#regional tensions

[inadeemblr]

Key Points to Know About Iran's Friday Vote

Iranians head to the polls on Friday for crucial elections that will determine the composition of the country’s parliament and the Assembly of Experts. Here are the essential aspects to understand about these elections: What’s At Stake Parliament (Majlis): Iran’s 290-seat parliament holds legislative power, responsible for crafting laws, approving the national budget, and ratifying…

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#Iran #parliament #political system #Regional Tensions #vote

[kesarijournal]

Pakistan Selections 2024 & its perpetual tightrope destiny

In the grand theater of South Asian politics, Pakistan’s post-election scenario is shaping up to be less of a triumphal procession and more of a high-wire act over a pit of economic despair, political vendettas, and regional brimstone. As the newly minted government takes the stage, one can’t help but admire the audacity—or is it naivety?—of stepping into the limelight where the plot twists rival…

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#2024 #democracy in Pakistan #economic crisis #geopolitical saga #IMF bailout #Imran Khan #Indo-Pak rivalry #military influence #Pakistan elections 2024 #political drama #Political-Satire #regional tensions #security challenges #TTP resurgence #Youtube

[drawnfamiliarfaces]

INTERRUPTED (Parts I & II)

A short two-part comic (total of 20 pages + 8 extras) by me! (for me lol)

Fandoms: Ninja Showdown (Randy Cunningham 9th Grade Ninja x Xiaolin Showdown)

Ship: My Immortal Soul (First Ninja x Chase Young)

A comic where nothing really happens! But it contains a lot of half-naked men. So like, kids avert your eyes and adults don’t open it at work or whatever. ¯\_( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)_/¯

thanks for checking it out <3

#ninja showdown #my immortal soul #first ninja x chase young #first ninja #rc9gn first ninja #chase young #rc9gn #xiaolin showdown #randy cunningham 9th grade ninja #long post #i mean sorta! just be aware if you accidently click read more #CACKLING HOLLERING FUCK YE IM DONE WITH MY SHITTY SELF INDULGENT COMIC now i wanna slurp some coffee&sleep #this is for me myself and I and like 11 people who i seduced into this ship. hope you all enjoy this meal boos <3 #my goal is to make at least one other person to go awooga about at least ONE image here ;3 hope someone can enjoy the bois #fun fact! In second week of me drawing this we got hit by an earthquake at like 1am so strong our building wobbled for like solid minute+ #&aftershocks (which is a lot for my region) and I legit for a second expected that the last thing I ever drew would be Chase's tiddies lol #fun fact 2! i planned to finish this much earlier but i got hit with a killer migrain and than decided fuck it we postponning til 14th #it will make it ~thematic~. sorta. i guess? romance is only implied in this ship lol there is more tension here

[notbecauseofvictories]

I think the "weary sigh" emoji might be the most relatable.

#job woes. work I have to do over the weekend. maybe a situation I didn't handle as....deftly as I should have. #there's a regional vs. global tension in our team and I don't know if our manager really understands it. #or sympathizes with it. #next week I have discussions with external legal counsel and while this is a triumph! we need those resources! #it also somehow feels like a betrayal? and I hate that so much. #anyway. going to do chores and hope that fixes me. #no wonder the company has to secretly manipulate you

[pisshandkerchief]

not to be a drama queen but it's the end of an era. it's so fucking over.

#our regional manager at work sent in an assistant gm from one of the other local stores to manage us and make sure we follow the rules. #he's very by-the-book and his presence has already raised the tension in the office by 100% after only two days. it's soooo over #the perfect queer autistic paradise my gm has built is being dismantled before our eyes and there's nothing we can do about it. #autistic queers can never thrive under capitalism #we tried to build a community in the middle of a corporate hellhole. and for awhile it worked! but now they've caught on and we're so fucke

[suncaptor]

downside of my joke post about reunified Ireland is that I have to see people assuming I'm not Irish and that I shouldn't care and that I don't have years of watching the different political tensions in Ireland like.

