My “get to vote” obviously implies casting a ballot and having it count something

That’s golden 😂

The MAGA godfather isn’t serious about becoming president — that’s not the point. Instead, he’s told allies he wants to shape the debate and pressure Republican candidates to embrace an “America First” agenda — including a non-interventionist foreign policy, economic populism and opposition to Big Tech.

It reads to me like fake opposition like we see in most hollowed out democracies.

Do Americans really think they’ll get to vote again? Interesting.

I also noticed it, but it looks like in November and December was actually bigger. It will become smaller and smaller. Next full moon Perigee (shortest distance) will be on 24/12/2026 (source).

Solange der Artikel auf Deutsch ist und die Fakten direkt oder indirekt von internationalen Bedeutung sind (wie in diesem Fall), passt es mMn. Aber es gibt Mods dafür :)

Though Oreshnik stole the show

Putin trying to cope with being shown how things are done by his Trumpy buddy? The US stole the show in Iran and in Venezuela, making Russian struggles in Ukraine even more pathetic.

Perhaps Russia will be inclined to test that next, should Zelensky or the West continue their naughty provocations.

Nice fan-fiction text and Schadenfreude, it’s really sad.

Many called for Russia to strike Kiev with the Oreshnik as part of the retaliation

This really shows how disturbed some people are.

I don’t know why I did it to myself to read this biased mess of a website, but it was entertaining in its own way.

It will probably go on as all totalitarian regimes go: either a lot of blood and then hopefully freedom again, or Russia Reloaded. The pigs in charge for sure won’t leave anything willingly, you have to hang them by the feet (in a Mussolinian way I mean) if you want to break out of it… Any day spent whining and protesting peacefully is one day closer to the end of democracy and one day less they have to really fight. The moment democracy is being shit on is not on the next Election Day, it’s right now.

Yep, I also have a feeling they are singling out weak targets to appear strong, nationally and internationally: blackmail Ukraine, plan luxury resorts in Gaza, kill unarmed people unprovoked, kidnap the head of one of the weakest states on earth, threaten a starving country (Cuba), defund universities and humanitarian organizations.

They can be seen kneeling when Putin offers a shoe to polish and when they have to play the victim of hostile trade.

Sorry for going on a tangent. The frustration is real.

Dear Amis, it looks more and more likely that you will have to kill and get killed to come out of this fucked up situation you put yourselves and the world into. I’m just hoping Central Europe will be - for once - spared from the violence we will unfortunately see in the next decades, as there is where my lazy ass sits…

Thanks for the hint on pressing the shutter again if stopping too short with the stack.

I tried in-camera stacking several times in the last month and I find it actually works pretty well. As you say there is a lot of guesswork and I am only trying it on static subjects, but I find it pretty easy to use also handheld. When I find the time, I’d really like to deep dive in the parameters and all the technicalities of it.

I am only a bit frustrated that this community is barely alive :/ for this, thanks a second time for contributing on this topic!

Well, “plan to legislate” is something more of a hope lifeline than a true sign, I’m talking more of actual implementations, but I see your point.

Good, but it will be hard and slow after decades of lacking foresight. The fact that we stuck ourselves in this situation is crazy. I really hope Europe gets a big enough shock to start think again, but I’m not really seeing signs of it…

I’m concerned that anybody could think such spearheaded attacks could bring anything but chaos. I agree on Greenland, kidnapping a high value target with a flashy operation has nothing to do with conquest. Successful US dominance was based on diplomacy, imo Trump overrates military supremacy once deprived of diplomatic credibility.

How do I vote for you? Such compelling arguments!

I don’t think global order has ever really existed.

I wasn’t the only one looking for that paragraph 😁

Uuuuh that Acebeam affiliate link will probably cost me… that cyan K1 is calling me, but boy it’s expensive

I think he fears death a lot, which brings him to splatter his name everywhere he gets to. Many chances to piss on it for the next generations!

Not the Onion?