Sorry to say but “BRICS” is far from “made up nonsense” here in Brazil. There’s plenty of export and some industries that got a boost thanks to it, it’s a very real economic block.

Oh really? Let's take China, the biggest economy in "BRICS". Here is the history of Brazil's trade to China. It has of course grown (probably mostly soybeans). You might think that growth is thanks to BRICS.

But wait, what's this? Canada's trade with China has grown even more? Is it now BRICCS?

I don’t know why you would think that it is not real, especially now that we are setting up a payment system to avoid the dollar usage.

This is nowhere near implementation. Putin proposing something doesn't immediately make it real. It also assumes great stupidity on the part of China and India to tether themselves economically to the sinking ship that is Russia. India in particular is exploiting Russian economic weakness at every opportunity.

As I feel the need to say every time it's mentioned, BRICS is made-up nonsense fabricated by Goldman Sachs to sell third-rate equities. Think about the relationship between the countries of "BRICS" and ask yourself if that sounds like an actual alliance.

Baconi doesn't sound like a very halal surname.

Perhaps Arfa Rana should inform Mizrahi Jews and other native-born Israelis that they are "colonizers". I'm certain they would find her POV enlightening.

Ah, thanks for clarifying.

Yikes, very NSFW pic of a corpse in that article.

I didn't know Sinwar was even in Gaza. Wasn't he hiding in Qatar?

Oh no, did you enter sudo e̵͓̞͕̲̦̍̓̔ļ̸͉͎͓͠d̴̮̻̎̔͛͊̐r̴͔̰̋̌̈̽͜͝i̵̡͕̜̰̖͑͗͊̕̚t̷̼̘̓͐́c̷̨̺͠h̵͚̀͛ ̶̲̳͍̝͐̈́͘͠h̸̛͓̞̓͊̏̈́ő̸̡͖̘̮͜͠͠r̸̩̪̩̭̩̎r̸̘̠̳̈́̎̽o̴̜͍͔̖͋͝ȓ̸͍͔̈́͂̌̓ again?

Not visible: the bottom of the case bulging out because the battery is inflating like a balloon

This makes me want a Lower Decks movie.

Oh no, not Penguin M. Beardman again...

Yeah, well... turns out the USB wasn't bootable (grub said it couldn't load the kernel) so I redid it with Balena and it worked fine.

Funny, I'm flashing a new PC as we speak and using dd instead of ventoy for this very reason.

We’re making history today. A tremendous history, okay? No one’s seen anything like it. We’re standing here at the Rubicon, a little river, not a big one, but it’s about to become a big deal. A huge deal. Why? Because once we cross it, we’re going to make Rome great again. Believe me, it's going to be tremendous.

The Senate? You know them. They’re corrupt, they’re weak, and quite frankly, they’re failing. Same with Lyin' Praetor Harris. Everyone knows it. The people know it, the soldiers know it. They sit there, with their fancy togas, eating grapes, while the rest of us, the real Romans, are out here fighting the real battles. It’s disgraceful. But that’s going to change, and it’s going to change big league.

Now, they’ll say I’m breaking the rules. ‘Oh, Consul Trump can’t cross the Rubicon. That’s against the law!’ Well, guess what? The rules are rigged! They’re rigged against us, the people, the soldiers who built this empire. And let me tell you, I’ve dealt with rules before. I know how to win. We’re going to cross this river and we’re going to win so much, you’re going to get tired of winning.

The Senate? They’re scared. They’re afraid of what I’ll do. They’re afraid I’ll drain the Tiber of all their corruption, all their bad deals. And you know what? They should be scared. Because when we get to Rome, it’s going to be different. Very different. The Republic? A mess. But I'm going to fix it. These so-called leaders, they say I’m a dictator, they say I’m doing something unprecedented. Well, was it unprecedented when Marius took over? When Sulla marched on Rome? No. And you know what? They weren’t half as successful as me. They weren’t even close. We’ve got the best legions, the best generals, the best people. No one builds legions like we do. It’s a fact.

So here’s what we’re going to do. We’re going to cross that Rubicon, and once we’re in Rome, we’re going to give the power back to the people. Back to you. Not the crooked politicians, not the elites. We’re going to rebuild the temples, strengthen the economy, protect the borders—you know the barbarians, they’re pouring across. It’s a mess. But we’ll fix it. We’re going to build a great wall across the Rhine. And who’s going to pay for it? The Gauls. Believe me.

Seriously though, I didn't know what it was. I had to look it up: https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-launcher

umu, what's this?

Too bad we can't gild people here, because this deserves it.

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Hmm...

It could be argued that the senate (also being unelected) is better at filling the role you ascribe to the GG. If anything it's even better, since they don't serve for a set term, and they have a much more involved legislative role.

Hell, Quebec still to this day hasn't ratified the 1982 update. They kept using the notwithstanding clause for years until the supreme court unilaterally decided that since QC is part of Canada, the constitution applies there in practice despite them not signing it.

Oh, this is interesting, and it ties into the other comment about it being essentially antisocial behaviour.