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BREAKING: Trump threatens a 50% tariff on China if it is caught supplying arms to Iran.
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JUST IN - Trump orders the U.S. Navy to blockade the Strait of Hormuz to "any and all ships trying to enter, or leave." Also instructing the U.S. Navy to seek and interdict every vessel in international waters that has paid a toll to Iran: "No one who pays an illegal toll will have safe passage on the high seas."
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West-German AfD: "The Islamic invasion is erasing our Christian identity"
East-German AfD: "Christianity is the grandmother of Communism. It advocates for equality of all, love of enemies and a cult of guilt. It is a dead horse we should abandon"
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South Africa won’t allow Starlink to be licensed, even though I was BORN THERE, simply because I am not Black!
We were offered many times the opportunity to bribe our way to a license by pretending that a Black guy runs Starlink SA, but I have refused to do so on principle.
Racism should not be rewarded no matter to which race it is applied.
Shame on the racist politicians in South Africa. They should be shown no respect whatsoever anywhere in the world and shunned for being unashamedly RACISTS!
DogeDesigner@cb_doge
Why Elon Musk is RIGHT to fight South Africa’s racist rules blocking Starlink? Imagine this: Long ago, South Africa had very unfair laws called apartheid. They treated Black people badly and kept them from good jobs and money. When those bad laws ended, the country made new rules (called B-BBEE) to help Black people get a fair share of business. The idea was good – like a big helping hand. But now? For companies like Starlink to sell fast internet, they MUST give away 30% of their business to Black partners. Just because of skin color. Elon Musk was born in South Africa. He left as a teen to chase big dreams. Today, his company SpaceX wants to bring Starlink – super fast satellite internet – to South Africa. But the rules say no unless they give up part of the company. Elon said it right: “Starlink is not allowed because I’m not Black.” SpaceX promised to spend about $30 million (that’s 500 million rand!) to give FREE high-speed internet to 5,000 rural schools. That helps over 2.4 MILLION kids every year learn better, get jobs later, and have a brighter future. Real help for the people who need it most! Starlink already works in about 24 other African countries. Villages there now have internet for school, doctors, and business. South Africa’s villages are missing out because of these racist rules. Elon isn’t asking for special favors. He just wants fair play so Starlink can connect everyone fast. Internet = education, jobs, hope. Why hold back millions of kids over rules that pick by race and color?
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@asymmetricinfo Please link to a version that isn't paywalled? Or provide a summary in a thread? I will not support WaPo.
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At first glance, the recent news about Anthropic's Mythos model may seem like even more reason to halt AI development. In fact, it's the reason we can't. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/…
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No one "spoke" Literary Japanese. It is a WRITTEN register that uses a fossilized grammar from the first millennium. The Emperor spoke the modern standard (Tōkyō) dialect.
Sandy Petersen 🪔@SandyofCthulhu
I remember reading that when the Emperor made his surrender speech over the radio, many Japanese couldn’t understand him, because court Japanese was so different from the vernacular. So there must be some dialect differences in Japan too, right? Maybe not as major as the difference between an English speaker from Alabama and one from Scotland but still something.
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Trump's first post after Iran peace talks broke down:
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@taicosama I don't know why this myth of the emperor speaking some special register of the language exists.
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"If you import the Third World, you become the Third World." - President Donald J. Trump
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U.S. Vice President JD Vance:
"The bad news is that we have not reached an agreement. And I think that's bad news for Iran much more than it's bad news for the United States of America. So, we go back to the U.S. having not come to an agreement. They have chosen not to accept our terms."
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BREAKING: Iran and the US made no progress in the latest round of Islamabad talks, per Fars News.
Iranian state media called the round a “last opportunity” to reach a framework. Iranian officials are saying “the ball is in the American court” to move off what they describe as “maximalist” demands, with the Strait of Hormuz remaining the central sticking point, per Tasnim.
Talks have now broken for the night at 4 AM local time in Islamabad.
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All aggregators had their payouts reduced to 60% this cycle. We will add another 20% deduction in the next cycle.
It became abundantly clear: flooding the timeline with 100 stolen reposts and clickbait everyday crowded-out real creators and hurt new author growth.
The next step is to assign a permanent deduction to habitual bait posters who use “🚨BREAKING”on every post.
X will never infringe on speech or reach—but we will not compensate for manipulation of the program or our users.
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BREAKING: Iran’s IRGC Navy declares sole authority over the Strait of Hormuz, restricting passage to non-military vessels complying with its regulations, in a newly issued statement.
Any foreign warship attempting transit will be dealt with severely. Iran also denies the CENTCOM report that US Navy destroyers crossed the strait earlier today.
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BREAKING: Trump 'we win, regardless what happens, we win' and that making a deal 'does not matter'.
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@notmeramipop @LocalBtnMasher @kykyan123 emuline.org/topic/270-mame…
This has a custom build of MAME with Akai Katana and SDOJ readded.
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@Argos_dk @LocalBtnMasher @kykyan123 It is, but to play Akai Katana and SDOJ, you need to compile MAME yourself.
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@LocalBtnMasher @kykyan123 Try the new shmupmame version for more accurate slowdowns, if you plan to keep playing other CV1k games after clearing Deathsmiles.
shmupmame.wordpress.com/download/
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@LocalBtnMasher I think that would be a bit excessive for a first level (unless you have difficulty settings like you actually do in Deathsmiles).
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@sneed_emmanuel @mattyglesias There is no data set that collects the fiscal impact by nation of origin in Scandinavia. That is all made up by racists.
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One of the annoying things about the low-IQ rightists who populate this site is they assume everyone else is as dumb as they are.
I posted here that it would make more sense to idolize Denmark than Hungary, so various chuds are popping out of the woodwork to be like “hurrr durr you libs would hate Denmark’s immigration policies.”
I know all about Denmark’s immigration policies — it was a deliberately well-chosen example to illustrate how bizarre, corrupt, and irrational the MAGA obsession with boosting Viktor Orbán is, this is an approach that is *not* justifiable in terms of belief in free markets or restrictive immigration policies, if it was you could idolize Trols Poulsen. You could talk about Mette Fredericksen moving to the middle on migration in a way that could be a model for other center-left leaders.
But *my whole point* is precisely that Trump isn’t doing that, he’s repeatedly threatening to invade Danish sovereign territory while relentlessly focused on cheerleading for Fidesz. It doesn’t make sense, that’s my argument because I know what I’m talking about.
Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
If you want to get obsessed with copying a European country, I would pick Denmark over Hungary.
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BREAKING: CNN reports talks between the United States and Pakistan are 'largely positive' but that Iran's team says the US has made 'unacceptable demands' regarding the Strait of Hormuz
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