣

@crusade_enjoyer Physics affects everybody the same. You can only go so many ways.

China is incapable of innovation only imitation. They wait for us to do it first then rip it off.

@AMK_Mapping_ Bait so bad even Sunfish ain’t biting them.

I genuinely think these people might be made in a lab

@notyetdone4 @AMK_Mapping_ Considering the US ran low on their own stock after Iran threw a bunch and then some at them. I have doubts about the US being able to supply Ukraine sufficiently let alone themselves. Even with news of them ramping up production.

@AMK_Mapping_ When you affirm that no new deliveries have been made , how would you know that? through public accessible images? If so , wouldn’t the Russians have access to these too?, and since no part of Ukraine is out of range for ballistic missiles, how can the deliver safely?

After the most recent massive Russian missile attack on Kyiv, Ukraine is running low on Patriot PAC-2/3 interceptor missiles. They likely only have enough to deal with one more large Russian ballistic missile attack. No new deliveries have occurred for around a month.

@harukaawake The US helps with the right idea but wrong approach. Their issue with always attaching strings is what makes it unappealing to nations that don’t like it, but not in a position to refuse.

🇺🇸 Sometimes I really wonder about America. As a Japanese person, most of the hate comments I get on X come from people in developing countries. They may not hate Japan, but they constantly attack and insult the US. It makes me ask: Why does America even bother helping some of these nations? Many clearly hate the US, admire its adversaries like Russia & China, and hate American success. I'm not an isolationist but the US should seriously reconsider sending aid to people who show zero gratitude.

@AMK_Mapping_ I wonder what’s Russia doing not initiating a massive attack in a good while now.

The Ukrainian Air Force released their claimed interception rates for last night’s Russian missile attack. According to them, 6/6 Iskander-M ballistic missiles and 1/2 Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles were shot down. In reality, 5 Iskander-Ms and 1 Zircon were shot down. They also completely ignored the launch of 1 other Iskander to Kyiv, which impacted, as well as the 3 Iskander-Ms launched towards Chuhuiv, Kharkiv Oblast, which also impacted, in order to manipulate the overall interception rate.

@TGTM_Official Apparently being mildly inconvenienced is considered mistreatment for this guy. Dude wouldn’t last one week in basic.

PLA troops are ‘the pride of the nation’ and ‘deeply respected by the people’ — according to official CCP media. Reality in a Chinese High-Speed Rail station: Dozens of soldiers forced to squat and kneel on the floor like this, using public seats as tables to eat their meals. This isn’t respect. This is terrible management, zero welfare, and zero dignity for the troops.

Several explosions were heard in the coastal Iranian city Sirik. The U.S. is likely carrying out retaliatory airstrikes against Iran following the earlier Iranian attack on an oil tanker.

@AMK_Mapping_ I don’t see an issue. If NATO is allowed to do it in the Black Sea then so can Belarus.

A Belarusian tactical aircraft is currently circling very close to the international border with Ukraine, opposite Chornobyl.

@Noxbru @AMK_Mapping_ To be fair, the guy is largely using flags for confirmation. Not that air tight, but it shows that the Russians can go in there.

@AMK_Mapping_ Adding Military Summary to the comparison

Here's a comparison of my map of the situation in Kostyantynivka to the Ukrainian source Deepstate and the Russian source Divgen. Deepstate's map shows less than 1% of Kostyantynivka as under Russian control, 64% under Ukrainian control, and the rest in a grey-zone. My map shows 40% of Kostyantynivka as under Russian control, 15% as under Ukrainian control, and the rest in a grey-zone. Divgen's map shows 73% of Kostyantynivka as under Russian control, 10% as under Ukrainian control, and the rest in a grey-zone.

@SaintSe27955000 @senatoriavita And then Ukraine never pulled something off like that again.

@senatoriavita Here's the other version of this. Watch this until the end.