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dril makes a post

So, important question: What happens to Musk when Twitter just stops running/existing? What consequences does he face? Can he squirm out of owing billions of dollars?

Hundreds of Twitter employees resign after Elon Musk’s ‘hardcore’ ultimatum - The Verge WWW.THEVERGE.COM “It will be extremely hard for Twitter to recover from here” tl;dr: critical, critical entire teams have quit

Edit - Fake, but funny

dril won, as we all knew he would

Is Jeffries a good choice?

Finally giving the next gen (70-year-olds) a chance!

More good news

lol wtf does that even mean

NYC Reaches Deal to Build Soccer Stadium in Queens - The New York Times WWW.NYTIMES.COM The New York City Football Club will pay roughly $780 million to build the stadium in Willets Point in Queens as part of a project that will include housing and a hotel. Frankly, that's incredible considering the price tag. Looks like the only public money will be for public infrastructure as well as some tax breaks on the land. Otherwise, it's private money: Personally, I'd prefer no tax subsidies at all, but this is far, far better than most stadiums of this size (which typically receive 50%+ financing from public coffers).

Ukraine isn't going along with the S-300 explanation:

I think this is the correct response even if it's a Russian missile.

Heartwarming story (including video) of Ukrainian soldiers seeing their own families they've just liberated in Kherson (after being separated since Feb): Soldiers embrace family after liberating Kherson WWW.BBC.COM They are able to visit their homes and see relatives for the first time since the Russian invasion began.

There's basically nothing that Russia has right now that Ukraine can't hit, theoretically. The main issue for Ukraine is the number of air defense systems, and coverage of major cities. Having 3 or 4 major systems around Kyiv might sound good, but if there are 15 missiles incoming then it's a matter of hoping you can intercept them all. They also use airborne fighters to intercept slower targets like cruise missiles.

People on resetera calling for NATO to invoke Article 5 🤦‍♂️

lmao, get fucked FIFA FIFA chief appeals for Russia and Ukraine ceasefire during World Cup WWW.ANEWS.COM.TR FIFA chief appeals for Russia and Ukraine ceasefire during World Cup

Major strikes on Ukrainian electrical infrastructure this morning. Blackouts in many parts of the country. 80 missiles fired and either impacted/intercepted, and another 20 in the air. A larger bombardment than after the Kerch bridge retaliation.

Some of them are close to figuring it out:

Also equating what the public wants with what is good public policy. The public wasn't onboard with gay marriage being legalized in Alberta in 2004, but the government did it anyway. Same with mask and vaccine mandates in many places in 2020/2021. They were still the right calls, even if the public was behind (and in the end, the public followed them, etc).

Also, asking people if it's time for mask mandates is very different from asking: Are you okay with masking again/more often? Are you okay with mandates if it's necessary? Will you follow mandates if they are made?

There are reports (unconfirmed yet, need confirmation, because almost certainly false!) from a few towns over the Dnipro that Ukraine has taken control over some kind of bridgehead, possible at Kherson city itself (where small islands across the river make pontoon bridges possible). Two towns are reporting that Ukrainian forces (possibly special forces) are there, and we know there has been intense Ukrainian bombardment over the river for the last 24 hours on the first new Russian line of defense. Again, unconfirmed and most likely psyops. There is also a rumour, much weaker, that Ukraine has landed forces somehow on the Kilburn Spit (that jetty of land south of Kherson) here: It's where Ukraine actually trains their forces in airborne and amphibious landings, and would provide a beachhead on the left bank of the Dnipro. I doubt that any are true, but it wouldn't be impossible for Ukraine, while Russia panics, to try and force a bit more momentum over the river in some way (at the very least to keep Russian forces in the south so that Ukraine can continue to bite away at them in the east). Realistically, however, what I think is actually happening is that the Russians have left these towns (pulling back much further, to get out of artillery range) and the locals are raising Ukrainian flags, etc, and that Ukraine wants to keep as many Russians pinned to the area as possible so are flooding the zone with rumours. I do think it's possible that special forces have crossed to scout the area, etc.

Thanks for your big brain take, grab a snickers on your way out