The USSR wasn’t perfect and there were some mistakes that they have done, such as supporting Israel early on. But one lasting good thing it did was help People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen) develop their missile program. We are seeing the lasting legacies of this now.

An interesting source on this: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP06T00412R000200350001-0.pdf

So plagiarism?

It is really nice to see an alternative to US corporate tech making inroads. But to get the numbers even higher the US needs to ban the Chinese and Russians from using Windows and I hope they do.

GCC states get demonized for the treatment of migrant workers and a lot of it is justified. But at least all of them are moving to have heat protection laws in place!

https://www.newarab.com/news/qatar-takes-action-protect-workers-extreme-heat

The network effect is compounded by all the other applications that interop with Lemmy, ActivityPub apps sure but more so KBin and MBin and others that provide a similar service to Lemmy.

How hard can it be to fix?

The solution has always been better cities and better mass transit. EVs are a distraction.

This is good news for everyone else

Rest in power

You are just anti-Palestine. Because I have seen Western outlets do the same in support of Ukraine and Ukrainians and no one called them biased.

You don’t know Mondoweiss

As the proud owner of a G4 Cube I agree with OP

I hate this evil empire

They are, but we really don’t care what 15% of the world thinks.

You can’t print a supply chain out of thin air. These things take time, if you start now you may be ready in 10 years.

It’s a speculative asset, based on the bigger fool theory. You need to sell it for real money to pay your taxes.

Destroying the environment and not even for real money

Apple now is extracting maximum value from its most loyal customers.

Their international selection is small, if you primarily listen to English songs and podcasts it will not be sufficient. I think they still offer a free trial.

Anghami is $2.99 per month or $24.99 per year. It is the only subscription service I use and I’m happy with it. $10.99 per month is excessive.