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  1. #Hypothetical

    What happens if the Chinese Navy shows up to escort its ships through the Straits of Hormuz?

    What happens if it's the French Navy?

    #USPol

  2. #Hypothetical

    What happens if the Chinese Navy shows up to escort its ships through the Straits of Hormuz?

    What happens if it's the French Navy?

    #USPol

  3. #Hypothetical

    What happens if the Chinese Navy shows up to escort its ships through the Straits of Hormuz?

    What happens if it's the French Navy?

    #USPol

  4. #hypothetical : characterized by, or of the nature of, an hypothesis

    - French: hypothétique

    - German: hypothetisch

    - Italian: ipotetico

    - Portuguese: hipotético

    - Spanish: hipotético

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    A daily challenge to chain words together @ wordwallgame.com

  5. #hypothetical : characterized by, or of the nature of, an hypothesis

    - French: hypothétique

    - German: hypothetisch

    - Italian: ipotetico

    - Portuguese: hipotético

    - Spanish: hipotético

    ------------

    A daily challenge to chain words together @ wordwallgame.com

  6. #hypothetical : characterized by, or of the nature of, an hypothesis

    - French: hypothétique

    - German: hypothetisch

    - Italian: ipotetico

    - Portuguese: hipotético

    - Spanish: hipotético

    ------------

    A daily challenge to chain words together @ wordwallgame.com

  7. If Russia Wins: A Scenario by Carlo Masala, 2025

    If Russia Wins is a fascinating and deeply-researched future counterfactual about what the world might look like should Putin succeed in Ukraine.

    #books
    #nonfiction
    #hypothetical
    #Russia
    #Ukraine
    #Europe
    #NATO

  8. If Russia Wins: A Scenario by Carlo Masala, 2025

    If Russia Wins is a fascinating and deeply-researched future counterfactual about what the world might look like should Putin succeed in Ukraine.

    #books
    #nonfiction
    #hypothetical
    #Russia
    #Ukraine
    #Europe
    #NATO

  9. If Russia Wins: A Scenario by Carlo Masala, 2025

    If Russia Wins is a fascinating and deeply-researched future counterfactual about what the world might look like should Putin succeed in Ukraine.

    #books
    #nonfiction
    #hypothetical
    #Russia
    #Ukraine
    #Europe
    #NATO

  10. #hypothetical : characterized by, or of the nature of, an hypothesis

    - French: hypothétique

    - German: hypothetisch

    - Italian: ipotetico

    - Portuguese: hipotético

    - Spanish: hipotético

    ------------

    A daily challenge to chain words together @ wordwallgame.com

  11. #hypothetical : characterized by, or of the nature of, an hypothesis

    - French: hypothétique

    - German: hypothetisch

    - Italian: ipotetico

    - Portuguese: hipotético

    - Spanish: hipotético

    ------------

    A daily challenge to chain words together @ wordwallgame.com

  12. In my new YouTube #video, I tell the #hypothetical story of a #Histiostomatidae #mite that lived its #lifehistory in the #dung heap of the #dinosaur #Edmontosaurus #annectens during the Late #Cretaceous. It developed #fungivorously within the dung and, when conditions deteriorated, was #transported by #flies to a new habitat (phoresis). All images and footage created with #AI assistance, except photos of free-living mites.
    © #StefanFWirth 2025

    Video
    youtu.be/gzv-TZmU5G4?si=zrTLfr

    Pics
    © S.F. Wirth

  13. In my new YouTube #video, I tell the #hypothetical story of a #Histiostomatidae #mite that lived its #lifehistory in the #dung heap of the #dinosaur #Edmontosaurus #annectens during the Late #Cretaceous. It developed #fungivorously within the dung and, when conditions deteriorated, was #transported by #flies to a new habitat (phoresis). All images and footage created with #AI assistance, except photos of free-living mites.
    © #StefanFWirth 2025

