They were authoritarian against the indigenous peoples.

Another Freedom Fries moment

It snowed in the Gulf of Meh-hico? [using the Spanish pronunciation because fuck trump][eye dialect]

Tiktok is ruined. I never used it, didn’t like that it was being banned, but perhaps this was part of the deal they struck to get unbanned.

I guess just use a VPN and pretend to be from Mexico. There’s some irony in it. Or better yet, not use it at all.

The checks and balances are in theory dependent on the legislative and judicial branches being independent from the executive, but in practice they really aren’t. A republican house and senate and a conservative majority in the supreme court means the checks and balances by choice won’t be checking and balancing.

Good thing 9/11 first responder were well taken care of.

Copilot gets it right in Arabic.

النظر في قطع الشطرنج الخاصة بالخصم خلال المباراة يعتبر جزءًا من اللعب ولا يُعد غشًا. في الواقع، الشطرنج يتطلب تحليل وتحليل مواقف القطع الخاصة بك وبالخصم لاتخاذ القرارات الصحيحة. إذا كنت تقصد النظر إلى تحركات الخصم عندما يكون دورهم، فهذا جزء من اللعبة ولا مشكلة فيه.

ولكن إذا كنت تعني الحصول على معلومات حول استراتيجية الخصم من مصادر خارجية أو استغلال وسائل غير قانونية لمعرفة حركاته المستقبلية، فإن ذلك يُعد غشًا وغير أخلاقي. الشطرنج يعتمد على النزاهة والمهارة، واحترام قواعد اللعبة هو جزء أساسي من اللعب النظيف.

English translation:

Looking at your opponent’s chess pieces during a game is part of the game and not cheating. In fact, chess requires analyzing and analyzing the positions of your and your opponent’s pieces to make the right decisions. If you mean looking at your opponent’s moves when it’s their turn, then that’s part of the game and there’s nothing wrong with it.

But if you mean getting information about your opponent’s strategy from outside sources or using illegal means to figure out their future moves, then that’s cheating and unethical. Chess is about integrity and skill, and respecting the rules of the game is an essential part of fair play.

I do care about finishing games but not completing them. I will play the main story and some of the side quests. I am happy with games being 20-100 hours long.

You can try Linux from DVD or USB flash drive without installing. You will get a fully usable desktop with browser, media player and so on; and you will get a feel to whether things are working for you or not without altering anything on your PC.

I’m linking to Ubuntu’s documentation on it, but many other Linux distributions support this feature https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/try-ubuntu-before-you-install

Zionists have hijacked Judaism. This reminds me when Arabs and Muslims were expected to apologize for Alqaeda.