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I can’t even think of a way that this could be given some veil of innocence either. The “my heart goes out to you” thing was always bullshit, but it was an attempt at plausible deniability. I don’t think even that could be done here

Fuck me, I’m scared for my friends in the States

The biggest ones are about the size of teff grains or fine couscous, which is more like sand than a fine powder

No, not right now. There was a comment from the German foreign minister saying that Europe should apply the same amount of funding as it did against covid, and that was about €670 billion ($700 billion). However the discussion is ongoing and Britain and France have both just said they’re willing to put troops on the ground to protect a ceasefire, so hope is not lost

which is barely a drip feed compared to Bidens firehouse

Europe has given Ukraine more than America. Source

Biden’s last package closed the gap a fair bit, but Europe is still the bigger source of support and definitely the more consistent one

Ahh, I see what you mean now. Thank you for explaining!

This is a paradoxical sentence in this context. Raw material was used because it was practical and functional, but at the same time it was fashionable too.

Perhaps I phrased it badly. All I meant to say is that “not using concrete” does not equal “not brutalist”. I agree with the rest of what.you said, I think that I’ve just failed to communicate what I intended to beforehand

It’s think that Corbusier would take offense with his name associated with this.

I don’t know enough about Le Corbusier to agree or disagree with you - I did study some of his design, but it was a long time ago - but he would hardly be alone as an artist that wasn’t so keen on what his work influenced. I don’t think that would make it any less true

It actually has protected status in part because it is an example of brutalism. To quote its listing:

“Architectural innovation: the building displays an unusual blend of New Brutalist architecture (influenced by late Le Corbusier) that is mellowed by an inspired application of upturned curves to the main elevations, sweeping car park ramps and the curved ends of the former taxi rank.”

Concrete wasn’t necessarily a defining feature of brutalist architecture, it was just the thing that was really cheap and available in abundance when Europe was attempting to rebuild itself in the wake of WWII. Since brutalism does avoid the decoration or adornment of materials, in practice this resulted in a lot of visible concrete, but it’s not like designers were going “let’s use concrete only because it’s the fashion”

I’m fairly sure you’re just making a joke about the name here, but brutalist architecture was actually a pretty genuine attempt to improve the circumstances of the public. The thinking was basically to put function over form and then embrace the raw appearance of materials and make it a feature. It didn’t always succeed at this, but th ethinking was pretty good

Also while obviously nobody should treat compositional “rules” as actual hard-and-fast rules, I do quite like this one if it is cropped to put the person and the horizon on the thirds lines

Here’s a rotated version, cropped as little as I can manage.

I don’t know about a military context or if this would be acceptable to fly in this context, but flags like this are usually seen here being flown by supporters of football teams that play in black and white strips, like Newcastle United.

Artist Jonathan Parsons also made one like it back in 1993 that was about the disappearance of black and white TV and film. This photo is definitely not about that, of course, but I found it interesting

Ahh my mistake, you’re right

Ehhh there’s not no interaction though, as .ml has them all federated and quite a lot of posts are there

I was misremembering, see below

Frankly I don’t think he owes any tolerance to the guy who is already advocating for the invasion that has killed hundreds of thousands of his fellow Ukrainians. Strategically I don’t think it’s a bad move either; being nice to Carlson isn’t going to get him anywhere because Carlson is a repugnant man and Zelenskyy’s evaluation of him is spot on. He might as well show some backbone and humour by mocking him instead, it makes him more likeable to the people that aren’t the lost cause of Carlson fans

I’m not sure why you think he “can’t manage” it. Why shouldn’t he comment on someone that he is justifiably unhappy with? After all, he can have an opinion too.

Your first comment, not your reply to me

So if you understand why Zelenskyy would feel that way about Carlson, what point were you trying to make with your comment?

I think I’d also be pretty pissed if someone was using their substantial media platform to run cover for the murderous empire invading my country

The bar is from actual release year to setting year, that’s why the left edges aren’t aligned