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its very hard to argue with Musk fans. I happen to know some. They want him to be a god-emperor.

context [Because space Karen said I couldn't post this tweet] Regardless of how extensive the damage, that reduces the amount of improved Kilo-Class submarines operating in the Black Sea by 25%. There’s only four of them in the BS counting the Rostov-on-Don. And they’re the only subs that can fire Kalibr cruise missiles

Couldn't happen to a nicer submarine

Getting a little sick of billionaires having their own set of rules.

he's a defense contractor. He's gonna need to abide by the rules.

He's been told by his boss Matt Gaetz and MTG aka cross-fit Karen that this has to happen or he will be voted out in favor of a statue of Donald Trump.

But apparently he did it just as the attack's started.

Sevastopol had a rough night. Apparently air launched cruise missiles struck two surface ships and a submarine. Space Karen's Starlink was not necessary for these strikes-apparently.

Ok. That is the smart play for both.

I'm all for self-determination in the Wilsonian 14 points mode. Its just you can't let the grievance of the Bekah Valley (for example) drag you in as a superpower to every little struggle.

It would boil down to: The war on terror was wearing our military class down and we couldn't afford to pay attention to Putin's misbehavin'

I frankly find the politics of Armenia/Azerbaijan and the Nagorno Karabach corridor to be tiresome except it was a precursor to the UAV warfare we are seeing play out in Ukraine.

They gave theirs up because Russia made promises to them to guarantee their borders. So, they screwed up by trusting Russia.

My guess is that the US is trying to buy its way in and the Armenians are letting them. Who doesn't need more money?

This actually surprises me Armenia was all in on their Russian bosses I thought. This apparently has the Kremlin in a boil of rage.

Different ones. Non-oil rich ones.

EV performance i.e., acceleration is amazing. The problem is that its the gun without a bang. (That's a reset to classic science fiction). Now for politics. I'm all for taking power away from the energy oligarchs that have DOMINATED our political system since Rockefeller. They have tilted the field toward energy producing places. Will those oligarchs allow a realignment to occur? I dunno. Eventually marijuana got legalized. Things can change.

MSU bringing back Dantonio is the weirdest thing. I guess he was fine when he left?

Maybe the witch doctors will cast a spell that will heal him

I'm not convinced that China won't attack Taiwan on its own schedule no matter what happens in Ukraine. That said, there is merit to this point of view. The 1960s perspective would be that not everything is Munich. The 1930s perspective would be that yes, but Munich was terrible for Czechoslovakia and Poland and everywhere else. The US genuinely is racing to match a massive arms buildup in the Western Pacific and bringing as many allies as can be gathered to the collective security structure there. Chinese weapons being sent to Russia to help them kill Ukraine seem to be happening and that sucks. An interesting potential future development would be when China decides to try out their newest weapons in Ukraine to give them real world tests. I'm sure Russia would love that. I'm sure it would have devastating effects.

I really enjoyed the twitter hits on Rogers. You can't be a lunatic anti-science person and expect people to treat your medical diagnosis not a cause for that.