This happened in the UK recently as well.

That second graph is a doozy. What is driving the two? I’m assuming the Trump plan involves a cut to capital gains tax?

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.

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.

Highly, highly recommend using GOG. Buying is owning. There is no DRM and they even provide offline installers for the games you buy.

But they updated the terms of use and apparently now, stating that buying is not owning

This has always been the case for Steam and every other service that isn’t GOG.

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.

Which part? B2 strikes on the Houthis happened this week.

$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.