#do I think United Ireland is likely happening in 2024? no. probably not. it would have been probably likelier a few years ago tbh. #while I also super want it as long as tensions are peaceful and people in NI still get both citizenships and the good Friday agreement is i #tact if that's the option everyone is chooses as a good status quo that's fine! #but like fr if you don't understand why someone would want united Ireland to happen i really don't know what to tell you #and people in other countries are totally allowed to join in on little jokes about regions that aren't their own too :////// #MUCH BETTER than Americans just assuming Ireland is a part of Britain or the United Kingdom though. that's enraging #incoherents

[trans-cuchulainn]

i can't tell if my irish has improved or if people are just making the same arguments over and over again but i was listening to an absolutely fierce argument on raidio na gaeltachta about israel and palestine and i could follow nearly all of it. several of them kept going off on one and having to be reined in by the moderator being like "please let someone else speak" "he asked me a question!! i'm answering his question!!" "even so you are not letting anyone else get a word in, please calm down"

#it is a lot easier to follow news-related discussions when you do know what's happening in the news though #they were also discussing some proposed changes to RTE i think? #but because i haven't followed that news story i found that a lot harder to keep up with #bc i didn't have the necessary context to guess the words i didn't know #eta: i just looked up the rte story and i had got about half of it #i'd grasped that they were talking about regional development and the costs of certain services #as well as the tension between being a public broadcaster vs trying to be entertainment or whatever #but i wasn't clear on the rest

[ranger-kellyn]

oh it's over for y'all i did it. i cracked the code. i FINALLY. after all these years of making them my favorite accessory pairing, i FINALLY>>> have an idea for a full airplaneshipping fic where they are the main focus

#THANK U shower after a jog #for YEARS.....YEARS I TELL YOU Y E A R S #WANTED TO WRITE A PROPER AIRPLANE FIC AND NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #it's nothing ground breaking or earth shattering but like #something along the lines of: #elesa is having to take a small break from being a gym leader due to some sort of fashion gig that has her traveling all over the world #away from unova for at least a year or so #elesa and skyla had been tiptoeing a little painfully around their romantic feelings for years at that point #and the separation is putting a strain on that #elesa had internally been hoping skyla would ask her to not go through with it - but she didn't #(bc skyla is never going to let herself be the thing that gets in the way of elesa's career) #and then skyla gets in her head about figuring it's her own fault for not saying anything if elesa finds a real partner while she's away #and then maybe skyla takes a small break of her own from the gym to line up a flight job to one of the cities elesa has a show in #and maybe elesa's manager is cool and skyla works with her to more or less make it a surprise for elesa #and it's just...The Best weekend #and turns into skyla taking more and more time away from the gym to meet with elesa around the regions of the world #i want yearning!!!!!!!!!!! i want longing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #i want the tension to build and build and build until it!!!!!!!! snaps!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #writing tag

[spoopy-moose]

Thinking about putting pathos in revolutionary China…mmm…Daniil in 民国 clothes…Artemy in Tibetan traditional wear

#inspired by all the pathos in different regions #don’t have much to give since I’m from Shanghai #but pathos being set in vaguely pre revolutionary Russia has given me Ideas #the town being in Tibet during the time because of the historical tension w Han China #the time either just before the civil war or just after #but before the Great Leap Forward #pathologic

[arrozaurus]

this is absolutely ridiculous

#climate change #since when does wind go straight up northwards #look how many child wind vortexes thats the jet stream weakened #its the tropical winds falling into the polar region because there is no enough tension to keep it in the tropics

[perenlop]

i dont hate alain over the kalos league bc tbh i dont really care all that much about it since in hindsight ash has now won the literal world championship, and i think the unova league loss was easily far worse in themes, narrative, and tone while ash vs alain is at least a good spectacle even if (from what i remember and what ive seen thus far) the setup is messy as hell, and its not as funny as tobias so i dont really think about it

but man these episodes really have not endeared me to him

#its not that hes like an AWFUL character i dont think thats true #i just think hes nothing #hes a really boring character that does admittedly have a good premise for a character in both narrative and the side goal of advertisement #but i dont really feel much tension bc i dont buy his bond w any character besides lysandre #why does he have beef with sycamore?? is that even explained or is he just an edgy guy #hes also not really all that endearing w mairin when all he does is snap abt how annoying she is and also that time he abandoned her in anot #another region. which tbh the specials were so boring i only just registered today that he left mairin in hoenn alone #w no way to get back to her home region. steven had to fly her there #i dont buy him being like ‘’oh i must protect her smile’’ when theyve barely had any genuine moments #hes just kinda designed to be cool edgy eyecandy without much substance #and it sucks bc i really wanted the specials to endear me to him #but no. he really is just that boring and contrived #ill have to wait til the team flare arc again bc i know these aspects shine their best in that arc #but man before that he aint doing it for me at all #echoed voice #pokeani lb

[shehsart]

I can't believe people are policing the use of the word desi are you for real? I used that word to connect with my Indian and Bangla friends

#unnecessary politicization of everything needs to stoppp #yeah I get that using desi for a singer or content from one country is erasure but who even does that #its a word used in casual contexts usually #pls stop creating more tension in a region already so full of tension

[silver-grasp]

It’s been a month and I’m still thinking about the history museum in Cáceres I went to, specifically the section on the conquest of the Americas like... it was essentially a primary source on how contemporary Spain understands its colonialism and genocide. much to think about.

