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TokenBoomer , in Top prosecutors back compensation for those sickened by US nuclear weapons testing

70 years later.

utopianfiat ,

Definitely muddled by the fact that they learned most of what we know about the medical consequences of radiation exposure from Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the decade following. And then they can be like “well we didn’t know it was harmful!”- but “we didn’t poison them intentionally” is a low bar

TokenBoomer ,

Watch The Coming War on China documentary to learn about what America did to the inhabitants of the Bikini islands after the trinity tests.

utopianfiat ,

no

TokenBoomer ,

It was just a suggestion.

utopianfiat ,

You suggested a propaganda film. I know what happened in Bikini Atoll and the subsequent federal activity and lack thereof, I don’t need to “watch” history laden with a political agenda to learn what can be read.

TokenBoomer ,

Fair enough.

30mag , in 63% of workers unable to pay a $500 emergency expense, survey finds. How employers may help change that

63% of employees are unable to cover a $500 emergency expense, according to a new survey from SecureSave, a provider of a financial technology platform to help employers provide emergency savings benefits.

Well, they wouldn’t have any reason to lie about that, would they?

hellishharlot ,

I’m not so sure they need to given that over 50% of Americans live completely paycheck to paycheck

30mag ,

Yikes. I didn’t know that.

viking ,
@viking@infosec.pub avatar

Source? 50% sounds like an awful lot.

melisdrawing ,
amanaftermidnight , in Burning Man festival-goers trapped in desert as rain turns site to mud

A quite apt metaphor of Man drowning in problems that can’t just be burned away.

Kirkkh , in Fatal shooting of University of South Carolina student who tried to enter wrong home 'justifiable,' police say

I love how “self” defense extends to whatever people want it to mean. “Self” yeah, meaning they were on the planet I currently reside on.

reverendsteveii ,

In this case dude tried to kick the door in, then he broke a window, reached in and started trying to unlock the door. What would you have done?

TSG_Asmodeus ,
@TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world avatar

What would you have done?

Not shot someone.

reverendsteveii ,

That’s an easy position to take when the house he’s breaking into doesn’t contain your children.

TSG_Asmodeus ,
@TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world avatar

Again, my first response is never going to be shooting someone, ever.

In Canada, where I live, that would be a crime.

LarryTheMatador ,

Why is someone elses kids in his house.

random65837 ,

Absolute bullshit and you know it!

havokdj ,

Bud you are full of shit.

I hate saying that because you have the marathon symbol and I love old school bungie with a passion, but if someone tries to kick your door down and break your window, if you are not scared for your life then you are just as drunk as he is.

TSG_Asmodeus ,
@TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world avatar

At no point would I think “I should murder this guy.”

In fact I have had three break-ins, and I managed to not kill anyone each time.

GentlemanLoser ,

Do you think the homeowner said “I want to murder this guy”?

Get off it dude, you’re being a silly goose

havokdj ,

Nor did I say you should murder the guy.

When you have someone unresponsive breaking into your house, you have no idea what their intentions are.

infyrin ,
@infyrin@lemmy.world avatar

Not fucking kill them, for sure. Dude, there’s other places of the body you could’ve shot at to make your point. Least of all, study the human body some to at least know where the parts that aren’t vital that you can shoot to, that’ll at least send the bastard to the hospital to be treated.

If a gun is not available, find the nearest hard object and just beat that fucker’s body down until they’re down on the ground.

There is no need to be killing to be involved. When you kill someone over this, you’re in the wrong, by default.

Sexy_Legs ,

Guns are a lethal weapon, there are no safe places to shoot someone outside of a video game.

Steak ,

I choose to be shot in the pinky toe then

LarryTheMatador ,

Better than a shot to the anus star, thats for sure

infyrin ,
@infyrin@lemmy.world avatar

Yes there is, but I can make all of you look stupid if I took even five minutes to research what I’m talking about.

random65837 ,

Not fucking kill them, for sure. Dude, there’s other places of the body you could’ve shot at to make your point. Least of all, study the human body some to at least know where the parts that aren’t vital that you can shoot to, that’ll at least send the bastard to the hospital to be treated.

Spoken like only a person that’s never been in a possible life or death situation and that has undergone zero self defense or tactical training.

USSEthernet ,

Yup, lot of video game playing, “I would have done x instead”, captain hindsight people in here. You NEVER point a gun at something you don’t intend to kill.

random65837 ,

Remember the dream of this place possibly not being infected by the likes of Reddit? Why can’t dreams ever come true…

infyrin ,
@infyrin@lemmy.world avatar

Yes because everyone’s natural instinct is to just jump infront of the vehicle as it is moving…

random65837 ,

No, it doesn’t mean “they were on the planet” it’s because in every way he broke into that home and you’re damn right YOU would have feared for your life in that situation. Don’t insult yourself by pretending otherwise.

