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Yeah I knew it was mostly rare earth metals and some amount of oil. I was just surprised to not see them on the list because it seems to be focused on USD value of natural resources.

Nevertheless it is an interesting chart, so thank you.

I’m surprised to not see DR Congo on the list.

Then I expect UM to be all aboard for Satan

Because fascism

Really weird to bring up on an article that has nothing to do with Biden.

This is not a new menace, nor is it just Western countries who are dealing with it.

Mercenaries have been around forever and everyone is using them. I would say that the entire continent of Africa has been menaced far more than ‘Western’ countries.

Just awful. I hope they can continue the push towards green energy sources and not have more of these incidents.

Find writing prompts and make it a habit to do one per day or 4 per week. Something small to start. Even if you just respond with a paragraph or two to the prompt, it will exercise your creativity.

I also like the suggestion of reading a book. It forces you to focus on a single task for a period of time and can inspire you.

I’ll believe that when I see it…

This is just a game to these assholes. A chance for them to play with their new toys. Fucking disgusting.

But have they? And how soon until they are operational?

They can want to procure a lot of planes, ships, etc. But it means nothing until they are in hand and troops are trained on the new systems. We shouldn’t down play the USA taking loses when there is the potential for a wider conflict.

What a stupid argument. Some people are obviously trolls or commenting in bad faith. Blocking people like that does not build an echo chamber. If this person had said “block every person who disagrees with you” then yeah, you’re going to end up with an echo chamber.

Personally, I think it’s important to avoid blocking people so that I can see them spreading false information and that they get challenged on their BS. But plenty of people are coming to social media/ forums/ whatever you consider Lemmy to engage with other people who share a similar hobby. Not everyone needs to deal with assholes fighting over (usually American) politics.

“Y’all wilding”

[“Wilding” ]being unruly behavior.(https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Wilding)

The article doesn’t indicate that they are anarchists.

In fact, it says that it is mostly due to Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin.

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I know I saw a post about a general strike for USA coming on January 30th. I’ll look to find it.

Here is the post in question:

https://vger.to/lemmy.ca/post/59378754

And a website:

https://indivisible.org/events/national-shutdown/

Speaking of coordinated efforts, this poster and a number of others are all over the comment sections of posts trying to denigrate this protest in Minnesota.

Guess some new talking points were given out.

If you’re using the Voyager app you can tag them as bootlicker or fascist or something similar so that you can watch out for them in the future.

Yeah, they’re “bored of peace”!

Grateful for all of the new immigrants coming from USA who will work to make Canada even better ❤️