HackerNews has a weirdly pro-Russia bent, at least in these comment sections. People talking about how NATO "shouldn't expand" (why not, if the nations involved want to join a voluntary pact?) and how Crimea is and has been Russian, even though the Russians invaded and conquered it in the past decade... Really odd. Not just making arguments against US involvement but flat out repeating false, pro-Russian propaganda.
I know of at least one additional American chestnut tree not listed in this article, in Oak Glen, CA. I was apple picking there and met a wonderful old man from Brittany who made a pilgrimage there every year to pick chestnuts for traditional dishes. It was sad to hear from him that in his youth chestnuts grew in abundance, but today they are few and far between.
The chestnuts themselves are tasty and very fun to gather, with their interesting and spiky seed pods.
Purely anecdotal, but from discussion with my military friends there is widespread belief more than half of enlisted soldiers would've supported the Jan 6th coup attempt militarily. That percentage is far smaller along officers. With two exceptions though the people telling me this are officers and that will slant their view.
Reddit in a nutshell. Read highly upvoted posts about any topic you really understand and it becomes apparent how much of its content is just kids spouting half remembered bullshit.
I think it comes down to priming, at least for those of average intelligence. They don't read the report start to finish with an objective mindset, they are first fed snippets here and there while being told what to read from those snippets. If they ever do decide to really read it, they are primed to take from it only what they have already been told to take from it.
The ubiquity of car-centric designs in major population areas of the US has produced immeasurable harm both environmentally and physically. I've seen obese family members lose tens of pounds while spending a few months in Europe in part because they have to walk a few extra miles each day (and in part due to dietary changes, I'm sure).
A spiff is a free giveaway attached to a sale, historically a bonus for salespeople for making the sale but colloquially also for customers getting a freebie item with a purchase.
I would save your time. The "apes" are bagholding on a pump and dump. The reason they want "systemic change" now is because the fortune they promised GME investors would make has never and will never materialize, and the only way to continue evangelizing is to sell the stock of a failing physical video game retailer as your ticket to some kind of brave new world.
To me, it rings false because the people who propagate it so rarely face "real" adversity. I would be more interested in the stoicism of a broke guy scrapping just to exist than the stoicism of rich white tech bros. Yes, everyone faces adversity of some kind, but these lectures ring so false when the lecturer sits firmly in the top 1% of global and historic wealth.
She's very popular with the bitcoin crowd, tends to write respectable-looking articles legitimizing them. She's also quite a skilled self promoter. I assume that's why she gets so much attention, because her blog posts are usually pretty banal, basic stuff in my experience. Not the worst, but not particularly worthy of attention or praise, IMO.
As both the economic and political gaps widen between the UK and Europe, I have to wonder whether the Brits would even be able to re-enter if they wanted to. Can any continental Europeans share their perspective on that prospect?
It might seem simple, but Christians wield immense power in America and will not hesitate to attempt to make their beliefs legislation. Opposition to this isn't coming from a logical argument about legality, it's about hindering abortion access at all costs.
Nowadays there are financial planners focusing on content creators/streaming talent who will know the specifics of tax structures and advantages, etc. as well.