October 19, 2022

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Russia is losing to comedians.

Melissa Chan @melissakchan

🚨 BREAKING (AFP): German cybersecurity chief sacked over alleged Russia ties: interior ministry.

1:15 PM ∙ Oct 18, 2022

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(The Russian ties of the German cybersecurity chief were exposed by a comedian)

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China Recruiting Former R.A.F. Pilots to Train Its Army Pilots, U.K. Says

Citing national security, Britain wants to stop its retired military pilots from accepting lucrative contracts to train members of the People’s Liberation Army

Seems pretty reasonable to me. If you won’t let the Chinese sell telco equipment to your country, maybe don’t let your retired military specialists train China’s Air Force. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Ministry of Defence Press Office @DefenceHQPress

When former UK military pilots provide training to the People’s Liberation Army of China it clearly erodes the UK’s defence advantage. We are taking immediate steps to deter and penalise this activity:

5:06 PM ∙ Oct 18, 2022

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Propagandopolis @propagandopolis

American ad issued by the Freedoms Foundation (1961) showing a father apologising to his son for his complacency during the rise of communism.

5:30 PM ∙ Oct 18, 2022

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weird medieval guys @WeirdMedieval

thread of medieval jokes that still kinda go hard:

5:18 PM ∙ Oct 18, 2022

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weird medieval guys @WeirdMedieval

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