the so called pea nits

• Description: Marbles and Checkers need your help getting home after a mega-storm blows everyone away. This 90s buddy-platformer has over 40 stages, 5 unique worlds, loads of friendly animal companions, mini-games and unlockables, and even more to collect!
• Price: $19.99 ($16.99 till December 2nd)
• Link: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/windswept-switch/

Visuals are different, but some of the levels and gameplay reminds me of Donkey Kong Country games.

• Description: Team up in this adorable co-op puzzle platformer where you play as hands! Use Rock, Paper, Scissors, and a variety of handy items to solve puzzles, explore playful worlds, and rescue the plushie friends together!
• Price: $12.99 ($9.74 till December 2nd)
• Link: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/all-hands-on-deck-switch/

• Release Date: March 13, 2026
• Description: Embark on an expansive RPG adventure and a true evolution of the Monster Hunter Stories series, filled with memorable twists and turns. Palamutes, new allies, an encounter with the living mountain, Yama Tsukami, and much more await you beyond the Meridian.
• Price: $69.99
• Link: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/monster-hunter-stories-3-twisted-reflection-switch-2
• Deluxe Premium Edition Price: $99.99
• Deluxe Premium Edition Link: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/monster-hunter-stories-3-twisted-reflection-premium-deluxe-edition-switch-2/

• Description: Goodnight Universe is a game in which you are a 6-month-old baby, developing mysterious psychic powers. What you want most is to be loved and accepted by your family, but a secretive tech corporation wants you for their own.
• Price: $19.99
• Link: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/goodnight-universe-switch-2/

From the devs of "Before Your Eyes"

• Release Date: TBA
• Price: TBA
• Link: TBA
• Description: Junkster is a 3D action platformer with an awesome building mechanic. Plucky, little construction bot, UM-13 has crash-landed on a dangerous junkyard planet. Armed only with his trusty robo-wrench, Um must find the parts to repair his ship and recover his lost cargo of precious human artifacts.

By the devs of Brut@l

cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/5572916

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European leaders need to recognize the true and extended nature of a partnership between Beijing and Moscow that fuses military, economic, technological, and informational tools to exhaust Ukraine militarily. In essence, Beijing evidently views the war in Ukraine as a way to tie down U.S. and European resources while keeping a China-friendly, anti-Western regime in the Kremlin in place.

Since 2022, China’s trade and financial support has been the backbone of Russia’s wartime resilience. Despite a minor slowdown this year, bilateral trade is projected to reach $230 to $235 billion by the end of the year, after a record $245 billion in 2024. Currently, nearly one-third of Russia’s external trade is settled in yuan, up from only 2 percent before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This shift has transformed the Chinese currency into an instrument of sanctions evasion. According to Germany’s Foreign Ministry, up to 80 percent of Russia’s sanctions circumvention now involves Chinese entities. By allowing the Kremlin to finance aggression, China gains an economic advantage by tying Russia’s economy to its own.

China also supports the Kremlin’s covert hybrid activities aimed at undermining European economic resilience and cohesion. Since 2024, Chinese ships have been involved in incidents of targeting subsea infrastructure, particularly cutting subsea cables in the Baltic Sea.

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The country increasingly deploys ambitious espionage and cyber attacks against government networks and critical infrastructure across Europe ...

Beijing also provides Moscow with high-tech military aid. Since mid-2025, Chinese components have been detected in Russian drones and missiles, often shipped via front companies disguised as suppliers of industrial cooling equipment ...

Chinese machinery, including precision optics, lasers, and dual-use machine tools, now dominates Russia’s defense-related manufacturing. In August 2025 alone, China exported a record 328,000 miles of fiber-optic cable and nearly $50 million worth of lithium-ion batteries to Russia, reinforcing its role as the Kremlin’s primary wartime supplier of dual-use materials. Chinese engineers working at Russian drone facilities are adapting civilian quadcopters, such as the Autel Max 4T, for combat use ...

Increasingly, Russia and China also cooperate in disinformation operations: Chinese campaigns such as “Spamouflage” are amplified by Russian media outlets and diplomatic channels. Both countries employ what look to be synchronized narratives accusing the West of being responsible for the war in Ukraine. Most worryingly, both Moscow and Beijing have begun to deploy generative AI and fake news portals to manipulate the information environment and reinforce each other’s messages, often without formal coordination.

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Western leaders must coordinate more closely on sanctions policy to prevent new loopholes and ensure unified enforcement. The EU should demonstrate its intent by imposing secondary sanctions on Chinese computer numerical control machines, semiconductors, drone engines, optics, and missile components, and by regularly updating its methods to address new forms of sanction evasion.

