I think they chose to focus more on the human warmth and positive vibes, and, dare I say, normalcy, to contrast with Trump’s themes of hate and inhumanity that his campaign even seems to be ratcheting up in these final days.

He smirked at the compliment. “What’s discipline got to do with winning?”

That right there tells me all I ever want to know about Trump and how he sees competition.

Not an American, so I do not feel called out, nor do I care about downvotes from idiots who think Lemmy threads are here to be won or lost by getting or giving out good and bad points. :)

EDIT: By “idiots”, I didn’t necessarily mean you. Only after posting this comment I realized that it could be understood that way. Sorry.

Thanks, now that makes things clearer - on Wikipedia, I noticed this “if resident of a US state” exception for voting, but I automatically dismissed it as unimportant, thinking “eh, that has to be a very small fraction of Puerto Ricans”.

Thanks everyone for the informative responses - as a non-US person, I wasn’t aware of the intricacies of Puerto Rico’s unusual voting situation. 👍

Wait, I thought Puerto Rico residents cannot vote in the presidential elections. Even Wikipedia seems to think so.

That’s an odd way to misspell “young incels”…

Could we actually get both of those rich assholes into an arena and let them fight it out?

Even NY Times is starting to see the writing on the wall, and is starting to hedge.

So now he’s conning gullible seniors also out of their military decorations? If it was anyone else, I’d say it’s a new low, but for Trump, it’s a new middle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gish_gallop

Next thing they’ll start rounding up people who wear glasses, like some African dictator a few decades ago.

Yep, most of my non-tech friends just say “Ads? Oh yeah, I don’t even notice them anymore, I got so used to them.” whenever that topic pops up in a conversation.

That was over two years ago. Surely even a mediocre tactician would anticipate something like this happening eventually.

My guess is that Russia simply does not have the means to effectively defend all of its border anymore, and they’ve been praying that the Ukraine’s western benefactors will keep them “on the leash” for as long as possible.

Yep, that’s a more accurate way of putting it. @[email protected]’s phrasing made it sound like some well-organized kanban thing. 🤣

With a topic as sensitive and biased against the victims as this, it’s hard to get accurate data - see https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/rape-statistics-by-country

As a Slovak person, currently horribly embarrassed for my own proto-fascist government, I wholeheartedly agree. We’ve had our chance, but majority of voters over here are mentally 50 years in the past and brainwashed by Russian disinfo campaigns. We really are gullible idiots.

EDIT: That said, it’s mostly just our government making performative noise for benefit of its voter base. We are not affected nowhere near as much by Ukraine’s current gas block as they want you to believe.

It’s been in commercial operation ever since it started operating, and the company running it have since started two more solar projects in Spain, so I’d say it is economical.

Kinda makes sense, Spain, and especially southern Spain, where these are located, is getting a lot of sun all year.

There is also one in Spain, near Sevilla - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemasolar_Thermosolar_Plant

How does it compare to the SkyMap app? I’ve been using that one for years, and am happy with it.