So sickening

This is truly some cheap geopolitical analysis, the article attempts to redeem itself towards the but, Jesus, talk about clickbait. They’re literally reducing half of a continent to a monolith, disregarding the specific reality and conditions of the individual countries. Africa is indeed a country for the BBC, it appears.

Is there any incentive other than showing who’s boss on the internet? I struggle to see how the amount of time and energy involved in moderating just one community, let alone multiple ones, are worth it just to get a power high. It seems exhausting.

And now they’re closing the Acropolis during the hottest hours as a precautionary measure

BBC News - Europe heatwave: Extreme heat leads to Greece Acropolis closure https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66202093

Indeed. One can only wish to live in exceedingly boring times…

“Interesting” - the understatement of the century

About the MSG hysteria, it’s not even rooted in actual medical data, just run-of-the-mill xenophobia, which in itself is absolutely wild to me. It’s like a whole chunk of the population collectively decided to develop the palate of a toddler, turning up their nose to “foreign” food.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monosodium_glutamate “Researchers, doctors, and activists have tied the controversy about MSG to xenophobia and racism against Chinese culture,[62][63][64][65][66] saying that East Asian cuisine is being targeted while the widespread use of MSG in other processed food hasn’t been stigmatized.[67] These activists have claimed that the perpetuation of the negative image of MSG through the Chinese restaurant syndrome was caused by “xenophobic” or “racist” biases.[68][69]”

Extremadura is not a plant-free desert landscape. Not yet, anyway.

You’re experiencing what Kant called the sublime. "Feelings of the beautiful “occasion a pleasant sensation but one that is joyous and smiling.” On the other hand, feelings of the sublime “arouse enjoyment but with horror.”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observations_on_the_Feeling_of_the_Beautiful_and_Sublime#:~:text=In this section%2C Kant gives,the sublime into three kinds.

Eeeh… Pro-Russians gotta Russian

What a fucking shitstain

Done

It’s a BBC alert, article is on their main page

Would love if the geopolitics people of anime_titties could move over, a lot of them were supporting the protests and may have considered making the jump. Right now, the only geopolitics community that I have found has 3 subscribers… Also wouldn’t mind at some point to have a meta community aggregator like SubredditDrama, HobbyDrama or BestOfRedditorUpdates. It makes for excellent reading material while on the toilet.

I’ve been on a Rimworld binge while away, one of the few games my laptop can handle and I have to say, it’s sooooo good, and yes the temptation to rebuild everything from scratch to create the perfect colony is always so strong.

Mein Herr, dies ist ein Wendy’s

Kadyrov’s Akhmat units are heading to Rostov to supposedly counter Wagner’s advance. As of this moment the head of the column is 40km away from Rostov. Worth remembering that just a few weeks ago Kadyrov’s Chechen troops were tipped to take over from Wagner in Ukraine. https://www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-31-2023

The Public Council of the Federal Penitentiary Service confirmed the information of the VCHK-OGPU about the riot in the Vodnik pre-trial detention center. “Prisoners began synchronously knocking on the doors of the cells and screaming,” they said.https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1672575188850843648

Wagner is made up of a large number of ex convicts, I wonder how much sway Prigozhin has with the prisons’ population in Russia.

Russia analyst on Al Jazeera talking about revolution

I posted it from the F24 app, that may be why. Here’s a link to the browser version https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230624-live-moscow-accuses-wagner-head-of-mutiny-he-says-his-forces-enter-russia