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Written by Osma A on 2025-01-20 at 08:05

Both to-be-47 and his illegal immigrant wife have launched attacks against the power of Congress to coin currency. Protecting the financial infrastructure of the U.S.A. is a job of the Secret Service.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c98y47vrv2jo

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Written by Osma A on 2025-01-20 at 06:46

What the kremlin seeks with Belarus is effectively what they seek everywhere. It's just that with lukashenko's eager participation, they're closer to their goal there.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russias-quiet-conquest-belarus

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Written by Osma A on 2025-01-19 at 13:29

Wait, what? US Navy is using air-to-surface Hellfire missiles in surface-to-air Houthi drone shootdowns? Well, if it works, it works. Hellfire is an order of magnitude cheaper than AMRAAM.

https://www.twz.com/sea/littoral-combat-ship-can-now-rapidly-shoot-down-aerial-drones-with-hellfire-missiles

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Written by Osma A on 2025-01-19 at 11:20

Vähän kuten pyöräilijän? Jos olet reitillä, olet hengenvaarallisella reitillä. Jos olet reitin ulkopuolella, hengenvaara on vielä korkeampi

https://yle.fi/a/74-20136144

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Written by Osma A on 2025-01-19 at 10:49

You know, reading about Scholz's clinging to his failed positions and SPD leadership even as the snap elections loom just a month away remind me of Biden's last half year.

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/01/17/germanys-scholz-under-fire-for-blocking-extra-3-billion-aid-package-for-ukraine

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Written by Osma A on 2025-01-19 at 08:13

It's only since 2018 that Strava has been known to reveal military base layouts, safe houses, presidential itineraries, regular routes of agents and, well, where nuclear submarines are going. So, why train opsec?

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/videos/article/2025/01/13/stravaleaks-dates-of-french-nuclear-submarine-patrols-revealed-by-careless-crew-members_6737005_108.html

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Written by Osma A on 2025-01-19 at 07:28

Apparently it was Apple and Google legal who demanded TikTok taken down for fear of violating a federal statute. And that makes me expect that any property where control is in China would get the same treatment, not only Bytedance.

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Written by Osma A on 2025-01-19 at 07:27

Tencent owns a controlling majority interest in Supercell, but not all of it. They do own all of Riot Games so League of Legends would also need to be banned.

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Written by Osma A on 2025-01-19 at 07:19

Can someone in the US please check if also Tencent properties are now inaccessible? That'd include Clash Royale and Hay Day for example.

The law bans anything owned by a "Chinese military company" (see OP)

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Written by Osma A on 2025-01-19 at 05:40

This is wild. Marc Andreessen has descended so deep into his billionaire paranoia he doesn't know who was the 45th POTUS.

What's less wild is that NYT edited that out from their interview.

https://gizmodo.com/marc-andreessen-seems-to-think-hillary-clinton-was-actually-president-2000552062

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Written by Osma A on 2025-01-19 at 05:24

So, if you're not a TikToker yourself but have seen the videos ending with its logo jingle a lot elsewhere: that's why.

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Written by Osma A on 2025-01-19 at 05:19

TikTok just simply was, and as far as I can tell, still is a better product for the people who make its content. With the competitors, you'd need to create the clips elsewhere to upload.

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Written by Osma A on 2025-01-19 at 05:18

Yes, the massive marketing campaign Bytedance launched to drive its growth mattered. Obviously it did. But no app developer spends marketing on an app that can't grow organically.

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Written by Osma A on 2025-01-19 at 05:16

TikTok wasn't preferred because it's For You was better than Reels or Shorts. No, it was because TikTok made it much easier and more fun to create both original and reaction videos.

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Written by Osma A on 2025-01-19 at 05:16

This was a well known thing when TikTok was mostly discussed among social media developers and TikTok's users, mostly forgotten since:

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Written by Osma A on 2025-01-18 at 17:21

The horrendous cold spell predicted for Monday in D.C. just happens to be the monthly average for February in Nuuk, Greenland.

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Written by Osma A on 2025-01-18 at 16:45

Oh, wait, the clown who wants to steal Greenland can't handle -7°C and must be sworn in indoors? Typical.

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Written by Osma A on 2025-01-18 at 13:20

Neuvostoliittolaisen öljytankkerin haverit vuosina 1979 ja 1987 osoittivat silloisen öljyntorjuntakyvyn puutteet. Meillä on siitä ajasta edetty, mutta miten mahtaa olla itänaapurissa?

https://www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-2000010948846.html

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Written by Osma A on 2025-01-18 at 13:17

Gotta say, Lemon8 is a great name for a social networking app. I have not nor will I look at the app itself.

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Written by Osma A on 2025-01-18 at 10:56

Are RSS Parrot @birb feed follower stats available somewhere @twilliability ? I'm curious how many followers various Bluesky users have via that mechanism.

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