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https://x.com/ryangrim/status/1885037123222315215

Explosion in Rheinmetall weapons factory in Spain (southeastern Spain, Autonomous Community of Murcia, not to be confused with 'Murica) (archive link from a Spanish news website). Translating from Spanish:

Six workers have been harmed by the explosion, which happened in an ammo storage facility, with one of the workers being gravely wounded. Rheinmetall has a total of 7 factories in Spain. In August 2023 Rheinmetall bought the Spanish weapons firm "Expal Systems" for $1.3bn. The company, now named "Expal Munitions", is specialized in the manufacture of bombs, mortar ammunition, and mid-distance projectiles, as well as rocket propulsion systems and 155mm artillery projectiles, delivered to both other countries in the EU and to Ukraine. AFAIK, the causes of the explosions are still unknown (or at least unpublished).

Unemployment is high and salaries are low in general in southern Spain, so I find it hard to rejoice on the harm to the workers. That said: unlimited explosions in western military industrial factories.

Rationalist (Silicon Valley tech worshiping) adjacent, possibly vegan, possibly trans, death cult kills landlord and (Washington State) border patrol officer. I wish I was editorializing here, but weird things are happening in the tech sphere.

True Anon (intro into rationalism and what is going on) - https://soundcloud.com/trueanonpod/zizian-murder-cult-1

Newsweek (summary of both murders) - https://www.newsweek.com/death-cult-linked-two-murders-zizians-2023563

AP (Youngblut's arrest) - https://apnews.com/article/vermont-border-patrol-shooting-youngblut-72c1b68aeb3d52cccb05b6b850d83450

Apollo Mojave (I cannot vouch for the integrity of this source) - https://web.archive.org/web/20250130033312/https://zizians.info/

Open Vallejo (Case overview) - https://openvallejo.org/2025/01/27/suspects-in-killings-of-vallejo-witness-vermont-border-patrol-agent-connected-by-marriage-license-extreme-ideology/

SF Gate (Another case overview) - https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/bay-area-death-cult-zizian-murders-20064333.php

Key Figures:

• Ziz LeSota (née Jack): Leader of the "Zizians"
• Milo Yongblut (né Theresa Yongblut): Alleged killer of Mayland. In custody.
• Ophelia Bauckhol (née Felix Bauckhol): Partner of Milo. Deceased.
• Curtis Lind: Landlord. Deceased.
• David Mayland: Border patrol officer. Deceased.
• Maximillian Snyder: Alleged killer of Lind. In custody.

Note that deadnames of individuals have been included for ease of research. Very few news outlets are using the chosen names of Zizian-related individuals, so their commonly used names have been included.

It is getting late, and I'm going to stop researching this before hallucinations set in, because this is very strange.

A little news from Kursk oblast.

Russian forces eliminated another Nazi (18+): https://news-pravda.com/world/2025/01/28/1011722.html

Russian drone operators destroyed another Kiev regime T-64 tank (video): https://odysee.com/@Support4Z:b/%F0%9F%93%BD%EF%B8%8F-A-%F0%9F%87%AC%F0%9F%87%A7-%F0%9F%87%AB%F0%9F%87%B7,---Kursk-region,-Destruction-of-enemy-tank:a

~~if anyone's bored I'm showing one of Stalin's favorite movies on hexbear live right now~~

the kids movies are on, if I'm still around after they finish I'll probably try to finish my mover

AP - Staffing was ‘not normal’ in the air traffic control tower at Washington’s Reagan National Airport

That’s according to a report by the Federal Aviation Administration that was obtained by The Associated Press.

The report says one air traffic controller was working two positions at the time of the crash.

“The position configuration was not normal for the time of day and volume of traffic,” the report says.

We already knew it, but now it's confirmed.

Damn, they actually got him:
https://english.almanar.com.lb/2326898

Al-Qassam Brigades Military Spokesman announced on Thursday the martyrdom of Hams military wing’s chief Muhammad Al-Deif in addition to a number of other commanders during the Zionist war on Gaza.

There has to be some kind of irony to such a terrible crash happening at Reagan National Airport, right? The guy who fired all the air traffic controllers?

In an interview with Breno Altman for the Brazilian news portal Opera Mundi, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said, "With Brazil, there was no crisis, there is no crisis, and there will be no crisis." "There are simply differences between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, differences with advisors; from there, from here. The duty of President Lula and President Nicolás Maduro is to understand each other for our countries, turn the page."

"The new scenario of world geopolitics, the situation of Our America, and prioritize relations between Brazil and Venezuela, peaceful relations, cooperation, brotherhood, and economic progress."

• Brian Mier Telesur Twitter

via FT

Donald Trump lashes out at Federal Reserve after central bank keeps rates steady

US president had called on the central bank to sharply reduce borrowing costs

Donald Trump sharply criticised the Federal Reserve just hours after the US central bank defied the president’s calls for deep reductions in borrowing costs and left interest rates on hold. The central bank on Wednesday kept its main interest rate at 4.25 per cent to 4.5 per cent and indicated it was now on pause, with Fed chair Jay Powell saying US rate-setters “do not need to be in a hurry to adjust our policy stance”. Trump railed against the central bank on his Truth Social messaging platform, saying, “If the Fed had spent less time on [diversity, equity and inclusion], gender ideology, ‘green’ energy, and fake climate change, Inflation would never have been a problem”. The Fed’s unanimous decision on Wednesday to hold interest rates came just days after Trump insisted borrowing costs should fall “a lot” and vowed to “let it be known” if he disagreed with the central bank’s decision. The Federal Open Market Committee, the central bank’s policy-setting panel, said in its decision that US inflation remained “somewhat elevated” and removed an earlier reference noting “progress” towards hitting its 2 per cent goal. Powell later clarified the changes reflected a “cleaning-up exercise” rather than a shift in policy. The Fed’s statement “tilts a little bit hawkish”, said Sarah House, senior economist at Wells Fargo. “This is a Fed that is less worried about the state of the labour market.”

The pause followed three consecutive cuts — including a 0.5 percentage point move in September — that took the federal funds target range down from a 23-year high of 5.25 per cent to 5.5 per cent. Powell signalled interest rates would remain on hold until the committee had more time to assess how Trump’s pledges to raise trade barriers, slash taxes and red tape, and undertake mass deportations would affect its efforts to cool inflation. The Fed chair said the new administration’s policies were “not for us to criticise, or to praise”. He also refused to react to Trump’s calls for the Fed to reduce borrowing costs significantly, saying he was “not going to have any response or comment on what the president said” and that there had been no contact between him and the White House since the new president took office. Eswar Prasad, a professor at Cornell University, said: “This rate decision, which was really the only viable choice the Fed had at this juncture, will cue the political pressure. The coming months will be extraordinarily challenging for the Fed if inflation stays sticky above its target level even as Trump piles on intense pressure to cut rates and bring down borrowing costs.” US markets broadly took the Fed’s decision in stride, with government bonds coming under moderate selling pressure. The policy-sensitive two-year Treasury yield was 0.03 percentage points higher at 4.23 per cent by the late afternoon in New York, while the benchmark 10-year yield was flat at 4.55 per cent. Yields rise as prices fall. In equity markets, the S&P 500 was 0.5 per cent lower. The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite was down by a similar margin, after trimming some of its losses during Powell’s press conference.

Im seeing a lot of people not getting their SNAP benefits after this government freeze

Average senate confirmation hearing:

Democrat: "You've been on this person's show 8 times, he has ties with neo-Nazis."

Sen. Norm Respectable (R-MT): "He already had my vote, you didn't need to convince me more."