    Video
    youtu.be/gzv-TZmU5G4?si=zrTLfr

    Pics
    © S.F. Wirth

  14. In my new YouTube #video, I tell the #hypothetical story of a #Histiostomatidae #mite that lived its #lifehistory in the #dung heap of the #dinosaur #Edmontosaurus #annectens during the Late #Cretaceous. It developed #fungivorously within the dung and, when conditions deteriorated, was #transported by #flies to a new habitat (phoresis). All images and footage created with #AI assistance, except photos of free-living mites.
    © #StefanFWirth 2025

    Video
    youtu.be/gzv-TZmU5G4?si=zrTLfr

    Pics
    © S.F. Wirth

  15. Through the discovery of magic, you can now permanently rid yourself of the need to do one of these things. Your body will function just fine without doing it and there isn't a surprise negative effect or anything. Which do you pick?

    #Hypothetical

  16. Through the discovery of magic, you can now permanently rid yourself of the need to do one of these things. Your body will function just fine without doing it and there isn't a surprise negative effect or anything. Which do you pick?

    #Hypothetical

  17. Through the discovery of magic, you can now permanently rid yourself of the need to do one of these things. Your body will function just fine without doing it and there isn't a surprise negative effect or anything. Which do you pick?

    #Hypothetical

  18. Democratic House Control in 2026: Pathways to Restoring American Democracy – A Report from AI

    AI generated image, WP.

    Democratic House Control in 2026: Pathways to Restoring American Democracy

    Published: October 6, 2025

    Editor’s Note: Like many Democrats, I am hoping for a good win, and solid victories, in November 2026 Midterms. It occurred to me today, the breadth and depth of destruction of American Democracy, our position in the World, our truth in our words, and more –all because of Trump. I asked my associate, Perplexity, to dive in and see even WHEN WE WIN, in Midterms, there will be YEARS of reconstruction, rebuilding, ending, stopping, removing all signs of his Presidency and actions, including so far 209 Executive Orders. The estimates below are “AS IF,” assume we win in November, 2026, then what would it take to restore America. –DrWeb

    If Democrats successfully win control of the House in the 2026 midterms, they would gain significant legislative powers to challenge and reverse many of Trump’s policies, though the timeline for restoring democratic norms would vary considerably based on the scope of action and political resistance.

    Congressional Powers to Reverse Trump Actions

    With House control, Democrats could immediately begin using several key legislative tools to counteract Trump’s agenda. They would have the power of the purse to defund programs, refuse appropriations for controversial initiatives, and block new funding requests. The House could launch comprehensive investigations through oversight hearings, subpoena documents and witnesses, and expose administration misconduct.

    Democrats could also pass legislation to codify protections that Trump has undermined through executive orders, though these bills would face challenges in a likely Republican-controlled Senate and presidential vetoes. The Congressional Review Act provides another avenue, allowing Congress to overturn recently enacted federal regulations with simple majority votes in both chambers, though this requires Senate cooperation and presidential approval.

    Executive Orders and Federal Regulations

    Trump has issued 209 executive orders by October 2025, covering areas from immigration and climate policy to federal workforce reductions and international agreements. Many of these orders rescinded Biden-era policies on diversity initiatives, environmental protections, and immigration enforcement.

    A Democratic House could pressure the administration through funding restrictions and investigations, but cannot directly overturn executive orders. However, they could pass legislation requiring congressional approval for certain executive actions and create legal frameworks that constrain presidential authority.

    Timeline Projections

    Fast Track Scenario (2-4 years)

    Under optimized conditions, significant democratic restoration could occur relatively quickly. Immediate actions within the first year could include launching investigations, blocking harmful appropriations, and passing symbolic legislation to signal policy changes. Constitutional scholar analysis suggests that with unified Democratic control after 2028, major structural reforms could be implemented within 2-4 years.

    The fast track would require Democrats to flip the Senate in 2026 or 2028 and eventually win the presidency, enabling them to reverse executive orders, restore agency independence, and pass comprehensive democracy reform legislation. Historical precedent from the 2018 midterms shows that opposition parties can effectively constrain presidential power through House control alone.

    Extended Timeline (6-10 years)

    A more realistic projection involves gradual restoration over 6-10 years due to institutional resistance and political polarization. Current analysis indicates that Trump’s administration has secured “near-total allegiance from the GOP” and filled positions with loyal supporters, making reversals more difficult than previous transitions.

