For example removing tass from their index

Not sure what is going on with those URL params, but I see results just fine at https://duckduckgo.com/?q=site%3Atass.com and in any case an easier way to do things is to not use a site search but just put the domain or name in the query like 'ukraine tass' and something from that site will usually come up on top.

GP's links include a filter for "past month".

I don't. I can't get a single hit on duckduckgo from tass.com. I tried "site:tass.com bucha" and variations there of.

Dubai fits the climate criteria.

It has some tech scene, would love to have someone comment on this.

80%+ of Dubai are expats so it is probably diverse.

Its a bit car centric though with only one metro line.

In a lot of countries your phone number is tied to your passport.

If you plan to work in Russia or other post soviet countries the nothing beats hh.ru

This is an example of living with broken windows

In the Russian language they actually removed a lot of letters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reforms_of_Russian_orthography

Skeptic discussion:

https://www.reddit.com/r/LockdownSkepticism/comments/kj8p3o/...

The same people that would complain about "death panels" in a public health care system seem awfully eager to toss people in their 20s and 30s into the pit.

For me its mostly "Spring 2020", "Summer 2020" etc. Which is what I was listening to around that time

If you post a serious attempt to math stack exchange, they are usually very helpful in telling you if you are right, or where you went wrong.