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By the fucking way, has any other big entity supporter country has a party with explicit goals of sanctioning pisrael (die linke doing struggle sessions as far as i know, bsw is kinda soft for weapon embargo, greens in uk are for embargo but not sanctions i don't think).

Is this some kinda universal point of being shit?

Since everyone's talking about that alleged comedian's racist joke about Puerto Rico being a garbage patch, and I can't think of an interesting discussion topic about Japan:

What strategic value does Puerto Rico currently represent to empire? Previously, a staging ground to place American bases in the Caribbean near Cuba was an absolutely critically important point in the Cold War. As US-Cuba relations cool down, and as the Puerto Rican debt crisis and failure to recover electrical infrastructure from 2017's hurricane Maria post privatization of the electric grid, it seems like our value to empire is reduced. Puerto Rico receives more money in federal funds every year than we produce with our entire manufacturing sector, and the usual culprits for embezzlement, Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (FIRE) make up a comparatively very small portion of the economy. Previously, I had concluded that the reason the US keeps us around as a colony was just that, the strategic value. But how is it realized?

Follow up question, how could whatever strategic value Puerto Rico has for the US, in the event of a successful PR independence movement, be leveraged against US empire?

Edit: the claim that the federal funds are greater than the manufacturing GDP is entirely wrong actually, I misremembered that from when I had looked this up before and skimmed the sources and came to the wrong conclusion. I just checked and GDP from manufacturing is around 5x federal funding. Still, there's a huge debt problem that's being handled via austerity instead of economic development. I doubt there's too much potential for development in a country with an enormous brain drain problem and inflated US dollar wages, at least under the colonial status quo. So it still begs the question, what's the plan long term?

http://isitokaytopunchnazis.com/

Interesting analysis of Iran's political (and soon to be military) response to the Zionist attack (CW: Looking through his Twitter, apparently he's some cringe patsoc. But the tweets are interesting enough.):
https://xcancel.com/FORTRESSMAXXING/status/1851226851529588739

But then, Khamenei, being the intelligent strategist that he is, made a speech in front of family members of martyrs & using only 60 words on the topic of Israel & the attack, said that Iran must retaliate, but he leaves the nature of the retaliation up to state/military official

Even the editors of Ayatollah Khamenei's official website presented the speech in such a way as to make it seem like he was saying don't retaliate. But if you listen to the speech, it's very clear that he is giving orders for a retaliation.

The foreign-backed Opposition and channels like BBC Persian and Iran International are now shocked as well, saying that this must be a sign that Ayatollah Khamenei is suffering from “ill health” and has “lost his mind.”

Immediately after the speech, New York Times published an article saying Khamenei is “about to die”, giving his enemies (both implicit & explicit) in Iran an excuse to kill him and get away with it. Aka Westophiles implement a similar action as to what likely happened to Raisi.

Opposition channels are even analysing his speech saying “you can hear impending death in Khamenei's voice”. They're essentially calling for his assassination now.

This is also why Israel called for a second series of strikes, in retribution for the attempt on Netanyahu's life. They basically want to kill Khamenei. And these strikes that they want to conduct would be pre-emptive strikes for the strikes that Khamenei has ordered.

Once again, it has become clear as day that the only man truly defending Iran's sovereignty and the achievements of the Islamic Revolution in the post-Khomeini era is Ayatollah Khamenei. His enemies have finally had enough and now it seems like they're going to try to kill him.

By the way, important but unreported news: the “Society of Teachers and Scholars of the Qom Seminary”, an organisation close to the Reformist movement, published a statement the other day saying that the only way to achieve peace in Palestine is to implement a two-state solution.

They also state that Iran must recognize the State of Israel. This is the first time in the history of the Islamic Republic that this has happened with an official organization. Previously only a few house arrested politicians (like former reformist president Khatami) said this.

Posting here because I don't think my target audience lurks in the general megathread...

Any fans of "cybernetics", or any mechanical or electrical engineers who have suffered through control theory/systems courses? I am fascinated by it, but I have only seriously studied it (in the sense of going into the details and implementation) in the lectures. From what little history the lectures explore, it seems to focus on American contributions, but I know that the field was developed and perfected in the USSR for industrial (and economic?) control. The question is... where do I actually learn about the economical aspects of control systems? Who are the leaders in economic control currently? I guess I am imagining something like Cyberstride/Cybersyn (because this field definitely didn't die in Chile 1973).

My rudimentary searches on Russian Wikipedia lead me to the page on Cybernetics, but it dedicates the first half to misquoting articles by Soviet scientists ridiculing "cybernetics" which makes me skeptical of finding anything useful there (if you read the actual article they quote the author basically shits on the idea circulating in the western press that cybernetic machines are equivalent to the human brain, literally a rehashing of the ChatGPT struggle session but in 1952).

