brainrot
yep as i figured, europe rolled over
For those who didn't read the article
“If the proposals pass, Proton’s services in Switzerland would be less private than Google’s,” Mr Yen told Le Temps. Frustrated by the lack of assurances from Beat Jans, the federal councillor overseeing the matter, Proton has opted to halt Swiss investments and shift its infrastructure plans abroad. **Its artificial-intelligence data centres, deemed especially sensitive, will be located in Germany and Norway and involve investing CHF 100 million. **
why would they need to do something about it?
Will never forget this
Gillard faces carbon tax backlash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akhSdJFncHg
God damn she went face to face with Alan Jones, brutal
Most of what you said there can just as easily be laid at Israel’s feet
Strong doubt
Queers escape Gaza to get to Israel and for good reason, Israeli is the closest middle eastern neighbour to the west that I can think of but we have the advantage of not living next to Islamic Jihadi's, the worst ours can do is hold signs like:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_anti-Islam_film_protests#/media/File:2012_Sydney_protest.jpg
Such lovely people, I have no idea why people would have an issue with them and say they can't integrate into the west
Look at how America responded to 9/11, I don't want to imagine what we would be doing in NZ right now if they were firing rockets at us, suiciding bombing, beheading, kidnapping and torturing
they treat other humans, like arab Israelis, or Gazans, or west bankers like cattle
I wonder why :P
Everything you mentioned will have a negative effect on the economy but Israeli is still
How Israel Got So Rich While Surrounded By Enemies
https://youtu.be/bnvj1-3hIoo?t=555
Israel’s stock market outperforms Middle East counterparts despite multi-front wars
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Israel
The economy of Israel is a highly developed free-market economy.[23][4][24][25][26] The prosperity of Israel's advanced economy allows the country to have a sophisticated welfare state, a powerful modern military said to possess a nuclear-weapons capability with a full nuclear triad, modern infrastructure equivalent to developed countries, and a high-technology sector competitively on par with Silicon Valley.[23] It has the second-largest number of startup companies in the world after the United States,[27][needs update] and the third-largest number of NASDAQ-listed companies after the U.S. and China.[28] American companies, such as Intel,[29] Microsoft,[30] and Apple,[31][32] built their first overseas research and development facilities in Israel. More than 400 high-tech multi-national corporations, such as IBM, Google, Hewlett-Packard, Cisco Systems, Facebook and Motorola have opened R&D centers throughout the country.[33] As of 2025, the IMF estimated Israel has the 25th largest economy in the world by nominal GDP, and one of the biggest economies in the Middle East.[1]
Incredible
But I guess my main point is, any Gaza based troubles should fade away quickly once it calms down
NZ on the other hand afaik is in a worse position than us when it comes to manufacturing military hardware
At the same time Israel would just be for air defence, they are in a unique position of being surrounded by lovely people on all sides
Would it be possible for us to manufacture weapons and military equipment? I'd like to think we could but I just don't see it at the moment, not without a significant increase in robotics
I hope one day you’ll recognise the ridiculousness of your equivalences with their far less powerful neighbours
Ah yes, it's the israeli's fault they don't subscribe to a backwards religion, treat their women like cattle, and spend most of their time praying to a god that doesn't exist instead of working to improve diplomatic relations and business capacity of their own countries.
If you want the best from ‘allies’ then the US should have been the partner of choice in most of that little list.
They're a little less of a friend now, it's completely understandable why we would rely on them in the past but times change eh?
I did see this though:
South Korea clinches multi-billion-dollar Australian Army vehicle contract
Just wish we could get those bloody ships out of Americas grubby tiny hands but this might just be realpolitik
super unexpected but great!
l want the best from allies we can rely on, israel who has the worlds best air defence system which it uses as protection from its genocidal neighbours and islamic terrorists across the border
I have not heard of nz excelling in anything defence related? i forgot they had an army tbh
europe is struggling to keep up with the us, musk for example is a huge influence with starlink, we have to rely on others or we’ll be left behind and inevitably lose influence/wars
yeah if it were up to me i’d be aligning with israel for air defence, ukraine for drones of every kind, uk for ships, europe for fighter jets, korea/germany for tanks etc
It sounds like we might be taking a similar approach to europe and the uk, placating trump costs less than going to war with him
The deal locks in Australian access to munitions, technological advancements and the option for future domestic manufacturing and maintenance.
it looks like defence wise we are hoping trump just goes away and we continue to rely on the US
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“Huge win:” Federal Labor unveils $2.3bn plan to slash home battery costs by 30 pct
(reneweconomy.com.au)
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"I held a meeting with German Foreign Minister @ABaerbock. We discussed further support for our state, the path to a dignified peace, and the development of security guarantee formats.
Germany is a leader in Europe in the scale of assistance provided to Ukraine — from financial aid and weapons to strengthening our air defense. This includes 6 IRIS-T systems, 3 Patriot systems, and Gepard anti-aircraft guns. All this support has saved thousands of lives. We are grateful to the Bundestag for the decision to provide an additional 3 billion euros to Ukraine. In total, German support this year will amount to 7 billion euros.
We are grateful that German support for Ukraine remains unwavering and stable. We thank Germany, its Government, and all the German people for their significant assistance."
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Then other countries who are importing this crap should get a wriggle on and decarbonise