They might not even be in the top 5 Middle Eastern states for bad treatment of women. American ally Saudi has got to be 1, and most of the Gulf is next.

I mean, they’re theocratic authoritarian shitbirds, don’t get me wrong, but the main reason they’re singled out has nothing to do with that.

Fun fact, as of last I checked the Russian interest rate was 19% and rising. This will not help.

Even before AIs, essays seemed meaningless to me. I wasn’t sure if they were, or I just didn’t get it, but the former is looking more likely now.

Yup. Guess who’s the most likely to write comments like this one I’m typing, that eventually get shoveled into an AI?

Me too. And hopefully they can enjoy that freedom without getting bombed, trapped or starved.

So what’s this banking package thing he’s talking about?

You know, if you look at actual subsistence farmers, I never get a cottagecore vibe. They can and do use modern bits and pieces to make their work a little less back-breaking, as they can scavenge or occasionally buy them. A pole lathe is less aesthetic when it’s powered by a cut-off bungie cord.

And also just buy things that are nice for ordinary people. In the West we don’t feel it, but in a place like Africa the inability to produce anything high-tech themselves hurts.

Hmm, are they finally hiring internationally? Americans are historically funny about that.

The first part is projection, the second part is ethnically misaimed, considering who I am.

It does, which makes this part curious:

But these new thrusters are capable of being powered by any metal that can burn, such as iron, aluminum or copper,” Dr. Kim explained.

Maybe they’re using an initial chemical burn to get the propellant in plasma form? Or maybe it has something to do with avoiding buildup on internal surfaces?

Don’t forget the moon! It’s a perfect location to build a lot of spacecraft, being right there but also most of the way out of our gravity well. It doesn’t have much in the way of volatiles, unfortunately, but it has plenty of metals.

The startup’s website. It’s a little light on details, unfortunately, but there’s a lot of big name partners.

Well that makes all the other stuff okay then. The Foreign Ministry has me convinced. /s

I can only imagine how fucked gender relations would have to already be for this to be a normal thing to consider doing publicly.

Honestly, considering the whole “land invasion of Lebanon” thing, I’d even say it was gentle.

Wait, you earn more to not commute?

If I ever was in a room with him, I’d ask if he thinks there’s ever a situation where a comedian should have priorities beyond getting a laugh. He seems to operate on the assumption it’s a no, and I want to hear him openly say that, or else have the opportunity to call him out.

Hmm, I wonder how often it would generate a false positive and force someone to reword something innocuous. My guess is that it would be relatively rare.

Dope. Put garbage language where it belongs.

Oof ouch my Lynx.

Oh well, there’s always DDG and friends.

I mean, given that it’s all speculation that’s not really a mistake. I just thought it might be good to mention.