I'm not a US lawyer, but I'd interpret that as they need to block commercial VPN services advertised for circumventing blocks.

I'd be with you if that weren't one of the most un-Russian things I have ever read ;)

They have given us a bit of a masterclass in engineering here. Identified a rare but important issue, took decisive action to ensure safety, and engineered a fix very quickly to get the aircraft back into service.

It might be a case of the specific version of software they want to install to fix the issue does not work with older hardware, so any aircraft that are still on it need to up upgraded. It's not uncommon for the hardware upgrade to be cheaper and faster than trying to backport the fix and fully qualify that software, especially as the aircraft can't be used until it is done.

SpaceX can probably accelerate their flight schedule to accommodate Russian crew needs. There's the question of if Russia is able/willing to pay nearly $100m per seat. Their flights on Crew Dragon are currently paid through NASA in a seat exchange program where they provide flights from this site on Soyuz for US astronauts. They don't actually pony up the cash.

This launch site is also essential to attitude control of ISS. To refuel the ISS stabilizer thrusters and hold it steady while the gyroscopes are relieved periodically requires Progress modules launched from there. There isn't currently a backup plan for those services.

To be fair your link does say "designed to bypass internet filtering mechanisms or content restrictions", so it sounds like SSH, work VPNs, banking etc. don't count because they aren't designed to get around the porn filters.

It still seems pointless because most of the VPN services are based outside the US for legal reasons anyway.

They could, but probably the only real reason why they maintained access to the ISS is because they get paid for it, and because they wanted to keep their independent capability alive. Aside from those reasons, they probably aren't all that interested in going there.

Can't be a straw man, I was making no argument to tear down.
Also, it's time for some rudimentary English education.
"I'm what you dipshits call..." does not imply you personally called me anything. Please tell me you understood that and were just being lazy.
That aside, nobody here is blind to how you paint "Democrats" and "the left", so your dodge isn't even just lazy, it's also intellectually dishonest.

A Democrat is a member of the Democratic party, or at the very least a voter who identifies as such.
Ergo, I am not.

Indeed I have. Not since 2012, I'll grant you.

Many, particularly at local levels.
These days, they're all MAGA morons unfortunately, so I'm still waiting for you people who live in a fever dream of constantly fellating Trump while a stoma supplies you with a constant supply of air so that you don't ever have to stop to fucking fade back into their trailers.

God, yet another day, yet another misuse of the term ad hominem.
It's so ridiculous. Certainly one amongst you has some fucking formal education, no?
Unless I used the insult as a tu quoque argument, it's just a fucking insult, shit-for-brains. Trying to dress it up in big words doesn't alter its nature.

Except not, lol.
Though I suppose in the universe you live in where you're either sucking Trump's cock or a big-D Democrat- then sure, I guess I am.

China is building a maglev line between Beijing and Shanghai, which will then extend south. Given how fast they build conventional high speed rail, I expect that expansion will be rapid.

It's an interesting design too, and a largely domestic one. They do have a German built maglev in Shanghai, but the new EMUs they have been showing off bare little resemblance beyond using electromagnetic suspension. I'm looking forward to comparing it to Japan's electrodynamic suspension.

The switches moved before the conversation between the pilot and copilot took place.

Your proposed sequence of events:
Engines shut off.
Pilot flips fuel switches to cutoff.
Copilot asks pilot if he cut the engines.
Pilot says they didn't.
Someone then flips the fuel switches back to run.

Makes a whole lot of fucking sense. No, seriously. I bet you're the best fry cook in town.

My favorite was Wilson's 2 years of being incapacitated and his wife elevating herself to Acting President.

You've just moved the goalposts.

You said:
[So you're saying America elected] [one of the worst leaders of all time anywhere.]

That dumbshit isn't anywhere close to one of the worst leaders of all time anywhere. That is, again, one of the dumbest fucking things I have ever read.
When he's got a few million dead under his belt, we can begin to talk about his ranking under the "worst" category of "of all time anywhere".

If you'd like to limit that to say, "American Presidents", then alright- we can play ball with that.
Quit being a fucking moron.

Sucks as a description, too.

Sealevel rise (per year) during the MWPs was an actual (correctly used) order of magnitude higher than today. So scale-wise, it was far more significant. Speed-wise, the level of change was much more rapid.

Correct. Today's problem is a different kind, and one that is far more dangerous the extant ecosystem.

This is one of the ways that "Climate Change" fucks as a description. "Global Warming" really was always better.
The problem isn't that the climate is changing. Life works around that. The real danger is that it's warming- that it's trying to adapt to a warmer and warmer world. There will be no equilibrium until it stops, and the world will get less and less habitable to us.

I'm not a Democrat. I said some of their values align with mine.
I've been an independent my entire life. I am, however, a liberal.

I'm what you dipshits call one of the "Coastal Elites".
People with a substantial income and net worth that are somehow also communists (weird).

Your inability to see any nuance in positions is because you're a stupid person. It's ok. Your time in the sun is almost over, now. It'll be a while before America empowers morons again.