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Image is from the Wikipedia article on the Sudanese Civil War.


Al-Fashir, the capital of North Darfur (a little east of that deep red zone in the west of the megathread map), is the last major holdout of the Sudanese government in that state, and is currently under siege by the RSF. Losing it would be a significant blow to the SAF, though given how the conflict lines are shaping up, it seems increasingly plausible that there will be a de facto - if not de jure - partition of Sudan, unless the military situation substantially changes. This is because the RSF have been pushed out of central Sudan, while the SAF are being pushed out of Western Sudan - although, the situation is pretty complex and has been known to change rapidly before.

As has been a constant feature of the Sudan Civil War - perhaps the single worst humanitarian crisis on the planet right now when measured by numbers - the civilian situation pales in comparison to the military situation, with hundreds of thousands of children dead from famine, and tens of millions of people experiencing extreme food insecurity.

Al-Fashir has been the destination of many thousands of refugees fleeing genocide, and food and aid supplies into the town are being explicitly blocked by the RSF, resulting in scenes similar to what is happening in Gaza right now. The big difference is that fleeing from major battle zones is at least somewhat of an option, though people are often caught and robbed or enslaved or trafficked while moving to neighbouring towns and cities - and these cities are often experiencing similar conditions to places that refugees are leaving.


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Israel's Genocide of Palestine

If you have evidence of Zionist crimes and atrocities that you wish to preserve, there is a thread here in which to do so.

Sources on the fighting in Palestine against the temporary Zionist entity. In general, CW for footage of battles, explosions, dead people, and so on:

UNRWA reports on Israel's destruction and siege of Gaza and the West Bank.

English-language Palestinian Marxist-Leninist twitter account. Alt here.
English-language twitter account that collates news.
Arab-language twitter account with videos and images of fighting.
English-language (with some Arab retweets) Twitter account based in Lebanon. - Telegram is @IbnRiad.
English-language Palestinian Twitter account which reports on news from the Resistance Axis. - Telegram is @EyesOnSouth.
English-language Twitter account in the same group as the previous two. - Telegram here.

English-language PalestineResist telegram channel.
More telegram channels here for those interested.

Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists
Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Sources:

Defense Politics Asia's youtube channel and their map. Their youtube channel has substantially diminished in quality but the map is still useful.
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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[–] CleverOleg@hexbear.net 106 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

An American citizen who served in the IOF had his vehicle set on fire and “Death to the IDF” spray painted next to it in St. Louis, Missouri yesterday

Source

Based as hell.

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[–] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 101 points 2 weeks ago (19 children)

South African Buffalo Kills American Trophy Hunting Millionaire in Self Defense

Of course The Guardian tries to frame it as an "unprovoked attack" on the defenseless trophy hunters

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[–] dougfir@hexbear.net 94 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

Hilarious fearmongering from the economist: "Iran is flooding the Gulf with foodstuffs. Nine out of ten aubergines, tomatoes and watermelons imported by the UAE are of Persian origin. Oman and Qatar are also being targeted. This is the most spectacular invasion you have never heard of"

my god, someone PLEASE step up to save the Qataris from Persian tomatoes!!

[–] Salem@hexbear.net 88 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

John Oliver went into the starvation in Gaza yesterday. This feels like a precursor of the intelligentsia being "always against this" or "not realizing" that Israel was "going too far".

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[–] miz@hexbear.net 86 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)
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[–] Lovely_sombrero@hexbear.net 86 points 3 weeks ago (35 children)

Imagine: There is a huge flood and you are about to die. But just in time, a rescue helicopter comes and you start climbing on the ladder. Before you are allowed into the helicopter, a FEMA lawyer presents a contract to you that requires you to invest $50k in Israeli companies. You refuse. The rescuers kick you off the helicopter and into the raging waters, where you die.

U.S. states and cities that boycott Israeli companies will be denied federal aid for natural disaster preparedness, the Trump administration has announced, tying routine federal funding to its political stance.

This definition covers refusing to do business with any company that: • Is Israeli • Does business with Israel (sells to or buys from Israel or Israeli companies) • Is authorized, licensed, or organized under Israeli law (even if operating outside Israel)

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-links-19-billion-state-disaster-funds-israel-boycott-stance-2025-08-04/

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[–] whatdoiputhere12@hexbear.net 83 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

Largest civilian flotilla to set sail to Gaza

Boats will leave Spain on 31 august, and Tunisia on the 4th

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[–] SexUnderSocialism@hexbear.net 81 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (12 children)

Over the last 24 hours, President Trump has:

  1. Doubled tariffs on India to 50%
  2. Imposed additional 15% tariff on Japan
  3. Announced 100% tariff on semiconductors
  4. Said pharmaceutical tariffs of 250% coming soon

Source: The Kobeissi Letter @ Twitter

[–] Doubledee@hexbear.net 64 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

To be fair to Trump, these obsequious leaders keep kissing his feet, you'd be stupid to not continue to extort them if they're demonstrating a total unwillingness to fight back.

