Reshicrom

we still out here

[Reshicrom @SirJed1]

@Fat_Electrician But the job market had been favoring workers for a long time, especially in tech, and this was at least partly a push for companies to secure more power in the market against their workers

[Reshicrom @SirJed1]

@Fat_Electrician In the tech space there was a lot of buzz about this, because a lot of executives admitted that they were hoping the change back to in person would encourage many of their workers to quit so that they wouldn't have to fire them. Obviously there was more to it,

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

I’ll soon be sponsoring a bill to withhold federal money from municipalities and police departments that deploy Flock (and other style) cameras to surveil law abiding citizens.

[S2 Underground @s2_underground]

//The Wire//2300Z July 20, 2026//
//ROUTINE//
//BLUF: CENTCOM CONFIRMS FOUR AMERICAN CASUALTIES FOLLOWING IRANIAN STRIKES IN MIDDLE EAST. ARSON ATTACK REPORTED AT FEDERAL BUILDING IN NYC.//
-----BEGIN TEARLINE-----
-International Events-

Jordan: Over the weekend CENTCOM confirmed the deaths of three US service members, who were killed as a result of the strikes on a barracks building at Muwaffaq al Salti Airbase. Two of the casualties have been identified as 1LT Tyler James Feehan, and Private Isabella Gonzales. The third casualty officially remains classified as Missing in Action as the remains will require DNA analysis to confirm identity, and has not yet been officially identified. A fourth casualty was also reported somewhere in Iraq, which was the result of an Iranian drone strike.

Middle East: Following Iranian targeting of the al-Subiya Power Station, Kuwait has begun to rely on portable substations and generators to provide electricity while repairs are made. The scale of the power outages is not known, but Iranian forces have struck several logistical hubs and electrical power plants over the past few days. In Bahrain, Iranian targeting has remained heavy over the weekend, with several ballistic missile strikes reported at American installations around the country.

Strait of Hormuz: Several more merchant vessels were struck over the past few days, most of which were tankers attempting to use the southern Omani route instead of the Iranian route. At least one of these vessels resulted in the crew abandoning ship before being rescued.

Iran: After these collective strikes over the weekend, American targeting efforts intensified with the latest bombing campaign focusing on the targeting of bridges and civilian roadway tunnels around Bandar Abbas. Many of the roads that lead to the port city are now cut off, with only a few major roadways allowing access to the city. Several bridges have also already been repaired, and the status of others remains unclear until better satellite imagery is available.

-HomeFront-

New York: This morning an arson attack was reported at the Federal building in downtown Manhattan. One assailant approached the building with a bucket of gasoline, dumping the bucket at the northeast side of the structure. The suspect immediately ignited the pool of gas, which also contained a mix of commercial grade fireworks. The suspect was immediately detained by the plethora of police already on scene, as the accelerant burned on the sidewalk.

Analyst Comment: No motive has yet been conveyed regarding this attack, however some of the paraphernalia scattered throughout the scene of the attack appears to be political in nature, opposing ICE.

Washington D.C. - This morning, the latest numbers for Strategic Petroleum Reserve levels were released indicating that over the past week, the US has drained the SPR by an additional 5.1 million barrels, to it's lowest level since the Tanker War in 1983.

Analyst Comment: Many might have assumed that the US might have re-stocked the SPR during the two-week ceasefire in the Middle East, however very little oil actually made it out of the region during that time, which amounted to only a tiny fraction of US daily usage. Since the war began five months ago, only a very small percentage of oil has exited the region, and the US has been draining the SPR at breakneck pace in order to keep the country going.

-----END TEARLINE-----

Analyst Comments: Concerning the American casualties sustained over the weekend, it is extremely important to note that the deaths of 1LT Feehan and PVT Gonzales are officially classified under Operation INHERENT RESOLVE (OIR)...not under Operation EPIC FURY (OEFU). Inherent Resolve is the long-standing mission to combat ISIS in Syria, and not in any way linked to the current war in Iran. As a result, the true number of casualties sustained warrants further investigation. This classification could have been an administrative error, but this would also be a way of camouflaging casualty figures. The Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS) is the main database for logging all American casualties, which are defined by military operation. In this case, these deaths are not cataloged under either operation yet, adding to the more broad (but also growing) concerns that the database has been concealing the true number of casualties, specifically the numbers of personnel wounded.

In fact, while admonishing these concerns as "baseless and malicious accusations" Assistant Secretary of War Sean Parnell directly contradicted the numbers his own department was producing. He stated in an interview with CBS News that roughly 100 personnel had been wounded throughout the war over the past month....while his own database states that a grand total of zero personnel had been wounded for the month of July, and three in June. If this testimony is accurate, this confirms beyond all doubt that the Pentagon is lying about the number of troops wounded during this campaign. Considering that the Pentagon has disclosed a total of 413x soldiers wounded during this entire campaign, ~100x WIA being reported within a month (which also included a two-week ceasefire) is alarming to say the least.

The cause of the fatalities reported over the weekend is also important to note as these deaths were very likely preventable. In the days leading up to the ballistic missile striking the housing at this base, the Iranians successfully struck the Patriot battery in Erbil, Iraq. This missile defense site would have been one of the sites providing protection for missiles launched into Jordan. With this battery offline or at least degraded in some way, it is possible that a clear air corridor existed that allowed Iranian ballistic missiles to fly unchallenged through a gap in air defense coverage. If the Erbil strike also damaged the radar array, it is also very possible that the warning time for an incoming ballistic missile would have been reduced, so any defenses at the target base would have been less effective. Obviously, the true scale of the damage to this air defense site would be classified, so in the public eye we have to guess as to how bad it was based on blurry satellite imagery. However the military commanders who knew the systems and did NOT have to guess, were also the same commanders who had the authority to either issue warnings or orders to disperse from the unprotected Containerized Housing Units (CHUs) that were struck by Iran. The failure of command to disperse their soldiers is what led to these fatalities.

