AI generated text about the difference between what happened in the previous years and what changed:

This year's Philippines-US Balikatan military exercises saw some key changes compared to previous iterations:

• Scale: This year's Balikatan was the largest ever, with over 16,700 troops participating, exceeding the numbers from previous years [Xinhua].

• Focus: The drills included a stronger emphasis on maritime exercises, with the Philippine Coast Guard participating for the first time [US, Philippines kick off annual joint military drills as tensions mount in South China Sea]. This suggests a focus on island defense and resupply scenarios.

• Scenario: The exercises included a simulated island recapture in Palawan, close to the disputed Spratly Islands, which is a new development compared to past drills [AP News].

• Regional Involvement: While the core remains US-Philippines, this year included observers from ASEAN nations like Vietnam and Thailand, indicating a broader regional approach to security [US, Philippines kick off annual joint military drills as tensions mount in South China Sea].

Alina Kabaeva: «What do you mean not like that?»

Le transizioni da un social ad un altro sono processi lunghi e che richiedono anni. Era molto sospetta la notizia sul successo improvviso di Threads.

Potrebbe non essere così lontano. Il problema è che potrebbe arrivarne un altro anche peggiore!

Stock markets do not believe in the beginning of another war. Nasdaq and S&P 500 are rising.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/14/stock-futures-rise-after-falling-monday-fading-last-weeks-rally.html

Imagine the elections of the most powerful country of the world being influenced by a regional power. It is like Mike Tyson being beaten by Tyler Durden.

Huge plot twist. They were fighting each other some months ago.

Not unexpected at all, but now we have proofs.

I noticed that too. They quarantined /r/russia, changed the moderators of /r/moscow and did nothing about posts calling to kill Russians.

That was totally unexpected!

How do they expect to continue normal economic agreements with non-Europen countries after this?

This is good for lemmy!

Of course you can, comrade!

Как-то летом на рассвете

Заглянул в соседний сад.

Там смуглянка-молдаванка

Собирала виноград.

Я краснею, я бледнею,

Захотелось вдруг сказать:

Станем над рекою

Зорьки летние встречать!

This is completely unexpected. Any idea about why that happened?

Я думаю, что компоненты будут поступать из Китая, как это уже происходит для многих других продуктов. Но я не уверен.

Alexandr Dugin is not the brains behind the Z invasion, at all. Putin admitted reading Ivan Ilyin and Nikolai Berdyaev, but never spoke about Dugin, nor ever met him.

I didn't know that Yandex had activities in Turkey. Very interesting!

I am a very weak player. When possible, I play the Gioco Pianissimo, because it is simple.

Based!

This is what Russia has to start to do really quicky now.

Thank you!

Guys, can we please remove this megathead? The olympics are over.

Is he the one deporting Ukrainians to Rwanda?

Astra Linux is already there:

Astra Linux is a Russian Linux-based computer operating system (OS) that is being massively implemented in contemporary Russian Federation in order to replace Microsoft Windows. Initially it was created and developed to meet the needs of the Russian army, other armed forces and intelligence agencies. It provides data protection up to the level of "top secret" in Russian classified information grade by featuring mandatory access control. It has been officially certified by Russian Defense Ministry, Federal Service for Technical and Export Control and Federal Security Service.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astra_Linux

Keep dreaming in Langley

This will keep Britons busy on the internal front.

Yup, they’re whitewashing apartheid.

Fresh material from Langley. Thanks, pal!

This is a very important signal. It is very likely that they already have an exit strategy from Ukraine. But first, they have to make sure that citizens will be ready for that.

You see, it is not that easy, because you need gas pipelines to bring the gas where you need it. There are no gas pipelines between the USA and Europe for obvious reasons.

The rumor about high level NATO officers has been circulating for a long time, but it has never been confirmed.

Jacobin Mag. https://jacobinmag.com/2022/05/paypal-independent-media-journalism-censorship-tech

Is Chinese becoming the official language of communists? If so, I am in trouble!

... but at what cost? /s

Wait, wasn't capitalism about competition?

Capitalism as usual: rich people becoming even more rich, poor people becoming even more poor.

However, sanctions "from hell" did not work as expected.

The hard part is to dismantle these political systems

Tankies are kinda splitted right now between pro-Putin and anti-Putin. I guess you think that the pro-Putin ones are the majority. I am not sure about that.

I have seen the flags with Jesus' face in Moscow on May 9th. Thay are cringe.