@elCelio well the name of the list is obviously outdated (and was not really accurate to begin with since listed accounts even outside of threads are not all mastodon) but the good thing is that there's now all these big threads accounts that we can follow without having to use threads. I guess it also speaks for how large the threads userbase unfortunately is in comparison.
@jmarnesto@noelreports Well, as far as I understand it is the motion of cloture. Now they have max 30 hours of debate and then a final vote.
maybe I'm wrong.
@elCelio@seindal innanzitutto devi avere attivata lโopzion per comparici, poi devi scrivere in italiano e avere almeno 5 reaction, comunque comprende solo messaggi delle ultime 10-11 ore
elCelio ... you mentioned the "hidden cup". Football is a rough sport and without something called a groin cup, placed to protect private areas on each player, the injuries would be nasty. Since it is under the players uniform, it was a fitting name for it . Football is so popular here in the US that I did not consider that my attempt at humor would be missed. I apologize.
They are worn in many rough sports, boxing, football, hockey, martial arts and others.
"Okay, #Mastodon friends: we can have our own instance, with our own moderation rules, but we are all here for privacy: so absolutely no algorithms and no advertisements"
"Hey, I'm not a Mastodon, I'm just a really huge company who uses the most personal data of billions of people, feeding an algorithm with them and selling to advertisers, may I federate?"
Well, why not?
As for 'don't care', there's always the option to pay those countries. Most of them care for money.
I'm not saying don't provide other planes. Just that it will be difficult for Ukraine to implement the necessary logistics for yet another new system, especially one as sophisticated as a modern combat aircraft. It has been more than half a year already, to do that for F16s.
yes I think money is a factor: buying the aircraft will cost a lot of money, and nobody is going to pay for them.
the US won't provide them, because Congress didn't authorize it. and I don't know if US Congress will ever pass another aid bill.
on the other hand Tornados are being dismissed right now with the arrival of F35, moreover Tornados are an European system so they don't need the US for maintenance and support.
In May there will be only 6 months until the #2024election for the US President.
If in April aid from the US is not unblocked by #Congress, my opinion is that the leadership of #Ukraine will know that they will be on their own and they will proceed to start an unthinkable plan.
If this is the case, from May on, the days of #putin on this planet will be numbered.
@elCelio
My point is that the relationship has always had a transactional element, where US influence was bought by the provision of security. Of course, US personnel died in a war where America was attacked. But Trump's 2% argument overlooks that NATO was designed in a way where US influence was bought with security guarantees. Everytime I or my friends deployed, we were just there to be legitimizing token foreigners to a US war.
it's no coincidence that the NATO Supreme Military Commander is also the US Military Commander in Europe.
The 2% argument is stupid for two reasons: the 2% is not for NATO but for national militaries, and NATO depends on US leadership: it cannot and won't do anything without US political and military leadership. It's the seventh branch of the US military.
Even the EU mission in Bosnia uses NATO HQ (even if the EU commander is not from a NATO country).
@Otttoz
boh. anche mangiare la merda dร tanto fastidio a meloni salvini la russa santanchรจ renzi...
non baso le mie opinioni sul contrario di quello che pensano meloni salvini la russa santanchรจ renzi.
anzi, sinceramente non seguo piรน di tanto la politica italiana.