Time for the Grifter to get the #Hopium out....

"Dow futures drop 400 points as Iranian war tensions escalate"

#Russia #China #USA #Security #News #Iran #Israel #War #EU #NATO #UN #Nuclear #Weapons #Politics #Pentagon #WW3 #Lebanon #WarCrimes #Incompetence #Pakistan

https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/@DJ.1

Middle East Oil Pricing Is Cracking Under Pressure

The Platts Dubai benchmark is under severe strain as Hormuz disruptions halt exports, leaving it disconnected from physical oil flows and reducing available pricing grades.

OilPrice.com
Iran war updates: Tehran vows response after Trump says US seized ship

These were the updates on the US-Israeli war on Iran on Sunday, April 19, 2026.

Al Jazeera

#Kollapsakzeptanz statt #hopium:

"Hope is an obscene concept that traps students. The development of ecological worldviews in young people can be enhanced by putting aside hope & embracing the absurd reality playing out for people & planet."

True. We should really stop lying to ourselves.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17449642.2026.2645852#abstract

Hi y’all, I’m starting to feel like things are turning. I think they’re turning for the better actually. For the first time in years, I’ve got some hope. #uspol #hope #hopium ?
@GeoWire #Hopium is driving it... or Trump lies....
Middle East war live: Beirut casts doubt on US president’s Lebanon-Israel talks claim

An official source in the Lebanese government has contradicted US President Donald Trump’s claim that the leaders of Lebanon and Israel are set to talk on Thursday, saying that Beirut is “not aware”…

France 24

Der @spiegel
mausert sich zu einem der zentralen
#Hopium - Dealern in der deutschen Medienlandschaft:

"Kriege, Krisen und KI lassen nichts Gutes hoffen. Wer deswegen verzweifelt, hat die Geschichte nicht verstanden."

Dass am Ende alles gut wird? Frag mal die Indigenenen Völker der Americas...
https://www.spiegel.de/politik/zukunftsaengste-wer-resigniert-hat-ein-grundprinzip-des-menschseins-nicht-verstanden-a-9b702c22-032d-470b-a959-5adb7e26586c

Zukunftsängste: Es ist gar nicht so leicht, ein Mensch zu sein (und zu bleiben)

Kriege, Krisen und das Schreckgespenst KI lassen nichts Gutes hoffen. Wer deswegen verzweifelt, hat eine wichtige Lehre der Geschichte nicht verstanden.

DER SPIEGEL
@nixCraft You can discuss where LLMs make sense and where not, but they are here to stay. Acceptance and adapting to the situation is more helpful then #hopium - and rules that demand #HITL are the right choice! Even if code reviewed happen AI assisted, especially for critical software like kernel modules, someone with a brain should be the one to take responsibility and approve the pull request.