If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties‚ subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The video hosting platform Rumble‚ known for advocating free speech‚ just experienced a severe cyber attack. This incident occurred not long after the platform began hosting new security camera footage from the events of January 6th 2021‚ and Rumble’s CEO makes a direct correlation between the two events. As we reported last week‚ the Republican-led Subcommittee on Oversight of the Committee on House Administration last week unveiled their new Rumble channel. This channel was dedicated to publishing hours of footage from the Capitol Police. Soon after the footage was uploaded‚ Rumble suffered a significant‚ coordinated cyber attack. This disruption made it impossible for users to upload or view any content on the platform. Rumble’s CEO‚ Chris Pavlovski‚ addressed the situation on X‚ stating‚ “I can confirm that this attack has been unprecedented and has been happening since this weekend.” Pavlovski also expressed his suspicion that the attack was politically motivated‚ likely perpetrated by activists or organizations opposed to the J6 videos on Rumble. The attack was remedied on Monday evening. In a statement‚ the company expressed its gratitude‚ saying‚ “A major thank you to our cyber security partners and our entire team. This was a massive learning experience that will only make us stronger.” They also extended their appreciation to all users and creators for their patience during the disruption. The post Rumble Fights Off Unprecedented Cyberattack‚ Likely An Attempt To Censor Creators‚ CEO Says appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

It’s probably fair to say that most of us spend a lot more time thinking about the folks leaping from landing craft than we do about the landing craft themselves‚ yet back in August this year‚ at the extraordinary D-Day Ohio event at Conneaut‚ Ohio‚ on the shores of Lake Erie‚ I finally got to ride in a Higgins boat. Perched next to the coxswain‚ I looked down and watched the wires moving back and forth as they pulled the rudder this way and that and was struck by how incredibly rudimentary it all was. Such a simple design and really with just one purpose: to deliver a small vehicle or assault platoon directly onto a beach. It was 36 feet long‚ 11 wide‚ and could do about 12 knots on a calm sea. Incredibly‚ the Allies had no landing craft at all when the war broke out in September 1939‚ and although Andrew Higgins in New Orleans delivered a “landing craft‚ personnel (large)”—LCP—to the British at the back end of 1940‚ it wasn’t until May 1941 that the first Higgins boat received its trials. By this time‚ it was clear that Britain would have to launch any future assault on Europe from the sea‚ and that if the United States entered the war it would be in the same position. As things turned out‚ landing craft became one of the most vital items in the Allied arsenal‚ essential for operations in the Pacific as well as in the Mediterranean and‚ of course‚ Normandy. Nor were the Higgins boats the only landing craft. Rather‚ a huge array was developed and produced‚ not least the incredible LST—landing ship‚ tank—which was 382 feet long‚ had a draft under the ship’s forward bow of just four feet‚ and could deliver 18 Sherman tanks or more than 200 troops directly onto a beach. This meant the Allies no longer needed a port and quaysides for an amphibious attack; as both the November 1942 Torch landings in Northwest Africa and then the July 1943 assault on Sicily showed‚ the LSTs and slightly smaller LCTs (landing craft‚ tank) were game changers for the Allies. Much of the Sicilian campaign‚ for example‚ was supplied by these landing craft‚ even as some ports became available. The U.S. Navy had‚ in fact‚ woken up a little late to the urgent need to build huge numbers of landing craft‚ but between April 1942 and May 1943 shipyards across the States produced a staggering 8‚719 of all types‚ including the truly revolutionary DUKW—pronounced “duck”—a remarkable wheeled‚ amphibious craft that could drive straight off the beaches. These were still not enough‚ however‚ as the U.S. accelerated its efforts in the Pacific and put Overlord‚ the invasion of Normandy‚ as its priority for the war against Germany. It meant that after Sicily‚ when General Mark Clark’s Fifth Army landed at Salerno‚ south of Naples‚ on September 9‚ 1943‚ he had nothing like enough assault craft. For Sicily‚ the Allies had 1‚743‚ but for Avalanche‚ the codename for the Salerno landings‚ just 359. Clark could land only a meager three divisions and a handful of special forces in the initial attack. So‚ despite vast forces in the Mediterranean‚ the Allies’ assault was far smaller than ideal. Avalanche was an incredibly high-risk enterprise as a result‚ albeit one that fortunately prevailed. Nor were there enough landing craft for D-Day. Although 4‚127 were involved‚ General Bernard Law Montgomery‚ the land force commander‚ wanted more; a sixth beach‚ Band‚ had to be abandoned because of the shortage. Outflanking operations in Italy and Burma were discarded for lack of assault craft‚ while the landings at Anzio in Italy‚ in January 1944‚ also lacked sufficient strength for want of these vital vessels. As the Higgins craft rumbled across the water on Lake Erie‚ I was struck by how incredibly simple this box-like craft was‚ but also how valuable. Assault craft were key to the entire western Allies’ way of war and yet had there been even more of them‚ what a difference that would have made. Perhaps the war really would have been over earlier. this article first appeared in world war II magazine See more stories SubscriBE NOW!  

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Long before the bright lights of Lima robbed the stars of their splendor above the central Peruvian coast‚ the Milky Way dazzled with such blazing brilliance that the region’s pre-Hispanic inhabitants built their cosmology around it. Such was their devotion to the sparkling arch known in Quechua as "Mayu" (meaning "river of stars") that these ancient cultures constructed enormous temples in perfect alignment with it‚ and new research is beginning to reveal the incredible precision with which these astronomical designs were calculated.In a new study‚ researchers have analyzed the orientation of ceremonial features at a site called El Paraiso‚ which is thought to have been constructed between 2400 and 1440 BCE. Predating the rise of the Incan Empire by around 3‚000 years‚ the ancient site appears to have been erected in perfect alignment with a number of important annual celestial events‚ including the winter and summer solstices.Previous work at El Paraiso has revealed that the two arms of the main temple are set at an angle of 34 degrees‚ thus lining up exactly with the northeastern extreme of the Milky Way just after sunset on the solstice. In their new study‚ the authors identify the existence of two giant structures – one in the shape of a condor and the other resembling a “monster” – that both match this alignment.According to the researchers‚ these findings uphold existing assumptions about a pre-Columbian Andean cosmology centered around “dark cloud constellations”. These are animal shapes that ancient people perceived in the dark spaces within the Milky Way‚ and which were thought to represent supernatural deities.In addition to these two large animal effigies‚ the study authors also identified nine small platform mounds surrounding the central temple. When a line is drawn through each of these mounds from the center of the site‚ it becomes clear that the majority are aligned with either the sunrise or sunset on either the June or December solstice. The rest appear to have been placed so as to line up with the major lunar standstills‚ which represent the southernmost point at which the moon rises in its monthly cycle. Overall‚ the researchers found 13 separate alignments at El Paraiso that fell within one degree of one of these celestial events. A 14th alignment was also identified with an accuracy of 1.5 degrees.Based on the number and precision of these astronomical alignments‚ the authors insist that “chance can be ruled out as an explanation.” Instead‚ they “propose a cosmology in the Late Preceramic of solar and lunar alignments and the linkage of supernatural animals to dark cloud constellations and astronomical orientations.” “The precision of alignments means that the building of these mounds must have been directed by astronomer priests‚” they conclude.The study is published in the journal Latin American Antiquity.