The Pentagon is rushing to expand its capacity to wage war in space, convinced that rapid advances by China and Russia in space-based operations pose a growing threat to U.S. troops and other military assets on the ground and American satellites in orbit....
What's the current estimate as to how long before there's so much debris that collisions disabling crucial satellites is inevitable? A couple decades? Years? Months?
Two years into President Biden’s term, his aides began negotiating with Saudi leaders to have the kingdom establish diplomatic relations with Israel. But when the Israel-Hamas war began last October, the talks withered....
We already have the technology to replace all fossil fuel energy production and almost all types of fossil fuel burning transport.
Only thing we're missing is for greedy politicians to get out of the pockets of the fossil fuel industries so that the transition can happen in earnest.
More than efficiently enough to cover 100% of the world's energy needs in perpetuity at a lower cost, yes. Wouldn't be much of a replacement otherwise.
there's also the issue of completely replacing our infrastructure to support the new technologies, and the costs involved in doing that.
Never said there wasn't. All the more reason to start immediately rather than wait for the climate change primarily caused by the burning of fossil fuels and more legislation to protect it from the will of the people to make it even more expensive and time-consuming as it already will be.
One thing's for sure, though: it's many times more beneficial than costly for humanity as a whole, as opposed to the toxic status quo that's killing us in innumerable ways.
Israel said on Thursday that it would send more troops to Rafah, the southernmost city in Gaza, which has become the focal point in the war between Israel and Hamas....
For the past week Israel has described its offensive as a limited military operation, but satellite imagery and Mr. Gallant’s comments on Thursday suggested that a more significant incursion was already underway.
And American genocide-denying media said that it's not hypocritical that Israel wasn't banned from Eurovision because they're nothing like Russia! They're literally copying them ffs!
He committed countless war crimes and other atrocities, the effects of which will be painfully felt by hundreds of millions of people for the rest of their lives. Then he started painting.
Rebecca Joynes allegedly became pregnant after having sex with one of her victims, known as boy B, Manchester Crown Court heard - she denies the allegations against her....
The last time I pasted a Wikipedia link on a world news community I was banned
.ml? The mods there are really ban-happy, especially if you say something counter to tankie orthodoxy and back it up with unassailable logic and/or data lol
Maybe there are stats on the number of bans a community has. That'd be interesting to have an idea of how much a community is policing.
It'd be up near the top for sure! Of the four times total I've been banned on Lemmy,
one was a legitimate one for breaking the "be excellent to each other" rule in !technology by getting far too heated while arguing with a pro-cop person
one was a misunderstanding where making fun of Mitch McConnell got me banned from [!politics(https://lemmy.world/m/politics) for "celebrating the death" of his sister in law
the other two was absolutely bullshit !worldnews bans for
supposed "sinophobia" (expressing unease about Chinese cops cooperating with Orban's fascist government in Hungary) and
"McCarthyism" for calmly and truthfully explaining that West Germany and later modern day Germany actually DID ever stop with the Nazism
The Biden administration has told key lawmakers it is sending a new package of more than $1 billion in arms and ammunition to Israel, three congressional aides said Tuesday....
I know that it's beside the point, but just FYI: in most cases, pinching the nose of someone blowing you does nothing since the vast majority (all?) of humans can't breathe in through their nose while their mouth is full and vigorously sucking.
There never will be, of course. Israel could nuke the entire Middle East including themselves and the politicians that rely on the MIC for bribes would do no more than wag a finger 😮💨
Yeah, he'd never had become president in the first place if not for a horrible alternative.
Now that he's been for a few years of him mostly being the same conservative he was as a senator, it's even more obvious that there's going to be many times more votes AGAINST Trump than FOR Biden.
I just hope he doesn't alienate so many people with his steadfast support of, even participation in, the genocide bring peroetrated by a fascist apartheid regime that he actually loses the second most winnable presidential election in US history (the most easily winnable being 2020) to someone who's objectively much worse for the country and thus the world..
Thousands of Israelis joined a far-right Independence Day march on Tuesday in the south, led by Jewish activists advocating for resettling Gaza and forcing Palestinians to leave the enclave....
The White House has condemned an attack on an aid convoy heading to Gaza by Israeli settlers who threw packages of food into the road and set fire to the vehicles....
Very low. It's basically the hobby of a single conservative Zionist (assisted by some volunteer and paid freelancers, though there's no public transparency about who does what and when) pretending to be a reputable arbiter of truth and bias.
Not when it has its own unadmitted biases. For example, the guy who pretty much IS MediaBiasFactCheck is an avowed "Israel is always right and if you ever say otherwise it's automatically antisemitic" level Zionist, which is most of the reason for The Guardian's factuality being listed as mixed rather than high or even very high.
A hidden bias like that makes a fact and bias checker worse than no checking.
Making people think you're going to hit them is literally illegal
That's just your assumption. What I've read is that he tried to physically turn the camera away from his face and the obnoxious camera woman reported that as a threat.