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[–] ufcwthrowaway@hexbear.net 81 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

America's largest socialist organization, the Democratic Socialists of "America" just changed their by-laws to allow participation by democratic-centralist groups at their national convention.

This is an end to the tenuous situation where multiple groups in the Bolshevik tradition (Marxist Unity Group, Reform and Revolution, and Red Star) were practicing democratic centralism in violation of the organizations' by-laws which went un-enforced due to the left's majority on the organization's steering committee "the National Coordinating Committee."

Meanwhile, following their South American comrades, many American anarchists are embracing democratic centralism under the framework of Especifismo, an uruguayan formulation of anarchism syncretizing the practices of Focoist groups in the 50s with Anarchism. Great examples of this are the Center for Especifismo Studies and Black Rose / Rosa Negra (BRRN).

These developments show that the American left is beginning to take itself seriously and adopt techniques which have proven historically successful.

Further update: formal antizionist resolution which specifies working with hardline pro-palestine orgs and censuring zionist members passed. Up next lets seen if the "One Democratic State" resolution that opposes "all nations founded on racial or religious grounds" passes (I want that one to pass because the DSA officially opposing the existence of Germany and the Vatican would be very funny)

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[–] AlHouthi4President@lemmy.ml 79 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Important clarification regarding Lebanon:

  1. Hezbollah media has not yet made any official announcement. Those "OSINT" and other outlets that say Hezbollah and its supporters are calling to overthrow the Lebanese government are spreading dangerous lies.

  2. Hezbollah will not willingly disarm as long as the zionist cancer exists and everyone knows it. Even if the leadership of Hezbollah agreed to it (which they won't) the fighters themselves and the mass base for the party would never agree to it. No one can disarm Hezbollah.

  3. Hezbollah is not just a phenomenon of Lebanese Shia. Yes most of its supporters are Shia but those pro-resistance Lebanese across every sect and cultural group in Lebanon. Those turning it into a sectarian discussion are doing the work of the enemies. Georges Abdallah, a Lebanese Christian communist, literally spent 41 years in jail and then came out and said this exact thing last week.

  4. Death to america and death to israel!!!

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[–] TechnoAnomie@hexbear.net 78 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Hezbollah chief Qassem says resistance to Israel key amid disarmament talks

Comprador regime gets orders from Washington and tells the army to plan to disarm Hezbollah, who responds they will defend from the colony no matter what.

Peace in the Middle East through constant civil wars everywhere is the new plan, since they can't win anything.

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[–] OnceUponATimeInWeHo@hexbear.net 77 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The following last will of the beloved martyred journalist Anas al-Sharif was posted, per his instructions, to his Twitter account after he was deliberately assassinated, alongside 5 members of the Al-Jazeera crew in the journalists’ tent outside al-Shifa Hospital, by the genocidal Zionist regime.

This is my will and my final message.

If these words reach you, know that “Israel” has succeeded in killing me and silencing my voice.

First, peace and God’s mercy and blessings be upon you.

God knows that I have exerted all my effort and strength to be a pillar of support and a voice for my people, ever since I opened my eyes to life in the narrow alleys and streets of Jabalia refugee camp. My hope was that God would grant me a long enough life until I could return, with my family and loved ones, to our original town in occupied Asqalan (al-Majdal). But God’s will is supreme, and His judgment is final.

I have lived pain in all its details, and I have tasted grief and loss time and again. Yet despite this, I never once hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without falsification or distortion, so that God would bear witness over those who stayed silent, those who accepted our killing, and over those who choked off our breath and whose hearts were unmoved by the torn bodies of our children and women, and who did nothing to stop the massacre that our people have faced for more than a year and a half.

I entrust you with Palestine, the jewel in the crown of the Muslims, and the beating heart of every free person in this world.

I entrust you with her people, with her oppressed, innocent little children, who were not granted the time to dream or live in safety and peace, whose pure bodies were crushed by thousands of tons of “Israeli” bombs and missiles, torn apart, their limbs scattered upon the walls.

I entrust you not to let chains silence you, nor borders restrain you. Be the bridges toward the liberation of the land and the people, until the sun of dignity and freedom rises over our stolen homeland.

I entrust you with my family.

