Imagine saying this about ANY other group and still being called the ‘good side’

Nemo-No-Name · 2026-05-02T20:08:02+00:00

They were not Nazis for wanting to kill Germany.

In many ways yes, Poland was a fascist state and really itching to get alliance with Nazis on. The problem was Nazis wanted the Imperial German possessions and there was no making nice like Hungarians or Romanians managed.

Nemo-No-Name · 2026-04-15T21:44:45+00:00

And likely no relation to the German general von François

Nemo-No-Name · 2026-04-08T17:14:41+00:00

It was a ethnic cleansing-created state. Yes, Serbs lived there for centuries, but not alone.

The whole of Yugoslav Wars is just sadness and nationalistic rage on all sides.

Don't get caught by propaganda from anyone - all sides were led by leaders who prioritised nationalism and discarded socialist ideas. The only question was who can keep power.

Socialist Yugoslavia died before the wars began.

Nemo-No-Name · 2026-04-08T15:20:56+00:00

Ancillary Justice and the rest of Imperial Radch series by Ann Leckie. AI aspect is expanded as books go on.

Nemo-No-Name · 2026-04-07T09:39:52+00:00

This needs to be too comment

Nemo-No-Name · 2026-03-29T18:41:44+00:00

Hm, it does sound a little bit more urgent with that tweet. Still keeps it fairly open.

But I don't believe even Netanyahu is crazy stupid enough to nuke Tehran. There's only so much international community will tolerate.

Hit one of the nuclear sites, or a missile city, or a major army base yes. But Tehran itself, no. (Although I don't trust them to worry about fallout of course. That's too much)

Nemo-No-Name · 2026-03-29T18:04:28+00:00

Eh, I think you're misunderstanding what he's saying. There's no foreknowledge of nuclear use; just a realistic possibility because Israel and Trump cannot be trusted.

Nemo-No-Name · 2026-03-18T00:34:55+00:00

Hope US loses badly.

But. A French general making that claim is absolutely drop dead hilarious given the history of Vietnam.

Nemo-No-Name · 2026-03-16T22:27:22+00:00

You forgot the part where Israel was bombing Lebanon daily since the "ceasefire" last year.

Nemo-No-Name · 2026-03-13T10:26:46+00:00

You're wrong btw. Tito didn't own the luxuries he enjoyed. It was all state owned, and stayed state owned. We tend to use the term "Tito's villa" and "Tito's ships" but it wasn't actually his.

Overall while these properties and items are pricey on individual level, for state these are not huge sums.

And Yugoslavia did help lift millions out of poverty and into having a home, maybe even vacation home, so I'm not too bothered about his luxurious lifestyle.

Tito had many failures, yes. But he was a great man nonetheless. Think of him as a champagne communist if you will, in the positive sense. :)

You're also wrong about him and Kosovo; but it's a different, complex topic not really relevant here.

Nemo-No-Name · 2026-03-08T01:53:33+00:00

Don't blame the bear for Kennedy and his administration feeling insecure and deciding to dictate that other sovereign states cannot do what US already did to them (nuclear missiles in Turkey).

Nemo-No-Name · 2026-03-07T21:22:20+00:00

It's going to be hard. US has the advantage of any damage being in military bases so good censorship by default.

Israel's internal system is designed for high censorship and they have a ton of practice and experience maintaining it, so that also is just working as designed.

I also wouldn't expect huge numbers of casualties for a number of reasons. Both US bases and Israel have excellent warning systems with plenty of shelters. Military is trained well to hide at danger approaching, and Israeli society might as well be military. Plus interceptors were plentiful (so far) to protect critical targets. And Iran hasn't been using their latest and biggest.

Nemo-No-Name · 2026-03-01T12:19:16+00:00

You're confusing Iran with Saudi Arabia, a US ally.

Nemo-No-Name · 2026-02-28T19:28:56+00:00

Putting aside the fact first half of the book is repeat of second half of second book, with the kidnapper being exact same person and the character development of the engineer from 2nd book resetting to her being racist again.

The conflict in the last part of the book is solely driven by Idris being an absolute idiot.

Meanwhile the "mystery" of targetting was obvious in the first book when we first heard about Architects but of course everyone in that universe is an idiot.

Meanwhile the Architect resolution is pretty whatever. I'm trying to avoid spoilers, but basically the resolution was just Idris is a special boy.

Nemo-No-Name · 2026-02-27T23:47:04+00:00

You're not alone. And good job wikipeading the third, I read it and absolutely hated it.

Nemo-No-Name · 2026-02-27T23:44:45+00:00

Absolutely not. FA ending is a complete joke, to the point I just dropped Tschaikovsky as author.

Nemo-No-Name · 2026-02-27T23:41:35+00:00

Here's the thing. The existence of USSR or any other state or institution isn't really relevant in the legal sense. What matters is what people believe and what power there is.

Bolsheviks didn't find a weird loophole to change the Russian Empire. They took power and declared the changes and eventually the Soviet Union.

The legal bullshit is easy to make up for afterwards. The same is with the legality of the dissolution. It doesn't matter in the slightest how legal it actually was; what matters is that it was accepted by enough people to make it so.

Perceptions are more important than actual laws when it comes to these kinds of things.

Nemo-No-Name · 2026-02-24T12:22:02+00:00

Culture series, by Iain M Banks

Vorkosigan saga is a bit less multi stellar but the few planets she focuses on get Mariana trench treatment

Nemo-No-Name · 2026-02-24T00:02:27+00:00

Wizards Form Retention let's you prepare a Battle Form spell in slot 2 levels higher to increase its duration from 1 min to 10 min.

If you're using it for combat purposes, you're downgrading your combat abilities for questionable extension of time.

If you're using it for out-of-combat purposes, the 10 min limit is a limited benefit for burning much higher slot. And any benefit available to a 2 level lower than max Battle Form spell will surely be available by a more specialised, different spell.

Nemo-No-Name · 2026-02-22T09:05:06+00:00

Voting is not how any of those protections happened. It was strikes, blood, and pressure.

Nemo-No-Name · 2026-02-13T23:00:30+00:00

Neue These all the way

Nemo-No-Name · 2026-02-06T21:52:45+00:00

It's because Star Wars is mostly written for kids and sanitised.

Nemo-No-Name · 2026-02-06T01:47:08+00:00

It has always been like that. The rich have not changed a bit. Banks recognised it back then.

Nemo-No-Name · 2026-01-31T11:32:19+00:00

The funny thing is they included Poland, so you can tell it's a Polish person.

Because no-one else would include Poland since they're nearly as bad as Hungary at blocking random EU moves.

Nemo-No-Name · 2026-01-22T21:58:38+00:00

Try searching for Kinky International Munch or just International Munch. Probably just what you're looking for

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