Basically a deer with a human face. Despite probably being some sort of magical nature spirit, his interests are primarily in technology and politics and science fiction.
Spent many years on Reddit and is now exploring new vistas in social media.
That’s a stopgap measure. The root problem is the electorate and I’m really not sure how to fix that.
Perhaps the best way to “Trump proof” the transatlantic relationship is to accept that the transatlantic relationship is not an immutable fact of nature and be ready for it to maybe fall apart someday.
Boycott your votes for Biden until he stops this Genocide.
Because Trump will be so much better for the Palestinians.
First thing I’d do when boarding a Federation ship is tell the computer it’s authorized to keep an eye on my vitals.
If all Russia has to do to get people to back off is cry “escalation!” Then might as well just surrender to them now.
Where do I go to buy Lemmy Gold?
Frankly, these NATO expansions and its general re-invigoration are a larger loss for Russia than anything they could possibly gain in Ukraine. Their Baltic fleet is now useless. Kaliningrad is useless.
Combined with all the other damage Ukraine has inflicted on Russia, they’re basically spiralling the drain and I see no possible way Russia could rise in prominence in the future. Even if goodness forbid they were to “win” the current war they’re fighting with Ukraine, that won’t help them, it’ll only hurt Ukraine.
Somewhere in between, sure. But don’t interpret that to mean that the most likely real number is exactly in the middle. I consider Russian numbers to be way less credible.
Nice to hear some solidly good news like this.
If Hamas didn’t exist then I’m sure that Israel would find some way to invent them.
They’re not going to force the Gazans, no. They’re just going to systematically flatten Gaza and shoot people and if the Gazans choose to flee to Egypt, well, that’s out of Israel’s hands.
I’ve seen the occasional controversy about restoring medieval castles. This one comes to mind as a particularly unusual and controversial case - the remains of the original castle were so badly degraded that there wasn’t really much left, so the restorers built obviously modern-looking walls that had the original castle’s fragments embedded in them held up in the correct places and shapes. Sort of like a reconstructed dinosaur skeleton where a bunch of the bones were missing.
Putting the original limestone cladding back on the pyramids would be interesting, it would probably “look fake” because the original pyramid cladding was extremely smooth and clean much like a modern concrete structure would appear. People don’t expect it to look that way. Sort of like how a lot of the old marble statues and architecture from ancient Greece and Rome used to be brightly painted, but those wore off and now everyone thinks of pure white stone when they imagine what an ancient sculpture from there is supposed to look like.
Edit: In violation of the norms of social media, I read the article. The plan with the pyramid wasn’t even as drastic as I thought, apparently for the pyramid that they were considering doing this to the original cladding is still available. It’s just fallen off and is lying around the pyramid’s base.
I guess people want them to be fashionably ruined.
Frankly, I think re-cladding the pyramids would be great for keeping clues around, provided they don’t touch the existing stones while putting new ones on. That’ll stop erosion from digging deeper into the existing structure.
So one must condone one side or the other, there is no other possible position here?
They’re not qualified. Maybe after they’ve been sufficiently trained.
If you tip things far enough in the work direction the whole balance falls off of the fulcrum and lands on the floor, where it becomes completely stable. You can then pile as much work on as you want without budging it further.
Supply military and financial aid, sure, but no boots on the ground.
The US is failing to do even that minimal level of assistance in this case. No American troops are helping Ukraine fight, it’s all been training and supplies. That’s all that’s been requested by them. And that’s what the Republicans are blocking.
Ironically, it was a horrible treaty for everyone except the US. Trump nixing it was yet another own-goal. After the US pulled out, the remaining signatories reworked the TPP into the CPTPP by removing those “dream laws” and passing the rest of it without the US.
Because it will impact them economically, of course. People are less likely to invest in a country that is at risk of being sanctioned, whether “officially” or via unofficial boycotts.
Canada isn’t currently preparing to invade anyone, if that helps.
As far as anyone knows.
And once again, we see the real mechanism by which terrorism “wins”. Israel has hurt itself in its confusion.