It is because of the copper mine there. It used to be controlled by a US company called Freeport McMoRan that used Indonesian military to oppress the indigenous population.

because of the bad vibes there…

So… Once Iranian government falls. Who’s going to prevent the terrorists from going into Iran spread there?
The new government is probably too weak, Israel probably don’t care anymore and will focus on clearing off Palestine.
So the US probably got handed off this hot potato because, if no western countries is doing it, China or Russia will come in and cause chaos later.

If US puts tariffs on many countries, that many countries can just trade with each other. US is just self excluding itself

This should be fantastic for hackers, there’s new target(s) beside SWIFT.
If Swift could still be hacked, this payment needs to really ramp up their security processes pretty quick before some hacker steals money from it

GrapheOS now officially supports…

[please… something other than Pixel…]

Pixel 9

FYI for those thinking of migrating to pixel watch: Big oof: The Google Pixel Watch 3 can’t be repaired, only replaced

It’s because they know it’s less likely that they get hurt in peaceful protest and they’re more likely to die when protesters are ready to respond with violence and weapons.

Wish Graphene suports more than just Google Pixel

No one is buying because it requires certain hardware features that only recent computers have.
Even my 2019 laptop isn’t eligible for the free upgrade without some hack to install.

She may be a Mossad agent to figure out who the other reporters are communicating with in Palestine

The more these things happen, the less people will defect and provide information about Russia

What would be considered slant?
a guide would be good here for defining slant so everyone can go through a checklist and say, yeah that article or news agency’s articles are slanted

one author whose articles I won’t be reading

Hold on while I write some notes before I lob my grenade towards you…

So, what’s the percentage of non-dollar currencies 5 or 10 years ago?
If it’s also a fifth, then nothing has changed.
it would be nice to know the change instead of just a number at a point in time

Gaza Anything that needs to go into Palestine is controlled by Israel. Egypt only allows limited humanitarian aid to enter and no commercial goods are allowed into Gaza from Egypt

The closer term is Anti-Zionist.
Anti-Zionism is against the formation of Israel.
Anti-Semitism is hostile against Jews.
Israel has been successfully equating Zionism with Semitism for so long that very few use the term anti-zionism and people can call each other racist and silence others who’s arguing about Israel.

Who’s the manufacturer?

sources that contradicts this is buried in the convo
https://lemmy.ml/comment/5738838