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Except in Xinjiang, it is obviously too much work to carry a cell phone there to livestream. Except for that one photo (you know the one) that is irrefutable proof that any and all claims are true.

The CPC are truly masters of the coverup

I trust Ghost Dog far more than I would Milei making decisions on his own

I really enjoy learning languages. I have learned a little russian, but not enough to consider myself even close to fluent.

Not everybody necessarily works through things the same way, but I like to start with learning the fundamentals of a language before I go heavily in on vocabulary or grammar. In the case of Russian, you would want to learn to read/write Cyrllic and have an idea of the basic sentence structures. Then, like azanra4 said, get a grasp of the sounds that are used regularly in the language. If you have no background in eastern slavic languages, it might take longer than if you already spoke Ukranian or Belarusian.

I would definitely reach out and see if you can find any actual tutors. You might be surprised by the availability of a russian tutor if you were just looking for one. Even if one isn't available locally, I guarantee you can find someone online. Engaging with a native speaker early on can help cull any bad habits before they form (especially with pronunciation), and prevent you from falling into sounding like you learned all your language from a textbook. At the same time, I wouldn't start day 1 with a tutor. Get some of those basic fundamentals out of the way so you can bring questions to your tutors.

I alos like LingQ, just because I think finding something within the language you really enjoy is pretty important to sticking with it. Nobody learns a language by reading a dictionary or memorizing vocabulary. The good news is Russian is a major language with a lot of speakers and media available.

It's extremely saturated though. Those guys have the luxury of being able to do it without taking bribes from publishers, because they have been around for so long. They built up an audience before the industry has shifted to what it is now. If I tried to make something like Nextlander or Giant Bomb right now, it wouldn't work.

There's a reason so many of the "new reviewers" are just glorified PR, it's the easiest way to do it for the people who care more about getting free games to play than the actual writing.
I actually did do some freelance game journalsim work before/during grad school. You need a pretty thick skin for being turned down, you probably make 50 pitches for every article you end up actually getting to write.

9/11 probably still focus tests as the most memorable event likely to evoke strong feelings to the average american. My father (who became american later in life) has half his office decked out in 9/11 memorabilia. Don't even get me started on his truck stickers.

Is it even concealed anymore honestly? Admitting you dislike someone solely on the basis of their culture seems pretty mask off.

Also weird to be "part of a language" considering how common Russian is in Ukraine.

Or like w/ real-time-strategy games: even if you leave the AI opponent just one unit left, it never gives up, and will spend days building back what it once had to kill you.

Even RTS bots are better than this now, most games since like SC2 the bots will surrender when it becomes unwinnable.

haven't they been asking citizens abroad to come back to fight?

I have become so used to capitalism that I briefly thought Russia+ was some new streaming platform. Which probably seems more likely than this, sadly.

I have a very select few people in the game space I follow (basically all the Ex-Giantbomb folks, mostly Nextlander + Tamoor these days). They're more from the old school system where you weren't just PR for the games you were covering. I don't always agree with their gaming tastes, but I enjoy listening to them. Been following them for nearly 20 years at this point.

The best thing you can do is honestly find someone whose tastes are about the same as yours rather than find some impartial critic. The latter is frankly impossible, there are critically acclaimed games that I hate just because they don't match my tastes.

I don't want to say that there was a respect of US military power, I think a lot of states knew better than that, but maybe a healthy caution remained even after the US's repeated military blunders. I think those two conflicts in particular have evaporated what caution remained. At this point ,what is the US really going to do to DPRK? They can't sanction them anymore than they already are.

The US can't really hide behind the threat of being the world's most effective military force anymore, because they simply aren't. They're just the most expensive one.

I drink both, does that make me some kind of filthy centrist?