yeah the map should be something like “old burger empire” centered on the city of hamburg, “new burger empire” including frisia and wessex, and so on

Feathers bit inhumane

no no, feathers ‘n’ bitumen

ah shit i’m sorry to have to do this, but

always has been

no there will be a separate coal power plant just for the lasers

how do i invest?

exactly!

just dragons for the american military to slay as far as the eye can see

call me a cynic but i don’t think that would’ve made much difference

in a few years during the long blackouts:

is there any current in the united states?

find someone who hunts for you the way motorcycle man hunts for trump supporters

i mean he was no engels

le roi jenkins

the sun starts to flicker occasionally. some scholars and prophets warn that it could go out entirely, although the disagree on how to thwart disaster.

looks like i’m going to be busier than i expected. i’m afraid i’m unable to participate for the foreseeable future. someone else can take my place next week.

even if we’re taking the first part at face value, “global economic dominance” sure sounds like the u.s. is trying to control every populace

who makes up the “economy”?

He described how hundreds of small and medium-sized Chinese AI companies are competing against each other to develop and deploy new AI models that generate tangible and immediate economic, social, and environmental benefits [instead of trying to] create a “super” intelligence that, at an undetermined moment in the future, will change everything.

second paragraph contradicts the headline, anyway, unless this is what the union of concerned scientists means by “controlling the populace”

my mnemonic is similar to some others already mentioned:

jason hickel’s takes might tickle

but jackson hinkle’s ain’t worth a tinkle

lootbears

my 50 your 100 high quality sons

vs

your 3 my 5 large adult sons

this is the plot of the bhagavad gita, incidentally

imagine being too rabidly racist for the dutch