A regime like Putin’s is stable until it suddenly is not. Russia has a lot of dark times ahead of it.

I have heard that you should divide by two and add 7.

I am 40, so that would mean I should be attracted to 27 year olds and up. Generally, it checks out. Caveats may apply, as people are, you know, different.

You sure about scihub? I am finished without it. Do you know what’s going on there?

Did you try sci hub for the separate chapters (if they have separate doi)?

And MS Office

How long before they go bankrupt?

This reminds me of that post apocalyptic Robert Evans novel (the Behind the Bastards guy)

GDPR violation.

Why is he Andy Bernard from the Office?

Try to put them in the mood?

…to the surprise if nobody

Thank you!

That’s a problem. I used to get news almost immediately from Reddit. Now I am a bit stuck on that front and so far there is no reasonable alternative.

For example, I like to follow chess news. I stumbled upon a piece of news on the wider internet that Hans Nieman and Magnus Carlsen had resolved their dispute. It wasn’t very much reported on, so I checked old.reddit/r/chess to see what’s going on. The first detailed thread on the matter had been opened and active, like, 5 minutes after the announcement.

At this point, nothing on the internet can compete with this.

It is kind of the same with world news and Ukraine war coverage.

So, yeah. After getting off of Reddit, I have lost the ability to be quickly informed about news. Mastodon is not much help and I don’t want to fuel Elon Twitter’s BS, so I am stuck.

Nothing. She has no time to read Excel spreadsheets.

I love how they combine it all with light banter. Without the banter, most of the episode would be unlistenable, as you would be too depressed and tie yourself on a train track.

For history:

Revolutions by Mike Duncan. You can start with the Haitian and the Mexican revolutions. Then just listen to whichever season you want.

Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History.

The History of Rome by Mike Duncan.

These are absolutely amazing.

Honorable mentions for Behind the Bastards and Lions Lead by Donkeys, if you like some banter along with the story telling.

Edit: someone in here reminded me about Your Undivided Attention. It is, literally and without irony, the most important podcast you could ever listen.

Thank you for the explanation!

Heroes of might and magic III. I play it 25 years later and it would be great to share some time on it with my child, one she grows up.

Amazing

Try old.reddit.com in the browser. It is not pleasant but it works on mobile.