If I was a Tory MP I'd wait a bit and see how he gets on. If it looks bad then put the new guy in maybe Autumn 2023, that way they can have a snap election if things are looking momentarily good. It'… (View Post)

OT, a few days ago someone was asking about the candidate in the Oregon race who got a load of money dumped on them by crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried. I posted what was probably not a very good… (View Post)

TBF he wasn't the only person who didn't realize the invasion would fail the way it did. A lot of well-informed people seem to have assumed the Ukrainian government would either collapse like Afghani… (View Post)

Ukrainians who don't want to live under Russian occupation mostly move to the uninvaded parts of Ukraine. Others get forcibly transported to some random bit of Russia, and Russians moved into the pla… (View Post)

There's some more on it here, they have Flynn down as an Effective Altruism luminary, and SBF is an Effective Altruism enthusiast: https://www.vox.com/23066877/carrick-flynn-effective-altruism-sam-ba… (View Post)