#the very obvious tension in its narrative between 'yeah no that was. really bad actually. horrific in fact' #and 'hey look it's Our Guys!' style regional pride #and acknowledgement that the reason so many extremadurans went to the americas was because the region was very impoverished #which they tried to reconcile by going 'hey look it's some of Our Guys (extremadurans) who criticized the massacres and enslavement!' #I don't think it was a bad presentation exactly and there were some things I actively liked about it but still

[baoreal]

Are Spanish athletes from Catalonia not allowed to play under the Catalan flag or do they all just represent Spain because Catalonia is apart if Spain. Cause I was researching Marc Marquez and he Catalan but he rides under the Spanish flag and used to use the Spanish flag to celebrate his wins.

Spanish athletes compete under the national flag and not the regional one the same way that American athletes compete under the national US flag and not their regional state flag. In an international sporting competition they represent the country, not their autonomous community, so yeah, I guess Marc is technically not allowed to compete under the Catalan flag. The same way that Fernando Alonso is not allowed to compete under the Asturias flag, or Rafa Nadal under the Balearic one, or Carlos Alcaraz under the Andalusian one (Catalonia is not the only region in Spain with its own flag, anthem, parliament and government. All 17 autonomous communities have their own! I particularly like the Asturias flag and the Andalusian anthem, actually)

As of now Catalonia is still a part of Spain, so it would make no sense for Marc to compete under a regional flag. If they ever become independent, which a portion of the community wants to, then the senyera (name of the Catalan flag, by the way!) will become a national flag, and he’ll be allowed to compete under it!

#I know there are tensions with Catalonia and that Spain has historically made efforts to suppress everything Catalan #including the language during Franco’s dictatorship #but in this instance using the national flag instead of a regional one is just standard procedure for all athletes around the world #a talks #ask

[devertigozation]

Oh okay. What any political analyst worth even an ounce of attention said about Israel-Palestine from the beginning happened. This was always about Iran.

#there is this book. israel and the clash of civilizations that explains quite well the bigger players and the big picture of the region and #the tensions in it. at least imo. worth a read if you want to understand how it all connects with the larger events #it literally is about the clash of civilizations. a very apt name. (and it all falls back into brics-nato bigger fight)

[tmarshconnors]

Iran launches drones at Israel

As tensions escalate in the Middle East, reports emerge of Iran launching a barrage of drones towards Israel, further intensifying the volatile situation in the region. The incident has triggered widespread concern and condemnation from global leaders, raising fears of a potential escalation in hostilities.

The drone attack represents a dangerous escalation in Iran's ongoing confrontations with Israel and its allies. Such actions not only threaten the security and stability of the region but also undermine efforts for peaceful resolution and dialogue.

In response to the attack, Israel is likely to deploy its advanced defence systems and may retaliate, raising the specter of further violence and instability. The international community must urgently engage to de-escalate tensions and prevent a dangerous spiral of conflict.

Efforts to address the root causes of the tensions between Iran and Israel, including regional rivalries and geopolitical ambitions, remain essential for long-term peace and stability. Diplomatic channels must be utilised to find peaceful solutions to the underlying issues driving these conflicts.

As the situation continues to unfold, it is imperative for all parties involved to exercise restraint and prioritize dialogue over confrontation. The consequences of further escalation are grave, with the potential to destabilize the entire region and inflict untold suffering on innocent civilians.

#Iran-Israel Conflict #Middle East Tensions #Drone Warfare #Geopolitics #Regional Security #Military Escalation #Diplomatic Crisis #Global Concerns #Defense Systems #International Relations #Conflict Resolution #Peace Efforts #Security Threats #Political Instability #Defense Technology #Regional Dynamics #Strategic Concerns #Crisis Management #Peaceful Dialogue #International Cooperation #today on tumblr #new blog