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by tabascoboy
Wed Apr 02, 2025 4:23 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Elon Musk bought Twitter.
Replies: 1004
Views: 86294

Re: Elon Musk bought Twitter.

Tesla (TSLA) announces 336,681 deliveries, far worse than expected Tesla (TSLA) has released its Q1 2025 production and delivery numbers. The automaker confirmed it delivered 336,681 electric vehicles during the first three months of the year — far below expectations. In Q1 2024, Tesla delivered 38...
by tabascoboy
Tue Apr 01, 2025 3:26 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: What's going on in Ukraine?
Replies: 7493
Views: 746126

Re: What's going on in Ukraine?

The one where Ukraine gets nothing and Russia gets everything short of a free license to attack any nation not in NATO not good enough? Russia 'Cannot Accept' Trump's Ukraine Peace Plans Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said the U.S. is not taking into account Russia's "main deman...
by tabascoboy
Tue Apr 01, 2025 9:57 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Saudi/Qatar et al bidding for RWC
Replies: 56
Views: 857

Re: Saudi/Qatar et al bidding for RWC

And any one team of Saudi, Qatar or United Arab Emirates getting an auto qualification spot as host would be a massive nonsense
by tabascoboy
Mon Mar 31, 2025 6:38 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Le Pen Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooone
Replies: 35
Views: 815

Re: Le Pen Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooone

Yes I imagine that seeing their "investments" with Le Pen come to nothing is pretty galling!
by tabascoboy
Mon Mar 31, 2025 6:34 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Starmergeddon: They Came And Ate Us
Replies: 2077
Views: 148748

Re: Starmergeddon: They Came And Ate Us

Don't think there is anyone in the entire political field who is capable of doing the Chancellor's job judging by the last few years. Well Sunak was probably the most competent but chose to run the economy for the benefit of his family mostly
by tabascoboy
Mon Mar 31, 2025 4:07 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Le Pen Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooone
Replies: 35
Views: 815

Re: Le Pen Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooone

Well Russia is a shining beacon of democracy after all In Moscow, where the Kremlin is accused of crushing Russia’s democratic opposition, President Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov claimed that the verdict was a “violation of democratic norms.” Le Pen and her co-defendants were accused o...
by tabascoboy
Mon Mar 31, 2025 11:32 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Le Pen Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooone
Replies: 35
Views: 815

Re: Le Pen Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooone

We can be sure that JD Vance will be deploring another instance of the repression of democracy in Europe very soon. I mean why should criminal / corrupt activity be a bar to being elected leader of a nation...
by tabascoboy
Mon Mar 31, 2025 10:15 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Techie Q&As
Replies: 35
Views: 1714

Re: Techie Q&As

I would think there is a way using API calls to sort out and make easier for 'X' and possible for Bluesky the embedding, but whether this would require an upgrade or update to the forum software I have no idea. Discord certainly has no issues with embedding for Bluesky although you do have to tweak ...
by tabascoboy
Mon Mar 31, 2025 10:04 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: What's going on in Ukraine?
Replies: 7493
Views: 746126

Re: What's going on in Ukraine?

And a few hours on, the inevitable backtracking

by tabascoboy
Mon Mar 31, 2025 10:01 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Starmergeddon: They Came And Ate Us
Replies: 2077
Views: 148748

Re: Starmergeddon: They Came And Ate Us

Putting this here as it's now the current Government's responsibility for oversight...but I'm sure this would work out really well for the customers given the current state of affairs in the US: Thames Water names US private equity group KKR as preferred bidder https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr...
by tabascoboy
Sun Mar 30, 2025 7:44 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: What's going on in Ukraine?
Replies: 7493
Views: 746126

Re: What's going on in Ukraine?

Here's a small quote from an article that explains it quite well the Kremlin plays an entirely different game. While the US thinks “ceasefire first, then talk,” the Russian playbook reads “keep shooting until negotiations favor us, then maybe stop.” Classic Russia. Americans don’t get this fundament...
by tabascoboy
Sat Mar 29, 2025 12:28 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: What's going on in Ukraine?
Replies: 7493
Views: 746126

Re: What's going on in Ukraine?

