It does, but I'm reading it as an outcropping of the fractured state of the returning committee membership.

I can't speak to what the International Committee facilitated, but I can say I've seen some off-shot of the delegation's visit via Noah Pasarán regarding the history of the embargo and its long term and most recent economic consequences. This is some of the most real and informative coverage of the Cuban Embargo I've had the opportunity to access, and I would consider this kind of outreach invaluable when attempting to shift views on our foreign policy.

To dismiss the efforts of the DSA participants as a whole seems shortsighted, as it appears more radicalized members of the delegation such as Noah continued to advocate for and send support to the country.

The article also seems to completely neglect that the DSA delegation brought 500 lbs of medical supplies to the island. Which seems like a bigger thing to crow about than two naysayers with shitty attitudes.

I mean, singling these losers out is cool, but it seems weird to call out all of DSA for the ugly behavior of these two bad actors. After all, this is a statement coming from within DSA. Its not coming from the Cubans themselves. The fucking President took time to meet with them, which would seem to suggest Cuban organizers are largely supportive of these outreach efforts.

Giving these two tickets was a mistake. But organizing the trip, getting Americans to visit the island, and putting them face-to-face with a bonafide AES state leader should be a huge mark in DSA's favor.

Its usually very easy to clean stainless steel. The crusty stuff falls right off with a good sponge or brush. Cast iron pans take a bit more work, but they're study enough to stand up to a tough bristle-brush without scraping.

Its those cheapo "no-stick" pans that break down as you use them and make everything impossible to get off.

There's a special sadness in techbros spending the last sixty years trying to invent the Robot Dog, given how many real dogs are in need of adoption and ready to give you their entire heart and soul for a head scratch.

Flipping through my history book on Egypt and looking at the chapters after 1956. Gotta say, I hope it ends better than this.

The Suez Crisis signaled the decline of British/French hegemony, but it ushered in a new era of American hegemony. I would not call it a "humbling episode for the West" nearly so much as a changing of the guard.

I genuinely dread what arises from the wrecked state of Ukraine in subsequent decades. A rapidly rearmed Western Europe would not be what I would describe as a move towards the "Good Timeline", particularly given how modern German Greens and their AfD rivals echo the sentiments of a certain prior national socialist political movement.

Me, smuggly asserting the superior feminist theory of the Tzniut, while forbidding my wife from leaving the house with an exposed ankle.

The way they jerk themselves off after every successful missile strike, you would never know they were losing.

Damn. WB really hates animation.

It's a shame we never invented a Space-Time machine

The 90s Are Alive Again

When the site was originally founded, it was explicitly recommended by the mods to periodically ditch and cycle accounts in order to prevent anyone on the site from being targeted, tracked, and harassed.

I never really took that advice, because I am lazy and overconfident. But unless there was a stark reversal that I missed, I assume its cool and even encouraged.

If voting isn't enough (I didn't think it is) then do more. Go knock on doors for the candidate that you like. There are a million ways to participate in democracy.

Love to door knock for Heinrich Himmler.

These "both choices bad. Better to not vote" people really don't make any kind of sense to me.

Hey, listen. I vote every year. This year, 90% of my ballot is going to be blank, because so many of the candidates are absolutely abhorrent. But when I am presented with the Himmler / Hitler choice, I will be firmly bubbling in (C) None of the Above. I might even knock a few doors and tell my neighbors about how great (C) None of the Above would be. If I could figure out where to send my money, I could even see myself donating.

Image being unhealthy and saying "it's going to take more than a 20 minute walk once a week to get in shape. Better not even do that then cuz what would be the point?"

Its funny, because I'm picturing you trying to recover from a broken leg with that mentality.

Americans: "We're going to engineer hypersonic air travel in the 1970s."

Also Americans: "We lost the arms race to the Hermit Kingdom in 2024."

He says, ‘Hamas’s military capabilities have indeed been damaged, undoubtedly eliminated by the IDF, but they still have thousands of terrorists. The territory in terms of civilian control remains in the hands of Hamas; the organization is alive and is still kicking.’

When every third fatality in Gaza is defined as "another dead terrorist" I don't know how to read this except exterminationist propaganda.

Had the opportunity to throw some time at the FF7 Rebirth on my friend's PS5. I'll have to wait until June before I can expect to see it on PC, but its been a lot of fun to date. Eager to see more of it.

Meanwhile, Unicorn Overlord on the Switch has been a great travel game.

Diploma mills gonna mill diplomas

Click bait headlines should be banned unless they're spoofs.

Seems like it's the only way anyone knows how to make money anymore

War is always just the prelude to diplomacy. Gotta wonder how many more people will die before talking starts.