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Chemist drifted off into programming and mechanical CAD; Acting OpenBLAS maintainer. Always doing things I know too little about. πŸ“Germany

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If Iran actually had that capability, Israel could be stopped from turning Lebanon into its next Gaza right now...

14.03.2026 12:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The countries happen to be of similar size, and he's spent a huge number of bombs (and air defense rockets) on Iran already that won't be available for an attack closer to home. Also would mean high time for California to pick sides..

14.03.2026 11:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Sign of moral corruption, or sign of a fundamentally broken political system where candidates have to rake in millions in donations from shady lobbyists just to be able to campaign and get their name known ?

14.03.2026 11:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A large enough (active) user base, presumably ? Adding another social media account means added work for them, and I get the impression that some institutions (and politicians) still believe there is more value in trying to counter the disinformation on the hellsite.

14.03.2026 11:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

US is not a signatory state and even passed a law stating it will use any available means to liberate any Americans brought before the court...

13.03.2026 23:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In that case, it has to be whoever wins the eventual war against you and takes control of the ruins of your capital, like in 1945 (sorry, but you had to ask)

13.03.2026 23:07 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Trump Center in Trumpolis, the capital of Trumpistan

13.03.2026 21:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

when the worst he has to fear is a couple of dancing frogs in the street (who go away when he randomly tears down some 1940s building out of spite)...

13.03.2026 21:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the generals have gone along with an awful lot of crazy stuff already, so I wouldn't bet on that

13.03.2026 21:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Much better if Canada gets access to Ukrainian drone expertise "just in case"

13.03.2026 20:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's all just plagiarized from Mein Kampf (including a lot of the rambling)

13.03.2026 18:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Picture making the rounds of supposedly the other aircraft involved - another KC-135 tanker - with a large part of the tail fin missing. Suggests refueling operation between the two gone wrong (a handful of these air tankers are apparently equipped to do this for special operations)

13.03.2026 17:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

that's the image he wants to conjure up - something ICE and other goons are there to "protect" the population from by even more unlawful searches and detainments (and/or postponing the midterms as "too risky")

13.03.2026 17:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

production rate is another factor...

13.03.2026 16:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A rodent hand, with four short fingers with curved claws. The short thumb has a dirty, awkwardly human-looking nail.

A rodent hand, with four short fingers with curved claws. The short thumb has a dirty, awkwardly human-looking nail.

Reminder: most rodents have thumb nails rather than claws.

In fact the ancestor of all rodents probably had nails.

They probably evolved independently from our nails but for similar reasons: nails are good for dexterous food handling.

πŸ“ΈMissagia et al 2025

10.03.2026 15:29 πŸ‘ 84 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 3

not needed as congress has practically abdicated its constitutional role already, and he can simply claim any executive power he wants (and both military and civilian executive comply)

13.03.2026 16:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Why invoke foreign governments as if the US weren't capable of doing it onto themselves ? Hitler and the original Nazis were homegrown too, and it looks like they had it harder to get to the same level of power that Trump/GOP enjoy now - despite starting in a fragile young democracy under sanctions.

13.03.2026 16:04 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Could also turn into a "win the first couple of battles but run out of crucial ammo", especially concerning air defense

13.03.2026 15:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The thing is he doesn't even need to command respect as long as he commands troops that are willingly "just following orders"

13.03.2026 13:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Waging war in the (sheep) fursuit of peace is probably what he wanted to say

13.03.2026 13:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Like Putin in Ukraine, only without even the concept of a plan

13.03.2026 13:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Opposite ends of the same line of cocaine probably

13.03.2026 09:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Iran is huge and strategically placed on a major shipping route. They can probably keep fighting long after the US has run out of their cold war stockpile of modern ammunition (at which point others like NK might be emboldened to try something), and they can create a food&water crisis for the region

13.03.2026 08:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Baghdad Bob is a tired old man, if he is still alive. He was a well-educated career diplomat before his final job, and nobody even tried to charge him with anything when that war was over.

Nothing like that drug-addicted gang of perennial teenagers that is ruining people's lives all over the world

13.03.2026 08:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I know your president is incapacitated, but why does the WH Chief of Staff give tv interviews about an ongoing war ?

13.03.2026 07:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Gues Infantino isn't going to lose any hair over this

12.03.2026 22:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

overripe durian ?

12.03.2026 22:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Crazy to think that this is the guy European governments are (still) buying their police software from

12.03.2026 21:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

people now getting f'cked over by his administration too regularly for that

12.03.2026 21:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

move over, Zeus

12.03.2026 21:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0