Russia takes care of its own (not) #6325297



Easy to read thread at https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1905 ... 57656.html
by tabascoboy
Sat Mar 29, 2025 12:19 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: President Trump and US politics catchall
Replies: 10048
Views: 599976

Re: President Trump and US politics catchall

But tariffs are working!

by tabascoboy
Wed Mar 26, 2025 9:41 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: President Trump and US politics catchall
Replies: 10048
Views: 599976

Re: President Trump and US politics catchall

I'm sure this is no problem, no problem at all... Private data and passwords of senior US security policymakers are online Donald Trump's most important security advisers discussed a military strike via signal chat. SPIEGEL searches now show that the problem is even greater. Mobile numbers of some p...
by tabascoboy
Tue Mar 25, 2025 9:00 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Planet Rugby
Replies: 34
Views: 1074

Re: Planet Rugby

Ukraine thread at PR has turned into a massive shitshow lately - I mean even more than it always has been. Had to increasingly use the 'Foe' function, around about 20 or so names and it's debateable as to how many distinct posters that actually is...
by tabascoboy
Tue Mar 25, 2025 5:27 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Another mass shooting in the US
Replies: 1050
Views: 76286

Re: Another mass shooting in the US

We missed one this week, which appears to be a good old fashioned gang feud rather than a random going off his nut for once.

Three killed and 15 injured in New Mexico mass shooting
by tabascoboy
Mon Mar 24, 2025 8:38 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Elon Musk bought Twitter.
Replies: 1004
Views: 86294

Re: Elon Musk bought Twitter.

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by tabascoboy
Mon Mar 24, 2025 11:57 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: President Trump and US politics catchall
Replies: 10048
Views: 599976

Re: President Trump and US politics catchall

US allies in Europe want answers over unspent USAID money In short: Three European nations have asked the Trump administration for their unspent USAID contributions to be refunded. Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands had been partnering with USAID on a project called Water and Energy for Food, or WE...
by tabascoboy
Sun Mar 23, 2025 5:39 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: What's going on in Ukraine?
Replies: 7493
Views: 746126

Re: What's going on in Ukraine?

What exactly is "aerial infrastructure"? Is the new USA Gov't capable of uttering anything other than garbled nonsense?

by tabascoboy
Sun Mar 23, 2025 7:35 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: What's going on in Ukraine?
Replies: 7493
Views: 746126

Re: What's going on in Ukraine?

https://twitter.com/ruth_deyermond/status/1903438687096000556 By publicly humiliating the White House, Putin is demonstrating to the rest of the world that he has power over Trump and thus over the whole of the US. By trying to recreate a world of great powers, the Trump administration has made the ...
by tabascoboy
Sat Mar 22, 2025 3:11 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: President Trump and US politics catchall
Replies: 10048
Views: 599976

Re: President Trump and US politics catchall

The secret behind the apparent drive to decrease education levels?

by tabascoboy
Thu Mar 20, 2025 8:38 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: What's going on in Ukraine?
Replies: 7493
Views: 746126

Re: What's going on in Ukraine?

Well, if he wants to kick the Russians out of Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and return it to Ukraine territory...? Somehow I doubt that's the plan :bimbo:

by tabascoboy
Thu Mar 20, 2025 7:33 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: President Trump and US politics catchall
Replies: 10048
Views: 599976

Re: President Trump and US politics catchall

It's coming to something when even the usually US loving rightmost leaning here are turning away from them

by tabascoboy
Wed Mar 19, 2025 5:38 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: What's going on in Ukraine?
Replies: 7493
Views: 746126

Re: What's going on in Ukraine?

They're still playing games...?

by tabascoboy
Wed Mar 19, 2025 9:31 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: What's going on in Ukraine?
Replies: 7493
Views: 746126

Re: What's going on in Ukraine?

