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I expect that the Very Short Treks won't be entirely non-canon. For instance, some episode might introduce an event, place, or technology that is actually canon even if the events of the episode itself are not canon.

Alternatively, they could be loosely canon in the same way as the Lego Star Wars shows/games, with the rough events and plots being canon even if exact details are not.

I like the implication that someone put the Sega Dreamcast into their contacts list.

Probably just down to less stuff running in the background using up CPU cycles. I can't imagine it makes a huge difference, but more than nothing.

How far down do those spots go?

All the way.

there have been numerous

I hope so...but humans only please.

American democracy could be significantly improved just by adding term limits Senators and Representatives, plus an age cap for Congress and the President. Taking steps to break the two party system would be even better.

I personally like Germany's approach to parliamentary representation, where you vote for both a district representative and a party. Once the district seats are filled, more seats are added until each party is proportionally represented. This goes a long way to reducing the spoiler effect and helping third parties get a voice.

I know this is a controversial take, but I actually like the electoral college in principle. The goal of the electoral college is to balance the interests of urban and rural voters so that whoever wins the election will hopefully be good for both. Currently, electoral votes are distributed based on the results of simple majority votes at the state level, with some states including a 'winner takes all' rule. If it were up to me, I'd instead use state level alternative votes or something similar, and ban the 'winner takes all's rule.

However, I don't think we will see any of these in a very long time, if ever. The current system benefits the people currently in it, why would they change it? IIRC, the UK had a referendum to switch voting systems years ago, and their two biggest parties banded together to pressure voters to keep the existing system.

Probably because we're too comfortable interacting with online strangers with the protection of semi-anonymity.

With an enemy so blatantly evil that they attack children, we should be ashamed that we aren't doing more to defeat Russia.

Good bot. Bad Putin.

I don't like sand...

I grew up around cousins who were all older than me, so I think I was influenced more by 90s culture than most of my peers. I think you and I are the awkward in-between.