I entrust you with the apple of my eye, my beloved daughter Sham, whom fate did not allow me to watch grow as I had dreamed. And I entrust you with my dear son Salah, for whom I had wished to be a guide and companion until he grew strong enough to bear the burdens with me and carry on the mission.

I entrust you with my beloved mother, whose blessed prayers carried me to where I am, whose supplications were my fortress, and whose light illuminated my path. I pray that God strengthens her heart and rewards her abundantly on my behalf.

I entrust you also with my life’s companion, my beloved wife, Umm Salah, Bayan. The war separated us for long days and months, yet she remained faithful to our pledge, steadfast like the trunk of an olive tree that does not bow, patient and resolute, carrying the trust in my absence with all strength and faith.

I entrust you to stand by them and be their support after God Almighty.

If I die, then I die steadfast upon my principles, and I bear witness before God that I am content with His decree, certain of meeting Him, and assured that what is with God is better and everlasting.

O God, accept me among the martyrs, forgive me my past and future sins, and make my blood a light that illuminates the path of freedom for my people and my family.

Forgive me if I fell short, and pray for my mercy, for I have held to the covenant and have neither changed nor betrayed it.

Do not forget Gaza…

And do not forget me in your righteous prayers for forgiveness and acceptance.

Anas Jamal al-Sharif

06.04.2025

https://masarbadil.org/en/2025/08/6538/

[–] ColombianLenin@hexbear.net 77 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (22 children)

Apparently the Armenians have fully cucked and accepted the Zangezur corridor, which will be named "Trump corridor 🤮". This is a sextuple whammy against BRICS in which:

  1. Iran is now locked from Russia by land from Armenia.
  2. The Caspian sea can now house NATO assests
  3. Turkey now has a link to mainland Azerbaiyan, increasing its influence in the region dramatically.
  4. Azerbaiyan can now sign the Abraham accords, and it's likely to sign into NATO.
  5. China can get locked out of the BRI through the corridor.
  6. The CSTO has been highly neutered.

Bad news all around, on that front.

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[–] dougfir@hexbear.net 76 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

not sure if the aerial footage of gaza that has been filmed over the last couple days has been shared here yet. what i have seen of it is harrowing and this clip from itv sums up the grim scenes:

"Gaza is being erased ... Israel tried to restrict images from above being filmed or shown ... This landscape of destruction looks otherworldy, but it's not, it's this world - What is happening may come to define one of its darkest eras, one that casts a stain on humanity, which will endure for generations"

words are inadequate to describe the horror of this genocide, the worst crime of the 21st century and certainly among the worst of the last 100 years

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[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 76 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Very funny how Trump admin shifted from voting with Russia at the UN to tariffing countries importing Russian oil. Full Brandonization.

[–] revolut1917@hexbear.net 76 points 3 weeks ago (19 children)

keep hearing that marketing is being completely wiped out as a career due to the rise of AI, and tbh, i don't give a shit. useless career that doesn't need to exist anyway.

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[–] musicenjoyer@hexbear.net 75 points 2 weeks ago

🇵🇸 Palestinian Resistance Factions: — In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Regarding the leaked information circulating about the enemy government's intention to decide on the full occupation of the Gaza Strip, and the statements of the criminal Netanyahu regarding imposing military control over the Strip, we, the resistance factions, affirm the following:

First: These statements and leaks reveal the enemy's political and field impotence, after two years of dismal failure in achieving its goals, despite committing massacres and crimes and relying on unlimited support from global colonial powers.

Second: The threat of a full military occupation of Gaza is a declaration of genocidal intentions and a desperate attempt to subjugate our people and their resistance. These intentions will not pass without a heavy price, and the field will be the decider, as it always has been.

Third: Gaza is not a vacant geographical area looking for someone to fill it; rather, it is a land saturated with the blood of martyrs and the strength of mujahideen. Any attempt at direct occupation will be a new quagmire that burns whoever penetrates it, and the resistance will enter a phase of more severe and painful confrontation for this enemy.

Fourth: Netanyahu is trying to cover up his political and military defeat by marketing illusions of control. We tell him clearly: Gaza will not be managed from Tel Aviv, nor from any foreign capital, but by the will of its resisting people.

Fifth: The Palestinian resistance, with all its factions, is united in the field of confrontation, and any occupation decision will send it back from where it came, defeated and broken, as always. The enemy is deluded if it thinks it will free its prisoners from the grip of the resistance by military force. We affirm that its prisoners will only be released through negotiations and at heavy prices.

"And those who have wronged are going to know to what kind of return they will be returned."

