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Yes all Republicans should do that. It makes you STRONK!

If it's too much chaos for you, you need to buy a bunch of crystals, and place them in strategic places on your body, and let the crazy flow through you.
This way you adapt to your surroundings, and everything will make sense without even thinking about it. And you definitely don't want to read scientific papers, they will just confuse you.

Hallelujah to the brave new world.

The numbers are 3 weeks old, but they are still good. 😋

AFAIK it's not uncommon for a small upstart company for instance, to rely on friends, because friendship helps working together.
I know it can smell a bit like nepotism, and we know that's bad.
But there are actual good reasons people prefer to work with people they know. So I think it will be just fine, as long as you are not fighting over the same girl. And as long as you are not trying to exploit the friendship to gain advantages at work.

The headline is untrue. That's just propaganda for the Russian people. The truth comes a bit down the article:

The war in Ukraine has become existential for the Kremlin.

Problem for Putin is he can't admit defeat, because it will probably mean the end for him.
There is no way the Russian administration can still think they can wear Europe down.
They thought so initially with the gas, limiting supplies to show Europe the consequences of helping Ukraine.
Now it's pretty obvious that Russia was depending way more on European money than we were dependent on Russian gas.
The cost for Europe aiding Ukraine is peanuts compared to the resources we are allocating to build stronger military force in Europe now.
Russia is practically broke already, and the government is essentially cannibalizing everything they can. so they have very few resources to build their economy, and no good options to borrow. Every major branch of the Russian economy is running at deficits. The government, banks/finance, the entire energy sector, Weapons industry. Agricultural production is failing, and industries in general are wearing down, because they can't afford to invest, because profits are low and interests are high. The government can't afford to maintain infrastructure, so literally almost everything is being worn down now because of the war.
There will also be very little help from outside. So the Russian economy will suck for a really long time after the war, and it will probably take more than 2 decades just to get back to where they were before the war. And EU has decided to continue boycotts even after the war.

There is no way the Russian administration and Putin don't know these things, and they also know that the countries that support Ukraine have nowhere near similar problems, and Ukraine too is doing way better than Russia. With lower inflation and interest rates, better government finances, and industries that actually make money.

Russians have only recently begun to feel the effect of the war on their dinner tables, but the harvest this year is predicted to be way below average for many reasons like using lower quality seeds, worker shortages, and poorly functioning infrastructure.
So Russians can look forward to wildly increased food prices, in part due to inflation, and in part due to failing harvest.

Russians are said to have high capacity for suffering, and they are going to need that.

So really? How likely is it that Russia truly still is on a "break Ukraine and exhaust the west strategy"?
Isn't it more likely just propaganda? And the administration just doesn't know what else to do to survive a little longer.

No they don't, their voting clearly shows the opposite.

Cards like Radeon 8GB RX 480 and Nvidia 6GB GTX 1060 were around $250 and were excellent lower midrange cards 8 years ago.
A lower midrange card like the Radeon 16GB RX 9060 is around $380. (Based on price today in Denmark)
So an increase of 50% in 8 years. Not nearly as bad as it has been in several periods in between, when for instance the modest RX 580 was above $500 due to mining, and midrange cards were essentially dead.

But the main problem is that a card like the 16GB RX 9060 is basically the entry point today, there are no good value options below that AFAIK.

Edit:
I was informed about the 12GB Intel Arc B580, which is both cheaper and better than the 8GB Radeon RX 9600 XT.
With the RX 9600 XT be SURE you get the 16 GB version.

I'm not saying Trump isn't awful, and things aren't bad. I also clearly state democracy in USA isn't safe yet.
But Trump is failing more than he is succeeding.

I am not American, but I really hope they will work to improve democracy. The concept of a president controlling the entire administration is both awful and not representative of the population. A democracy that result in a 2 party system is only barely a democracy.

No it's not easy, and it's become steadily worse for half a century now. Rights are not given, they are fought for. And American rarely fight, but accept corporate offers, and fail to unionize over and over again. I'm not blaming you, I know USA is split, but when opportunities arise, American workers fail to grab them.
The problem of course starts with the fact that USA is a dysfunctional democracy. And again nothing has been done for half a century to change that.
The Democrats are better than the Republitards, but they are still part of the problem.
Grassroots need to be build to power. Maybe No Kings could be part of that?
Anyhow USA lost about half a century of progress, so now the hill is steep. Employers have taken power. But there is still power of the masses, if only enough Americans decide to fight back.

As long as Americans don't unionize, and can't even prevent a president Trump, it's acceptance of the status quo as a society.
I do not mean it on an individual basis. I couldn't care less whether you as an individual accepts it or not, if you haven't tried to join others that want change, you have essentially accepted it.
Accepting it, doesn't mean you can't be unhappy about it. Acceptance is all about the actions you take to help change.

Says the guy where every day can be a day off if he chooses it to be.
Remember when he said after Obama had been golfing, that when he became president, he wouldn't have time to go golfing. And then as president he golfed more in a month than Obama did his entire 8 year presidency!

Anyone who trusts Trump on anything he says is a moron. Most European countries have twice the non working holidays USA has, and typically 5 weeks paid holiday. In USA all the privileges are to the employer, and the stupid Americans accept it? 🤦‍♀️

It was beautiful to see how everybody were bored out of their mind. Nobody enjoyed being there. 🤣

He is probably trying just that, because it's common knowledge that a war normally has the effect that people back the current president/administration while fighting an exterior enemy.
Problem for Trump is, that he can't find a war to fight that is plausibly legitimate. Only a small minority is buying it with Iran, and he doesn't have any other options.

You are right, it has not collapsed yes, but it is collapsing. And I don't think it's possible now for him to finish it. Things looked much worse a month ago.

Trumps attempt at creating a fascist dictator regime is collapsing.

1. The Military parade clearly showed he doesn't have the backup of the military.
2. People are beginning to mass protest, and the no kings protests were way more successful than the parade.
3. Republican politicians are becoming more reluctant in their support.
4. Courts are often judging against him.
5. When Trump ups the ante resistance increases.

That means Trump doesn't really control any part of the nation the way a dictator is supposed to, and his attempts to achieve it are failing.
Obviously the flawed democracy of USA is not safe yet, but if the trend continues, there is hope USA may get through this eventually.

Spoken like a true sociopath.

reached an altitude of 890 feet

300 meters.

The efficiency of this is amazing, instead of actually sending it up, and waiting for it to blow up, they have figured out how to blow it up on the ground BEFORE launch. This is the kind of efficiency we need in government programs.

😀 👍

I am ABSOLUTELY not praising SpaceX, I'm just using them as an example of how scale makes all the difference at least for some of the components. And being able to launch a small rocket is evidence they can launch a big one too.