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stsquad , to technology in New technology to show why images and video are genuine launches on BBC News

This seems like an excellent idea and hopefully provides a model for other media outlets to follow.

sleepmode , to world in Tucker Carlson: Putin takes charge as TV host gives free rein to Kremlin

Cucker Tarlson bringing us the “real” story. Putin is worried about slanted journalists not agreeing with his narrative, gets the biggest softball pitcher ever and can’t even talk around his ego. Mad cringe.

TheJims , to world in Tucker Carlson: Putin takes charge as TV host gives free rein to Kremlin

I was expecting the interview to be over tea on the balcony.

ursakhiin , to news in Tucker Carlson: Putin takes charge as TV host gives free rein to Kremlin

To be clear here, I actively hate what Tucker does. He’s a symptom of a great sickness to society that causes more harm then anything else.

The only part of this that is Carlsons fault is that he took the interview and went to Russia. There’s no other way this would have played out when a reporter does an interview of Putin. Carlson was likely in that room with nothing but Russian agents who let him know exactly what was going to happen before the interview.

Anything else could have easily resulted in Carlson never coming home.

orbitz ,

Maybe they got kompromat on Tucker so there was never any worry? Or he’s just a useful tool for them, any definition of tool will do in this case.

ursakhiin ,

The reason he took the interview doesn’t matter, that decision is his fault. Even if kompromat, he did something he wants to hide in that case.

But the moment the interview was announced, we should have been expecting this exact thing.

Zworf ,

Anything else could have easily resulted in Carlson never coming home.

Nah. Anything else would have resulted in him going home sans interview tape. Putin is not dumb enough to start another Khasoggi style incident.

Carlson’s a total sycophant yeah but he wouldn’t be murdered. Putin just doesn’t have anything to gain by that.

ArcaneSlime ,

'Course, that wouldn’t stop the FSB from implying or outright threatening it, nor possibly iCarlson believing the death threats to be real especially given their track record of defenestration. That would effectively accomplish the same goal.

Pratai ,

Carlson never coming home.

If only.

wurzelgummidge , to world in Tucker Carlson: Putin takes charge as TV host gives free rein to Kremlin

The article says absolutely nothing about what Putin said

ralphio , (edited )

I watched, but it truly is a bunch of rambling.

Putin pushed the CIA sniper incitement conspiracy theory, but didn’t present evidence.

On the Nazi thing, he seems to be pivoting to he invaded because Ukraine doesn’t have strong enough laws to prevent Nazi speech. Again not very compelling.

He again brings up the conflict pre-invasion in east UA, but fails to mention that Russia was backing the insurgents.

He brings up that the change of power in 2014 wasn’t done to the letter of the UA constitution, but fails to mention that the current government clearly has a popular mandate.

He rehashes all the arguments that the West has been the aggressor since the fall of the USSR with NATO expansion.

Other than that it was pretty off topic. Tucker doesn’t press him much at all, and when he does Putin deflects and Tucker gives up.

Overall nothing you wouldn’t expect.

ETA: just remembered, this was kind of strange. The Nord Stream pipeline blasts were brought up and it was one of the few things that Tucker pushed him on for evidence that UA/US were behind it, but Putin doesn’t want to talk evidence. It’s kinda weird since this might be the one point where Russia has some ground to stand on, but Putin just defects. Maybe he doesn’t want to set a precedent that evidence is required.

ripcord ,
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Thank you for this.

Squizzy ,

There are three on going investigations, well two after the Swedish cancelled theirs. He doesn’t need to do much on that

DragonTypeWyvern ,

I’m sure the propagandist just doesn’t want a chance to spread more propaganda.

bedrooms ,

The Nord Stream pipeline blasts were brought up and it was one of the few things that Tucker pushed him on for evidence that UA/US were behind it, but Putin doesn’t want to talk evidence. It’s kinda weird since this might be the one point where Russia has some ground to stand on, but Putin just defects. Maybe he doesn’t want to set a precedent that evidence is required.

I don't believe it was UA or US. IIRC (a) the mass media suspected it was Russia and (b) Russian navy was spotted.

ComradeLove , to worldnews in King Charles III diagnosed with cancer, Buckingham Palace says
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With the UK’s Chief Executive and thought leader incapacitated Scotland should declare independence.

ComradePupIvy ,
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Issue is, I do not think they are going for a Scottish Republic unfortunately.

Phegan , to worldnews in King Charles III diagnosed with cancer, Buckingham Palace says

It’s a bummer that his reign may not last long enough for the British to decide that maybe a king is a bad idea.

Flax_vert ,

It isn’t. Our head of state is a kind old man while most other countries have some form of psychopath

ComradePupIvy ,
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Do you by chance know how popular the next guy is?

IchNichtenLichten , to news in Jewish students sue Harvard over 'rampant' anti-semitism
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If you cry antisemitism wolf enough times, sooner or later people will stop believing you.

qyron , to technology in Where will all the electric cars be charged?

Not an exotheric notion.

Besides special purpose built charging spots, available in the streets, my country is incentivizing the instalation of charging spots in supermarkets, shopping malls and regular gas stations.

Residential buildings have incentives to install charging spots and I’ve read that new construction has to have it by default.

It is doable. In extremis, regular street light posts can be retrofitted with the necessary hardware.

yo_scottie_oh , (edited ) to worldnews in Deep-sea mining: Norway approves controversial practice

Ragebait title.

Excerpt from the article:

Marianne Sivertsen Næss, chair of The Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment, which considered the original plan, told the BBC that the Norwegian government was taking a “precautionary approach to mineral activities”.

