@bibliolater Yea thats a known issue, we are fixing... for now you can access it by clicking your name on a post.
@Mehrad QOTO's version of mastodon has had markdown support for many years... They made it quite clear at mastodon not only will they not support it but they will go out of their way to strip it out of messages if you try.
To be fair jesus never once preached that other people should be forced to help others with their money (taxes or otherwise). He preached that people should be compelled to want to help directly.. Sounds like Jesus was preaching against taxes and for personal charity, which is in line with what christians and conservatives normally say, that people should be generous and donate to charity instead of being forced through taxes.
We did suspend them too, they just returned the favor :)
@selea Haha ok, fair enough :)
I havent not fact checked this. Apparently the attached letter was found in some rubble in Rasha and was written by a 10 year old boy who was found dead.
Translation:
“Please don’t cry for me, as it would make me sad. I hope my clothes can go to those in need, and my accessories to Rahaf, Lana, and Batool. The bead boxes should go to Batool. As for my monthly allowance of 50 shekels, I want half to go to Rahaf and the other half to Ahmad. I’d like Batool to have my toys. Lastly, please don’t shout at my brother Ahmad. Please follow these wishes.”
@freemo In the real world (but possibly a lesser film pitch), the horror would be a physicist discovering a true free energy source, and going mad trying to track down the non-existent error.
That is actually a much better take on the joke. Wish I thought of it.
Someone needs to do a horror movie called "Maxwell's Demon" about a researcher that goes insane trying to create free energy and never succeeding.
The numerical superiority of Russian forces over Ukraine on the battlefield will likely begin to decrease by the end of this year, according to American military analyst Michael Kofman.
Kofman believes that while the Kremlin continues to pressure Ukraine, suffering high levels of attrition, it is now beginning to struggle under “very significant constraints.”
“Battlefield advantage is likely to diminish as we enter this winter and look toward 2025,” said Kofman, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
However, he cautioned against expecting Russia to run out of equipment or personnel soon. Still, he believes Moscow will not be able to sustain its current pace of attack for long.
Kofman’s first explanation is that Moscow is replacing significant losses of equipment with Soviet-era weapons, but even these reserve stocks will not last indefinitely.
“Russia is depleting its Soviet-era assets, and the production rate of new equipment is quite low compared to the battlefield losses. This means that the Russian military is increasingly forced to adapt tactics to minimize losses, which also reduces their ability to achieve any operationally significant breakthroughs,” says the expert.
High payments to contract soldiers in Russia indicate that recruitment efforts are under pressure, he points out. Kofman believes that the Russian government will struggle to maintain the surge in bonuses and benefits it offers to new recruits.
“It’s clear that, at this rate of losses, Russia’s contract recruitment campaign will not be sustainable. This doesn’t necessarily mean that Russia will face a manpower shortage soon, but it’s evident they are encountering difficulties,” Business Insider quotes Kofman.
For instance, the British Ministry of Defense has estimated that the Kremlin will lose 1,000 soldiers daily during the coming winter, after suffering record daily losses in May and September.
The slow and costly pace of hostilities has consequences not only for the front lines in Ukraine but also for Russia’s wartime economy. It remains unclear how long Moscow can continue increasing its war budget.
Sounds like the perfect time for us to initiate a first-strike on them, while their weakened... We shall call them USA Jr and use Russia for all our ski resorts!
@lowqualityfacts I totally forgot to follow you, and promised i would... doiing it now.
Shocker.. I wonder what they will research next, if fish can breath in water?
@selea Out of curiosity why would you ask thread to suspend you rather than you suspending them? No judgement just curious.
@amerika Where in the standard definition of poverty does it state that poverty is only poverty if someone never gets out of it?
Oddly enough my numbers come from scientific articles that clearly use the accepted and technical definition of the term.
Fair enough. I mean i certainly agree strength is neither the only attribute nor the most important attribute a leader should have. But it does have value.
You sometimes have logic that makes remarks like this, it seems strange to me... Not sure why saying "A leader should be strong" is the same to you as someone saying "The only attribute a leader needs is strength".
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