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Mods remove a post from /r/worldnews about Musk pushing for the US to leave NATO because it’s “not the appropriate subreddit”…? Excuse me, what the fuck???

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So from everything I’ve seen about this situation, it looks a whole fucking lot like a massive amount of malfeasance from Tesla. I genuinely hope the Canadian government throws the book at them and absolutely reams them financially for fraud.

Former Californian here. I’m quite familiar with the water issues in the state; there’s going to be regional to nationwide food shortages this summer as a pretty direct result of this. I’m sure orangeboi hopes it’s the former, so it primarily hurts CA. I hope it’s the latter, so it hurts everyone, and maybe some of them eventually learn when real life hits them in the face at highway speeds.

This is the “find out” part.

Tbh, it makes an amusing amount of sense, considering the data cutoff for a lot of LLMs

lol this fuckin guy

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I am pretty certain they’ll find a way to jury rig the IRIS-T and whatever Fox-3’s the French gave them onto the Viper. And I’m furthermore pretty certain that knowledge will percolate to the rest of the EU, so that any other Viper operators can’t be held hostage as easily by the cavalcade of fecal matter that is our government.

I mean… possibly.

One of the possible outcomes here is civil war, potentially followed by balkanization of the US. Or, the beginning of a fascist regime here, utterly divorced in all meaningful ways from our (deeply flawed, but still somewhat democratic) current system, with simmering insurgency that will stretch on for decades. Or, some fragments of our government regain enough sanity and backbone to actually fight back against the fascists. Or any number of other insane scenarios that would have gotten you laughed out of the room as recently as 9 years ago (or, in some deeply oblivious circles, 2 months ago).

But one thing’s for damn sure: Pax Americana is done. I genuinely do not see how US foreign policy and soft power bounces back from this. We no longer lead the free world in any meaningful sense (that’s not a jingoistic reminiscence - it’s commentary that any shred of credibility we had on that front is entirely gone now).

This is a direct result of Trump cutting off intel. It’s fucking unconscionable. I’ve never been this embarrassed and ashamed to be an American.

Also American. I fully and emphatically agree.

I’m fine. We’re fine. We’re all fine here. How are you?

Thankfully, no crime was committed

I’ve seen reports from USAF trainers. A lot of them would comment on how the Ukrainians were just ALWAYS ready to go and absolutely, categorically motivated, to a man. The esprit de corps is frankly impressive and admirable. And absolutely understandable, in the context.