The devs seem happy with Lenny not growing and the numbers seem to indicate that Lemmy isn’t growing unless brought on by an external source.

But it worked. This kind of shit happens in diplomacy all the time.

And now Israel has a made up award it can give to other leaders as a tool of diplomacy.

It was more Soviet than Chinese, but I agree with the sentiment.

Well, awards have to get invented at some point.

I can also see an award like this being useful for the future.

Some people do it because of the cost of living differential. If pay in the city is over three times what you could make local, you might be incentivized to take a long commute and deal with it.

• Jimmy Eat World
• Clutch
• Rise Against
• Flogging Molly
• The Used
• The Offspring
• Bad Religion
• Tool
• Fall Out Boy
• Nine Inch Nails

Why? They are good bands who play well live and I like their music.

In theory, individual states could choose to not do daylight savings time. Two states already don’t use it and there was a proposal for Florida to get rid of it and move to the Atlantic Time Zone.

There are some supercommuters who travel long distances to work in Manhattan. I knew of some who live in Pennsylvania.

I’m not surprised, due to the combination of how Chinese lives have improved and how American lives haven’t.

Why aren’t the old Apollo designs being reused for a moon landing? (by either the Americans or the Chinese)

If you want to address this question, show him some videos about Boeing and Airbus and how they can’t bring back airplane models they stopped production on because of massive supply chain issues. See if your friend is willing to accept that they can’t bring back the 747, for instance.

If this is a problem for aircraft, it is likely also a problem for spacecraft.

It depends on the states. I won’t be surprised if some states cancel their elections because the incumbents don’t want to risk the results not being what they want.

The closest that I get to watching pure Star Trek content is some videos of Lore Reloaded.

Even then, his content isn’t so much about the current Star Trek but more going into politics and military theory of the Federation.

You’re saying “regime change is important” on a post about American attacks on Iran and the current administration is saying that regime change is the purpose of the attacks.

That sounds like you support the attack on Iran.

But it isn’t uniquely American.

Had you been following the protests in Iran even before the attacks?

Yes, but I don’t see why that justifies bombing Iran.

And what I’m alluding to earlier, Israel isn’t bombing Iran because it cares about the freedoms of Iranian women. It is bombing Iran because Israel and Iran are regional rivals.

Some people have, but I don’t assume Iran to have a monolithic political culture. It is like judging someone from San Francisco and Fresno as having the same political beliefs. Currently, the people from Fresno are in charge.

Using that analogy, I could see a leftist in San Francisco choosing an aggressive foreign policy after a school in their city was bombed by a foreign power while they were trying to make peace.

Regarding those from “The Old World” this phenomenon isn’t unique to the USA. Most other countries in the Americas, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa exhibit tying ancestry to not being of the land since time immemorial. It just happens to be that Americans tend to produce the most cultural discussion about it in volume, especially in the English language.

The big thing is recognizing that the culture of the land doesn’t match the culture of your “people”. It can be tough to reconcile that, especially if someone is from a mix of different origins.

Lunch. That’s the meal I leave work for.

For local (Texas) politics, it is possible that a Texas Senate seat is in play for Democrats. This could be big as a lot of more local seats can ride the coattails of the Senate election.

For national politics, one of two things can happen.

First, Democrats being competitive in Texas state politics is a big deal. This is the nightmare scenario that got Republicans to court the Hispanic vote in 2012. It will make national races much harder to win and could lead to a generational loss for Republicans, especially as new Democrats throw out their aging leadership.

Second, this is the biggest race this election for the soul of the Republican Party. The incumbent is a traditional Republican while the challenger is far more MAGA. The Senate has been the last refuge of pre Trump Republicans in national politics. This race is a signal if that last refuge is safe.

I’m such a mix that really can’t claim a single European heritage. My family has mixed old traditions together and tossed out others for others which conformed more to where my family was.

I don’t see the need to be X enough for something.