Today is a good day to follow news outlets that explicitly disallow Generative AI slop:

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So, fun fact: Bangkok reportedly built the first electrified tram line in all of Asia (including Japan) in 1893

And the contractors? None other than the Short Electric Railway Company of Cleveland, Ohio, which built several tram systems throughout the Midwest

Now to wait the second half of the year for another one (I'm being optimistic)

One can only hope

Stalin, without a revolutionary career, stayed in the seminar and became the Pope

a second health bar appears over Jesus' head

I'd like to know what her shortcomings on Palestine are, in your view. I've heard some criticism in the past and it seemed excessive to me, but I've don't follow her closely

if there is any kind of ideological competition happening geopolitically, it's one of liberalism versus resurgent nationalism and religious fundamentalism and liberalism has really not done a good job of making the case for itself or acting decisively to preserve its interests.

"I think what we identify is that in a rules based order, hypocrisy is vulnerability, and so I think what we are seeking is a return to a rules based order that eliminates the hypocrisies around when too often in the West, we look the other way for inconvenient populations ... "

Also, good sentence but it still took a year to reach this verdict, and in the meantime repression was intense. Not ideal at all

"writing about repression and resistence" ...on the side of repression

Will it be possible to read the interview online?

you will support the public education system. you will enroll your child. they will socialize with their peers. they will learn from licensed professionals. they will have experiences independent of you and other caregivers.