    The extended timeline accounts for potential Supreme Court challenges to reform legislation, continued Republican control of other government branches, and the need for sustained electoral success across multiple cycles. Comparative analysis of democratic backsliding suggests that institutional repair often requires sustained effort across multiple electoral cycles.

    Democracy experts warn that current trends represent “the most substantial delegation of power from Congress to the president in the nation’s history,” indicating that restoration will require comprehensive institutional reforms beyond simple policy reversals. The timeline ultimately depends on the extent of democratic erosion by 2026 and the political will to implement fundamental structural changes rather than merely reversing individual policies.

    Sources Consulted

    References (MLA Format):

    #2025 #AfterTrump #America #DonaldTrump #DrWebSDomain #Education #EndOfTrump #FixingAmericanDemocracy #Health #History #Hypothetical #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #Opinion #Perplexity #Politics #ProjectedFuture #Resistance #Scenario #Science #Trump #TrumpAdministration #UnitedStates

  19. #people spend a lot of time being against #hypothetical #genocides and #concentrationcamps instead of the ones that are actually happening right now

  20. #people spend a lot of time being against #hypothetical #genocides and #concentrationcamps instead of the ones that are actually happening right now

  21. #people spend a lot of time being against #hypothetical #genocides and #concentrationcamps instead of the ones that are actually happening right now

  22. Honestly, time is infinite in the Star Trek Universe and it explains why they've kinda peaked.

    Think about how many episodes there are where peoples minds are trapped in The Life Time Simulator :tm:

    Isn't it crazy how that's almost always done to torture people? Why the shit don't Starfleet cadets get slapped into one of those for a day and come out with the wisdom of Fleet Admirals?

    "Oh nothing beats the human experience. School is about the connections we make!"

    Yeah okay now give me the box that let's me repeat math courses infinitely until I understand all of math then I'll go get stabbed in a Dom-Jot game by Nassicans to get "the full experience".

    Seriously, what are the downsides to this society? I bet worst case we discover that brains have hard limits to storage space and we have to specialize. Maybe a whole industry of 1 day PHD programs and mind wipes. So if you need to be a Xenobiology expert in one mission and then a Chief Engineer the next you just have to sacrifice a day to getting your mind wiped and another to filling that space with all of it.

    #Startrek #hypothetical

  23. Honestly, time is infinite in the Star Trek Universe and it explains why they've kinda peaked.

    Think about how many episodes there are where peoples minds are trapped in The Life Time Simulator :tm:

    Isn't it crazy how that's almost always done to torture people? Why the shit don't Starfleet cadets get slapped into one of those for a day and come out with the wisdom of Fleet Admirals?

    "Oh nothing beats the human experience. School is about the connections we make!"

    Yeah okay now give me the box that let's me repeat math courses infinitely until I understand all of math then I'll go get stabbed in a Dom-Jot game by Nassicans to get "the full experience".

    Seriously, what are the downsides to this society? I bet worst case we discover that brains have hard limits to storage space and we have to specialize. Maybe a whole industry of 1 day PHD programs and mind wipes. So if you need to be a Xenobiology expert in one mission and then a Chief Engineer the next you just have to sacrifice a day to getting your mind wiped and another to filling that space with all of it.

    #Startrek #hypothetical

  24. Honestly, time is infinite in the Star Trek Universe and it explains why they've kinda peaked.

    Think about how many episodes there are where peoples minds are trapped in The Life Time Simulator :tm:

    Isn't it crazy how that's almost always done to torture people? Why the shit don't Starfleet cadets get slapped into one of those for a day and come out with the wisdom of Fleet Admirals?

    "Oh nothing beats the human experience. School is about the connections we make!"

    Yeah okay now give me the box that let's me repeat math courses infinitely until I understand all of math then I'll go get stabbed in a Dom-Jot game by Nassicans to get "the full experience".

    Seriously, what are the downsides to this society? I bet worst case we discover that brains have hard limits to storage space and we have to specialize. Maybe a whole industry of 1 day PHD programs and mind wipes. So if you need to be a Xenobiology expert in one mission and then a Chief Engineer the next you just have to sacrifice a day to getting your mind wiped and another to filling that space with all of it.

