The House on Saturday passed a $95 billion aid package that includes two long-awaited bills with $60.8 billion of Ukraine aid and $26 billion in aid to Israel....
The Pentagon has a massive infusion of military aid for Ukraine “ready to go,” U.S. officials said, once a long-delayed funding measure, which is expected to pass the House this weekend, clears the Senate next week and President Biden signs it into law....
Cryptocurrency is our first planetary multi-trillion-dollar Ponzi scheme.
This actually makes a lot of sense if you’ve followed crypto for over a decade and look at the markets.
Ycombinator is where a lot of the technology that takes advantage of us begins. I think it’s a stretch to say Bitcoin started as a conspiracy, but I would definitely believe that everything that followed could be the result of bad actors pulling the strings.
The strangest thing in crypto is how uniform the value of currencies are over time. They all go up at the same time. They all go down at the same time. And they do this with near-identical amounts.
This can only mean that it’s the same people who are invested in multiple currencies.
Seeing how massive companies like “Red Bull” got popular paying influential people to shill their products, it wouldn’t surprise me in the least that some investors are paying people to make and shill cryptocurrencies.
That’s weird, I was reading expecting to see some kind of simpson’s quote or reference like they predicted 9/11. Instead, he mentions how “dozens of the writers of The Simpsons went to Harvard.”
I think Simpsons is very interesting because so many people get the wrong things from it. A lot of people don’t view Simpsons as satire (which it is); they view it as an excuse for their behavior. It’s ok to be a lazy, ignorant, alcoholic because that’s what Homer is. He still loves his family, right? And that makes it okay. (not)
I typed this out before reading further, and I’m glad he mentioned the Monorail episode because it’s exactly what came to mind. However, that episode was clear satire. It doesn’t make sense for the audience to think giving in to a conman is the correct thing to do, but that is what has happened to a lot of cities across the US.
It’s weird because I think Simpsons has had the effect that he’s talking about, it’s just I’m torn on whether or not it was the real intention of the artists.
If it was, that’s absolutely mind-boggling illuminati shit. I don’t think it goes that deep, though.
One woman miscarried in the restroom lobby of a Texas emergency room as front desk staff refused to admit her. Another woman learned that her fetus had no heartbeat at a Florida hospital, the day after a security guard turned her away from the facility. And in North Carolina, a woman gave birth in a car after an emergency room...
Itamar Ben Gvir, Israel’s far-right national security minister, has called for the execution of Palestinian prisoners to ease overcrowding in the country’s jails....
As chaos ensued after thousands of Palestinians were turned away from returning to their homes in northern Gaza on Sunday, a 5-year-old girl was shot in the head by Israeli soldiers, her mother said....
Removed for saying: Terrorism isn’t a bad thing. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asymmetric_warfare We’ve been indoctrinated to hate terrorist tactics, because it’s how poor nations can wage war with wealthy ones.
Reason: Glorifying violence (which it isn’t). I guess it would be okay if I said I’m glad Russians are dying in Ukraine? Lol.
Great censorship, lemmy! Do you mods just pretend rules are being broken when someone posts something you don’t like? Yes, yes you do.
House passes critical aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan along with a TikTok ban (www.nbcnews.com)
The House on Saturday passed a $95 billion aid package that includes two long-awaited bills with $60.8 billion of Ukraine aid and $26 billion in aid to Israel....
Scientists push new paradigm of animal consciousness, saying even insects may be sentient (www.nbcnews.com)
Far more animals than previously thought likely have consciousness, top scientists say in a new declaration — including fish, lobsters and octopus....
Ukraine weapons package ‘ready to go’ once aid bill clears Congress (www.washingtonpost.com)
The Pentagon has a massive infusion of military aid for Ukraine “ready to go,” U.S. officials said, once a long-delayed funding measure, which is expected to pass the House this weekend, clears the Senate next week and President Biden signs it into law....
To Fight ‘Shrinkflation’ France Will Force Retailers to Warn Shoppers: Merchants will be required to put signs in front of all products that have been reduced in size without a corresponding price cut (www.nytimes.com)
Man Sets Himself on Fire Near Courthouse Where Trump Is on Trial (www.nytimes.com)
Not much info at time of posting what prompted the man to do so
Ocean spray emits more PFAS than industrial polluters, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
Research into release of ‘forever chemicals’ raises concerns about contamination and human exposure along world’s coastlines...
Emergency rooms refused to treat pregnant women, leaving one to miscarry in a lobby restroom (apnews.com)
One woman miscarried in the restroom lobby of a Texas emergency room as front desk staff refused to admit her. Another woman learned that her fetus had no heartbeat at a Florida hospital, the day after a security guard turned her away from the facility. And in North Carolina, a woman gave birth in a car after an emergency room...
Israeli minister Ben Gvir calls for execution of Palestinian prisoners to ease overcrowding (www.middleeasteye.net)
Itamar Ben Gvir, Israel’s far-right national security minister, has called for the execution of Palestinian prisoners to ease overcrowding in the country’s jails....
Chinese EV makers won’t get subsidies from Mexico after US pressure (arstechnica.com)
Palestinian girl shot in mother's arms as they attempted to return to home in northern Gaza (www.cnn.com)
As chaos ensued after thousands of Palestinians were turned away from returning to their homes in northern Gaza on Sunday, a 5-year-old girl was shot in the head by Israeli soldiers, her mother said....