The issue in the US is that it IS against your political interests to vote for anyone but the least bad option.

The first past the post system simply doesn’t allow for a diverse political landscape.

'murica, fuck yeah!

Let me guess: Field research to (in)validate his belief is out of the question?

I’m not really deep into WordPress, but that Mullenweg guy seems to have a couple conflicts of interest.

How so? I haven’t really kept up with 4B, so this is a genuine question.

Not all batteries in the world have to be made of lithium. Depending on the use case other materials cab be even superior.

Unless you’re ready to fill the country with a thousand battery farms,

Oh I am totally ready to do that. A third of these batteries will be actually farms, a third will be sitting stationary in everybodies cellars and sheds and the other half will be rolling on the streets in form of electric vehicles.

Top off your own batteries and EV with surpluses during excess production and drain them during dry situations. Most people seem to forget that EVs can work both ways.

Russia also has one of the largest reserves of uranium in Eurasia as well, only behind Kazakhstan.

Also Germany would only trade one teat for another. Energy indepences is only possible by using renewables.

Lastly every energy corporation has said they won’t touch nuclear with a twelve feet pole because it is too expensive and there is no insurance agency willing to back them up.

The nuclear horse IS dead.

OK, let’s trade then. Mine are often cold despite the blanket/bed sheet.

Ok, right continent, wrong coast. Close enough.

More info for people like me.

Hold my bacon, one can patent the idea that a game character switches mounts depending on a given state? (Image 3)

Who puts a blanket on their legs but not their feet? Also, wearing slippers on the couch? If your feet are cold, put them under your blanket and get those dirty soles off the furniture!

Kids these days …

after this election that I have an unexpectedly pressing need to wave large obnoxious flags

I might be ignorant here, but was this a submission for the Maine state flag referendum?

SPRICH

That’s when they change something.

Laws that demand violence to be used in proportion with the danger posed by the individual(s) and damage caused?

Proper checks and balances to enforce said laws?

Remember: It’s not illegal if the President does it! /s

Yes, but there is a quite a gap between ordering tanks and equipment and receiving said order.

South Korean armouries might have to start working overtime soon.

The “Ready Player One” approach might also help.

I have no English sources on hand, but there have been multiple parcels found across Europe that contained firebombs. In one case, the bomb didn’t go off mid-flight because the flight was delayed.

The heads of German intelligence agencies had their annual public hearing recently, making it very clear that Russia considers Germany an enemy. As far as I can tell, the response by our senior political figures has been deafening silence and inaction.

So Putin is not stupid at all. He is just counting on the continued indecisiveness of most western leaders.