How To Improve Actualized.org - Mega-Thread

[mats-2]

I don't like the black on white colored Blog-Posts. It hurts my eyes.

Edited July 24 by mats-2

[Aaron p]

More emojis?

[UnbornTao]

19 minutes ago, Aaron p said:

More emojis?

[Xonas Pitfall]

25 minutes ago, Aaron p said:

More emojis?

Yes, please!  Moving, maybe...? 

[Aaron p]

We need to turn this place into a disco 

[OBEler]

Leo here you can add audio tracks in different languages even to older videos:

https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/13338784?hl=de

The whole world could then understand your videos.

[Natasha Tori Maru]

On 27/07/2025 at 1:38 AM, Aaron p said:

More emojis?

Yes! I copy in external ones - like SO! 😈

But to do so requires my phone's assortment or searching + ctrl v, ctrl c

[Aaron p]

Maybe a section for History?

We have no History section. 

 

 

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." 

- George Santayana

[Hayato]

It seems to me that the focus of the blog leans more towards what is wrong with society.

It would be great and inspiring if there are also examples of people who are honest Truth seekers, politicians with integrity, communities done right, people who have created their wealth in an ethical way etc.

[Daniel Balan]

The ability to search for all the posts you'e been quoted by another user. For example I want to re-read all the responses that @Xonas Pitfall gave to my questions, I want to search all the posts that he quoted me and then gave a response under that quote.

[Aaron p]

On 03/08/2025 at 11:56 PM, Aaron p said:

Maybe a section for History?

We have no History section. 

 

 

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." 

- George Santayana

I'd still love a history section. Some battles are great. Could be great if we'd cover some of my faves;

 

 

Two collosal Greek - Persian battle's 

(From the film's 300)

- Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC)

- Battle of Salamis (480 BC naval battle, with some lead-up including Marathon and Artemisium shown in flashbacks).

 

Three Iraqi Ba’athist regime - Kurdish civilians and Peshmerga Guerrilla battles.

- Halabja / Anfal Campaign (1986–1989, esp. 1988 Halabja chemical attack).

- Battle of Sinjar (August 2014): ISIS attacked the Yazidi Kurds around Mount Sinjar in northern Iraq. Thousands were massacred, women enslaved, and chemical weapons were reported. It’s often described as genocide against the Yazidis.

- Second Battle of Sinjar (November 2015): Kurdish forces (Peshmerga and allies, backed by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes) recaptured Sinjar in a surprise offensive, turning the tide after the earlier devastation.

 

 

And the multiple significant battles in the 

Battle of Stalingrad (1942–1943)

- German advance into Stalingrad / Initial urban fighting – August 23 – September 13, 1942

- Battle of the Volga (Soviet defense of river crossings and suburbs) – September 14 – October 14, 1942

- Fighting for key industrial sites (e.g., Tractor Factory, Red October Factory) – September 14 – November 19, 1942

- Operation Uranus (Soviet counteroffensive, encirclement of German 6th Army) – November 19 – November 23, 1942

- Encircled German 6th Army battles inside Stalingrad (defensive pocket) – November 23, 1942 – February 2, 1943

- Operation Ring (final reduction of German pocket / surrender of remaining forces) – January 10 – February 2, 1943

 

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Across vastly different eras and theaters of conflict, a striking pattern emerges: in each of these monumental confrontations—the Anfal Campaign, the Battles of Sinjar, and the Battle of Stalingrad—a smaller, resolute force defied seemingly insurmountable odds against a far larger, well-equipped adversary governed by a tyrannical or fanatical leadership. In northern Iraq, the Kurdish Peshmerga and Yazidi defenders endured the genocidal onslaught of Saddam Hussein’s army, ultimately achieving localized resilience and preservation of their cultural and territorial identity despite initial devastation.

Decades later, against the seemingly unstoppable advance of ISIS, Kurdish forces orchestrated the liberation of Sinjar, transforming the narrative of despair into one of tactical brilliance and demonstrating that disciplined, motivated forces could reclaim territory and protect civilians even against a fanatically ruthless aggressor. Far to the north, in Stalingrad, Soviet commanders and soldiers executed a series of brilliantly coordinated counteroffensives that not only halted the Wehrmacht’s advance but encircled and annihilated a massive invasion force, marking the first time in the war that a mechanized, ideologically driven army of such scale had been decisively repelled.

In each case, the implications of these victories were profound: they shattered the invincibility of oppressive powers, redefined the strategic calculus of their respective conflicts, and provided a template for how smaller, strategically agile forces could fundamentally alter the course of history, inspiring hope and demonstrating that tyranny, no matter how overwhelming, could be contested and ultimately constrained.

I value each of these examples for the heroism displayed the brave, few elite, proving that the human spirit is a true force with which to be reckoned and the power of unity and faith. Not only this, but the true scale of the victory in each example wouldn't be realized in any single lifetime as it affected the progression of the entire world in later decades and eventually, centuries.

Studying how the different allied forces moved after taking each key tactical territory was particularly interesting to me.

Edited 18 hours ago by Aaron p