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My weekly preamble is in spoiler tags below.

preambleAfter a few weeks of both diplomatic and military manuevering - mostly over Iranian control of Hormuz - we have hit the hottest phase of military exchanges since at least the MoU period began. The US has generally focussed on striking southern Iran, although they have also sporadically hit transportation infrastructure elsewhere, which was repaired in less than 24 hours. Meanwhile, Iran has struck a wide range of targets, with an interesting focus on Jordan, but has, up to the time of me writing this, so far relented on striking the Zionist entity. The US and Iran have had little periods of mutual military strikes during the "ceasefire" before, and so it's hard to tell for sure whether this yet another temporary spat or if it represents a full return to the pre-ceasefire conflict.

A complicating factor in this conflict is that Ansarallah has become increasingly active, and seems eager to start to break the siege it has been put under by threatening to attack Saudi Arabia and Saudi-aligned forces. This has put Iran in a somewhat awkward spot. On the one hand, it has greatly helped Ansarallah resist foreign attackers and has even recently sent civilian airplanes into Sana'a to begin to break the siege. On the other hand, Iran has, with China's help, generally desired to improve its relationship with the Saudis over the years. While in this latest war there have been a major dispute between them over whether Iran is "allowed" to strike US military infrastructure located in Saudi Arabia, the Saudis strike me as considerably less anti-Iran as the UAE, let alone the Zionists, and did send a delegation to Khamenei's funeral. I guess we'll just have to see what happens next, but I strongly suspect that Iran is going to help Yemen over the Saudis.

And finally, Lindsay Graham has died of a sudden heart attack a suspiciously short time after visiting Ukraine. He was a true enemy of civilian populations all the way to the end of his life, and he seemed to particularly despise children. He advocated for using nukes against Gaza and the total annihilation of anybody and everybody who had even the meekest criticism of Zionism. If God (and, more pertinently in this case, Satan) does exist, I hope Graham is extended the exact same level of courtesy and respect in the afterlife that Graham extended to all Palestinians.


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Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists
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Moon of Alabama, which tends to have interesting analysis. Avoid the comment section.
Understanding War and the Saker: reactionary sources that have occasional insights on the war.
Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict. While he is a reactionary and surrounds himself with likeminded people, his daily update videos are relatively brainworm-free and good if you don't want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. He also co-hosts The Duran, which is more explicitly conservative, racist, sexist, transphobic, anti-communist, etc when guests are invited on, but is just about tolerable when it's just the two of them if you want a little more analysis.
Simplicius, who publishes on Substack. Like others, his political analysis should be soundly ignored, but his knowledge of weaponry and military strategy is generally quite good.
On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent and very good journalist reporting in the warzone on the separatists' side.

Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.

Pro-Russian Telegram Channels:

Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.

https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR's former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR's forces. Russian language.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ A few different pro-Russian people gather frequent content for this channel (~100 posts per day), some socialist, but all socially reactionary. If you can only tolerate using one Russian telegram channel, I would recommend this one.
https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts.
https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster's telegram channel.
https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ A big Russian commentator.
https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia. Produces interesting and useful maps.
https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a 'propaganda tax', if you don't believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses.
https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.

Pro-Ukraine Telegram Channels:

Almost every Western media outlet.
https://discord.gg/projectowl ~ Pro-Ukrainian OSINT Discord.
https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.


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[-] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 49 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Argentina vs Spain is about to start

lol they are playing Aserejé in the water break

they are singing some gringo song ew, if i remember right i think this game was going to have a halftime thing which is ew, also Tom Cruise was doing a speech lmao

here is a stream https://envivo.tvazteca.com/

i agree with his

I want a Spain win but the pure unadulterated tears on socials if Argentina won would feed me for days

Cool the muppets are there in the midtime thing also BTS too? Nerds didnt you heard your country died in the group stage

Esta culero el medio tiempo no voy a mentir

Red Card for Argentina, Fernández is out

[-] Rojo27@hexbear.net 42 points 1 week ago

Something dystopian about a halftime show, in a sport that doesn't typically have one, with a message about love while the host nation bombs other countries and enables genocide.

[-] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 33 points 1 week ago
[-] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 29 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

A chud coworker today told me "oh it must really be a dilemma for you, between your colonizer and your fellow South American country that you hate". And I just said "nah it's pretty fucking easy. Anything that makes Argentinians unhappy makes me happy"

[-] Rindogang@hexbear.net 20 points 1 week ago

For me 🇲🇽, I support Argentina even though the situation there right now is… not great, to put it mildly

[-] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 26 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'm south American. I have a great love for the Argentinean people, and I really wish things start going better there for once. But when it comes to their overinflated ego, especially about soccer? Nah, eternal humiliation on the AFA. I can't stand argies talking about their national team.

The next time I hear "vos cuántas copas tenés?" I'm gonna lose it istg.

[-] RNAi@hexbear.net 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Pero cuántas copas tenés tho?

