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The reaction of the Ukrainian ambassador to the US during the argument between Zelensky and Trump.
  • Until this situation, I would have been with you, but I think China might have realized that if they play their cards right there's a world where they just control Russia some day. If things get especially rough, I think China might play neutral.

  • VLC Literally Reaches for the Moon to Mark its 20-Year Anniversary
  • VLC has over 6 billion downloads, obviously there are people who downloaded it multiple times, but that's getting close to averaging one per person in existence.

    6 billion download announcement (eventually leads to X/twitter): https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/09/vlc-tops-6-billion-downloads-previews-ai-generated-subtitles/#%3A~%3Atext=VLC+media+player%2C+the+popular%2Can+AI-powered+subtitle+system.

    Not directly comparable, but guesses at the number of Linux servers out there are in the 10s-100s of millions.

  • Same BS every year
  • Know you're joking, but just think it's funny to point out that one of DOGE's first acts was to try to kill the direct file system the IRS maintains to make it easier for some people to file their taxes. I feel like that one didn't get a lot of coverage.

  • Conservatives push to overturn same-sex marriage: "Just a matter of when"
  • They have a fairly large group that isn't going to change their votes either way. Then, they have another group that actually might stay home, but things like this motivates them. They don't have to care about the parts of their base that aren't going to change their mind.