How fascinating. I've come across AI 'normal folk' channels before but never one made to look like a specific person. I do wonder what age/iq range can spot this stuff. www.youtube.com/watch?v=du4s...

We should let trump know we will sell him things he is looking for for the defence of his ally and strategic interest.

It would simply come down to whether we need trade to flow through there, if we do, and we dont have the resources, we have a fragile overall strategy.

I guess with rising oil prices, gulf states can supercharge Ukrainian drone production as a fair trade.

BBC going with bitter sarcasm for their main headline this morning. "Huge fire engulfs Kuwait City tower as Trump accuses Starmer of seeking to 'join wars after we've already won'"

Think of all the fallout for just knowing and talking to convicted pedo epstein. It seems like you can hunt humans in Ukraine and still be an olympian as long as you are fast or an accurate shot. Bit sick really.

Meanwhile, nine settlements in the Oleksandrivsk direction have already been liberated by Air Assault Forces units. The video has subtitles.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fIY... Just a reminder that you now dont need to go on X spaces to follow UtL. Podcast form, multiple languages, and now in technicolour.

Christ. Putting kids into the war machine is an ncredibly cynical move. Very very dark. But this is putins russia.

Oh, well, I guess I will stop moaning that rishi has been invisible on Ukraine.

Is this what makes a political party now? No more economic theory, philosophy, etc. Just pick your policies by whatever would do the rounds on your mum or dads facebook.

Nothing says lets broadcast that we want a race to the dark depths of AI in warfare with china like publicly getting an AI company to back down on its AI safeguards.

A farewell to alms.

X is just 10 people followed by a million bots, saying reasonable things amidst an overwhelming shower of troll vomit. I gave it up so I didnt force others to have to wade through the shower in order to read my sensible opinions.

I can suggest a rubber boat dealer.

This is really what we need to be doing. Some exquisite system for high value spots and a mass produced system for the broader areas and export market And all tested and proven in Ukraine. If it cant survive being built and tested there, it aint worth the cash.

I am so surprised. russia is so cold, youd think things were less likely to catch fire... Still, if you piss off a country of people that can pass as russian, expect mysterious fires.

Quite clever really, offer millions of rubles to sign a contract, then you are bullied by your commander to fork over your cash or be sent to a killzone. What are the odds the money taken from one gullible recruit is used to buy in the next gullible recruit, who is similarly robbed to get the next.

Indeed. If we are afraid they might be struck then it shows the initiative to be bluff and it needs to be no longer called a deterrant. Why do we allow us to kid ourselves, we are fooling noone - fear of putting UK in harms way is exactly why Russia thought it 1/2 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Surely what Fico doesn't support is defending your homes from russian invasion...

Indeed. What trump wont do is notice he had bad legal advice. Its sort of like how bros blame the girl who rebuffs their advances. That said, he can console himself on having shaped the economy thus far and republicans will love a rebate. He could spin it when he calms down.

Who would have thought that pizzagate was actually epstein island, and would end up protected by trump and his republicans.

Rubio's speech was a love letter to Europe where he essentially said "babe, of course I love you, but I loved you much more when you were less fat, and you were a natural blonde, so shed some pounds and say deus vult a few times and we can still be together".

What does putin fear is being organised on telegram such that he had to block it...

My own feminism is this: that women can do what men traditionally have done, that the smartest and strongest can be a woman. I dont support promoting someone above others based on sex. That said, female comedy became better due to the sheer number such that great female comics naturally emerged.

Not selecting someone for a top job who is the best because they are a woman is what we fight against. I think selecting someone because they are a woman is not the same thing. Its about recognising talent for talents sake, not taking into account someones sex. Though, Thornberry seems top tier.

I would like to see the data of popularity at the same time point across leaders since 2008ish. I suspect the rankings would be a whos who of who simply came next. I dont see any future leaders having better ratings in our cultural climate.

Show me a leader that was good for a country and I will show you how they were basically an arsehole in many ways. There are no hero politicians, no clean white shirts, just people who are good at political and national tactics - democratic resilience starts with MPs and journos having perspective.

At some point youd think we'd realise nothing brings down the fevered cries for leaders to go and for new elections to be held. We seem to think it is possible to have clean politicians. Its like we are drunk on having new people in that we will churn out at the first error. Watergate it aint.

Id say we may lose the wonder when we see an amazing real thing. Remember the awe at blue planet etc. I think we will become jaded. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

As for reasons, I can only think of shorter logistics lines and faster implementation of US central planning. But will it be viewed as in Europes interest for the US to no longer require Europe? It would be were the US to uphold a fair enough system, but they no longer look stable/predictable.

What is also not noticed us that NATO has not even taken its pants off. As frustrating as our speed has been in the west, it maybe that this is what russia needs to see: It cannot take on a country it impoverished. Its war machine is being battered by Ukrainian farmers and European pocket change.

Add to that any returning veterans who have discovered putins illusion that covers up a grotesque mafia state but who now have battlefield experience. This also makes home defence quite a pickle.

Also on strategic incompetence, it still baffles me that putin has forced Ukrainians into a determined enemy of 44m people who live next door, can pass as russian with little training, and to a man, know someone putin has attacked. It doesn't make for an easy home defence.

Also it underestimates that there are plenty of other powerful people who would see an unstable nuclear actor as a threat to themselves. Such easy threats make putin more of a target. Its a stupid position which incentivises others to start working against you. Nuclear backed annexation mustnt work.

Much like the silence from Corbyn about russia, we do well to note the silence from the far right.

Though Moscow have a poor track record for the safety of aviation.

To play devils advocate, we may find that it is better to have two or three tanks rather than one, depending on region or mission type. I stick by my notion of three JEFs of arctic, central, and med. Theres more buy in for the problems of each region, and they can specialise in their specific areas.

Very good analysis and set of questions. Finn PM Stubb initiates values-based realism. It can be argues VBR is law of the jungle wrapped in a thinner lie of values that give way to pragmatism. This would be to not appreciate the pragmatic value of our values - giving Greenland to the US against

When you aspire to be the don, this is a 'family' photo.

I read a lot of shoulds, but no consequences.

The issue is whether it is a division of labour. The US is operating in a way that suggests it does not gain equal value as its contribution - that we arent convincingly mutually dependent. Overlap and redundancy must therefore already exist on the US side if they are so confident they dont need us.

Finally saw this and it surprises me how many think there is an alternative to standing up to russia. Look at how they treat their own people. The counterfactual is bucha and a regime that kills Europeans slowly away from cameras. No news isnt always good news. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cird...

Even now farage pretends to be patriotic as he knows his base in reform wishes to be. But we are not just our borders, what mskes our borders worth defending is our values, and these values ring out amongst our allies and friends abroad - and we must always defend them.

Indeed. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Theres a dark strain of narrative permeating the whitehouse if trump feels he can talk down soldiers who bled for an ally under article 5. The flag and military are used as pure tokenism for the far right nationalism. Cowards stealing glory from better men.

Over a year, Europe hss boarded Borocay, Eventin, Eagle S, and Grinch tankers. We did that without a trump figure. But Zelensky's speech at Davos rightly sets stretch goals for Europe to become greater actors in defending international law.

At some point, the online world will need unique IDs for verified people - probably by state, and filters for trustes countries. We may even need them to get thrpugh a national firewall. Could be done well actually, given the alternative.

Nailed it.

Not my joke, but it is funny.

Indeed, I do wonder what speech people listened to as they comment on the small mistakes - he first pointed out he would use tarrifs to make Europeans have higher medication costs, and then threatened everyone that their wealth was only whilst he didnt apply tarrifs (switzerland)...