Image is sourced from this article depicting the 28th ASEAN Plus Three Summit, which took place at the same time as the 47th ASEAN Summit.
Last week concluded the 47th summit of ASEAN in Malaysia as well as a swathe of concurrent summits surrounding ASEAN. For those unfamiliar, formally, China is not a member of ASEAN, but is part of the ASEAN Plus Three (as part of the “Three”, alongside Japan and Occupied Southern Korea). And while not really ASEAN, there is also a yet wider organization, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, which tacks on Australia and New Zealand to the group of countries that are currently in ASEAN (which is the single largest trade bloc on the planet). At the summit, Timor-Leste was officially introduced into ASEAN, making it the 11th country to do and the first since Cambodia in 1999.
Many important figures throughout Asia, as well as Trump, Ramaphosa, and Lula, attended the event. As you can imagine, Trump’s appearance was not exactly positive - signing four rather coerced bilateral deals there, including with Malaysia, which forced those countries to buy American goods in exchange for certain exemptions from Trump’s high tariff regime. The US is currently in a bit of a panic due to China restricting access to rare earths, a critical component of many weapons technologies (and electronics in general) and is looking around for countries to help supply them. After the summit, the US and China signed a deal related to tariffs and rare earths, but it seems very unlikely that this is the end of the saga; the US politically, economically, and militarily cannot tolerate China’s existence as a sovereign actor and will try to overcome them until the American Empire topples.
Meanwhile, China did as they ordinarily do, and urged higher regional integration and trade without high tariffs, as well as adherence to the Global Governance Initiative (which, as we here never tire of noting, is an interesting thing to try and encourage while the US only more feverishly violates the sovereignty of nations everywhere). One hopes they’re supplying a bit more than just speeches to Venezuela, Cuba, and beyond, as the US prepares to start bombing.
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The Zionist Entity's Genocide of Palestine
Sources on the fighting in Palestine against the temporary Zionist entity. In general, CW for footage of battles, explosions, dead people, and so on:
UNRWA reports on Israel’s destruction and siege of Gaza and the West Bank.
English-language Palestinian Marxist-Leninist twitter account. Alt here.
English-language twitter account that collates news.
Arab-language twitter account with videos and images of fighting.
English-language (with some Arab retweets) Twitter account based in Lebanon. - Telegram is @IbnRiad.
English-language Palestinian Twitter account which reports on news from the Resistance Axis. - Telegram is @EyesOnSouth.
English-language Twitter account in the same group as the previous two. - Telegram here.
English-language PalestineResist telegram channel.
More telegram channels here for those interested.
Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists
Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict
Sources:
Defense Politics Asia’s youtube channel and their map. Their youtube channel has substantially diminished in quality but the map is still useful.
Moon of Alabama, which tends to have interesting analysis. Avoid the comment section.
Understanding War and the Saker: reactionary sources that have occasional insights on the war.
Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict. While he is a reactionary and surrounds himself with likeminded people, his daily update videos are relatively brainworm-free and good if you don’t want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. He also co-hosts The Duran, which is more explicitly conservative, racist, sexist, transphobic, anti-communist, etc when guests are invited on, but is just about tolerable when it’s just the two of them if you want a little more analysis.
Simplicius, who publishes on Substack. Like others, his political analysis should be soundly ignored, but his knowledge of weaponry and military strategy is generally quite good.
On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent and very good journalist reporting in the warzone on the separatists’ side.
Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.
Pro-Russian Telegram Channels:
Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.
https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR’s former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR’s forces. Russian language.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ A few different pro-Russian people gather frequent content for this channel (~100 posts per day), some socialist, but all socially reactionary. If you can only tolerate using one Russian telegram channel, I would recommend this one.
https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts.
https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster’s telegram channel.
https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ A big Russian commentator.
https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia. Produces interesting and useful maps.
https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a ‘propaganda tax’, if you don’t believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses.
https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.
Pro-Ukraine Telegram Channels:
Almost every Western media outlet.
https://discord.gg/projectowl ~ Pro-Ukrainian OSINT Discord.
https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.
@LargePenis@hexbear.net on upcoming Iraqi elections including a rundown of all major parties by region. A lot of juice in this one.
DM me to highlight good comments from this week’s newsmega.
Am I supposed to be sad because a leech got his ass popped? 🔥🔥
track name ? wanna add it to my playlist
No$hu - Class Conscious
thx
A lot of juice in this one.
