It’s not just corporations. It’s influencer-grifters like Pirat_Nation.

…And, to be blunt, reposters who further spread the ragebait, like OP.

The platforms, ultimately, are what facilitate “marketing bait.” But I dunno what to do about that, as human being simply cannot help themselves once they see stuff like that. It works, apparently.

I mean, yeah… It’s a blue checkmark account.

At this point, if you’re paying for extra engagement on Twitter, that is beyond “benefit of the doubt.” It seems safe to assume its some kind of attention farm.

Ah, moguls + FPTP strike again.

Yeah, I can see Green gaining traction as climate/environmental problems start to grow. The British Isles are relatively sensitive. Though it seems Green has had its own controversy (kinda like the small parties here in the US have).

At risk of being abrasive…

I see blue checkmarks, I downvote. Nothing personal. But I don’t want to support that even indirectly.

That sounds… British. Frustrating, in a frustratingly orderly way.

Outside far-right politics must be making reform look bad in the UK though. Right? Like Hungary, Turkey, whatever’s going in Germany…

Sure seems like a roundabout way of just… being in the EU.

Are you British, by chance? What’s the mood on Brexit these days?

That’s not Xi’s style. I don’t think he’d try unless he wants a plausible excuse to kick off a Taiwan assault.

…And, as far as my understanding goes, if Xi wants to do it, now would be an optimal time. Wait any longer, and Taiwan will just get more fortified.

Y’all think the UK will rejoin the EU next?

And Ukraine, while they’re at it.

Tisza getting a supermajority

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c2d8zw2d3rkt?post=asset%3Ac1a77fae-f1ed-4199-b821-86c5fce32a01#post

We are now at 96.37% of the votes counted and Tisza is projected to have 138 seats, Fidesz 55 seats and Our Homeland on six. Tisza is in the lead in 93 constituencies, while Fidesz is ahead in 13. Some votes are yet to be counted but a landslide victory is all but certain.

If I was a conspiracist, I’d say he wanted the Iran deal to fall through.

Let’s set all ethics and politics and humanitarianism aside.

From a selfish, strategic, “NonCredibleDefense” kind of perspective, Ukraine is an incredible military power. Militaries around the world should be on their knees begging for their experience, if not their units. With, for instance, shooting down drones.

And it’s absolutely mind boggling to me that Western powers don’t see that. Think how Ukraine could help them militarily all over the world… If I were Xi, I wouldn’t invade Taiwan with a bigger chunk of Ukrainians training them.

The source for the original report (The Free Press) seems questionable, per Wikipedia’s own discussion on it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_433#Is_this_article_about_a_Communist_millionaire_from_The_Free_Press_reliable?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_397#The_Free_Press

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_425#The_Free_Press_and_Amin_Husain

Also, please try to at least link the original article in the description: https://www.thefp.com/p/why-the-vatican-and-the-white-house

More reporting on this. Whole article is short and worth a read, but:

https://www.axios.com/2026/04/08/lebanon-attacks-israel-iran-ceasfire

The U.S. official said the White House is not currently concerned that the situation in Lebanon would cause the ceasefire with Iran to collapse.

Hezbollah said it had a right to respond to Israeli’s attack.

Uh oh.

Also, I found some interesting trackers:

https://www.hormuztracker.com/

https://www.shiptraffic.net/2001/04/hormuz-strait-ship-traffic.html

No ships going through yet. And one had a very interesting nugget of info on insurance:

Insurance withdrawal makes transit commercially unviable independent of physical conditions. Even if the security situation improves tomorrow, insurers take weeks to reinstate coverage. Ships cannot sail without P&I cover — ports won’t accept them, banks won’t finance cargo, charterers won’t book them. Three weeks in, no insurer has shown willingness to reinstate. This is why the disruption will persist well beyond any resolution.

Came off as abrasive, but your point stands.

Political support for the alt-right is booming across Europe. The last thing you European folks need to do is raise your nose at the American tire fire. Deal with your own, before its too late.

How would you prove to a cat that those colors exist?

A spectrum test.

Show a human red fading to infrared, or purple fading to ultraviolet, next to cameras that can detect them in false color. Those are colors we can’t see, yet you can see they’re there.

Theoretically, it’d be the same for a cat or dog.

For what it’s worth, the Houthis are quiet now.

I read a rumor that the Saudis paid them off.

Yep! Good luck.

Also: I’m not sure if I was clear about this, but you shouldn’t look at this through the lens of conversion.

She’s your sister; you should respect her and meet her in the middle. Any atheist should appreciate morality and family. Buts it’s not going to work if she feels like you’re trying to force her into a ritual that makes her uncomfortable, or coerce her somehow.

Compromise.

Ask her to keep the morale core of Islam in-heart. Charity. Love. Peace. Judging the heart, not actions. Things like that, whatever they may be.

Request, gently and with no pressure, if she would participate in prayer with you when you are together, as a family activity. Because it’s important to you. And acknowledge you would respect her beliefs in the same breath, even if you don’t share them.

My experience is that faith, at its core, is a template for how to live as a good human being. Atheists (IMO) should have no problem with this aspect. Believers in God shouldn’t either.

But you can’t force aspects she doesn’t believe in onto her. And even if you could, you shouldn’t.

not stereotypical religious people at all

Tons of religious folks are compassionate and generous. They live by their religion’s themes instead of obsessing over passages and worshipping demagogues.

It’s not hard to justify. “Love thy neighbor” is the heart of Christianity.

It’s the hateful fundamentalists, “traditionalists” and such that give them a bad name. The reputation is deserved, but it’s not fair to everyone else TBH.