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Would it be unreasonable to ask to move to another country?

I’ve had some bad ones (the DMV near my university) along with some good ones (the good folks at Service Ontario where I got DMV-like things done - they’re so polite, friendly, and helpful!).

To the surprise of absolutely no one.

Cool, thanks for the suggestion!

Also, h/t to getting pointed to https://www.nten.org/change/savedotorg-campaign-history … TIL!

There’s a good reason for it - in short it’s the price I pay for a free domain name.

I provided a longer and more in-depth explanation over at https://aussie.zone/post/14078235/12384427

That’s exactly right.

Overall, the article just reflects the long standing situation - China’s never really been in control of or comfortable with North Korea. Rather, it was always just seen as the “least bad” option out of a bunch of seemingly bad ones…

Otherwise agreed. I guess the news part is that it’s done “in response to” what NK did recently - like this is an extra joint air drill that otherwise wouldn’t have taken place if NK hadn’t done anything.

That said, I recall reading the same kind of articles back in 2012, and in 2016, and 2018, and … so, agreed in full.

So glad to be on pyfedi ( see piefed.social ) - which does support SVG

I’m probably going to leave after the election results are known for sure (note that if it’s very close, we might not be sure until all the votes are counted, which could take more than just a single day) - just too much traffic on here and world to keep up.

I don’t oppose third parties, but will answer anyways

(1) How will you get the US to stop funding Israeli genocide?;

We already have the Leahy Laws for this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leahy_Law

So it’s just a matter of drawing up support after the election is over to push to get this properly enforced. I’m optimistic that a final ruling from the ICJ on this case in favor of South Africa would help shift public opinion in the US on this matter as well - making the push easier, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa%27s_genocide_case_against_Israel

(2), what are the chances of your proposal(s) succeeding before, say, 2075?

I don’t like betting on court cases or the odds of future public opinion swaying. That said, I remain optimistic.

I am also hopeful for a plan B here - https://www.vox.com/2020/1/14/21063591/modest-proposal-to-save-american-democracy-pack-the-union-harvard-law-review - which would make it practical for third parties to win the Presidency in the future, making it easier to push for less moderate policy agendas.

I’d add that, while not strictly required, one of those total car snow covers really does come in handy: https://www.amazon.ca/kayme-Waterproof-Protection-Automobiles-Universal/dp/B09FLKGLCW

Agree, tech companies and the like should have known better. In fact, a few did mention it back then, e.g. https://tamouse.github.io/blog/politics/2019/10/02/why-is-the-io-domain-problematic.html

In fact, specifically for this reason, it’s forseeable that Mauritius does not retire the domain but keeps .io around, the same way that Russia keeps .su around (.ru being RUssia, and .su being the Soviet Union that hasn’t been around for quite a few decades now).

Hard to say for sure. I’d put this as a “maybe” or “toss-up” - in any case the odds are better to convince her than the other guy so…

I’m pushing for the 127 DC States plan, https://www.vox.com/2020/1/14/21063591/modest-proposal-to-save-american-democracy-pack-the-union-harvard-law-review , wherever I can. Getting this through successfully is probably the best chance to replace FPTP at the national level, including for Presidential elections.

Note that the event was at 11:30 AM today

From https://www.coinspeaker.com/bitcoin-whitepaper-16-satoshi-nakamoto-hoax/ it explains,

Bitcoin Whitepaper Is 16 amid Fresh Satoshi Nakamoto Hoax
The identity of Bitcoin Founder Satoshi Nakamoto remains a mystery unsolved.
Updated Oct 31, 2024 at 12:59 PM

Edit:

Here’s another source with a few more details, https://cryptoslate.com/london-satoshi-reveal-unsurprisingly-fails-to-convince-anyone-of-his-identity-amid-fraud-charges/

London Satoshi reveal unsurprisingly fails to convince anyone of his identity amid fraud charges
Stephen Mollah’s attempt to prove he’s Satoshi Nakamoto falls flat in London.

Following. There’s a forum for everything - or almost everything.

However, one gap that I’m aware of - I’ve not found a forum (or even fediverse magazine/community) for third culture kids. There were some in the past, but AFAIK they’ve all gone defunct by now.

That’s a very good point. It’s not a bad idea as it would indeed introduce significant friction. Even if eventually worked around completely, that would take time, during which there may well be a lot of persuasive complaints.

Only in the Spanish dub, which doesn’t count. You’ve made a solid argument that is beyond my ability to refute. Instead I’ll accept your position as the correct one and adopt your views as my own.

Exactly what I was thinking. Even lemmy.world has https://lemmy.world/c/conservative - so why does the instance have to be or support politically neutrality as a whole? Just join the magazines that fit your taste.

Even for political news specifically, I’m sure there are similar magazines to https://lemmy.world/c/moderate_politics - or alternatively, one can fill the gap by subscribing to an RSS feed from the many RSS-to-fediverse options out there, like https://lemm.ee/post/336615