We have currently had 12 consecutive months of record breaking global temperatures, with an average of 1.63°C above the pre-industrial levels. Good times.

And how long before those corporations drop them?

Do you mean Patreon and Substack? That's almost definitely not happening. These platforms exist because they, to a good extent, allow for freedom of expression. Technologically they're nothing to write home about (and Patreon video player is actual dogshit) and could easily be replicated and replaced. So it would be huge for them to lose chunks of creators' revenues if those were to leave over political differences.

Crowds gathered on the square in front of the 14-story hotel to celebrate the fall of the Soviet Union. Now, Hotel Ukraine is up for auction as part of an effort to sell off some large state assets to help fund the military and bolster an economy

Fucking hell man. If this was a movie, you'd call it lazy writing. Literally 90s 2.0, and they're even making communism the bad guy again somehow.

One of the most destructive lies that was sold to the American public was that the stock market = economy. Line goes up means good. Even when you're homeless, hungry, and sick.

The Hague Invasion Act

China fought on behalf of the reclusive communist state against the US and others during the 1950-1953 Korean war, and in recent years has helped prop up its weak economy, allegedly in violation of UN sanctions in response to Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme, which Beijing had endorsed.

Based on so many levels.

Holy fucking copium. The entire thing is "we're only interested in our national and strategic interests, but that's actually good for both parties".

The year began with the relationship at a historic low point. A year ago this week, a Chinese spy balloon traveled across the United States

Lmao

Unironically "but the other choice is worse!". The democrats have been doing literally the same shit that republicans did (police funding, title 42, Roe v Wade, willow project, rail strike blocking, sinophobia, etc). And even the little good they've done, like the student loan freeze and forgiveness, infrastructure bill, build back better/inflation reduction act, are not really their campaign focus. So we're just doing the 2020 election 2: electric boogaloo.

Or women. Or LGBTQ+ people.

The genocide, and moreso the ethnic displacement have always been the main side-quest in the Israel project. Displaced Palestinian people strain the social systems at the neighboring, non-friendly Middle Eastern countries. And eventually this leads to the rise of militant, often fundamentalist extremism. On October 7 the US seized the chance to do this at an incredibly accelerated pace. And create a pathway to spike a full-on war in the region to get those sweet fresh war dollars babyy.

We look and live like other white people - we deserve to bomb and kill without public outcry like white people.

That's not even true, which only makes it worse. 45% of the Israeli Jews are Mizrahi (of Middle Eastern/African origin) and 32% are the originally European Ashkenazi. Half of the Jewish population looks the same as Arabs. That's why the West Bank has to have different colored license plates, different forms of IDs and permits that are checked at the checkpoints on every step. Because otherwise the occupying military literally wouldn't be able to distinguish who to protect and who to oppress.

Oh yeah, the less skilled taiwanese workers that famously have very little experience with semiconductor factories.