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@StatisticUrban I want to see future explorers happen upon the ruins of Talladega, its grandstands tangled in mounds of kudzu, hieroglyphs to the great god Earnhardt 3 adorning the concrete with sacrifices of sweatstained Jeff Gordon t-shirts scattered underfoot.

A lot of countries are going to absolutely plummet in population in the next 75 years. You might see more images like this, an old stadium. Once grand infrastructure, no longer able to be sustained for its intended purpose, remade into something new but more mundane. Like those living in the ruins of Roman civilization.

@superkanga @BrianMerris Brother, you were the side that got US help. We needed you to train Central America how to kill civilians.

@BrianMerris Argentina almost won, we sank several ships. Without US huge help, UK arguments would have ceratinly lost the debate en 1982.

The Falklands dispute has got to be one of the dumbest of the constantly cycling topics on this site. The only meaningful discourse on that topic was had in 1982, during which the matter was solved quite conclusively.

@astor_charlie @DiscussingFilm Having a condition is no excuse for not apologizing when you deeply offend a stranger at an awards ceremony. He's hurting his own cause by being so obstinate.

@DiscussingFilm "Don't apologise for something you can't help." This is a central theme of 'I swear'. There is a difference between being polite and conscientious, and apologising for your existence. These celebrities applaud the film and shun the man.

John Davidson says he is “deeply mortified” that anyone thought his involuntary tics were “intentional or to carry any meaning.” Full statement: “I wanted to thank BAFTA and everyone involved in the awards last night for their support and understanding and inviting me to attend the broadcast. I appreciated the announcement to the auditorium in advance of the recording, warning everyone that my tics are involuntary and are not a reflection of my personal beliefs. I was heartened by the round of applause that followed this announcement and felt welcomed and understood in an environment that would normally be impossible for me. In addition to the announcement by Alan Cumming, the BBC and BAFTA,  I can only add that I am, and always have been deeply mortified if anyone considers my involuntary tics to be intentional or to carry any meaning. I was in attendance to celebrate the film of my life, I SWEAR, which more than any film or TV documentary, explains the origins, condition, traits and manifestations of Tourette Syndrome. I have spent my life trying to support and empower the Tourette’s community and to teach empathy, kindness and understanding from others and I will continue to do so. I chose to leave the auditorium early into the ceremony as I was aware of the distress my tics were causing.”

@DiscussingFilm Did he want to toss in an apology to Michael B. Jordan in there, or

expressing parking and density concerns should be punishable with jail time

@PollTracker2024 The people of Texas dodged a bullet in 2024

CBS News: Colin Allred (D) wants Texas Senate candidate James Talarico (D) to apologize for alleged racially charged remark about him Allred: “I think there needs to be an apology either way; an apology and some attempt to recognize that there are certain things, whether the full intent was intended or not, that it came across in a way that was offensive to that young woman and to many others.” Link to story: cbsnews.com/texas/news/con…

@mikitaposts 64 bit

I don’t know what to call this design style, but it’s extremely comfortable. It feels warm. You don’t see it much these days. There has to be a name for it.

@Ani_mal_ Yeah, the taxes from Puerto Ricans working on the continent lmao

Fun fact: the US extracts more wealth from the island than it gives back & owes them freedom & reparations.

@Aly_rae6 @SonnieJohnson Speak for yourself, bro! We literally rebuilt your whole island on our dime, no news stories or fanfare, and now you pretend like we don't give you a significantly higher standard of living than any of your neighbors. You want to go fuck yourself? Independence is a great way!

@OrangeJuche @SonnieJohnson You sound stupid as fuck. If you’re going to colonize somewhere and get your tax havens golf courses vacations without a passport, living there without visas, and sign the jones act, then you don’t get to pick and choose when to help. Go fuck yourself 😂

You mean when the PR gov't took supplies America sent to them and locked them in warehouses, where the food was allowed to spoil instead of being given to the American citizens that desperately needed it. Pallets and pallets of water and medicine only discovered when PR American cities broke into the warehouses themselves. THAT time...

@Aly_rae6 @SonnieJohnson Look, if you want direct control from Washington again, we might be able to fix some of that, but we pulled off a string of miracles at the direction of your local officials. If they wanted fewer Lazarus miracles and more water-to-wine ones, you'd have to ask them.

@OrangeJuche @SonnieJohnson I’m not listening to outsiders tell me about my people and country lmao 😂 I know what the fuck I know. The power grid was fucked before Maria, it’s been fucked since Maria, and our infrastructure is literally falling into sea. The houses that were hit by Maria — still fucked.

@Aly_rae6 @SonnieJohnson Your own power authority acknowledges the Army Corps of Engineers completely rebuilt the grid to 100% of its pre-hurricane transmission capacity.

@SonnieJohnson Oh is that what’s still going on then? Cause Istg unless you’re Puerto Rican and have lived there WTF do you know about it other than the propaganda?

@BrittanyinTexas The United States Army Corps of Engineers sent three thousand volunteers and $1.8 billion in resources to rebuild the entire grid, prioritizing independent micro-grids to reach rural areas inaccessible by road. usace.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collec…

This moment was chef’s kiss… 👏

@BrittanyinTexas *$18 billion in assistance from the US government

@PolitlcsUK John Major called a leadership election and told the back bench to put up or shut up. Is Starmer's hand waving going to pull Labour in line?

🚨 BREAKING: Keir Starmer has told No 10 staff that he’s not resigning: “We go forward from here. We go with confidence as we continue changing the country”

@xruiztru The rest of you are our disunited states.

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl show reminded millions of viewers of something geography never forgot: America is a continent. The United States is just one country in it.

@ASPertierra They are free to purchase fuel from anyone in the world outside of the United States. Not to mention, they can import goods by ship from any carrier willing to dock with them. The Cuban state is not a helpless actor.

Cuban government has informed airlines that they only have about 24 hours worth of fuel left for planes. Beyond the obvious damage that suddenly shutting down any country's air travel would have, a not at all small % of food and medicine in Cuba comes by luggage on airlines

@Izengabe_ If you mess with the bull, you get the horns. Cry more, con.

I'm so sick of Democrats falsely claiming what Virginia is doing is somehow a response to Texas. Under the new Texas map Democrats can win 29% of seats with 40% of vote. Under the Democrats Virginia map Republicans can 9% of seats with 49% of the vote. They are not the same.

@TheBushArchive pretty high tech stuff

THROWBACK: George W. Bush shows an interviewer his IPod and talks about the songs he has on it, 2005

@Boxy_FT If Laval didn't try to have it both ways on Ethiopia sanctions, the authoritarian anti-German coalition might have held

Interesting to think how Mussolini's fascism would be remembered had he joined the allies out of anti-Germanism

@Arin_Yumi straight people: i'm straight gay people: i'm gay japanese people: i'm going to vote for the ldp

The LDP has secured 64.5% of the seats in the House of Representatives. This is the best result in the party’s history.