CitizenVectron

Ukrainian culture is very much one of "existence is suffering, and you do what needs to be done, and then move on." That's eastern European history, for you.

"Second-most powerful army in the world" can't capture a city 40km from their border after two months.

Ah, sorry.

US state National Guards to send armored vehicles to Ukraine WWW.CBS17.COM Governors announced this week that their state National Guards would be sending armored vehicles to Ukraine in response to a request from the Pentagon.

And that's something that needs to change. Recently we had an upper-level manager contact a sick employee (who was using a sick day) and made them do up a quick excel report. There was major pushback to that manager from other parts of the organization. You can't make someone feel guilty about taking time off, and there needs to be a balance between the needs of the company and the employee (that balance is that the employee works when they are in, and doesn't do any work when they are off). We are fortunate to have a good work-life balance, and if stuff gets delayed or missed because people took vacation time or were sick...then it gets missed and will be handled when they return. I'm not going to feel guilty about a company or organization needing something if they don't have enough people to do it.

Yeah I get 20 paid sick days per year and if I'm not feeling 100% then I use them. I don't feel any guilt.

That's the going theory, it's been rumoured for years. He's always gripping something, or moving his limbs. He hasn't really been filmed sitting still or standing still in a long time.

That's a rip-off, especially for KN95s. The Honeywell N95s at Costco are $35 CAD for 50 masks. https://www.costco.ca/honeywell---particulate-respirator-n95---50-masks.product.100843374.html These are my favourite ones, too. They have wire nose strips and also medical foam on the nose area. Only complaint by big-headed people is that the bottom loop is too small. I haven't had an issue. Pretty sure you don't need a Costco membership to order online.

Some good-ish news:

Stupid but I lol'd

I meant how people treat going out with a flu or cold. I think in the US being sick in public much more normalized than in Canada, and much much more normalized than in Europe. I think it mainly has to do with access to sick leave, and how acceptable it is to simply say "I'm not feeling well, I'll just stay home for a bit." Obviously Canada (and Europe) are not nearly on the same level of consideration as say, Korea or Japan, but there is still a big difference compared to the US, where more people are generally forced to be in public (and at work) if they are feeling unwell.

Well that didn't take long.

I think it depends on where you live and who you know.

i.e. the people who lacked empathy still lack empathy.

It's entirely possible that even if Russia can make gains, there is a good chance that a Ukrainian counter-offensive can push them out.

Ukraine is claiming that their strike on the Kherson HQ killed two generals and a bunch of other support staff.

An arms embargo against Russia has been in place since 2014, but apparently a few key nations (which have recently been the most resistant to supporting Ukraine) may have ignored it:

And between two soldiers in the east, realizing what they've got themselves into: