1. The Russian election was a joke and you know it.
2. Russia is currently not being invaded so there is no reason to cancel elections there.
3. Canceling elections does generally not align with "western" democratic values.

All citizens can do it. Once.

How is that ironic to anyone who finished primary school? This is literally the case for every people except possibly a couple of tribes in Africa.

What the actual fuck. This is terrible!

Pretty much every damn scientist nowadays, no matter their subject, seems to be a climate alarmist. I wonder what that could mean!

The only reasonable conclusion is a conspiracy, of course.

It turns into a CSV where the C stands for character.

The medieval camera you used for the photo makes it feel really authentic!

If only there were some way to download the image file and upload it in its original form! I guess humanity hasn't come that far just yet.

The need for directions kind of imply being in an unfamiliar place. It is also entirely possible that you were not there to note where the sun rose. Sure, you could observe the sun for a while to see its direction before asking for directions. That is, however, fucking idiotic.

Well, obviously!

Nobuntu

I actually bought the Pixel 7A just a couple of weeks before the FP5 was announced. This was dumb but my old FP3+ was simply unusable so I really needed a replacement and I felt certain that the FP5 wouldn't have OLED. I ended up selling the Pixel to my sister who also needed a new phone and I got myself the FP5. We are both very happy.

I think it's pretty obvious that the Pixel is a "better" phone when it comes to the general experience from using it. However, I really do feel that this phone is "mine" in a way that I've never had with anything other than Fairphone. "If you can't open it, you don't own it" and all that. As soon as Lineage is released, I will install it but the stock rom is not bad.

I don't think I have the same privacy needs as you seem to have so I can't really give any advice on that front. I don't have adversaries on the nation state or even law enforcement levels so just having control over which non-FOSS is installed is enough to keep me happy.

I'm not sure if I actually answered any of your questions but I felt like my situation could mean that my opinions are still somewhat valuable. Please let me know if you have any questions I might be able to answer.