GentlemanLoser ,

Dude I’m with you. There’s a ton of shitty gun owner stories but this isn’t really one of them.

He wasn’t just “oh excuse me, wrong house” - he broke the window trying to unlatch the door. Pretty sure if I had a I bat I would have broken his arm, if I had I knife I would have stabbed him. Not saying shooting is necessarily a proportionate response but anyone who says they wouldn’t be scared shitless is a liar.

regalia , in Texas drunk drivers will now have to pay child support if they kill a parent, guardian

finally they get 1 out of 1000 laws right

rockSlayer , in Chicago TV news crew robbed at gunpoint while reporting on a string of robberies

Where tf are they going to fence a news station camera??

chemical_cutthroat ,
@chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world avatar

They can be broken down and sold for individual parts. I’m sure it will end up on Craigslist.

brambledog ,

I really don’t know about that. It’s a $20,000 camera probably, but there is a good chance the rig itself is likely 10 years old, so the lens is likely the only thing they could make a few hundred off of, but that isn’t enough for a 3 man job.

I suspect robbing a journalist and taking their camera is to make their name known. They probably ditched the camera pretty close to immediately.

foggy ,

…or they are going to pawn it for $750 and everyone but the journalist wins.

squiblet ,
@squiblet@kbin.social avatar

My guess is they don’t actually know what the items were worth, but they looked as if they were worth the almost-zero risk of robbing them.

brambledog ,

Generally journalists are considered off limits by most. Most people have more to lose by fucking with them than they have to gain.

Which is why I think it likely these were people wanting a street reputation as fearless.

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

I’ve worked in TV news. The cameras are more like $5,000-$10,000 and you could easily sell one on eBay for a few thousand: www.ebay.com/itm/294894087336

brambledog ,

The cameras are generally branded to the station though, aren’t they?

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah, but I’m sure you could scrape that off.

Iheardyoubutsowhat ,

<span style="color:#323232;">They get sent overseas often times...and Its a problem alot photogs face and happens quite a bit.  There has been several in San francisco just like this, but news cams get stolen quit a bit at major events. Serial #s dont do shit when independent contractors will buy stolen cams at a discount.
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Stoney_Logica1 ,

For anybody else who sees this as a code block:

They get sent overseas often times…and Its a problem alot photogs face and happens quite a bit. There has been several in San francisco just like this, but news cams get stolen quit a bit at major events. Serial #s dont do shit when independent contractors will buy stolen cams at a discount.

computergeek125 ,

Out of curiosity, why did you format your comment as a code block?

Iheardyoubutsowhat ,

Yeah, I dont know what I did there.

puppy , in Texas drunk drivers will now have to pay child support if they kill a parent, guardian

Bravo Texas! Colour me surprised.

Jumper775 , in A Putin Critic Fell to His Death in Washington. We Still Don’t Know Why.

The title and everyone here suggests that Putin had a critic of his killed while in the capitol of his largest competing nation, a nation full of Putin critics. The police putting out that they don’t suspect foul play had to alarm people, yet it stands. It seems like this may actually be an accident, otherwise a master assassin or a lot of money regardless is at play for marginal returns. Seems unlikely.

1984 ,
@1984@lemmy.today avatar

People like this don’t fall out of a window by accident. They are not stupid or careless. I read the article and it’s really light on details too. It says he had fall damage and that’s it.

Cethin ,

I’m not saying you’re totally wrong, but also yes sometimes people actually do just fall out of windows or whatever else. That’s why there are regulations to try to make them safer. Accidents do sometimes just happen. This one is suspicious, but it is totally possible that, in this case, someone did just fuck up.

1984 ,
@1984@lemmy.today avatar

Sure but it’s extreamly unlikely that this particular person would fall out of a window. There are people in the world that are very often involved in accidents, due to their personality and risk taking behavior. But people like this guy is not one of those.

It’s not impossible of course.

Cethin ,

Being a Putin critic sounds like risk taking behavior…

I don’t know how you can judge this guy’s risk profile from this. Again, I don’t disagree that it’s weird, but also I don’t know anything about the person and sometimes things just happen.

catfish ,

In the motherland lmao its very common to fall off of windows if you speak against the mafia like regime, so this is totally on brand so other would be challengers take notice

Duamerthrax ,

a lot of money regardless is at play for marginal returns.

That sounds on brand for Putin.

