Someone remembered the Reddit posts about using dryer lint as a firestarter and had a 💡 moment.

Western media: “Hereditary leadership is bad! Khamenei must not be allowed to lead Iran!!”

Also western media: “Look at all these wholesome 💯 protestors supporting the Shah’s son!!!”

Maybe clarify tone before accusing. Automatically assuming the worst intention behind a comment and reacting based on that makes online communities worse places.

Especially given the relative simplicity of the Shahed. It would not be difficult for the US to make copies with the resources they have.

Someone could make a new bot and we could ban the old one from posting

Every single “communist” I have met who is like this has been from a comfortable area of Europe. Curious.

You can often tell which products are actually worth the premium and which have inflated prices for brand reasons. Anything with stitching can have extremely different longevities depending on how much care was put into it, but there is of course a ceiling on how much labour can reasonably be put into one garment (thanks, Marx!) and thus there is a ceiling to what can be considered a reasonable price for a product.

But my favourite example of something that has absolutely no reason to be as expensive as it is is the humble Croc. A name-brand EVA clog sells for $50 — ten times the price of an identical product with no brand recognition shipped direct from the factory in China. Why? There is no skilled labour involved in the creation. There is no difference in the materials. These are machine-injected EVA.

In just twelve months, solar power’s share of Cuba’s electricity generation has tripled from 5.8 percent to over 20 percent, with 49 new solar parks now connected to the national grid. Wind energy, electric public transport and decentralised home solar systems are all expanding rapidly. The long-term goal is full energy sovereignty – complete independence from imported fossil fuels by 2050.

Whenever western powers give vague promises about reaching net zero by some given year, I don’t believe them, because they have no incentive to do so. But Cuba is sufficiently motivated, and now supported. I wish them luck and success in their transition. May they set the standard and embarrass the global north.

builds a soundproof room to keep out outside voices

makes the inside as reflective as possible

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