The ecological impact of an pre-industrial community is generally much smaller than that of an industrial one.

they’ve only been there since the 1300s

So? Please finish that thought.

Or the fact that they are not white gives them special privileges.

You know what, YES! It does! Now go cry about it.

human habitation on New Zealand has a history of less than a thousand years

I know. My point is that cats (or the Maori) have a minuscule impact on the environment when compared to settlers.

the word “aborigines” in that part of the world carries a potentially problematic connotation.

I see. What would be a more respectful alternative?

The ruling class will makes sure they are insulated from the consequences of war. It’s always the poor who are sent out to die.

Yes, but I think we need to distinguish between the native population, which has proven capable of co-existing with the local ecosystem, and the settlers, who’ll need to be culled.

Maybe we can be a little animale and let the aborigines adopt the more tame settlers. Find them nice, loving homes, you know? The rest will unfortunately need to be euthanised.

You know, I can think of one species that’s a lot more harmful to the environment. Maybe the cats of NZ should start hunting non-native members of that species.

Far-right parties are winning in Europe because the European Central Bank forces countries to adopt ‘austerity’ policies. These policies destroy jobs and reduce people’s quality of life. So people vote for whoever promises to fix this - either the left or the far-right. But the ECB can’t permit an anti-austerity government, so they crack down on the left. The far-right is tolerated as long as it only targets random Syrian refugees.

That’s the real reason. All the talk of drug smuggling is just a distraction.

What a terrible day to have eyes.

Ehe

If you lose enough money, you trigger an integer overflow and end up with a profit!

I think it’s a lot simpler than that. Venezuela has oil.

I don’t think the government will risk significant increases in fuel prices on the eve of the Bihar elections. On the other hand, it is quite possible that they agree to stop buying Russian oil from Russia as a compromise - it could be bounced off a third country so we can technically agree to the US demands.

Pretty sure he had them buried long before he died. (Well, that’s the story anyway. For all we know, it could have been completely made up by the Han to discredit the Qin.)

Because the real power of the US isn’t the ICC exemption or the UN SC veto, but their six thousand nukes and the biggest navy in the world.

I mentioned those too (‘any south Asian alphabet’). But it’s okay.

Gameplay? Xiangling (Genshin) - She does more damage.

Story? Focalors / Furina - peak character and peak storytelling

This silly meme tells you everything you need to know about Xiangling (apart from ‘every team becomes 10x better with XL in it’) and everything Furina wants you to know about her.

Nobel prizes cannot be given to the dead.

I already mentioned those?