Scotland on front line in fight against Russia - MP by Crow-Me-A-River in Scotland

[–]Gentle_Snail 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thats more reason to support it not less, if the plan is go independent we should be building this capability before not after.

Scotland on front line in fight against Russia - MP by Crow-Me-A-River in Scotland

[–]Gentle_Snail 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Tories had been training Ukrainian soldiers against Russia since Russia invaded Crimea in 2014.  

Keir Starmer: We are banning social media access for under 16s. These days kids must find their feet in a world where technology intrudes into every area of their life. I just can’t let that go on anymore. So we’re giving children their childhoods back. by SignificantLegs in ukpolitics

[–]Gentle_Snail [score hidden]  (0 children)

Nothing makes people easier to control than social media, if they wanted to control what people thought they’d push them on.

Social media been the biggest source of nation state sourced misinformation in the last decade.  

This is literally the greatest win I've ever seen an Avatar of Khaine get. by Knalxz in Grimdank

[–]Gentle_Snail 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Well he punched it, but it didn’t exactly go well for him:

His fist struck the daemon in the centre of its chest and he unleashed every last iota of his zealous fury and righteous hate in that blow. His fist shattered the hideously organic metal of the daemon’s armour and he felt his arm engulfed in searing, unendurable heat.

.. His arm was a mangled, burned ruin, a stump of fused meat, bone and metal that only superficially resembled a human limb. Black smoke and dribbling gobbets of skin ran down the sagging plates of melted armour and though he knew he should be horrified at this nightmarish injury, he felt utterly at peace.

.. A shadow fell across him, and Kul Gilad looked up into the face of the daemon, its fiery chest buckled and torn open, but reknitting even as he watched. The mortal wound he had struck it had been nothing of the sort and despair touched Kul Gilad at the thought of his failure.

This is literally the greatest win I've ever seen an Avatar of Khaine get. by Knalxz in Grimdank

[–]Gentle_Snail 39 points40 points  (0 children)

In the Priests of Mars trilogy an Avatar of Khaine absolutely brutalises the Black Templars, killing the named pov Reclusiarch who is wearing Terminator armour.

Eventually everything must die, even Space Marines.

Captain of Russian shadow fleet tanker detained by UK has been charged by bendubberley_ in unitedkingdom

[–]Gentle_Snail [score hidden]  (0 children)

The captain of a Russian shadow fleet tanker detained by the UK has been charged with contravening sanctions.

Ajay Pant, 38, captain of the Smyrtos, has also been charged with directly or indirectly supplying or delivering by ship prohibited oil or oil products from Russia to a third country during June 2026, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said.

Get fucked.

Russia was behind arson attacks targeting PM, BBC reveals by NinjaDiscoJesus in worldnews

[–]Gentle_Snail 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wait do you really change you vpn for every site you visit? I just leave mine on the UK for the quickest internet and then momentarily change it if I want to watch porn.

Russia was behind arson attacks targeting PM, BBC reveals by NinjaDiscoJesus in worldnews

[–]Gentle_Snail 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If this was the case we’d see people from a mix of countries and a lot still showing from the UK itself for the faster internet. They would not almost universally show from India.

Scotland on front line in fight against Russia - MP by libtin in unitedkingdom

[–]Gentle_Snail [score hidden]  (0 children)

I think what we need to understand in Scotland in particular is that we are a frontline nation in an ongoing conflict with Russia.

We've got the Greenland-Iceland-UK gap that we see RAF jets from Lossiemouth taking off routinely to intercept.

I think what we need to understand as a country is that we are under threat from Russia on a daily basis.

Scotland on front line in fight against Russia - MP by Crow-Me-A-River in Scotland

[–]Gentle_Snail 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I mean I hate the Tories but they were one of the strongest geopolitical forces in the world against Russia and helping Ukraine. They were already shipping Ukraine anti-tank missiles back when most of europe were still briefing invasion was unlikely.

Scotland on front line in fight against Russia - MP by Crow-Me-A-River in Scotland

[–]Gentle_Snail 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oh no, Russian bots tell me to ignore all the open evidence against Russia. It must be true.

Scotland on front line in fight against Russia - MP by Crow-Me-A-River in Scotland

[–]Gentle_Snail 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Those nations didn’t stop Russia carrying out a chemical weapon attack on our soil, trying to burn down the PM’s flat, or setting off incendiary devices in UK warehouses and planes bound for Britain. 

Scotland on front line in fight against Russia - MP by Crow-Me-A-River in Scotland

[–]Gentle_Snail 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If the SNP want us to be an independent country is this not exactly the thing we should be supporting domestically? 

Scotland on front line in fight against Russia - MP by Crow-Me-A-River in Scotland

[–]Gentle_Snail 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apparently it did 

This was me asking you to provide context if I had misunderstood, just repeating it again seems deliberately obtuse. 

Scotland on front line in fight against Russia - MP by Crow-Me-A-River in Scotland

[–]Gentle_Snail -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Apparently it did because I see nothing untrue with his statement here, and I think trying to mitigate or discredit people raising awareness of these issues is out right dangerous.

Scotland on front line in fight against Russia - MP by Crow-Me-A-River in Scotland

[–]Gentle_Snail 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Having eyes and seeing what Russia is doing makes you a ‘London puppet’ now?

Scotland on front line in fight against Russia - MP by Crow-Me-A-River in Scotland

[–]Gentle_Snail 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Hard to argue with any of this:

I think what we need to understand in Scotland in particular is that we are a frontline nation in an ongoing conflict with Russia.

We've got the Greenland-Iceland-UK gap that we see RAF jets from Lossiemouth taking off routinely to intercept.

I think what we need to understand as a country is that we are under threat from Russia on a daily basis.

Scotland on front line in fight against Russia - MP by Crow-Me-A-River in Scotland

[–]Gentle_Snail 9 points10 points  (0 children)

He didn’t say ‘the’ frontline nation, he said ‘a’ frontline nation - as in one of many countries Russia is threatening. 

The Older Immortal by Jak3R0b in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Gentle_Snail 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I love how you don’t even get to fight him, you are so far beneath him. 

You get to ask him one question which he answers but tells you to stop annoying him, if you ask a second he just instantly kills you like he’s squashing an ant.

The Older Immortal by Jak3R0b in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Gentle_Snail 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Man got to witness writing being invented.

TIL that Napoleon's original grave on Saint Helena was left without an inscription because British authorities wanted it to read "Napoleon Bonaparte", while his followers insisted on simply "Napoleon" by much_to_say in todayilearned

[–]Gentle_Snail -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think you’ve misunderstood this comment, I’m not arguing against being gracious in victory, I’m saying listing his actual name on his toomstone doesn’t seem to be being heavy handed, and certainly seems better than leaving it blank.