Russian has the benefit of being closer to other “western” languages, so most people will claim that it will be easier for you to learn than Chinese. YMMV. I have minuscule personal experience, but I can pick out words and letters from Russian in a way that I cannot with Chinese.

I’ve been talking with a woman I met on a dating site, and it has made me so much happier over the past week. She is really great, we share a lot of interests, and I really like spending time with her.

Triumph of the Will is a good film actually /s

They don’t seem to have a problem with mass graves, so why would they bother?

Put the tankers in large wooden horses

I think he started playing football

Joe Rogan?

He’s like a slightly higher-brow and more broody Michael Bay

As someone who didn’t watch this movie, is are there any in-lore explanations of why any of the relationships are technically legal and not gross?

Isn’t Nolan really averse to writing romance in general? (I could be wrong)

Likely final statement on Pengshui landslide:

• 51 Fatalities, 10 missing. A total of 11 people were removed from the rubble after the collapse.
• 10,000 tons of rock have been removed, down to the previous ground levels before the landslide.
• The post-2000s civil servant that people were thirsting over has been confirmed to have died.
• Recovery efforts have also been happening in the water below the landslide site as well as downstream, there have been a significant number of underwater dives already and in the past week.
• Further survivors are unlikely.

In terms of public sentiment, I haven’t seen a ton of positivity towards rescue workers on XHS- mostly just neutral hope for the survival of people affected. The civil servant (people on XHS refer to him as a “grid worker” but I’m not clear on the distinction) has been the main source of pride, as he (and his female counterpart who survived) were both evacuating people up until they were hit by the landslide.

I made my first hexbear posts on that account, and made this account to add to the bit as the most famous bureaucrat, Hermes Conrad. Glad to see it return

Anything dealing with law enforcement is awful (at least from what I see) on XHS. It’s funny that they are both “shooting U$ civilians 15 times in the back is good”, “report foreigners (implied to be Indian) working in unskilled jobs for a cash prize” and “cops here just want to avoid doing any work and always side with the wrong people”. It truly shattered my belief that the US would stay ahead in the absurdist politics race.

Probably second to last Pengshui landslide update:

30 more casualties confirmed today, I think the total is now at 41. Most of the upper level has been cleared down to the previous road level, the lower level still has a significant amount of debris sitting there. I’d expect the death toll to rise a little bit more, but not too much. No stories about people being rescued from under the rubble this time, looks like most people who survived got out pretty quick.

Common mistake, you are looking for the app called Grnder (the spices app) not Grindr (the gay one), hope this helps!

Minor Pengshui landslide update:

The minibus has been found, bodies are currently being identified using DNA. No updates on casualty numbers from what I have seen, I’d assume the total is going to end up around 50. Some people on XHS are saying that the lower area of the landslide isn’t being investigated enough, but that’s probably just internet people complaining.

Updates on the Pengshui landslide from my previous comment via random posts on XHS:

Some blasting has been done, and one of the large rocks on the upper level has been removed. 11 Confirmed fatalities so far, with 50 missing, both numbers are likely to increase, as they are focusing on recovering bodies, and not all people who were present are known. The warning went out 15-30 minutes before the collapse, and civil servants were still telling people to evacuate when it happened (and are now missing in the rubble). There is a mini-bus somewhere in the rubble that has not yet been found, I think this is one of the main sources for uncertainty on casualty numbers. Horrible tragedy all around.

Source is supposedly Chinese news, but I haven’t looked for it.

Assuming this is genuine, just look at that bomb shelter. I don’t think this would even stop shrapnel.

Holes in the ground are a lost technology.

Also, don’t use poast, it has some shitty owners AFAIK. I think nitter.net and xcancel are most preferred

Now my friends are always complimenting me and I’m just like “No, please, stop”

Oh no, my bread is too fresh and my fruit is too ripe!

The only people who will talk to me as a friend are randoms on god damn omegle. Spent years trying to figure out why people avoid me and kick me out of everything, but I guess the issue was not having a screen in the way. I have learned nothing about myself, become a less happy and more bitter version of myself, and am only now rewarded.

Critical support to police brutality?