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Why does it say this post has 16 comments but I see none?

The next administration is gonna be forced to waste money tearing this ballroom down and rebuilding it just to ensure no Russian surprises are hidden in it.

Africanews covers global news too. Same way the BBC covers more than just Britain.

It accidentally listed Amazon twice. The list would otherwise be alphabetical.

Ironically (given the original name of this community), the ancient Chinese had entire discourses on the idea that in order for society to function correctly, people needed to be able to agree what words meant.

A superior man, in regard to what he does not know, shows a cautious reserve. If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. If language be not in accordance with the truth of things, affairs cannot be carried on to success. When affairs cannot be carried on to success, proprieties and music will not flourish. When proprieties and music do not flourish, punishments will not be properly awarded. When punishments are not properly awarded, the people do not know how to move hand or foot. Therefore a superior man considers it necessary that the names he uses may be spoken appropriately, and also that what he speaks may be carried out appropriately. What the superior man requires is just that in his words there may be nothing incorrect.

--Master Kong (AKA Confucius)

https://ctext.org/analects/zi-lu

The established names of the later kings: penal and legal terms followed those of Shang, noble titles followed those of Zhou, literary titles followed those of Li. As for miscellaneous names applied to all things, they conformed to the established customs and conventions of Zhuxia; in distant regions with different local customs, these were adapted accordingly for general understanding.

As for miscellaneous names applied to people: the inherent nature that causes a person to be what he is called "xing." The harmony of xing gives rise to refined interactions and responsive 感应; when things occur effortlessly and naturally without deliberate action, this is called xing. The inclinations of xing—liking, disliking, joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness—are called qing. When the emotions arise and the mind makes choices in response, this is called lü (deliberation). When the mind deliberates and is thus able to act intentionally, this is called wei. When deliberation accumulates and becomes habitual, and only then achieves formation, it is called wei. Acting in accordance with what is righteous and beneficial is called shi (affairs or actions). Acting in accordance with righteousness is called xing (conduct or behavior). The capacity for knowledge within a person is called zhi. When knowledge aligns with something, it is called zhi (wisdom). The capacity for action within a person is called neng. When ability aligns with something, it is also called neng (capability). When xing is harmed, it is called bing (illness or affliction). A person's encounter with measured circumstances is called ming (fate or destiny): these are the miscellaneous names applied to people, and they represent the established terms of later kings.

Therefore, when a sovereign establishes names, once names are fixed and realities distinguished, the Way is put into practice and aspirations become clear; thus, he carefully leads the people toward unity. Therefore, to split words and arbitrarily create names in order to confuse established terms, causing the people to be doubtful and leading to frequent disputes among them, is called a great jian (great villain or great wrongdoer). Their crime is still akin to that of falsifying tokens, seals, and measurements. Therefore, the people dare not fabricate strange words to confuse established names; thus, their people are sincere and upright. Sincerity makes them easy to lead, and being easy to lead leads to public harmony. The people dare not fabricate strange terms to confuse established names, so they remain unified in the Way and law, and are careful to follow commands. If this is done, then their legacy will be enduring. An enduring legacy and accomplished achievements represent the highest attainment of governance. This is the achievement of carefully upholding the conventions of names. Now that the sage kings have passed away, the guardianship of names has become lax; strange terms arise, and the correspondence between names and realities becomes confused. When the forms of right and wrong are unclear, even those officials who uphold the law and Confucian scholars who recite canonical texts also fall into disorder. If a sovereign were to arise, he would surely follow established names while also creating new ones as needed. Therefore, the reasons for having names, the basis on which things are deemed the same or different, and the essential principles of establishing names must not be overlooked.

--Master Xun

https://ctext.org/xunzi/zheng-ming

Of course, there are also plenty of modern examples of how unclear communication can cause catastrophe.

If you're referring to "King" on the assumption that it's a reference to Queen, then no.

A pirogue is a type of canoe made from a single tree trunk

The Spice Women
Fat Lizzy
Dupree4
The Rolling Boulders
The Prevention
The Gates
King
Bruno Venus
Some Doubt
The Cocteau Triplets
Blackhighway
Soundfarm
Jack Six
Lady Adultspeech
Eurasia
Earth, Wind, Fire and Water
Adam and the Echidnas
Flock of Cormorants
The Town People

Remember, this is the same government which is relying on Russian troops (formerly Wagner) to hold onto power, and those Russian troops have been slaughtering civilians. So there's plenty to criticize and discredit.

Analysts cited in the report suggest Vladimir Putin may seek to open a new front rather than risk being remembered as the leader who lost Ukraine

Does Putin play Weiqi/Baduk/Go? A common strategy when a player is losing in one part of the board is for them to open up new "fronts" in other areas of the board, hoping that they're more successful in one of these other areas and that this will yield a new advantage in the original area they had been losing in. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't; what it usually comes down to is whether they're able to "read" the game further ahead than the opponent, in the hopes that the opponent won't see how developments in Area B will affect Area A.

Unfortunately there's a large segment of the audience for whom animation means instant dismissal. For example, there are people who have watched every Star Wars movie but will never touch TCW or Rebels with a 10-foot-pole. Japan might be able to take anime seriously, but most countries, especially the USA, still consider animation to be "kid's stuff", no matter what you say or do.

Excellent. The Dems need to run a young candidate and have her spend the entire campaign focused on discussing her own talking points and with all of her attack ads focused on disparaging JD Vance.

Call him Donnie; he reportedly hates it

Which is fair enough. D+ shows don't do the kind of business that movies do, so holding them to the same visual standard as movies is just setting them up to fail.

The whole Luigi Mangione thing isn't helping them, since the only reason he got caught was an extensive surveillance camera network. Well, that and a snitch. But yeah, ever since Mangione got caught, it seems to me that the anti-CCTV sentiment has been growing.

I really don't ask for a HUGE amount, I think:

The main maintainer of the codebase isn't a power trippin' bastard (if they are a PTB, then I don't trust them not to surreptitiously inject malicious code into it at some point)
The person who owns/runs the instance isn't a power trippin' bastard (if they are a PTB, then I don't trust them not to basically function as a malicious man-in-the-middle attack at some point)
The instance isn't hosted in the USA (if it is hosted in the USA, then I don't trust the instance to be resilient against governmental overreach and spying) or any other untrustworthy countries

That's kind of it, really. But so far, I'm struggling to get past point 1. Both Lemmy and Piefed seem to be maintained by nutjobs. I'm honestly considering going back to Reddit. Maybe kbin will be OK...

EDIT: I mean mbin. Apparently kbin is dead.

The correct saying is, “Go Fash, Lose Cash.”

Tongue-twisters don't generally make great slogans

What about kbin/mbin? I haven't heard anything terrible about them at least.