Palestinian Resistance Factions. Thursday, 13 Safar 1447 AH, corresponding to August 07, 2025 AD.

https://t.me/PalestineResist

[–] AlHouthi4President@lemmy.ml 75 points 2 weeks ago

Unhinged video released by US ambassador to NATO in response to the Netherlands declaring half a billion USD to buy US made weapons to send to Ukraine.

"Life-saving munitions" 🤢

[–] AlHouthi4President@lemmy.ml 75 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (6 children)

I recently read this article posted on lemmy on how big the AI bubble is regarding the US empire economy and ...its huge.

In context of this article about some of the novel ways that the child-killing zionists are integrating AI technologies into their weapons systems and military; basically using Gaza as a testing ground for these capabilities. Of course the demons are bragging about it. One of the described methods discusses using bombings and sonic booms to triangulate locations of intercepted communications transmissions:

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.In late 2023, the Zionist regime was attempting to assassinate Ibrahim Biari, the commander of Hamas’s Jabalia Central Battalion, who was allegedly involved in planning the October 7 attack. The regime’s military intelligence intercepted Biari’s communications with other Hamas members but was unable to pinpoint his exact location. Therefore, they turned to an AI-powered audio tool—one that analyzed various sounds such as sonic booms and airstrikes.

After the approximate location of Ibrahim Biari’s communications was identified, Zionist military officials were warned that the area—which included several apartment complexes—was highly populated. They stated that to ensure Biari’s death, multiple buildings needed to be targeted in the airstrike.

The operation was approved and carried out.Since then, the regime’s military intelligence has also used this audio tool—alongside maps and images of Gaza’s complex underground tunnels—to search for hostages. According to two Israeli officers, the tool has improved over time to identify individuals with greater accuracy.

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The audio tool is just one example that demonstrates how the regime has used the Gaza war to test and rapidly deploy AI-supported military technologies on an unprecedented scale.

Many of these efforts resulted from collaboration between active-duty soldiers in Unit 8200 and reservists working at tech companies such as Google, Microsoft, and Meta. According to these individuals, Unit 8200 has established a central hub called the “Studio,” which serves as an innovation center and a place to connect experts with AI projects. Reservists from the aforementioned major companies are involved in this unit. The Studio’s primary mission is to rapidly adapt artificial intelligence technologies to meet military needs.

While the regime rapidly continued to develop its artificial intelligence arsenal, the deployment of these technologies has led to mistaken identifications, wrongful arrests, and civilian deaths. According to European and American defense officials, no other power has been as active as the occupying regime in testing AI tools in real battles. This situation provides an initial glimpse into how such technologies might be used in future wars, as well as a warning of how these technologies could malfunction or be misused, resulting in the killing of civilians.

Meta and Microsoft declined to comment on the killings carried out in the Gaza war using artificial intelligence, but Google, in an effort to clear itself of accusations, stated: “We have employees who serve as reservists in various countries around the world. The work these employees do as reservists is not related to Google.”

Avi Hasson, CEO of the nonprofit organization Startup Nation Central, which connects investors to companies in the occupied territories, said, “Reservists from Meta, Google, and Microsoft have played a vital role in advancing innovation in drones and data integration.” He added, “Reservists brought specialized knowledge and access to key technologies that were not available in the military.”


Its noteworthy that Microsoft, Amazon, and Google stocks are all up ~50-60% since Oct 7 2023. Nvidia of course is up ~ 300%. Palantir has gone up 1000% but most of that is since trump was "elected".

I previously pointed out that the "tel aviv" stock exchange has doubled since Oct 7 and goes up when fighting gets more intense while declining during ceasefires. A depressing stock chart for Elbit the 'israeli' weapons company being targetted by Palestine Action and makes murder drones among other things.

It's hard not to perceive this as an AI-driven genocide bubble.

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[–] AlHouthi4President@lemmy.ml 72 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

UN report finds United Nations reports are not widely read

Many of these reports are not widely read," he said. "The top 5% of reports are downloaded over 5,500 times, while one in five reports receives fewer than 1,000 downloads. And downloading doesn't necessarily mean reading."

Billions of humans and the top 5% of UN reports are downloaded a mere 5500 times.

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[–] HarryLime@hexbear.net 72 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
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[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 72 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

BOLSONARO UNDER HOUSE ARREST

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 65 points 3 weeks ago

he's being denied his favorite pastime, going to the hospital bolso-pain

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[–] sempersigh@hexbear.net 70 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Famous climate denier Joseph Stalin

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[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 70 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

In extremely funny British news. JK Rowling calls Nigel Farage "woke". let-them-fight

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/lifestyle/jk-rowling-suggests-nigel-farage-is-woke-396373/

spoilerJK Rowling has suggested Nigel Farage is “woke” after a Reform UK adviser revealed she opposes a blanket ban on trans women in female prisons.

