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I'm happy to see Drag is still around. I feel like I haven't seen Drag since switching to quokk.au.

I'm pretty sure they were happy with it until Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Then they joined the war and had to declare war on Germany as well.

The Soviets had just started the counter offensive in December.

Find writing prompts and make it a habit to do one per day or 4 per week. Something small to start. Even if you just respond with a paragraph or two to the prompt, it will exercise your creativity.

I also like the suggestion of reading a book. It forces you to focus on a single task for a period of time and can inspire you.

I'll believe that when I see it...

But Iran just demonstrated how important it is to the world. The USA just demonstrated that it is a paper tiger unable to achieve its stated goal.

Countries are selfish and will act in their own interest. Right now, that means making a deal with Iran.

This is just a game to these assholes. A chance for them to play with their new toys. Fucking disgusting.

But have they? And how soon until they are operational?

They can want to procure a lot of planes, ships, etc. But it means nothing until they are in hand and troops are trained on the new systems. We shouldn't down play the USA taking loses when there is the potential for a wider conflict.

What a stupid argument. Some people are obviously trolls or commenting in bad faith. Blocking people like that does not build an echo chamber. If this person had said "block every person who disagrees with you" then yeah, you're going to end up with an echo chamber.

Personally, I think it's important to avoid blocking people so that I can see them spreading false information and that they get challenged on their BS. But plenty of people are coming to social media/ forums/ whatever you consider Lemmy to engage with other people who share a similar hobby. Not everyone needs to deal with assholes fighting over (usually American) politics.

"Y'all wilding"

["Wilding" ]being unruly behavior.(https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Wilding)

The article doesn't indicate that they are anarchists.

In fact, it says that it is mostly due to Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin.

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The usual suspects.