    #Startrek #hypothetical

  25. You end up in a situation where you can trade items back and forth with people who are living in post apocalyptic alternate universes. They can send you (probably broken) future/alt-reality tech, or really anything else they have on hand, but they want stuff in return, things they can't easily get.

    What do you send them?

    My answer is I'd start at the corner store, canned and fresh food.

    #hypothetical #storytelling

  26. You end up in a situation where you can trade items back and forth with people who are living in post apocalyptic alternate universes. They can send you (probably broken) future/alt-reality tech, or really anything else they have on hand, but they want stuff in return, things they can't easily get.

    What do you send them?

    My answer is I'd start at the corner store, canned and fresh food.

    #hypothetical #storytelling

  27. #hypothetical : characterized by, or of the nature of, an hypothesis

    - French: hypothétique

    - German: hypothetisch

    - Italian: ipotetico

    - Portuguese: hipotético

    - Spanish: hipotético

    ------------

    Fill in missing translations @ wordofthehour.org/r/translatio

  28. #hypothetical : characterized by, or of the nature of, an hypothesis

    - French: hypothétique

    - German: hypothetisch

    - Italian: ipotetico

    - Portuguese: hipotético

    - Spanish: hipotético

    ------------

    Fill in missing translations @ wordofthehour.org/r/translatio

  29. You have exactly 1 minute, to say whatever you want, to the world, before you're dragged into a small cell, locked away from everyone you know, with no way to contact any family & you are told - you have only 1 minute to say anything you want.

    What would you say?

    #hypothetical

  30. You have exactly 1 minute, to say whatever you want, to the world, before you're dragged into a small cell, locked away from everyone you know, with no way to contact any family & you are told - you have only 1 minute to say anything you want.

    What would you say?

    #hypothetical

  31. You have exactly 1 minute, to say whatever you want, to the world, before you're dragged into a small cell, locked away from everyone you know, with no way to contact any family & you are told - you have only 1 minute to say anything you want.

    What would you say?

    #hypothetical

  32. Looking for the #Wisdom of the Masses

    Let's say hypothetically I have a Pentium 4 Box with PCIe but no way to plug a GPU in (power, PCIe slot is fine) and I want to turn it into a Streaming Thin Client (Steam, GFN, Moonlight, etc) for 4k120Hz under Linux or Windows

    What GPU should I get?

    #Hardware #hypothetical #computer #nvidia #amd #intel #theorycrafting

  33. Looking for the #Wisdom of the Masses

    Let's say hypothetically I have a Pentium 4 Box with PCIe but no way to plug a GPU in (power, PCIe slot is fine) and I want to turn it into a Streaming Thin Client (Steam, GFN, Moonlight, etc) for 4k120Hz under Linux or Windows

    What GPU should I get?

    #Hardware #hypothetical #computer #nvidia #amd #intel #theorycrafting

  34. @Free_Press Damn. Not a steep dive but a glide and eventually a stall can only mean both engines were out… #Hypothetical

  35. @Free_Press Damn. Not a steep dive but a glide and eventually a stall can only mean both engines were out… #Hypothetical

  36. @Free_Press Damn. Not a steep dive but a glide and eventually a stall can only mean both engines were out… #Hypothetical

  37. 🎩🤖 Behold, the Darwin Gödel Machine: an #AI so advanced it can rewrite its own code—except it hasn't, and it won't. 🙃 Decades-old #hype dressed up as revolutionary, yet still just a "hypothetical" machine. When it hits reality, wake me up! 💤
    sakana.ai/dgm/ #DarwinGödelMachine #Hypothetical #Innovation #HackerNews #ngated

  38. 🎩🤖 Behold, the Darwin Gödel Machine: an #AI so advanced it can rewrite its own code—except it hasn't, and it won't. 🙃 Decades-old #hype dressed up as revolutionary, yet still just a "hypothetical" machine. When it hits reality, wake me up! 💤
    sakana.ai/dgm/ #DarwinGödelMachine #Hypothetical #Innovation #HackerNews #ngated