OldWoodFrame , in It seems like everyone has Covid-19. Here’s why this wave is probably worse than official data suggests

I want to know if there’s a random unrelated bug going around too, or if this new strain just has heavy impact on the back of the throat and that is it. Seems like everyone I work with has had had some weird impossible-to-clear-your-throat virus that doesn’t lead to much coughing or any sneezing so folks aren’t staying home. If that’s the new covid it makes a lot of sense why it would be spreading.

bernieecclestoned ,

Ugh, I had that a few weeks ago and I still have that catarrh sensation. Gross.

jcit878 ,

had exactly this, one of my worst illnesses in my life, but neg on the test. similar thing ripped through work

beaubbe ,

Same here. Took multiple rapid tests, all negative. Maybe the new strain does not work well with the test, or it is an unrelated illness. Canada here BTW.

runner_g ,

The mutations in this strain (EG.5) shouldn’t be affecting the rapid-test target. Most kits use both the N -gene and S-gene to account for potential future mutations, and both genes have only small number of point-mutations across those two genes. If you want to waste an afternoon check out outbreak.info and look at the lineage comparison tool.

bufordt ,
@bufordt@sh.itjust.works avatar

My experience with the tests has been very mixed. My wife has had COVID multiple times, and she has tested negative many times, both at home and at the doctor and then as she’s starting to recover, around day 4 or 5 she will test positive.

I, in the other hand, have never tested positive although I did feel slightly under the weather for a couple days the last time she had it.

Compactor9679 ,

Sure rhere is, notice how ibfluenza was erradicated when everybody blamed anything that happened on COVID?

bloopernova , in It seems like everyone has Covid-19. Here’s why this wave is probably worse than official data suggests
@bloopernova@programming.dev avatar

Just wear a mask, jeez.

PaulDevonUK ,
@PaulDevonUK@lemmy.world avatar

But mah freedum!

Morons are morons and beyond common sense or rational thinking.

TheRealKuni ,

Just wear a mask, jeez.

If only. I was so hopeful early in COVID that Western countries would embrace mask wearing when sick. But noooo, dipshits had to politicize it and make it a wedge issue.

isVeryLoud ,

You were hopeful? Hah! Leave it to US/Canada to politicize the pettiest shit.

June ,

Yep, starting back up with that now. We’re also coming into flu season soon which is def mask season.

Compactor9679 ,

What for? Does not work

ma11ie , in Schooner that sank in Lake Michigan in 1881 found intact, miles off Wisconsin coastline

The 3D flyover is really cool! youtu.be/o8xESmKJQ6g

MicroWave OP , (edited )
@MicroWave@lemmy.world avatar

Wow thanks!

melisdrawing ,

Ooh, yeah it is. Damn, that IS well preserved. Thank you!

CaptainAlcohol , in It seems like everyone has Covid-19. Here’s why this wave is probably worse than official data suggests

I completed the cycle of jabs and now I don’t need another one for a while here, when it come to covid, and I suggest doing the same if you haven’t, this is Still a virus and it’s no joke. Now I’m waiting for the flu shot to be released here, cause after the experience of the last year’s flu I say never again.

Compactor9679 ,

Hahhaahaha here it comes another jab!!!

Compactor9679 , in It seems like everyone has Covid-19. Here’s why this wave is probably worse than official data suggests

Hahahahha ohhhh my God!! Another Covid whatever. Lets all lockdown hahaha fucking idiots

deconstruct , in ABC News: Delaware man who police blocked from warning of speed trap wins $50K judgment

Power tripping assholes.

“You can’t do that,” Popp tells Box. “That will be dropped.”

“Yeah, it’s gonna get dropped,” Box replies. “I told (Douglas) it’s definitely going to get thrown out. … I said, ‘Ah, that’s not really going to fly, buddy.’”

Douglas is heard saying that even if the charge would be dropped, it at least “inconvenienced” Guessford.

Sharkwellington ,

“You can beat the rap but you can’t beat the ride”, in other words.

FlashMobOfOne , in 'Trump isn't funding any of us': Co-defendants in Georgia case are struggling with mounting legal bills
@FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world avatar

Jesus.

Most of these people that went along with Trump are actually marginally intelligent… and yet they trusted him to pay his bills.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

arin ,

People who are with Trump and the word intelligence does not mesh.

FlashMobOfOne ,
@FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world avatar

Unfortunately, it absolutely does.

These people aren’t stupid, and they leveraged his presidency perfectly. They were remiss in their failure to pick up a history book because they seem honestly shocked that Trump, while he demands loyalty, shows loyalty to absolutely no one but himself.

Viking_Hippie ,

Yeah, plenty of smart people are also idiots.

Ben Carson used to be a world class neurosurgeon, Ted Cruz was educated at Yale and Princeton and Rand Paul is technically still a doctor. All of them also colossal morons.

madcaesar ,

Cruz is a smart sociopath.

Ben… Ben is just a highly educated smart in his specialty moron.

Cethin ,

They didn’t just trust him to pay his bills, they trusted them to pay their bills. How gullible can you be?

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