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[–] manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml 22 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith arrested, expected to be charged with war crime of murder abc news australia

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BRS 'expected to be charged' with five war crime counts

According to the AFP, BRS is "expected to be charged with five counts of war crime - murder" in Afghanistan, including:

  • The war crime of murder, in that he intentionally caused the death of a person, on or about April 12, 2009 in Kakarak
  • The war crime of murder, in that he aided, abetted, counselled or procured another person to intentionally cause the death of a person, on or about April 12, 2009 in
  • The war crime of murder, in that he aided, abetted, counselled or procured another person to intentionally cause the death of a person, on or about September 11, 2012 at Darwan
  • The war crime of murder, with another person, in that they intentionally caused the death of a person, on or about October 20, 2012 in Syahchow
  • The war crime of murder, in that he aided, abetted, counselled or procured another person to intentionally cause the death of a person, on or about October 20, 2012 at Syahchow

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-07/ben-roberts-smith-war-crimes-allegations-arrest/106537668


[–] manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 hours ago

Furrys in the white house. But actually that is such an ill fitting stupid rabbit suit

[–] manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 hours ago

Art reflects culture, culture reflects art. Trump is like usa presidential drag, he might as well wear a powdered wig and blue coat

[–] manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml 27 points 5 hours ago

Going skiing, using all my grandfathers gear from the 1950s, which i pay i zillion dollars a year to maintain

[–] manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml 25 points 19 hours ago

It's probably hard to get photos of westerners on the street wearing a mask /s

oh I just saw what you mean, what a choice

[–] manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml 12 points 23 hours ago

annecdotally I've seen the VicPolice helicopter leonardo aw139 doing some of the longest flights I've seen. Maybe they're burning through their budget before EOFY, or maybe they're looking for the cocaine they've reported was dumped overboard in the tasman sea

saturday 4/4 arvo

sunday 5/4 arvo

great to see them flying without reporting over a pretty high poverty area on sunday. they do brag about being the most active helicopter service in the southern hemisphere.

also the amount of pilot training flights and tourist helicopters out, aus is gaurenteed their fuel while the countries its refined in are implimenting emergency measures ffs, imperialism etc

/rant sorry i have been thinking about this too long, cause i live under the flightpath of the coppa choppa 😤

[–] manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 day ago

I think someone here speculated this almost immediately after the pilots were reported missing 😎

[–] manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml 39 points 1 day ago

Bad Empanada and Hasan have recently released videos on them visiting Cuba, theyre distressing and upsetting but still interesting to see

[–] manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 day ago

To my eye, that grassy knoll looks like a crop field, small, ephemeral and contained, not necessarily a different area

[–] manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml 59 points 1 day ago (2 children)

WASHINGTON, April 4 (Reuters) - Satellite imaging firm Planet Labs said on Saturday it will indefinitely withhold ‌visuals of Iran and the region of conflict in the Middle East to comply with a request from the U.S. government.

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California-based Planet Labs (PL.N), opens new tab announced the decision in an email to customers and said the U.S. government had asked all satellite imagery providers to indefinitely ​withhold images of the conflict region.

The Reuters Iran Briefing newsletter keeps you informed with the latest developments and analysis of the Iran war. Sign up here.

Shares of Globalstar jumped more than 13% after a report said Amazon is in talks to buy the low-earth-orbit communication satellite company.

The restriction expands upon a 14-day delay on imagery of the Middle East ​that Planet Labs imposed last month, a move the firm said was meant to prevent ⁠adversaries from using it to attack the U.S. and its allies.

Planet Labs said it will withhold imagery dating back ​to March 9 and that it expects the policy to remain in effect until the conflict ends.

The war began ​when the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, and the conflict spread in the region when Tehran responded by launching its own attacks on Israel and U.S. bases in Gulf states, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain

Planet Labs will release images only on case-by-case basis for urgent or public interest needs

Satellite imagery of hard-to-reach areas useful for news media, researchers

Other providers like Vantor apply their own controls but were not contacted by U.S. ​government

Military uses of satellite technology include target identification, ​weapons guidance, missile tracking and communications. Some space specialists say Iran could be accessing commercial imagery, including pictures obtained ​via U.S. adversaries. Satellite images also help journalists and academicians studying hard-to-reach places.

