So the zoo loses 2 red pandas in a couple days and instead of investigating the conditions of their care, they blame it on the public being loud?

There are easy ways to protect your pets from fireworks noise so this stinks of scapegoating for their own terrible care.

When Indians want to chat online, I don’t think they’ll speak English with other Indians.

American culture has and likely always will dominate any general audience English speaking online community. It’s just a matter of population.

I never missed a US instance because LW is so US focused I assumed it was the main one.

We don’t need a US instance, we need more users to support active local communities.

You can’t give away free software as open source and then start demanding royalties. Fuck Matt Mullenweg.

Haven’t seen a lot of ATGM use since the early days of the war. I assume that’s because Russia has mostly abandoned armored assaults.

A great place for LGBT barristers to work… on helping the Saudis cover up their human rights abuses of LGBT people.

Cool how the second drop caused a SAM to self-launch.

All “I am Satoshi” statements are bullshit unless proved by them by spending a satoshi from Satoshi’s wallet.

It’s like someone claiming they’re a millionaire but shows excuses not bank statements.

Wishful thinking

Sure the economy is bad, but you seriously don’t think they’ll keep spending on the military?

No I think the article is making a pretty reasonable assumption that if Russia does not collapse, they will rebuild their army to the level they have historically maintained it.

You’re basically saying “no way they don’t collapse” but that seems a pretty large speculative leap.

I think that was pretty clear when they unilaterally proclaimed a Jewish ethnostate in a land full of Muslims.

Sorry, these humanitarian activities interfere with our Final Solution for the Palestinians.

USA sponsoring an attack on an ally is a pretty big leap of logic.

I’m just guessing they had help, and that Russia is the most likely benefactor in order to hurt Turkey for helping Ukraine.

No grand conspiracy, just ordinary realpolitik.

So Iran wouldn’t help them, and no clear motive for Israel, which leaves Russia as the most likely state sponsor.

From Wiki:

As of 2024, Russia is still not among the states that list PKK as a terrorist group despite intense Turkish pressure.

Right so my understanding is something like fishhooks would be illegal because they’re shaped to maximize suffering, but these would be fine.

He confessed and was convicted but fled punishment.

A cash settlement 50 years later is the only justice available to the victim.

It’s disgusting how many famous actors continue to defend this man who raped a child.

Was it Russia, Israel or Iran?