They count if you eat soup first.

Maybe not so unfortunate. This one was built a long time ago ...

Not ours. I really hope they walked away from it. Didn't look good.

Dons straightman jacket. How do you know?

Disconnected from reliable information about reality, supporters can continue to believe that nonsense strategies are working even as hardships become severe, I fear.

How immune from reality are we in our little media bubbles?

We may hope, but it's a big assumption that people will make the connection. The connection is real, but it's not hard to pretend or imagine that it isn't.

Convenience is such a huge factor – I'll eat whatever other people are having. The culture fight seems pointless, but just having more, better, inexpensive, and convenient options is key. Tasty, easy recipes go a long way.

Yeah, I've been having this doubt about the use of "late" for a while, so thank you for putting very clearly something that I hadn't seen articulated elsewhere.

Agree entirely with your assessment of the left's progress. It's not a dead project, and we should nurture our successes, but ... ooof.

The implication that we're near the end seems naive. I don't think the left has experienced enough success for that to be a plausible default assumption. Signs are that collapse will be at least as capitalist as growth was.

This is a must-read about how much the USA was willing to bend over backwards to defend German corporate interests during and after the war if it meant defending Wall Street's interests.

Also Instagram's down. But not WhatsApp. Interesting.

Thanks ... I was wondering why I got booted off and couldn't reset pw.

But mostly using a browser that isn't developed by an ad company (Google) is a great way to support an open web.