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You're hoping for civil war?

Unintended fireworks ... https://twitter.com/MoscowTimes/status/1560345691825872903 , I don't think people generally think of Putin as mad insane. At ...

Also have to take freedom/presence of press/observers into account.

Most Hageman voters believe 2020 election was illegitimate, UW poll shows (Aug 15, 2022) Sure hope that's not how she got more votes than Cheney.

:D Circus These candidates lost badly, but now are claiming fraud Stephen Fowler NPR Jul 2, 2022 Trumpeople.

IN-SHADOW (2017, 13m) by Bulgarian-Canadian Lubomir Arsov https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j800SVeiS5I

, couldn't you just make the proposition knowable?

Bits and pieces from Newsweek: Gorbachev Feels His Life's Work Being Destroyed by Putin, Close Friend Says (Jul 23, 2022) At 91 and at poor health, he...

You could be all-knowing and not know that you were...?

Check out the slimebots (Mar 31, 2022) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUfsFVPVa08

, sorry, a friend, didn't want to put their name on display. Their comment seemed relevant enough.

Hypothetically of course, what might motivate Putin and team to take over Ukraine (over a short- or longer-term)? Strategic (militarily and other): Th...

Quoting RM from elsewhere

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WrzCPbwfPc

Would it not be more accurate to say that absence of proof is not proof of absence? (Or, absence of evidence is not proof of absence, for that matter?...

Thought it was like a POE at first... Still haven't figured it out... https://twitter.com/KatTheHammer2/status/1551531526155915272 https://twitter.com...

Localized spikes... https://twitter.com/SimonLeeWx/status/1553417991408308226 Hot summers in the Mediterranean area. North America is less affected he...

Some say that NATO threatens Russia, like sovereignty or even existential. Some say that NATO defends members together against Russia, constraining fr...

, seems like radicalism is gaining. :/

Indiana Senate narrowly passes near-total abortion ban (Jul 31, 2022)

I thought it was more that the Ukrainians will fight? (not so much due to Zelenskyy, more that they're not inclined to hand the keys over to Russia) M...

, OK, so you're using the verbiage differently. :) (my bad, thought it was clear enough, but should have been more explicit)

, we have been, and are, modifying the atmosphere and the surface of the planet. Laissez-faire, doing nothing, carries a risk. Doing something (about ...

, we have to consider the consequences either way, as well — the risks. What might happen if we do nothing, and we were wrong? What might happen if we...

Not trying to add to the creep factor or anything, but ... Scientists reanimate dead spiders as robot gripping claws (Jul 28, 2022)

, way cool :up:

Some have argued about perdurantism versus endurantism. Something seems to be missing here though, not convinced either will do.

After Mariupol had been bombed back to medieval ages, largely destroyed, thousands killed, I was a bit taken aback by Denis Pushilin's statements: Vac...

Maybe someone finds this interesting: Cultural and Political maps of Europe Most of the data is from after 2010. Things like language skills, democrac...

Isn't there an existential claim hiding there that needs justification in its own right...? "immaterial soul"? Probably read this or something similar...

Some evidence pointing at the wet markets: The Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan was the early epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic (Jul 26, 2022...

The plot thickens ... The Enemy Within (Jul 28, 2022) Old modus operandi. Vague echoes in Transnistria and Donbas.

Mind isn't just one thing, it's more like an umbrella term for, say, thinking, feeling happy, perceiving red, experiencing, liking coffee, being self-...

Sonnenfeld and Tian writes: Actually, the Russian Economy Is Imploding (Jul 22, 2022) - archived The myth of Putin as world energy czar is running out...

Gyroscopes in space (Mar 19, 2016; 1m:18s) ? Demonstrating somewhat counter-intuitive gyroscope in zero gravity. Wikipedia » Spacecraft bus (James Web...

Earth Overshoot Day Jul 28, 2022 (this year) By the way, they do list some actions that can help.

Via The Financial Times ... Captured nuclear plant doubles as launch pad for relentless Russian rocket attacks (Jul 22, 2022) I suppose, as a strategy...

So, Putin wants to set up a "vote" in the Kherson region. :D Mar 31, 2022 Russia to stage independence referendum in Kherson region, says Ukraine Apr ...

Goes further than sentience, doesn't it...? Markedly further, as far as I can tell. A hundred years ago, what were the chances that I'd be sitting her...

party-pooper :)

"It begins." (in cold voice) Chess robot grabs and breaks finger of seven-year-old opponent (Jul 24, 2022)

, already mentioned I'm not going to keep repeating; now at page 297. Replace "know" with: as consistent with evidence as those other hypotheses. Acti...

:up: in short Across the two, creationists have been running an anti-science campaign for a long time: The Imminent Demise of Evolution: The Longest R...

, yeah, that proposal is unlikely to be accepted. But getting the parties to talk would be great. At least the Black Sea shipment thing seems to have ...

Epistemic wandering off is subject to implosion, right down to subjective idealism or solipsism. And we could wander indefinitely down the diallelus. ...

Leonid Volkov (Alexei Navalny chief of staff) opines (Jul 17, 2022): https://twitter.com/leonidvolkov/status/1548697349676998656 Ignoring the usual po...

A Proposed Peace Plan to End the Russo-Ukrainian War (Jun 18, 2022) Realistic? 1. full Ukraine sovereignty and neutrality 2. Ukraine to give up Crimea...

Surprise, ? Must the thread really be reset ever so often (? repetition)? Sorry, not going to keep restarting/resetting (even though we're coming up o...

, what, challenging "the west" to shoot it out on "the battlefield"? Boasting military prowess? Walking out on a top meeting? Shutting down talks? All...

Could the anti-climate-change efforts eventually see a parallel to the anti-pandemic/mask/vaccine movement? https://twitter.com/Grace__Coulter/status/...