She said: “We do not currently have the knowledge needed to extract minerals from the seabed in the manner required. The government’s proposal to open an area for activity enables private players to explore and acquire knowledge and data from the areas in question. Opening up areas is not the same as approving extraction of seabed minerals.”

petrescatraian , to news in 2023 confirmed as world's hottest year on record

@alyaza world's hottest year on record so far!

Butterbee ,
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We’re on a streak! Gotta keep this ball rolling

Dremor , to technology in Where will all the electric cars be charged?
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At home? Not like we are lacking electric outlets.

Ghostalmedia ,
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The problem is apartments without garages or without parking lots. See San Francisco, New York, etc.

Dremor ,
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Fair enough. One of the downsides of high rise buildings.

Ghostalmedia ,
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Depends on the city. That’s not true for SF.

The parts of town with high rises are WAY easier to park in. They all have parking garages connected to the building. It’s places like the Haight and the Mission that are terrible - mostly residential neighborhoods with 2 story single family homes. Maybe a few 3 story apartment buildings.

Many were converted into apartments and may have even had garages converted into a living space. So now you have neighborhoods with homes that were originally designed to hold 1 or 2 cars, but now they have 3 or more cars - and they may not even have a garage anymore.

laurelraven ,

My understanding is that most people like that in those cities don’t have cars because mass transit there is actually quite good, and keeping a car is excessively expensive for something they’ll rarely need

TheDarksteel94 ,

Things work differently in the US lol

stankmut ,

I think it’s mostly true in New York, but that’s the only city where I’ve heard that.

laurelraven ,

I mean, I was specifically referring to those two cities in the US because the comment I was responding to was mentioning them

Ghostalmedia ,
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A lot of people in those cities don’t have cars, but a lot do. Especially in the San Francisco Bay Area, which has worse public transportation than NY.

Speaking as someone born and raised in SF, a shit load of apartment dwellers have cars. There are so many cars that you often can’t find a parking space near your building in the residential parts of town. Honestly, the main reason people get rid of their car is because the city has hit peak car capacity. You have to spend 30-60m looking for a spot in the vicinity of home.

AA5B ,

Unfortunately all too many still do. I’ve known people in NYC who have cars, even if they rarely need them. When I lived in Boston, I needed a car despite using transit for all daily trips: some weeks I only used the car to move it for street cleaning

WHYAREWEALLCAPS ,

As electric car ownership increases, apartments will be incentivized to install ways to charge them. Just like electric cars it'll start with high end apartments and trickle down. This may also incentivize apartment owners to install solar on their buildings to charge battery banks to save money on electricity.

Ghostalmedia ,
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Problem is that these places often don’t have available street parking in front of the building. It’s a public street, and someone that lives in different building often grabs the open spot. And in addition to that, buildings almost always have more cars than spots in front of them.

Sure, the building owner could put chargers in front of their property, but in a place like SF, the residents will rarely get access to them.

Charging infrastructure needs to be lead by the city, state, or federal government. Putting it on landlords won’t do anything.

Also, landlords in these places already barely maintain their units. Many of them wouldn’t even maintain the HVAC until laws forced them to. And even now, many drag their feet.

TheDarksteel94 ,

Yeah, go on and charge an EV with your slow standard wall plug.

Dremor ,
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Unless you use most of the charge during the same day, it is quite doable.
Sure the charge is slow, but you can plug it in the evening and let it charge during the night, like you’d do for a smartphone.
Depending on the capacity you may not get a full charge, but it is enough for most uses. If it charges enough for what you’ll do during the day, it isn’t a problem at all.

iluminae ,

Did this for 3 years with a daily commute to a different state - ~13h of charging a day on 120v was far more than enough. Obviously I’m lucky enough to have a outdoor plug available to the car area but if you do it’s completely doable.

Kit ,

Same. I got about 2 miles of range per hour of charging on 120V, and my office was only 9 miles away. Easy peasy.

bamboo ,

Even that seems low unless it’s a giant truck, my Chevy volt can charge at like 4mph on 120V, and I think I have the charging rate reduced to not test my house’s 60 year old wiring.

Alexstarfire ,

I know what you mean but it’s pretty funny to read charging in terms of mph.

bamboo ,

Indeed, and it’s also a much more practical unit that anyone can comprehend instead of kW.

WHYAREWEALLCAPS ,

It's trivial to get a 240v circuit installed, even an electrician apprentice can do it with their eyes closed. Alternatively, you can install a battery bank that discharges at >120v while being plugged into a 120v circuit.

inclementimmigrant ,

And it’s not trivial when you don’t live in a place that allows for you to do that, which is what this article is alluding to.

KISSmyOS , to world in Florida shooting: Mum fatally shot over Christmas present row

I bet all the presents were guns.
And the baby was also a gun.

pan_troglodytes , to world in French pilot sentenced for decapitating skydiver with wing of plane

arent you supposed to exit behind the wings?

Imhotep ,

he was hit ten seconds after leaving the plane

It’s hard to understand how it happened with so little information

Enoril , (edited )

Yes, but as soon all jumped, the aircraft dive to land and load the bext batch of skydivers.

The plane is usually already on the ground, loading, before the previous batch touch ground.

BUT the plane must dive far from the skydivers obviously. Was probably not the case here. More you go fast to land, better is the profit (quick rotation = more people = profit)

Edit: whoua, just read the french articles about this. The pilot didnt had a valid license at the time of the accident. He was not fit (in term of health) to fly any plane that day…

SheeEttin , to news in Virginia mother of child who shot teacher sentenced to 21 months in prison

The child, now aged seven, told police he obtained the firearm by mounting a drawer to reach his mom’s handbag on top of a dresser, where the handgun was kept.

Dipshit. I’m assuming VA doesn’t have any law about securing firearms. This is why we need them. You’d think it would be common sense, but I guess not.

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