Planet Labs, which operates a large fleet of Earth-imaging ‌satellites and ⁠sells frequently updated images to governments, companies and media, did not respond to a request for further comment

reuters com/business/media-telecom/satellite-firm-planet-labs-indefinitely-withhold-iran-war-images-2026-04-05/

gee i wonder what usa doesnt want people seeing?

they… had kids on the Bahrain base?

Intersing consideting Amnesty International just published a report about kids in Iran going to checkpoints and parades with family members

[–] manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

I've never actually clicked through on these links before, thanks for the work youve done translating this stuff. You're posts are a lot nicer than the auto translations my browser does

 

from @stayfreeworld on telegream

 

Chinese state media made an AI-generated cartoon about the US-Iran conflict. Complete with fighting Persian Cats! Well I subtitled it for you so you can enjoy it in all its trope-laden glory! Remember kids, the mountains will stay standing while the green water flows, and the true art of war is not figuring out how to fight, but how to stop!

uploaded to tankie.tube here - https://tankie.tube/w/nAx1xxpGRpBLDE9UfxWiyH

from youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As0rplNJTZI

5 minute AI animated explainer on the imperialist war against Iran, best use of AI I have seen.

 

Shamelessly stolen from a hexbear post from the 12 day war

 

Thought I'd check in on Drew Pavlou to see what he has to say about recent events.

'twumpikins, harden your heart, free Iran, there are MINT women I could sleeze on'

he's fucking disgusting.

he's mostly been doing some bit about fraud in australias national disability insurance scheme (NDIS), ala that young yankee youtuber and the day care thing. He's not very original. The NDIS is honestly fucked, but funny to see him suggest it should be a centralised government run thing.

https://xcancel.com/DrewPavlou/status/2032599031982207298#m

 

Title written on a missile, some Arabic and or Farsi I can't read is there too

edit: probably not real but whatever

 

Comic was in theage.com.au letters today, the artist shares comics here https://meganjherbert.substack.com/

 

"Enduring peace will be achieved when knowledge and understanding are fully valued within all societies" - Melania Trump at the UNSC

https://xcancel.com/MELANIATRUMP/status/2029313033114148880#m

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No one's talking about it, so I'm going to, etc, whatever, OMG they were room mates

surely someone did make this comparison and I just missed it

 

Chinese Vlogger travels Solo in IRAN's MOST Conservative City 🇮🇷 I - Jan, 2026 - Little Chinese Everywhere

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_m9LxdQ0Xo

this person makes some of the best videos on youtube, just traveling around, showing people where they live, shining a light on their humanity

 

A tombstone reads here lies a good western leftist, died waiting for the perfect revolution, vale

 

Recording of a seminar hosted last week by www.red-spark.org

VENEZUELA — EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS Popular power in the face of US attacks

Red Spark organised this public webinar to examine the current phase of US aggression against Venezuela through first-hand eyewitness accounts from those living and organising inside the process itself.

The discussion focuses on what has actually taken place on the ground, including the role of Venezuelan state institutions, communal organisation, and government responses to external pressure.

The speakers address how this risk-back operates in everyday life: from shortages and infrastructural strain to political destabilisation and militarised threats. The webinar also explores how communal institutions and popular organisation have emerged as collective mechanisms for managing, redistributing, and resisting this imposed risk, while continuing to defend popular power under siege.

The discussion situates these experiences within the broader geopolitical and military dimensions of US intervention, cutting through disinformation to provide grounded analysis rooted in lived political practice.

Speakers

Chris Gilbert is a professor of political studies at the Universidad Bolivariana de Venezuela, a contributing editor at Monthly Review, and the author of Commune or Nothing!: Venezuela’s Communal Movement and Its Socialist Project (Monthly Review, 2023), among other books and articles.

Cira Pascual Marquina is a popular educator at the Pluriversidad, El Panal Commune’s educational initiative in the working-class barrio of 23 de Enero in Caracas. She is also a founder and member of the Communal Democracy Network.

Chair: Marley L (Sydney)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7QbdwFTIXI

 

Beijing confirms Japan's pandas will leave before February, invites panda lovers to China

ShanghaiEye魔都眼 - 20sec clip from YT

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FAFO 😤

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