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I go back in 2 weeks ✌🏼 Bum.

I’ll update soon. I’m too distracted with Subnautica 2 atm

Boo I’m back!

🎄Merry Christmas — and a Brief Transmission 💬 To all of you here on the channel, 🎅 ❄️ Wishing you a meaningful, peaceful Christmas season — wherever in the world you may be reading this from. I hope you’re able to find time to rest, reflect, and recharge. ✍️ I wanted to share a quick update: I’ll be stepping away from this channel for the foreseeable future. 🇯🇵 😀I’ve accepted a formal contract with Japan’s MoD — yes, that Ministry — and as part of the role, I’ll be operating under strict communications protocols. That means new devices, controlled networks, and (unfortunately) no personal social media until the assignment is complete. 🇯🇵 🚤This opportunity represents an important step in my career — professionally, japanese linguistically, and personally. Working in this space, in this country, with this level of responsibility… it’s not something I take lightly. That said, I am looking forward to the day I can share more about it. And I will — when I’m allowed. 👋Until then, consider this channel on temporary diplomatic leave. I’ll miss the thoughtful conversations, the humor, the curiosity, and the quiet chaos (not really quiet lol) this community brought into my daily routine. 🏝Take care of yourselves. Stay sharp. And if anyone asks where I went, just say I’ve “gone east.” Yours Sincerely, Ekner of Damned History 🫡

NEW - 🇮🇳 📊 🇯🇵 India’s Economy just overtook Japan’s to become the 4th Largest in the World Just the beginning of Last Year Germany 🇩🇪 took Japan’s 3rd place spot. Japan 😢 @damhistory

Former NATO Chief Jens Stoltenberg on the argument that NATO expansion is aggressive: Russia feels more encircled than they really are. It’s not NATO expanding aggressively east. It’s free, democratic nations in Central and Eastern Europe that want to join.

Trump and Japan’s PM Sanae Takaichi signed two major U.S.-Japan agreements. One marking a “New Golden Age” for the alliance, and another securing cooperation on critical minerals and rare earths.

Report: US and Saudi Arabia nearing new defense agreement The British newspaper "Financial Times" reported that Washington and Riyadh are conducting advanced talks towards an agreement that will determine that an attack on Saudi Arabia will be considered a threat to US security. The report claims that Trump may announce the agreement during bin Salman's visit to the White House next month. (Epoch)

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Artillerymen of the "Thunder" division of the 225th Assault Regiment spotted and targeted Russian soldiers that were preparing to cross a river in the Sumy region. Published 16/10/2025. @damhistory

🟣 Gaza 2023 - 2025

U.S. prosecutors seized $15 billion in cryptocurrency tied to a “pig butchering” scam run from forced labor camps in Cambodia, marking the largest crypto forfeiture in U.S. history. READ MORE

JD Vance: Artificial intelligence, it's still, in many cases, very dumb.

JD Vance: Right now, for all of our work, and we're going to keep on working at it, the Russians and the Ukrainians are just not at the point where they can make a deal. I do think that we will eventually get there.

NEW: Venezuelan officials proposed a plan for President Maduro to step down in three years and hand power to Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, but the US rejected it, calling Maduro’s rule illegitimate. Maduro and Rodríguez dismissed the reports as “fake news.” Source: AP

The U.S. military struck a suspected drug vessel in the Caribbean, killing several people — but for the first time, there were survivors. It’s unclear if the survivors were rescued or are now in U.S. custody. Source: Reuters

NEW: Former Trump National Security Adviser John Bolton has been indicted for allegedly mishandling classified information.

Trump: I said to Putin: "would you mind if I gave a couple of thousand Tomahawks to your opposition? " He didn’t like the idea.

Reporter: Do you have a timeline for the Putin meeting? Trump: Within two weeks or so, pretty quick.

Trump on Gaza: It is a tough neighborhood, we know that. If Hamas behaves, good, we will take care of it if they don't.