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To be clear Newsome and Bass are every bit to blame for this.

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Which sticks out more then when corps like disney clearly more incoherent on their idea of "canon" to the point ignorance racist shit like above happens.

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Doesn't change my stance will always be that I prefer the EU and a generally more open timeline than what replaced it. A more boring setting that objectively left most of its og characters worse off than they were prior to it. That is the truth.

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"Tone police: In case you thought it was just twitter that sucked."

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*fandom and SW itself.

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But what sucks is how that got lost in place of people making it about anything but that. Especially after Last Jedi sucking, lot of them attacked poc actors instead. Seen similar issues occur in other fandoms.

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I'm pretty tired of pretending the EU did not in fact have a massive say in how people perceive Star Wars. Much less influence several aspects of media in general thanks to its diversity. I think the fact they literally tried copying it poorly speaks for itself it's demand and hold on fandom.

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Anthony @anthonon.bsky.social · 4h

It's not exactly the type of thing you notice unless you try searching for it really. But that's also one of the charms of the EU and Star Wars in general. Some dude in the background could end up having some really interesting backstory and lore.

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Phantom Menace, mos espa.

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I like rouge one/andor, then Doctor Aphra, Mandalorian, abit of survivor, then zero company and racers was refreshing. But the rest? Sucked, in my opinion. Which is not an "argument" by the way.

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Oh so that erases the other comment, sure bud that's definitely not you making assumptions.

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It's exactly that type of obnoxious posture to why they apparently can't even remember the basic ass fact yes, people do have dreads in Star Wars. So they already been screwing up on both those fronts as well. I made my peace with it though, helps they finally having more diverse media game wise.

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Is not in fact them actually supporting the EU or erased their dismissals of it. I don't give credit to people that chose to backtrack on their own statements to poorly mimic what was a broader range of ideas they apparently thought they could do better from.

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Well aware George Lucas had own issues with the problem. Along with his own ideas for a sequel, which ironically also carries certain eu bits. And no them poorly copying the EU after tlj got a poor reception and turned into a bigoted culture war issue to calm down the fanbase only to do it worse-

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His cameo was one of his first appearances.

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Anthony @anthonon.bsky.social · 7h

I miss it AND Pazakk lol

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What we need is this kind of remaster but that would mean talking about how much better things were with the EU. And people could go crazy with different ideas.

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Anthony @anthonon.bsky.social · 7h

Which only becomes a distraction and in some ways an out because abusive people make it about anything but what was actually needed.

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Anthony @anthonon.bsky.social · 7h

Because people running star wars now are eu haters, we coulda had more but nah. Gotta do dumb shit reboots like this and pick the worst ways to follow a "canon".

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 12h

🔺 Iran has asked Russia for its newer jet-powered Geran attack drones, specifically the Geran-4 and Geran-5, for use against Israel & the US, the Financial Times reported in mid-September, citing Western security officials & a source close to the Kremlin. It's a reversal as Russia's Geran drones...

🔺 Iran has asked Russia for its newer jet-powered Geran attack drones, specifically the Geran-4 and Geran-5, for use against Israel and the US, the Financial Times reported in mid-September, citing Western security officials and a source close to the Kremlin.

It's a reversal as Russia's Geran drones themselves began as copies of Iran's Shahed, which Tehran supplied in 2022. Iran now wants Russia's upgraded jet versions, which are faster and much harder to shoot down.

A new FT report from Odesa highlights what these drones are capable of in Ukraine. Since July, a Russian air campaign led by jet-powered drones and missiles has closed the Black Sea to shipping, and stranded Ukraine's bumper harvest.

Before the 2022 invasion, those ports shipped more than 90% of Ukraine's grain exports, which fed some 300 million people in about 70 countries, FT reported. Ukraine's agriculture minister estimates losses of at least $8 billion by June 2027 if the ports stay shut, about 20% of last year's total export revenue for the country.

Russia is also hitting electricity substations, warehouses, storage depots, ships and the trains that carry grain and iron ore. "By blocking the grain they maximise economic damage," said Tymur Samosudov, commander of Odesa's drone interceptor unit. His unit claims a 95% success rate against older Shaheds, but hitting the jet-powered versions with interceptor drones is "more luck than anything else," he said.

Neither Moscow nor Tehran has confirmed the Iranian request for the drones. But some reporting suggested Russia was considering the request. The full FT report is linked in reply.

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Murtaza Hussain
@MazMHussain
I assume that the Russians are going to start giving Iran supply of Geran 5 drones (they reportedly requested it) or they will start manufacturing an equivalent version themselves which will make it harder to deflect these attacks since no reliable interceptor has yet been designed.

Rory Johnston
@Rory_Johnston
Hormuz oil flows rose to their highest level of the war and then the number of successful Iranian strikes on Hormuz tankers spiked over the past week, Hormuz flow appearing to slow somewhat. Had heard that even before this latest escalation CENTCOM was regularly intercepting Iranian drones during convoys.

So, some questions:

1. Is Iran launching way more attacks and just by large numbers notching more successful strikes?
2. Is CENTCOM getting worse at defense?
3. Did Tehran never really intend** to hit ships before (say, in line with quiet toll/payment thesis), and suddenly decided it really wanted to (as Saudi ramped, etc.) and still maintained the capacity to do so?
4. Is this all a fluke?

**Why would Tehran *pretend* to threaten ships? Even if some were paying, Tehran would, in line with the attritional strategy, have an interest in keeping overall risk perception (and thus costs) high and CENTCOM completely engaged, which it could do cheaply with some haphazardly lopped drones.

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Anthony @anthonon.bsky.social · 10h

Pretty racist especially while it's very clearly been a thing, oh wait disney can't have that apparently.

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Anthony @anthonon.bsky.social · 19h

It was a nice full circle, seeing him find his in place and gives a different context to what the name of show Lanterns means. Being independent from the establishment guardians and his own lantern, using a green/yellow light appropriate to his character and the message.

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Anthony @anthonon.bsky.social · 20h

John ending up with Hal's ring, but having to rely on Sinestros power battery pulls off something I seen disney star wars try to do with "Gray Jedi"... And I like it more how they do it here. Including him having his own oath, which isn't the first time a GL has done so, a few examples being:

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Anthony @anthonon.bsky.social · 20h

Alright yapping #spoilers time for #lanterns. It went how I expected it to go including what I hoped it wasn't. But for the story they were going for? I get it and in this particular time period it showed up in? It's got a relevant message can appreciate. Even if I still hate what happen with Hal.

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Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 21h

You could be eligible to claim up to $650 if you received unwanted robocalls 📞 Concora Credit agreed to a $9.4M settlement over allegations that it made prerecorded calls to people who weren’t its customers

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Same with the family this is, rough.

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Hey man this pro aipac talking points according to dsa "marxists".

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Apparatus seems to fit.

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There's only been 25 I could've sworn there was more

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Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 05/10/2026

And this was just in March.

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Americans are more likely to have placed a bet in the past year than to have read a book (via NPR)

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I was prepared for it but wouldn't be surprised if many folk missed the memo of what the series angle was. Seeing it all though I can say objectively they adapted what they went for well. But at the same time personally not loving this is how it's going to be for this version of the lanterns.

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Do think based on how they really want to keep it earth based that there's a limit to it. I respect what they did and landed an appropriate message but I'd be hard pressed to blame anyone that got turned off by this direction. Especially if they weren't prepared for this being mystery focused.

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