Either way, banning him from a once in a lifetime opportunity to perform at one of the biggest music events in the world is WAY out of proportion, especially as he was just defending himself from having his privacy invaded in a very emotional moment (just after singing an ode to his dead dad)
Also, it was literally seconds after he had finished singing an ode to his dead dad, so a very emotionally raw moment.
Which is why he had an agreement with everyone that he was not to be filmed at that time. An agreement that the obnoxious camera woman had agreed to prior to figuratively pissing all over it.
I get what you're saying and in most cases I'd agree.
In this case, though, it was a clear invasion of his privacy and disrespect of him as a person.
To ignore his repeated requests to leave him alone in a very vulnerable moment, after you've already agreed to along with the rest of the press pool, is not just poor behavior. It's abuse befitting the worst paparazzi sleazeballs.
Why can't you just set a standing order of "make unit x" or "make unit x while we have gas until we get to 50 of them"? That's strategy. Having to tab back to a building and manually queue a couple of units every several seconds is just creating busywork for players
I agree completely. Related: have you considered turn based strategy games?
Ordinarily, I'd agree with you, but the IDF is intentionally targeting aid workers, so even if they let you in, they may well murder you for trying to help save Palestinian lives.
Not saying that you shouldn't still help if you're willing to risk your life to save lives, just that you REALLY need to know what you're signing up for and that forcing anyone to is ABSOLUTELY cruel and unusual punishment and almost definitely itself a war crime.
Even worse: people who object to genocide should be forced to go to a war zone unarmed. And not just any war zone, one completely controlled by a fascist apartheid regime whose armed forces are deliberately targeting aid workers, healthcare workers, journalists and other unarmed people either keeping Palestinians alive, showing the world what the regime is doing, or both.
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New Star Wars Plan: Pentagon Rushes to Counter Threats in Orbit ( www.nytimes.com )
The Pentagon is rushing to expand its capacity to wage war in space, convinced that rapid advances by China and Russia in space-based operations pose a growing threat to U.S. troops and other military assets on the ground and American satellites in orbit....
Israel Resists Grand Bargain as U.S. and Saudis Work on Security Pact ( www.nytimes.com )
Two years into President Biden’s term, his aides began negotiating with Saudi leaders to have the kingdom establish diplomatic relations with Israel. But when the Israel-Hamas war began last October, the talks withered....
It could soon be illegal to publicly wear a mask for health reasons in NC ( arstechnica.com )
Israel Sending More Troops to Rafah Amid Warnings of Famine in Gaza ( www.nytimes.com )
Israel said on Thursday that it would send more troops to Rafah, the southernmost city in Gaza, which has become the focal point in the war between Israel and Hamas....
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Billionaire hasn't heard of Streisand effect ( www.betootaadvocate.com )
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George W. Bush’s Original Paintings Are Making Their Disney Theme Park Debut ( people.com )
Teacher accused of having sex with two students says she ruined her 'dream job' with stupid 'mistakes', jury hears ( news.sky.com )
Rebecca Joynes allegedly became pregnant after having sex with one of her victims, known as boy B, Manchester Crown Court heard - she denies the allegations against her....
Biden administration is sending $1 billion more in weapons, ammo to Israel, congressional aides say ( apnews.com )
The Biden administration has told key lawmakers it is sending a new package of more than $1 billion in arms and ammunition to Israel, three congressional aides said Tuesday....
Netanyahu ministers join Israeli far-right 'march to Gaza,' demand Palestinians' expulsion ( www.haaretz.com )
Thousands of Israelis joined a far-right Independence Day march on Tuesday in the south, led by Jewish activists advocating for resettling Gaza and forcing Palestinians to leave the enclave....
‘Total outrage’: White House condemns Israeli settlers’ attack on Gaza aid trucks ( www.theguardian.com )
The White House has condemned an attack on an aid convoy heading to Gaza by Israeli settlers who threw packages of food into the road and set fire to the vehicles....
JK Rowling slammed for asking if she can be Black if she likes “Motown & fancy myself in cornrows” ( www.lgbtqnation.com )
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Furious Brussels wants answers over ban on EU flags at Eurovision ( www.euronews.com )
The European Commission has expressed anger over a ban on EU flags at the Eurovision Song Contest and demands explanations....
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Far-right EU election gains could boost nationalist parties on home turf ( www.theguardian.com )
Polls indicate a surge for the right across the continent in next month’s ballots but the centrists are still likely to hold sway in parliament...
The RTS genre will never be mainstream unless you change it until it's 'no longer the kind of RTS that I want to play,' says Crate Entertainment CEO ( www.pcgamer.com )
Spy scandal: Why did a Polish judge 'defect' to Belarus? ( www.dw.com )
Polish prosecutors will likely file espionage charges against a Polish judge who fled to Belarus, where he is now seeking asylum....
GOP introduces bill that would send anyone convicted of unlawful activity on a campus since Oct. 7th, 2023 to Gaza. ( www.thedailybeast.com )
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