Wouldn't mean a thing when the president OWNS Congress and law enforcement.

I thought so too. First heard about it on QI (Quite Interesting) a BritBox show.

They already made one that suits him perfectly.
Novgorod was a monitor built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the 1870s. She was one of the most unusual warships ever constructed, and still survives in popular naval myth as one of the worst warships ever built. Look it up.

Surprised they don't call it The Ministry of Truth.

So was shorthand, and who remembers what that even is???

No, No, NO. If you squirt it onto the floor someone has to clean it up and it would be noticed. Inject it into the mattress or pillow.

A lot of that applies to insects also. The dimorphism can be quite dramatic in that instance.

Did dinos need camoflague? Couldn't they be brightly colored? (at least the largest ones)
This is NOT any critisism of your work, which is terrific, just a question only partly based on my grandchildren.

Try the novelette Farewell to the Master by Harry Bates. Basis for The Day the Earth Stood Still. Quite a different story.

Lucky NY

Tsar Vlad. Coming soon to a country near you.

He already has that. Just one of the things musk stole for him.

I was born during the Eisenhower administration. I watched on TV as Jackie gave tours of the White House. Everytime I see this destruction I want to cry.

Today even some "quality" products are designed to fail after a relatively short time. Test a 'fridge from 1950's to today's high end 'fridge. Bells & whistles make it fail in a few years instead of lasting for 10-20 years.

Has no one ever heard of 'planned obsolescence'??

Why not? You got sumtin' better to do??