Simone Nelson

[The Specter @specter_affairs]

🇰🇷 | High tensions in South Korea as protests erupt against Iran war deployment plans.

South Korea is actively preparing to become the first country to join the US militarily in the Strait of Hormuz — and Seoul has seen daily protests ever since officials confirmed it.

Police tried to contain demonstrators as they took to the streets. With slogans such as "Everyone opposed to the Hormuz deployment, unite!" and "Refuse US military pressure!", activists are protesting near the US embassy in the capital.

The demonstrations are organised by Seoul Peace Solidarity and National People's Action, which have urged the government not to bow to US pressure or capitulate to Washington, and vowed to continue the mobilisations. Further protests are planned.

Washington has pressured Seoul for months to deploy forces to West Asia. It has never looked closer to reality.

Seoul has notified Washington it is willing to dispatch naval ships and maritime patrol aircraft, and local media report parliamentary approval is already being prepared.

It would be South Korea's first deployment at US request in 22 years.

The deployment still requires that approval to proceed, but officials confirmed preparations are already under way regardless.

While South Korea frames the package as "defensive," it would actively supply and enable US military operations against Iran, providing logistics, intelligence and direct cooperation with US forces.

South Korea imports essentially all of its crude oil, 70% of it from the Gulf, leaving it heavily dependent on traffic through the Strait.

Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei warned Seoul on Monday, in Korean, that any country operating in the Strait would be regarded as directly supporting the aggressor, and that a sovereign state must not yield to US pressure.

Just last month, Washington downgraded its most important annual drills with Seoul, saying South Korea had refused to back its war on Iran.

South Korea is arguably the most subordinated country in the world to the US military. Under OPCON, it is the only country on earth whose military would pass to American command in wartime.

It hosts one of the largest US contingents anywhere, and Washington is its most important diplomatic and military partner.

[Global UPDATES @GlobalUpdates24]

Alice Weidel becomes the first leader in the world who is anti-immigration but has an immigrant wife, is anti-LGBTQ+ but is a lesbian herself, opposes LGBT adoption but has adopted two children, and is a hardcore German nationalist but lives in Switzerland

[TurnKey Games @TurnKeyGamesTX]

A Third-person Adventure Unlike Any Other! Play as an Unlikely Duo, A Zombie Child and a Severed Arm.

[Daisy @DaizyZeeX]

If my 3 children were m*rdered, and the alleged k*ller was on trial. I would damn sure be in that courtroom. NOT laughing and joking with my current pregnant wife while walking through NYC.

You cannot convince me that Patrick Clancy cares about losing those children.

[Once Upon A Time On The Internet @newgroundsdoc]

23 YEARS AGO TODAY, @TheWeebl posted BADGERS to @Newgrounds.

[Metro @MetroUK]

Count Binface demands Sega bring back its London arcade and make Shenmue 4 https://t.co/M5hSC5iPSg

[日車 αnto @numakisen]

QUE ES ESTO JAJSJ

[Wokerati Marty @WokeratiMarty]

The British establishment pulled out all the stops to prevent Jeremy Corbyn becoming PM, simply because he criticised Israel and wanted fairer wealth distribution.

Yet Nigel Farage instigates riots and they still court him as a potential PM.

Make it make sense.

[The Net Daily @TheNetDaily]

Getting RKO'd by a monkey is a wild story to tell the grandkids

[🤠 @heavensbvnny]

I hate when people say you’re supposed to be over childhood trauma at 30. That shit don’t even hit until you’re 30.

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

The stabbing of two Jewish men is horrifying.

So too is the attack on a Muslim man the same day, ignored by much of our media.

All human lives are equal — and we should oppose all hatred and violence wherever it appears. That’s how we build a safe & peaceful society for all.

[o @thedayshedied]

vkei fans, please NEVER delete your accounts, even if you think nobody would notice or care. because your posts are a valuable source of information and content for future fans. in a fandom of this size you could very well be the only one who posted a certain piece of information

[Qadi @Bigqadi]

Marilyn used her privileges as a white woman and demanded that Ella Fitzgerald always perform in a club where Black people were not allowed. It is disrespectful to compare her to a racist.

[For Black Women UK @forblackwomenuk]

There is growing concern over the number of missing Black women later found in bodies of water.

Our communities have questions.
And these stories deserve greater awareness.

A thread 🧵:

[Melissa Sigodo @melissasigodo]

Edna Mmbali Ombakho came to the UK from Kenya to study and reach her goals, only to end up being found dead in a body of water. No wall-to-wall mainstream media coverage. No televised press conference. Just one local news report followed by silence. https://t.co/kyZUqIcM5b

[Ramin Nasibov @RaminNasibov]

If you recognise this logo, you’re a true original of the tech community.

[🤠 @heavensbvnny]

Not enough people talk about the grief of realizing your diagnosis SHOULD'VE come decades ago.

It's not just "everything makes sense now."

It's... "who could I have been, if someone had seen me sooner?... damn...

You are allowed to mourn.