Please don't let the fact that these numbers have been arriving every day for 3 years now, numb you to the horrors behind these numbers.
Ukraine needs our help more than ever.
there was a need to adjust some of the positions of the enemy’s total losses - personnel
The number for personnel was adjusted up by 1650.
Trump wants you to join him on the insane train.
I've heard a lot about Russia not being able to make good ball bearings, so I think you are right it will impact transportation especially by train.
Regarding food, Russia is also likely to have way below average harvest in 2025 for several crops. Because they can't import quality seeds, and have to make do with Russian seeds that have lower yields.
Note that this import is not restricted by embargo, because it's for basic food items which have exceptions. It's simply Russia themselves that prevent imports, probably because of lack of currency for imports.
So for sure prices of basic food items will go up in 2025, also more than inflation itself would require. And this is very likely to cause huge problems for especially pensioners and other low income households.
I don't think we will see widespread starvation, but shortages rising prices and possibly food stamps are very likely.
The singularity is an interesting idea, but further analysis to me indicate that physical barriers will prevent it from ever happening.
Yes we have development at an increasing pace, but the barriers for improvements are increasing even more as we approach physical barriers. So we are not approaching the singularity, but we are approaching what could be the peak of fast progress, especially on living standards, where it may already have passed for the developed world.
Ray Kurzweil is a brilliant man, but I think he miscalculated regarding the singularity.
Nonono, Musk has already helped us with that. We are saving hundreds of dollars on wages, and only very few planes have crashed.
Ukraine actually made a list of ceasefires Russia had broken:
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/02/24/7499797/
And Zelenskyy has informed the US administration about it personally.
Putin is NOT trustworthy, and is demonstrably a liar about everything regarding the war on Ukraine.
There is zero rational reason to trust Putin.
Trump doesn't give a shit about facts, and he is constantly gaslighting about Putin and Russia.
The man is a traitor, and should be executed for treason of the highest order.
Some might think this is corruption, but I assure you, this was the best offer we could find, because all the others got lost somehow?
but I suspect you think America has been benevolently defending these places
I don't, but Yes USA has manipulated countries in the past, your list is about 7 incidents in 50 years depending on how they are counted. But I'm not sure we can really hold for instance Afghanistan against USA, the conditions and atrocities in Afghanistan are actually worse both before and after the allies were there. And the invasion was legitimate endorsed by UN and a reaction on an attack on USA.
The main problem is that it was a futile effort. And it's mostly the same with DR Congo.
Venezuela under Hugo Chavez is a disaster of poverty, inefficiency and suffering despite the riches of the country. And no doubt it's an illegitimate totalitarian government with fake elections.
In Argentina Juan Peron was inspired by Italian fascism, and became a dictator himself, Isabel Peron became president purely due to nepotism, without election because Juan Peron died. She was NOT liked by the population, and not a legitimate leader.
I'm not saying these things necessarily justify outside interference (except Afghanistan), but the situations you mention although they are mostly bad, they are not equally bad. And Trump is already at it with 3 countries in 1 month that we know of.
Trump is Threatening to invade Greenland despite it's a trusted NATO ally. he is also saying USA will take over Gaza, and throw out all the Arabs. And finally extorting Ukraine for money to help defend a democracy against Russia, which is also US and NATO interest to prevent take over Ukraine.
USA may have been a mixed bag before, with some very bad things mixed in, but also a defender of democracy and freedom, but now USA is no longer a mixed bag, it's ALL bad.
So IMO you still can't claim Trump isn't worse than any other US president ever.
You are making a false equivalence, although we agree on at least most of the examples from your list are bad too.
PS: You forgot overthrowing democracy in Iran, and instating the Sha as dictator. That's one of my personal top points of bad things USA has done.
I agree on the headline, it's time for change, we should totally ban traditional marriage. 😋
And as a bonus for banning trans people, they think they'll go to heaven for being good little bigots for god.
Viewing US as landlord is about how USA behaves towards them.
How USA behaves towards foreign countries is determined primarily by the president.
You stating it's the same, is the same as stating Trump is no different from other presidents.
If you were misunderstood, it would be better to explain what you actually meant.
I get a JSON error "Unexpected character line 1" when trying to post the image today, so if you can't see the image, you can use the link below:
https://www.mil.gov.ua/en/news/2023/12/17/the-total-combat-losses-of-the-enemy-from-24-02-2022-to-17-12-2023/
If you have 380/400V 16A induction, it's not even close.
But be careful, if you have ceramic coated pans for instance, and you use the high power settings to heat it up, your pans won't last long, as the ceramic may crack because of the fast heat up. We lost 2 pans that way. 😋
We also had a cheap cooking pot, where it developed a crack between the main pot and the apparently cheaply attached heat spreading bottom.
This made the pot sputter because water was collected in the crack when washed.
When I boil eggs, i time it from the moment the water is boiling. But with out new stove, the water boils so fast, I've had to add 2 minutes to the time they boil!!
Our electric kettle is 2.2 kW. But boiling a liter of water on the stove is still more than twice as fast!! Meaning the stove must be putting more than 4.4 kW to the pot, on the smallest cooking spot!!
Obviously that is only possible for 1 spot at a time, I figure the max must be around 6kW combined.
I can't think of any advantages, gas stoves are slower, they are harder to clean, they give off an insane amount of wasted heat, which is uncomfortable in hot weather, and they noticeably degrade air quality unless you have very good ventilation.
The only possible advantage I can think of, is that you can use cheaper equipment on gas. but not always, because non metal handles tend to get ruined on gas stoves.
All in all induction is superior. 😎