The Islamic Revolution in Iran, even at its end* is being very abnormal. Building a statute of Ba'al, and they couldn't even give it four faces.

Russia had Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria.

How did Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria behave towards young women and children?

Russia must be still embarrassed that France took one of their ships and they could do nothing about it.

THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION AND OIL In late 1978, workers in Iranian's oil sector went on strike, resulting in a 7% reduction in global crude production. Despite alternative producers increasing their supply, it still meant a loss of global crude supply of at least 4%. The price of crude oil went up from $13 per barrel in mid-1979 to $34 per barrel in mid-1980. The long term impact was a deregulation in the oil sector as governments scrambled to get new sources of crude online as quickly as possible. Large fields had already been discovered in the North Sea, Alaska, and Mexico in the 1960's. However it was the combination of of a religious revolution, nationalism, and domestic pressure that forced deregulation. Simply put, the Iranian revolution and the resulting oil shocks it caused have helped shaped the way oil markets operate today.

https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/hijacked-incident-info-update/

IRANIAN PROTESTS AND 40 DAY MOURNING CYCLE During the 1978-79 Iranian Revolution the protests, one of its unique characteristics was its incorporation of the Shia 40-day mourning cycle, as a commemoration for the dead become a political demonstration. Which resulted in a confrontation with the security services, leading to activists and protestors dying. And then another 40 day mourning cycle began. The first such demonstration in the 40-day cycle occurred in February 1978 to commemorate the Qom protesters killed by security forces, the second demonstration in March, then in May, June, and July. Protests escalated further after two incidents in August and September that involved high numbers of civilian deaths. The vast number of deaths in this recent round of protests started on January 8, and the 40 days from that date is the start of Ramadan.

Turns out it was nothing

Set piece* FC

Reported aftermath of a strike in Qom

The U.S has begun a bombing Iran. Explosions have bee reported taking place in Qom, Bandar Abbas, Tehran and Pakdasht.

1. Nobody cares if it was technically AI or not that took their job; 2. The wider economy is visibly screwed already. https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/29/the-job-losses-are-real-but-the-ai-excuse-is-fake/

Vladimir Putin’s forces have advanced between 15 and 70 metres per day since early 2024, slower than many campaigns during the First World War Moscow’s offensive on Chasiv Yar which began in Feb 2024, has seen Putin’s forces advance at an average rate of 15 metres per day, slower than a snail.

Because the Ambassador's is shaped by his religious convictions that can be traced to an interpretation of Genesis 12:1-3. It should be fair to continuously interrogate the reasons for the Russian Orthodox Church's continued support for the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine.

idk, idc & idgaf.

“China takes advantage of our liberal institutions — and our comparatively open economies — only to undermine them.” https://unherd.com/2025/05/how-china-co-opted-the-green-movement/