On Hecks Bear, we do not WASTE! When to the megathread the LargePenis comes, we make sure to get ALL the JUICE!!!
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Holy shit the LargePenis Iraq breakdown dropped. I haven’t read it yet, but it definitely belongs here.
Holy shit the LargePenis Iraq breakdown dropped.
Noted, I’ll add it soon. Also, this is a good site tagline.
I wonder when I can start making effort post I need to read more theory…
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/affirm-government-shutdown-shopping.html
Affirm CEO says furloughed federal employees are starting to lose interest in shopping
-Affirm CEO Max Levchin told CNBC that some federal workers impacted by the government shutdown are losing interest in shopping. -The federal funding lapse, which began Oct. 1, is the longest in U.S. history and has halted work across agencies. -Levchin’s comments followed a fiscal first-quarter earnings report from the buy now, pay later firm that blew past Wall Street’s estimates.
I can’t possibly imagine why people who aren’t getting paid have decided to cut back on the shopping.
In other news, a few of you caught the ridiculous comments coming out of OpenAI about getting backstopped by the government. This is a good rundown of the latest financial AI news:
www.ianwelsh.net/ai-bubble-burry-altman-friar-huang-karp
Did Burry, Altman, Friar, Huang, Karp and Sacks Just Pop the AI Bubble?
China released a white paper today on “Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality China’s Plans and Solutions.”, if anyone’s interested in perusing. I haven’t had the time to look over it and see if there’s anything interesting, though:
EuroNews - Chipmaker Nexperia said it halted China shipments on payment refusal
Posting mainly because the article describes Nexperia as “Dutch owned” and apparently the fact that Nexperia was very recently seized from Chinese ownership is somehow not a salient fact to include in the discussion.
Instead this is framed as China stealing Dutch IP rights, which the Dutch stole fair and square from the Chinese first I guess.
Do you think Trump is waiting for the government shutdown to end before he invades Venezuela?
China has launched its third aircraft carrier (Fujian):
"Official Chinese media on Friday revealed that the country’s third aircraft carrier, the electromagnetic catapults-equipped Fujian, was officially commissioned on Wednesday. China now officially entered an era with three aircraft carriers, as experts highlighted the significant capability boosts that the Fujian will give to the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA).
President Xi Jinping on Wednesday attended the commissioning and flag-presenting ceremony of the Fujian, China’s first aircraft carrier equipped with electromagnetic catapults, in South China’s Hainan Province, the Xinhua News Agency reported."
Where does this lie on the spectrum of “real news reported” to “stock boosting/war-mongering propaganda”?
https://channel16.dryadglobal.com/china-iran-oil-trade-loop-ais-dark-flows-sts-compliance
Update on developments in Venezuela:
The US Air Force and Marines posted a bunch of new photos of F-35 operations, mid air refueling, and pictures of the B-52 operations. F-35 pictures show nothing new, same armaments as before: GBU-54 500lb laser guided JDAMs to hit mobile surface targets, AIM-120D AMRAAM for long range air to air, and AIM-9X on stealthy external pylons for short range air to air.
The B-52H pictures do show something new though: unlike last time where the bombers flew in a “clean configuration” with no external pylons or targeting pods; this time they flew with the external hardpoints and pylons on both wings (but no weapons/unarmed), and with a Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod FLIR/IRST. This is notable because the external pylons increase the amount of stations for cruise missiles or 1000/2000lb class bombs on the B-52 from 8, to 20. The Sniper ATP also provides reconnaissance capability, notable because of how close the B-52s flew to Venezuela, with the coastline of the Paraguaná Peninsula visible in photos. Videos from 14 years ago show tracking of individual vehicles/cars and individual hotel windows at ranges in excess of 40nmi/75km using the Sniper ATP. So with how close the B-52s flew, they could map out extensive parts of Venezuela’s coastline. This has likely been happening already though, with F-35 and P-8A flights, and other reconnaissance aircraft/unmanned aircraft.
Venezuela have also increased the amount of flyable F-16 fighter aircraft in their possession from 2, to 4 now. A new video of 4 Venezuelan F-16s flying appeared on social media. Doubling the amount of flyable airframes with no access to spare parts or official maintenance from the manufacturer is an impressive feat.
I was curious due to this post, Turkey issues arrest warrant for Netanyahu on charges of genocide, and found the below. Is it good?