The recent oil infrastructure attack are doing real damage and I’d say the Russians are rightly concerned about the new long range Neptunes ongoing. Also as they are coming out of winter the energy attacks on Ukraine are less meaningful. Yes it's a pretty clear and logical inference that the infras...
by tabascoboy
Tue Mar 18, 2025 9:39 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: President Trump and US politics catchall
Replies: 10048
Views: 599976

Re: President Trump and US politics catchall

https://bsky.app/profile/cingraham.bsky.social/post/3lkob6aidks24 NEW: Minnesota Republican state Senator Justin Eichorn, co-author of the "Trump Derangement Syndrome" bill that just made headlines, was arrested yesterday in Bloomington for allegedly soliciting sex with a 16-year-old girl....
by tabascoboy
Tue Mar 18, 2025 6:25 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: What's going on in Ukraine?
Replies: 7493
Views: 746126

Re: What's going on in Ukraine?

The sell-out begins? https://twitter.com/JimmySecUK/status/1902052015217246382 The Russian version by the Kremlin also mentions the following demands for a 30 day ceasefire: 1. Stop on any military aid from the U.S. and any other ally 2. Stop on intelligence sharing [so Ukraine doesn’t know when and...
by tabascoboy
Tue Mar 18, 2025 5:28 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Rugby Europe Championship/Trophy
Replies: 168
Views: 18016

Re: Rugby Europe Championship/Trophy

Richard Cockerill's not wasted any time in asking for Georgia to be given the opportunity to play Wales with the winner then playing in the next 6N. Wales won 43 -19 the last time they met (in the World Cup in 2023), but Georgia have beaten Wales in Cardiff before. Wales are also significantly wors...
by tabascoboy
Tue Mar 18, 2025 2:00 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: What's going on in Ukraine?
Replies: 7493
Views: 746126

Re: What's going on in Ukraine?


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by tabascoboy
Tue Mar 18, 2025 12:40 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Rugby Europe Championship/Trophy
Replies: 168
Views: 18016

Re: Rugby Europe Championship/Trophy

Late update of an eventful weekend... Starting with the lowest ranking games Switzerland provided something of an upset to beat Germany for their first REC victory, thanks to a converted 76th minute try and a drop goal in stoppage time https://twitter.com/rugby_europe/status/1900955047950680326 http...
by tabascoboy
Mon Mar 17, 2025 8:59 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: What's going on in Ukraine?
Replies: 7493
Views: 746126

Re: What's going on in Ukraine?

Sounds pretty bad, the Kursk operation may have served its purpose but at a steep cost 'Everything is finished': Ukrainian troops relive retreat from Kursk Ukrainian soldiers fighting in Russia's Kursk region have described scenes "like a horror movie" as they retreated from the front line...
by tabascoboy
Sun Mar 16, 2025 9:47 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Things that don't deserve their own thread
Replies: 3591
Views: 248274

Re: Things that don't deserve their own thread

The quality reporting that we expect from our media providers

Map reveals the unexpected UK towns that buy the biggest dildos
by tabascoboy
Fri Mar 14, 2025 9:00 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: What's going on in Ukraine?
Replies: 7493
Views: 746126

Re: What's going on in Ukraine?

The question is just where the very stable genius will pivot to next now that they've got the response from Russia. I'm not even going to begin to attempt to double guess that. Most likely IMO the easier option of throwing it all back at Ukraine, and when they decline ( and most of Europe says it's...
by tabascoboy
Fri Mar 14, 2025 12:54 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: President Trump and US politics catchall
Replies: 10048
Views: 599976

Re: President Trump and US politics catchall

At least the US champagne producers will benefit. With it being produced outside of France, I think they have to call it sparkling white racism. I would bet a terrible wig that Trump has a winery making sparkling wine somewhere in the US. And if he doesn't, then he will know a Party Donor that does...
by tabascoboy
Fri Mar 14, 2025 11:07 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: What's going on in Ukraine?
Replies: 7493
Views: 746126

Re: What's going on in Ukraine?

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1900203767892492355 Russian media channels speculate that Putin will announce tonight that Russia will not agree to a 30-day ceasefire. They add that Putin will meet Trump’s envoy, Witkoff, this evening after talks with Lukashenko. US Treasury Secretary Bessant...