Colombian Legislators File Criminal Charges Against Former President Duque - Telesur English

Someone donated $48k to the Gaza Municipality fund:
https://xcancel.com/MothTongue_/status/1839665972153647487

Some combat footage from the Kursk, Donbass, and Gaza fronts.

Russian drone strikes near the southern Donetsk People’s Republic city of Ugledar (18+): https://odysee.com/@Support4Z:b/%F0%9F%93%BD%EF%B8%8F-A-%F0%9F%87%AC%F0%9F%87%A7-%F0%9F%87%AB%F0%9F%87%B7,--Drone-strikes-on-detected-enemy-infantry-in-the-Ugledar-area!:2

More destroyed Kiev regime military equipment on the Kursk/Donbass fronts: https://odysee.com/@Support4Z:b/%F0%9F%93%BD%EF%B8%8F-A-%F0%9F%87%AC%F0%9F%87%A7-%F0%9F%87%AB%F0%9F%87%B7,--DBL,-equipment-of-AFU-burned-near-the-settlement-of-Olgovka!:8

Palestinian resistance forces recently conducted RPG strikes on a Merkava tank and two armored bulldozers near the southern Gaza city of Rafah: https://s5.cdnstatic.space/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/twitsave.com_VV_Fm79DqdBtfyia.mp4

Also, in light of recent news, I wonder how long before Hexbear's resident lemmy pet shows up.

Aftermath of the fall of rockets near the town of Kafr Manda

https://tankie.tube/w/iiJRko2sz1ApEWBPBLnF8t

Krauts itching to have another Kristallnacht:
https://xcancel.com/derJamesJackson/status/1839296960941142368

https://archive.is/QZaVC

SCMP: Huawei’s AI chips take another step forward as Chinese firms look for Nvidia alternatives

The Ascend 910B chips, which Huawei has called on par with Nvidia’s popular A100 chips, have become a top alternative in multiple industries across the country. Its Ascend solutions were used to train roughly half of more than 70 of China’s top large language models as of last year, according to Huawei.

I'm curious if non-Huawei execs agree with the assessment that these ascend chips are comparable or closely approaching the A100. In any case, this trend really seems to imply that 2-5 years out, the age of Western chip domination will be over, if it isn't already.

Yesterday I was reading some borderline crank post on substack, about a slideshow leaked from the british counter disinformation unit

I think i found it here but now i cant find it to finish it, does anyone know what I was reading lol, i cant find it in my history and I didnt save it :/

ps death to israel, obviously

Daniel Noboa, president of Ecuador, cancels his UN agenda and returns to the country to accompany the operations to fight the forest fires.

The Ecuadorian government is classifying the forest fires affecting the country as “terrorist acts” and has announced that it will give rewards to citizens who denounce the perpetrators or accomplices of the fires.

Meanwhile, Noboa was in Miami taking pictures on a yacht with his wife, while his country burned and had no electricity.

IDF says Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in Beirut strike - The Times of Israel.

It's a direct link to the Times of Israel website.

Anyway, I hope they are wrong. Finkelstein had said in his recent interview that Iran knows if Hezbullah falls they will fall. To be frank, his saying is not far from the truth. If Iran sits on its bum and keep doing lip service it will end badly. Imagine a middle east with no opposing force to Israel, its hell.

Wasn't there supposed to have been a speech by the Supreme leader of Iran?

Former president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff (Workers' Party), receives highest state honor from Xi Jinping in China

President of the New Development Bank, based in Shanghai, was presented with the “Friendship Medal”

Former president Dilma Rousseff received China's Friendship Medal from Chinese president Xi Jinping on Sunday (29), at a ceremony held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

The Friendship Medal is China's highest state honour for foreigners, awarded to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to supporting China's socialist modernization, promoting exchanges and cooperation between China and foreign countries, and safeguarding world peace.

The medal symbolizes the long-standing friendship between the people of China and the rest of the world. On September 13, Xi Jinping signed a presidential order to award national medals and national honorary titles to 15 individuals on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC), which falls on October 1.

Rousseff has chaired the New Development Bank (NDB) since March 2023. Based in Shanghai, the bank was created in 2015 by the BRICS group of emerging economies.

There have been some updates on the Elon Musk vs. Brazil dispute. Elon basically took a massive L but he refused to admit it. Basically he agreed to make all the stuff the Brazilian Supreme Court asked, and agreed to shut the fuck up (Elon is such a coward loser, that he would behind the scenes say he is sorry, but publicly would be like "I am cool and fuck eveyone else!". Because he has a huge ego, he probably is afraid of losing "credit" with the Bazinga chuds that like him).

But he also plans on posting on twitter that he agreeing to ban a bunch of Brazilian neo-nazis and paying his debt with Brazil is actually a W and totally not a big L, because that way people in Brazil will have free speech again (which just means being able to access Twitter).

From Al Mayadeen:

19:49 - The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon says it targeted the Zovulon military base with barrages of rockets

21:32 - Israeli media platform: A single missile was launched from Lebanon, and it appears to be a ballistic one

21:33 - Israeli Army Radio: A surface-to-surface ballistic missile was launched from Lebanon toward Haifa

21:33 - Israeli Army Radio: More than one million Israelis are rushing to shelters following Hezbollah's rocket fire on Haifa and the northern region

From Quds News Network: According to Israeli media reports, more than a million settlers rushed to shelters after Hezbollah fired a rocket at Haifa and northern Israel.

https://gordonhahn.com/2024/09/22/a-river-runs-through-the-end-of-the-nato-russia-ukrainian-war/

An article discussing the future significance of the Dnieper as a defensive line in the SMO. The naked capitalism discussion linked is a good one, about how much of Ukraine is flat and so its water systems are based on pumps and dams. This means that to achieve one of its war aims (fresh water access to Crimea), Russia will need to ensure Kiev does not dump raw sewage upstream. The least desirable option there is having Ukraine (or whatever) control Kiev, and Russia has to rebuild infrastructure. Actually taking Kiev is its own can of worms. The most effective and somewhat heartless option is the Russians continue to focus on power infrastructure. This is necessary for heating and water, especially as we enter northern hemisphere Autumn. Without power, the population density that can be supported is very low. This will cause refugee flows west, but i have also seen estimates that Ukraine has already lost half of its pre-war population. War is tragic.

https://splash247.com/91-hours-left-to-avert-supply-chain-mayhem-in-the-us/

An article about an imminent (October 1st) strike by the International Longshoremen’s Association. This sounds really cool, and the US Chamber of Commerce seems very concerned. Keep in mind the ILA has pledged that cruise ships and military deliveries will not be affected by the strike. If this does happen, expect oil and gas to go nuts. The biggest hubs for oil and gas are on the Gulf Coast, and the majority of Liquid Natural Gas terminals and capacity are also there. If the US cannot export natural gas to Europe, then the EU might be forced to reach the negotiating table before NATO (more realistically they further set their economies on fire voluntarily).

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/chinese-and-russian-firms-among-first-foreign-investors-indonesias-new-capital-nusantara-building-projects-4639486

An article about BRICS+ investment in the construction of Nusantara. For those unaware, Indonesia has been looking to replace Jakarta as the capital for decades, and the plan has been moving forward now that part of the city is below sea level. In theory, this will be an opportunity to correct for the poor sanitation, overcrowding, bad traffic, lack of green spaces, flooding, and depleted ground water of the much older and organically developed Jakarta. The new capital is being built on the east coast of Borneo. Hopefully, basic infrastructure gets more money than hotels and luxury secondary schools, though i do understand that the latter things make for better news articles.