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Also, something that Sunil can never replicate. I distinctly remember riding on the last ever trolly bus journey in Huddersfield. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolleybuses_in_Huddersfield It was en … (View Post)

The Somme... probably. Over a fifth of the British forces ended up killed or missing, but it was fought over nearly five months, so unless your dice rolled really badly, you'd have a very good chance… (View Post)

In terms of casualties, duration of war, and cost to the nation, Ukraine is going through something pretty similar right now, in resisting a fascist invasion. (View Post)

Also: “We are all going to die” — Joni Ernst “They’ll get over it” — Mitch McConnell “It’s immaterial” — JD Vance https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/1940001147592253468 Note that Vance's self proclaim… (View Post)

Korea is almost as much an admixture of different ethnic groups as are the "English". It's just that centuries of deliberate isolation gave rise to the "pure blooded" Korean myth. (View Post)