The paragraph is titled "Sounds Familiar" for crying out loud

Of course, the obligatory China mention. "Digital totalitarianism".

Why on LINKEDIN of all places!?!?

What am I supposed to be looking at? I couldn't find anything of the sort in the edit history. I did find this in the "Talk" page, however:

I looked up what this flag is about.

The flag bears the Arabic phrase, “Ya la-Tharat al-Hussein,” which can be translated in English as, “O ye avengers of Hussein.” As Muhammad’s grandson, Hussein is one of the most sacred figures of Shia Islam, in which he is the incarnation of justice. He was killed in the year 680 at the battle of Karbala, in present-day Iraq, by caliph Yazid’s troops.

This battle and Hussein’s martyrdom are the founding elements for Shia Islam, and mark a definitive schism with Sunni Islam. According to certain Iranian Shia traditions, “Ya la-Thara al-Hussein,” should be a rallying cry for believers upon the return of the Hidden Imam, the last of twelve imams recognized in Imamiyyah, the largest branch of Shia Islam.

Source: https://factcheck.afp.com/no-red-flag-revenge-was-not-raised-first-time-iran-mosque

It's flown regularly in the first month of the Islamic calendar. For Shia Muslims, it's a period of mourning dedicated to him. Outside of that, it's on moments like this, meant as a sort of rallying cry.

Wikipedia claims that "it also flown [sic] in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran whenever a milestone of casualties was reached", but I couldn't find sources for it elsewhere.

Pittsburgh is one of a few US cities I'm interested in visiting. I like cities with hills. Chongqing is like that too, and it's the first city I want to visit in China.

They seem to have replaced it with a mere photo of Warwick's shopping district now:

Edit: on the Wayback Machine, even the earliest snapshot uses this photo (6 hours after it was published). This screenshot might be fake, or it might be a still from an accompanying video. Can't check though, because even on the Wayback Machine the paywall persists...

Battle Network!!

(Haven't played it yet, but have played Star Force and get happy when I see anything Mega Man-related)

It's an isekai lol

It's VERY bright and colourful. It kinda looks like they made a Mario game with an engine used for anime games. They seem to continue the trend set by Wonder in making things very bold and expressive, now with cel shading.

And it's no longer constrained by the 3DS screen resolution, it's such a big improvement.

This new world seems to revolve around electrical stuff it seems. People made out of plugs and sockets and all that.

Anyway, glad that this series gets continued after the original developer shut down.

I have stumbled upon this website that I have never seen talked about, yet seems to have an extensive library with easy navigation: https://myrient.erista.me/

Is anyone familiar with it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Barks

Carl Barks (March 27, 1901 – August 25, 2000) was an American cartoonist, author, and painter. He is best known for his work in Disney comic books, as the writer and artist of the first Donald Duck stories and as the creator of Scrooge McDuck.

Looks a lot like MultiMC at first glance (it's a fork of it apparently). What are the differences, should I switch between the two?

Wouldn't that relatively low price be offset by Russian salaries being way lower than American ones? Even the median salary in Moscow, where the creator lives, is significantly lower. Recent figures on purchasing power in Russia only go back to 2022, where $1 is equivalent to approx. 30 rub. (source: OECD) That would make the "true" price of that wedge of cheese $6.67

My mother is Russian and has some contacts and family in Russia. She went to Saint Petersburg last year for personal matters. She often talks about how little the ruble is worth and things being more expensive. Is she exagerrating?