The Brain Thinker

Colleague found this in Flemington this morning. I'm lost for words

Well Hammond is 1000% one of the players GVE alludes to here. Very intrigued by who else

Any kind of cutting edge up front with what we've been doing with the ball since Staj left and our defending doesn't matter - like last year. Unfortunately, Fraser is the only consistent threat we have

Me looking at the team sheet:

They always give that offside in this league #WSWvADL

3rd scuffed finish of the night #WSWvADL

Hammond tried to mess that up #WSWvADL

Can’t believe the Butlerian Jihad will start from regular-style jihad. Frank Herbert really did so much LSD it let him peer into the future.

The Israeli Strike Near Iran’s Reactor is an Ominous Signal The US and Israel find themselves cornered with dwindling options and growing desperation. This is evident in their attacks on Iran’s electrical grid and their calculated attempt to shift the Overton Window toward the nuclear threshold. The statement by Trump advisor David Sacks, suggesting Israel could escalate the conflict with nuclear options, coincides with a missile strike landing just 350 meters from the Bushehr reactor. This isn’t just a warning; it’s a veiled threat. It’s a trial balloon designed to gauge the global reaction to such a catastrophic possibility. A direct hit on an Iranian reactor would inevitably force Iran to retaliate against Dimona, leading us into a spiral of nuclear escalation, but what if Dimona be empty? As global opinion is being tested, this "window" is being meticulously shifted and calibrated. Currently, US-Israeli options, beyond aerial bombardment, include sector-specific ground operations. But what if these operations end in disaster? Even a NATO intervention might change nothing. In Libya, European NATO forces depleted their ammunition in about 10 days during a low-intensity conflict. Today, Rheinmetall claims European stockpiles are bone-dry. While I usually take Rheinmetall’s claims with a grain of salt, this time it actually makes sense. We are looking at a scenario of severe ammunition shortages against a heavily entrenched and well-armed Iran. Any landing operation would be a bloodbath. I believe that, faced with mounting internal and external failures, the US and Israel will gradually push the Overton Window to a choice between total defeat or the use of tactical nuclear weapons, in the event of a catastrophic failure of ground operations. Tactical nuclear weapons are strictly forbidden for use, yet their radiation dissipates within weeks in the current environment. Even so, it would constitute a grave war crime. I do not believe the U.S. would embark on such a path, but I cannot say the same for Israel. Ending the war with Iran still possessing enriched uranium would be equivalent to admitting that Netanyahu, instead of increasing his people's security, did the exact opposite. The internal pressure would be immense. If nothing goes as planned and the death toll rises, I feel this window can shift much faster.

99% of people, if a “nuclear catastrophe” happens:

Lol

70 and 80 year old people are generally unemployable due to physical and mental decline but for some reason we allow them to run the entire fucking country.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but if infrastructure like this 👇 gets blown up, as of this moment it will take at least a decade to recover from this war - and the truth is that the world's energy picture is probably changed forever. This single facility 👇produced roughly 20% of global LNG supply (aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/18…) and, as of 2011, had taken $70 billion to build (energyintel.com/0000017b-a7be-…). What makes this even worse is that Iran's strike on this was retaliation after Israel attacked their South Pars gas field which draws from the same natural gas reservoir, which is the world's largest by far (9,700 km² - about the size of Qatar itself). Heck, on the list of the 25 largest natural gas fields (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_n…) this single reservoir holds roughly 40% of their combined recoverable reserves - and is nearly 6 times bigger than the 2nd biggest field in the world. And, unlike many of the others on the list, it's only at 10% depletion (meaning 90% of the gas is still there). Which means that, probably for many years, a huge share of the gas from the world's largest reservoir simply won't be extractable, as infrastructure on both sides - Qatar's and Iran's - has now been blown up. From a global energy supply perspective, we're deep into worst-case scenario territory.

If Sydney genuinely cared about their identity in the long-term, they'd sack Talay for having a meeting with Lederer while he's still under contract with them. Easiest win with the fan base they'll ever have.

On a day of working who wants to play for @Socceroos or who doesn’t, good news is Dylan Scicluna revealed to SEN Football he’s almost got his clearance through to switch allegiance from Malta to Australia. One of the best in ALM this season.

I think it was some Iranian academic who recently said in an interview that Americans will have to decide what we love more, Israel or Burger

matildas you want to be like 2023 sweden and randomly beat japan after they play exceptionally all tournament sooooooo bad

Nothing is de-escalating, and the idea of a short-lived conflict persists. It reminds me of that World War I phrase: that everyone would be 'home by Christmas.' Instead of de-escalating, the war is set to escalate now, involving more actors and the imminent closure of the other strait. Furthermore, the U.S. will attempt a ground operation with minimal chances of success. The trend is toward worsening conditions, especially regarding the global pressure mechanisms exerted by Iranian asymmetric warfare.

South Korea must hate that corner of Stadium Australia

@liubinskas My issues is in about 100 of that caps she's been played out of position, and been detrimental to the ceiling of this team. And yeah there's been some big moments, but when you play more games than anyone else that's bound to happen

@eamonnwarner She might be off world standards now, but she's been a big player, made some key passes, and winning goals for years. I wish we played younger players, but I still honour the contribution by EVE as a legend of the Matildas.

The clip of Joe praising EVE and making sure to acknowledge the contribution to football of the entire Van Egmond family is causing me powerful psychic damage. I just don't get it, and I never will.