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… The world has gone very wrong when this doesn’t even sound so unbelievable. I only see one issue:

So far the US seems to have given up trying to make pretext for anything. Trump can do anything he wants and be worshipped for it.

One country already bombed another, and falsely thought that they could do so unchallenged.

The commanding officers said that the intention is to maximise the carnage in order to bring about Armagaddon.

So… Um… When they command airstrikes on schools and kill thousands of children they genuinely believe they are the good guys.

People like this should be put into a nuthouse. Failing that, shot.

And we still don’t even have a declared goal for this war. Uhm… Besides all the bullshit religious rhetoric, of course.

Good.

Drones is the one thing Ukraine never had a shortage of. Always ammunition. Particularly for guided artillery.

Trump doesn’t get what he wants. Trump throws a temper tantrum.

Not all your chorizo, I hope. I’d like some up here in Denmark.

Yeah… Funny… That’s what Putler has been doing each time he was invited for peace talks.

Tyranny has the same playbook.

Maybe. Looking like the best option right now.

Oh no, not another Lemony Snikket rabbit hole.

Yeah, I know. I wanted to pack as much info into the title as I can, and it turned out like technobabble. ^^;

I have considered looking into renting a VPS, but considering my friends group does A LOT of voice calling and streaming over Discord I dint think super lightweight is an option. Even so, not having to pay for a server is always better than having to pay any amount for one.

I’ll take a look at ejabberd. Didn’t know there were specific preferences for clients.

It’s a bit of both:

My friends need a drop-in replacement for Discord (or as close as possible), sooner rather than later. My idea for self hosting is to defeat the need of someone hosting a 24/7 server; if we all host our own accounts on our own computers we’d essentially have a peer-to-peer Discord-like group.

The other reason is indeed to learn, because every centralised service has the same problem; it’s not a question if a service will turn bad, but when. It’s an inevitability, and it’s happening faster and more frequently. The only out-way I see is if me and at least some of my friends learn to self-host.

Gee, if only we could’ve seen this coming.

America has no concept of “radical left”. I can suggest something mild and end up being called a communist.

Self-serving, and ultimately self-destructive.

Huh, I’m surprised to see Spain being so green. Wouldn’t have thought it possible years ago when I lived there.

Nice to see Denmark is basically 100%.

Sad to see Eastern Europe being so red and orange. I got some gay friends there. Was hoping it’d get safer for them as time went on…

My dad goes to visit Iran (a significant portion of my family is there).

Immediately revolts start.

All communication lost (still haven’t heard from him).

America is deciding to attack Iran again.

His plan was to take a two month vacation with his siblings, but at this point I’m starting to wonder if he’ll even return.

My car drives Arch, by the way.