“The approach we were told to take is that Kirk really had to be the one to lead everyone. […] Not necessarily that he had to actually have the idea to do something, but it had to appear as if he has the idea.”...
Italian media has said that the pope used a highly derogatory slur against LGBTQ+ people at a bishops conference. The remark may sour attempts by the pope to make the church more welcoming....
I’m pretty sure you don’t get to just declare yourself to be in some country’s military even if you do want to harass the people they’re currently slaughtering.
In March 2023, a recruiter for Arthur Grand Technologies posted a job advertisement looking for ‘US Born Citizens [white] who are local within 60 miles from Dallas, TX [Don’t share with candidates]’...
Even if the guy happily posted the ad, that is the most tone-deaf way they could have responded to this. Even just coming out and saying, “yep, we meant whites only when we said whites only” would have been less tone-deaf.
You know what I thought was funny though? The effect when Han shoots Greedo is just a big explosion. There’s no blaster bolt. Just EXPLOSION- Greedo falls over.
So maybe neither of them shot first, Greedo just spontaneously combusted.
My grandfather was in a WWI German prison camp as a child (his father was British and all British subjects in the UK were put in prison camps when the war broke out). It was largely autonomous, and when POWs started arriving, the enlisted acted as indentured servants to the officers.
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Was Forced To Follow A Strict William Shatner Rule. [It's all about Kirk all the time.] (www.slashfilm.com)
“The approach we were told to take is that Kirk really had to be the one to lead everyone. […] Not necessarily that he had to actually have the idea to do something, but it had to appear as if he has the idea.”...
Pope uses homophobic slur in meeting with bishops — reports (www.dw.com)
Italian media has said that the pope used a highly derogatory slur against LGBTQ+ people at a bishops conference. The remark may sour attempts by the pope to make the church more welcoming....
Knesset to vote on declaring UNRWA a terrorist organization - The Jerusalem Post (m.jpost.com)
‘Israeli soldier’ arrested for anti-Muslim abuse in UK (www.aljazeera.com)
Venus volcanoes might still be active (cosmosmagazine.com)
Tech company fined by DOJ over ‘whites only’ job posting (www.independent.co.uk)
In March 2023, a recruiter for Arthur Grand Technologies posted a job advertisement looking for ‘US Born Citizens [white] who are local within 60 miles from Dallas, TX [Don’t share with candidates]’...
These holodeck upgrades are astounding (lemmy.world)
Papua New Guinea says landslide killed more than 2,000 people (www.nbcnews.com)
Last major Arabic-style mosque in China loses its domes (www.theguardian.com)
LeVarAfro Burton (lemmy.world)
His high school yearbook photo....
Israeli strike hits Rafah area after Hamas barrage (www.bbc.co.uk)
Transgender teen attempts self-mastectomy before pool party (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Scotty keeping it real. (lemmy.world)
I give the side-eye to people who call it “A New Hope” or “Episode IV.”
32nd Century Uniforms (lemmy.world)
Shots fired at Toronto Jewish girls school, police investigating (www.cbc.ca)
Toronto police say they’re looking for multiple suspects who allegedly shot at an elementary school in North York early Saturday morning....
Massive explosion rocks SpaceX Texas facility, Starship engine in flames (interestingengineering.com)