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A wreck in the shipping channel is inconvenient, but you can't maneuver around a ship that sank at the jetty

11.03.2026 23:48 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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11.03.2026 19:37 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Policing East Turkistan: Mapping Police and Security Forces in the Uyghur Region - Uyghur Human Rights Project New research from the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) maps Chinese state policing structures in East Turkistan, building a fuller picture of responsibility for ongoing atrocities. The Explainer des...

Please read this

11.03.2026 02:35 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jesus Christ

11.03.2026 02:30 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

God, could you imagine doing this war in 2020 right before covid kicked off? Astonishing the Soleimani assassination didn't escalate further

10.03.2026 21:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
USS Stark listing to port following an exocet hit, 17 May 1987

USS Stark listing to port following an exocet hit, 17 May 1987

Artist's conception of a modified Iraqi Dassault Falcon 50 equipped with exocet missiles

Artist's conception of a modified Iraqi Dassault Falcon 50 equipped with exocet missiles

Fun fact: the only successful anti-ship missile strike on a US Navy warship originated from a business jet

10.03.2026 20:48 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Plantar fasciitis is a bitch. Make sure your shoes fit folks

09.03.2026 21:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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BEACON OF LIGHT
BEACON OF HOPE

08.03.2026 21:15 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What'd they do this time?

08.03.2026 18:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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08.03.2026 16:11 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Shame Marty turned out to be an idiot

08.03.2026 03:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Elon Musk's "Loop" - It's bad, folks
Elon Musk's "Loop" - It's bad, folks YouTube video by donoteat01

I remember being baffled people were still believing Musk's bs would be built as advertised after watching this video @donoteat.bsky.social made before doing the WTYP podcast.

07.03.2026 17:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They fired a *what* at a dinghy?

07.03.2026 00:51 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

how it feels taking public transit rn

06.03.2026 20:36 πŸ‘ 2074 πŸ” 378 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 31

CaBi dominance

06.03.2026 21:49 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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06.03.2026 20:48 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Didn't stop them from salivating over doing the same thing to Greenland and Denmark

05.03.2026 21:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

>bad, it helps Russia's economy

05.03.2026 17:18 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The fact he recorded this on the mid-subway ride and didn't even wait till he was in his office says something.

04.03.2026 02:37 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Kind of hard to do another Operation Earnest Will when the Navy's tonnage graph looks like this.

03.03.2026 19:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

MPD body cam footage from DOGE raid on US Institute of Peace RECEIVED 😎

I'll be watching and sharing news and takeaways in the coming days. Stay tuned!

02.03.2026 20:15 πŸ‘ 3971 πŸ” 584 πŸ’¬ 48 πŸ“Œ 10

Take a page out of the IDF/VKS book and move on to random apartment buildings?

02.03.2026 19:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17

Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752

Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752

Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243

Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243

Eh, it shouldn't matter that much. It's not like civilian airliners getting shot down by twitchy air defense has happened three times in the past ~10 years.

02.03.2026 14:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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"What the fuck do you mean the Berlin Wall fell because a bureaucrat didn't read his notes?!"

28.02.2026 02:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

27.02.2026 19:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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They sold out

27.02.2026 19:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Can't do it when the markets are open, obviously

27.02.2026 12:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Are the Feds Privatizing Amtrak?
Are the Feds Privatizing Amtrak? YouTube video by Alan Fisher

There is a proposal in the Federal Department of Transportation right now to possibly break up Amtrak into 3 companies under a single holding company.
Why? There are not many details at the moment, but I take a few guesses in this video:

youtu.be/g53xTWjESyE

25.02.2026 15:26 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
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Same

24.02.2026 00:22 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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You asked, we listened. Starting today, CaBi members can park ebikes near full stations for free. Get additional details and applicable terms on our blog. shorturl.at/OBk6W

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