[-] Leegh@hexbear.net 28 points 6 days ago

The Great Khan demands tribute from his vassals to continue his stalled conquest of Persia.

[-] Leegh@hexbear.net 23 points 6 days ago

Thank you for your service JDPON Don freedom-and-democracy

[-] Leegh@hexbear.net 61 points 1 week ago

Technology has improved. Well, for us. Iran still uses stuff from back then.

"Haha those Iranians are so backwards compared to our super advanced B-52 bombers from the....1950's"

[-] Leegh@hexbear.net 83 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

5 out of the 7 Iranian female football players that were granted asylum by the Australian government last week have now declined the offer and voluntarily returned to Iran.

Looks like the pathetic political stunt that Australia tried pulling to justify supporting the war has completely backfired.

Turns out Iranian women aren't completely oppressed in their country (the fact that they have their own independent all-women's football team should have made that obvious) and actually care about their people who are currently getting bombed by countries Australia supports.

[-] Leegh@hexbear.net 89 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Iran's Assembly of Experts has apparently elected a new Supreme Leader, but they have yet to formally announce who it is.

Article snippet I found interesting below

According to Iranian media reports, the group of scholars had a minor disagreement over whether their final decision must follow an in-person meeting or instead be issued without adhering to this formality. Ayatollah ⁠Mohsen Heidari Alekasir, another member ⁠of the Assembly of Experts, said in a video released by Nournews on Sunday that an in-person meeting by the assembly ⁠for a final vote was not possible under the current conditions.

He said a ⁠candidate had been picked, based ⁠on Khamenei’s advice that Iran’s top leader should “be hated by the enemy” instead of praised by it.

“Even the ‌Great Satan [the US] has mentioned his name,” Heidari Alekasir said of the chosen successor, days after US President ‌Donald ‌Trump said the late supreme leader’s son, Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei, was an “unacceptable” choice for him.

If they really pick Khamenei's son to be the next Supreme Leader, which seems to be the most anticipated choice, I don't think I'll ever stop Dune posting about this conflict.

[-] Leegh@hexbear.net 68 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Saw an interesting theory from Middle East Spectator Telegram channel in regard to Pezeshkian's latest comments on Iran stopping their attacks on certain countries that I will share below:

So what happened? Here's my own theory: Two days ago, Iran struck Azerbaijan (according to Aliyev). Aliyev then says Iran must apologize or face retaliation. The IRGC at the time already denied the strike, saying it was not carried out by them.

Today, after detecting signs of an imminent Azerbaijani attack, President Pezeshkian issued this statement of 'apology' to reassure Azerbaijan that Iran will not strike neighbourly countries (like itself) unless facing attacks from them. The Armed Forces Spokesman quickly confirmed and repeated this, and also added that this refers to countries 'we have not attacked AND will not attack' (again reiterating that Iran did not strike Azerbaijan).

This is clearly not about the Gulf, because we took responsibility for those strikes. Pezeshkian's wording was confusing and should have been better. But it was regarding Azerbaijan, NOT the Persian Gulf states.

This theory seems to be backed by the fact that Iran is still sending missiles and drones into the gulf states in the last few hours.

[-] Leegh@hexbear.net 60 points 3 weeks ago

According to the Fars news agency, Iran has targeted:

  • Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar
  • Al-Salem Air Base in Kuwait
  • Al-Dhafra Air Base in the UAE
  • The US Fifth Fleet base in Bahrain

Not an exhaustive list ofc, but this is what's been officially reported from Iranian media.

Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency has also reported that an Israeli strike hit an elementary girl’s school in Minab, a city in southern Iran, killing at least 5.

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OpenAI, the maker of the most popular AI chatbot, used to say it aimed to build artificial intelligence that “safely benefits humanity, unconstrained by a need to generate financial return,” according to its 2023 mission statement. But the ChatGPT maker seems to no longer have the same emphasis on doing so “safely.”

While reviewing its latest IRS disclosure form, which was released in November 2025 and covers 2024, I noticed OpenAI had removed “safely” from its mission statement, among other changes. That change in wording coincided with its transformation from a nonprofit organization into a business increasingly focused on profits.

According to Platformer, a tech media outlet, it has also disbanded its “mission alignment” team.

OpenAI has its "Don't be evil" moment.

[-] Leegh@hexbear.net 102 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Perhaps most strikingly, in late February 2019, Epstein represented to an associate that he had gotten advice from Chomsky over how to navigate “the horrible way you are being treated in the press and public”.

“The best way to proceed is to ignore it,” Chomsky wrote, according to text signed under his first name that Epstein sent to a lawyer and publicist. “That’s particularly true now with the hysteria that has developed about abuse of women, which has reached the point that even questioning a charge is a crime worse than murder.”

How did anyone ever consider this guy an intellectual giant of the Western left is beyond me.

[-] Leegh@hexbear.net 80 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Another angle of the recent ICE execution in Minneapolis shows one of the agents clapping. You don't see the victim or what they're shooting at but still NSFW.

I don't think this was seen from the other two publicly available recordings as they were taken from vertical vantage points relative to the scene, whereas this video was shot from a horizontal POV just a few metres down the street.

We already know that ICE agents are fully on board ideologically with the fascist state's subjugation and terrorizing of the masses, but I think this event will completely dispel the notion for the vast majority of Americans that these people are "just following orders" or that they were forced to do it because they're poor or some military vet with 'PTSD' who could only find honest work with the American Gestapo (cough Graham Platner cough).

Make no mistake, these people enjoy doing this, they are your class enemy, and don't let any lib tell you otherwise.

[-] Leegh@hexbear.net 66 points 2 months ago

So I’ve been seeing reports from Western media that “thousands” of Iranians have been killed in the recent protests. What I don’t understand is how any Western outlet could possibly know this when there is still a total internet blackout in Iran which prevents almost no info coming out. Can anyone here verify the accuracy of these claims? Is it just CIA/ Mossad assets spreading misinformation to manufacture consent for a potential US/ Israel attack?

[-] Leegh@hexbear.net 61 points 9 months ago

Don’t know where else to talk about this so forgive me for this not bring news, but I was watching Hasan’s latest vid about the ongoing escalation between Iran and the US/ Israel and many of the comments were criticizing people in there defending Iran’s right to national sovereignty and self-defence by saying stuff like “but Iran is aUtOritaRiaN unlike the free and democratic US!” and “but Iran doesn’t have gay rights and oppresses women!”.

It’s the usual liberal moralistic platitudes that get thrown around whenever consent is being manufactured for war against a US designated enemy in the Global South, but the fact that so many supposed progressives are still trying to justify the imperialization of Iran WHILE they are actively protesting against repression and the destruction of civil rights in the US of A just astounds me.

Just goes to show how deep the neoliberal brain worms still run in westerners, and it also revealed to me how many of Hasan’s own fanbase are still very much liberals.

[-] Leegh@hexbear.net 176 points 2 years ago

Further proof that Tankie is just the liberal version of "SJW" or "Woke"; a meaningless buzzword to describe anything left of them.

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