Trump wants them to stop fighting and allow the US to start digging for Ukrainian minerals. The Russians keep winning in clear defiance of this goal.

Americans don’t know that there’s a world outside of the US. They genuinely believe that the world will cease to function without them.

Chinese Spy submarine.

I’ve been playing the communist birds in Stellaris. I haven’t played in a few years, and a big new patch is coming soon. I had a hankering for a 4X game, and figured it would be a good time to play a game. The patch will probably take a while to stabilise, and I also wanted to see what had happened to the game in the last couple of years before the rework. I’ve also been dabbling a bit with The Pale Beyond and SpaceVenture. I’m not that far in SpaceVenture yet, but it seems like a solid rebirth of Space Quest. The Pale Beyond is like a choose your own adventure version of The Terror Season 1. I’m also not too far in that one, but I can see it getting really bleak really fast. I like it so far.

I liked the Nintendo Direct. The hardware seems solid, if entirely too big. It’ll probably just sit plugged into my TV though, like my Switch, so it’s not the worst thing in the world. And I have some excitement about maybe getting to play Bayonetta 3 at full speed. I’m surprised that the only big 1st party launch title seems to be Mario Kart World though. I’ll probably pick that up, and maybe the upgrade pack for Tears of the Kingdom, which I still haven’t finished. I’m less than pleased about paid upgrades and the pricing in general, but I’ll live with it.

I’m honestly not sure what you’re trying to imply in the first paragraph. Russia shouldn’t have mobilised their troops before attacking? They shouldn’t have given Zelensky one last try to make things right? 8 years was too short of a time for negotiations? Zelensky needed to go to war so he could look tough? WTF?

The second paragraph is more clear, but just seems to be liberal talking points. Which is fair, because I posted liberal sources, but the primary complaint seems to be that liberals don’t support the Russian SMO, so I shouldn’t? The war crimes thing is just fluff based on liberal propaganda. I still support the US’ entry into World War 2. Despite them being most enthusiastic committer of war crimes on the planet, committing the most horrifying attack on civilians in human history.

In regards to one of his slaves who refused to work, and was whipped for it:

“Your treatment of Charlotte was very proper—and if she, or any other—of the Servants will not do their duty by fair means—or are impertinent, correction (as the only alternative) must be administered.”

– George Washington, slave owner and racist.

First of all, congratulations on opening your eyes and being willing to listen. That’s not a small step. Please start with cfgaussian’s post, as it’s comprehensive and detailed. But I like to keep these two links handy for my liberal friends who call anything written by non-western people propaganda. They both basically say the same thing, but the first is more historical, and the second is more geopolitical. The second one is written by a former assistant secretary general of the UN who “escaped” the USSR.

https://archive.is/20250319094957/https://thehill.com/opinion/5198022-ukraine-conflict-disinformation/

https://www.meer.com/en/74782-will-the-ukraine-war-be-the-undoing-for-the-european-union

Personally, I’m entirely on board with the Russian “invasion”, and my support for it is uncritical. The war should never have happened, but now that it’s here, Russia needs to see it through to the end. They were left with no other choice.

That was the line that irritated me the most too. Imagine travelling halfway around the world to kill people who don’t share your values. Assholes.

Is “The Hill” going to be labelled as a Russian asset now? The article does indeed contain a shocking amount of truth, and completely contradicts the western narrative for the last 3 years.

Fair enough. I know enough of the history to recognise that the details were a bit off. But it was close enough to the truth I didn’t think it was worth quibbling about.

I lost family to the American Holocaust.

Nothing in that disclaims the meme. It’s actually worse.

“At the federal level, there really was no reason to pay soldiers bounties for killing Indians. That was their job.”

When has the US EVER been a democracy?

At it’s conception through the 19th century, they were exterminating my people, and black people were seen as more useful subhumans, so they were kept alive. Women of course were just there to make babies.

Near the end of the 19th century, black men fought hard, and gained the right to vote for the oppressor of their choice. They were still killed if they dared to do so though.

White women gained the right to choose their oppressor in the early 20th century. In the words of Susan B Anthony:

“I will cut off this right arm of mine before I will ever work or demand the ballot for the Negro and not the woman.”

Today, things haven’t changed much. We have the right to vote now, so long as the police haven’t trumped up an excuse to arrest us. Murdering our women is still rampant. The last election saw the choice between Donald Trump (need I say more?), and a rich black oligarch who campaigned heavily on genocide. Americans like to forget the genocide was the basis for “their country”. We want our land back. We want an end to your “democracy”. It’s nothing but genocide wrapped in lies.

The United Fruit Company and East India Company?

You said instead. Instead of what?

They seem principled! Where are you coming from?

I’ve been on xiao Hong Shu. That’s exactly what happened. I was devastated.

It was a tip I got from a woman at the bar who spotted them immediately. It was very helpful when I was still in the early phases. When I came out though, I burned the damned thing.

You know, that’s honestly not a far cry from my situation when I started. I’m long since moved out, but I had similar reactions from my parents. I also had no plan whatsoever. I just jumped in, and figured that I would figure it out later. I got lucky in that the pandemic hit shortly after, so I could just metamorphosis in peace.

But it still got to the point when I couldn’t hide it anymore. I just decided to go all in. Conversations with my family were mixed. Some of them are very supportive, but most others are luke warm at best. But you know what? I never lost a single friend. And things did eventually calm down with the family.

Just remember that you have still have plenty of time to figure out what you’re doing. And by the time anyone realises what you’ve done, it will be too late to stop you anyway. But buy yourself a sports bra! You will need one to conceal your boobs when they start growing. They grow quickly.

It’s because they removed the bit in their core promises about not selling your user data. They apparently sell generalised user trends, but not data for individual users. Legal was concerned that this would count as selling user data, which prompted the removal.

I understand and acknowledge the complaint, but personally I’m sticking with Firefox. I don’t like the removal of that phrase much, but everyone is already tracking me. Without Mozilla, there would only be Chrome. But I will be watching this situation closely to see if things worsen.