Malcador

At least Ellish's song somewhat fits the plot of D4 with Lilith, so it's not that bad.

Can't wait to see ISW's breathless update today.

After F-16s, I think they'll ask for spare ICBMs.

F-16 discussion, on Twitter, sadly.

Was trying to give everything to Vito, he was the PC in Mafia 2.

This is a war of immortals, Russian generals resurrecting last year

Mafia 3 done, 55 hours or so. Fun game, didn't get the ending I wanted - Burke and Vito each had 4 districts, I guess the game flips a coin.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/18/pentagon-drone-strike-syria-civilian-al-qaeda/ Cut a cheque, shrug and go on, I guess.

I approve of the music choice, if for nothing to troll people. Impotent nerds need their metal I guess.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/us/politics/ukraine-spending-congress.html

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/18/politics/us-allies-f-16-jets-ukraine/index.html "Without the jets, Ukraine is having to improvise, officials say. Defense officials and congressional staffers told CNN that Ukrainian troops have in recent weeks used the US-made Patriot air defense system to shoot down at least one faraway Russian fighter jet. The Russian jets have largely been staying behind Russian defensive lines, making them difficult for Ukraine to target with shorter-range systems like NASAMs. The Russian planes the Patriot targeted were on a bombing run to fire missiles against Ukrainian targets, US officials said, which Russia has been doing throughout the past year to maximize civilian casualties." Interesting, would have expected more crowing. I like the phrasing "bombing run to fire missiles" as well, heh.

I just take the days off to bum around at home or do stuff for/with family. Meant vacation as in "go to some foreign place"

Congrats! Never been on a vacation ever, hah.

Something great was lost going from 6 to 5 anyway.

Insufficient Adidas levels in that

Hmm..

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/cia-posts-video-asking-russians-share-secrets-us-spies-rcna84595 "The CIA official said that despite Washington’s disagreements with Putin, “the United States and Russian people are not enemies,” adding, “We admire the courage and grit of so many Russians determined to maintain Russia’s values and ideals.”" Hope they don't put too much faith in the CIA to protect them.

Probably not, neither side is really willing to compromise much at this point.

Launcher not that big a deal as opposed to the radar in any case.

Saw one claim that one explosions was a failed interceptor hitting a weapons dump, which is some super lousy luck if true.

Except nuclear weapons exist this time.

https://twitter.com/Lastkombo/status/1658282105472729088?s=20 Lotta dakka

Missed out on all the D4 stuff this weekend due to real life crap but did play a bit of Barb, felt a bit clunky. But only made it to lvl 9 or so. Still trying to get through Mafia 3, wonder why they thought you having to go collect your kickbacks was a good design choice. Disrupting that Klan rally was fun, just had Vito's hit squad deal with them.