Computer nerd. Mostly doing Linux systems administration. Software tinkerer.
Also, cycling. 🚴
And occasional geopolitics. 🌍
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@KimPerales@toad.social #Iran from the start allowed ships to pass through the Strait provided those ships:
- Weren't aligned with the side waging war against them
- Pay a toll in yuan, price on spectrum
Ships were mainly stopped by:
- Their own insurance companies
- US blockade
- Iran, if ship was aligned with US-Israel & didn't pay toll
Chinese ships could traverse #straitofhormuz right up until US launched its blockade for paying ships. China wasnt stopped by Iran, it was stopped by US
A simple Perl script to wish you well on Star Wars Day!
Or to run it directly:
perl -e 'print "Do you like Star Wars? (yes/no): "; $|=1; $a=; chomp $a; print lc($a) =~ /^(yes|y)$/ ? "May the Fourth be with you!\n" : "Have a great day!\n"'
Did anyone really believe US-Israel started #iranwar to liberate Iranians? 😂
Narrative starts:
"We're going to liberate Iranians from a brutal oppressive regime"
Narrative now:
"We're going to blow your stuff up that allows you to function as a nation" - Lindsey Graham
"We're going to take the oil and make a fortune" - Trump
"We're going to obliterate all their electric plants, oil wells and possibly desalinisation plants" - Trump
"We're sending you back to the Stone Age" - Trump
@BrianJopek@mastodon.world The reason why the Israelis target children and babies in war is biblical:
Now go, attack Amolek, and proscribe, kill and dedicate to YHWH, all that belongs to him. Spare no one, but kill alike men and women, infants and sucklings, oxen and sheep, camels and asses
As Netanyahu stated at the beginning of Israel's genocide on #palestine their objective was killing Amolek. Now they attack #iran in the hope of creating Greater Israel and the third temple for their Messiah, literally!