As nearly half of Russia’s external trade is denominated in yuan, financial measures will help demonstrate to Beijing that the EU is serious. Brussels has already taken initial steps, blacklisting Chinese firms involved in dual-use exports and targeting banks that facilitate yuan-denominated payments. On September 1, China’s Heihe Rural Commercial Bank halted Russian transactions after it fell under EU sanctions, which proved the effectiveness of this kind of action against Chinese involvement in fueling the Kremlin’s war efforts. Europe can go further by monitoring yuan clearinghouses and sanctioning Chinese banks that facilitate Russian payments.

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The hybrid campaign stretches from Europe into Asia. Europe should formalize deeper security cooperation with Japan, South Korea, Australia, Taiwan, and other democracies to police dual-use supply chains, share cyberthreat intelligence, and improve maritime domain awareness for undersea cables.

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European leaders need to recognize the true and extended nature of a partnership between Beijing and Moscow that fuses military, economic, technological, and informational tools to exhaust Ukraine militarily. In essence, Beijing evidently views the war in Ukraine as a way to tie down U.S. and European resources while keeping a China-friendly, anti-Western regime in the Kremlin in place.

Since 2022, China’s trade and financial support has been the backbone of Russia’s wartime resilience. Despite a minor slowdown this year, bilateral trade is projected to reach $230 to $235 billion by the end of the year, after a record $245 billion in 2024. Currently, nearly one-third of Russia’s external trade is settled in yuan, up from only 2 percent before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This shift has transformed the Chinese currency into an instrument of sanctions evasion. According to Germany’s Foreign Ministry, up to 80 percent of Russia’s sanctions circumvention now involves Chinese entities. By allowing the Kremlin to finance aggression, China gains an economic advantage by tying Russia’s economy to its own.

China also supports the Kremlin’s covert hybrid activities aimed at undermining European economic resilience and cohesion. Since 2024, Chinese ships have been involved in incidents of targeting subsea infrastructure, particularly cutting subsea cables in the Baltic Sea.

...

The country increasingly deploys ambitious espionage and cyber attacks against government networks and critical infrastructure across Europe ...

Beijing also provides Moscow with high-tech military aid. Since mid-2025, Chinese components have been detected in Russian drones and missiles, often shipped via front companies disguised as suppliers of industrial cooling equipment ...

Chinese machinery, including precision optics, lasers, and dual-use machine tools, now dominates Russia’s defense-related manufacturing. In August 2025 alone, China exported a record 328,000 miles of fiber-optic cable and nearly $50 million worth of lithium-ion batteries to Russia, reinforcing its role as the Kremlin’s primary wartime supplier of dual-use materials. Chinese engineers working at Russian drone facilities are adapting civilian quadcopters, such as the Autel Max 4T, for combat use ...

Increasingly, Russia and China also cooperate in disinformation operations: Chinese campaigns such as “Spamouflage” are amplified by Russian media outlets and diplomatic channels. Both countries employ what look to be synchronized narratives accusing the West of being responsible for the war in Ukraine. Most worryingly, both Moscow and Beijing have begun to deploy generative AI and fake news portals to manipulate the information environment and reinforce each other’s messages, often without formal coordination.

...

Western leaders must coordinate more closely on sanctions policy to prevent new loopholes and ensure unified enforcement. The EU should demonstrate its intent by imposing secondary sanctions on Chinese computer numerical control machines, semiconductors, drone engines, optics, and missile components, and by regularly updating its methods to address new forms of sanction evasion.

As nearly half of Russia’s external trade is denominated in yuan, financial measures will help demonstrate to Beijing that the EU is serious. Brussels has already taken initial steps, blacklisting Chinese firms involved in dual-use exports and targeting banks that facilitate yuan-denominated payments. On September 1, China’s Heihe Rural Commercial Bank halted Russian transactions after it fell under EU sanctions, which proved the effectiveness of this kind of action against Chinese involvement in fueling the Kremlin’s war efforts. Europe can go further by monitoring yuan clearinghouses and sanctioning Chinese banks that facilitate Russian payments.

...

The hybrid campaign stretches from Europe into Asia. Europe should formalize deeper security cooperation with Japan, South Korea, Australia, Taiwan, and other democracies to police dual-use supply chains, share cyberthreat intelligence, and improve maritime domain awareness for undersea cables.

Back in my day toys were recalled for metabolising into drugs! Asbestos is no fun.

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Video Description:

Back before he ran for president, Donald Trump appeared on the David Letterman show and criticized U.S. healthcare, highlighting how countries like Scotland and other European nations provide high-quality care at a much reduced cost. Jimmy shares this video in which Trump adds that he could provide Americans with a much better, cheaper system (without giving much in the way of specifics).

