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    Bulletins and International News Discussion from June 1st to June 7th, 2026 - Zionists Violate Ceasefire / Suspiciously Pro-Fascist Colombia Runoff Elections / Sudan Quagmire Continues

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  • From The Guardian (sorry) live updates:

    Iran says no peace talks with US until Israeli operations cease

    Iran says there will be no peace talks with the US until its demands on the cessation of Israeli operations in Lebanon and Gaza are met, according to the IRGC-affiliated Tasnim news agency.

    Tasnim reported that Iran’s negotiating team is pulling out of message exchanges through mediators with the US over Israel’s offensive in Lebanon.

    Tasnim further reported that Iran and what it called its “resistance front”, or proxies, will look to completely block the strait of Hormuz. It said it will also look to “activate” other fronts, including the Bab el-Mandem strait, which sits off the coast of Yemen, across the Arabian peninsula from the strait of Hormuz.

    The Houthis, an Islamist armed group that controls large parts of Yemen, are allies of Iran – they have previously targeted shipping in the Red Sea and likely the “resistance” referred to by Iran in the statement.

  • Websites have a new way to spy on visitors: Analyzing their SSD activity

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  • So it's basically a non-issue unless it becomes far more efficient?

  • Websites have a new way to spy on visitors: Analyzing their SSD activity

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  • Though if I were using something like google maps I wouldn't notice an extra 1GB.

  • DRONE PORT SHOULD BE IN ALL CAPS RESPECFFUULLYY MR. PRESIDENNT TRUMPP, SIRR

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    Bulletins and International News Discussion from May 25th to May 31st, 2026 - Mounting Protests Against Paz in Bolivia / Iran Deal Remains Out of Reach / Sahel Holds Firm Against Foreign Aggression

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  • ✅ Liberal democracy: floundering

    ✅ Economy: tanking

    ✅ Russian hordes: imagined

    It's 30s Germany time, now as farce.

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    Bulletins and International News Discussion from May 25th to May 31st, 2026 - Mounting Protests Against Paz in Bolivia / Iran Deal Remains Out of Reach / Sahel Holds Firm Against Foreign Aggression

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  • I once got to listen in on some poli sci lectures at my local university, where the professor unironically referred to the Economist Democracy Index. Before that, I had always thought it was universally considered a joke.

  • US launches new strikes on Iran, targeting missile sites and boats

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  • "Preemptive self defense strikes but with restraint because there's still a ceasefire"

  • Francis Fukuyama is not ok

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  • History is back with a vengeance

  • Marx failed to consider textiles

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  • We simply do not know what this opaque figure, Karl Marx, really thought. Here's an essay where I postulate what his ideas were, based on right wing sources I've read

  • Subj.: I have no microplastics in my balls

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  • Wow, top 1% balls

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    Bulletins and International News Discussion from May 4th to May 10th, 2026 - Operation "Freedom" Begins

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  • I don't believe in them I just support them

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    Rich people shouldn't have access to quantitative sciences [cw: objectification (?)]

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  • It would be the sweetest irony if he dies early when trying some weird experimental medical procedure to extend his lifespan

  • This time they are done for

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  • Doesn't it also make sense if the average household has a mortgage?

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    Bulletins and International News Discussion from April 20th to April 26th, 2026 - Countering the Blockade of the Blockade With Two More Blockades?

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  • dismiss any concerns that you have a Russian accent

    Would anyone in the current admin even be able to tell the difference?

  • What if China Succeeds? Why Beijing’s success spells doom for everyone else.

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  • That just means the Chinese have been hoarding all the standards of living for themselves!

  • What if China Succeeds? Why Beijing’s success spells doom for everyone else.

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  • Summary: the US never used it's position as world hegemon to subjugate others, but it is "easy to imagine" that China would!

    I don't think it's necessary to point out how silly and wrong this is. I'll still do it though because it's fun.

    Since 1945, there have been 80 years of great-power peace

    The Korean War happened at the onset of this so called great-power peace, but a Taiwan War that the author imagines would somehow be different? Not to mention how wild it is to assume that China will go for an invasion.

    The United States is the odd superpower that, after World War II, used its power to create a free and open international economic system

    And they never used their economic power to coerce anyone, and all lived happily ever after! The End.

    China’s technological edge would reinforce its military and economic advantages. It would also be a major boon for Chinese intelligence as the world’s data flows over Chinese networks straight to Beijing’s spy ministries, raising privacy concerns for everyone else.

    Which is why everyone should use US-approved tech because they would never I mean they don't do that sort of thing anymore. Edward Snowden is a traitor and you shouldn't believe his lies btw.

    These countries have wanted to avoid choosing between Washington and Beijing, but dependent on China for 21st-century technologies, they will have a hard time maintaining autonomy and face pressure to align with Beijing.

    Westerners have been going on about how spheres of influence aren't a thing, but also that they must never concede influence over other countries to their geopolitical rivals.

    It has set up police stations to spy on Chinese citizens

    Isn't this one of those invented stories where they imagined consulates or whatever to be "police stations"?

    Creative authors should get to work on imagining and warning the public of the dangers that await if the CCP wins the new cold war.

    Don't worry, Matthew! The western media, yourself included, is already hard at work dreaming about how bad China is.

  • Impossible! The Chinese got it right!!!!???

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  • These economic prescriptions have always been self-serving, rather than looking to achieve some universal greater good.

    Think of how early capitalist Britain was protectionist until their industries were developed enough to outcompete their rivals, at which point they began preaching free trade.

    Now the West is no longer winning that game, so they change their tune.

  • Average new york crimes christian-as-a-service provider

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  • Another infuriating thing is that the US justified entering the war by saying the north had committed an act of international aggression by crossing the 38th parallel into the south, but then when the war was going their way and they pushed into the north, they justified that by reversing their argument, calling it an "imaginary line"

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    Bulletins and International News Discussion from April 8th to Whenever We Reach About 3000 Comments - Blockade²

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  • Tunnels stay winning

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    EveningCicada [he/him, they/them] @hexbear.net

    Today is the anniversary of the Battle of Ấp Bắc