JK Rowling has publicly criticised Nigel Farage after his newly appointed justice adviser, Vanessa Frake, rejected the blanket ban, instead calling for individual risk-based assessments.

Frake, a former prison governor who has overseen high-security facilities housing notorious inmates like Rose West and Myra Hindley, argued that every prisoner should be assessed individually.

“There are equally vile women as there possibly are trans women,” she said. “So it’s all about the risk assessments for me, and each has to be done on an individual basis.”

She also pushed back against those calling for categorical exclusions, saying: “People who want to just say a blanket ban clearly have never stepped foot in a prison and seen how prison runs and how risk assessments on individuals happen.”

Farage, questioned at a press conference on Monday about Frake’s remarks, admitted he lacked personal experience in the prison system.

“I personally never worked in a prison, so I can’t answer [that],” he said, before adding: “But I think you’ll find that the answer you get from somebody who has worked in prisons at the highest possible level is, I think basically it’s about risk assessment.”

JK Rowling said: “Genuinely surprised anyone’s shocked by this. Just because huge swathes of the left have revealed themselves to be dripping in misogyny doesn’t mean a massive chunk of the right doesn’t remain exactly as indifferent to women’s rights and issues as it’s always been.”

A Reform UK spokesperson later clarified that Frake’s comments represent a personal opinion and are not official party policy. They described her statement as “a different opinion” offered in her capacity as an adviser to Colin Sutton’s task force.

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[–] Torenico@hexbear.net 69 points 2 weeks ago

They are not even allowed to mourn their dead.

Death to "israel".

[–] Tervell@hexbear.net 68 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I guess the estimate for THAAD use has gone up from 14% to ≈25%! https://archive.ph/74N1x

Israel’s 12-Day War Revealed Alarming Gap in America’s Missile Stockpile

During conflict, Thaad operators burned through nearly a quarter of interceptors ever purchased by Pentagon

TEL AVIV—The U.S. has seven high-end Thaad missile-defense systems. During the 12-day war with Iran in June, two were deployed to Israel—and it wasn’t enough. Operating alongside Israeli systems, Thaad operators burned through munitions at a furious clip, firing more than 150 missiles to shoot down the waves of Iranian ballistic missiles, according to U.S. officials. That is nearly a quarter of the interceptors ever purchased by the Pentagon. The demand was so staggering that at one point, the Pentagon considered a plan to divert interceptors purchased by Saudi Arabia to the systems in Israel, one official said. The discussions were sensitive, because the kingdom’s cities and oil installations were also considered at risk during the conflict. It wasn’t just the Thaad. The U.S. ran through large numbers of shipborne interceptors as well, and Israel quickly drained stockpiles for its own systems. Dozens of Iranian missiles got through anyway.

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While Israeli officials credited the American systems for saving thousands of lives, the war revealed an alarming gap in U.S. supplies. The U.S. also discovered inefficiencies in the way it fired its antimissile systems and is scrutinizing the performance of some interceptors. Some Pentagon planners say America’s missile defenses—designed to protect U.S. troops and assets from targeted attacks by Russia, China or North Korea—are inadequate for a world where cheap, voluminous ballistic missiles have become the aerial weapon of choice. The U.S. Navy fought this spring with Yemen’s Houthi militants, who have made missiles a centerpiece of their arsenal. Ukraine has been repeatedly bombarded by Russia, which is using missiles and drones rather than putting its pilots at risk. China has made heavy investments in missile development and is rapidly building weapons it could use to keep the U.S. at bay in any future conflict over Taiwan.

“We are at long last waking up to the need for massive defensive munitions procurement,” said Tom Karako, director of the Missile Defense Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, soon to take the helm of the U.S. Central Command, which is responsible for U.S. military operations in the Middle East, told Congress in June that officials need to move with a sense of urgency. “I’m concerned about everything, but one of the concerns would be munitions and magazine depth,” Cooper said. Each Thaad—which stands for Terminal High Altitude Area Defense—can hold 48 interceptors between six launchers and needs about 100 U.S. soldiers to reload, analyze data, perform maintenance and shoot interceptors around the clock. “To my knowledge the U.S. has never deployed two Thaads in one country before,” said Dan Shapiro, who led Middle East policy at the Pentagon in the Biden administration and is now a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council think tank. “It’s an extraordinary commitment of U.S. technology and personnel to Israel’s security.”