The very minute that the Patriot battery was struck in Erbil was a major clue that the Iranians were conducting shaping fires of their own...they were striking the air defense sites so as to open up a gap in air defense coverage, and reach out to American positions with their larger ballistic missiles.

Though it is usually in poor taste to reflect on failures in the immediate aftermath of the death of troops, in the interest of expediency sometimes uncomfortable conversations must be had in order to prevent further loss of life. If a gap in air defense coverage is what allowed this strike to happen, it is almost certain that this gap still exists and that the danger to American service members is still not mitigated. For ALL American troops in the Middle East, this observation must be noted: If the Iranians are striking air defense sites, the next assumption must be that the Iranians are planning to strike something that would have been protected by that site. In retrospect this is common sense, but even at this very moment, the continued strikes on American positions (and the nearly total lack of fortification efforts at these bases, even to this day) continues to indicate that the Iranian targeting efforts are not being taken seriously by senior American decision makers. Five months into this war, CENTCOM leadership has still not figured out that the Iranians can strike their bases at will, and as demonstrated by the strikes in Kuwait and Jordan, the US is still not digging in, and also not dispersing enough to avoid troops getting killed. No underground fortification efforts have been undertaken at any base in the Middle East, and satellite imagery indicates that no substantial fortifications have been undertaken either. Granting as much leeway to the Pentagon's decision making process as possible, it is possible that no hardening of defenses would have mattered considering the missiles Iran is launching. Drone defense is one thing, but it would take years to build a bunker that would withstand the impact of an Iranian Fattah or Ghadr missile. Nevertheless, when it comes to defending American positions, doing something is better than doing nothing, and concrete does not take half a year to dry.

Even if large-scale construction projects are off the menu, ALL military publications, textbooks, and training scenarios dictate and demand what has been obvious since World War One...Dispersion is the name of the game. This is what kept casualties to a minimum in Bahrain, but different theater commanders have different personal initiatives. Some are more proactive with their defense, and others have done nothing at all, besides making sure that all of the vehicles in the motorpool are lined up neatly.

Where this goes from here is anyone's guess, but unless radical and immediate changes are made, the United States will continue to suffer casualties. And as long as the bombing continues which is motivating Iran to target our bases, this indirectly highlights the deficiencies with American air defense technologies, not just for this war, but for the wars to come.

Analyst: S2A1
Research: https://t.co/S3Ktgax7Ng
NomadNet: 5fa68c88be727a0e1a250a75e5e79269
Disclaimer: No LLMs were used in the writing of this report.
//END REPORT//

[Reshicrom @SirJed1]

@MrOvis_ To be fair, both sides are convinced that they hold a moral advantage over the other party. That isn't exclusive to the left.

[Team Liquid Alienware @TeamLiquidLoL]

Tell your solo laners to get tested cause it looks like they fucked you in Game 1.

[Reshicrom @SirJed1]

@KaiKai2492 A generally good rule of thumb is that if an atheist makes a big deal of being an atheist, just write them off as a nutcase. It is quite literally the last thing to draw attention to, as it SHOULD be a nonfactor unless religion is being specifically addressed.

[Reshicrom @SirJed1]

@Niono_beater I struggled with UR mostly just because the underworld is far more interesting than the UR setting. When I read it, I just wanted to skip the parts outside of the underworld. The difference in the stakes between the 2 settings also bothers me.

[Reshicrom @SirJed1]

Comedy is important in entertainment, but give your characters room to breathe and expand. There is more value in showing depth in a character than there is simply repeating a singular joke about a character over and over again. More so when you tease a viewer with that depth

[Reshicrom @SirJed1]

Ive fallen off of anime a lot in the last few years, and I think that I have figured out a part of why that is, among other things. Beyond the fact that I'm just generally aging out of the range that the shows are intended for.

[Reshicrom @SirJed1]

In just the first 2 episodes, I've found myself annoyed with the writers of the story because they staunchly refuse to allow the characters to make interesting ideas about themselves grow for the purpose of serving jokes that often fall flat.

[Reshicrom @SirJed1]

@ClericKnight99 From my perspective, the cultural analogues are all so normalized that seeing them as being specifically Christian is unnatural. And as an avid consumer of fiction, as much as the cross represents Christ, it has also been relegated to being the default symbol for holy in fiction

[Reshicrom @SirJed1]

@ClericKnight99 I think, to some extent, It just depends on your walk in life. I'm pretty firmly agnostic myself, honestly leaning more towards atheism. But being raised in the US means not hard for me to see Christian values and just pass it off as being normal.

[Reshicrom @SirJed1]

@AhogeRespecter Honestly, as cringe as many probably find it, Id rather they just re-attach the honorific in the english phrase. Theres only so many times that I can see shows represent both 'san' and 'sama' by 'Mister' before I start to lose my mind. Feels like it should be industry standard

[Reshicrom @SirJed1]

@ClericKnight99 Arguing about the qualities and advantages of religion from this story is rather... flat. I'm blanking on the word that I want here, but I'll trust that the reader understands what I'm trying to convey.

[Reshicrom @SirJed1]

@ClericKnight99 Now, that is not to say that theres no obvious influences, or that it is not important to the universe, but theres almost no actual discussion on the tenents of said religion. Some obvious influences, but for the most part, its comparable to most other D&D inspired fantasies.