Interesting, I wonder what motivates their choice for costa rica. Not an especially progressive place, it is very much under US influence to the point that a friend’s Sandinista parents describe it as essentially a US military base.

Thank you! I don’t really listen to much podcasts but this came up with some friends recently who were looking for alternatives, I will pass this along

On a related note, does anyone know of a good way to listen to podcasts that doesn’t use Spotify, apple or google?

I’ll have to watch some videos and try again

That’s what happened to me and it happened so fast I didn’t feel like I could figure out what to do differently. I should watch some videos and try it again, I’ve heard it is great

I tried to play this years ago and couldn’t get into it, it was very confusing to me but seemed like something I would typically like

Putin has been known to exert psychological tactics to expose adversaries’ points of weakness. The award was likely given as a means to provoke questions as to why relative of a high-ranking U.S. intelligence official was fighting for the Russian military.

Gloss, who reportedly suffered from mental health challenged, was killed fighting for Russia at aged 21 after moving to Moscow and voicing his support for Russia’s military.

they decided that the answer to their own question was ableism

Is it the Europeans who colonized and ransacked the developing world which caused the migrant crisis or the nations that had little to nothing to do with the downfall of every nation that the migrants flee from?

Trans imperialism is still imperialism

It’s the directoral debut of the filmmaker and Lilly is EP which means she is paying for it out of pocket so a short film is more typical in a situation like this. It’ll do all the festivals with Lilly’s name attached and if it is any good well likely see a first feature length film by the director announced after the festivals wrap.

A well made 18 min sci fi movie is probably costing a few hundred thousand to make whereas a feature would probably start upwards of a million

Anglo-American is DeBeers’ parent company

As if a mining company in Africa couldn’t be more cracker, they are named anglo-american

I think they already came out and said they wouldn’t surrender

Most of these nations are Russian allies and have no reason to support Ukraine, which is the Israel of eastern Europe

Yes they are lucky they found something, the timing of their search was just in time

I already know scientists moving to Europe because they couldn’t find places to work in the US. Labs are not hiring here anymore, but the Euro labs seem excited and able to being in new talent

Glad to be introduced to this band, the music is great and I had never heard of them before all this. Hopefully the Streisand effect helps them

All porn is illegal in China. There are hundreds of queer romantic novels and such not being targeted, because they don’t cross the line into graphic pornography. This is being framed as anti queer but it is actually anti porn

And what’s so bad about that?

Just one more sanction and they will fold!

Not only is it too late, she actively enabled his rise by pandering to his base and allowing them to get away with everything with no real opposition. She is just as complicit