I'd attribute it more to the strong rumours online that RFK is about to drop out and endorse Trump to get a spot in Trump's hypothetical administration lmao

"In North Korea, people get so hungry they have to eat their clothes, even the buttons"

Not posted in a while and this isn't strictly news but I figured if anyone keeps track of Western misinformation around the Ukrainian war and the events leading up to it then you can add this to your "There are no Nazis in Ukraine" section.

I've been having this argument with my brother for a few days now. I had most recently brought up the anti-Roma pogroms post-2014, one of which is described in detail here. Of course this wasn't good enough as a source for my brother even though it directly links to the court's ruling on the Roma's claims for compensation for being forced from their homes by local authorities after anti-Roma riots on the Ukrainian Court website. So I pulled up the court document and had it translated. Some choice quotes from the Judge's decision below:

On the legality of the local assembly's decision concerning the Roma: "The court states that the decision No. 1 indirectly instructed the Executive Committee of the Council of the need to convey to residents of Roma nationality the opinion of the residents of the village on the issue of their residence in the village, which according to Article 8 of the Law 'On Local Self-Government in Ukraine' is a form of direct participation in solving issues of local importance."

Regarding the village head's actions in signing and announcing the assembly's decision: "As for the actions of the village head to sign and announce this decision, in the opinion of the court, they do not have independent significance in the aspect of violation of the rights of the plaintiffs but are actions of writing the decision of the general meeting of citizens for its legitimation in the context of the possibility of further consideration in the activities of the Council and the Executive Committee."

On the court's view of the village assembly's decision's impact: "At the same time, the defendant village head did not personally make this decision; such a decision was made by the territorial community represented by the village council, which is not a defendant in the case and against which claims have not been filed."

On the issue of moral damages: "Since the court came to the conclusion that there are no grounds for recognizing the actions and inactions of the defendants as illegal, there are also no grounds for the recovery of moral damages, taking into account the absence of signs of illegality in the actions and inactions of the defendants."

Some rumours from leftist Arab sources on Twitter that American ships have been hit in the Red Sea by Houthi rebels. Waiting for confirmation.

I dm'd you a link but I also found it on YT in poor quality https://youtu.be/RBh-ivZ5C-w

I remember watching Oliver Stone's interviews with Putin from 3/4 years ago (I'd recommend watching them, v interesting) and you could see he had Windows XP with a picture of the Kremlin as his desktop background. In recent photos of him at his desk you can make out that he's still going strong on XP with the exact same background. :putin-wink: