Trump Seizes Venezuelan Oil Tanker En Route to Cuba
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/40535683
December 12, 2025
[from weekly newsletter about Cuba (with YouTube video links) from the Belly Of The Beast news/video collective. Their videos can also be found at: https://peertube.wtf/c/cuba_botb_videos/videos]Archivo de Boletines en español - bellyofthebeastcuba.com/archiv…
Also:
* Cuban Interior Ministry: U.S. is the island's "main supplier" of drugs
* Former Cuban economy minister sentenced to life in prison for espionage
* Journalist Liz Oliva Fernández speaks at Amefrica in Cinema
* We're now streaming on Means TV
Trump Seizes Venezuelan Oil Tanker En Route to Cuba
[from weekly newsletter about Cuba (with YouTube video links) from the Belly Of The Beast news/video collective. Their videos can also be found at: https://peertube.wtf/c/cuba_botb_videos/videos]Archivo de Boletines en español - bellyofthebeastcuba.com/archiv…
Also:
* Cuban Interior Ministry: U.S. is the island's "main supplier" of drugs
* Former Cuban economy minister sentenced to life in prison for espionage
* Journalist Liz Oliva Fernández speaks at Amefrica in Cinema
* We're now streaming on Means TVTrump Seizes Venezuelan Oil Tanker En Route to Cuba
Trump seizes a Venezuelan oil tanker bound for Cuba, escalating sanctions, military pressure and an oil war impacting millions across the region.belly-of-the-beast.kit.com
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Purdue makes 'AI working competency' a graduation requirement
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Purdue makes 'AI working competency' a graduation requirement
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YSK that Elena Kostyuchenko is one of the bravest person in the world.
Elena worked for Novaya Gazetta, the last independent newspaper in Russia.
She covered corruption, prison violence, gay rights and Chechnya.
This isn't a job for the faint of heart. She has been stalked, arrested and beaten on many occasions. Her newsroom was harassed daily. In fact, 4 of her colleagues were murdered under her watch.
After the invasion of Ukraine, the newspaper was shut down. She left Russia and moved to Eastern Ukraine. She started systematically documenting war crimes committed against Ukrainian civilians
femantiwar.org/en/interview-ko…
She was forced to leave after Ukrainians warned her that Russian soldiers put a bounty on her head. (you can use english subtitles)
Then, a few weeks later, she was hospitalized.
Her food was poisoned in an attempt to kill her:
theguardian.com/world/2023/sep…
dukechronicle.com/article/duke…
Elena miraculously survived and kept reporting.
She now teaches at Duke University in the US. When asked if she is afraid, she said the following:
english.elpais.com/internation…
Elena is one the bravest person I know.
When you think about it, people living in Western Democracies don't know how good they have it. You can create a labor union in your company. You can run for mayor in your town. You can join an NGO and sue large corporations. Yes you can.
In my life, whenever I lack inner strength to do the right thing, I always think about her
Elena Kostyuchenko: ‘I’m not afraid. If I wasn’t afraid of Putin, I won’t be afraid of Trump’
In 2022 the Russian journalist, who covered the war in Ukraine, fled to Germany after receiving death threats. There, she was poisoned and nearly died. Now she teaches at a US university and has published the book ‘I Love Russia’Margaryta Yakovenko (Ediciones EL PAÍS S.L.)
Inputs Of Interest: SafeType™ Vertical Keyboard With Mirrors Puts Pain In The Rear-View
Inputs Of Interest: SafeType™ Vertical Keyboard With Mirrors Puts Pain In The Rear-View
Yep, this keyboard is another ebay special. I can’t stay away! This is a SafeType™ V801 from probably the early 2000s, although there is no date on it anywhere. I’m basing my guess on t…Hackaday
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We can’t fix the environment now, we have to fix the man made economic disaster that happens every 5-10 years
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I usually just assume people around me are left leaning and progressive.
I went to London to visit the satellite office and one of the top guys there was having a rant against vegans. I chimed in a bit and said, "well, you can say what you want but vegans are at least doing good for the environment".
The guy was like, "I don't believe that"
I thought he was joking, so I said, "haha what, you don't believe in climate change?"
I should have never said that. Ten minutes of him furiously ranting about nonsense.
I got great quotes such as: "you know what climate change is? it's when seasons change" and also "we should be eating more animals because it increases the carbon in the world and is good for us".
Fucking hell. When I got back to the Canadian office and told my coworkers about him, the others were telling me how much of a prick he was -- and they didn't know anything about the climate change denial shit he was into either.
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Is this sarcasm?
It's not a question of belief. It's a question of understanding facts. Just like "believing" in climate change or vaccines or science in general.
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The claim is as follows
I don't believe being vegan is an effective method to combat [climate change]
Do we have hard data showing that if more people went vegan, it'd significantly affect climate change? Because if not... Then yes, I'd say it is a question of belief.
If what we have is data on the impact of the meat industry, data on the impact of things like water use and gases produced by animals on the climate, data on how the climate behaves and changes in general, and data on how other things affect the environment, you have to trust and believe that not only every part of it is right, but that it was also all put together and compared correctly.
And it's difficult to know who to believe, when there seems to be so much conflicting information these days.
I'll also say honestly that I don't know if being vegan has a significant impact. What I've heard and read a lot of is that there's a lot of blaming of individuals while supposedly big corporations are the ones causing the most pollution... Which simultaneously ignores the question of how much of that pollution is driven directly by people buying products that are polluting to produce.
The whole thing feels hopeless, and one feeling I do get about that is that doing anything as an individual seems pointless, since countless more people... They don't just not care, they'll actively do things they know are polluting, either because they're a bit cheaper, or downright as a statement of objection to caring about global warming.
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Assumption is that animal industry will reduce if more people become vegan, and that has a big impact.
But I unfortunately agree, that the industry will likely not change until maybe at least 50% of population are strict vegans, or maybe even then, they will just try to make the rest of population consume more meat to never reduce the production.
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Regarding individual action, being vegan is likely the most effective thing one can do to reduce ones own emissions (except if you're a frequent flyer, then stop flying). Yes, that's under the assumption that individual action induces change. But that would also be arguing against switching to bikes, using public transport, and less flying.
You're completely right that we need systemic change. And to get there, protesting, direct action, civil disobedience are likely the best we can do and far more effective than individual changes. But these actions also only become effective once there is an actual systemic shift.
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being vegan is likely the most effective thing one can do to reduce ones own emissions
I doubt it. first of all, consumption hardly causes any emissions at all. those happen at the production level.
I will note, in reply, one major point - there's plenty of other arguments for going vegan, biking, using public transport. I think veganism is more ethical, and I have the impression it's healthier as well - and both apply to biking and public transport in their own ways, health is kinda obvious, but ensuring widespread accessibility for people without cars seems like an ethical positive, and if respected for city planning it'd also make more pleasant cities to live in.
What I'm getting at is... Well, I'm not sure how to express it, but I guess to not forget the bigger picture? I feel like the previous commenter talking about not believing going vegan will have an impact was getting kinda dogpiled on (not really the right word, but maybe close enough), for what seemed like a reasonable statement, because they were speaking in opposition to something they might very well still consider a good thing.
being vegan is likely the most effective thing one can do to reduce ones own emissions
No, the most effective is not having kids.
"42" the machine said, after long deliberation.
The crowd gasped.
"You would need to have begun mitigations to prevent catastrophic consequences 42 years ago"
The crowd's face fell.
it will primarily genocide ~~black Africans~~ the poor and the billionaires will not suffer from it.
There, FTFY
They all have bunkers in New Zealand, in their minds, if it gets bad enough, it'll simply mean they have to go live in compounds/bunkers near each other, and come drink each other's wine all day. Many folks have pointed out how this will not work - the people who secure them, who fly the helicopters and jets, who make the food and carry the guns - they're human beings too, and at the very last minute, they will act in their own best interests. So that seat on a jet for Bill Gates might just end up being filled by the pilot's wife instead.
But they don't care, magical thinking run amok.
I think the 0.1%'s racism comes from the lack of action rather than a deliberate action. They know climate change is real, they know it's accelerating. They know their actions are accelerating it and that it will mean suffering for an uncountable number of people. What they're betting on is that by extracting as much wealth as quickly as possible they can protect themselves and their loved ones from the worst of it for as long as possible. If a lot of people need to suffer to make that happen, that's a sacrifice they're willing to make.
It's just that all the systems that the 0.1% use to accumulate their wealth and power are also racist systems. Which they are totally happy to take the power and money but aren't willing to do more than a token demonstration against the system that makes them. Cause that would put themselves at risk of losing something, and that is a thought the super rich cannot handle.
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Partially true
But that stuff is railroads canals aerostats. Machines to recycle cars and jets. Guns to exterminate the wealthy. Local artisnal manufacturing.
Yeah. The hope living here is that we are just The Ass-hole Of The World. People in general aren't suicidal piece of shit lemmings, it's just Americans, and maybe, just maybe, if we can stop ruining everything so fucking rabidly for ten god damn seconds, if we can stop being world historic fuck-ups and keep our bullshit contained, the other 7.7b people on earth will have a chance to start fixing shit.
And finding out any substantial group of them are the exact same pieces of shit just with less power feels incredibly doom, incredibly demoralizing.
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But that's not the only reason you support Venezuela 😂. You tankies supported Venezuela long before Trump threatened them, even when Maduro stole the elections.
Stop trying to hide behind anti-imperialism when it's more than that
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Difference between "apologists" and people against imperialist intervention as a solution.
-The person you replied to. Doesn't sound like they're talking about Maduro. If you want me to say Maduro bad then sure, Maduro bad. Happy now? Still doesn't excuse anything the US has done to Venezuela since he took over.
justify stealing elections
So your solution is we invade another country because the candidate that would have sold the natural resources to American Oil companies didn't win?
So is many US allies.
They don't act in those cases though as... oil.
Do you not see the patterns. USA wants to invade. Media obsess over every bad action until it seems compulsory. Manufactured consent.
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I’m not a socdem.
coulda fooled me:
you 'fear communism' and believe that humanity must work to prevent reaching it.
can you see why it looks like you are? you even got defensive about the dictatorship of capital and criticisms of our war criminal presidents
1 year ago
You realize opinions change overtime right? I'm guessing you just also ignored every other comment I'veade between that time showing my transition. Abiut sums up the devate technique of you guys. All in bad faith!
so you've suddenly seen the error of your ways, yet are still defensive about criticism of the dictatorship of capital and our blood-soaked presidents?
You do realize you can criticise all forms of dictatorship right?
What is your problem? You use more bad faith rhetoric such as "suddenly realize the error of your ways" when I've been a socialist for more than 4 months at this point.
Also why you do you act like these pseudo-socilist kleptocracies are free from left criticism? YOU'RE SUPPOSED AN ANARCHIST.
what are you talking about, I said:
Every US president has been at the head of a brutal bourgeois dictatorship. Edgelords defend them online for free. checks out.
you got defensive about that, which is pretty mainstream anarchist position, and are now calling me into question as an anarchist?
can you explain what you have changed in the last 4 months because you still seem to be staking out a social democrat position
I was not getting defensive about your attack on US dictatorships. You knew what my post was referring to, but you chose to change the subject to continue your campism.
can you explain what you have changed in the last 4 months
I subscribe to all Marxist (and sometimes Leninist) postulates. I am NOT a campist
You knew what my post was referring to
How am I supposed to know whats in your head. The US is a brutal bourgeois dictatorship, I agreed that edgelords defend it for free online.
didn't you just say:
You do realize you can criticise all forms of dictatorship right?I am NOT a campist
as far as I can tell you seem to be primarily in the US camp. someone asked:
Is the genocide of indigenous americans somehow not brutal authoritarianism to you?
and you immediately launched into whataboutism about maduro's 'brutal authoimritarianism[sic]', as if it was relevant to the US empires longstanding history of indigenous oppression. Makes you look like you're a campist for camp 1.
I subscribe to all Marxist (and sometimes Leninist) postulates
if so, it seems like you should be agreeing more with me about the US's genocidal bourgeois dictatorship, as opposition to that is a pretty prominent point of unity with anarchists.
... you're not one of the 'patriotic' ones, are you?
cool, I don't support any of them either.
good to hear that you agree that the US is a brutal dictatorship at least.
you do realize that russia doesn't 'LARP' as socialist, right? the political economy is pretty clearly capitalist.
This exchange could've been avoided if you were willing to steelman just ONE of my arguments. This is a meme community.
Yes, i know Russia isn't socialist.
steelman
no idea what this is supposed to mean
Yes, i know Russia isn’t socialist.
well you just said they were 'a corrupt regime LARPing as socialist'
I'm just working with what you give me.
I agreed with your meme, you got defensive because I pointed out that it applies to the US and its edgelord defenders just as well.
no idea what this is supposed to mean
To repair flaws in an argument before analyzing it critically; to refute or to weaken the force of a stronger version of an argument than what was actually given.
When i made this post it was intended mostly for criticism of campists. You seemed to have blanketly taken my points as support of the US (which is often done by said campists in bad faith). If you had decided to give the benefit of a doubt earlier on, this exchange could've been shortened.
I'm just working with what you give me.
Again, the steelman works here. The grammatical framing of my sentence makes it seem like I'm calling Russia socialist when the 'every other corrupt regime LARPing as socialist' part of my comment was just another item in the sentence. Part of the blame is on me, but you can take some of that pressure off by assuming the best version of my argument.
to refute or to weaken the force of a stronger version of an argument than what was actually given.
how is this relevant? do you intend to give me such a courtesy in return?
When i made this post it was intended mostly for criticism of campists.
People can be campists for the US too, that's what I pointed out. In many ways that's a far more mainstream position, thus worthy of more ridicule.
you can take some of that pressure off by assuming the best version of my argument.
I am going to read the words that you write and respond to that.
how is this relevant? do you intend to give me such a courtesy in return?
Yes, why not? I think it's generally better to do so than not to do so. It was expected practice in all philosophy classes i took. I care about good faith discussion.
People can be campists for the US too, that's what I pointed out. In many ways that's a far more mainstream position, thus worthy of more ridicule.
But that's not relevant here when my post isn't intended for that
I am going to read the words that you write and respond to that.
This ends up creating more problems and misunderstanding instead of trying to have a discussion. There's nothing wrong in saying, "hey, there's problems with your framing of 'x' although i assume you mean 'y' so I'll engage with that instead". Doing this you give your interlocutor the room to respond and either affirm or deny your claims creating good faith discussion and crucially avoid misunderstandings—which is what started this whole discussion.
I care about good faith discussion.
Pretty much every time we interact you call into question if I'm actually an anarchist. I will believe it when I see it.
But that’s not relevant here when my post isn’t intended for that
It is though, your post is about edgelords who defend brutal dictators online for free. there are way, way more edgelords who defend the brutal US dictatorship of capital online for free, so I mentioned them.
creating good faith discussion
which you seem to be a shining example of:
Also why you do you act like these pseudo-socilist kleptocracies are free from left criticism? YOU’RE SUPPOSED AN ANARCHIST.
were you steeling my mans when you went off on this tangent? Can you explain why you jumped to this from me saying that the US is a brutal dictatorship with fervent online edgelord defenders?
Pretty much every time we interact you call into question if I'm actually an anarchist.
You consistently side with Marxist-Leninists who have historically never failed to stab you in the back. Of course I'd call this into question.
way more edgelords who defend the brutal US dictatorship of capital online for free,
"when my post isn’t intended for that" is the key phrase here. You're free to bring up capitalist dictatorships if you want, but that wasn't the intention of my post.
were you steeling my mans when you went off on this tangent?
No I wasn't, and i have outlined the reaosn for that. Bad faith campists try to disparge anti-Venezuela rhetoric by resting on "US bad though" arguments. Similarly, we've had interactions before, and I'm aware of your tendency to weirdly defend MLs so i automatically assumed you were here on bad faith terms. I'll try to do better in the future.
You consistently side with Marxist-Leninists who have historically never failed to stab you in the back. Of course I’d call this into question.
believe it or not, I really don't care about getting 'stabbed on the back'. history is not prefigurative and I sincerely think that theres value in a diversity of approaches to opposing capitalism.
I have far more hostility for social Democrats because they aren't actually opposed to capitalism, in addition to their blood-soaked historical record.
when my post isn’t intended for that
I don't think as op you get to determine what's an on topic reply, if you wanted this to be a circle jerk about opposing the country that's about to get invaded by the US, you could have actually put Venezuela in the meme.
do you oppose bourgeois dictatorships?
