Having a pick me conservative female candidate reinforces all their values while co-opting more women through representation. In this respect having a female President could be way worse, think Erica Trump.

Yes, that is the fundamental flaw of identity politics.

I agree with your point and I think the reason it hasn’t happen has a lot to do with the extreme sexism the US has.

Yes, but in other countries they still get elected despite the sexism. I find it hard to believe that Americans hate women more than the people in struggling third world democracies do.

It’s wild how plenty of more conservative countries have had female presidents in the past.

Silicosis is a horrible way to go.

You could try finding out the international phonetic spelling and offering it to people. Teachers in particular should be fluent in it.

My name is [ˈjustəs] in it, for example.

The ”C” in “AI” stands for “competence”.

What access does the average Russian citizen have to unbiased and truthful reporting?

At some point you no longer need reporting. Direct observation and word of mouth becomes enough to paint the picture.

For those citizens with that knowledge, what actions can they take to organize some semblance of a resistance?

What they need to do is a general strike.

“Revolution, like Saturn, devours her children.”

I had their lawnmower and a vacuum and they were both pretty crappy.

Because HTML rules are the tools of the bourgeois. /s

I mean, have you ever worked on a Russian engine? They suck.

As a centrist, I say roast them all. Leave no oil infrastructure in Russia standing. Make Zelenskyy the new face of Just Stop Oil just for the heck of it.

As a centrist, I say roast them all. Leave no oil infrastructure in Russia standing. Make Zelenskyy the new face of Just Stop Oil just for the heck of it.

Quarterly reporting makes company leadership focus on short term gains over the long term health of the company, leading to frequent layoffs, selloffs and other actions that hurt both the employees and the economy as a whole.

“If you want peace, prepare for war” is literally a 2500 year-old sentiment. If you were a mugger, whom would you rob, a guy who walks around saying how he has no means to defend himself, or a guy who is armed to the teeth?

Some people, mostly jokingly, think that the timeline where Jeb Bush got elected president is the best timeline. JD Vance’s would be the worst.

Those vets telling the soldiers “You will be like me in 20 years” over and over should be pretty painful.

Fiber is like rail transport for the internet: expensive, high throughput infrastructure along a defined path. But when it’s already there, it’s very hard to beat.

Oh right, Musk stopped the discussion of proposed rail expansion with his Boring tunnels and Hyperloop, now he is doing the same thing to the internet.

He’s playing Durak, where if you are the last one left with cards in your hands, you are the titular Fool the game is named after.

Citizenship does exist under tyranny, but instead of having rights, you get duties.

I remember that one getting tested in my hometown.