The Pentagon sent a replenishment of interceptors during the war, but supplies were tight. Each Thaad interceptor costs about $13 million, according to budget documents, and the Pentagon has purchased around 650 since 2010. Officials have sought to buy 37 in the next fiscal year. Lockheed Martin, which makes the systems, says it can make about 100 interceptors this year and is working with the government on options to increase production for new orders. It would likely take more than a year and cost between $1.5 billion and $2 billion to replenish the Thaad interceptors fired during the 12-day war, according to Wes Rumbaugh, a CSIS fellow who researches Pentagon missile procurement and budget details. The deployment to the Middle East has strained U.S. readiness and signaled a growing need not just for interceptors, but also for more launchers, analysts say.

Army officers say that in a perfect world, two Thaads should be in the U.S. for every one deployed. Under this concept, one system is deployed, another is returning for maintenance and upgrades, and a third is involved in training for the next deployment. Of the U.S.’s seven operational Thaads, two are currently on the front lines in Israel. Two others are pledged long term to Guam and South Korea, another is deployed to Saudi Arabia, and two are in the continental U.S. An eighth system has been manufactured but isn’t fully operational. With five of seven Thaads deployed, the U.S. will likely run into “dwell” issues where units don’t get needed downtime between deployments, according to an Army officer who helps train air defenders.

Although Israel has its own sophisticated, multilayered defense, which includes systems like Arrow, David’s Sling and Iron Dome, the country was running low on its own interceptors and was husbanding resources by the time the conflict ended. Had Iran fired a few more large volleys of missiles, Israel could have exhausted its supply of top-tier Arrow 3 munitions, one of the U.S. officials said.

well, let me just give myself a pat on the back for guessing this a couple weeks ago doggirl-smug https://hexbear.net/comment/6332873#%3A%7E%3Atext=It+could+well+be+that+the+Israelis+were+just+about+to+finish+their+stockpiles+as+the+ceasefire+was+signed (although, unpatting myself a bit, this is for specifically "top-tier" air-defense munitions, I was talking more broadly about munitions as a whole)

The Israeli military said it doesn’t disclose the number of interceptors or operational details related to its air-defense systems. However, it added that “throughout the war, the IDF had had the necessary means to defend its sovereignty and protect its civilians.” As the war progressed and Iranian barrages continued, the U.S. rushed Navy destroyers equipped to shoot down ballistic missiles toward Israel, sending seven into the eastern Mediterranean and Red Sea. Most of America’s Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers are armed with a range of Standard Missile interceptors, known as SM-2, SM-3 and SM-6, which can shoot down ballistic missiles and other aerial threats. Those warships also went through interceptors at an alarming rate, the acting chief of naval operations, Adm. James Kilby, said on Capitol Hill in June. During the 12-day war, the ships shot about 80 SM-3s at Iranian threats, according to a U.S. official. SM-3s, which are made by defense contractor RTX, cost between $8 million and $25 million depending on the variant.

the annual production of SM-3s, as of 2024? TWELVE (although they were supposed to be ≈30 of the older variant plus those 12 of the new one, but they just cut the old one and didn't bother expanding production of the new one...)

There also are concerns in the Pentagon that the SM-3s, first used in combat last year, also to counter an Iranian attack, didn’t destroy as many targets as expected, according to two defense officials. The military now is carefully looking through each launch to better understand what happened. A Navy officer involved in the process said it is premature to judge SM-3 engagements. “Testing and operational data from combat use consistently demonstrates that SM-3 are highly effective interceptors that have demonstrated the ability to defeat complex threats in the most stressing environments,” an RTX spokesman said. Two Navy officers who have operated in the Middle East said sailors likely struggled with deconfliction, because the U.S. and Israel rely heavily on voice communications to sort out which systems will take out which missiles. In the fog of war, it is possible several ships fired at the same threats. Along with dozens of warheads, operators can also see debris, decoys and rocket boosters flying through the air. While sailors are trained to pick up on the differences, the airspace in the war was so saturated that they may have struggled to identify the correct target, the officers said. “Achieving successful lethal object kills in dense raid environments becomes significantly more complicated as the number of ballistic missiles increases,” said Tri Freed, a chief engineer in the air and missile defense sector of Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.

ah, great, so the air-defense systems that there aren't anywhere near enough of also massively decrease in effectiveness when the enemy launches more than a handful of missiles at them! another win for "quantity has a quality of its own" I guess bugs-stalin


a little bit leftover in the next comment, since I hit the char limit

[–] Tervell@hexbear.net 61 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

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Adding to the challenges posed by the heavy volumes of attacking missiles, U.S. ships had to head to port in the Mediterranean or the Red Sea after shooting all of their interceptors, because the Navy doesn’t yet have a reliable way to reload at sea. The tight fit for a 30-foot-long missile canister to slide into a vertical launch tube means sailors can’t have a ship rocking back and forth during reloading—which could be a major problem for the U.S. in the event of a potential conflict with China. “Reloading missiles at sea is a challenging task due to the sheer weight and size of the encanistered missiles,” Freed said.

