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Discussion on a computer virus named fast 16. It was sparsely mentioned in the NSA leaks, but it was used to target 3d modeling software into producing minor errors that have catastrophic results.

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For centuries, the Hittites were little more than a name, just scattered references in the Hebrew Bible suggesting a minor people on the margins of the ancient Near East. But that picture is profoundly incomplete. Long before their rediscovery in the 19th century, the Hittites ruled one of the great powers of the Bronze Age, rivaling Egypt, reshaping Syria, and even sacking Babylon. This survey traces the rise, expansion, and internal struggles of the Hittite kingdom, drawing on both archaeological and textual evidence, while also addressing the points where modern scholarship remains divided.

I could not find a working pipped to front end the YT.

Javier Milei is brash and audacious and he loves Donald Trump. But in many ways Donald Trump is the one who is following Milei. Argentina has an 18 month head start on Russell Vought’s wet dream of implementing a harsh libertarian doctrine. For a while it looked like everything Milei did was succeeding. He tamed inflation, created an export surplus and got back on track with debt service. Economic shock doctrines that rely on austerity for the masses and corporate giveaways always wind up the same, however. It was only a matter of time. The wheels are coming off Milei’s project this year as inflation is back, money is tight and people are pissed. America’s canary came out of the coal mine with black lung.

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Bloomberg / Batimes, Argentina's Economic Activity Posts Biggest Slump Since 2023

Argus Media, Argentina's Economy Contracts in February (April 22 2026)

Peterson Institute for International Economics, Argentina's Fragile Monetary Framework Risks Renewed Volatility (February 11, 2026)

BBVA Research, Argentina Economic Outlook — March 2026

Americas Quarterly, Argentina's Polarization Threatens Milei's Pro-Market Agenda (February 25, 2026)

[Paul Krugman Substack, Why Is Trump Bailing Out Argentina?](Paul Krugman Substack, Why Is Trump Bailing Out Argentina?)

New York Times, Milei's Argentina Economy (September 26, 2025)

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Description: In this episode of The Chud Report, we dive deep into the twisted reality of modern libertarianism and how it’s paving the way for a new era of neo-feudalism in America. Using real-world examples from a small town in New Hampshire to the mind-boggling worship of billionaires like Elon Musk, we explore the absurdity and dangers of a political ideology that claims to be all about “freedom” while leading us straight into serfdom.

From the libertarian failures in Grafton, where a refusal to mandate bear-proof garbage bins led to a town overrun by bears, to the broader implications of a society where the rich own everything and the rest of us rent, this episode exposes the hypocrisy and the sinister trajectory of the so-called “freedom movement.”

We also touch on how the Republican Party, once the champions of small government, have morphed into the enforcers of the ruling class, stripping away personal freedoms under the guise of governance. The dangers of this ideology are more real than ever, as Project 2025 looms on the horizon, threatening to accelerate the process toward a fully privatized, neo-feudal state.

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Horses getting personal again with a pretty wild story.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/46169463 The Secretary of Defense is holding church.

Not metaphorically. Not privately. Inside the Pentagon, during working hours, while the United States is at war, Pete Hegseth has turned American military power into a stage for Christian nationalist politics.

But Hegseth is not the real story.

He is the product of a machine: donors, legal networks, media outlets, party infrastructure, churches, staffing pipelines, court cases, and think tanks all stacked together to turn religious identity into state power.

This video maps that machine.

We’re going to look at how Christian nationalism moved from segregated schools to abortion politics, from “religious freedom” lawsuits to anti-LGBTQ policy, from Project 2025 to Pentagon worship services, and from church pulpits to the administrative state.

Because Christian nationalism is not just a belief system.

It is a power system.

And once you can see the machine, you can see where it is vulnerable.

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How FB wiretapped millions with a VPN

The USA is by far the most evil, most genocidal nation to ever exist.

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In this video I discuss in-depth the history, geology, etc of Sable Island: an isolated island located 100 miles from Nova Scotia. Nearly every aspect of this island is fascinating from its history, to its geology, to its wildlife.

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Nice job Miku 👍

Full 30 min film: A Welcome to Britain, 1943

After being reminded of incidents where US soldiers started riots in allied countries due to racism (UK, Aus, NZ), I wondered if there were any surviving videos briefing soldiers on race relations outside the US.

This pub clip is not about race at all, but I found it interesting, and as someone who has seen many a stereotypical "loud American" tourist, relatable.

(For an example of a racial diversity training, see that full film link, starting from 25:19

[2026-04-11] @bonzerbarry:

• Initial round of talks have begun and Hezbollah launched a large combined attack on the northern settlements. They also recently launched heavy rockets towards Safed. There have been multiple impacts.

• Channel 12: 5 drones infiltrated from Lebanon into the western Galilee.

• Hezbollah publishes: With certainty and with arms, I shall redeem my homeland—while the light of truth shines brightly in my hand.

• Hezbollah has announced 16 operations so far today.

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