Though to be fair current events have Europe looking to decouple from the US to an extent that would have been unthinkable a decade ago.
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Though to be fair current events have Europe looking to decouple from the US to an extent that would have been unthinkable a decade ago.
I mean global federalism is in theory something people would want. In practice we should look to the EU for how that might turn out.
However, if the US continues on as is, no matter the downsides in theory, people may accept it in practice.
I do think that's untrue, the big powers don't want it; but like the EU, most people would be fine with it IN THEORY. The problem of course is, like the EU, what happens when theory becomes practice.
Then again, current trends suggest the EU could become practical theory very fast.
It seems like it all very much depends on a - from what I can tell - misuse of US forces. I don't know if this is a Hesgeth problem, but it seems US readiness levels are not what they were even two years ago!
She is a welcome addition to the franchise. I've been calling her "Ashley with a Boomstick" personally!
In 17th Century England during the Civil Wars and Protectorate, Parliament became so fed up with having to try and decode Royalist conspiracies in letters that they simply banned cryptography with anyone found to be in possession of a cipher assumed to be a spy. The penalty was death!
It is true that there's nothing like the spectacle of even Low Churcn Anglicanism or Lutheranism in most Evangelical churches (by design really) which means their physical cachet on culture is far less impactful. The ghost of Pope Paul III is laughing maniacally at their austerity.
Turns out when the elite have to treat the labor market fairly because they can't abuse workers for fear of poverty that makes them mad.
The 2020s have (by the standards of the last 30 years) been uniquely violent, with the most state vs state warfare since the end of the Cold War, uniquely undercutting the seeming trajectory towards a more peaceful world. This was not inevitable.
It's always baffling/funny to me reading about rulers in history who decide to save money by not paying their soldiers. It's as though armed men suddenly without pay will spontaneously decide "yeah that's fair" and not decide to extract that money in the most violent way possible!
I loved the Last Policeman trilogy so consider this a great recommendation 😊
This is great. Reminded me strongly of Ben Winters' Last Policeman trilogy, which I loved. The same pervasive sense of a principled or disciplined despair that somehow becomes a sustaining integrity, a flashlight - for what it's worth - in the void. Hideous creatures and lovely sentences too!
Solid dig.
I've even said on the other place that I'd prefer a new series with the same premise and new talent.
One of my favorite things about the US Civil War is how despite fighting on their own soil a lack of good maps was a recurring problem for both sides.
It's also darkly hilarious that Europe learned twice in the span of a century that mass mobilization is the way wars need to be fought partially thanks to Napoleon (and his nephew).
This is akin to someone asking Ho Chi Minh if he's afraid of a US ground invasion of North Vietnam and Minh's eyes lighting up because nothing could be worse for the US.
Resident Evil 9 does feel like a logical end point in the current series chronology. I mean obviously I want more obviously, but there's some good stuff for ending it here. Especially for my boy Leon.
Since the industry is horrendously exploitative to women these are unsurprising numbers. However, a cynical effort to criminalize it by politicians is never about helping women.
Turtledove the airship pilot sounds like an alternate history.
Yes this is a sub critique of anyone who calls Starship Troopers "fascist" when it isn't.
As a science fiction reader (good trashy military science fiction too) perhaps the worst critique I can come across is when people simply assume "military good" style writing equates to praising fascism. Yes some military scifi has problems, most does not come close to advocating fascism.
I'm told that this kind of LLM assisted search is very useful (and can see the real use case) but the problem comes when people don't actually double check or follow up on answers provided which leads to massive problems with accuracy and gives the "LLMs are useless" arguments teeth.
Tradwifes are out, tradewives are in. go run that merchant vessel, outfox those Portugese and discover the spices of the indies
for more about the people seeking to bring about the end of the world who happen to hold the reins of power at the moment, check the book out:
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How I arrived on Bluesky:
And yes, trying to spark a regional Kurdish resistance would tick off both allied and hostile nations including NATO member Turkey who have been trying to disarm and defang Kurdish groups.
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The Kurds are not a monolith, but it is disgraceful that Trump is trying to get them to fight for him after betraying every other Kurdish faction in the region. It's a clearly cynical effort to avoid putting boots on the ground that would drag the war across the region.
Also, this view of an anti "Marxist" Robin Hood only exists because for some reason the idea of him stealing from the rich to give to the poor made Ayn Rand lose sleep or something.
It's impressive how tortured this metaphor is. It's also a really dumb way to try and compare cultural similarities between the UK and Canada.