[-] whatdoiputhere12@hexbear.net 29 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

trump and infantino behind bulletproof glass i-cant

if you're gonna have a half time show i want to see video of the dressing room while coldplay plays fix you in the background

[-] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 19 points 1 week ago

lmao wtf is Tom Cruise doing there??? hahahaha

[-] whatdoiputhere12@hexbear.net 21 points 1 week ago

these celebrity cams really piss me the fuck off

can't wait for this world cup to be over

[-] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 22 points 1 week ago

It's so fucking boring. These people have terrible energy. It used to be that the camera would find the most extra, high-energy fans (or hot women cringe) and it spawned so many fun memes, like the Brazilian grandpa hugging his plastic world cup.

But no, let's see Trevor Noah be fucking bored, that'll make people excited.

[-] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 10 points 1 week ago

They still do the hot woman thing. I remember that Algerian woman going viral because of it.

[-] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago

The US broadcast sounds horrible lol

[-] whatdoiputhere12@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

why the fuck didn't they shoot rage-cry

[-] red_giant@hexbear.net 29 points 1 week ago

Mossad must have amazing dirt on this referee with the calls he’s making in favor of the South American entity

[-] Pentacat@hexbear.net 26 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They (the Argies) are shockingly unskilled and it would already be over if they couldn’t grab and pull people down with impunity. #

[-] Pentacat@hexbear.net 22 points 1 week ago

Do you think the ref knows it’s boring to watch Argentina kick and pull people down for 100 minutes?

[-] Rojo27@hexbear.net 28 points 1 week ago

Red for Enzo, fuck that little racist shithead.

[-] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 28 points 1 week ago

It felt so good stalin-feels-good

[-] EveningCicada@hexbear.net 27 points 1 week ago
[-] whatdoiputhere12@hexbear.net 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

~~watch messi score a banger out of nowhere, ain't over yet~~scared

he's not coming back

[-] EveningCicada@hexbear.net 15 points 1 week ago

It will never make sense to me how the team that's in the lead always ends up in such a precarious situation where the opponent is constantly in their penalty area. Like why couldn't Spain hold on to the ball like they had been the whole rest of the game?

[-] Sleve_McDichael@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago

Football is scripted like pro wrestling

[-] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 25 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Damn that free kick by Yamal was a thing of beauty. Goalie did great, too, unfortunately

[-] Pentacat@hexbear.net 24 points 1 week ago

I thought the ref had lost his cards.

[-] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 24 points 1 week ago

Yamal is really going for that early goal. May Allah guide his foot and the ball.

[-] whatdoiputhere12@hexbear.net 21 points 1 week ago

yaaaaaaaay halftime show (what the fuck is this)

[-] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 30 points 1 week ago

It's so fucking cringy lmao. Why is Madonna here? Why is she singing a 25-year old song??? Justin Bieber singing some weird hallelujah thing, and Shakira really trying to steal black people's culture for a second time (unsuccessfully).

Not to mention the love thing while the host nation is bombing water treatment plants and bridges.

BTS was fine. Nothing special tho.

[-] StalinistApologist@hexbear.net 22 points 1 week ago

~~Love~~ stop killing children

[-] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 16 points 1 week ago

Damn what a falloff for Shakira. Weird how BTS is the only recent talent there.

[-] red_giant@hexbear.net 24 points 1 week ago

ICE about to deport those children

[-] marxisthayaca@hexbear.net 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Very on brand to have child laborers bussed to new jersey

[-] Pentacat@hexbear.net 21 points 1 week ago

They should be down to nine, but that’s a start.

[-] WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 19 points 1 week ago

Didn't realized just jumping to the ground every time the ball gets near your goal worked so well.

[-] Ehrmantrout@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

They were already down to 9 with Messi in the team.

[-] culpritus@hexbear.net 21 points 1 week ago

Spain played as an amazing collective effort. Argentina had hardly anything beside a solid goalie and a mess of fouls and cards.

The winning goal off the foot of a player in the game for less than a minute. What a strange event, but the better team definitely won despite everything.

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[-] RNAi@hexbear.net 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

~~Yay bloodbath delayed~~

~~Dang bloodbath resumed~~

~~Dang torture prolonged~~

Well it was embarassing but not a bloodbath

[-] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 17 points 1 week ago

People are really playing like they don't have a career after this. Thunderdome vibes.

[-] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago

Oh yea its Juego Bonito time pineapple-cool

[-] Parzivus@hexbear.net 20 points 1 week ago

What the fuck was that call lmao

[-] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 20 points 1 week ago

Fuckin bullshit is what it was.

[-] whatdoiputhere12@hexbear.net 20 points 1 week ago

oh dear 1-0 right when extra xtra time begins lol

VAR ref is german -- it's over!

[-] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I want a Spain win but the pure unadulterated tears on socials if Argentina won would feed me for days

Si España gana, se van a alegrar por una semana y les va a valer verga después. Si Argentina gana, nadie se los va a poder aguantar (más de lo insufribles que son normalmente) por 4 años.

Además, España es el equipo más étnicamente diverso. Que se jodan esos blanquitos argentinos.

[-] RNAi@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago

Obvio que Paredes es de Boquita

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