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We're only one border removed via Alaska (which might as well be Russia if things keep going this way). And with the arctic ice melting, Russian warships & subs could directly threaten our north and west coasts.

Uh... how about neither then? False dilemma argument.

Exactly -- the threat of tariffs -- and annexation! -- must not only stop, but be refuted forever by a new treaty, signed by the US. Promising both will stop, for good, is the only remedy now.

Too late now, but if every US child had been required to visit a death camp and take a semester of WWII history (actual version, not some Texas-schoolbook division approved, neutered/revisionist one) maybe we wouldn't be here today.

Can someone make a filter that auto-converts x.com links to xcancel.com? No need to give the fascist grand vizier extra clicks. (Scary map BTW - BC, AB, SK each split into north and south states?)

Dunno about docker setup, but I mirror github repos I worry may disappear automatically using my self-hosted gogs instance. (Gitea/Forgejo likely also can do it). It's point-and-click, you just specify the github URL and check a box "this is a mirror".

Hey don't forget to look for the maple leaf on those products too!

Or, you know... just slide us Canucks right into the EU, if you please. ASAP.

I think AI is generating negative value ... the huge power usage is akin to speculative blockchain currencies. Barring some biochemistry and other very, very specialized uses it hasn't given anything other than, as you've said, plain-language search (with bonus hallucination bullshit, yay!)
... snake oil, indeed.

It's not senseless and it's not capitulation, it's collaboration and it makes perfect sense to him, since he is doing it intentionally. Krasnov is a traitor to the USA and the entire Western world.

Vivaldi on Linux and Windows is still good in my experience, and so far uBlock Origin for manifest v2 still works. I hope they keep v2 support forever, forking completely if they must.

If I recall correctly, Trump had his hand on no book at all during his vows this inauguration. (Too lazy tp find the pic). Isn't that legally significant? Not that anything at all seems to matter in that respect anymore...

Wait, so you're blaming NATO for the current situation? Oh boy. I'm done here.

I know how dangerous it sounds. But every time Russia moves the line,the rest of the world is supposed to fall back? Moving arms into NATO countries sends a message, but it isn't starting a war. Putin's the one who actually invaded another country. Merely reinforcing defences is NOT starting the war. He started it and doesn't want to die in a nuclear war any more than we do. So he'd complain bitterly but wouldn't DARE make a move against it. Why hasn't he already just nuked Ukraine (even 'just a few' tactical nukes?) if he believed he could ever survive doing so?

OK, but regardless of who supplies them, if Ukraine had a few under their own control, for better or worse it would give them a deterrent they never should have been swindled into letting go of. Sucks, but it seems any nation that doesn't have nukes is at an extreme disadvantage in defending its sovereignty.

Agreed. Every NATO nation in Europe (and Canada, which aint so far across the Bering Strait) should be commandeering auto and steel production etc. to build defense gear pronto. We cannot assume the US will assist at all when Russia makes its next move.

..and for those on Linux there is 'DeGouru', a tool for de-DRMing internet archive books that are lending-restricted.

A bit annoying in that it is somewhat sensitive to the Python version one has installed but there are ways to manage that which I am not qualified to advise on.

Give Ukraine back some nukes under their own control.

Neat, will try it out.

Has anyone written an android desktop search widget for it? A quick search only foumd one veeery old experimental project.

So kick US out of NATO. They can re-apply once they're done with fascism.

Europe needs to tell the US to f-off and call the bluff, just invite themselves with Ukraine under their wing to their own peace-talk, and let Putin know the time and place... if Putin or his negotiators won't show up (which is likely), then Russia obviously isn't serious about peace so start ramping up the equipment and troop shipments to protect the front lines.

Ukraine should 110% reject ANY proposal to give the US or another foreign power 'carte blanche' deals for some slice of its resources in exchange for assistance; Europe needs to defend them for their own sake.