It seems really clear that the order as operations is as follows:

1. Administration makes demands of Harvard to change the way it's operating to fall in line.

2. Harvard stands up against these demands.

3. Administration is using every means possible to punish Harvard for daring taking a stand against it.

This is what dictatorships look like.

Extortion is Trump's favorite tactic. He's been punishing Maine for standing up to him. The law firms too. Soon the democrats when he can get past deporting the criminal U.S citizens.

I don't think it's unreasonable to say people are the only option to change our trajectory. We haven't reached critical mass yet, but the next national protest is April 19th which lands on the 250th revolutionary war anniversary. Be there or be square.

Washington State too. "Oh, you had cyclones and asked FEMA for money? Denied! Because, uh, hm, wasn't really an emergency."

You know the game Paper's Please?

Where you are running border security for a totalitarian communist state?

Even that game doesn't want you to detain people for having an improper work visa for entry, just turn them away.

For me it was removed 3 days ago, and around 70%~ of my friend group had it removed around the same time.

Swapped to firefox not looking back.

They hit the theme/immersion perfectly for me.

Lots of other games it feels like you are playing a game, there are parts where you like "yah this is like this because game mechanics" that break immersion a lot.

Almost nothing in Helldivers 2 breaks your immersion.

Also, they legally cannot sell the game in some EU countries and not others, due to EU single market rules.

So yah, they are kinda fucked if the EU comes after them legally.

Not all players got this banner, especially players from countries where they cannot sign up for PSN accounts.

They never should have allowed sales in countries where people cannot legally sign up for a PSN account. Especially when they allowed those players to play for months and are now "banning" them, preventing them from playing the game they paid for.

In addition, literally the only place where this requirement was stated was the steam sale page - the EULA had no mention of the PSN account, Sony's webpage explicitly stated you did not require an account to play playstation games on PC.

I'm sorry, but 331 drones and missiles, including 110 ballistic missiles is not a symbolic gesture.

Those missiles and drones could have caused a lot of death and a lot of damage if the defense was any less then it was.

Also, they did cause a lot of "damage" in terms of expended defense capabilities.

I don't completely disagree, but note that Iran probably factored in the defense capabilities when choosing what to do. They likely wouldn't have sent such a massive wave if they thought it would kill hundreds of people.

What appears to be the same bodies from a debunking a hoax video from 2 years ago:

https://youtu.be/-DmDHF6jN9A?t=415

The far more likely future in my mind is countries using robots to automatically defend their borders from illegal immigrants/climate migrants.

When we have Texas already employing floating buzzsaws on their border it seems like if the technology is created it will inevitably be used.

Saying just "Hi" or "Hello" is asking for a synchronous chat, whether by text or by voice.

Lots of people prefer talking to people rather then writing each other letters.

Yes it's arguably less efficient, but lots of things that people do are inefficient, and if they prefer that means of communication it doesn't really hurt and in my mind is just polite to oblige them.

Then you can say "hi, do you have a moment for a quick chat? I'm free until 4".

Be aware that this can cause a heart attack or panic if you are in a position of power over the recipient.

Saying something like that to your manager can work wonders, though.