Printers are sentient beings sent to test our mettle.

I mean, isn’t this true of almost every technology applied to the workplace, fountain pens beat quills in proficient, typewriters beat fountain pens, PCs beat typewriters, etc.

.... Hints of Warhammer 40k Imperial Guard design, with a pinch of Oddboyz engineering...

The Navalists weren’t wrong. They were just annoying. As I tweeted at Konrad, “As someone that agrees with you, I want you to shut the fuck up.”

Were you not on the internet 2000-2010? It was like the Caribbean in the 1680s.

Genius...

Good on you.
However, the real question is: who could have predicted that companied created during the hayday of Torrent files would just grab stuff off of the internet? 😁

Even the CBC now...

It’s not the Kurds we have to worry about. They don’t want any of that. It the Turks fanning Azeri resentment. And come on… a land corridor between Ankara and the Turkic states of Central Asia? Do we really think Erdoğan is not thinking about that?

Ah…. Gone are the good ‘ole days when folks microdosed LSD.

This is the best pen ever made. And it’s not even close.

Neither.
1. There is no unanimity rule.
2. All members are bound to intervene, but the mode of that intervention is left to their decision.

Technically it’s invoked by one member and triggers an obligation for support (will assist). The other members determine what type of response they ‘deem necessary.’
That said, I can’t imagine 🇹🇷 would need any military assistance from us if it decides to hit back.

Certainly not a large-scale invasion, but securing the border areas it took after the last war with Armenia is possible, especially if Turkey pressures a much weakened Iran.

I think that’s where Pahlavi comes in, I think. If the US/Gulf forces can set up an enclave in Bandar Abbās (and I think they can) then he can run a government in exile from there or the UAE. That is liable to shift allegiances.

True, my pet peeve is watching if Turkey supports Azerbaijan in a possible push to get some Iranian territory in the north, which is ethnically Azeri. I think this may be Israel’s ultimate goal. The balkanization of 🇮🇷.

We are talking about a 6 months period. That’s a blip in economic terms. I’m not saying you can’t damage some profit sharing. But the global system is resilient. In fact many ships went around Africa. Interdicting commerce is a lot more complex especially as your military assets are being destroyed

I’m not sure how you got that from my post. The streets are named after people whom the regime finds useful.
Germany had plenty of streets made after Horst Wessel.
Also, yes, if you use human waves to clear minefields you get lots of ‘Martyrs’

I don't thik they'd really care seeing as 80% of their army is made up of mercenaries.

Every other street in Tehran is named after a martyr because it is a dictatorship. One that had to gun down 30,000+ of its citizens just in December.

You only need to take over the straits. That's the key area. The Houthi are, in the grand scheme of things, a pinprick on global trade. Over the years they attacked 178 ships and sunk 4. Global companies won't care.

This is why: the PRC without a safe supply of oil from the Persian gulf is toast. Closing the straits was never an option for Iran. Aside from cutting their own revenue to nothing they would upset one of their major ally, possibly the only one now who's actually sending them viable weapons.

If Iran tries to close Hormuz the places of the knife and throat will flip very fast. We’ll have Saudi and Emirati forces across under NATO cover in no time.

Finally, @mhesh.bsky.social looks at how policy advice fits within the scope of Kenya's anticorruption approach.

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The article by Assell Mussagulova and Saltanat Janenova explores the complexities of how private and public organizations interact in Kazakhstan to produce policy advice. @sydney.edu.au

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Wei Li, Yinghshi Chen and Ke Wu assess how Expert Advisory Committees in China influence decisions through the production of policy advice.

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In their article, @johannahornung.bsky.social and @philipptrein.bsky.social explore the role of the PAS in Germany during the COVID-19 experience and in particular how multilevel governance structures can either hinder or support problem solving.

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Edoardo Esposto and Tiziana Nupieri leverage the EU Green Taxonomy as a case study for how policy advice in a situation of conflict is used.

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In her article, Bernadette Connaughton discusses the structural & logical hybridity of current PAS and what this means for the production of policy advice. @unioflimerick.bsky.social

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