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Iran is providing armed drones to Putin.

mercredi 13 juillet 2022 à 09:48

Iran is providing armed drones to Putin.

This support is comparable to (though much smaller in scale than) NATO's support for Ukraine. It is clear, and very regrettable, that the US blew its opportunity to reduce hostilities with Iran.

I think the US's motive was to appease long-time allies such as Salafi Arabia. This entails sucking up to Crown Prince Bone Saw -- someone as murderous as the rulers of Iran, and even more oppressive to women and dissidents. And he doesn't even give the US strategic support when it asks.

regional drought in northern Italy has left the Po river nearly empty.

mercredi 13 juillet 2022 à 09:48

A regional drought in northern Italy has left the Po river nearly empty.

Agriculture has been devastated, and cities have water restrictions. I expect large wildfires to follow.

Modelling middle-size nuclear war

mardi 12 juillet 2022 à 10:18

Modelling suggests that a middle-size nuclear war (India and Pakistan, perhaps) would cause a global ice age that would last centuries.

Most life in the ocean would starve, and so would humans.

Roe v Wade reversal vs Brown v Board of Education

mardi 12 juillet 2022 à 10:18

Reversing Roe v Wade was nothing at all like the historic Brown v Board of Education decision that ruled out "separate but equal" education.

Macron's links to Uber lobbying

mardi 12 juillet 2022 à 10:18

*Calls for inquiry into [French president] Macron's links to Uber lobbying.*