they are so fucking bad at diplomacy they might genuinely not see it coming. they would be mightly surprised tho
you know how libertarians are all about going against The Man but not because they think that capitalism is fundamentally fucked up, but because they think they should be on top? PiS is a bit like that in relation to russia. they fucking hate russians but they want to, and did when they had opportunity, all the kinds of henious abuses of power like russian government does: complete control of media and constant flood of party propaganda, surveillance and intimidation of opposition, election interference, packing courts and all institutions (including government-owned companies) they can lay their hands on with party loyalists, and also they don't really like EU since EU objected to all the previous shit, but also because they're too nationalist for EU (but they like money). in fact the kind of bullshit that republicans pull right now is PiS wet dream, and we're still dealing with fallout of their previous attempts. they even sent one of their people to trump's inauguration (Dominik Tarczyński)
i think that current MFA, Radosław Sikorski, put it well (in 2014):
In another part of the leaked conversation, Sikorski was reported to have said: "The Polish-American alliance is worthless. It is even harmful because it creates a false sense of security for Poland."[68] In the fragment of the record Sikorski said: "We're going to antagonize Germany and Russia, and they will think that everything is ok because we have given a blowjob to the Americans. Losers. Total losers." Sikorski stated later that in the actual conversation, he was predicting what Polish foreign policy would look like under a Law and Justice government.[69]
there's also a part where it's likely that minister of defense in their govt was a russian plant, or at least had a handler:
In October 2024, a special commission investigating Russian and Belarusian influences in Poland accused Macierewicz of undertaking decisions as defence minister that weakened Poland's defence capability, including canceling plans to purchase tanker aircraft for the country's F-16 fighter jet fleet without analysis or consultation, which the commission attributed to Macierewicz's "personal aversion to partners in the EU". It also accused him of weakening Poland's intelligence capabilities by closing down 10 out of the Polish intelligence service's 15 regional bureaus in 2017
not only they don't like EU, they also don't like EU states as a matter of principle and together with gorging republican balls this gives outcomes like disturbingly high % of weapons procurement from americans, even at expense of domestic manufacturers. there was a development of guided MLRS going on for 15+ years, but they gutted it and ordered HIMARS instead, for example
the entire PiS security strategy is to be the most loyal lapdog of americans. this is why it's physically impossible to stop PiS top reps from gorging republucan balls, current MFA even got covertly recorded saying just that 10 years ago
no, fuck that, french/british nukes and domestic conventional weapons will have to do
fusion at least doesn't require breaking laws of thermodynamics to work and has stable funding from militaries of nations that field nuclear weapons. funding for synthetic meat depends on what bad scifi current oligarchs were fans of 30 years ago
it's not a business, it's a set of startup pitches for people who believe in californian ideology. you'll make a great vc, never let reality and limitations of physics and biology get in way of your plans
we don't even know how little we know about finer details of immunology
but you know that? go and sell this idea somewhere in bay area. it doesn't matter if it's all wishful thinking, i won't stop you, and maybe you'll get to meet Elizabeth Holmes
outside of silicon valley marketing materials, lab-grown meat is ridiculously expensive or straight up doesn't exist. deer has immune system, grasshopper has immune system, stainless steel reactor full of cell suspension doesn't. in order to prevent entire batch turning into mold or something, every starting material has to be pharma-grade and every operation has to be performed in sterile technique. it's all fine for products like insulin or vaccines where single dose fits easily in sub-mg range, but if you try to price meat like this, it won't be ever competitive for this reason alone.
but it gets worse, because people who try to do that are some random techbros without engineering background. strangely enough, this doesn't matter, because every enterprise of this kind just rides on VC money. predictably, they burn it all. as long as you can attract it, things are good and for that all you need is good pitch. We'll solve single cell meat with nanotechnology! We'll solve single cell meat with 3d-printing! We'll solve single cell meat with blockchain! We'll solve single-cell meat with chatbots!
if you believe these people, world is simple and future is bright. i know many of you all on lemmy do.
i'll say more: these people are selling imagined future where you can save the world in some measure (go vegan), and you don't have to give up anything in the process (eating meat), as long as you Buy Our Product! then there are credulous marks primed for luxurious gay space consumerism, but magic tech that allows for it is just beyond the corner, then they disappear. but people still believe, and are disappointed when they have to make even tiny sacrifice on their own. newsflash dipshit: future won't be convenient
gold is pretty much nontoxic, definitely bulk (gold teeth anyone?), maybe as nanoparticles. gold compounds can be, like any other heavy metal, but it's so inert that these won't form in air under any normal conditions. lead will get oxidized much more easily, and if you're riffing on leaded gasoline then it's lead oxide particles that made it work in the first place, so it's already in bioavailable form, and full brain damage is only seen some 20 years down the road
truly the podcasting bros are the most oppressed minority in america
(also it looks like a bit more than the usual audience numbers for carlson channel, but it's only one day so it's kinda a bit more than nobody watched it. but it's much less than when he openly pandered to schizos, cryptobros or vatniks)
(this is compounded by how some segment of heavy ai boosters/users - former cryptobros, but not only them - were already immersed in this particular bubble)
they are so fucking bad at diplomacy they might genuinely not see it coming. they would be mightly surprised tho
you know how libertarians are all about going against The Man but not because they think that capitalism is fundamentally fucked up, but because they think they should be on top? PiS is a bit like that in relation to russia. they fucking hate russians but they want to, and did when they had opportunity, all the kinds of henious abuses of power like russian government does: complete control of media and constant flood of party propaganda, surveillance and intimidation of opposition, election interference, packing courts and all institutions (including government-owned companies) they can lay their hands on with party loyalists, and also they don't really like EU since EU objected to all the previous shit, but also because they're too nationalist for EU (but they like money). in fact the kind of bullshit that republicans pull right now is PiS wet dream, and we're still dealing with fallout of their previous attempts. they even sent one of their people to trump's inauguration (Dominik Tarczyński)
i think that current MFA, Radosław Sikorski, put it well (in 2014):
there's also a part where it's likely that minister of defense in their govt was a russian plant, or at least had a handler:
not only they don't like EU, they also don't like EU states as a matter of principle and together with gorging republican balls this gives outcomes like disturbingly high % of weapons procurement from americans, even at expense of domestic manufacturers. there was a development of guided MLRS going on for 15+ years, but they gutted it and ordered HIMARS instead, for example