4% of the troops in the one before the full-scale invasion of Ukraine

They need a convenient victim so they’re antagonising one of the most powerful militaries in NATO and the EU?

He was in for a bit, got out at the end of May. Seems to have remained every bit as nauseating as he was before

China isn’t even taking over BEV sales in the EU, German manufacturers (especially Volkswagen) are the clear leaders. They make up three of the top four for new BEV registrations in the EU for this year up to April, and third place is Skoda which is still part of the VW Group. The Germa manufacturers absolutely do have the market and for some reason are still mad about it

https://www.jato.com/resources/media-and-press-releases/byd-outsells-tesla-in-europe-for-the-first-time-as-registrations-surge-in-april

Yeah, the last one wanted to marry an American divorcee and that just won’t do

It’s Ukraine’s call whether to fight or not, but even if they stopped fighting altogether right this instant it’s not going to magically un-injure all these people is it?

Ehh… Fuck the royal family and abolish the monarchy, but for so long as they’re around I’d rather they did something worthwhile with the power like this. Much better that the revenue of his portfolio goes to helping these people than on some luxury frivolities

Not quite that. He essentially quit the job of representing the royal family and no longer gets money from the British state as a result, but he retains his place in line for the throne. He also retains his titles but agreed not to publically use them, so he’s still the Duke of Sussex but won’t call himself that

The contest has never been a strictly European one, despite the name. Morocco has entered before, the rest of the North African countries are eligible, and the Caucasian countries are regular entrants. There are good reasons to kick Israel out but geography definitely isn’t one of them

Makes a lot of sense. Ukraine has the expertise, we’ve got the resources to manufacture. It’s a win-win

Probably a good counterpart to that Dragonfire laser that we’re putting into service too

While they’ve not been super successful in recent years, Ireland has won the contest more than any other country except Sweden. Hopefully that means that their position holds particular weight here

Ehh… The engine is a just a little 50hp thing designed in the 80s. I am quite sure Iran could do that by themselves with or without China or Germany being involved

Tom Scott’s game show! https://lateralcast.com/

He has always had a real love for game shows and has done quite a few different ones over time, but Lateral seems to be his main project just now. The format is dead simple, it’s Tom plus three guests (usually other youtubers or podcasters that he has met throughout his career) taking turns asking the each other some kind of a question that requires, as the name suggests, some lateral thinking to puzzle out

Every time video game things come up on Lateral he’s more or less stumped because he has just never been into games, which is totally fair enough, but I feel like if he were going to enjoy any video game at all it’d be Portal

To quote former NATO Secretary General George Robertson:

“Putin said: ‘When are you going to invite us to join Nato?’ And I said: ‘Well, we don’t invite people to join Nato, they apply to join Nato.’ And he said: ‘Well, we’re not standing in line with a lot of countries that don’t matter.’”

If a country’s position is that other members don’t matter, the whole idea of mutual defence is out the window

For anyone that isn’t already familiar with this oxygen thief, he was the foremost leading figure in the Brexit campaign but also quietly made sure that his kids had German passports immediately after the referendum said yes to Brexit

I also don’t have an account, I just hit the x button at the top right of the log in box and it worked fine

Edit: or alternatively, the PM is Per Hækkerup and the oilfield is Ekofisk

Both, based on IFW Kiel’s numbers. Military aid was about even until the end of Biden’s term, Europe generally provided a bit more non-military. The US sent a huge amount right at the end of Biden’s term. Since then, the US has sent basically nothing and Europe has mostly covered the shortfall

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Oryx technically does, but I don’t know a way to sort the entries by date. I based that part of the comment on this Perun video, which has a comparison of Russian tank losses by groups of model (Russian, late Soviet, and early Soviet) across 2022, 2023, and 2024 at 7:28

That link you found looks significantly more in-depth though