  39. Jordan Peterson cannot tell a lie, or entertain a hypothetical to save his life | @destiny reacts to the debate between Parker and Jordan Peterson on Jubilee

    #Hypothetical #Lying #ParkerGetaJob #JordanPeterson #Destiny

  40. Jordan Peterson cannot tell a lie, or entertain a hypothetical to save his life | @destiny reacts to the debate between Parker and Jordan Peterson on Jubilee

    #Hypothetical #Lying #ParkerGetaJob #JordanPeterson #Destiny

  41. Jordan Peterson cannot tell a lie, or entertain a hypothetical to save his life | @destiny reacts to the debate between Parker and Jordan Peterson on Jubilee

    #Hypothetical #Lying #ParkerGetaJob #JordanPeterson #Destiny

  42. @screwturn

    I've always seen them marketed as "hair shears"?

    At 8, my guess would be it would either take multiple poundings of the shears to get past the spinal column bones for purposes of damaging the cord barring extreme luck. Especially from the back. An initial penetration might be augmented with a whack from a modestly-heavy blunt object to push them deeper. The front of the throat would have less bone to contend with and could more readily penetrate an artery with much less strength/force requirement.

    #hypothetical

  43. @screwturn

    I've always seen them marketed as "hair shears"?

    At 8, my guess would be it would either take multiple poundings of the shears to get past the spinal column bones for purposes of damaging the cord barring extreme luck. Especially from the back. An initial penetration might be augmented with a whack from a modestly-heavy blunt object to push them deeper. The front of the throat would have less bone to contend with and could more readily penetrate an artery with much less strength/force requirement.

    #hypothetical

  44. @screwturn

    I've always seen them marketed as "hair shears"?

    At 8, my guess would be it would either take multiple poundings of the shears to get past the spinal column bones for purposes of damaging the cord barring extreme luck. Especially from the back. An initial penetration might be augmented with a whack from a modestly-heavy blunt object to push them deeper. The front of the throat would have less bone to contend with and could more readily penetrate an artery with much less strength/force requirement.

    #hypothetical

  45. #hypothetical : characterized by, or of the nature of, an hypothesis

    - French: hypothétique

    - German: hypothetisch

    - Italian: ipotetico

    - Portuguese: hipotético

    - Spanish: hipotético

    ------------

    Fill in missing translations @ wordofthehour.org/r/translatio

  46. #hypothetical : characterized by, or of the nature of, an hypothesis

    - French: hypothétique

    - German: hypothetisch

    - Italian: ipotetico

    - Portuguese: hipotético

    - Spanish: hipotético

    ------------

    Fill in missing translations @ wordofthehour.org/r/translatio

  47. Just going to hypothesize something here... for posterity and accountability to weird strategic thoughts I have when I try to channel this Musk creep. The tech-bro's have already taken over. That is why they are now sending the DOGE teams with armed escorts and guns to smash small offices of the government. Trump is the vindictive figurehead. It's the tech lords running the show, and they're going to do a deal with China to get rid of Putin.

    🇨🇳 🇺🇸 🔀 🇷🇺

    I'm open to the possibility of something beyond shocking happening. There have already been rumors of revaluing the gold at Fort Knox, restructuring the debt, a national cryptocurrency...

    What about, a merger / joint venture with China and the US becomes a total one-party state, USA Inc. They'll leave the illusion of elections, and the Dems will continue to be the useful idiots as they have been for a decade.

    The game is no longer Dem vs. Rep. There will be no normal midterms. The struggle at the top is between the Christian Nationalists, the technofascist (Nation State) crowd, and the MAGA base that Bannon leads. Think of Bannon's people as the brown shirts they'll eventually use to silence dissent.

    Imagine a chip-access deal or some sort of organized takeover of Taiwan (stripping the island of its sovereignty in Trump fashion) over a set period of time for USA, Inc. to be able to scale semiconductor fabs.

