Oceans of America

Did the Great Schism (1054) lead to changes in Christian belief and doctrine in Western Europe or Byzantium, and if so which church changed the most?

Blue trees

Yesterday’s bullying is not unique: LBJ “Fuck your parliament and your constitution. America is an elephant. Cyprus is a flea. Greece is a flea. … If your Prime Minister gives me talk about democracy, parliament and constitution, he, his parliament and his constitution may not last very long.”

Between just "Hotel California" and "Stairway to Heaven", which one do you like more?

If you were a Russian asset and you became US president, what are some things that you could’ve done that would benefit Russia the most while being undetected as a Russian asset (so you can’t be too overt)

Will Trump/Musk go after the military budget, and if yes will they do it with as much gusto as the USAID and NIH budgets?

This is great!

Can someone plainly explain Trump’s obsession with tariffs in his second term (I don’t recall as much in the first term), what are the pros and cons and what’s the strategy?

[D] How exactly did Deepseek R1 achieve massive training cost reductions, most posts I read are about its performance, RL, chain of thought, etc, but it’s not clear how the cost of training of the model was brought down so drastically

‘Frasier’ Revival Not Moving Forward, CBS Studios Shopping for New Home After Two Seasons on Paramount+

How can TikTok have 170 million users in the US when the US only has around 330 million people and mainly teenagers and early twenties use TikTok?

To what extent did Germany's decision to divert resources to Greece in 1941 after Italy's loss to Greece impact the timing and outcome of Operation Barbarossa, especially in the context of the Germans getting bogged down in Russian winter?

Are there any stats on what percent of teams that get U-turned get eliminated?

How do people in non-English speaking countries pronounce X, formerly Twitter, do they say it like “ex” or use their language’s name for the symbol X?

Can someone explain why Conservatives have long wanted to shut down the Department of Education?

These are the most streamed 1980's songs today; does it surprise you which ones had this longevity and popularity? Many weren't monster hits in the 80's as I recall

OK to skip Season 2 and go directly to Season 3?

For those of you who moved to another country after the age of 20 and been there for 25+ years, eg if you moved from Germany/Italy/Greece to the US, do you feel German/Italian/Greek or American?

Future of the Democratic party in America

My 2¢ on what really happened in the latest election. TLDR: it's a mishmash of reasons, no single explanation

On this day 86 years ago Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founding father and the first president of Republic of Turkey passed away.

At what age do you think you were you the most attractive relative to people in your age group? Not the most attractive ever but relative to your peers.

I get that MAGA will never change their vote no matter what, but I don’t get why Independents see unprecedented things like a majority of former Trump officials (including generals and people with solid conservative records) come out saying he is unfit for office, and still want to vote for him

I’m done with the debating: let’s get to the voting