CoCo_Goldstein

What did Orwell say his novel was about?

US taking over Gaza would be at the bottom of my list of options concerning Gaza. Almost anything else would be a better idea.

It's a pity we've never been able to elect a Democrat president who could counteract the evil that Reagan has unleashed upon us.

Attack on its sovereignty? More like an attack on the comfort level of its rulers.

"This is especially a problem in Star Trek"

It gets really bad in ST Discovery, especially in the last season. Any time the ship gets into trouble, a cascade of sparks starts falling down. It looks like a waterfall made of sparks. The bridge basically looks like a KISS concert.

probably because of lack of currency for imports

That makes sense. Russia is saving its money to pay smugglers to smuggle in weapons components.

Not mentioned in the article, but mentioned elsewhere - trains. Russia relies heavily on trains to move things. One part of train maintenance is the replacement of bearings. Russia can't manufacture bearings for its trains and it can't import them either because of sanctions. Russia has fewer and fewer operational trains and train cars. One very important thing that the trains haul is grain. There are reports that Russia could face starvation by the end of the year if it doesn't get its trains repaired because they will be unable to haul food to the cities. Russia doesn't have enough trucks and roads to replace the trains.

"Love is love".

You can't judge.

Eh, banks give out loans for people to start restaurants all the time

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I did some deeper looking in Art Station. The artist's name is Jun Yun.

It sounds like you aren't making much money, so you probably don't owe much, if any, in taxes. For the year 2024, if you got a W-2 from your employer, you should file. What you did in previous years won't affect your ability to file this year. Who knows? perhaps you will get a refund.

People heard about the original, now discredited study, which came out around the time autism diagnosises were increasing. People then either didn't hear or chose not to believe that the OG study was discredited.