StringJunky

I actually started to have a modicum of respect for Hayley when she stood up to Trump. Seeing her sign US bombs on a pallet in Israel, and simultaneously seeing children in various states of bodily mutilation from US weaponry, has put her down the ethical toilet, as far as I'm concerned. She's on par with the worst Zionists. This is not intended for the conversation to segue into that debacle.

In a sophisticated society, ostensibly the most advanced country on the planet, having an openly partisan judicial system should not be leader of the free world. It seems, even as a convicted felon, he could be POTUS. That is a travesty.

That's good to hear, Seth. It's how people say things and in what context... it can be done to any description. Tone matters. 'Bushman', 'Aborigine', 'Bedouin' et al are never used by me in a negative context. I have great respect for those that function in harsh environments, productively using what they have available. If you see me using them, it is always with respect. I do not consider those groups as lower in social status that have less resources available. Mongolians have the same problem, it seems. I don't ever want them to stop calling themselves 'Mongolians' because it is seen as derogatory.

Absolutely. When we finally fuck it up, we'll be asking these people how to work with these incredibly fragile environments. They are not wastelands. I've never considered 'Bush Man' to be derogatory term and wasn't aware it was such until now. Sad.

OK.

How do we think the GOP side of the SC will be feeling? I think Allito and Thomas will be pissed off, being cut from the same cloth as Trump.

At this point, with no precedent, it's hard to say, isn't it? This is new territory. Top result, so far for commonsense and justice. So far, the ordinary people that are the jurors have done us good.

@toucana He has indeed. Justice has prevailed, so far. I really didn't think he'd get the full set. He didn't help himself with his out of court antics denigrating court officials.

"The jury has found former US President Donald Trump GUILTY of falsifying business records to conceal a hush-money payment made to former porn star Stormy Daniels. He becomes the first former president to be convicted of a crime. This is for the first count of the 34 charges in total. There are more verdicts to come." This is current. He is guilty on the first three counts, so far. I thought it might be worth its own thread. https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-69069142

Buy a 'burner phone'. This is a cheap phone with a PAYG sim card, call, than smash it and sling it.

You enjoy your Big Macs and help to turn the Earth into a polluted shithole. Don't forget to tuck your belly in your trousers.... or is it 'pants' in your language. Where are your compatriots dumping your excess rubbish? In "bushman" country and the like, of course. A manual reciprocatory motion to you, racist.

Brave (Chrome variant with Google's tracking elements removed) is my go-to browser with Privacy Badger and uBlock Origin extensions. It has a bult-in optional browser-level VPN. That works pretty well for me. Just got a new i5 Win11 laptop, W11 is a bit of a privacy nightmare in terms of MS putting ads in the new Outlook email, I'm seeing. Seeing the email-tyle ads as the last straw, I've just bought Proton VPN and email app services. It works at whole-system level and, apparently, '5 Eyes spying cartel' snooping resistant as well that US/UK are part of, so hopefully, it's up to the job at the lower level I want it.

Maybe, if you learn to speak in the language of the listener, threads wouldn't get derailed so often. Trying to throw conversational curve balls all the time gets very tiresome.... use very sparingly. Keep on the track, mate.

You don't to have worry about everything; be selective. Not worrying about things in the world is not where I'm at, but I'm careful to diversely mix my online subjects, so that I don't get stuck in a mental rut focusing on one thing. For instance, I'll read heavy stuff like Ukraine and Palestine, but I'll mix that with the antics of domestic parrots on FB or YT. This seems to keep me quite level as it seems one can overthink things and end up disturbed. My worldview is to accept that good and adverse things happen simultaneously everywhere. It is up to me which I choose to see. Self-censorship is a useful skill at the appropriate time. The pursuit and feeling of constant happiness is not sustainable physically... your happy hormones are not meant to be on constantly. I always crash mentally after a period of solid happiness I think pursuing peace of mind is the nearest to a positive sustainable physical/emotional state because it means you have balance in your activities and thinking.

On the go bathroom for the immodest. Far too verbose. That's a posh name for 'builders'.

AFAIK, the only thing you can learn from an entanglement is whether it is broken or not. If you see it broken, then you know the system has been compromised... a bit like sticking something across the crack of a door to see if/when someone attempts to walk in. It's use in securing systems is more akin to an alarm system than a messenger.

The subjects I peruse tend to not be contentious, so Wiki is reliable enough for me as a starting point. The references will indicate the level of research.

A system is an ensemble of components, physical or abstract, that have some causative relationship between them in the mind of the observer.

I don't think any sensible strategist would take out any leaders in this stage of potential hostilities. Killing a leader would create too many new geopolitical outcomes. We need hose-pipes, not flamethrowers.

Mod Note: Denigrating great discoverers with truthful labels that have such negative connotations, are banned forthwith.

As addictive as hard drugs. I've kicked smoking, drugs, but can I give up sugar... NO. As you say, it's very pervasive.

High fructose corn syrup is consumed in the US 50x more than in EU... 50 pounds vs 1 pound p.a. I wonder if there is a per capita correlation in the relative incidence of mortality related to obesity with that.