I'm holding on to my Reddit account the same as I'm holding on to my Twitter account. I might come back to it later, if conditions change, but I'm sure as shit not contributing meaningful content on either of those platforms anymore.

semi-unrelated but jesus christ do i miss the cheeseburger pizza at dominos

imo it really depends on what you mean by "healthy", healthfulness is mostly found in the balance and portioning

Is any of this actually true? Only time will tell. I am hesitant to take Lukashenko's word for it.

It's the buzzword du jour of a buzzword-rich reactionary political movement. Before that it was "SJWs" and "cultural marxists" and "political correctness", and so on.

I agree that there is a great deal of magical thinking and rationalization at play. This war has been a catastrophe all-around. It has led to countless civilian deaths, the revitalization/expansion of NATO and a significant depletion of the forces and materiel of the Russian Federation.

The tense relationship between Wagner PMC and the Russian MoD (particularly given Defense Minister Shoigu's cozy relationship with Wagner competitor Patriot PMC) continues to be a thorn in the side of this campaign from the perspective of any intellectually-honest observer.

It was a mistake to allow mercenary groups and their accompanying corruption to thrive in the Russian Federation.

Hasn't Vaush basically described his ideal future as market socialism?

We have experimented with using a home media server through Plex. We got it to work, but we generally do not keep it running all the time.