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As for the attack, India will respond - but at its own time and its choice of location. However, one thing is clear - there will be a strike - and when Pakistan least expects it.
#IndiaPakistanWar #Pakistan_Behind_Pahalgam
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Pakistan having Nuclear Weapons is like a monkey having a machine gun - you never know when things go wrong. And that is why India and the rest of the world should try to de-nuclearize Pakistan.
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For India, the Pahalgam attack may go down in history not only as a tragedy—but as the moment when it finally said: enough is enough. It is important to bring an end to Pakistani terrorist adventurism for once and for all.
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India is no longer playing defense; it is crafting a long-term strategy to end the cycle of provocation and appeasement. If Pakistan continues on its current path, it may find itself increasingly isolated, diplomatically and economically.
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The Kashmir Massacre and India’s retaliation have brought the India-Pakistan conflict to a new inflection point. It is not just a response to one incident, but a broader assertion of sovereignty, security, and moral clarity.
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could lead to a realignment of diplomatic support—especially if India can demonstrate the effectiveness of its countermeasures without escalating into full-scale war. This is doubly important since Pakistan in a #nuclear armed state.
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Western governments have long urged India to “exercise restraint,” the persistence of cross-border attacks has begun to shift international sympathies. The growing recognition that Pakistan uses terror groups as proxies for state policy
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Military strikes on terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan-administered territory are reportedly imminent. Internationally, India’s actions are putting pressure on global powers to reassess their positions. While many
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they have often hesitated or have been unwilling to escalate militarily or impose long-term costs on Islamabad. This time is different. The power differential between India and Pakistan is great enough that the current administration is treating this as an inflection point.
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At the heart of India’s shift lies a rejection of the doctrine of appeasement that has shaped much of its post-1947 policy towards Pakistan. While successive Indian governments have condemned terrorist attacks,
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which is heavily dependent on the Indus River system. This decision marks a dramatic departure from decades of strategic restraint and hints at a broader, hybrid retaliation policy that combines #military, economic, and diplomatic tools.
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The Indus Water Treaty abeyance is especially significant. The treaty, brokered by the World Bank, governs water distribution from six major rivers between the two countries. Suspending it threatens Pakistan’s agricultural economy,
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These moves signal a strategic shift: India is no longer content to rely on diplomatic protests or limited strikes. India will respond to such dastardly attacks in kind. No more limited strikes or diplomatic protests.
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India’s response has been swift and assertive. For the first time in years, New Delhi has expelled many Pakistani diplomats and has put the #IndusWaterTreaty (a water-sharing agreement that has survived wars and crises since 1960) in abeyance.
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of cross-border terrorism. The perpetrators, believed to be members of Pakistan-based terror groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizbul Mujahideen, deliberately targeted civilians, underscoring the continued use of jihadist violence by Pakistan as a geopolitical tool in the region.
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On April 22, 2025, a brutal #TerroristAttack struck the Baisaran Valley in #Kashmir, where over 26 tourists were massacred and many others injured. This massacre has reignited longstanding tensions between #India and #Pakistan, particularly around the issue
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The USA is at a much higher par capita income level than India, which makes onboarding less value-add manufacturing jobs a lot more expensive. The India example simply doesn't apply to the USA.
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Tariffs CAN actually work, but only in certain contexts. India for instance, managed to bring in a lot of production jobs from phone producers by imposing tariffs on smartphones, but exempting components. The issue is, American reality is quite different.
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#PrivacyBreach #TechBacklash #OpenWebCrisis #AI #AdTech #DigitalRights #InternetFreedom #Web3 #GoogleAntitrust #BrowserWars #Linux #TechNews #Infosec #CyberSecurity #FreeTheWeb
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Mozilla’s pivot might help it survive financially, but the cost could be its soul—and the broader dream of a free, private, and community-led internet.
#Mozilla #Firefox #OpenSource #FOSS #Privacy #DataPrivacy #SurveillanceCapitalism #BigTech #MozillaMeltdown #FirefoxFail
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Prominent voices like Brendan Eich (co-founder of Firefox and Brave Software, and also the inventor of #JavaScript), tech journalists like Bryan Lunduke of the @LundukeJournal
, and prominent Linux Youtubers have spoken out or abandoned Firefox altogether.
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This radical transformation has sparked outrage from the open-source community. Once considered a guardian of the #openweb, Mozilla is now being seen as a mirror image of the very tech giants it once stood against.
