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Allies fear the US is becoming less reliable, with growing concern over a possible Trump return

According to If We Burn by Vincent Bevins. The Egyptian Government led by Sisi has been ramping up their security apparatus after the Arab Spring.

There is a certain disconnect between the Egyptian population which is mostly pro Palestinian and the Sisi government which is a US ally that seeks to normalize with Israel. The lack of protest coverage in Egypt probably means that there are heavy suppressions by the government. This probably extend to people with relatives outside of the country, remember that ex-Obama adviser with that Egyptian street vendor?

As for Jordan, it is a US ally and have de facto normalize with Israel also have a heavy security apparatus. Their security service has interrogation centers called ''Fingernails factories''

Not completely wrong

Trump, Brace Belden mentioned the likult party office has portraits (murals?) of Trump and Putin.

I think there is a legit blindsideness from Bibi to be such partisan for the republican party (but also understandable due to the party’s ideology)

But there is also a blindsideness of the USA political elites siding with Israel with no plan B since Israel can also swing towards Russia if the us political project collapses

I was referring more specifically the handles that need to pop off to open the door. There were stories about how they weren't able to pop them after an ice storm.

But yes the charging issue is pretty obvious lmao

There is an interesting book about how the Chinese Silicon Valley works called AI superpower, China, Silicon Valley and the New world order by Kai-Fu Lee

In the book, it explains how new start up would usually make a product that is “good enough” in order to gain traction and as there are a lot of people using them to cultivate a product ecosystem. the firms gets feedback from customers and create more “niche” lines for specific customers, etc.

Which compliments well with the episode on Tech Won’t Save Us where they talk about how asian car manufacturers works in reverse compare to Tesla that produces for a high-end car and mostly to make a statement and pushes for a life-style.

I have a friend who told me once how Tesla are very Californians in their design because they are not adapt for regions with lower temperatures

Hamas is literally GLA in Cnc general now

This is so far fetched. They could of gone with how his mother is dressing him in dresses when he was a baby (which is not that uncommon in that era)

阴历 is also how, for example the Vietnamese, calls it, but yes it is Solar Lunar Calendars just like Korean's and Mongolian's. The big differences between them are the Zodiac signs and the starting years (year 0). The latter has something to do with how to dissociate with Imperial China (because they were at some point a Vassal State).

For example: Têt is the Vietnamese counterpart and I would argue that although it is inspired by the Chinese calendar, Vietnamese culture has diverged from the Chinese Such as how the last Vietnamese dynasty ressembles more the Chinese Ming dynasty than the Qing dynasty regarding their imperial cultures (I can’t comment on Korean, Tibetan, Mongolian new years but i’m sure they also have some degree of divergence too.) Also, the origin of the calendar by extension cultures also triggers a lot of chauvinistic sentiments that is not really productive for building understanding. I see a lot of Chinese Chauvinists disregard Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese culture saying that we “gave them” our characters, religions, etc. When there are geopolitical tensions within the area. It is also very ironic that Chinese Chan buddhism, Neo confucianism can be argue in this case that they are introduced by India which is something those same chauvinists would just ignore.

So I guess it's for inclusiveness towards other Solar Lunar Calendars within the Asian Diasporas. I have Sino-Japanese Relatives saying ''happy Spring festival'' or ''happy new year (because we know implicitly which one)'', my SEA friends would say happy Lunar New Year but my friends/relative from the Philippines would say ''Happy new year''.

The spirit of the holiday is to give and be generous, I’m not going to be go full political on people who have good intention or make an honest mistake.

This is an very unserious nation.

An unserious nation with enough bombs to destroy the world at least 50 times

Hasbara ouroboros

ok sure call me a white worshipper but don't associate me with transphobes

And I don't want to continue this conversation with you