why christianity was victorious, funerary epigraphy edition

🚨 FINALLY, after more than 480 days of delay and dithering (costing Ukrainian lives), Congress is about to vote on another aid package for Ukraine.

Expect a lot of disinformation about US aid to Ukraine in the coming days.

🧵Here is a thread with the facts👇🏻

China's (attempt at) charm offensive towards Europe continues.

News about Xi Jinping's meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz:
- makes Xinhua frontpage's top story, and
- takes up a whopping 7:35 minutes of tonight's CCTV evening news broadcast (i.e. 1/4 of total airtime)./1

NO TO 'STRATEGIC GASLIGHTING':

1. It was CHINA's actions that FORCED the Philippines' hands, not the other way around;

2. ASEAN was just as 'USELESS' when AQUINO took CHINA to international court, so stop invoking DUTERTE era as an EXCUSE;

3. LACK of CHINESE INVESTMENTS in the

The Iron Dome is absolutely magical.

twitter.com/LuanaGoriss/st…

There’s one possible future where this escalates, goes nuclear and some dude who’s never known the love of a woman clutches his 10 passports in a basement, thanking Andrew Tate as he scoops cold beans from a can.

Send #MaxHolloway to the Middle East to sort things out.

I am going to die of bad Iran takes.

This literally is a consequence of being too online. She sees people spew insanely violent rhetoric on the internet and nobody takes it seriously and she just transferred the kind of shit people post on twitter to a city council meeting without understanding it is not the same

My guess is that it’s mostly performative. Hope I’m not jinxing it.

Going “hey just so everyone knows the drones just crossed the Iraqi border, and the missile attack will go soon” is just about the most obvious way to get the vast majority of your stuff shot down (which, to be clear, I think is the point)

Oh great we really are about to fight Iran

Rob York 🌐 offers expert analysis in an interview with Steven Borowiec for Nikkei Asia.

York discusses President Yoon's electoral challenges in South Korea and their impact on the political landscape: asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Sout…

#Geopolitics #SouthKorea #Elections #PacificForum

Biden can probably relate.

Yes, very sad.
Anyway….

'The independent candidate is trailing...by significant margins even after unveiling attorney Nicole Shanahan as his vice presidential pick, leading Democrats to wonder if he’s reached his ceiling.'

Ya think?

thehill.com/homenews/campa…

The funniest thing about Ma Ying Jeou in China is how Chinese people are going to think Ma still has power and influence in Taiwan.

I can name ten CPBL cheerleaders with more influence in Taiwan than Ma Ying Jeou.

Well.

That would not be good.

1/ 🤝 Today, we are thrilled to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the esteemed Jeju Research Institute (jri.re.kr/index.php), represented by Dr. Yang Duksoon, President of JRI, and our President , David Santoro.

🇹🇼Explore #Taiwan 's remarkable response to earthquakes in Rob York 🌐 insightful piece for The American Conservative.

As China continues to demonstrate its competence in the face of adversity, learn how its adaptability sets a global example: theamericanconservative.com/the-lesson-of-…

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