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  1. I agree that five in a year isn’t a big deal, but if you get to be almost 30 and have never had at least a year or 2 when it’s “only ” then I would absolutely question whether the person I’m seeing is capable of a monogamous relationship. Especially if the answer to “did all the people you were sleeping with know you were sleeping with other people at the same time” is “no.”
  2. I am not into body count discourse, but to get to a number like 50-150 by averaging 5-10 sexual partners a year, that means you have likely never maintained a long-term monogamous relationship and are having a lot of one-night stands or are sleeping with multiple people at the same time. That would be the red flag to me if I were looking for a monogamous relationship, not the “number.” If you’re not, though, then go wild. It’s also wildly higher than the average which I believe is something like 6 or 7 partners.
  3. As a well-known non-Nazi, I just want to say that Germans should stop beating themselves up about all that unpleasantness.
  4. The dissatisfaction with Fico runs deeper than just Russia. He was already forced out once due to protests in 2018, but came back with a vengeance. He will be much more pugnacious this time. He does have a tricky spot in that coalition MPs are unhappy. I am not confident that there is enough momentum to maintain the protests. The 2018 ones went on for weeks and were much less politicized than these.
  5. More on Ukraine. Financial Times just put a story up, it’s behind a paywall. Chris Miller has a tweet thread out. Is he on Bluesky?
  6. We need to accept that a substantive chunk of fellow citizens are, in fact, fascists. The evidence is there. The rumors of rewards for turning in undocumented neighbors to ICE were false but they wished they were true. The most common complaint is that DJT is not authoritarian, retributive, or lawless enough. I am serious when I say that you should treat Trump supporters in your life as potential Stasi informants and adjust your relationship accordingly. They aren’t, now. But they have shown they are willing to be.
  7. We can’t embed Twitter (which is ok by me) but Laura Rozen has what she claims is the text.
  8. Some of the pause will affect Ukraine. They do receive some foreign assistance that is under the order. Unless they get an exception that will halt. Most of the military stuff will continue.
  9. Poland signed it under the previous Law and Justice (PiS) party rule which is very much a reactionary Catholic culture war organization. Tusk would not have most likely but also was not going to pick a needless fight by withdrawing signature when all he has to do is nothing as the declaration doesn’t have any obligations or anything.
  10. This made me LOL, and it reminds me of a half-hour conversation I had with a non-core family member about why airplanes going between Europe and the U.S. fly over Greenland. “But the shortest way between two points is a straight line!” We honestly overestimate the cognitive ability of the average American.
  11. If there’s not a spigot, faucet, or valve then explain this LIBS!
  12. A U.S. passport shows your place of birth.
  13. The U.S beef herd is at its smallest since the 1950s. We are better at getting more meat per cow but beef prices are not coming down.
  14. It is super fun while you are on the Red Cell, less fun when everyone ignores the lessons learned and is mad at you. There is going to be an assault on women’s rights and it will not just be abortion. That signaling is clear.
  15. Looking at the signatories or members of any international grouping is a shortcut to judging it, the presence of Pakistan, Russia, Belarus, Saudi, The Gambia are huge red flags.
  16. Fantastic news ladies, we are rejoining a super-team of likemindeds to promote women’s health! Who are our partners in this women-forward exercise? Only the best. Don’t worry ladies, the men of America, Belarus, Pakistan, and Saudi are looking out for you!
  17. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-fires-least-12-independent-inspectors-general-washington-post-reports-2025-01-25/
  18. I don’t think we have any SOFA agreements for troops here to govern that. It’s really going to be a fairly narrow subset of people in practice who are “not under jurisdiction.” If you’re not here as a diplomat to us or the UN, even kids born to visiting military and the like are citizens.
  19. FEMA is there to coordinate and oversee the federal response and money. Cutting it out doesn’t mean the federal benefits go away. It means the money goes right to these red-state governors to misdirect and misuse. The point is to reduce oversight and accountability.
  20. It’s also not executive, it’s legislative. DOGE can’t go at it.
  21. And (I hate to quote myself)- I would expect the EO declaring an “invasion” from the southern border to be part of the arguments as this shakes out.
  22. This applies, but gets very complicated depending on what exact visa and state the parents are on and which portions of the Vienna Convention privileges and immunities they are extended.
  23. It’s very sound argument and would also include children born to an invading foreign army and their camp followers. One of the issues with trying to retcon the 14th is that “illegal immigrant” was not a concept at the time.
  24. CRS is a little-known gem of the government. It’s got to be surreal working for them. All these smart and great researchers engaged in the Sisyphean task of producing nuanced and thoughtful analyses for idiots who will promptly ignore it.
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