“The government feels very strongly about the rule of law internationally and domestically, and the separation of powers, and I would note the courts have already received a number of submissions on either side and they are well seized of the arguments to make their determination.” She would not be drawn on whether the government had a view on whether a warrant should be issued for Netanyahu’s arrest, saying it was a matter for the courts.

This is a reasonable and honourable position, and I wish the German government was taking it as well. Instead, they painted themselves into a corner, giving carte blanche at the Israeli far right to do absolutely whatever.

Discipline is a relative term, right? It’s conformance to expectations. I think what we’re seeing is not failure to ensure conformance to expectations, but a shifting of expectations. And in fact this would be very consistent with the genocide charge.

I don’t know, I think it’s the mix and intensity of spices that they use, maybe?

And we agree on the idea. I’m not vegetarian but I’ve long decided that vegetarian-branded food should be judged on its own merits as food, not as “adequate replacement”. Like: is this veggie burger yummy, do I enjoy eating it? That’s the question, not “is it a good enough approximation to meat”. If I want meat, I’ll eat meat.

So (good) beef, chicken, veggie burgers: I like them because they taste good. Beyond meat burgers: I don’t like them because they make me feel yucky afterwards. That’s all.

She isn’t one, but she will be. A senator I mean.

To be fair… to whom?

Yup, I hate “beyond meat”, it also makes me feel bad. I much prefer regular veggie burgers at this point.

Lula, nuff said.

I mean c’mon genie, that barely covers my Kharadron, Drukhari, and Votan dream collections.

Warhammer!!

Here’s a fucking idea: tax wealth.

Silly Houthis. All they should have done is to warn Israeli civilians to evacuate and then it would have been perfectly fine to shoot into populated areas.

Your logic, not mine.

In the past, religion was somewhat of an outlet. If you were ridiculously wealthy you tended to get yourself a monastery of monks praying for your soul, or you might build a temple or a church so that the commoners bless you as a benefactor. Alternatively, the ancien régime also had the concept of noblesse oblige, that their privilege had some kind of reciprocating component, to take care of your lessers. But most of our ultra rich are basically untethered from reality. There are some notable exceptions, but nowhere near the rule.

Paarthurnax 💔

Billionaires are dragons. Like the bad kind, like Smaug.

Leaving so much room for activities!

Greece wanting to go all electric by 2030 is ridiculously ambitious given the price of electricity in the country.

Estimates vary, and that’s the ceiling, given by the Ukrainians. The US estimates about half of that, the BBC estimates about a fifth of that. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War#Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine

Still a staggering number of people whose lives were wasted for Putin’s vanity.

And it is secondary to the economic conditions. If you live all your life under alienating economic conditions then you have little shared purpose left and there is no such thing as communities where you live.

I don’t think this is accurate. It can be, at specific places, but given that alienating economic conditions is the literally the norm everywhere, I don’t buy the argument that the world is a place without communities without shared purpose. On the contrary, some of the most vibrant communities are those created by exploited working people. Anyway, I’m not sure what the argument here is any more, thanks for your answer regardless.

Cool, thanks!

Thank you.