Türkiye’den Netanyahu hakkında yakalama kararı! Hamas’tan açıklama: Takdire şayan - A Haber Son Dakika Gündem Haberleri (Turkey’s decision to arrest Netanyahu! Explanation from Hamas: Appreciative)
machine translated from turkish
Turkey’s decision to arrest Netanyahu! Explanation from Hamas: Appreciative
ahaber.com.tr Haber Merkezi
Stressing that Israel continues to commit genocide and crime despite the decisions of the UN, the ICC and The Hague Court of Justice, Damascus, Damascus said that genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes against humanity, Turkish judicial authorities may investigate and prosecute, and there is no statute for these crimes.
Damascus added that the genocide will answer one day in front of the law, and that the International Association of Lawyers and the Bar Association No. 2 of Istanbul will be a follower of justice as the voice of the conscience of all humanity.
DECISION OF CLOSE ABOUT NETANYAHU FROM TURKEY
The Istanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office said that as a result of the genocide and crimes against humanity that the State of Israel has systematically committed so far in Gaza, thousands of people, including women and children, have been injured, and the settlements have become unusable.Hind Receb, a 6-year-old girl, was killed by Israeli soldiers on 29 January 2024 with 335 bullets, “On 7 October 2023, the actions mentioned until today continued increasing day by day, 500 people were killed in the hospital on 17 October 2023 as a result of the attack on al-Ehli Baptist Hospital on 17 October 2023, and on 29 February 2024, medical equipment was intentionally destroyed by Israeli soldiers, the Turkish Palestine Friendship Hospital was bombed on 21 March 2025, many health facilities were attacked, Gaza was also under the blockade and the victims were prevented from humanitarian access to humanitarian aid.”
In the statement, it was reminded that this situation was widely available in the world public and the activists in the Global Sumud Fleet in order to deliver humanitarian aid to the region were on their way to Gaza by means of naval transport, but this fleet was attacked by the Israeli navy in international waters. As a result of this attack, it was reminded that a resentory investigation was initiated within the framework of the provisions of the United Nations Convention on Maritime Law, the rules of authority under Article 15 of the Criminal Procedure Law and the “extendence”, “qualified looting,” “harming the property,” “depriving the person of his freedom” and “abducting or detaining the means of transportation.”
The victims who were detained by the State of Israel were sent to Turkey by air on 4, 7, 9 and 10 October, it was reported that the victims were subjected to judicial and psychological examination at the Istanbul Forensic Medicine Institution and the forensic examination reports were sent to the Chief Prosecutor’s Office.
In the statement, "Our General Prosecutor’s Office applied to the statements of the persons in the capacity of victims and in the capacity of the victims, and museums were written to the Directorate of Istanbul Provincial Security Directorate and the National Intelligence Organization in order to reveal the material truth during the investigation procedures and to identify the persons who are criminally responsible in the case."
“NETANYAHU, KATZ, I GVIR, TIME AND HAIR LISTEDE…”
During the investigation process, the Prosecutor’s Office submitted petitions to the Chief Prosecutor’s Office regarding the process through the deputies of the victims of the Global Sumud Fleet, and the Istanbul Bar Association No. 2 filed a complaint with the Chief Prosecutor’s Office today, the following were noted:“In light of the evidence obtained, it has been determined that the officials of the State of Israel have criminal responsibilities for the systematic ‘crimes against humanity’ and ‘genocide’ actions in Gaza and the actions of the Global Sumud Fleet. The arrest warrant was issued for the arrest of 37 suspects on charges of “crimes against humanity” and “crimes against humanity” and “genocide” set forth under Article 77 of the Turkish Penal Code and “genocide” charges against the Istanbul court of duty at the request of our Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on November 7, 2025, and the arrest warrant for the arrest of the ‘genocide’, which was regulated under Article 77 of the Turkish Penal Code and Article 76 of the Turkish Penal Code. The investigation continues meticulously and multifaceted.”
HAMAS MEETS WITH SATISFACTION
The Palestinian group, Hamas, welcomed the Turkish court’s decision on Friday to issue an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and 36 other officials on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity due to Israel’s deadly war on the Gaza Strip.The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued its arrest warrants against senior Israeli officials, including Defence Minister Israel Katz, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, Land Forces Commander Eyal Zamir and Israeli Navy Commander David Saar Salama.
“DURSING”
"This admirational step reflects the true stance of the Turkish people and its leadership, in the hands of fascist invaders, to stand firmly towards the ties of justice, humanity and brotherhood, which unite them with our oppressed Palestinian people who have faced and remain one of the most violent genocide wars in modern history in the hands of the Turkish people."World governments and judicial bodies have been urged to “pure legal orders to follow the leaders of the Zionist (Israel) occupation wherever they are and to take them to the courts for their crimes against humanity.”
Huge wave of Kinzhal and Iskander strikes tonight in Ukraine. I bet the targets are the new Patriot SAM batteries they just received from Germany.
It seems like Russia is using missiles targeting energy infrastructure as bait to get them to reveal their positions.
another episode in the continuing saga of “Western MIC say they’ll make 1005406054034 vehicles, then promptly reduce the order to, like, a handful” https://archive.ph/hizkI
Funding Shortfall Stalls Lynx IFV Production in Ukraine — Only Five to Be Delivered
Despite upbeat media statements about Lynx IFV production plans, Rheinmetall says there is still no financing or signed contract
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The production of German KF41 Lynx infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) by Rheinmetall in Ukraine appears far from finalized, as no funds have been allocated and no contract has been signed yet. Therefore, only five units are currently being assembled at foreign facilities, which are likely to belong to the test batch mentioned at the beginning of 2025. This was stated by Armin Papperger, CEO of the company, in an interview with Loyal – Das Magazin, adding that localization only makes sense for an agreement covering 200 to 300 vehicles. A German observer of aid to Ukraine clarified that the interview took place two weeks ago, around the time the production agreement was signed, suggesting the project remains far from finalized. In other words, as Defense Express mentioned earlier, the timeline for launching Lynx production in Ukraine by the end of 2025 should be viewed with caution. The media loves sensational statements, but with large-scale projects like this, it is important to pay attention to the details.
Several hundred modern IFVs are expected to cost at least several hundred million euros, and potentially exceed one or even several billion. It is clear that Ukraine will not be able to provide the necessary funds at this time. It is believed that Germany was expected to finance the purchase, but it appears that this issue has not yet been finalized. This is the most likely candidate, as Rheinmetall is based there, providing an additional argument for strengthening local production. It was recently announced that the country plans to allocate an additional €3 billion in its 2026 budget for military aid to Ukraine. Some sources indicate that the funds will cover artillery, the replacement of two Patriot air defense systems, drones, and armored vehicles, possibly including the Lynx project. An alternative source of funding could be the frozen assets of the Russian federation, which have already been used to finance the order of Rheinmetall Skyranger 35 systems for Ukraine. Sweden’s Gripen E project is also seeking access to these funds, but the EU is still debating whether to fully allocate them. So, it turns out that Ukrainian production of the Lynx IFVs is currently in question, while Italy is signing its first supply contract. However, the year is not over yet, and funds may still be found to start work as soon as possible.
uh yeah, sure, dude
OpenAI, Nvidia and others have spent the last two weeks asking the government for stuff. From building up the power grid & power generation, to “doing something to combat China” because “China is just a millimeter behind the US on AI” to asking the government for a pre-bailout, guaranteeing loans directly.
The Trump admin said no (the request is in the attached document), so OpenAI is out with a new one just a few hours later;
OpenAI has asked the US to expand the CHIPS Act Tax credit for data centers
Because @gay_king_prince_charles@hexbear.net posted about it yesterday:
Another Instagram photographer was able to snap some higher resolution pictures of the AGM-181 LRSO nuclear armed stealth cruise missile. New photos with higher resolution.
The higher resolution photos confirm the pixel peeking from yesterday, I’m not going to type it again so click here to read lots of similarities to the AGM-129 ACM, but with wings resembling the AGM-158 JASSM.
Do I think it’s linked to Trump’s statements on nuclear testing? No, not really. The AGM-181 LRSO has undergone 15 successful publicised flight tests as of 2022, with the most notable being Control Test Mission 1. Successful missile separation, flight control, engine start and extended range flight, nuclear warhead-arming (no explosion) flight discrimination events, and advanced navigation along a mission planned route were demonstrated. So these are just the final tests before deployment in 2027, conducted regardless of what Trump says or does. The air wing of the US nuclear triad is about undergo a serious upgrade and restore capabilities they had prior to the retirement of the AGM-129. Planned acquisition numbers depend on current or future treaty obligations.
In case anyone is wondering how the US is conducting a large amount of strikes in the Eastern Pacific and not the Caribbean recently, including multiple AC-130J Ghostrider gunship strikes: the US moved a P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft, and AC-130J to El Salvador. El Salvador is hosting US military aircraft which are likely carrying out strikes.
