briancady413 @briancady413@qoto.org

@freemo

I think the Mercatore projection we oftentime use, that distorts the areas far from the equator, can give a wildly wrong idea of the size of Africa. Africa is huge.

I'll attach a video demonstrating the real size of countries, when we remove the UTM distortion

@manarock @amerika @TradeMinister

I can't believe this years election somehow happens to be between two worse candidates than last year.. how is that possible!

#USPol

This may seem a little crazy. Here are 3 pictures of Joe Biden. Look at the ears in picture 1 versus picture 2 and 3. Do they look the same to you?

@briancady413

Some thoughts:

1. It ignores a big regional actor - one that borders both Armenia and Azerbaijan, and has taken an active interest in trying to resolve the NK conflict. For all the attention devoted to Turkey's influence, Iran should see more consideration than it's given.
2. The Caucasus is unusual because, despite the religious differences among the various countries, religion isn't predictive of which camp a particular country falls in. Armenia is aligned with both Christian Russia and Muslim Iran, while Azerbaijan counts Christian Georgia, Muslim Turkey, and Jewish Israel as supporters. This isn't really acknowledged, and selectively calling out Russia, Turkey, and Israel gives the false impression this is primarily a religious conflict.
3. Particularly once you consider those lists of allies, it's no wonder the West isn't hugely supportive of Armenia's claim to NK. The United States is on much better terms with Azerbaijan's supporters than with Armenia's, and the issue isn't important enough to the Americans to annoy their allies by favouring Armenia.