🇮🇷 Iran has begun laying a small number of mines in the Strait of Hormuz, - CNN
Only a few dozen mines have been placed so far, but Iran still has most of its mine-laying boats available and could deploy hundreds if it chooses.
Very interesting footage from Russians indicating that Ukrainian Forces use laser light beam to fry fiber optic on "waiter" drones.
Quite unexpected turn of the warfare, take notes.
Ah, so this is all the Iranian people’s fault.
Images published by Iranian state media show remnants of a US Tomahawk missile at a girls’ school in Minab.
It’s not possible to independently verify the provenance of the remnants from this imagery alone. But Bellingcat previously detailed how a Tomahawk missile hit a structure next to the school.
Colossal suckers and gullible chumps, all of them
Literally Schrödinger's war
The US govt mixing video of real violence in a war it started with a video game scene feels like crossing a(nother) line.
I’m not sure what to say. I don’t think war is a game. And even when I think military action is necessary, there are real human beings on the other end, not pixels that respawn.
After another Iranian attack, drone debris marked "Geran-2" in Russian was found near Jebel Ali Port in Dubai. Notably, the footage circulating on social media is being posted by Russian relocants and tourists who are riding out Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in the UAE.
Gotta cook those markets right before close
Credible reports that ginormous Russian LNG (liquid natural gas) tanker Arctic Metagaz is on fire in Mediterranean. Reports suggest it was hit be a USV (uncrewed surface vessel)
Whether Iran linked or Ukraine, very big implications for Russian war effort
Unhinged
First Ukraine, now Iran. For Europe relying on gas is starting to look like foolish nostalgia. It should electrify and shift to renewables everywhere possible, as fast as possible, as a matter of economic survival. www.ft.com/content/dac7...
I spent 6 years of my life writing a PhD about UK policy in Persian Gulf in the 1960s, including the role of the Anglo-American alliance.
Key to the Persian Gulf policy of both countries: AVOID a power vacuum under any circumstances &keep Iran&Saudi Arabia from attacking the smaller Gulf States.
❗️In Dubai, an Iranian Shahed-136 kamikaze drone crashed literally right next to the Burj Khalifa — the tallest skyscraper in the world.
How hard is it to build a bar at the Pentagon?
The moment a ballistic missile struck a US naval base in Bahrain was caught on video. #Iran
If Trump can declare war without congressional authorization, then Congress has effectively disbanded itself.
3 million pages of evidence of a massive child sex trafficking ring in the US and this is how the FBI director is spending his time.
Greenland apparently provided emergency medical treatment to a US submariner in the last 24 hours, which under the circumstances was extremely generous of them. But might that have prompted this somewhat bizarre response from Trump?
"CIA and MI6...got the invasion scenario right but failed to accurately predict the outcome, assuming a swift Russian takeover was a foregone conclusion."
Got the secret right, failed on the mystery.
The most likely reason Elon Musk finally disabled Starlink for Russian soldiers is because he wants to take SpaceX public and get a trillion dollar valuation for this IPO.
If the Russians were using Starlink to commit war crimes, then investors might have boycotted his IPO.
❗️The 🇺🇦Ukrainian Armed Forces' use of a 🇵🇱Poland-transferred An-28 aircraft equipped with an M134 "Minigun" to intercept 🇷🇺Russian kamikaze drones of the Shahed type.
8. Weiss's project is creating an Operation Paperclip for Epstein's cronies. Taking a group of discredited men and rehabilitating them as necessary pillars of system. Dershowitz and Peter Attia are the Wernher von Brauns of reactionary centrism.
A Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant community. n.pr/4thWiUr
Amazing revelation about the creator of the popular girl undressing app - Elon Musk had more extensive ties to Epstein than previously known, emails show
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
There is only one way to cover this Trump speech at Davos:
Batshit crazy
Yes there were sentences that made sense, and yes many ‘greatest hits’ but please global media, do not sanewash this, do not call it enigmatic etc.
Trump is dangerous to this planet and its inhabitants.
Greenland is so important to Trump that he can’t even remember what it’s called.
Media ei ole tainnut huomata, että Trumpin Peace Councilin peruskirja on kirjoitettu niin, että Yhdysvallat EI OLISI sen osapuoli. Trumpin asema USA:n presidenttinä on välttämätön astinlauta, mutta hänen yksinvaltaansa järjestössä olisi henkilökohtainen, elinikäinen ja jopa perinnöllinen./1
He works for Donald J. Trump, and he doesn't realize what everyone just thought when he uttered that line? That his boss knows exactly what that entails, multiply?
