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[DGuller]

China seems pretty chill.

[PDH]

Those wind chills in Russia are nasty.

[The Larch]

Jimmy Carter, 98, opts for hospice care after string of hospital visits

Former president plans 'to spend his remaining time at home with his family' and has their support, statement says

[Valmy]

A lot more ties/virtual ties left absent (for example, picking Ukraine over Australia for the UK) from the above simplistic summary, especially since it is a not a zero-sum survey.

My big take away is that the world has a relatively positive feeling about China whereas China is terrified of most everybody. They even feel more threatened by Brazil than the US does by them. Very weirdly paranoid people.

[Valmy]

Jimmy Carter, 98, opts for hospice care after string of hospital visits

Former president plans 'to spend his remaining time at home with his family' and has their support, statement says

Maybe your last days be as pleasant and comfortable as possible Jimmy 

[grumbler]

Jimmy Carter, 98, opts for hospice care after string of hospital visits

Former president plans 'to spend his remaining time at home with his family' and has their support, statement says

Maybe your last days be as pleasant and comfortable as possible Jimmy 

This. 

Best ex-President the US ever had.

[Josquius]

A lot more ties/virtual ties left absent (for example, picking Ukraine over Australia for the UK) from the above simplistic summary, especially since it is a not a zero-sum survey.

My big take away is that the world has a relatively positive feeling about China whereas China is terrified of most everybody. They even feel more threatened by Brazil than the US does by them. Very weirdly paranoid people.

I read it like China is reporting as being chill with anyone and this likely points to the issues with such polls in a state like that.

We know which axis is which?

[crazy canuck]

Jimmy Carter, 98, opts for hospice care after string of hospital visits

Former president plans 'to spend his remaining time at home with his family' and has their support, statement says

Maybe your last days be as pleasant and comfortable as possible Jimmy 

This. 

Best ex-President the US ever had.

The best former leader any nation ever had.

[The Larch]

The Spanish airport authority has announced that starting next year it will not be necessary to remove liquids and electric appliances from hand luggage a security checks.

[Josquius]

Bizzare story doing the rounds today. Anti woke brigade throwing a fit because new editions of Roald Dahl books have changed a few words.... Which is pretty standard in reprints of old books for kids but apparently is 1984 and an affront to free speech

[Habbaku]

  Because they haven't changed just "a few words", as you're dishonestly (or ignorantly?) stating. And it's not just the anti-woke brigade getting irate about it, either. Genuine leftist authors are in an uproar as well because, again, it isn't just "a few words".

[Sheilbh]

Yeah everyone's up in arms about it including anti-censorship campaigners like US and UK PEN groups.

They have previously edited children's literature (including Dahl) for, say, racism or anti-semitism but this goes way beyond that - and a lot of the replacement text I've seen is just bad writing too (like replacing a mean poem that scans with a less mean poem that doesn't).

It's more like George Lucas revisiting the Star Wars films - except removing references to people being fat

[garbon]

People get outraged about the lamest shit sometimes.

[Valmy]

Bizzare story doing the rounds today. Anti woke brigade throwing a fit because new editions of Roald Dahl books have changed a few words.... Which is pretty standard in reprints of old books for kids but apparently is 1984 and an affront to free speech

Who made this decision? If it is his own family who did this I would feel differently than if it is the publisher.

[garbon]

Bizzare story doing the rounds today. Anti woke brigade throwing a fit because new editions of Roald Dahl books have changed a few words.... Which is pretty standard in reprints of old books for kids but apparently is 1984 and an affront to free speech

Who made this decision? If it is his own family who did this I would feel differently than if it is the publisher.

The organisation that holds the copyright on his works, the publisher and a diversity and inclusion consultancy.