waving an ISIS flag while killing a bunch of civilians proves that you can take a person out of the US military but you can't take the US military out of a person

Modern augury means reading omens in how the wreckage from a battery fire scatters and in the colour of the flames

Thank you for doing data driven analysis

There's no way Biden would have won if covid hadn't hit under trump

I find the OECD's levels of literacy more instructive than grade level. This page has a short definition: https://literacytrust.org.uk/parents-and-families/adult-literacy/what-do-adult-literacy-levels-mean/

pdf page 75 (table 4.5) here has more detailed definitions: https://www.oecd.org/content/dam/oecd/en/publications/reports/2019/11/the-survey-of-adult-skills_d7f1bc16/f70238c7-en.pdf

rofl the bit about cursors reminds me of when I was 10 or something and downloaded an animated ultima cursor pack on my dad's work computer. he was a bit mad

You come in here posting this and asking for advice? how about if instead you tell us how to make bread this nice in a home oven where one doesn't have steam control?

Nice bread for sure comrade, get it

every western transit designer should be required by law to visit one or more major east asia cities to see how they do it. I've been a few places in taiwan, RoK, japan and even as a non-local language speaker the transit was super easy to use. lots of colour coding on paths to guide you around and signage was really good too. this was 10+ years ago now but these cities definitely set the bar to me. I'm curious what modern transit looks like in mainland china, I've never been.

traveling to different disney resorts is like traveling to a bunch of airports

Mustard benefits from having some source of sugar. Honey mustard, beer, or straight sugar are all common additives in mustard. Acidity from the vinegar is improved by a bit of sugar.

Good news, you're describing a tree. You can do this

It has to be or we'll never attract investor money

It's fine, we're going to make an app that logs soil quality on the block chain and allows ordinary people to buy sell and trade partial shares of soil quality futures.

I'm not a buddhist so I can't really speak to this, but my understanding is that some buddhist food leaves these kinds of strong flavours out because they heat up the blood (i.e. ). it's something I've encountered more than once at similar restaurants so it's at least somewhat common.

my partner and I used to go to a chinese buddhist place that was all vegan quite often. it was very good, I really liked how they did gluten and seitan. my only complaint was that that place didn't add garlic, onion, or hot peppers to any of their dishes.

Ben garrison is very charitable to that man

Propaghandi. Their song victory lap is my favorite

They are punk from the Canadian prairies

Nakedcapitalism.com on this with all kinds of background etc

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2024/12/from-global-nature-reserve-to-us-military-base-the-quiet-plans-for-the-galapogos-islands.html

Ty noboa, good job

is there a way for haiti to pull up and out of this seemingly endless cycle of violence? the violence and assassinations undermine any kind of state building and even if you set aside the longer term play associated with foreign interference, the kenyan police mission seems too small and too mercenary to provide actual security. I understand why china & russia are not a fan of escalating the kenyan mission into a full on UN "peacekeeping" mission and allowing the west to dig in further, but I don't know what the alternative is. violence and natural disasters have just hammered the country to the point where the state has minimal capacity.