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Lots of leaks starting to happen re: the Jan 20 announcement at Ramstein. The US is not expected to donate any Abrams, but instead will give Strykers (to go along with European tanks): Also expected: the official announcement of Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb systems for Ukraine, which have a 150km+ range (almost 2x HIMARS, and heavier ordinance).

Also people get all up in arms about the idea of a 16-year-old changing genders and then realizing a few years later that they want to change back. Okay...and? They could then change back. What is the big deal? Also, from what I know on this matter, this rarely, rarely happens. The far-right likes to go on and on about anecdotal cases of transgender people regretting their decision and later changing back, but they can never back it up (same thing with their "stats" saying that most women regret abortions). These people aren't trying to protect people from making "mistakes," they are afraid of people changing legal genders at all, so want to stop it.

Also, the PM of Poland was just quoted as saying they believe the soon-to-be-made announcement of main battle tanks to Ukraine could be upwards of 100 German-made Leopards. So far, Poland and Finland have expressed their intention (as well as the UK with Challenger II tanks). It's expected Germany will also pitch in, along with France and a few others.

Canada announces it will donate 200 armoured vehicles to Ukraine | CBC News WWW.CBC.CA Canada is donating 200 Canadian-made armoured personnel carriers to Ukraine, Defence Minister Anita Anand announced on Wednesday while visiting Kyiv, Ukraine. Canadian-built APCs. Much better use than the ones we sell to Saudi Arabia. Also to be clear these are best used for troop transport, not actual combat (only protected against small mines and small-arms fire). But better than minivans and cars, and at least they have a weapons mount on top. I also wouldn't be surprised if we end up donating some of our Challenger tanks, as well. I expect that announcement will come after the Jan 20 meeting in Germany. Canada also buying and donating a NASAMS air defense system for Ukraine: Canada to purchase U.S. missile defence system for Ukraine | CBC News WWW.CBC.CA The Prime Minister's Office has announced that Canada will buy a U.S.-made missile defence system for Ukraine and will welcome U.S. President Joe Biden for a visit in March.

lol Israel is concerned about how this will make Russia feel. Here's a hint—maybe you should care more about what Daddy America thinks, considering you exist solely because of the grace of the USA.

Full contents of the new UK military package:

Ukraine has retreated from Soledar. After losing close to 500 soldiers per day for the last few weeks, Russia has taken the small town. At the same time, Ukraine has pushed into the outskirts of Kreminna, an important city further north (where logistics lines from Russia run through). There have also been images leaked of mass Ukrainian troops gathering, with the soldiers in Winter gear and camo. No idea where they are, but likely part of the planned Winter offensive somewhere in the south/east.

UK government to block Scottish gender bill WWW.BBC.COM It will be the first time ministers in London have used powers to stop a Scottish bill from becoming law. UK continues to be a total shithole for trans rights. Hopefully this only continues to push Scotland away.

If anyone hasn't heard, Russia launched a terror attack on a residential complex in Dnipro. This woman, trapped above-ground in a half-destroyed apartment, already lost her spouse earlier in the war. In this strike she lost her home and her parents.

Oh well that's not new, just look at the waste from grocery stores, etc.

Is Redfall L4D2 but open world?

Shooting someone when they're leaving the scene is murder. At that point you're killing someone to get property back.

What's your point here?

In retrospect, Bane trapping all the cops underground was a good thing.

UK confirmed today the additional supply to Ukraine of: 14 Challenger II main battle tanks: 30 AS90s 155m self-propelled artillery: It's believed that up to four Challenger II tanks will be delivered immediately to allow Ukraine to begin familiarizing and training locally, and that the UK will train more Ukrainian troops in the coming weeks.

Finally put together a new gaming PC after being on the old one for five years. Components: Ryzen 7 5800x3D RX 6950 XT (16GB) 32GB RAM (DDR4 3600mhz) 980 EVO Pro (1TB) m.2 for Windows 970 EVO Plus (1TB) m.2 for Games Multiple other SSDs (2TB + 2TB + 1TB) for media and photography Corsair 4000D airflow case Noctua NH-D15S chromax CPU cooler LG 27GP83B-B 27" 165hz monitor + Acer XB271HU 165hz monitor (gsync only, so my secondary, and from my previous build) Also took the opportunity to mount the monitors on a double arm to free up desk space, as well as mount a big power strip on the bottom of the desk to help tidy up cords. Still waiting on the cable tray to finish that part. Ironically, given that I don't care about RGB at all, the case fans I wanted ended up being cheapest in the RGB option. This build should last me another five years, and I will turn my old build (i7-7700k + 1080ti) into our Plex media server for us and some of our friends.

Ugh... we're about to hear a bunch of dumb analogies from Republicans (that don't make sense) about families sitting around the kitchen table balancing their cheque books.

UK to send Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine, Rishi Sunak confirms WWW.BBC.COM Rishi Sunak confirms the tanks will be provided during a call with President Zelensky. Official.

Brazil police find draft decree intended to overturn election result in former Bolsonaro minister's home | CNN EDITION.CNN.COM Brazilian police searching the house of former President Jair Bolsonaro's justice minister found a draft decree proposing the introduction of a state of defense to overturn the result of the country's presidential election, the ministry's spokeswoman told CNN.

That's some good news, at least.

Just got my bivalent booster. So that makes: Pfizer (full) Pfizer (full) Pfizer (booster) Moderna (booster) Moderna (bivalent booster) So far still COVID zero.

Yeah it's bad. I've stopped using the app, but still have an account so I can view embedded videos and whatnot more easily for news from Ukraine. The actual app experience is horrible.

Hey it's not food at least!

This is a hill I will die on. Windows snipping tool editor: Greenshot editor: Look at all those tools on the side. You can blur sections out, make all kinds of shapes, text. It's got an auto-number system (where you click and it puts a number in a circle, and then next click is the number+1, for making instructions). Auto-upload buttons, etc.

Okay but what about the human trafficking.