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Image is of Gazans breaking their fast with the Iftar meal during the ongoing Ramadan.

Due to a request by @miz@hexbear.net, this thread's COTW is Qatar.


The ceasefire deal broke down early last week after Israel unilaterally changed the terms of the agreement and then blamed Hamas for not meeting them. Violence against civilians has rapidly accelerated to pre-ceasefire levels, with many hundreds dead already, aid once again cut off, and Israeli soldiers once again entering and occupying the attritional labyrinth that is Gaza.

I'm not yet in a position to make any solid predictions or analysis, as the geopolitical situation in and around Israel has changed fairly substantially over the last 6 months; in some ways benefiting Israel, and in other ways not. We know for sure how Hamas and Ansarallah are reacting (thankfully, with open hostility to both Israel and the United States), but the state of Hezbollah has been a giant question mark for months now, and precisely what Iran plans to do (beyond the usual level of supplying weaponry and intelligence to all the allies it can) is unknown. Syria will be almost certainly be a big wildcard, and we'll have to see if the compradors in Damascus can weather the storm.


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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.
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Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.

Pro-Russian Telegram Channels:

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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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[–] 420LetPobedy@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago (10 children)
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[–] companero@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

It really tells you how things are going when Ukraine/Reddit is bringing back classics like "Putin fell down the stairs, pooped himself, and will die soon".

Meanwhile Putin is bringing back his own greatest hits: "all goals of the SMO will be achieved" say-the-line-bart-2

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[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

After ex-President Jair Bolsonaro was formally charged with leading an armed criminal organization to plot a military coup by the Supreme Court today, he said, "discussing hypotheses isn't a crime." Not only is he wrong, he's confessed again. I'll explain why here: Bolsonaro's argument that merely discussing a coup is not illegal fails because:

  1. Intent matters: If discussions involve planning, recruitment, or incitement, they cross into criminal conspiracy.
  1. National security laws do not require the coup to succeed—preparatory acts (like organizing meetings, securing weapons, or drafting plans) are already crimes;
  1. Brazilian courts have ruled that even theoretical planning can be punishable if it shows a concrete threat to democracy.

In Tokyo, Brazil's President Lula said there's no use for ex-President Bolsonaro to pretend he's being persecuted. "It's clear that the ex-president tried to stage a coup in Brazil. It is clear that he tried to help plan my assassination. "and the assassinations of the vice president and the former president of the Brazilian Electoral Court. [...] He knows what he did. There's no use begging for amnesty before the trial, that amounts to saying, 'I'm guilty.' He should focus on trying to prove his innocence."

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[–] PorkrollPosadist@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It was only a conspiracy, your honor.

[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bolsonaro's entire defense argument is: "Well, Justice Alexandre de Moraes can't judge me, because he's biased since I tried to kill him. It's unfair for me!"

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[–] SexMachineStalin@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

The Constitutional Court has denied Afriforum's appeal and stated that the song "Kill the Boer" does not constitute hate speech. L bozos

packwatch anti-cracker-aktion

Speaking of Bozo, as in the likely upcoming US ambassador, he's probably going to declare the Constitutional Court and everyone of the 200,000 people living within a kilometer of the courthouse as Hamas

Kill the Boer, Kill the Settler. BRRAAAT BRRRRAAAAAT

Death to ameriKKKa

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[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Renowned Japanese video game designer Hideki Kamiya has reflected on the recent Assassin's Creed Shadows controversies by asserting that "normal people" don't care about them. His remarks were offered alongside some high praise for the Assassin's Creed Shadows development team.

The latest entry in Ubisoft's long-running series has been mired in controversy since its May 2024 reveal, which confirmed that the game would have a black protagonist, based on a real historical figure known as Yasuke. This fueled a lot of online vitriol, including cases of people vandalizing Yasuke's Wikipedia page and Elon Musk declaring "DEI kills art" while referencing Assassin's Creed Shadows.

Famous Japanese game designer Hideki Kamiya has recently reflected on this state of affairs by stating that "a few super-intense people" made "a big fuss" about Assassin's Creed Shadows. At the same time, the creator of Okami and Bayonetta believes that these detractors are simply a loud minority, having said as much in a March 24 tweet. Elaborating on this notion, Kamiya asserted that most "normal people" adopt an "it's fine" stance when it comes to things like video game-related drama, noting that this phenomenon isn't exclusive to the Assassin's Creed Shadows controversies.

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[–] vegeta1@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (19 children)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/poland-withstand-invasion-2-weeks-123604109.html Poland can withstand invasion for 2 weeks before NATO steps in, security chief says

Been saying people really underestimate the logistics of a total war.

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[–] Jabril@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"A huge oil spill in Ecuador turned rivers black, leaving 80,000+ families and 400,000+ people without water. Extracting oil in tropical forests ensures more disasters—no 'net zero' policy can offset this."

https://x.com/PGDynes/status/1904650079450886532

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[–] mkultrawide@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (8 children)

New: Rubio confirmed he revoked the visa of the Tufts student and said he likely has revoked the visas of hundreds more. “We do it every day. Every time I find one of these lunatics, I take way their visas." The total # of revoked visas “might be more than 300 at this point." The student had co-authored an opinion column on Gaza in the student newspaper. Rubio was asked what she did to merit her visa being revoked, but did not offer specifics to her case, only suggesting that his criteria goes beyond writing columns.

https://x.com/John_Hudson/status/1905315517642281226

https://xcancel.com/John_Hudson/status/1905315517642281226

Asked if they have any intelligence to suggest foreign backing for pro-Palestinian college protests, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard tells Congress, "there are some assessments that reflect that and we can talk about that in the closed session."

https://x.com/kenklippenstein/status/1905111743711289707

https://xcancel.com/kenklippenstein/status/1905111743711289707

There is a clear moment here to cast Zionism as a direct threat to "American liberties" (I know a lot of people here won't phrase like that but it is what it is) but I highly doubt any Democrats have the spine to push it.

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[–] gingerbrat@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Fuck Israel, fuck the US, free Palestine palestine-heart

I need to ventI've been keeping up with the reporting from Palestine properly since January of last year. I'm by no means an expert on the topic, I've lost almost all my friends over my Palestine support, and those who remain almost exclusively refuse to talk about it at all, which makes me stop engaging with them.

And I'm always like "It's better this way than to have a shitton of fake friends", but fuck, do I feel alone and isolated these days. Then I watch some news or read articles about Palestine and I quickly don't care about the cowards and assholes who "used to be my friends" anymore. I'm glad hexbear exists, I think I would've given up already without it.

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[–] Lovely_sombrero@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago (12 children)

Dems and Schumer are ~3x as unpopular as Elon Musk.

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