But the biggest problem is still quantity. Karako, the missile-defense analyst, said the war and the possibility of other conflicts showed the U.S. needs huge numbers of additional interceptors. “The other worry is that the Iranians are going to do this again,” he said. “And we can’t afford to do it again.”

damn, so, uh, turns out... the Iranians actually did pretty good?

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[–] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 68 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (15 children)

Russia may be conducting a launch test of it's nuclear powered and nuclear armed cruise missile, 9M730 Burevestnik/SSC-X-9 Skyfall. The US has deployed it's nuclear sniffer intelligence aircraft, the WC-135R Constant Phoenix, near the known launch sites. Sources with access to satellite imagery report movement of the launch covers at the site.

Trump appears to have been informed of such activity, and has given a typical Trump reaction, screaming nuclear missiles from the roof of the White House

Given that Russia has made a public statement about no longer following "self imposed" INF restrictions yesterday, I'd expect a lot more of this activity, potentially along with the deployment of other systems. Iskander-1000, Iskander-K, Oreshnik, etc. Though it must be said that Russia has used systems that do not comply with the INF treaty throughout the Ukraine war, and the treaty was already invalid as of 2019, when the US unilaterally withdrew, citing the Iskander-K system and RS-26 IRBM (now called Oreshnik) as violations. Ultimately neither side was going to abide by this treaty long term, given China is not a signatory to it.

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[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 68 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Good ass video if you're looking for some hopium. Does a good job of showing lack of control Israel has over Gaza and the continuing professional operations carried out by the resistance against them.

https://youtu.be/PGl5ug61DKI

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[–] Lovely_sombrero@hexbear.net 67 points 2 weeks ago (15 children)

Multiple reports of Cuomo and Trump advisers meeting for a possible endorsement deal, including Cuomo and Trump speaking directly.

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[–] Torenico@hexbear.net 67 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

UEFA releases a statement on the death of Suleiman al-Obeid, a Palestinian football player killed by "israel" in the midst of a Genocide

And, as expected from a corrupt body like UEFA, it's extremely neutral in tone..., as if al-Obeid died of natural causes or in an accident.

"israel" has killed a lot of FIFA-registered football players in Gaza, and while also engaging in Genocide, they have received NO sanctions from either UEFA (the body they belong to) or FIFA (whose players are being killed outright). May their heads roll around the floor very soon.

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[–] smokeppb@hexbear.net 67 points 2 weeks ago

Reuters - US reverses pledge to link disaster funds to Israel boycott stance

zionist-despair im-doing-my-part

It knows fear!

So a couple days ago the Trump admin tried to deny FEMA relief funds to states and cities that follow BDS. Not that there are any right now, most states have anti-BDS laws already in place. But yesterday they've changed their mind and the new FEMA terms and conditions to receive aid do not mention BDS or anything like it.

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 66 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (7 children)

https://www.techpowerup.com/339625/intels-credit-rating-cut-to-bbb-hanging-by-two-notches-above-junk

hehehehehe, ziontel eating a little bit of shit.

*tee-hee point 2:

According to exclusive information obtained by two sources close to Reuters, Intel is reportedly facing a challenging situation with the high-volume manufacturing of its next-generation PC processor, codenamed "Panther Lake." According to two anonymous sources, Intel's Panther Lake yields, manufactured on the company's promising 18A node, are reportedly so low that Intel may struggle to break into profit with the high-volume production. Typically, these yields begin low and gradually increase over time as Intel advances and optimizes its manufacturing processes. However, given Intel's financial situation and the massive net loss the foundry is producing, this is another challenging situation for Team Blue. In a statement on July 30, Intel's CFO, David Zinsner, told Reuters that Panther Lake is in its early ramp process, meaning the company will be able to deliver the chips; however, many fewer working chips are being produced from 18A production facilities than expected.

**also-also, reuters have been leaking intel woes like, exclusively, which is a bit sus. is some intel exec just trusting reuters for some reason?

https://www.techpowerup.com/339638/intel-reportedly-struggles-with-panther-lake-manufacturing

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[–] musicenjoyer@hexbear.net 66 points 2 weeks ago

🟢 Hamas calls for escalation of global public activities this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday against the genocide, siege, and starvation.

