“Religion is the best joke the Devil ever played on God.” - J.R. ‘Bob’ Dobbs

All Of Them! Ahahahahahahahahaaaaa…

Yeah, I’m thinking they’ve done an ‘upgrade’ to the modbots, and they’ve gone alittle HAL9000. I’ve gone 3 years without a ‘hate speech’ ding - then got two in two consecutive days, from different subs. I think I’ve figured out one of them, but the other…

♪ The patterned jester does not play/ But softly pulls the strings/ And smiles as the puppets dance/ in the Court of the Crimson King ♫ - King Crimson

From AP News:

In explaining the need to move France’s aircraft carrier, Macron cited Monday’s strike on a British air force base on Cyprus, adding that Cyprus was a member of the European Union with which France has recently signed a strategic partnership.

Not (yet) WWIII, but t’ain’t no ‘brush fire’ war.

And Merz is from Jupiter- a large ball of gas.

And now, they’re executing a prepared plan to sow chaos, in the hope that they can make things uncomfortable enough for the attackers and their allies, that they can negotiate an end (for now) to hostilities. From the article:

Part of the regime’s approach has been to decentralise military decision-making to prevent its forces from being incapacitated by assassinations of top commanders, with Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi suggesting Tehran’s forces were acting independently. “Our military units are now, in fact, independent and somewhat isolated, and they are acting based on general instructions given to them in advance,” he told Al Jazeera television network on Sunday.

And how much content are they hosting? Some months ago, I did a search for reply formatting tips - and got an entry from 14 years ago. Do they really have the whole of Reddit available like that, or have they put Some of it in cold storage?