The problem is that the Grifter-in-Chief will continue playing all the different splinter-hate-groups off each other for profit and so a lot of damage to social cohesion in the process.

You may still be infected with their “anti-cheat” RootKit, even if you installed from the Steam Store.

Time to nuke Windows and reinstall.

Headline should be “EA gamers computers infected with “anticheat” RootKit to be converted into largest BotNet on planet.”

Insert “2025 year of Linux Desktop” meme.

Honestly though, the only thing keeping gamers on Windows are the requirement of these Rootkits and inertia.

I admit that that is a pretty big assumption, but I do have faith in the people.

It may be misplaced faith.

The only way out is;

1. Landslide against Republicans for 2026 MidTerms.
2. Landslide agains Republicans in 2028; to the point where they no longer exist.
3. New progressive Democratic Party.
4. Landslide against Right-Wing Democrats in 2030 Midterms
5. Landslide against Right-Wing Democrats in 2032.

I let my Phone (and CarPlay) map my route for me; but I do like throwing a spanner in its workings by deliberately taking a wrong turn to explore.

Previously, I would do the same, but then I would have to pull over and spend 15 minutes browsing the Street Directly trying to figure out where I was before I was able to continue my journey.

Having a frictionless (and relatively) safe way of exploring has empowered me.

There were rumours that our two local Street Directories had been made Out-Of-Print. (Melway and UBD)

They are both still active, and a great resource for historians, but their distribution has been seriously curtailed.

We also have a collection of Adventure maps called Rooftops which still have great circulation despite the proliferation of Off-Road mapping apps.

Having offline-paper maps are invaluable when in certain conditions. I have been told that Rooftops are generated by one Cartographer who uses a Pushbike as his exclusive surveying vehicle. (Citation needed)

They were also semi structured. All my school-friends started with the same first area code and first chunk. I just had to know where they lived and remember the last 4 digits.

Mobile Phone numbers were randomly generated, and unless a social group deliberately got sequential numbers because we all got our phones at the same time, there would be no way to associate numbers.

…Although the “Special Operation” has been classed as a continuation of the Russo-Ukrainian War so depending on who you ask, Crimea would be included.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_War

“original Borders from where this War started”.

So not including Crimea…

Honestly, I think that they should insist on 2013 borders.