    The culture war is a distraction. The rich are stealing the future. :earth: :NoNazis: :ExtinctionRebellion: :NonCommercialUS:

    #hypothetical #Technology #TechNate #Musk #thiel #Andreessen #Ellision #uspol #feudalism #technofeudalism #ai #solarpunk

  48. Just going to hypothesize something here... for posterity and accountability to weird strategic thoughts I have when I try to channel this Musk creep. The tech-bro's have already taken over. That is why they are now sending the DOGE teams with armed escorts and guns to smash small offices of the government. Trump is the vindictive figurehead. It's the tech lords running the show, and they're going to do a deal with China to get rid of Putin.

    🇨🇳 🇺🇸 🔀 🇷🇺

    I'm open to the possibility of something beyond shocking happening. There have already been rumors of revaluing the gold at Fort Knox, restructuring the debt, a national cryptocurrency...

    What about, a merger / joint venture with China and the US becomes a total one-party state, USA Inc. They'll leave the illusion of elections, and the Dems will continue to be the useful idiots as they have been for a decade.

    The game is no longer Dem vs. Rep. There will be no normal midterms. The struggle at the top is between the Christian Nationalists, the technofascist (Nation State) crowd, and the MAGA base that Bannon leads. Think of Bannon's people as the brown shirts they'll eventually use to silence dissent.

    Imagine a chip-access deal or some sort of organized takeover of Taiwan (stripping the island of its sovereignty in Trump fashion) over a set period of time for USA, Inc. to be able to scale semiconductor fabs.

    The culture war is a distraction. The rich are stealing the future. :earth: :NoNazis: :ExtinctionRebellion: :NonCommercialUS:

    #hypothetical #Technology #TechNate #Musk #thiel #Andreessen #Ellision #uspol #feudalism #technofeudalism #ai #solarpunk

  49. Just going to hypothesize something here... for posterity and accountability to weird strategic thoughts I have when I try to channel this Musk creep. The tech-bro's have already taken over. That is why they are now sending the DOGE teams with armed escorts and guns to smash small offices of the government. Trump is the vindictive figurehead. It's the tech lords running the show, and they're going to do a deal with China to get rid of Putin.

    🇨🇳 🇺🇸 🔀 🇷🇺

    I'm open to the possibility of something beyond shocking happening. There have already been rumors of revaluing the gold at Fort Knox, restructuring the debt, a national cryptocurrency...

    What about, a merger / joint venture with China and the US becomes a total one-party state, USA Inc. They'll leave the illusion of elections, and the Dems will continue to be the useful idiots as they have been for a decade.

    The game is no longer Dem vs. Rep. There will be no normal midterms. The struggle at the top is between the Christian Nationalists, the technofascist (Nation State) crowd, and the MAGA base that Bannon leads. Think of Bannon's people as the brown shirts they'll eventually use to silence dissent.

    Imagine a chip-access deal or some sort of organized takeover of Taiwan (stripping the island of its sovereignty in Trump fashion) over a set period of time for USA, Inc. to be able to scale semiconductor fabs.

    The culture war is a distraction. The rich are stealing the future. :earth: :NoNazis: :ExtinctionRebellion: :NonCommercialUS:

    #hypothetical #Technology #TechNate #Musk #thiel #Andreessen #Ellision #uspol #feudalism #technofeudalism #ai #solarpunk

  50. #Hypothetical?

    What is the Farmers Market Version of the Internet?

    Farmer's markets incentivize local food sources, direct-to-consumer, and decentralized commerce that avoids extensive industrialized farming.

    How do we stop the #DataFarming and support smaller, less centralized digital tools?

    #FarmersMarketWeb

  51. #Hypothetical?

    What is the Farmers Market Version of the Internet?

    Farmer's markets incentivize local food sources, direct-to-consumer, and decentralized commerce that avoids extensive industrialized farming.

    How do we stop the #DataFarming and support smaller, less centralized digital tools?

    #FarmersMarketWeb

  52. #Hypothetical?

    What is the Farmers Market Version of the Internet?

    Farmer's markets incentivize local food sources, direct-to-consumer, and decentralized commerce that avoids extensive industrialized farming.

    How do we stop the #DataFarming and support smaller, less centralized digital tools?

    #FarmersMarketWeb