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Would you like 1 maglev train for 10km, or 10 extra trains to make better use of existing infrastructure?

Nice photo!

Also, I do love the Delta (and the Ebre in general, travelled a lot of it’s length this year up in Aragón)

Yeah, my local Caprabo (a modestly priced supermarket) used to have a whole aisle dedicated to olives and olive related stuff … now the locals are getting priced out of it and the aisle is just a little section

I read yesterday about the PR that Saudi Arabia and UAE have been doing to work their way up a “trust index”, among other things.

There are few, if any, uncorrupted organisations or countries, and I now believe that it is simply human nature to be monstrous. Anything else requires herculean strength or absolute bull-headedness.

When I was young I watched Star Trek as an idealist looks Ng towards a brighter future, now I enjoy it as fantasy. If an interplanetary federation were to exist as it is portrayed, humans would have to be a minority to avoid contamination of ideals and truth.

I do not say the following lightly: in order to make a home where I feel truly comfortable I moved to a different country which is societally more accepting than where I was born.

I hope that your daughter and her friend will have the freedom to find their community and build happy lives. Sometimes that means leaving forever.

Hair is a very important part of self-identity, therefore forcing vulnerable people to change the appearance of their hair is a form of punishment which may appear harmless to onlookers, yet is deeply psychologically harmful.

The US was never tolerant, the EU is still comparatively tolerant.