The media in EU are also influenced by Murdoch. Plenty of rightwing productions under his wing.

“Democracy… is government… by the people… for the people… But the people… are retarded.” Truly oracular words from an enlightened soul.

I almost fell for something similar. Right before enrolling I decided to go on a deeper dive and I found ample evidence of it being a diploma mill without any value whatsoever. Saved me a lot of grief.

A wartime economy is only profitable if you, y’know, actually gain territory and spoils of war.

Lol we’re doomed.

Maybe, but Israel has unlimited funds to throw at PR thanks to the USA, so I’m not sure population is going to be a deciding factor there.

I found it on wikipedia of all places

Looks like their caster rolled a nat 20 and scored the crit of a lifetime.

The outrage is the point. Don’t give them the satisfaction.

I read a detailed anonymous account by someone who claimed to have worked for Epstein as a lowest-level goon and there were absolutely boys “available” on the island. He also mentions how one of his (male) coworkers got raped by one of the clients and everyone just accepted it as normal.

It might’ve been complete fiction given that it was anonymous but a lot of the details felt very… poignant, gritty, stupid little things that only someone really in that position would know.

I’m just… well, not necessarily happy, but satisfied that at least one shitgoblin who personally benefitted from countless tragedies was dealt the exact same blow he loved visiting on other people by proxy.

Just one person who profits from, let’s not sugarcoat it, evil, taken out by his very own methods. I know most of the world is incredibly unjust, but just sometimes we get synchronicities like these that signal that, hey, there ARE consequences for being a terrible human being, and not all who deserve it get punishment… but it MIGHT happen any day and it might be YOU it happens to next.

That must be an incredibly sobering thought for people who have never heard “no” in their lives and have an army of servants at their beck and call.

Probably cheaper than letting them crash and explode in Poland, triggering article 5.

I can (sadly) believe it easily. What gets me every time, though, is that there are people just itching for a chance to unload live ammo on their fellow compatriots. There has never been a shortage of psychopath strongmen who are willing to sacrifice everything (except themselves and their own), but what I simply cannot grasp for the life of me is that there are monsters willing to do that for just a few peanuts a month more than the poor bastard they’re murdering. Yet, there’s tens of thousands of them and they’re queueing up for the chance to do this.

That will simply never compute in my mind. Can’t possibly wrap my limited brain around it, never will.

I identify as somewhat effeminate compared to most other men. I’m not gay or bi, I just don’t like most “macho” culture stuff like sports, fighting, hunting and generally being belligerent evolutionary dead-ends in groups.

I have a wife and son. Sometimes I carry her purse for her in public. Sometimes she’ll paint one of my nails for fun and I let her. Because it is.

It took me a long time to come to grips with myself and to accept myself that particular way, but I’d say I’m doing just a little bit better with that every day.

But it does put your social life in “hard mode” imho. It would be so much easier if I could be as enthousiastic about a piece of pigskin being kicked a certain distance but unfortunately I’m not easily impressed by feats our tree-slinging ancestors would easily destroy all of us in if push came to shove.

Home of the vodka-fueled cyborgs.

All this infighting only benefits the GOP who remain monolithic in almost everything they do. Chide them for being evil, at least they know how to effectively organize.

Speculation has outpaced supply

That’s the TL;DR. Not that we didn’t already know, but nice to see it confirmed (yet again).

Leave the door open and point (another) fan at it from outside for circulation. It helps that it’s basement level. Stays nice & cool in the summer unless it’s 30°C+ for weeks on end.

And yes, I’m an actual basement dweller. No, I don’t live with my parents.

Hot air gets trapped under the desk, which decreases cooling efficiency. The vent and the fan spread the hot air upwards, where it was already going anyway. So in terms of heat output into the room, not much has changed, but the ‘feel’ of where the hot air is certainly has. It now feels a lot cozier in there and my cpu stays a bit frostier.