China’s energy is mostly provided by coal, and their coal consumption is increasing every year, regardless of renewables also increasing.

I remember this episode, this scene even, for how it failed step 3 of the Bechdel test so badly. Never seen a more classic example.

1. The movie has to have at least two women in it,
2. who talk to each other,
3. about something other than a man.

The fact that they’re talking about a man, and also the circumstances of the scene. Like, what even are these exercises? Were they invented by some sleazy director? Or did a sleazy director just pick them out from a list? And then pick out the outfits?

That won’t help. Innocence is no excuse against American cops.

Proton’s systems are built on proprietary software. I don’t trust them.

I can’t access that domain due to Datadome blocking. I’m on a residential ISP with no reputation problems from any source. I’m using regular Firefox on Linux.

It’s homologous with a human’s middle finger. That doesn’t make it a middle finger.

Mods, please delete this post. It violates rule 5: No AI generated content.

This is negative productivity. It worked before, and now it doesn’t.

Most places in Europe and many places in China have functioning mass transit. Most places in the US do not. The car lobby is very powerful in the US, and they work hard to make life impossible without a car.

Ok, here’s one about China’s current crimes: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/05/hong-kong-unexpectedly-canceled-one-of-its-biggest-lgbtq-events-china-may-be-to-blame/

The charges were dismissed, but he’s still being sent to prison.

China is authoritarian. There is no way to nonviolently unify Taiwan under China, because the residents of Taiwan would be forced to live under the Chinese government, which would use violence against them.

Flatpak doesn’t have digital signatures anyway, so effectively nothing is verified on Flathub

What countries would you consider Marxists-Leninist?

Don’t forget about present failures. In Russia, you still can’t be gay and talk openly about it.

“You’re a distinct character” is a compliment, not an insult.

You mean get Microsoft to take it down? And then it goes back up on a self-hosted git repo? This does not enable Bambu, Microsoft, or anyone else to sue Rossman in China.

6. It’s like eating a cracker.

Does Rossman have any presence in China? If not, and if the files are hosted outside China, there’s nothing China can do.

We aren’t socialists

Can someone explain what is the difference between that and socialism?