Russia’s manpower issues are not because there aren’t people available to draft, but that people would riot and likely overthrow Putin if a draft was put in place. Which is why there hasn’t been another mobilization, instead paying ever higher rates and bonuses to join.

Is there a rule against wishing for more wishes? If not, an unlimited benevolent genie lamp would be the go to.

I hope someone linked them to some relevant hexbear threads.

I’m surprised lemmy.ml isn’t on there, it seems really big from my limited experience.

Please only post link to actual news sources, no tabloid sites etc

Rule 1 from !worldnews@lemmy.ml

Cost is the third point of the triangle. You can get good efficiency and reliability if it costs more.

Does this entail moving LA? Because if it does, I’m skeptical. But if these land usage ideas are compatible with a modem city still being there, it could work.

That seems like a stretch of the word colonialism. Colonialism usually implies exerting geopolitical control, whereas shipping plastic ‘recycling’ to be sorted has externalized health risks that make it undesirable.

I wonder if you could train raptors to take down drones.

Strongest winds in decades. Plus land management to decrease fire risk usually means clearing out all the wildlife and growth. So there’s always a balance to not decimate the land more than you need to.

I can’t figure out exactly why Russia invaded Ukraine, but I don’t think it’s capitalism. The oligarchs certainly didn’t appreciate it very much now. My guess is it was for some misguided desire for legacy?

Mali considers attacks on Wagner mercenaries terrorism? I thought that was just regular warfare.