Okay but every time anyone posts anything historically accurate, .world goes "lies!” ffs, they’re down to denying that h Hitler was defeated because of Russia and can’t bring themselves to write the opening line of “First They Came,” as a Lutheran pastor originally wrote it. Yes, we’re not only that unaware of history, but that propagandized.

I don’t think the populace does.

Beyond satisfying scientific curiosity, the discovery could have practical applications. Some organisms in the “ship goo” appear to be methane producers, potentially useful for biofuel production

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It’s like if one is dependent on a person with a personality disorder for a length of time, one ends up behaving as a person with a personality disorder. Keep not addressing the wounds and doing the shadow work, that becomes a full -blown personality disorder.

There should be no veto power and states* that export violence and their proxies should have no place on any human rights councils.

He recalled his father’s words: “Independence is not a gift. We cannot import democracy or revolution; we must create our own. What works in the United States may not suit Burkina Faso. Venezuela has chosen its path, and each country must decide what is best for its people.”

If only the global West could innerstand and overstand this.

Idk, that location is very convenient to US…interests.

You make me laugh, and I need that, so thanks! I’m sure your analyses are closer to accurate than my best guesses. I suppose what government or economic system states call themselves (or what media calls them) mean fa anymore. I’m not sure if we live in a post-truth world, or always have and it’s just so glaringly obvious, only those really emotionally invested in their illusions and those without mental capacity to identify them (whether through overwork and other stresses or direct learning/developmental disabilities) insist otherwise. Maybe most fall somewhere between those points, I’m certainly not as informed as I prefer.

I’ll have a look tonight or tomorrow. My project hours are all over the map, right now, which means my neighborhood and household obligations are, too.

Cheers!

Kidnapping doesn’t necessarily involve torture.

Famous Zen teachers would just whack you with a stick or cut off a finger. bam! Instant enlightenment.

I believe it’s honest to give proper credit for the idea.

Vocabulary matters, too. People will search the wildest things for hours and cba to look up unfamiliar words.

“Food security is more than having something to eat: It’s the comfort of knowing that by not having to worry about food, you can focus on your future,” she added.

I’m guessing the architects of the bill are fully aware of this and the bill acheives the actual goal. They want a desperate, schismed populace for a guaranteed supply of easily exploitable wage and chattel slaves.

Ultrawealthy do.

Does anyone know what poll is cited and where numbers can be found?

Yes. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendition_(law)

They’re doing it to get them extraordinarily renditioned.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Plcogp1zxao

Well it’s not done until it is, so we will have to see.

I’m simply saying homosexuality wasn’t much of an issue in much of Africa until missionaries kept pounding the idea. Obviously not having spent time there, I can’t know.

Is there nuance for Iranians? Russians?

Eta: Kurds? Syrians?