TIL thanks.

What’s the difference?

If the move would be of interest to the EU, then unless they are completely politically inept, can these officials not see how saying it would require ECJ oversight before an election risks it being eliminated from Labour policy?

It gives a free attack point for the Tories and couldn’t be a bigger face palm - for anyone actually interested in it, of course.

Stop. Please stop. Doomerism compounds the problem, it is not a neutral stance.

Has irreparable damage already been done? Yes.

Will it be worse if we don’t do anything as soon as possible? Yes. And each moment that we don’t do the thing, it gets a little bit worse.

But each moment we do do the thing, it gets a little bit better.

The Earth will relatively be 1.5°, likely 2°C hotter, regardless of what actions are now taken. But 2°C hotter is far, far preferable to 4°C.

Everything we do as individuals and societies matters. I understand it feels daunting, and I’m not really advocating for you to drive less or eat less meat, because ultimately these changes won’t be driven by individuals making the choices.

However, please please please support and push, protest, fight for societal changes for us collectively to drive less, eat less meat, and corporate carbon taxation.

Oh my God, thank you for the confirmation.

But I don’t understand - it’s inconsistent. Some stuff will be censored and others won’t be?

Based on my tumbles with the apex predator that is my wife, yes - we tall people are very vulnerable to attack.

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-messenger-bias-and-credibility/

Has it at ‘mixed credibility’.

Is this story for any reason significantly different from Russian State TV sabre-rattling designed to placate and enthuse a Russian audience?

What if I yeet myself into a volcano and leave a note explaining?

God I’m so glad I never see hexbears.

Source for those numbers?

Because both Hamas and Israel have reason to inflate the number of fighters.

Yes, those things create friction with the US.

However, I’m sure China will grow to use their navy to project control of their Belt-And-Road initiatives. You bet they’ll be working to prop up governments that will reap the profit from their investments down the line, than allow rebellious groups or hostile neighbouring states to threaten those interests.

Surely they intend to use it the same way the US does - projecting force to cement soft power?

Probably more effective than any of the suggestions so far:

Make sure you are well hydrated and do some exercise or at the very least a long or high-energy walk.

But the end result is the platform influences voters leading to election of those or similar individuals.

That’s not really true, unfortunately. People don’t need to be in an elected position to be given a platform by media.

So, the societal problem is created when bad faith actors are given a platform, right? But bad faith actors tend to be great at generating outrage and division and thus drive engagement and clicks - which makes money for the platforms.

How do we solve this?

I don’t know whether it had a significant impact in Russia, but the rest of the world only knows/cares about the guy because he went back. Otherwise he’d just be yet another person murdered by Putin’s regime.

Martyrdom. Navalny knew what it would mean to return; he also knew the risk of not returning (constantly trying to avoid shitty assassination attempts with collateral damage).

Please stop, your embarrassing us.