<sigh> stop with the “right-wing ideological white men” thing. It’s not political at this point.

A lot of “racially aware” writers seem to have ended up in a headspace where they can’t write white without making them a punching bag. It’s obvious. It’s childish. It’s racist. People of all races will be angry when their only representation in a piece of work is a lazy stereotype. You don’t need to be right-wing for that.

You can say “well now they know how it feels”, but that just means you’ve also sunk to the lowest level.

Unless race is critical to the plot, there’s no need to lean into it. Emphasising division breeds division. Just write a good story.

I was going to say something similar, but thinking everyone is “cunt”.

Yes, it’s gender neutral.

Not sure spraying water is going to help. More water means higher humidity air which will drive the smog. No?

…and I love the juxtaposition of public health with obscuring views of tourist attractions. No messed up priorities here.

I say give it back to Russia

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So much comes down to “is trump malicious or just an idiot?” His last term was largely idiocy, and if that repeats itself then I think things will be ok. My concern is that his rhetoric has turned more toxic, so I think he may have done so as well.

I really wish running your own mastodon was as accepted as running your own email server. There’ll be no “blue check mark” problem if your company runs the server and only provides accounts to employees.

No. The have nag screens for donations, but they don’t block on principle.

Children are future workers, soldiers and parents.

These countries see that birth rates are dropping in the west and are looking to become dominant in numbers.

Not so much that period, but the late 30s - early 40s.

Biggest button needs to be “Disable lane keeping assist” and that should sort most of the stress he refers to.

Building new houses that are cheap to run, and don’t need gas lines put in place should be a positive.

…and then incinerate them at the other end of life.

…and they’ll tell us how green they are as they do it.

…may your conflicts be short, swift and decisive.

I couldn’t remember the exact offense, but yes… That’s what I meant.

By proxy. Iran is in bed with Russia.

No, because they are using them as a shield to commit atrocities.

How is Ukraine “their own soil”?

Isn’t discussing national issues with a foreign leader, when you’re not the serving president and not in any other diplomatic role, frowned upon? Especially a foreign leader engaged with hostilities against an ally.

…and shooting the other half in the back as they can’t communicate.