Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Why not just ship grain overland?
Ukraine (and Russia) use railroad tracks with different spacing than European tracks. In college my Russian Literature & Society professor said this has a defense purpose which is apparently not true.
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11:02 AM · Jun 6, 2022
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So today I learned that there are 4 different rail gauges in Europe!
Stammy@Stammy
ship better webcams? ❌
tape phone to laptop ✅
6:28 PM · Jun 6, 2022
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The iPhone camera is so much better than the ones they're putting in even the newest laptops, so there's no doubt that this is a cool feature. But it looks real dumb.
mind of mencius (still @theophite)@Theophite
it's going to be a couple weeks before we find out whether this is real, but it appears that the US has managed to stop or at least suspend the Yemen war
7:01 PM · Jun 6, 2022
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In other news "Biden announced plans to visit Saudi Arabia three days ago"
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