Didn't get that impression during the Qatar world cup. People leaving stadiums early in droves or not even showing up is something I haven't seen anywhere else, even if their team was unfavored to win.

I've thought about that recently.

In Germany, the 2 historically biggest parties were SPD (used to be liberal-democrat) and CDU (conservative) and they often were the ones tugging it out while the smaller parties were filling in as coalition partners for one or the other.

Over time, the SPD splintered into several semi-big offshoot parties (Linke, for example) while the CDU stayed as a whole. As a result, CDU is now commonly a favorite for getting most votes in an election.

Is that consistent with politics across the globe? And if, why do liberal or center parties tend to split up more than conservatives?

Nihil sub sole novum.

FIFA follows the money and the reason is simple: they have to compete with the insane privatized corporate climate that is association football today. Nobody is playing for the fame and recognition anymore, it's all about publicity, market value and prize money, and those require funds.

Saudi-Arabia benefits off of that by being able to sportswash their unjust regime, FIFA benefits by being able to hold an event. Qatar was the same deal, nobody gives a crap about football there as one could easily see.

That's what endstage capitalism calls "innovation".

They are just gonna call the Irish anti-semites and continue what they are doing.

Seeing these two idiots on stage should be a warning to everyone that cocaine is not a recreational drug.

Yes, it's @elonmusk

Mammals use boob-juice to raise their offspring. That's why they are called that.

As opposed to e.g. birds that don't use boob-juice and instead elect to vomit in their offspring's ingestion orifices.

US politics are so wild that it's really hard for me to distingish satire from reality.

This is called parthenogenesis and is a known phenomenon, albeit rare in vertebrates. Some species, like the New Mexico whiptail, rely on it (all New Mexico whiptails are female).

Here is a paper from 2007 that talks about parthenogenesis in hammerhead sharks..

Yes, no shit. That was the outlook from day 1.

The Russian Army is largely represented as a bunch of baffoons in the Western media, but it's still one of the 3 largest armies in the world. Ukraine cannot hold their lines indefinitely, the only way to "win" against an opponent that has multiple times your materiel available is guerilla.

I'd like to solve, Alex:

What are different places on Earth from where the eclipse is visible?

Is there any hope for me?

Yes, public transport.