Life is like a fairy tale. Unfortunately it was written by Germans.

Slammed! Destroyed! Decimated!

I’m tired of the news, man.

Another day of thanking my past self for leaving

Vote for a grand wizard, expect collateral damage from the fireballs.

Would, say, an actor playing a Nazi officer in a movie be protected from this?

Eventually there is blood but no shit.

Better red than bidet!

Protectionism only really makes sense if you’re a country without native industrial capacities and trying to industrialise. Even that is debatable.

Russia used to be a major world power with highly developed heavy industry and okay-ish light industry. A lot of that has been poorly maintained since the fall of the USSR but the factories are still there. Protectionism makes little sense here.

Ireland too :(

Article says the rebels going in are Islamists. Sadly, I don’t think life will get much better in Syria and will definitely worsen in Kurdistan.

They’re calling Musk a tourist

Damn, TIL. Thank you.

And for the first time in my life, thank you Erdogan.

NATO has not changed its position, that’s the thing.

https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_218165.htm

https://www.politico.eu/article/nato-backs-israel-and-warns-iran-to-stay-away-gaza-hamas-netanyah/

There is a very good reason the Irish care about Neutrality. The Montrealites are not so different.

Edit: Thank you Chairman Meow for telling me about this: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkey-blocks-nato-israel-cooperation-over-gaza-war-sources-say-2024-08-01/

Problem: the Americans have an actual czar now, and an “ethics czar” will not stop him

Sibling of Bobby Drop Tables

A compound in Texas run by an ultraconservative who loves guns is an American tradition

I mean, that’s how cotton is produced nowadays too, except Uyghurs are the ones doing it.

I do, actually!

I love FreeDOS and occasionally use it, and not just for vidya.

Windoze must die! Long live DOS!

~ War cry of the ancient geek

It was both, fellow worker.

We need a diversity of tactics. The literature describes a “radical flank effect” where the radical and moderate wings of social movements mutually benefit.