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– 4 direct perpetrators of the terrorist attack in Crocus were detained; they tried to escape towards Ukraine – FSB
– The death toll is 133 people – RF IC
– The number of victims has reached 140 – Ministry of Health
– March 24 is declared a day of national mourning – Putin
– President of Kazakhstan Tokayev held a meeting with members of the Security Council in connection with the terrorist attack in Crocus – Sputnik
– The topic of introducing the death penalty for terrorism in Russia will be deeply studied – head of the United Russia faction in the State Duma Vasiliev
– All the attacking terrorists are foreign citizens – Min. of Intern. Affairs
– The RF Armed Forces were able to make significant progress in the Bakhmut direction – tg channel “Rybar”
– The Russian Armed Forces liberated Krasnoye in the DPR and improved the tactical position along the front line in the Donetsk direction – MoD
– Putin, in telephone conversations with Tokayev, Assad and Erdogan, confirmed their intention to intensify anti-terrorism cooperation – Kremlin
– Belarusian special services helped Russia to detain suspects in the terrorist attack – Ambassador of Belarus
– The authorities of the Baltic countries did not offer condolences to Russia. “Let’s not lose focus,” the head of the Lithuanian MFA wrote
– In Riga, the police prohibit laying flowers near the Russian Embassy building – Sputnik
– The US State Department again recommended that fellow citizens leave Russia
– The Houthis condemned the terrorist attack in Crocus
– Republika Srpska declared March 24 a day of mourning as a sign of solidarity with the people of Russia
– Nicaragua declares mourning in solidarity with Russia
– Hezbollah condemned the terrorist attack in the Moscow region
– Polish authorities will increase the number of armed forces on the eastern borders – MoD
– The PM of the Netherlands will visit China for talks with Xi Jinping
– The EU invited pension funds to invest in the production of ammunition for Ukraine – Euobserver
Yanis Varoufakis (former Greek Minister of Finance) describes AI as a new form of capital that produces not goods, but behavioral modification. This is achieved by engineering perceptions.
The answers provided by ChatGPT, or the images rendered by StableDiffusion — as these increasingly inform our perceptions, they in turn define the reality we experience.
This is what makes AI so powerful — he who controls the AI, defines the reality of tomorrow.
⚡️🇺🇸 Some more things coming out for the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
Under the preliminary drafts of the bill, the USAF is requesting a release of $57,000,000 USD ($57.0 Million) to retire all remaining 162 A-10 Thunderbolt IIs in current service. Apart of the 2023 NDAA, there was a clause for a few million dollars to be released every so often to gradually retire the (then) 250 airframes by 2034; however due to the push by the Dept of Defense to ‘shed’ obsolete or obsolescent airframes that cannot be overhauled or upgraded further without a whole new airframe, it appears the USAF wants to retire all 162 remaining A-10s by the end of 2026.
The USAF plans to fully divest the 340-total remaining A-10s entirely, including those that currently serve in a handful of Air National Guard units in some states; which will be replaced by F-15EX Eagle IIs (like what is already happening with the Michigan State Air National Guard’s A-10s), or F-35A/Bs.
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My older sister lives in the country in between Velma Oklahoma and Duncan Oklahoma near the Fuqua Lake area, this story was told by a rural mail delivery woman who delivers the mail in the country.
The incident happened while she was on her route, when she came upon to the mailbox a male Chinese nation came out brandishing a, AK-47 rifle being very hostile,
I don't know if he pointed it at her since it is against the law to do so but she was terrified and said she was never going back and that the location that had a guard tower. Was the sheriff department notified, I don't know, did she notify her supervisor, don't know. But word is from the country folk who live in the area they have seen the guard tower at the pot place;
I refuse to call it a farm because it is an insult to farmers.
And yes she was traumatized by that ordeal