Series C, Episode 09 - Sarcophagus
CALLY: I'd like a straight answer.
AVON: Try a straight question.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/309/163 B7B4
Nationaler Sicherheitsrat der Bundesregierung tagt
Inmitten der Diskussionen über den US-Plan zur Beendigung des russischen Angriffskriegs hat am Samstag der Nationale Sicherheitsrat der Bundesregierung zur Lage in der Ukraine getagt. Das Gremium habe unter dem Vorsitz von Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz (CDU) "die aktuellen Entwicklungen mit Blick auf den Krieg gegen die Ukraine erörtert", teilte Regierungssprecher Stefan Kornel…
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Den Atomkrieg üben https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10170
Suddenly, Trump’s effort to rig the 2026 midterms with corrupt gerrymanders appears in trouble.
A panel of judges just blocked the GOP gerrymander in Texas, which had added five seats.
In Indiana, Republicans currently lack the votes to redraw their congressional map.
Trump is angry about all this.
He lashed out at Indiana Republicans, threatening primaries and calling one opponent “weak” and “pathetic.”
So is the scheme dead?
-- No.
Several as…
Oakley Meta Vanguard review: the smart glasses combine headphones, sunglasses, and a camera, plus Garmin integration, but the camera specs aren't too impressive (Adrienne So/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/review/oakley-meta-vanguard-smart-glasses/
Grünen-Co-Chefin warnt vor "Trump-Putin-Pakt"
Die Grünen-Co-Vorsitzende Franziska Brantner hat Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz (CDU) aufgefordert, als Reaktion auf den umstrittenen US-Plan mit aller Kraft europäische Unterstützung für die Ukraine zu organisieren. Wenn Merz nicht zudem dafür sorge, dass Europa mit am Tisch sitze, "wird Europa und nicht nur die Ukraine auf der Speisekarte stehen", warnte sie. Und: "Der Trump-Putin-…
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Series D, Episode 08 - Games
SOOLIN: His personality, then.
ORAC: A better definition, but still not quite accurate.
AVON: Would it know how the booby traps on the orbiter are programed?
ORAC: As yet, I don't have enough data to answer that question.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/408/287
Momentum is building on both sides of the Atlantic to give Ukraine the approximately $300 billion in Russian state assets frozen by Western countries after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion in 2022.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has now endorsed the idea, removing a long-standing obstacle.
But another one remains:
Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to retaliate by confiscating the remaining Western investment in Russia.
Western countries are no…
Kriegstüchtige Geheimdienste https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10177
Series C, Episode 10 - Ultraworld
RELF: No knowledge, cannot answer.
TARRANT: Are there others like you?
RELF: Yes.
TARRANT: And where are they?
RELF: Some menials like me. Others absorbed in the core.
TARRANT: Core, what's that?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/310/290