For anyone who’s been following along, Russia should have been able to take Avdivka over a year ago. For it to have taken this long really says everything. If this is a “turning point” in the war, there is still quite a lot of room for optimism.

Those countries can’t swing Florida election results

Yes, the vague equivalent would be for the Native Americans to reclaim the United States via superior force ~1800 years from now.

It would put Israel “on the back foot” in regards to the conflict. Israel would be tied up negotiating for hostage release which is exactly where Hamas wants them. It stops being a question of who is winning a battle and turns it into “how much is Israel willing to sacrifice”.

“European settlers” in the sense that they hadn’t been in Israel since the Romans kicked them out in '65 for causing too much trouble with all their messiahs and religious zealotry.

There’s a whole conspiracy regarding Covid that RFK Jr. is blathering about. Supposedly this data breach targeted Jews and Chinese folks. I’m assuming that it’s related in some way, but it’s not clear how.

They settle out all of the heavier radioactive elements. They then dilute the remaining heavy water with additional water to drive the level of tritium to an acceptable level. It is then dumped into the ocean and rapidly mixes with the surrounding seawater. If you were to look at a map of ocean currents you’d see generally where it would go from there, but it doesn’t really matter because tritium isn’t really a significant concern. If they were dumping significant quantities of cobalt 60 you should care more, but they aren’t, so you shouldn’t.

The radioactive component is mostly tritium. As long as they get almost all of the heavy radioactive elements, the hydrogen isotopes are basically harmless in the quantities we’re talking about here. The ocean is a very, very big place.

Competency tests for everyone!

“These are librul questions! The test is BIASED! The hollowcost is a lie! Ain’t no Jews get killed in WWII!”

I think you know what he meant, or are you claiming that the “someone” was part of a secret US military program and died in action?

Ah, but this is on a different scale than in countries without a free press. The press in the US is free to ignore the government’s information or to run a counter message. This happens every hour of every day.

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Where? What media outlet? Give a specific example.

Show me an example of US state authored or propagated propaganda. How many people does the US have that are employed by the state to manipulate public opinion online?

I do not know why they do not import more food

Food costs money and they’ve chosen to spend what money they have elsewhere. It is a matter of priorities. It’s ok, they don’t have to worry about being voted out of office over failing the public.

US uses far more energy per capita than most countries

Incorrect (for a while now). Did you follow the link in my message?

Good luck squeezing blood from that stone.

One thing I find interesting about the fediverse is that it is so empty that you can occasionally see honest-to-God pro-NK propaganda. NK lost a quarter of a million people to starvation in the 1990’s and are on a fast track to repeat the past. So glad you have access to the internet. Good for you.

Of all the countries burning fossil fuels, why does the US get singled out for reparations other than it’s a popular punching bag and the “face” of western capitalism? It’s not like the US is sitting on stacks of cash. Quite the opposite…

https://www.unep.org/explore-topics/climate-action/what-we-do/climate-action-note/state-of-climate.html