I’m aware of your tendency to weirdly defend MLs
I'm going to assume that you know that Venezuela isn't actually a Marxist-Leninist state.
do you want to see the US invade it?
believe it or not, I really don't care about getting 'stabbed on the back'. history is not prefigurative and I sincerely think that theres value in a diversity of approaches to opposing capitalism.
If that's your approach then who am i to argue with you? I disagree eith your approach though, but this is another conversation.
you could have actually put Venezuela in the meme.
This is a meme community bro. I'm not here to present valid syllogisms. I'm just trying to meme.
do you oppose bourgeois dictatorships?do you want to see the US invade it?
Have i not clarified this ad nauseam? I'm Marxist, i oppose all forms of capitalism.
I'm going to assume that you know that Venezuela isn't actually a Marxist-Leninist state.
Yes i know it isn't. The point is that the MLs on Lemmy tend to defend Venezuela anyways. Why are you still taking all my points at face value even when it's clear what i mean if you give me a bit of credence?
do you want to see the US invade Venezuela?
This is a meme community bro. I’m not here to present valid syllogisms. I’m just trying to meme.
you reposted a meme and I took it at face value, what's the problem
And do these not somehow qualify as brutal authoimritarianism to you?
Maduro is widely considered a dictator, leading an authoritarian government characterized by electoral fraud, serious human rights abuses, rampant corruption, and severe economic hardship.The UN Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela concluded that the country's justice system independence has been deeply eroded; the mission also identified frequent due process violations, including political external interference and the admission of evidence through torture. Most Venezuelan television channels are controlled by the state, and information unfavourable to the government is not covered completely.
Ah yes... The ol' Whataboutism. Classic
But to humor you, Instead of quoting an un-cited block of text, I'll recommend that everyone in this thread read Building The Commune: Radical Democracy in Venezuela for a look at an aspect of Venezuelan politics that often gets drowned out by the usual screeching about Maduro, or supposed drug trafficking
Building the Commune: Radical Democracy in Venezuela (Jacobin) - Anna’s Archive
George Ciccariello-Maher [Ciccariello-Maher, George] A Journey Through Venezuela's Experiments In Radical Democracy, After The Age Of Chavez. Since 2011, Verso Booksannas-archive.org
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"Everyone I consider an edgelord is a bot"
Please, this is Lemmy, not Reddit. I prefer my edgelord posts to be more analog
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Toronto- Quebec City high-speed rail could see dozens of daily trains: documents
Toronto—Quebec City high-speed rail could see dozens of daily trains: documents
A planned high-speed rail project between Toronto and Quebec City could dramatically increase the number of trains that travel along the corridor each day, according to internal documents.The Canadian Press (CTVNews)
A train an hour seems reasonable to me at this point. I think a train every 20 minutes would result in a lot of empty trains. Good to have extra capacity for the future though.
I really hope they don't wait decades to build the other half the line once Toronto-Quebec City is done. Windsor itself may not be big enough to drive major traffic, but I'd bet that if you put stops in Kitchener and London, those two would be very busy.
This is what a serious high speed rail proposal looks like. The number of trains running should dictate the schedule, instead of having the infrastructure be the bottleneck.
If I were PM 10-20 yrs from now, I'd recruit the best performing managers, leaders, engineers, architects and designers from the Cadence consortium into a crown corp to continue high speed rail work, perhaps for Edmonton to Calgary, Toronto to Windsor, Regina to Saskatoon, then just pick a bunch of other 200 to 300km major city pairs to connect in a standard style.
Guys, it will never be done, especially in our lifetime. They are talking about it since the TGV exists in France, more than 40 years ago.
Just the Montreal-Ottawa corridor will cost 100 billions $. Forget it. If you want train go in Europe or Japan/china.
Unless there was a breakdown that cancelled a train, that seems odd.
Normally there are 3 eastbound and 3 westbound scheduled per week between Vancouver and Toronto.
Still far from ideal, but not 6 days between trains.
Oh fuck off. Not even local GO trains run that frequently and are not reliable. What is the point of these mega projects when there is no decent public transit on either end?
