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People have pointed out that Oman (unlike Iran) has signed onto the UN law of the sea and so could be sued for charging tolls, but then again I think if Iran comes away with a decisive victory then Oman would probably just withdraw from the UN treaty and start collecting those sweet sweet tolls. They liked the pre-war status quo but seem flexible enough to do well after the war ends

me realizing I got a five year head start on everyone

Havana syndrome got him 😩

Maybe if this happened 10 or 20 years ago it would have led to Israel getting a slap on the wrist, maybe putting one or two soldiers on administrative leave for a bit. Now I don't think anyone cares, the genocide machine keeps humming along

Real "Trump writes Netanyahu a strongly worded check" vibes

A good article that was written recently about how Wayland still lags behind X11 in terms of accessibility: https://nocoffei.com/?p=451

Ukraine just launched a drone salvo at Moscow according to Naked Capitalism: https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/05/breaking-ukraine-fires-hundreds-of-drones-at-moscow.html

Mint 50 trillion-dollar coins, one for each state, then let trump make a 51st coin for greenland or whatever territory he wants to annex next

Really good post, thank you.

Orinoco tribune and Telesur English are my current go-tos as a non-Spanish speaker, I also like Chris Gilbert's blog, he's a Venezuelan professor who travels around the country visiting communes and writing about their developments in communism.

Edit: also Cuba's Prensa Latina has an English language site but it seems to be broken? The main spanish language site works but the English language one doesn't :/

Orinoco Tribune - The Weight on Delcy Rodriguez

Pushes back on US narrative about Venezuela, talks about popular support and commune development