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Influencers

vendredi 11 février 2022 à 23:50

Influencers are amazingly bland. The blander, the more successful.

If a celebrity is someone famous for being famous, an influencer is someone famous for having nothing to be famous for.

Since I don't use these antisocial networks, I have never actually seen an influencer at work.

Opportunity to overturn climate policies

vendredi 11 février 2022 à 23:50

Bogus Johnson's weakness in the Tory Party is giving planet-roaster Tories an opportunity to overturn the agreed-on climate defense policies.

Weak as they are (for instance, by talking about "net emissions", which implies treating "offsets" as if they were real), they are a first step. Cancelling them will make things worse.

Rights abuses for head of police

vendredi 11 février 2022 à 23:50

*General accused of rights abuses made Ugandan head of police.*

Communications satellites

vendredi 11 février 2022 à 23:50

NASA is having doubts about whether to permit SpaceX to launch 30,000 additional communications satellites. They might spoil astronomical observations and block launches into all but the lowest orbits.

There is no mention of the risk of creating more space junk. Perhaps there is a reason that is not a danger here. If so, can anyone tell me why?

Minsk agreement

vendredi 11 février 2022 à 23:50

The hastily-written Minsk agreement is either a framework for peace between Ukraine and Russia, or a framework for Russia to mess with Ukraine permanently, depending on how some vague provisions are interpreted.

If it is clarified, perhaps it would be acceptable for Ukraine to agree not to join NATO as long as Russia follows the treaty provisions.