WhatWouldKarlDo

I haven't played it yet, but in a similar vein, Squad 22: ZOV is a recent Russian game that depicts the Ukraine war. The American response was also quite predictable. Although it is heartening to see a number of steam reviewers calling them out for review bombing it.

Immigration opponents say the crackdown will translate into more and better-paying jobs for native-born Americans.

As a native born of Turtle Island, I would like to wish all these native-born Americans a nice big "Fuck you."

Odd. It works fine for me on Android and Desktop Linux Firefox. Perhaps Apple specific?

On the Ukraine front, Russia is definitely still winning. You can check the maps yourself for the high level. I'm not sure where these 10s of miles are that they advancing, but I don't see it on a map of Ukraine.

On the lower level, the Ukrainian armed forces appears to just barely be holding on. Most of their true believers are dead, and they are increasingly relying on people that they kidnapped. They are taking massive disproportionate casualties, and as we can clearly observe from NATO panic, Russia is winning in the materiel war as well. This is a war of attrition, and Russia is decisively winning. Hell, even the messaging from on high has changed from saying that Ukraine is winning to Ukraine can still win if NATO just sanctions a bit more and sends more guns. This is also not working, and NATO knows that they cannot keep up with even their existing pace forever.

I'm honestly not sure that there is a plan. It's just racism with a side of exceptionalism. The idea is that the great and powerful US military can bomb anyone they want with impunity, so long as they aren't a nuclear power. And with the meerest hint of possibility that Iran might become a nuclear power soon, it's a good time to go bombing again. They've been talking for years about how much they wanted to.

Is this how the Israelis feel? Tense?

I work with one. She whined about being afraid to the whole company.

It's only been a couple of weeks since the anniversary of the start of the white terror, which killed tens of thousands of Chinese dissidents. I must have missed the news remembering that.

Trump wants them to stop fighting and allow the US to start digging for Ukrainian minerals. The Russians keep winning in clear defiance of this goal.

Americans don't know that there's a world outside of the US. They genuinely believe that the world will cease to function without them.

Chinese Spy submarine.

I've been playing the communist birds in Stellaris. I haven't played in a few years, and a big new patch is coming soon. I had a hankering for a 4X game, and figured it would be a good time to play a game. The patch will probably take a while to stabilise, and I also wanted to see what had happened to the game in the last couple of years before the rework. I've also been dabbling a bit with The Pale Beyond and SpaceVenture. I'm not that far in SpaceVenture yet, but it seems like a solid rebirth of Space Quest. The Pale Beyond is like a choose your own adventure version of The Terror Season 1. I'm also not too far in that one, but I can see it getting really bleak really fast. I like it so far.

I liked the Nintendo Direct. The hardware seems solid, if entirely too big. It'll probably just sit plugged into my TV though, like my Switch, so it's not the worst thing in the world. And I have some excitement about maybe getting to play Bayonetta 3 at full speed. I'm surprised that the only big 1st party launch title seems to be Mario Kart World though. I'll probably pick that up, and maybe the upgrade pack for Tears of the Kingdom, which I still haven't finished. I'm less than pleased about paid upgrades and the pricing in general, but I'll live with it.

In regards to one of his slaves who refused to work, and was whipped for it:

"Your treatment of Charlotte was very proper—and if she, or any other—of the Servants will not do their duty by fair means—or are impertinent, correction (as the only alternative) must be administered."

-- George Washington, slave owner and racist.