Alternative timeline where Poland is the expansive fascist state which starts WW2 by invading a poverty stricken democratic Germany

https://twitter.com/goatapartist/status/1875051185847353383

I couldn't decide which configuration I liked better - whomever has US on their side likely wins (especially the Allies), and I can see US/China and Japan going either way

Ask about my reasoning for any country, some were pretty close

Yeah this is genuinely heartbreaking

https://twitter.com/nicholaswu12/status/1848703992311718370

Good that Dems are far less evil about this, probably due to their fundraising just being far less scammy in general

Okay the discourse has inspired me, here's a thread on what redesigns I'd use for US state flags🧵 The goal is to have recognizable, normal flags (so long, seal on bedsheet flags!) without turning it into hypersimplified dystopia. References to important state symbols and events are a bonus. Redesigns found online, all credit to amazing artists who drew them

Why would a Chasten Buttigieg YA biography challenge the American empire and capitalism. Did you expect it to? Does it need to?

I did read the piece so you don't have to, so please bear with me

https://twitter.com/curaffairs/status/1696224627717194162

As the author themselves writes, Chasten was heavily bullied in school, homeless for a time after coming out to his family at 18 and was sexually assaulted soon after. Not sure the dig at "trauma" is particularly necessary

I remember a tweet a while back about how some people see purges as a necessary evil, while others seem to revel in them as the main goal of their politics and this seems to be the second case Sure politics is dirty, but a socialist party executing liberals and socdems has probably lost the plot and is a laughable idea in the 21st century west

TOP 7 Reasons why Hogwarts Legacy is a bad game and you should play Paradox Interactive games instead
A 🧵: 1) Unlike in Crusader Kings, you cannot seduce neither your sister nor your daughter. In fact, the game lacks any incest at all, making it baffling why anyone would play it

While you can ride a bird-horse thing, you cannot appoint him to be your chancellor or fuck him either!

Sad day for ex-Yugoslavia today

Legendary Serbian actress Branka Veselinović passed away at 105 - she was the oldest active actress in the world!

Croatian football player and manager Ćiro Blažević also passed away, most notable for winning 🥉 with Croatia at 1998 World Cup Ćiro was also a big believer in friendship between Yugoslav nations, especially Croats and Serbs. He was a famous gentleman, and there are thousands of anecdotes about him, but my favourite one was when he was criticised for taking players to church during socialist rule

I think it's gone under the radar that the Democratic nominee for KY6 is an absolutely deranged tankie who fully supports Russia Actual Stalin fan too lmao, what is going on in Lexington- this is a red seat, but one that Democrats almost won in 2018 (also most of his replies are filled with tankies, Russian nationalists, Haz/Hinkle type patriotic socialists and such praising him)

How do these people explain the fact that only states with Republican trifectas are passing these laws I mean I'd prefer for Republicans not to exist too but I doubt Democrats can campaign on murdering 50 million + people

This made me think: what was your most wrong idea of a state's partisanship before you started seriously following politics, and why did you think that?

Like, the one farthest from reality

https://twitter.com/Oblivion176/status/1431035564162265107

For me it was Iowa and North Carolina

I thought Iowa was all corn and it was as red as Nebraska or Dakotas, I was shocked Democrats were competitive there

For NC I thought was a deep southern state with few cities and a lot of racists so I thought it was as red as Alabama