Jimmy and guest Nick Cruse of Revolutionary Blackout Network wonder what happened to this Trump before they launch into a scathing critique of the U.S. healthcare system that frequently produces worse outcomes at a higher cost.

They argue that a Medicare for All type system would cut costs in half, provide better service, and eliminate the bloated profits of insurance companies and Big Pharma. Jimmy emphasized that universal healthcare is pro-family and can appeal to conservatives because it prevents families from going into debt for medical care. He concludes by pointing out how Americans have been misled into thinking private insurance is superior, while other countries demonstrate that government-managed healthcare is more efficient and equitable.

Nick Cruse on Twitter: / socialistmma

About:

Nick Cruse:

Citizen journalist Co-Founder #TenDemands Board Member: National RCV [https://www.breaktheduopoly.com/] KC Tenants KC Sunrise [https://allmylinks.com/socialistmma]^[[1] https://substack.com/@socialistmma]

Revolutionary Blackout Network (RBN):

Blacking Out Corporate Propaganda and Educating for a Revolution.

“You can jail a Revolutionary, but you can’t jail the Revolution.” -- Fred Hampton (1948 - 1969)

We should focus our actions, time, and resources on Direct Action, Mutual Aid, and Community Outreach. If you do engage in Electoral Politics do not support the Duopoly (Red or Blue Team). No War but Class War!

Jimmy Dore:

"I don't criticize Democrats cuz I side with Republicans, I criticize Democrats Cuz THEY side with Republicans.

Our fight is not Left/Right anymore, it is Us vs.Them.

We have 2 corporate party's that serve Wall St/War Machine/Corporations & crush everyone else. #UniParty @0rf"^[[1] https://twitter.com/jimmy_dore/status/1559374176904814594]

#TheJimmyDoreShow is a hilarious and irreverent take on news, politics and culture featuring Jimmy Dore, a professional stand up comedian, author and podcaster. The show is also broadcast on Pacifica Radio Network stations throughout the country.

“Jimmy Dore is outrageous and outraged, bothersome and bothered. A crucial, profane, passionate voice for progressives and free-thinkers in 21st century America. Jimmy will anger you if you’re a conservative and enrage you if you’re a liberal.”—Patton Oswalt

Unpaywalled link

The European Commission is looking to go further on its bid to remove Huawei and ZTE telecoms networks from its member states.

Vice President Henna Virkkunen has tabled a proposal to make 2020 5G cybersecurity toolbox recommendations legally binding, and could extend beyond just mobile networks to include fixed-line broadband and fibre networks in EU member countries, too.

The development comes despite many countries having already enacted such changes – Sweden banned Huawei and ZTE from its 5G networks in 2020, the UK has done the same, and Germany plans a removal from its 5G core networks by 2026.

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The UK has framed the removal of Huawei’s technology as a supply chain necessity: “the security of the company’s products… can no longer be managed due to the impact of US sanctions on its supply chain.”

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Leaked emails show Epstein working on a wire transfer to Ehud Barak's top aide, Yoni Koren, who regularly stayed at his apartment.

It is 50 years today since the Australian governor-general, Sir John Kerr, dismissed without warning the elected Labor government of Gough Whitlam.

For decades after Whitlam’s dismissal, a disarmingly simple narrative had been locked in place, which kept the role of the queen and the Palace courtiers out of public view.

The narrative from that Nov. 11 day in 1975 was that Kerr had reached a lonely and isolated decision and that he had had no other option in the face of the Opposition’s blocking of supply but to dismiss the government.

The queen’s then deputy private secretary was an Australian, Sir William Heseltine, and he stated: “The Palace was in a state of total ignorance.” In reality however, nothing was quite so simple, nor as constitutionally proper.

Thanks to a series of archival declassifications, what has emerged reveals a complex web of deception, collusion, and denial in which the Palace was deeply and undeniably involved.*

Following a four-year High Court legal battle, the declassification and release in 2020 of the secret Palace Letters between the queen in England, and the governor-general in Australia, turned that history on its head.

The letters confirmed that the queen through her private secretary Sir Martin Charteris, discussed the possible dismissal of the government with the governor-general and advised him on the use of “reserve powers” to do so, against the advice of both the Australian solicitor-general and attorney-general

No respectable historian or journalist could now accept that the queen had “no part to play” in the dismissal of the Whitlam government as the protectors of the royal family in Buckingham Palace continues to claim.

Having now the benefit of the Palace Letters in their entirety, Heseltine’s claim of the “total ignorance” of the Palace is simply staggering.

My brain is melting. Ain’t slept in two days, should be asleep now. Obviously I don’t think this person should have a driver license but that outcome will hit me.