350 km is nothing special. I know people who have 5-year-old EVs with range 220 miles who fret when they have trips to areas with sparse EV coverage. 500 miles would make them sit up and trade in. (View Post)

I doubt if Kursk is up for grabs - the Ukrainian move there is tactical. Conversely I don't think that Ukraine should be expected to yield Ukrainian terrain that it's not already lost. But … (View Post)

AFAIK the Russians haven't been pressing to reincorporate Kyiv and Western Ukraine, where the population is overwhlemingly hostile - their claim is Crimea plus the eastern provinces. If they wer… (View Post)

Interesting angle on the US elections: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/10/donald-trump-the-left-social-media-rightwing-propaganda-progressives-woke (View Post)

I'm unenthusiastic about subsidising domestic agriculture too, but climate change predictions and the possibility of global transport disruption give me pause about moving towards total dependen… (View Post)