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[-] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

There has been Chinese-sponsored (or coerced) peace talks in Yunan in the past. There were truces that came out of them, only for fighting to break out months later with both sides accusing the other of breaking the terms of truce. With every disparate guerilla force gaining momentum and growing more powerful, there is no end in sight. Not for the next 50 years.

[-] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

As a long time observer of Myanmar's civil war, I need to clarify the somewhat misleading nature of this article. The journalist makes it appear as if RSO and the military Junta have reached some sort of a "truce". This is further from the truth. Rohingya guerillas have had little to no presence in Burma since the military's operations in 2017 and subsequent years marked by the infamous massacre of over 100 Rohingya villagers in August 2017. Due to the emergence of Arakan Army (AA) as a powerful guerilla force in Burma since the 2021 coup (Arakan are the native tibeto-burman people of the state of Arakan who are predominantly buddhist), and in a twist of irony, the military junta has been arming and training Rohingya guerillas as a counter to the threat from AA. Currently, AA has control of most of the state of Arakan with the exception of major cities and a Chinese-owned deep sea port.

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Myanmar's military long viewed the insurgency among persecuted Rohingya Muslims as an existential threat to the majority Buddhist nation, but as the Arakan Army rebel group makes sweeping gains, the junta and some Rohingya fighters now face a common foe.

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[-] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago

China is doing its best to antagonize all of its neighbors.

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Carbon emissions from logging would be the third highest emitting sector of Canada's economy, if the federal government reported them out separately, according to a new report from groups including Nature Canada.

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[-] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Dirty Alberta does it again.

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A hazardous waste processing facility owned by the Alberta government was granted permission by the same government to operate without mercury monitoring equipment for years, despite such monitoring being a condition of its operating permit.

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[-] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 42 points 2 months ago

SMH. Is it any surprise how they got to be rich?

[-] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 75 points 3 months ago

What kind of exploitative capitalism do we have in Canada? And how is this allowed? This is utterly ridiculous!

[-] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 108 points 5 months ago

What a piece of shit. And this guy was running US foreign policy? Wow. Saudis must be regretting paying this man $40m a year to manage their billions.

[-] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 54 points 6 months ago

Falling birth rates are bad news for economies and billionaires, but good news for the planet.

[-] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 40 points 9 months ago

Trump makes cavemen look highly civilized.

[-] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 43 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Poilievre needs to grow up put on pants and be a man. How the F are you expected to exercise judgement as a leader without getting proper security clearance? Are you hiding something?

[-] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 65 points 1 year ago

Funny thing is this kind of behaviour isn't unique to Musk. A lot of entrepreneurs and CEOs seem to have similar kind of attitude. They want everything done cheaper faster and there's no 2 ways about it. It's their way or highway. If shit goes to hell it's other people's heads that roll.

[-] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 46 points 1 year ago

Think of it as fortuitous timing. Reddit is the old internet. Lemmy is the new world. You are one of its early movers. Come fill this place.

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