Problem is, the US only really works when every state is in sync. Economies of scale and all that. Stuff will be a lot more expensive if you are just buying for the west coast and Colorado. and you’ll have people from fucked up states trying to move to good states, bringing their terrible ideas.

I want the next one to be rotated, but still in portrait. Giant black bars on the sides, and the print is tiny. Like full screening a badly edited video.

I don’t trust Trump to execute it properly, tbh.

Honestly though, anti-missile shields are something we (humanity) needs. Any moron these days can throw it all away in a suicidal instant, now that Putin started a new war and now we have a bunch of smaller wars all over.

But DART showed the promise of orbital defenses, and I’d rather we have some semblance of countermeasures against large meteors, which this is a step towards doing. (Still, climate change is the existential threat that the entire world should be focusing on)

Okay, that is pretty cool.

What happened to him in the end? I remember her sacrificing herself to the winter, but all I remember is Geralt living and then the post game DLC. Maybe I got the really weird ending, haha

Yeah, weather is shifting a lot. Methane is really bad to build as any leaks (and they do leak) release gas that accelerates climate change way faster than carbon. Nuclear is a reliable source for a long time. I suspect that many of the world’s hydro dams will become less useful as things deteriorate. Perhaps some can be replaced by geothermal, or solar/wind/battery, but for places that are in geographically disadvantaged locations, nuclear is a great option.

Nuclear helps when you have a very bad drought and very little wind for a long time. Bad doldrums, or perhaps big fires changing wind patterns during a hot summer. Certain parts of the world may need to rethink certain forms of power generation as the climate begins to change at an accelerated pace. Our reservoirs and dams in western Canada and the western US are already below historic averages, and we’ve used hydro for decades and decades.

Nuclear is a very consistent, base load source. Expensive, but very reliable, and most importantly, cleaner and safer than coal or methane (“natural gas”) generators in the event you need to meet extraordinary demand all of a sudden.

The library getting a new wing for free and a bunch of morons parting ways with their money sounds pretty great to me, if it happened.

They can even name the new LGBT/Jewish/black history book wing in his honor from his “generous donation” to the library, lol.

Someone here recently said RFK is literally just Pestilence incarnate, and I don’t think they are wrong. The dude is the Randall Flagg of diseases. Just waiting for his actual bugchaser arc. Then he’ll plan a mass gathering and dissolve like Gravemind into deadly spores.

The thing that still doesn’t add up is how four climbers fell all at once. If a piton breaks, and multiple pitons/nuts/etc are pulled out in a big fall, then one or two people might fall, but that’s only if ALL of your protection rips out, which would be pretty rare, especially on granite.

But somehow, all four fell simultaneously, and with only one piton connected to their rope over an estimated 200 ft pitch.

That’s really odd, particularly with climbers who are a range of ages, 30-60. They probably aren’t inexperienced.

Time for the western Pacific states to form their own trading bloc.

I think it might, but it sounds like a PS5 exclusive for awhile.

We already are in my city, it’s really nice to see.

Don’t forget letting companies sack the state: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Pit

Wars. Lots and lots of wars.

Dude, your tax dollars are gonna go exclusively to rebuilding strip malls and power centers in shithole states to reward them for the dictator vote. He’s already refused to fund a blue state over a storm cell that destroyed a ton of homes.

Your tax dollars are gonna go exclusively to rebuilding a Hooters that was built on a hastily paved over swamp in 2014.

It would be a bad day to wear a tinfoil hat.

Fire season in the west and east is gonna be fucking wild too, though. We are all gonna lose.

You reminded me of Gunship- Fly For Your Life (great music and incredible visuals)

https://youtu.be/Jv1ZN8c4_Gs

It’s really starting to feel like WW1 again. Now that we are going back to a multipolar world order, shit is starting to rapidly spin out of control. I expect the current wars to get worse, and new ones to break out. My money is on China invading Taiwan next. :/