There were parts where people were more likely to speak Russian than Ukrainian, though it did not follow that they would rather be ruled from Moscow (as Russian propagandists claimed). In any case, one effect of Russia attempting to equate the Russian language with the Russian state has been a lot of Ukrainians who always spoke Russian learning Ukrainian and switching to using that in public, just to leave no doubt.

Say goodbye to your normie friends and make a new set to replace them.

The Bryce of a new generation

It lets those with bitcoins cash out and leaves the taxpayer holding their bags. That’s it.

Olympia at least had a good punk/indie/riot-grrrl scene in the 90s, and made its mark on music history that way

How easy is it to strip DRM from Kobo ebooks?

Russian psyops

Marching band music. Can’t get enough of it.

You say that, but…

The limousine centaur really makes this

Corporate Greaser

zee-shell or zed-shell, depending on dialect

Here, have my angry upvote

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Such a compilation is unlikely to be published. There’s a phenomenon known as the Werther effect, in that as soon as suicide is mentioned in the news or popular culture, the suicide rate goes up (presumably as the awareness of it tips those who have been on the verge). As such, news publications have guidelines to avoid mentioning suicide as a motivation (often, the only tell will be a footnote at the bottom of a story giving the phone number of a suicide hotline). If such a compilation came out, it could be expected to trigger a wave of suicides, if not a small but noticeable permanent increase in the frequency of suicide, so I imagine few publishers ok r booksellers would touch it.

Maybe some of Europe’s surfeit of demo coders had to make their money somehow, and one of them persuaded a pharmacy that paying them to make them a sign with graphics that spin in eyecatching ways would be a good idea, and the rest was history?

As Jamie Zawinski put it, it’s like a non-profit animal shelter setting up a sideline selling kitten meat to satisfy demands for hockey-stick growth. If somebody castigates them for it, they can point out that the demand for kitten deli slices didn’t going to go away, and if they didn’t sell them, someone else would step in and do it less humanely.

Needs a few earlier movements, including Art Deco/jazz moderne, Bauhaus and midcentury modern/googie

Australia also has a Newcastle (in New South Wales, north of Sydney). Not sure if it has/had coal mines, though I wouldn’t be surprised if it did. Australians using the phrase may be referring to their Newcastle, and even unaware of the English one.

Queen. They’re essentially the Monty Python Team of hard rock.