Hamas urged continued public pressure in all cities and capitals, including protests in front of zionist and US embassies, to demand the opening of crossings and immediate entry of humanitarian aid.

They appreciated the global movement and stated it must continue and escalate until the siege is lifted and the aggression on the Gaza Strip stops.

https://t.me/PalestineResist

[–] whatdoiputhere12@hexbear.net 65 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)
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[–] grandepequeno@hexbear.net 64 points 2 weeks ago (13 children)

waluigi-stalin The portuguese center-right "family-oriented" government is imposing limits on mother's breastfeeding licenses, the minister of labour, a woman btw, claimed that "there are mothers breastfeeding their children up to primary school to take advantage of reduced working hours"

The Breastfeeding Movement Association in Portugal has criticized her statements

The government is ALSO taking away the right to 1-2 days absence following an abortion or a miscarriage, I think someone also said something about women having abortions just to take days off

Big boon to the far-right, which is the second largest party in parliament, is not in government and opposes both measures.

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[–] Lovely_sombrero@hexbear.net 64 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Two days ago: Tesla has to pay hundreds of millions of dollars for deceptively marketing Autopilot in a way that falsely made people think it could drive the car by itself.

Today: Elon Musk "Teslas can drive themselves!"

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[–] musicenjoyer@hexbear.net 64 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Italian Genoa port workers have intercepted the Saudi ship "Bahri Yanbu," which was loaded with weapons for the zionists entity, imposing a blockade on its passage.

The Saudi ship arrived from America to load military equipment, but Genoa port workers discovered it was already carrying weapons and ammunition destined for "israel."

Approximately 40 Genoa port workers boarded the "Bahri Yanbu" to document the shipment, despite attempts to obstruct their access.

The Genoa Port Authority has pledged to discuss establishing a "permanent observatory for arms smuggling" following the workers' blockade. The Italian Genoa port workers declared, "we do not work for war," and confirmed they had intercepted a similar arms shipment on the same Saudi ship in 2019.

José Nevado, leader of the "Independent Port Workers' Assembly," warned that handling such shipments makes workers complicit in war crimes and genocide in Gaza.

https://t.me/PalestineResist

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[–] QuillcrestFalconer@hexbear.net 63 points 3 weeks ago (14 children)

JDPON Don is at it again

The Trump administration has suspended the funding of Terence Tao and the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics at UCLA.

https://xcancel.com/paulg/status/1951996478555357530

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[–] companero@hexbear.net 63 points 3 weeks ago

Same NATO drone aggressing against Russia and Lebanon in the same flight. Totally a defensive alliance.

[–] OnceUponATimeInWeHo@hexbear.net 62 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

🔴 The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine mourns two of its commanders, Mohammed Khalil Washah (Abu Khalil), a member of the General Central Committee, and field commander Mufid Hassan Hussein.

Both were martyred yesterday in a treacherous zionist assassination operation on the road between Syria and Lebanon.

Abu Khalil, born in Gaza in 1954, joined the PFLP in 1973 and was imprisoned by "israel" for five years. Mufid Hassan Hussein, born in Yarmouk camp, Syria in 1973, originally from Safed, Palestine, joined the PFLP in 1990.

Glory to the martyrs.

https://t.me/PalestineResist/80742

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[–] QuillcrestFalconer@hexbear.net 62 points 2 weeks ago (14 children)

Good news everyone.

Everyone on chatgpt reddit-logo is shitting on OpenAI because of how shit gpt-5 is and because they removed all other models

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[–] Lovely_sombrero@hexbear.net 62 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

The Trump Administration just issued a new order trying to kill solar and wind because they allegedly use too much land. But somehow this new fervor for "capacity density" won't apply to ethanol, which uses 100X as much land as solar per unit of energy.

Since the reconciliation bill passed on July 4, the Trump admin has moved quickly to smother the wind and solar industries. The pace and intensity of anti-renewable policy has intensified significantly post-OBBBA.

In the past week, the DOT and FAA have opened a permitting war on proposed and existing wind farms, and Interior has suggested it will enact what is all but a backdoor ban on wind farms on federal land.

https://www.eenews.net/articles/another-burgum-order-cold-cocks-solar-and-wind/

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[–] AlHouthi4President@lemmy.ml 62 points 3 weeks ago

A journalist in Gaza reports that Oday Al-Qara’an, a nurse in Gaza, was killed by an "aid airdrop" this morning.

Allah Yerhamo

[–] hellinkilla@hexbear.net 61 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

At which point to US-originated tarrifs become functionally the same as a global trade embargo upon the US?

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