should be mandatory reading for anyone even thinking about getting involved in city governance
Matthew Gillikin @mtgillikin
Oil companies are blending Russian oil with oil sourced elsewhere, so that only 49.99% of a barrel comes from Russia, allowing them to call it something else bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… via @JavierBlas
It’s totally possible that tons of senior Republican Party national security officials are all lying about this, but the reason many people think Trump was trying to destroy NATO is all these people who served in his administration say that’s what he was trying to do.
Two groups of people who are wrong:
— Those insisting 2020 levels of Covid NPIs are warranted in 2022
— Those insisting that an appropriate lack of restrictions in 2022 retroactively shows they were right to oppose them in 2020
Vaccines and therapeutics are a big deal!
All three of the Great Powers have now been checked by opponents they're unable to defeat.
Russia: Ukraine
China: Covid
America: America
Yes, this. Four factors have made lockdowns no longer worth it:
1. Covid got much more contagious, making Zero Covid probably impossible
2. Effective vaccines exist
3. Effective treatments exist
4. New Covid variants are less deadly
David Welker 🐈 @DavidWelker2021
Useful and knowledgeable thread about what the Ukrainians might be able to do with Harpoon missiles.
Russian Warship, Go Fuck Yourself 🇺🇦 @spooknine