Remember when a new major version meant something major changed?
Was nice as it prompted me to go read change notes. Now I have no clue when it’s a collection of minor things or has actual major changes unless I go read every set of change notes.
As the country is already in economic turmoil with the national currency collapsing and inflation soaring, many Iranians are increasingly questioning the government’s priorities, feeling the weight of a regime that appears more focused on foreign conflicts than addressing the dire needs at home.
Yep, as another put: it’s the economy, stupid.
It’s the basic building block of keeping domestic peoples happy. Otherwise everyone questions why money and effort is being spent on x, instead of fixing the economy.
Iran would be putting those civilian casualties on blast if they existed. They don’t, which is why Iran is complaining about Iranian soldiers and destroyed Iranian military targets.
What Iranian hospitals or schools did Israel hit?
Based on intelligence, IAF aircraft struck missile manufacturing facilities used to produce the missiles that Iran fired at the State of Israel over the last year. These missiles posed a direct and immediate threat to the citizens of the State of Israel. Simultaneously, the IDF struck surface-to-air missile arrays and additional Iranian aerial capabilities, that were intended to restrict Israel’s aerial freedom of operation in Iran. Source
What Iranian hospitals or schools did Israel hit?
Based on intelligence, IAF aircraft struck missile manufacturing facilities used to produce the missiles that Iran fired at the State of Israel over the last year. These missiles posed a direct and immediate threat to the citizens of the State of Israel. Simultaneously, the IDF struck surface-to-air missile arrays and additional Iranian aerial capabilities, that were intended to restrict Israel’s aerial freedom of operation in Iran. Source
Yeah, it is one of the few sources on military matters that know what they are talking about, are able to explain how systems work to the reader, and cite their sources. Been one of the few places I go check for the news myself.
Peter Zeihan also provides excellent geopolitical analysis.
Based on intelligence, IAF aircraft struck missile manufacturing facilities used to produce the missiles that Iran fired at the State of Israel over the last year. These missiles posed a direct and immediate threat to the citizens of the State of Israel. Simultaneously, the IDF struck surface-to-air missile arrays and additional Iranian aerial capabilities, that were intended to restrict Israel’s aerial freedom of operation in Iran.
Another small win for Right to Repair. While this specific instance isn’t far-reaching, it is part of an overall trend that is increasingly favoring the consumer and small businesses.
Yeah, if you are using an AI for emotional support of any kind, you are in for a bad, bad time.
Biden needs to green-light the Ukrainian use of western weapons on targets inside Russia. The US is still tying Ukraine’s hands in the third year of this war! If Russia didn’t want to be shot at, they should not have invaded. This has gone on for much too long.
How dare Ukrainians not want to checks notes be genocided by their much larger neighbor!
SK has mostly kept from supplying Ukraine. Closest they have gotten is selling shells to the US to open up more US shells to go to Ukraine. I could see SK changing their stance about supplying Ukraine over this.
Yep! Basically everyone is up with the exception of Russia and Switzerland. Russia has no spare capacity for exports and Switzerland immolated their military sector when they informed their partners they cannot send Swiss military equipment to war.
Perun did a great video on this: Global Arms Exports - Winners, losers & trends in the race to rearm
looks at the ever dwindling Soviet stockpiles and hundreds of thousands of Russian casualties
Well, I’m not confident enough to say Ukraine is winning, but Russia sure as fuck isn’t either.
It amazes me at the start of the war, me and just about everyone else thought Russia had this in the bag. Crimean invasion 2.0. Now Russia is struggling to dislodge Ukrainians from Russian territory and shit deep inside Russia blows up on the regular.
I’m damn happy to support Ukraine and am doubly happy my government is supporting them as well.
$42,000 per homeless individual
Woof. As a point of comparison, the average salary in the US is $59k.
The US has been hitting any Houthi poking their head above ground for the last year. Their available munitions and fighters are drastically reduced. You don’t see them landing helicopters on civilian tankers anymore, no, now you see B2 bombers blowing up their hideouts.
Hezbollah is even worse off. Israel compromised their supply lines and blew up huge portions of their leadership up and down the chain. They then were forced to meet in person, where even more of their leadership exploded via air-dropped bombs. No, they won’t recover for years. And this is while Israel launched a ground invasion destroying even more of their capability.
It certainly felt very tacked on. I never enjoyed having to interact with it, nor did it add anything to the story.
Those leaders are falling like flies; Iran’s entire proxy network has been systematically dismantled over the last year. Hamas, Hezbollah, and Houthis are all a shadow of what they were very recently.
Damn, solid hits!
Sends a damn strong message to Iran as well. That with their best high-altitude missile defense systems gone, and little to defend their military assets, they should cut it out with the missile strikes on Israel.