I don't love it either, but I'm not sure how you tell a man that he should let his only surviving son rot in prison to respect norms, institutions, and the rule of law, when the country you devoted your life to serving just pretty comprehensively voted they don't give a shit about any of that.

I would prefer it if right-wing populism could cease being on the rise

I wasn’t a Westerner when the Iron Curtain fell. I was an EEuropean high schooler exhilarated by the winds of change. Now as a middle-aged Westerner, I see Ukrainians, Georgians (and others) strive for freedom while assorted Westerners scoff and wonder whether they looked down on my 1989 self too.

Morons online wetting their pants over Ukraine defending themselves and screaming WW3 at every turn...

Hours after the ATACMS World War broke out, humanity learned that Russia’s nuclear winter looked a lot like an ordinary damp day

For someone who came to adulthood in the early 1980's, I have to tell you it's been really, really strange seeing the German Greens turn into among the staunchest supporters of resisting Russian imperialism in today's Europe.

BlueSky could just rebrand itself as “Twitter”, I mean it is an unused brand name, right?

Amazing

www.status.news/p/the-onion-...

What the Dems offered America was undemocratic too. It wasn’t anti institutional, like Trumpism. But it was shallow on vision for the country, on communication, on engaging with what voters feel, on competitive candidates. When you serve voters a poor meal, they smash the plate.