Now we know why Poland was so quiet about โgoodiesโ it was shipping to Ukraine. Sending hardware for two divisions takes time. Now, when the stuff has finally arrived to its destinations, we can be informed that Polandโs support for Ukraine is worth billions $. https://t.co/oOTFqBJrhS
— Sลawomir Dฤbski (@SlawomirDebski) April 29, 2022
Poland bring the heat and the HEAT. Nice.
I really hate this idea a lot of people have that if Ukraine surrenders, the bloodshed will end just like that.
If there's one thing we should have learned from Iraq, it's that the bloodshed doesn't stop when the invaded government folds. Quite the opposite, it often gets worse.
— Lucas (@realPhoenixFire) April 27, 2022
Exactly. Choices in Ukraine are all bad. Defeating Russia there is probably the best possible outcome. Hopefully not triggering escalation to NATO and\or nuclear war.
Just as Ian Welsh predicted, Russia’s super-amazing flawless army doing great. FUCK THAT GUY.
Over the past year I cried (defined by noticeably modified breathing and at least 2 full tears) 55 times, or once every 6.6 days. 12 of which were "bawling" (defined by intense crying with loud vocalizations).
— Aella (@Aella_Girl) April 29, 2022
I think I last cried in 1983 or 1984. Not sure of the exact year, but it was around that time.
I wish The Dropout wasn’t about what it’s about because Amanda Seyfried is so good in it, but I have no interest in watching any crap about Elizabeth Holmes.
The US has already committed to sending 170,000 155mm shells.
Dang. Hey, Ian Welsh, you damn putz, every one of those can totally fuck up a main battle tank. Dipshit. 170,000 of them. I wouldn’t have guessed we had that many in stock but since they basically don’t go bad…guess we’ve had time to build some up.
The parts of society that have nearly identical social structures but aren’t aware of it are academia and the military. Both have very rigid, defined roles, both care about rigor and discipline (or at least make noises in that direction), and in each arena the penalties for divergence are large.
The military is easier to navigate, though, because there everyone wears their rank on their collar. In academia, there’s a lot more guesswork involved.
This is why Iโve argued passim that asexuality is now the universal sexuality, not because it detaches sexuality from sex โ it maintains the opposite, that you can fuck constantly and still be asexual โ but because it marks the sublimation of sexuality itself into pure signifier.
— Geoff Shullenberger (@daily_barbarian) April 6, 2022
I think that of those who claim they are asexual, maybe 1% actually are. It’s all signifiers now. It’s similar to those who claim to be non-binary. This is just trying to live in the best of both worlds, and works about as well as you’d expect (not so much).
What’s the coldest thing you’ve ever said to someone in public?
For me, it was some guy who I confronted who was hassling a woman outside a grocery store. He gave me some guff about being afraid of him as I was walking away. So I turned around and said, “You think I’m being polite to you because you believe I’m afraid of you. But I’m being polite because otherwise I would just kill you.”
I think that got his attention as he didn’t say anything else when I turned around again. That was in 1998 or so.