You have to understand that in the pre-classical era, Roman people had minor god cults throughout their small villages, and the Greeks did the same thing. The cults beliefs did some traveling over time, and reasonable people slowly began piecing together a shared mythos.

Over time, as the Greeks pulled together their culture into a power structure of loosely associated city-states, their religious cults from dozens and dozens of villages all were glued together into a more cohesive pantheon.

Romans then adopted and ‘latinized’ the Greek pantheon, mixing in several of their own superstitions and cults.

This means you will have a God of creation and a God of that pond over there, which might have later been rationalized into a nymph.

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It’s much the same in the Abrahamic religions. Yahweh was the god of storms/thunder, sort of second or third in command to El, had a wife etc. Later he was given domain over war and then later promoted to the one true God.

You can see small remnants of this in the Bible, in the conflicts with Baal (another diety of the pantheon) especially (theorized to be some of the oldest stories in the Bible). Yahweh often uses thunder and lightning in his signs, and in older records mention is made of his wife/children etc.

Before things were commonly written down and literacy was common Religious beliefs were messy, constantly adapting and re-adapting to changing times, rulers, and encounters with other systems of belief.

Still funnier than “comedian” Joe Rogan.

The Roman Praetorian Guard reborn. Hopefully less bribery.

Though e15 is much more common, e85 was an expensive and failed experiment with tax dollars to put more money in the corn producers pockets. Actually that part worked, the adoption and actually being worse for the environment generally didn’t.

DWL might be the choice then. It’s a Wayland take on DWM, so minimal as can be.

More importantly, cares enough to not vote ‘R’ up and down ballot.

What other Wayland tilers have you tried? Niri, Sway, and River are all established and have become stable. I’ve heard good things about DWL too, but it’s not something I’ve tried.

I’d recommend avoiding Hyprland and the other projects by that dev. Incredibly toxic and transphobic.

Granted, it’s open source so you’re not exactly financially supporting them, so it’s more a question of platforming and justifying the sponsorships they get from third parties.

Totally fair.

Seems like she’s seeking a spot with a preferred microclimate- not too hot, not too cold, enough shelter/cover etc.

It can be a sign of sickness or discomfort/stress. Or it can be a personality trait.

Maybe message a few herpetology forums or a vet and see if someone has some sage advice?

Because of the implication.

Yeah huge red flag when the only spending they’re highlighting is social security, Medicare, and wages.

I understand where you are coming from, but I think that recalls would be much more effective.

You’re unconvinced and so am I. Let’s agree to disagree.

But there’s no evidence if Norway had more representatives, or more people per representative, that their democracy would crumble.

I truly, honestly, believe a democracy doesn’t have to be small to be effective or social. There are many smaller democracies that don’t score well, such as most of South America, the Caribbean, much of Africa, etc.

I think that sets apart those democracies on the list you keep referencing is sane election policies, money and religion separated from politicians as much as possible, free journalism, an engaged voting base, a recall system, and basically any electoral system not first past the post.

So far you’ve provided examples, and I truly appreciate that. I also appreciate you being earnest and willing to have a real conversation about this. I’m truly not trying to be dismissive or disrespectful.

No, not proof. That’s hardly an argument. You pulled numbers out of your ass and pretended they’re the right ones with no further consideration or evidence given.

I could as easily say that 10 million per rep and 1000 reps should work with the right system and infrastructure. That gives me a number that I like… But it’s not evidence.

That doesn’t show that democratic socialism or social democracy won’t work.

Better than I expected.

But I also worry this is the first twist of the dial to boil the frog.

Yep exactly. As soon as they announced they weren’t going to ramp capacity I thought the exact same thing. They’re taking advantage of the situation to pad their pockets as thoroughly as possible.

And if demand continues theywill ramp and say they “reevaluated the market”, and thus get the benefits of panic buying AND a larger sales volume.

And mark my words- prices will never fall back to where it was without enormous market distruption.

1. Homeless shelters, housing, and work programs.

2. Education, and especially special education and mental health support in schools.

3. Small business low interest loans and art grants.