i'm shocked. shocked.
well. not that shocked
i'm shocked. shocked.
well. not that shocked
Surprise...
Report: "Unknown traders bet $760m on oil prices dropping minutes before Hormuz reopened".
"Repeated, strategically timed trades in oil & prediction markets suggest a rising trend of insider profiteering connected to the war".
"Crude prices dropped by as much as 11 percent within minutes."
Lots of people in Brisbane ridiculing the absurd laws against saying the words river and sea. Crisafulli and the LNP deserved the mockery they received. Israel is a terrorist state.
#meanjin #Brisbane #Magandjin
#FreePalestine #FreeLebanon
#IsraelIsATerroristState
#Auspol
Russia has begun using highly lethal tungsten bullets in Ukraine. They are lethal because their weight and hardness means they shoot straight through regular bullet proof wests.
But fortunately, Danish company Scandic Defence has developed a new tungsten bullet proof, ceramic plate to replace the plates in regular bullet proof wests, and now the first 50,000 plates have been shipped to Ukraine.
Source (in Danish):
The world is failing Sudan.
The world’s largest humanitarian crisis remains desperately underfunded, while the war is fuelled by an ongoing flow of foreign‑manufactured weapons and military equipment – including some originating in the EU and the UK.
Very in-depth article on the state of the Ukraine war. It made my day!

My weekly update on war and strategic competition. This week, Ukraine's long-range strike & ground ops, Russia still not generating momentum in its spring offensive and Pacific security issues.
The new Hungarian leader Péter Magyar came to chew bubble gum and lock up corrupt politicians… and he is all out of gum.
("Fidesz leaders" are the leaders in Viktor Orbán's Fidesz party)
"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."
Just wow. Wow.