nazi extermination squad members receiving awards and honors? in my settler-colonial project?

It's more likely than you think. Call your local Anti-Fascist helpline to learn more!

MODS this infringes on my rights to

It didn't come from a lab in Wuhan, it was first discovered in Wuhan but was already going around in Italy for months at that point based on waste samples.

The point was that we have just as much evidence to say it came from Detrick as we do to say it came from a Chinese lab. It most likely didn't come from either, but only one of these conspiracies gets pushed. If you provide any pushback that maybe China isn't responsible for COVID you get met with "well they would lie and cover it up, so I might as well be right"

PSA If you're ever in an enclosed space and you find a bag of potatoes like this, leave and crack open a window ASAP before dealing with it. When they start to rot they release solanine gas which can be deadly in confined places like root cellars or deep cupboards

Most of my political education was spurred by having these moments at things liberals and right wingers say

This entire thread is proof that the liberal understanding of geopolitics and foreign policy is entirely vibes based

Do you think these rounds just magically disappear after they're used? They're going to continue to litter the land and cause generations of people completely uninvolved in the conflict to suffer from birth defects, lung damage, and cancer, as can be seen after its use in Iraq. No one is immune to depleted uranium. At this point you can just admit that you care more about killing Russians than you do defending Ukraine, consequences be damned.

Unironically yes. A peace deal was in the works last year until, according to the Ukranian Pravda, Boris Johnson pressured Zelensky not to go through with it. This would have stopped the fighting and resulted in some withdrawal of Russian troops, but since the West is more interested in weakening their geopolitical rivals and helping the weapons industry rake in profit than ending the war, they squashed any possibility of that happening.

I'm in the goddamn trenches over there

Nowhere did I make the claim that it was, that doesn't change a thing