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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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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.
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https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.

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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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[–] LargePenis@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Dear comrades, if your protest has any dudes in superhero costumes, meme signs or excessive signs in English if you're not in an English-speaking country, then I'm truly sorry, because your protest is already doomed. Look at Turkey, their protest thing felt serious for like a day, then it turned into goon material for the r/Europe cucks, and now the English signs and the superheroes have arrived. My estimation now is that Erdoğan will rule for another two decades before Allah elevates him to the seventh heaven. I'm not even praising Erdoğan here, it's just that his opponents have fatal liberal brainworms, where protests are held not as a disruptive tool to pressure the ruling government, but as an elaborate esoteric pledge of allegiance to western cultural hegemony. Georgia was the same, and it also failed.

Look at my protest dog:

[–] Esoteir@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (9 children)

if it makes you feel any better that photo is AI

[–] LargePenis@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'll admit that I didn't realise that until after I clicked post, but here's a real image that still inspires rage in me.

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[–] thethirdgracchi@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)
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[–] Coolkidbozzy@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Not really news, but what do you think was up with the transformer shootings early last year?

[–] newmou@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

Stochastic hijinks

[–] spudnik@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think more than a few were just copycats. All the people who easily got caught doing it were just bandwagoners. The OG transformer sniper attack from years ago seemed more like a professional job

[–] Leon_Grotsky@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago

Yeah the ~2013 stuff were professional, the 2020's attacks were a bunch of meth-addled atomwaffen dumbasses.

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[–] SoyViking@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (12 children)

Dead Letters: Neoliberalism Kills Mail Delivery In Denmark

Postal services in the Nordic hermit kingdom will cease at the end of this year after 401 years of continuous operations. Postal operator PostNord, a neoliberal "run it like a business" abomination jointly owned by the Danish and Swedish states, has announced that it is no longer profitable to distribute letters and that they will end the service. The iconic red letterboxes will be removed from the streets, postage stamps will no longer be issued and 1.500 mail carriers will be fired.

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Some mail delivery services will be offered by private companies that will distribute mail together with newspapers and parcels. People will have to buy stamps for the privatised service online and hand in letters at shops. Unlike an actual postal system this privatised delivery service will be free to only provide services in areas where it is deemed profitable and the end of the public postal system is predicted to hit the hardest in remote areas and among the elderly.

PostNord will continue to deliver parcels but given that the parcel delivery market is a highly liberalised one with several private actors it is hard to see how the organisation will avoid being privatised.

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Damn that is dark. Mail service is one of the fundamental pillars of civilization.

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[–] mkultrawide@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

I think the most infuriating thing to me about the liberal reactions to foreign students being disappeared by Israel Criticism Enforcement officers is that it's seemingly almost entirely focused on that they were in plain clothes or wearing masks, or literally a litany of other bullshit instead of the fact we are eroding probably the most unique constitutional liberty America has for the benefit of a foreign nation. If you go look at shitlib subreddits, you basically have to scroll down the bottom before you see anyone even mention Israel. Lots of talk about Nazis or gestapo or brown shirts, but absolutely no acknowledgment of the country this is being done in behalf of.

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[–] SexUnderSocialism@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

In the Netherlands (ruled by a fascist coalition government) a bill sponsored by the neolib social democrat leader of the biggest opposition party (GL-PvdA) to help fund Radio Free Europe to make up for the loss of US funds was passed. Even the Socialist Party voted in favor. The only parties who opposed it were the CDA (right-wing Christian democrats), FVD (fascists), and PVV (fascists).

agony-consuming

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[–] CleverOleg@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

Hasan mentioned he plans on having a Cuban doctor on his stream today, to talk about Rubio imposing sanctions on countries that utilize Cuban doctors. Should be a good listen, probably will be available on YouTube later if you can’t catch it live.

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

Imma be honest, courts in developing countries have more teeth than this.

https://x.com/ryangrim/status/1905604580957729119

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[–] very_poggers_gay@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

Every Western outlet stumbling over itself to report on “anti-Hamas” protests in Gaza is some heinous shit.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/03/26/middleeast/why-gazans-are-protesting-hamas-now-intl-latam

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g71lk09npo.amp

A photo of it was also near the top of Reddit, and there’s dozens of top comments about “it looks like they’re all children!” and of course blaming the genocide on Hamas from their enlightened perch inside the empire that is responsible for the genocide.

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1jkekcz/antihamas_protesters_in_gaza_call_for_an_end_to/

illegal-to-say

… it says a lot about Western “civilization” that witnessing a few hundred children allegedly protesting the Resistance evokes more empathy than the slaughter of tens of thousands by the empire. Complete dehumanization, until they can be straw-manned into a pro-empire position

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[–] Flaps@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

EU boots in Ukraine will only make it more likely for the ukronazis to try and pull some false flag shit in order to try and recapture the Donbass and Crimea, this time with full EU support, not only in material but also with troops. They're kicking us towards open conflict with russia and tell us its to preserve peace. Only Meloni is acting as a voice of reason (still dont have to hand it to 'em). Fuck me i hate this place.

[–] vovchik_ilich@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Fuck me i hate this place

Seriously, every day I'm one step closer to fucking losing it. Everyone fucking cheering for imperialist war and defunding of welfare. I feel like I'm going crazy talking to the average EU citizen

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