Notably, Musk has by far the smallest consumer base. Amazon, Google, Meta - those are near-ubiquitous. Starlink, X, Tesla? Much more niche, more dependent on a few big spenders

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Horrific drone strike in territory of Abyei, de jure between Sudan and South Sudan. South Sudanese officials blame Sudan but last I saw there was no solid evidence.

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Once upon a time Eleonora Folan was a very reasonable, nerdy Yes2AV activist teenager with an interest in psephology and progressive politics. She wasn't *this*. She's a great example that social media radicalisation and brain-rot aren't exclusive to the far right.

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I remember reading some interview with a soldier who was stationed over there and he said two things: 1. The Saudis have one of the most useless, incompetent militaries he'd ever seen 2. They also very clearly seem to think of the US military and its soldiers as their employees

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A primer from me on protection in modern warfare, and an introduction to the 'onion of survivability' (yes, this is actually a thing), combining both up-to-date research from Ukraine and my experience as a former Royal Engineer.

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