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I don't like Japan but "Japan bad because muh war crimes" is one of the most tiresome examples of the Dunning-Kruger effect ever
IJA atrocities are very much taught in Asian schools, believing they're hidden knowledge is only an admittance of ignorance
IJA atrocities are very much taught in Asian schools, believing they're hidden knowledge is only an admittance of ignorance
it got me so bad i used The Website
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Godzilla fans have to write entire threads about how they can like the movie despite "emphasizing with fascists" due to Minus one and Minus zero having Japanese soldiers and pilots as the main characters.
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New Kingdom (c. 1386–1300 BC) arched Harp. Its edge is decorated with the head of a Nubian captive who appears to be bound by the strings of the harp.
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Two recent operations against armed gangs in Haiti have delivered significant results: the capture of one prominent leader and the death of another.
In a joint operation, Salvadoran military personnel working with the Haitian Coast Guard captured Jean Saint-Louis, alias one of the country’s main gang leaders. This marks the first high-impact arrest carried out by Salvadoran forces since they began operations in Haiti.
In a separate action in Cité-Soleil, on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Mathias Sainthil (also reported as Saintil), leader of the Boston gang, was killed after being wounded in a drone strike by security forces. Haitian authorities confirmed his death.
These actions form part of intensified efforts against criminal structures controlling large areas of the capital.
In a joint operation, Salvadoran military personnel working with the Haitian Coast Guard captured Jean Saint-Louis, alias one of the country’s main gang leaders. This marks the first high-impact arrest carried out by Salvadoran forces since they began operations in Haiti.
In a separate action in Cité-Soleil, on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Mathias Sainthil (also reported as Saintil), leader of the Boston gang, was killed after being wounded in a drone strike by security forces. Haitian authorities confirmed his death.
These actions form part of intensified efforts against criminal structures controlling large areas of the capital.
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⚔️Migration Era to Early Medieval European (6th to 11th Century AD) Bladed Weapons
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El Salvador has accused U.S. diplomats of spreading false claims about its anti-gang operations in Haiti, despite Trump’s support for the intervention.
U.S. officials accused Salvadoran forces of failing to coordinate operations, endangering international troops and hitting the re.
El Salvador rejected the allegations and questioned the credibility of top U.S. diplomat David Howell.
It insisted its operations were coordinated and that Trump had personally approved the escalation.
Source: Axios
U.S. officials accused Salvadoran forces of failing to coordinate operations, endangering international troops and hitting the re.
El Salvador rejected the allegations and questioned the credibility of top U.S. diplomat David Howell.
It insisted its operations were coordinated and that Trump had personally approved the escalation.
Source: Axios
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Owlmandias retweeted
Hilarious wishcast fantasy LARP by Chinese leftist guy who would probably be imprisoned by Xi Jinping as a Maoist if he was operating inside China rather than the United States
China has avoided alliances, but what the United States is doing to Iran and Palestine leaves Beijing little choice. The Dengists are losing internally and this is giving way to a whole new wave of Maoists inside the Chinese political system. They are young, (fashionable,) and ng to appease US imperialism.
Kyoto University Symposium 2026: "Geopolitics in the Time of Monsters"
Presentation 8: Sheng Zhang
Sheng Zhang examines the competing traditions shaping China’s Middle East policy, contrasting Maoist solidarity with Dengist economic priorities. Using Palestine and Iran, he explores Beijing’s political commitments, trade relationships, public opinion and diplomatic constraints. He argues that regional conflict is challenging China’s balancing strategy and strengthening Iran’s strategic importance. The discussion considers boycotts, Gulf investment, energy security, generational differences and strategic patience, asking what might push Beijing toward a clearer position as regional power shifts and tensions with Washington deepen.
Sheng's Links:
Sheng's Article on China-Iran Relations: muse.jhu.edu/article/991335
Association for Global Political Thought profile: …alpoliticalthought.hsites.harvard.edu/people/sheng-z…
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Time Stamps
00:00 China’s competing foreign-policy traditions
04:43 Xi Jinping and the Middle East
06:37 Gaza and Chinese public opinion
13:43 Trade with Israel and the Haifa dilemma
15:48 Iran, Gulf trade and diplomatic tensions
18:54 War and China’s reassessment of Iran
28:57 Discussion: boycotts, Gaza and Gulf investment
44:11 Energy, younger generations and strategic patience
#China #Geopolitics #Iran #Imperialism #Neutrality
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Owlmandias retweeted
There's a reason Hesychast and Zen monks keeps gardens and why on occasion some would even become warriors. A study of the metaphysical only makes sense when you're still grounded to reality, otherwise you become an insufferable perpetually online dud.
Still thinking about that philosophy student who became a mason because she was bored
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The Romans used fermented fish sauce with every dish. There is a good chance that Roman cuisine resembled modern southeast Asian cuisine
It always amuses me when people discover how alien Roman society really was. We think of Romans as not that far removed from us, but go look up their music, their cooking (great Jove! their cooking! Exactly how many parrot's tongues does it take to make a meat pie?!) or everday artifacts like the tintinnabulum (NSFW if you feel inclined to Google it) and suddenly you are transported into another universe wondering, what was WRONG with these people?
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This is the type of shit that plays during an orgy in a flashback to ancient times in a horror movie right before something horrible happens.
Ancient Roman music is the most unsettling shit I’ve ever heard in my lifeCommunity noteThe music is not from a surviving score. It is new music based on guesswork.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synaulia
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I don´t like this post-Liberal world. There is too much low IQ tribalism. People fighting over the dumbest and most irrelevant things. Its exhausting.
Hopefully another global empire arises soon and imposes some sort of Pax and cultural/political hegemony to end the pettiness.
Hopefully another global empire arises soon and imposes some sort of Pax and cultural/political hegemony to end the pettiness.
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"Too much focus on soldiers."
On Remembrance Day.
That's your state broadcaster, and that's what it's teaching your kids.
On Remembrance Day.
That's your state broadcaster, and that's what it's teaching your kids.
Here is a CBC Kids broadcast segment originally published in 2021, promoting different coloured poppies during Remembrance Day because “some feel that the red poppy focuses too much on soldiers and can be perceived as glorifying war.”
The segment highlights the white poppy for y for African, Caribbean and Pacific Island communities, a purple poppy for animals and a rainbow poppy for “contributions the LGBTQ community has made to war efforts.”
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Lula is Pro-Russia same for Vucic and the Serbian student lists are largely made of nationalists.
In Israel the opposition to Netanyahu is led by a man who lost his son to Hamas
In Israel the opposition to Netanyahu is led by a man who lost his son to Hamas
👀 Far-right leaders all have something in common.
Their incompetence leads to their downfall. It happened to Bolsonaro, Netanyahu and Vucic. It will happen to Trump, Le Pen and Weidel.
We must stand united against them, for we will prevail! ✊🚩
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guy who thinks Vuvic is far right and the student list are all liberals lol
👀 Far-right leaders all have something in common.
Their incompetence leads to their downfall. It happened to Bolsonaro, Netanyahu and Vucic. It will happen to Trump, Le Pen and Weidel.
We must stand united against them, for we will prevail! ✊🚩
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