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#Anonym point to a future where #userdata is more valuable than #usertrust. And while Mozilla claims this data will be handled ethically, the quiet removal of its anti-data-selling clause suggests otherwise.
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Mozilla is pivoting hard toward two controversial pillars: #digitaladvertising and #ArtificialInteligence #AI. While advertising in Firefox is not entirely new, Mozilla’s deeper integration of data-driven ads and its acquisition of platforms like #Pocket and
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that promised never to sell user data, is alarming in its implications.
Behind the scenes, Mozilla is bracing for a financial reckoning. Its primary source of revenue—royalties from #Google—is now uncertain thanks to ongoing #antitrust litigation. In response,
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restrictive Terms of Use for Firefox, raising serious questions about whether the browser can still be considered Free and Open Source Software (#FOSS). This policy change, paired with updates to its privacy policies and the removal of a key clause
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#Mozilla #Firefox, once the crown jewel of the #OpenSource movement and a staunch advocate of internet #Privacy, is undergoing a seismic shift—one that may signal the end of an era. In a move that has shocked its core user base, Mozilla quietly introduced a
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NGL, but some of the videos from NY Metro scare me. I will add that these are just the videos that go viral, so there is that.
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I must also add that it was the Junta that denied entry of aid from the West when it did arrive, because it was military ships bringing aid in. The Junta feared that Western aid workers were also involved in activities to support a coup d'état.
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This is not the first time that India has supplied massive amounts of aid to Myanmar. During Cyclone Nargis, the West withheld aid to Myanmar for a while due to the military junta and democracy was almost dead. The military wassn't well-disposed to the West.
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There is no point in doing so, really
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Got it. I didn't know how the American Legal System and procedures work.
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Is this a reference to Star Wars? I believe the last line was from The Phantom Menace.
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Definitely. They use Arch, btw.
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Chechnya's history is a testament to the resilience of a people unwilling to surrender their identity, no matter the cost. #ChechenHistory #Resistance
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Today, Chechnya remains under Ramzan Kadyrov, a Putin loyalist. Yet, the spirit of resistance still exists, with questions of independence lingering. #Kadyrov #ChechenIdentity
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Despite gaining de facto independence, instability led to the Second Chechen War. Russian forces regained control, aided by local collaborators, altering Chechnya's autonomy. #SecondChechenWar #Putin
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The First Chechen War (1994-96) saw Russia suffer a humiliating defeat. The Battle of Grozny was a testament to Chechen resilience. #FirstChechenWar #BattleOfGrozny
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Chechen society remains militarized, with young boys trained in combat from a young age. This has contributed to their dominance in combat sports like the UFC. #Militarization #UFC
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The Deportation of Chechens and Ingush by Stalin in 1944 saw 350,000+ deported, with about half perishing by 1946. This trauma still shapes Chechen society today. #StalinistRepression #Genocide
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The cycle of invasion and resistance defines Chechen history — from the Mongol invasions in the 1230s to wars against Tsarist forces, the Soviet Union, and modern Russia. #ChechenWars #Resistance
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Yet, its wars against Russian rule remain largely overlooked. #Chechnya #Russia #NorthCaucasus
Despite being part of Russia, it is ethnically, culturally, and religiously distinct. With a 93% ethnic Chechen population, it has resisted foreign dominance for centuries. #Ethnicity #ChechenIdentity
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Can taking such DNA evidence be considered a violation of the right against self-incrimination?
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The plane can be fixed with private sector involvement.
- Invest in a large complement of the MQ-9 #Reaper #Drone with transfer of technology.
The F-35 is powerful, but it is not a good fit for India's threat model.
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Source Codes: #LockheedMartin will not release the software for the electronics of the F-35. This is at odds with India's policy of strategic autonomy.
Alternatives:
- Invest in 100+ Rafales and 500+ F-21s with technology transfers,
- Scale up the #LCA Tejas if and ONLY IF
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and this assumes that it is even technically feasible.
Costs: 100 F-35s cost ~80 Billion USD over a period of 40 years. India needs far more than 100, and the costs balloon very quickly, making it unviable.
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India is far more invested in the S-400 than Trukey, and these two systems may not work well together.
- Integration issues: The IAF has large numbers of Russian Fighters like the MiG-29 and Sukhoi-30MKI. Heavy investments are needed to integrate these systems,