@alexlunaview nodds in agreement

The #War against #Ukraine must end with Kiyv winning, and I don't just mean #StatusQuoAnteBellum (1994-2011), but full #EU & #NATO membership with stationed #troops and #nukes.

• Otherwise I'm not convinced #Zelenskyy (or whoever will be in charge post-war; after all, Ukraine is a #democracy and the end of war most likely means new elections are mandatory!) will just quit the #NBT and start #nuclear #rearmament as a #deterrence against #Russia, since that's the only known deterrence to stop #Putin!

#Europe’s lack of tactical nukes creates a “#deterrence gap” — one that #Russia could exploit with its own arsenal. “European #Nato has cruise & ballistic missiles, but the next step up the escalation ladder is only full-blown #nuclear war, and that is a gap we need to fill."

Japan imports most of its fossil fuels, still depending on Russia for 9% of LNG needs (Australia supplies about 40%). For uranium, Japan looks to Australia, Canada & Kazakhstan.
OTOH a 2022 paper from ANU claimed "Japan has 14 times more solar and offshore wind resources than needed to supply 100% renewable electricity".
So unspoken reasons for Japan's leaders needing excuses for expanding nuclear
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196890422000954
#Japan #nuclear #deterrence

…#Biden says he remains committed to Ukrainian victory. Asked about the #war’s endgame, Biden says, “#Peace looks like making sure #Russia never, never, never, never occupies #Ukraine.”

…even longtime critics are impressed w/Biden’s efforts in Ukraine.

…Biden says his response has been part of a broader #deterrence strategy. “If we ever let Ukraine go down, mark my words, you’ll see #Poland go, & you’ll see all those nations along the actual border of Russia [fall].”

Many more people will experience the feeling of seeing a ghost when they see nonconsensual AI pictures or even videos of themselves on the Internet.

It's funny that Ali Diamond was on a livestream when she discovered it. The people could see her face.

Hopefully, the 6 million dollar fine that the FCC is asking from the person who impersonated Biden in a robocall + the fine for the carrier will create some deterrence.

https://dig.watch/updates/fcc-proposes-6-million-fine-for-scammer-impersonating-us-president-biden-in-robocalls

@josephcox
#AI #Deterrence #Fake

@pgcd @The_Sun err, about nine things.

First off, #deterrence is still in effect. Secondly, it's, arguably, within Russia's capabilites. Certainly it's within China's.

Most importantly, this paves the way for a post scarcity economy. There's no reason to not sell power, and more power than we've ever seen before.

The pressing concern is the duck curve, but that's only an immediate problem to solve. A problem, arguably, better solved with nuclear power.

Despite the legal complexities of a “true threat”, some at the receiving end of the vitriol are calling for more urgent action.
#Adrian #Fontes, Arizona’s current secretary of state whose office has been the target of several of the most serious threats, told the Guardian that in his view it was taking “monstrously long” for federal prosecutors to secure sentences.
He called for an increase in penalties, and a broadening of the scope of what constitutes a criminal threat against election officials. “I don’t know that the federal bureaucracy has been nimble enough. They’re not treating it like the #domestic #terrorism that it is,” he said.

#Bill #Gates, a Republican supervisor with Arizona’s largest constituency, Maricopa county which covers Phoenix, is quitting his job as a top election administrator after the November election in part because of the terrifying threats he and his family have suffered. He also called on the taskforce to step up the intensity of its operations at this critical moment.
“I’m grateful for what they’ve done, but we feel like they could do more,” he said. “We all feel that the January 6 prosecutions [over the attack on the US Capitol] have been very aggressive and well-publicized, and we’d like to see the same level when it comes to threats against election workers.”

The taskforce said that the 12- to 24-month gestation period for its election threats prosecutions was similar to any other federal case, from violent crime to fraud. Keller agreed though that #deterrence was vital.
“The deterrent value of the cases is critical. Like most things in most spaces, I’m sure that we could do more and do better, and we are trying to come up with new ways to attract more attention to this work to maximize that deterrent impact,” he said.

“Levy describes a system that has almost reached perfection. The political echelon wants to maintain the status quo, and the military provides it with legitimacy in exchange for funds and status.”

“Levy points out the gradual withdrawal of the old Ashkenazi middle class from the ranks of the combat forces[…]:
• the military’s complete reliance on technology as a decisive factor in warfare;
• the adoption of the concept […] of an army that is “small and lethal”;
• the obsession with the idea of #deterrence, which is supposed to negate the other side’s will to fight; and
• the complete addiction to the status quo as the only possible and desirable state of affairs.”

https://www.972mag.com/yagil-levy-army-middle-class/ @israel @ethics @military @idf

Former UK foreign secretary #WilliamHague says the decision to go into #Rafah where more than 1m #Palestinians are crammed “represents the most crucial strategic moment since the war,” and the moment #Israel has to choose between those that want to rely wholly on #deterrence and those that believe a #TwoStateSolution is the only route to peace."

Former UK foreign secretary calls for removal of #Netanyahu
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/feb/13/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-israel-gaza-ceasefire-deal-truce-agreement-joe-biden-prevent-rafah-offensive-latest-update-news?page=with:block-65cb39448f08978344f926c1#block-65cb39448f08978344f926c1

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