Yea, an area where the unintended consequences are actually going to push China domestically built airlines to be competitive with Airbus and Boeing, even if they lack the range and efficiency.

Your caredge article gives context for actual numbers rather then percent. Tesla sells between 110-170k per quarter in the US. It’s down 11% in January in the US according to Business Insider. While still selling 35,000 more vehicles then Ford in that month.

Where as Germany sold 1,429 Tesla vehicles in February, Australia sold 1,592, and France 2,395.

So the scale of sales is vastly different. This is not to say it’s not having an impact, but to dig into a percentage or statistics. (Mind you I wouldn’t use percentage in this post, except I can’t find the month on month numbers without paying for it, so I’ll wait for it to come out in future reports.)

I believe it’s a remote station/environment issue based on my working in Antarctic and on Research ships.

NSF finally saw the light after it was forced down their throat, and they still haven’t resolved it.

https://apnews.com/article/women-working-antarctica-sexual-harassment-assault-mcmurdo-ba0e550fddf1ab0afd031ff4d25143cb

Antarctic builds are costly, difficult, and filled with challenges you don’t see in daily life, so while that might seem like a simple idea, it’s about half as hard as as putting it on the space station, with a 10th or less the budget.

This is the realpolitik answer. Intake perception of power, intentions, hard power, and leverage, among other things to get the context for position changes.

Russia sees creating the “macroregion” as an important long-term project, which would outlast any talks with the west over the future of Ukraine, to help strengthen its footing on the “global arena,” the report says.

The new bloc would connect Russia to the global south by giving each side access to raw materials, developing financial and transport ties, and uniting them through a common “world view [ . . .] where we write rule for the new world [and have] our own sanctions policy”, the report claims.

But it admits the obstacles to Russia’s global resurgence remain considerable. The report says western countries have successfully threatened central Asian countries into complying with sanctions through a “carrot-and-stick” approach while offering them access to global markets, transport corridors, and supply chains that bypass Moscow.

Russia’s allies, meanwhile, have profited from the sanctions by driving Russian businesses out of their home jurisdiction, taking control of import and export flows, and relocating production from Russia, according to the report. It adds that central Asian countries have also sought extra commissions to compensate for the risks of violating sanctions.

https://sof.news/special-forces/pack-animals/

Had to look this up with the other comment.

https://mastodon.social/@Some_Emo_Chick/113931350598923736

Non paywall link from the crosspost.

https://archive.is/2025.02.02-171159/https://www.ft.com/content/069a3af8-261b-4848-b19b-4fe82d324c64

Further the release from the org doing the suit, Democratic forward on behalf of several Yearly Meetings and more.

While I have little doubt they are spending many millions on it, I sort of doubt it’s billions of euros. They link a telegram source, which talks about German Intelligence. Not impossible, but not an easily verifiable source.

Someone correct me if I’m wrong.

It just seems rather unlikely they are spending that much on disinformation when the have a real and present war in front of them with huge hardware/personnel loss, and have a waning treasury.

If you have the chance, can you expand a bit on what you mean?

I think you misunderstand the complexity of the situation. The US would go to war on behalf of our economic interest and allies depending on the leadership, but not likely initiate itat the moment. China is under immense pressure of a different type and may use military might in the future to change it’s power, but both have challenge which make your statement too black and white to be valid. It’s more gray.

The following are all Foreign Affair, but give good long form context to current challenges.

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/why-china-wont-give-failing-economic-model

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/chinas-real-economic-crisis

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/chinas-gray-zone-offensive-against-taiwan-backfiring

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/why-china-isnt-scared-trump

The study also sheds light on cancer’s strategy for hiding from defenses. Tumor cells increase the production of prostaglandin E2, a lipid substance that blocks the action of monocytes. At the same time, they decrease the production of interferons, proteins that stimulate the immune system. The Vienna group argues that anti-inflammatory drugs that inhibit cyclooxygenase, such as aspirin, are “a promising strategy” to increase the effectiveness of immunotherapy, since they block the production of inflammatory molecules, such as prostaglandin E2.

Interesting as aspirin, acetaminophen, and ibuprofen all inflame the gut to some degree, so although they reduce inflammation in the rest of the body your GI doesn’t react well.

Interesting trade off. Amazing development in understanding!

A sort of justice served… In a funny and positive way.

The responses to Ocasio-Cortez from split-ticket voters included:

• “It’s real simple… Trump and you care for the working class”
• “Trump is going to get us the money and lets men have a voice. You’re brilliant and have amazing passion!”
• “I feel like Trump and you are both real.”
• “I know people that did this and it was bc of Gaza.”
• “You are focused on the real issues people care about. Similar to Trump populism in some ways.”
• “Because of Gaza”
• “I voted Trump and dems because he reached out to Muslims”

Really great explanation! Thanks!

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Really good thoughts. And pontoon bridges or other temporary structures have their limitations.

With that said, I don’t really see S. Korea wanting to invade N. Korea. Short of a radical change in leadership.

For imperial measuring Americans that’s 86,500 square miles which is close to the size of Rhode island (which is itself about 2.27% of the US).