This will piss away tens of millions in feasibility studies, get progressively less affordable and will just have governments kicking the ball down the road. I've been hearing about this in some form or another my entire life and I'm old AF.
Not even local GO trains run that frequently
For whatever reason, GO operators have trouble envisioning a system that is useful for anything besides commuting. This is a entirely separate project.
when there is no decent public transit on either end?
What are you talking about? Ottawa's station is directly adjacent to Tremblay, Montréal's Laval will be Lucien-L'Allier or Gare Centrale and De La Concorde, all right on the Métro, Toronto's goes to Union or a future East Harbour station, Toronto's transit sucks for the city's size but there is genuine ongoing work, projects large and small to improve it.
This will piss away tens of millions in feasibility studies
The feasibility studies are already done, multiple times over, the current step is the Environmental Assessment and design which is a precursor to actually building the thing instead of thinking about it.
get progressively less affordable
That's always the price of waiting/delaying, it's always more expensive than announced, at minimum due to inflation but also loan interest, so suggesting to not even try will make a project more expensive if we start again from the pie in the sky stage (we're currently past that). And I think we need to swallow the pill of the full construction cost early, be it through public bonds or financing. We see from the example of California HSR that flying by the seat of their pants on funding has been a huge source of delay and budget ballooning.
governments kicking the ball down the road
I do worry about 2029 where even if construction does start, the next government underfunds or intentionally slow-walks construction, in order to manufacture justification to cancel the project.
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It's nice to dream about investments and trains that don't exist yet but unfortunately nothing is going to get better for actual VIA services.
I live without a car, have to use trains, and current services are either lacking or overpriced. People without cars using trains and coaches are watching all other intercity options slowly whittle down while everyone else is excited by a shiny brand new investment project that won't move people before at the very least half a decade.
It would be an exciting project if there was a greater transit plan coming with it, like the revival or investment in regional lines. But sine it's "just" one line, in PPP, while everything else seems to be ignored, it's difficult to be enthusiastic about this.
Riot Plans Major League Of Legends Overhaul With "League Next" For 2027
Riot Plans Major League Of Legends Overhaul With “League Next” For 2027
Riot's League of Legends is set for its biggest overhaul yet, with the League Next update planned for 2027, reworking visuals, tech, and new-player onboarding.Shahid Fareed (Techtroduce)
There's no way I'm installing windows again just to play league.
I've never played League (not my thing) but I feel like Riot has squandered a few opportunities along the way.
Arcane was more of a back story, but I think they should have released some kind of Jinx-centric game, or some kind of Jinx package to celebrate the anime. As I understand it, there are a few dozen Legends and Jinx is just one of them, and her play style may not match up with every fan of Arcane, so maybe some kind of spinoff game instead?
Also, My Hero Academia threw a shout out to League a couple years ago when two of the villains talked about playing League together (Spinner, the ninja turtle looking dude; and Shigaraki, the main villain). (The manga only said they play games; I don't think it name dropped League, but the fans kind of assumed it and the anime rolled with that.) So, a crossover event would have brought in some new players.
Though, I'm sure their numbers are good enough, they don't need to appeal to anime fans, but anime has reached out to them a couple times and it just seems like money left on the table. I know my wife would have gotten into League if she could play as Shigaraki.
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Looks like they are all from different developers though, so they must be licencing out their IP. I had only heard of 2 of them. Huh there's even an Ekko game, I had no idea.
Riot really should promote these League games better.
I hope it fails miserably and the company burns to the ground 🙏
League used to be so much fun before all the corporate bullshit.
The Kremlin Really Wants Russians To Switch To A New State-Backed Messenger App. Russians Really Don’t Want To.
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The Kremlin Really Wants Russians To Switch To A New State-Backed Messenger App. Russians Really Don’t Want To.
The Kremlin Really Wants Russians To Switch To A New State-Backed Messenger App. Russians Really Don’t...
Authorities are pushing hard to get Russians to switch the daily digital lives to Max, a new, state-backed national messenger app that was rolled out in June. Russians are finding creative ways to resist the switch—but it’s getting harder.RFE/RL's North.Realities (RFE/RL)
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