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Meh, enough with the Marvel stuff already (isn't that all they do these days?)

@BruceVC are we still waiting for your contribution?...

I think a lot of “democratically” elected governments gets toppled by either military coups or uprisings because of rampant corruption… i.e. being “democratic regimes” in name only, not functionally. No easy fixes for deep rooted cultural problems

Politics... politics never change More politics here

Split off from old thread.... JuiceMedia's analysis of the state of Democracy around the world (warning, depressing news)

Georgia is in the process of introducing an almost carbon copy of that law, leading to unrest in the country. Spitefully referred to as "the Russian Law"

I enjoyed a video where she mocked people for even suggesting Ukraine was somehow Russian and had some fun conversations with a Ukrainian friend to show linguistic and cultural differences. Ie both former Soviet states but different countries .That was 3 years ago and the video is still there in

This. I don’t think she’s lying but I suspect her choice of location and subject gets “vetted” by people you don’t want to antagonise

So... Heiliung is going to tour Australia, with special guest Eivor. I would go see either without as a main event (both together just means I must have been a good boy), but... I am torn between getting tickets for their Brisbane concert or their Melbourne concert. The former is closer and more convenient, but the latter is probably a bigger event with better facilities

IIrc her name was Natasha or something close. Last video I saw (a year ago) was posted from some other country. I *think* she was staying in Georgia https://www.youtube.com/@NatashasAdventures/videos

Sad thing is, it's entirely possible... although I think that is giving FSB too much credit.

Isn't that what you get as a politician if you put all your eggs in one basket... and the basket turns out to be a basket case? Personally, I see that as karma for being followers rather than a leaders, despite marketing yourself as society's leaders. Sometimes the path of least resistance is a dead end... Edit: That last one actually sounded quite nice, have to remember that, if I think I need to sound profound some day

@BruceVC you may or may not find this interesting. After my favourite Russian blogger left Russia at the beginning of the war, inside information sort of dried out. Stumbled across this girl a few weeks ago, ethnic Tatar (she also has videos about the 190+ ethnic groups living together in the federation), but Russian citizen, giving insight into life in Russia. Her blogs are from the perspective of what I consider "enlightened" Russians, not the "bogans" from the "only in Russia" videos. If interested, you can find a 2 year old video on her channel where she explains why she isn't leaving and why politics doesn't interest her.

Windows 1984 indeed

I think I'll just repurpose my old thread here as a general Warhammer universe thread... I might even put some of my old paint jobs in here some day... You guys feel free to share your own armies whether Fantasy, WarCry, Necromunda, whatever... Anyway, It was hard to not notice the **** storm that occurred when current heads of lore in Nottingham decided to introduce a female Custodian... can't say I liked the idea either, but there is one thing WH40k does over and over, it's retconning, big time and consisten retconning Makes me wonder about the two missing legions and primarchs (2nd & 11th). My current (personal) conspiracy theory is, those were female primarchs leading female legions. But the Emperor foresaw how the world would react 40 years later and so decided to eliminate them in "Thunder Warrior Style" and remove all records of their existence

Some Vikings inspired music... the show, not the culture Edit: Saw Heilung had put up a new live video on their channel. Warning, light nudity involved...

Thanks. Editing my previous post, adding them

Based on recommendations, I made myself a list of shows to check out, as in at least watch a few episodes of each (depending on availability). Not necessarily in this order, just cut and past from posts above Kill la Kill Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders Bakemonogatari Code Geass Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Edit to add (so I have them in one place) full metal alchemist aquarion evol Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun tower of druaga

@Bartimeus as much as I love the old recoloured, upscaled and frame rate corrected footage from the late 1800's and start of the 1900's, this is indeed just creepy, making realism look like CGI movies

You can't convince me Minsc didn't already explore that path

I worry what an AI would do to us once it's done scanning these pages for information about humans

Probably more comparable to acquiring Activision/Blizzard?

About to start on my favourite slime hero (watched first episode a while ago), but otherwise at a bit of a loss what to watch next. I loved Ergo Proxy and Heavenly Delusion, absolutely adored Gushing over Magical Girls and... Frieren? I doubt I'll find an adventure that will captivate me to that degree again. Metallic Rouge was enjoyable too, even if not into the whole fighting and "mecha" kind of thing. If these shows have anything in common, it's probably that they don't have anything in common Ah well, hope Rimuru sticks around a while yet

I think I put around 250 hours into WOTR so far. Completed it once, about halfway through the second play through. I have an unfortunate tendency to tunnel vision on a game that interests me until I feel burnt out on it. Then put it aside for 6-12 months, pick up my last save and rinse and repeat. That being said, the Lich does play somewhat differently in combat compared to my first Barbarian/Trickster/Legend game. Also, skipping the puzzles wherever possible, because they aren't fun after the first handful. Not a min/max player, so focusing on necromancy over flashier spells changes the balance of some encounters. Some easier, some harder, compared to brute force approaches. edit: later boss fights needs support spells more than anything anyway, at least that was my impressions from the first time

Sort of, give Earth a good shake and mix things up a bit. Voila! Watch all those little life forms scatter and adapt