Claudius Link
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Time for an update: a The Economist cover from three years ago feels more current than ever. And has a new member.
Chewie
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Windows 2 for the Apricot PC/Xi
https://www.ninakalinina.com/notes/win2apri/
#HackerNews #Windows2 #ApricotPC #Xi #RetroComputing #TechHistory
Windows 2 for the Apricot PC/Xi
https://www.ninakalinina.com/notes/win2apri/
#HackerNews #Windows2 #ApricotPC #Xi #RetroComputing #TechHistory
I am really tired of listening to Marco Rubio praising Trump for getting Europe to spend 5 percent of GDP on defence.
No country is spending more on defence to please Trump. We are spending more, because we are alone in the war with Putin. We are spending more, so we can lead the world, now that Trump has put the US in the back seat.
We could have finished Putin together, and the world would have been safer and wealthier. But instead Trump wanted a war with Venezuela. That is how dumb this is.
U.S. President Donald Trump called Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi this week and advised her not to provoke Beijing on the question of Taiwan's sovereignty. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/27/japan/politics/trump-advice-japan-provocation-taiwan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #us #china #taiwan #donaldtrump #sanaetakaichi #xijinping #chinajapanrelations
@thejapantimes
Of course, #tRump is such a dunce that he takes the position of the latest ‘strong man’ that he has had a talk with. With #Mendani (sp?) he was all lovey-lovey, then with #Xi after which he warns #Takaichi off #Taiwan… The #OrangeBaby is a wind vane, whichever the wind blows is what comes out of his mouth.
Isn’t #POTUS up for call with #Putin next? Watch his castigation of #Zelensky straight after it… Cheezzz what an idiot.
Ukraine now says the peace plan has been completely altered yesterday, and Marco Rubio agreed that the peace plan must
"uphold Ukraine’s sovereignty and deliver a sustainable and just peace."
Putin's aide JD Vance will lose it when Rubio arrives in Washington.
https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/spilna-zayava-zustrich-ssha-ukrayina-101557
In a letter meant for the eyes of #Russia’s leader, Venezuelan President Nicolás #Maduro made multiple requests this month. #Trump’s admin was targeting ships off the South American coast & rattling sabers in Washington. #Venezuela needed President Vladimir #Putin’s help.
The asks included overhauls of defensive radars, military aircraft repairs & potentially missiles, according to internal US government documents obtained by The Washington Post.
The Venezuelan government, according to the documents, is also reaching out to #China & #Iran, soliciting #military assistance & equipment to strengthen the country’s defenses. #Maduro composed a letter to Chinese President #Xi Jinping seeking “expanded military cooperation” between their two countries to counter “the escalation between the #US & #Venezuela.”
Lisa Melton
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#Trump directs #Pentagon to ‘immediately’ start testing #US #NuclearWeapons
US president references #China & #Russia in Truth Social post shortly before meeting with President #Xi Jinping
In a Wednesday post to Truth Social, Trump said that, “because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately.”
#kakistocracy
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/29/trump-pentagon-us-nuclear-weapons
The post came less than an hour before #Trump is set to meet with #China president #Xi Jinping in South Korea on Thursday morning in an effort to come to a trade war truce.
Trump’s missive on Wednesday night also arrived on the heels of him describing Vladimir Putin’s announcement of a #nuclear-powered cruise missile test as “not appropriate”. Trump made those comments after #Putin said that #Russia had successfully tested its “unique” nuclear-capable Burevestnik cruise missile….
#Trump directs #Pentagon to ‘immediately’ start testing #US #NuclearWeapons
US president references #China & #Russia in Truth Social post shortly before meeting with President #Xi Jinping
In a Wednesday post to Truth Social, Trump said that, “because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately.”
#kakistocracy
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/29/trump-pentagon-us-nuclear-weapons
#Trump directs #Pentagon to ‘immediately’ start testing #US #NuclearWeapons
US president references #China & #Russia in Truth Social post shortly before meeting with President #Xi Jinping
In a Wednesday post to Truth Social, Trump said that, “because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately.”
#kakistocracy
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/29/trump-pentagon-us-nuclear-weapons
vruz
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Dr. Jane #Goodall wanted to put #Musk, #Trump, #Xi, #Netanyahu on a Spaceship and send them off into space to never come back.
Best idea I heard this year if you ask me. What great place Earth would be. ❤
Dr. Jane #Goodall wanted to put #Musk, #Trump, #Xi, #Netanyahu on a Spaceship and send them off into space to never come back.
Best idea I heard this year if you ask me. What great place Earth would be. ❤
Antanicus
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Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un walk into a bar.
Or at least, they appeared together today for the first time at a military parade in Beijing. CNN describes the event as "China's superpower coming-out party". Mr TinyOrangeFingers naturally sees this as a threat to US superiority and messaged Xi.
"Please give my warmest regards to Vladimir Putin, and Kim Jong Un, as you conspire against The United States of America."
Paranoid, much. But guess who else attended? Both John Key and Helen Clark. Anne-Marie Brady is being understated when she says our former leaders are sending entirely the wrong message.
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/wrong-message-clark-key-chinas-military-parade-rnz
Trump quote - CNN via RNZ:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/571946/trump-alleges-china-russia-north-korea-are-conspiring-against-the-us