Moved over the past 6 months, but on the down low. I suspect we’ll be hearing similar stories from other central banks sooner, rather than later.
Not surprising. There’s been talk of removing gold from the US for a while now. For example Germany and Italy together hold over 2000 tonnes in the US. But there’s been plenty of talk of removing a large proportion of that.
AFAIK France already removed their last remaining gold at the beginning of the year.
I wonder if Blair’s suffering from a psychotic break.
Genuinely delusional thinking.
I’m being unfair. Perhaps he’s just the messenger for someone who’s suffering from a psychotic break.
Pray pardon me if I have carried this matter to an ill-suited quarter; should that be so, I shall gladly withdraw the post and bear it to a more fitting community.
What follows is the full procession of this person’s remarks thus far: each set apart as a top-level utterance, yet each echoing the same small idea beneath a different arrangement of words. I perceived the pattern only when they entered a discussion of my own making, whereupon a steady rain of notifications announced each succeeding contribution.
And so I cannot help but wonder: were these words fashioned by some artificial intelligence? Consider, for instance, their insistence that the raw filter list must be provided. The claim is plainly mistaken, for the list already rests within the original post, quietly awaiting anyone who takes the trouble to read it. Perhaps the post was passed over without attention; perhaps the link’s meaning proved too tangled to unravel. Whatever the cause, the result is a comment dressed in the garments of relevance, yet hollow of comprehension.
Although Greece has closer ties with Ukraine, due to the whole Orthodox thing, Ukraine has less missiles to spare. Especially not in the time frame the Israelis are offering. I googled, should be operational within 3 years.
Israel also has plenty of experience fending off the kind of drones the Russians use too, like the Shahed.
In any case, from what I’m reading the Greeks are buying a fully layered Air Defense system, part of the money they’re going to spend will flow back to Greek manufacturers, Cyrpiot manufacturers may also become a production location, and they’re also getting access to the source code, etc. etc. The whole thing will also integrate with their own systems and allow them to develop related industries in Greece and Cyprus.
Alternative is for example buying from the US, but they’re not exactly reliable, and if you ever get what you ordered, you’ll end up paying too much for something that arrived a decade too late.
As the likelihood of war increases, I’m afraid you’ll see more of this kind of thing in the coming years. Israel does have good products to sell, if you’re willing to look the other way.
Necessitas non habet legem - Necessity has no law.
TLDR: Yup. Realpolitik.
Greece and Turkey are historic enemies and the latter’s relationship with Israel has worsened, there’s gas and pipelines to think about, the whole Cyprus thing, Israel has expertise on anti-drone technology at a time Russia is an increased threat, etc. etc.
It makes perfect strategic sense, even if the Greek public are increasingly critical of Israel.
TLDR: Realpolitik. Amoral, unethical, but rational and pragmatic.
Taxus baccata (English yew) and Rhododendron aren’t great either.
Agreed. I think they would have been in a very strong negotiating position.
I think they can’t fathom a changing world where the US or other powers might threaten them or push them around, and couldn’t grasp why joining the EU would make them safer. They’re reliant on NATO for protection, but don’t seem to realise that the US might pull out of NATO sooner rather than later.
They also didn’t seem to understand how being part of a larger whole, could have made them more and not less autonomous. Which is understandable, because it does sound counter-intuitive.
Replicator, not incinerator.
The raktajino you drink in Ten Forward, is likely 10% Lieutenant Barclay cum.
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Is that the ad with incest in it?
Bit of a tangent, but it’s honestly astonishing how many common garden plants will kill you.
And just in case someone’s wondering, not in a quick and easy death way, more in days of unfathomable pain and shitting out your intestines way.
TLDR: wear gloves when gardening and don’t just burn stuff without doing a quick google first.
I wonder if he’s still drinking heavily. I assume many members of the administration are drunk or high, at least some of the time.
Hegseth, Patel, … Maybe I imagined it, but I think Bessent referred to the Strait of Hormuz as the Strait of Vermouth.
Would explain a lot. Sobering thought.
US Ambassador to Belgium Bill White condemned Cofnas’s suspension and said the Trump administration would review its relationship with the university.
The US will never recover from the diplomatic damage this administration has done and continues to do on an almost daily basis.
Highly unserious people.
The problem is that when graphics become to realistic, you enter the uncanny valley, which makes things seem off.
IME it’s better when they (slightly) stylise the graphics, which makes the game look less realistic, but you weirdly end up noticing it less.
You’re not wrong. Hell, a few weeks ago I was banned 500 times by some weirdo, I now suspect because I interacted with you or maybe upvoted one of your comments.
But I hope you’re aware that you may be suffering from CPTSD related hyper vigilance. CPTSD because of all the (ongoing) trauma you face because you’re enby, hyper vigilance because you are now constantly aware of threats.
It’s a perfectly understandable reaction, but it can be very exhausting. Having to carry a knife to a supermarket or be prepared for an attacker while taking a shit, isn’t a fun way to live.
I hope you have been able to create a sanctuary where you can feel safe. I hope you’re also able to get the help you need coping with it. My CPTSD is caused by other things, but for example I find grounding exercises and keeping a gratitude journal useful. Doesn’t change the cause of my CPTSD, but has helped me cope.
So to be clear, I am absolutely not saying that the threats you face aren’t real, but suggesting you take care of yourself because you can’t be hyper vigilant all the time without it negatively impacting you.
TLDR: take care of yourself and an internet hug.
But in this case, I was banned 500+ times from one community I’ve never heard of.
According to another comment, the mod banned then unbanned me 500 times.
Which is really weird, because as far as I know, I’ve never even interacted with them.
I also didn’t get any notifications that I’d been banned. I just happened to be looking through lemmy.world’s modlog.
Goes to show there are some really strange people out there who will get upset at you for seemingly no reason.
No idea. But apparently you can ban someone over 500 times without them noticing.
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