Ukraine regularly reports Russian casualties and destroyed equipment. The Russian casualty number ticked over 1M a few days ago. I’m guessing ‘casualty’ got lost in translation at some point and turned into ‘killed’. I do see people making this mistake a lot with casualties, which is both killed and wounded.

Iran has multiple enrichment sites, with a reported 83.7% pure U-235. Such purity is only needed for one thing, and it isn’t nuclear power plants which typically only need 3%-5% U-235.

It’s actually a specially made glass that is thin and flexible

The foldable screens scratch at a Mohs hardness level of 2. Glass doesn’t scratch until 6.

• Pixel Fold
• Galaxy ZFold 4

Advantages:

• The screen is protected when the phone is closed
• It allows for a larger screen while maintaining portability

Disadvantages:

• The screen is plastic, instead of glass. Meaning it is very easy to scratch
• The screen has a hump where the hinge is
• The hinge can get dirt in it, at which point you start developing lots of problems
• They are very expensive

I personally buy mid-budget phones, which means these aren’t even a consideration. But, I probably wouldn’t buy one even at the same price due to the plastic screens being very easy to scratch and a larger screen not having much value for me. But, really it’s up to you what you value in your phone.

You realize that the Soviets attempted to ally with the western allies before the Molotov-Ribbentrop was signed - only to be turned away, correct?

From your linked article: "The offer of a military force to help contain Hitler was made by a senior Soviet military delegation at a Kremlin meeting with senior British and French officers…The new documents, …show the vast numbers of infantry, artillery and airborne forces which Stalin’s generals said could be dispatched, if Polish objections to the Red Army crossing its territory could first be overcome.

It’s not surprising Poland didn’t want hordes of Soviet troops in their country in 1939. A worry proven very correct when the Soviet Union and Hitler invaded Poland mere months later.

What kind of liberal ahistorical knots are you twisting yourself into?

You don’t need to carry water for the Soviet Union. As stated above, it’s clear why people didn’t like the Soviet Union then and don’t like Russia now. Again, just look at the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2014 and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, again, in 2022 for some glaring examples of why people don’t like Russia.

The international response would be much stronger if Iran did something like that. Much like chemical weapons, actually employing such tools brings on unwanted responses.

Trump must not remember the USSR siding with Hitler at the start of the war, the Berlin Wall/Airlift, the Cold War, both invasions of Ukraine, the Battle of Khasham, or a hundred smaller things. Such a mystery.

Lots of updates, videos, and pictures in the article.

If you want a good source on defense matters, The War Zone knows their shit.

Why the hell would we need AI summaries of a wikipedia article? The top of the article is explicitly the summary of the rest of the article.

Nice!

Fuck yeah. Nice stable carbon-free power. Glad to see it!

No. But much like an erratic hobo with an unfolded knife, I have zero desire to allow them the ability to attack anybody.

The Baltics are part of NATO because they didn’t want to be part of the failed Soviet Union or the modern Russian Federation. And with Russia invading Ukraine, twice now, it isn’t very hard to see why.

Get fucked Russia.

As quoted from The Guardian:

At least eight states, including Florida and Tennessee, have now introduced … legislation to prohibit “geo-engineering” or “weather modification”

So, nothing to do with chemtrails and specifically addresses geo-engineering and weather modification. Cloud seeding is a thing and dispersing particulates to reflect sunlight has also been much discussed. These states simply don’t want it happening in their state.

Also note how not a single quote in AP’s article has ‘chemtrail’ in it. Not a single damn one. The quotes they do have of the legislation specifically refer to things:

…affecting the “temperature, weather, climate, or intensity of sunlight.”

This morning I walk into the office and she greets me with a “hey!” and huge smile

Your cute coworker is greeting you with a huge smile. Almost no matter the cause, she is brightened by your presence which is something you should default to being a good thing.

Go have lunch with her and enjoy your day. Don’t stress over stuff you can’t change.

Yeah, the bills specifically mention X, and The Guardian says ‘something completely different is fake, therefore you should shit on the bill’. It’s dishonest and makes people not trust The Guardian and the media in general.

Nice hits!

Golden Dome is a space-based system that intercepts ICBMs in their boost and mid-course phases. It’s a global missile defense system with or without the help of other countries.

Golden Dome is a space-based missile defense system that intercepts ICBMs in their boost or mid-course flight. Being space-based it works with or without the help of other countries. The inclusion of Canada is primarily to spread out costs as such a system could also intercept missiles going to any country, not just the US.