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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.

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.

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.

BREAKING: Trump 'we win, regardless what happens, we win' and that making a deal 'does not matter'.

@notmeramipop @LocalBtnMasher @kykyan123 emuline.org/topic/270-mame… This has a custom build of MAME with Akai Katana and SDOJ readded.

@Argos_dk @LocalBtnMasher @kykyan123 It is, but to play Akai Katana and SDOJ, you need to compile MAME yourself.

The objective purpose of Game Design is to make it so EVERY Action game in existence has this much density from the first minute

@notmeramipop @LocalBtnMasher @kykyan123 It's also fixed in vanilla MAME.

@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/

@LocalBtnMasher I think that would be a bit excessive for a first level (unless you have difficulty settings like you actually do in Deathsmiles).

@prinsessmarthe @sneed_emmanuel @mattyglesias That's a lie.

@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.

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.

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

@YuriLover1337 @enigma0451 Nope

@enigma0451 It's fine after you get used to it

So, I decided to use 4chan for the first time in like two years. Someone warned me the captcha is borderline unusable, but holy shit he was correct. I can't tell if I'm either banned, or the captcha's are cryptic Myst puzzles. No wonder 4cuck is dying.

BREAKING: Israel assesses the US-Iran talks will collapse and is preparing to resume the war, with the next strike expected to be "severe and comprehensive," targeting Iran's national infrastructure, energy, and oil production, per Kan News citing a senior Israeli security official. Right before the talks, Israel presented the US with demands including removing enriched uranium, shutting down Fordow and the Iranian nuclear program, and separating Lebanon from Iran in negotiations.

@JFGariepy Brutal

My birthday tomorrow. I hadn't realized. 42 years old.

BREAKING: Initial details are emerging as the US and Iran conduct their first direct meeting since 1979. Details include: 1. The Strat of Hormuz remains a point of "serious disagreement" 2. US military says 2 US warships have transited the Strait of Hormuz today 3. "Mood swings" are being seen on both sides in talks, per Pakistani mediators 4. The US will be assisting Iran in removing mines from the Strait of Hormuz 5. Talks are expected to continue tonight and may extend into tomorrow We expect to receive much more detail in the coming hours.

BREAKING: Iran has formally submitted its four "red lines" for peace talks with the US today, per Iranian state TV: 1. Authority over the Strait of Hormuz 2. Payment of war reparations 3. Unfreezing of all blocked Iranian financial assets 4. Securing a comprehensive regional ceasefire In-person negotiations are ongoing as we speak.

BREAKING: Iran has formally submitted its four red lines to Pakistani PM Sharif as mediator, per Iranian state TV: 1. Strait of Hormuz 2. War reparations 3. Blocked Iranian assets 4. Ceasefire across the region War reparations is a new demand that did not appear in Ghalibaf's two preconditions yesterday.

@OliverinJapan Noah doesn't know anything about any of the topics he talks about lol

Japan: "Nobody in the country drives." As of January 2026, Japan has 83,217,268 motor vehicles, of which about 62 million are passenger cars, for a population of 123 million people. Compare to Germany: 49 million passenger cars, population 83 million.

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BREAKING: Iran cannot fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz because it "cannot find" some of the mines it placed in the waterway and lacks the capability to remove them, per multiple US officials cited by NYT. The mines were laid quickly by small IRGC boats, and some have since drifted from their original positions. NYT also reports that Araghchi's earlier "technical limitations" comment on reopening was specifically about the mine removal problem.

@enigma0451 Based

It still amusing to see Zoomer Halo fans act as if almost everyone loved Halo before 343 ruined the franchise. It was the punching bag of the internet of the time. Quake Boomers and Valve fanboys especially despised Halo, and its influence on the genre.

The gun and ball gamers are nothing new. We've had those types since the 2000s. Except we didn't call them gun and ball gamers. They were referred to as brodude gamers or frat boys. Instead of Call of Duty & NBA 2K players, it was synonymous with the average Halo and Madden fan.