Hunter getting unpardoned was definitely not in my bingo card.

I personally don't think heated arguments or edgyness are good excuses for statements such as this one. I'm not well versed in Syrian or Middle-Eastern modern history myself, but I'm at least well aware that AANES as a state(-ish) entity was formed for the precise reason of combating genocidal forces in both ISIS and Turkey.

To advocate for the destruction of that in the current state of things can (and will, by the broader public) be read, not as ultra-leftism or idealistic anti-imperialism, but as cover for the very likely genocidal acts of the current victors of the war. Specially considering that a majority of the users here are from the Global North or otherwise very distant from the topics of discussion.

IMO we should hold ourselves to higher standards than that, or else we start looking like Reddit Trotskyists and raddle anarchists wishing death and destruction on any third world statelet because they don't align with our own much broader geopolitical interests.

The United States is not Ukraine’s only ally, but it is the only one with the willingness and means to supply Ukraine’s war effort. Many European nations lack a political tradition of arming other countries. They have sent Ukraine some impressive weapons, like German tanks and Swedish shoulder-fired missiles. But “they cannot pump out munitions,” Julian said. “They cannot produce large numbers of artillery shell rounds — the No. 1 thing Ukraine needs.”

This whole paragraph is truly a piece of Yankee writing.

Literally trying to insult an Asian person by comparing them to a yellow cartoon bear is not really a good look, specially given all the homophobia you've also been leaking all over the place.

Given you ignored the rest of the entire comment, I assume I was right and your hate of "evil governments" only applies to foreign ones. Typical gringo.

But please, your time is way better spent defending your homeland from foreign hordes than debating silly commies on the internet. Go get 'em soldier!

Dumb question, but the word is "losing" right?

At this point I think their escape strategy is a full Russian annexation so that Russia has to deal with the Nazis themselves for eastern NATO countries for free.

By also for getting to claim "we warned you!!!" about Russia absolutely definitely wanting to annex the entirety of Ukraine from the start, historical development be damned.

It's been a while since I haven't checked the lib instances and Reddit, how are they dealing with the war now?

Technically they already do have something the US citizens desperately lack, healthcare services. They're the country with the most doctors per capita in the world, and regularly strikes deals with other poor countries for health and medical personnel aid. It just so happens that the US ruling class is more than happy to let their citizens die or go bankrupt through healthcare.

the question of whether Joe Biden is pragmatic is complex and multifaceted.

I know he's horribly full of himself, but he must be aware that his death clock is ticking already. I have a hard time believing that he actually intends to win the next election rather than just taking a very late retirement, since a Trump presidency is always very useful for the blue no matter who crowd.

Brazilian leftists at home: 🔥🇧🇷🔥

Brazilian leftists when they remember estadunidenses don't even have public healthcare: É PENTA!

The original google document was so vaguely written that I just assumed the smartasses were pretending they invented SSL certificates. Only now did I get it that it's for the server to verify the client, not the other way around, and that's a on a whole new level of absurd. Boy I sure love the idea of having anti-cheat for my browsers. The comments on github are fun to read, at the very least.

That, coupled with Manifest V3 preventing adblockers, is way more reason than one needs to completely forget Google as anything more than the video hosting service for Invidious.

From a github user kescherCode:

I believe that whenever possible, we shall implement this spec into our own websites - but reversed. Whenever the attestation passes, let users not access your site. When it fails or this proposed API is unavailable - let users access your site.

Edit: the mad lad actually started implementing it here.

Love how they have a bunch of suggestions that don't include "de-escalate the trade war."

From 2005 to 2015 alone, China’s production of low-purity gallium exploded from 22 metric tons to 444 metric tons.

It is always staggering to think how much China has developed technologically within just the last 20 years. I'm not even old but still remember when "Chinese" tech was popularly synonymous with "bootleg." Now it's all so good that the USA has to ban it while they play catch-up. They got beat at their own game.

All of those were Putin, didn't you know? He personally delivered the depleted uranium as the True President of the USSA.