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A lightning-quick offensive has seen Syria’s opposition take control of major cities and large swaths of territory, toppling the government of longtime leader President Bashar al-Assad and indelibly altering the war-torn country’s future.

The events represent a remarkable reversal of fortunes in Syria and enlivened a multipronged civil war that appeared largely stagnant for years. The situation, analysts told Al Jazeera, also appears to have been largely unanticipated by the administration of United States President Joe Biden, and raises galling questions over how Washington will proceed in the weeks and months ahead.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

The only reason I ever even tried "Outlook (new)" was because the old Microsoft "Mail" app was trash (the piece of shit wouldn't even let me send plain text email). I immediately lost interest as soon as I realized there was a bunch of 365 shit bundled into it that I couldn't disable.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If Microsoft wants more RAM just to do AI shit on my computer, I'd rather have even less just to make sure they cant.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've gotten back into Minecraft lately, after not playing it at all for at least a year. I finally reached a couple major milestones, like defeating the Enderdragon and obtaining netherite scraps (still don't have any netherite equipment yet--obtaining smithing templates is a real pain). Playing on a couple SMP servers has also motivated me to put actual effort into beautifying my bases, rather than just living in a tiny wooden shack I made on day one or two.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Wouldn't go so far as to say it "ruins" the album, but "Shakermaker" is quite a letdown compared to the rest of "Definitely Maybe".

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I once decided to make myself an elaborate vegetable omelette for breakfast, and didn't realize until the very final step that I had forgotten the cheese.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Honestly, I get many of my best recommendations by word of mouth. I don't think any website can beat talking to your friends about what they're watching.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

If you don't want critters eating your veggies, you have to set up a fence around your garden.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

The Mozilla Foundation did a tech podcast called IRL. It hasn't updated in nearly a year, and I don't know if it's ever coming back, but some of their back episodes are worth listening to.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I have a vague recollection of seeing part of Princess Mononoke as a child, so I guess that would be my "first", although what really got me interested in anime was watching the first couple episodes of Attack on Titan at a high school club.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I like the idea of weekly rewatch threads and artwork threads, and I also agree with the other users here proposing threads for currently airing shows.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

There were plenty of other factors that may have pushed Trump over the line, and most of them come down to Hillary being a bad candidate.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I hadn't heard about the sexual assault allegations, but I'm not really surprised. What I have heard is that "The People's Party" is technically not even a political party (and thus doesn't qualify for ballot access), and that "leftist" "comedian" Jimmy Dore is a prominent member. The fact that West even considered working with them makes me question both his judgement, and his seriousness as a candidate.

 
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