I guess, they are busy sending some more weapons to Israel.

About time some serious non-US alternatives to Visa and MasterCard emerge. I am not sanctioned by anyone, but still hate that I have to use those cards (or PayPal fwiw) all the time.

I have to say, during this entire conflict I felt better when Iran closed the strait and we were not in a state of “finally they work on some agreement”, simply because there couldn’t be a better acceleration of renewable energies than oil being expensive as fuck. I know that is somehow a weird accelerationist take, since all western economy still very much runs on oil and even if I personally use electric cars and have a heat pump for heating at home, it still affects me indirectly through the economy at large.

But: Living in Western Europe, this summer so far is brutal: One heat wave after the other, wildfires going crazy, the rivers drying out (impacting the economy as well btw), but somehow it feels out governments treat climate protection like some outdated topic from 2018.

So, I am actually scared about the consequences of Iran closing the strait of Hormuz for sure, but I guess I’m more scared about climate change fucking us over big time.

Hitting 8€ in Germany now, which apparently is 9.23 USD. But I lived without a car for a long time now and will get an electric car soon, so I will “only” feel the indirect consequences 😂

Most of the time in favor of the last person he talked to, if that person knows at least a little bit how to handle him (and Putin most certainly does). As soon as I heard that they would talk, I knew he would drop some pro-russian taking points again.

Racists can go to Russia. I heard they have a lot of space in their country.

I’m not in the US and not planning to go there any time soon, so I’m good. I agree with the sentiment in general though😅

Yeah, it’s insane. Usually I don’t follow what Trump says 1:1, but read about it in some news article, social media, etc. That is bad enough, but when I actually hear him speak sometimes, I need to cringe so bad… And then I remember a majority of Americans either decided “yep, that guy seems the best option” or “can’t see a difference between the candidates” and I lose all hope in humanity.

Because of that, I actually considered for a moment that some government official in denmark is called Lee Jae Myung. 😅

I would say the rest of NATO should be able to hold against Russia for sure, especially in its current state.

I would just be worried about short-term problems because of disrupted logistics due to the US withdrawing. Or maybe that other countries would follow the US in leaving.

But in the end, that is just my guess.

What a stupid timeline, in which the above is true🙄

Eh, a few days from now Trump will say something like “I had an amazing call with Putin. He is a great guy, Ukraine should surrender now”. Dude can’t remember what he said yesterday.

I agree with you, but I would bet Slovenia is not very high on the “where to invade next” list😅

I really got allergic to sensationalist headlines like this. “X goes nuclear and destroys Y”. I’m refusing to click on stuff like that…

Reciting every day in school how great your country is, is peak brainwashing to me. When I learned about that, it was so weird to me.

Only a good guy with a car can stop a bad guy with a car though. Also if everyone in a crowd had a car, stuff like this wouldn’t be possible.

/s for the people in the back

Europa Universalis V confirmed?

Any bets that it will take less than 90 days before we get the next tariff circus?

To avoid a kindergarten infinity+1 problem, one side should just explicitly ban all trade at some point and not just do it implicitly by bringing tariffs to the moon. 🤷‍♂️

I hate this timeline