A historic day in Puerto Rico: this livestream of a campaign closing ceremony for Pro-Independence/3rd Party coalition candidate Juan Dalmau is amassing an incredible view count on X. Its estimated more than 50k people are attending the event held near PR’s Convention district.

i know for most of you nerds dont expect good things to happen this 5th november in the election, but in Puerto Rico who's gobernor elections are this 5th as well the Independence party is doing really well in the polls, only 2% behind the Republican candidate and since she has to deal with the trump rally fallout of calling the island garbage, the independence cadidate has really good chances to win

General Elections in Puerto Rico on November 5, Independence Party Could Win hexbear post

The two parties that have dominated Puerto Rican politics for decades, the New Progressive Party (PNP) and the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) are losing their influence as the independence fighter Juan Dalmau runs for the alliance of the Puerto Rican Independence Party and the Citizen Victory Movement.

The Gaither poll shows Dalmau with 29% support compared to González’s 31%, who led with 43% in July. Jesús Manuel Ortiz from the Popular Democratic Party is in third place, followed by Javier Jiménez from the Dignity Project.

Not entirely sure where to put this, but looks like women, life, freedom is gaining visibility again. Posting this one link to an account that has a relatively high visibility on Mastodon standars and is very deeply lib as an example.

I wish I knew more about this whole intersection, but the timing of this does seem very sus.

Can someone familiar with Myanmar speak to China's support for the various armed groups? I saw a post on SocialistRA asserting that they are funding the ethnonationalist forces hoping to capitalize on the winners to exploit the natural resources. Western news barely touches Myanmar these days other than to acknowledge the Rohingyan genocide.

Hexbear News Mega America desk, I have caught the electoralist bug and want a sitrep on the upcoming US presidential election - which are the key swing states? what are the battlegrounds to look out for? where are the biggest upsets likely to happen for Harris and Trump?

Give me your informed analysis, give me your spicy takes, give me your conspiracy theories, but please keep them realistic and not the wishful thinking ones. I want to become an “expert” on US electoralism.

Hopefully we'll have a regional breakdown on the Moldova vote tomorrow, Transnistria abstention rates will be interesting.

Someone in the PNW burnt a ballot box cw: link

edit: guess they got a few

https://apnews.com/article/vote-ballot-drop-box-democracy-fire-f66c52f774955106fb9e7c8172825cff

Kamala fucking sucks but at this point I kind of want to see her win for the sole reason that it would make Elon sad

November 2 DPRK Press Statements

Have sanction, pressure and threats stopped us?

They have only made us stronger.

The DPRK will never tolerate any attempt to threaten the security environment of the state.

http://kcna.kp/en/article/q/4bfc87ac42a736c8983edd10d5a21554.kcmsf
https://archive.is/ndouy

This year alone, the U.S. and the ROK have further detailed a dangerous nuclear war scenario while breeding various sorts of war plots more than 20 times to use nuclear weapons against the DPRK, including the third meeting of the "Nuclear Consultative Group" and the 5th meeting of the "Extended Deterrence Strategy and Consultation Group".

According to it, various strategic assets of the U.S. including the Theodore Roosevelt nuclear carrier task force, Bermont nuclear submarine and B-52H nuclear strategic bomber were deployed on the Korean peninsula and in its vicinity more than ten times and various forms of war drills against the DPRK including "Freedom Shield", "Ulji Freedom Shield", "Freedom Edge", "Iron Mace", "Nuclear Consultative Group simulation drill" and "Freedom Flag" were staged without a break this year.
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The DPRK will perfectly defend its sovereign right, security and development interests under any circumstances and further intensify its practical efforts to ensure the permanent stability of the Korean peninsula and the region in a responsible manner and resolutely counter any threat and challenge in the present and future.

The more provocative act the hostile forces take in defiance of the DPRK's grave warning, the stronger counteraction they will face.

http://kcna.kp/en/article/q/b0103e55a68d487cf0f61995d8b6feb6.kcmsf
https://archive.is/w2ysM

Found a probably untrustworthy site attempting to map the Lebanon front with Israel: https://english.iswnews.com/36624/latest-khiam-on-al-khiam-front-map/

Pretty much the only mapping I've ever seen of the Lebanon invasion but that could be because there's practically nothing to map so far because of how much Hezbollah have been fucking the IOF.

The video footage above shows moments of several Israeli airstrikes on al-Khiam town.

In addition to armed confrontation, the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has conducted five rocket and artillery strikes against the movements and gatherings of Israeli troopers in the southeast of al-Khiam.

The Israeli regime’s army bulldozers are also creating defensive embankments and fortifications in the eastern outskirts of al-Khiam front, similar to actions previously taken in the Netzarim Corridor, a 6km stretch of land that divides the northern and southern Gaza Strip.

This measure is aimed at providing security for infantry forces and protecting Merkava tanks from guided anti-tank missiles. It appears that the Tel Aviv regime is preparing for a heavy confrontation in al-Khiam axis.

Al-Khiam town is a significant target for the Israeli regime, and heavy preparations have been made for it.

Another here: https://english.iswnews.com/36626/israeli-occupying-forces-demolish-villages-of-umm-al-tut-marwahin-in-southern-lebanon/

Russia has taken this one Ukrainian town and the other 2 towns in a little offensive in the South and Selydovne is confirmed.

EDIT : now there are reports of Kostyantynopil' beeing attacked , which would kinda fuck ukraine if true, as it would create a "Kurakove Cauldron", and behind Kurakove theres basiclly just cottages no big towns anymore.