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HowRu68

@HowRu68@lemmy.world

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Leaders of Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, Council of Europe confirm participation in global peace summit (kyivindependent.com)

The peace summit will be held in Switzerland on June 15-16, and will focus on peace in Ukraine under the terms of Zelensky’s 10-point peace formula, a plan that calls for a complete withdrawal of Russian troops from occupied Ukrainian lands....

Brazil flooding death toll rises to 90 as more than 155,000 people displaced (www.theguardian.com)

The death toll from what authorities call the worst climate disaster ever to strike southern Brazil has risen to 90, after ferocious rain flooded huge stretches of Rio Grande do Sul state, displacing more than 155,000 people and forcing the closure of the main airport in the country’s fifth biggest city....

HowRu68,

This is one of those events that will go down in history,” added Leite, who has declared a state of emergency in 397 of his state’s 497 towns and cities.

One of the worst-affected cities is the state capital, Porto Alegre, which sits along the Guaíba river. The waterway hit a record level of 5.33 metres (17.5ft) on Sunday morning – even higher than during historic 1941 floods when it rained for more than 20 days straight.

“Porto Alegre has been devastated, leaving virtually the whole city without its supply of water, electricity and food,” the newspaper O Globo reported on Tuesday, describing “a situation of unprecedented sorrow” in the flooded city of 1.4 million inhabitants.

HowRu68, (edited )

They have no water, food, electricity & cellular service, shops. Many roads are inaccessible. Many have been taken to shelters. The rain will continue for 10-20 days. Getting any help there from other states, appears very difficult. They are for now, practically isolated; so I’ve heard.

As per yesterday evening State TV: 100 deaths, 130 missing and 374 wounded

HowRu68,

We likely are in a century where climatic catastrophs will double in severity every few (10?) years.

For sure it will get worse.

I’m curious, perhaps you (or anyone) have came across some up2date projections (numbers) on this? I’ve only seen reports about co2/ temperature and potential catastrophs.

HowRu68,

Tnx. I would agree that (re)insurance companies should have( the best) numbers.

"Today, the (re)insurance sector operates in a rapidly changing and uncertain world. Elevated levels of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity are unlikely to relent any time soon. " etc.

HowRu68, (edited )

I see a bit of mass histeria, hive-like drone behaviour, and mass psy-ops all at once. So yes, It makes makes me wonder. maybe …? idk… something’s up? ^^

“A Russian influence campaign seems to be attempting to sow division in the US around the college campus protests. As protests at universities across the country—and the responses to them by college authorities and law enforcement—continue to stoke division and anger, the Kremlin appears to have taken a page from its foreign influence playbook, using its disinformation infrastructure in collaboration with state-run media and Telegram influencers in an effort to further divide American society.”

HowRu68, (edited )

Okay to put them in the ovens…

Ehhhh. WHAT/Why/ Who? ?

A bit harsh isn’t?. Aren’t you Mod here?

Add: I’m refering to the effects of Russian Psyops, and how that leads up anger, discontent & division using false narratives and disinformation; in the US and all over the world. It is a conscious action to polarise and create cleavage amongst groups. These tactics are working, and that’s a problem.

Seven out of 10 Europeans believe their country takes in too many immigrants (english.elpais.com)

Europeans view immigration with increasing suspicion. Seven out of 10 Europeans believe that their country takes in too many migrants, according to a survey carried out by BVA Xsight for ARTE Europe Weekly, a project led by the French-German TV channel ARTE GEIE and which EL PAÍS has participated in, as part of the countdown to...

HowRu68,

The EU has been hosting many immigrants for decades, and many have become citizens.

Surprisingly though,it seems that many EU citizens with a migration background, ( for example 1st and 2nd generation etc) in the EU vote against new immigrants. They usually perceive it as a threat against their economic/housing/children’s stability & future.

HowRu68,

the drive to localize to improve indigenous capabilities? Or would you get more bang for the buck? Or does it produce better outcomes?

Good questions.

Have only skimmed this spefific rapport, but I’m happy that in this report they finally seem to be open to a shift in thinking about aid.

Afaik, aid has usually been actually kind of outsourced to non regional organizations. Generally 80/90% of money for the aid is used on that.

Many organizations need also to bribe, pay , convince local warlords to get there, and then the question remains,how effective the locally sourced( new) aid centre will be.

But, If you can cut the overhead and could invest like 80% of the money instead of the say, 20%, that would be a win.

Also, the current aid programs have been having negative outcomes and received critique. Basically, what I read was, that aid organisations ended up cultivating an atmosphere of extra dependence for their target groups, and or in some places the help only made the sitiuation worse, on the longer term.

Also , your valid and critical questions should always be addressed and situations will need some monitoring, so they can’t cut all the overhead, and neither should they.

HowRu68, (edited )

I’d add that local charities will know their communities far better than outside organizations.

As a general rule, I’d 100% agree on that. And yes, like you said, there will always be some exceptions.

EU restates readiness to launch trade war with China over cheap imports (www.theguardian.com)

The European Commission chief said she was “convinced that if the competition is fair” from China, then Europe “will have thriving durable economies”. But she said the “imbalances” caused by state support for Chinese industry leading to cut-cost products threatened jobs in Europe, and that was “a matter of great...

HowRu68, (edited )

So… communism works?

They are not Communist, it has now become an even more repressive autocratic regime, under the guise of a Communist label. If you want to know about communism read Karl Marx.

HowRu68, (edited )

I’m sure there are plenty of unique factors

Correct. it’s a very complex situation, which nobody wanted, yet here we are. And politically and judicial, both on regional, national and European level, there is no known simple solution.

What really triggered this mess was a court ruling regarding an environmental N0 ( nitro oxygen?) and a Co2 and smallparticle emission report not very long ago. That ruling gridlocked everything.

HowRu68, (edited )

Unfortunately, imo this does sound as the start a new serious escalation. I could be wrong, but they really don’t like the continued support Ukraine is getting and want to stop that. Especially extra aid and maybe in this new phase , support coming from influx of extra military from abroad. Also, according to internal rumors in Russia, their war economy is slowly killing their home economy. Lots of domestic business are closing shop, and many people have been working in warfactories. Also when planes, trains and other stuff massively starts falling apart, something which already has been happening, they won’t be able to maintain the supply lines. So probably very soon (summer) we’ll see a very heavy offensive from 2 or 3 sides, and they really don’t want extra trouble, as apperantly this wars costs are trememdous in their scale. The longer it takes, the lower the win chances for Ruzz will become, though I wonder atm, if anyone in the top even knows what their actual plans could be. I surely don’t hope something like " If we can’t have it, nobody will" , like Stalin did, and they’ll turn the place into a wasteland.

Fyi via ap ap link“It was the first time that Russia has publicly announced drills involving tactical nuclear weapons, though its strategic nuclear forces regularly hold exercises. Tactical nuclear weapons include air bombs, warheads for short-range missiles and artillery munitions and are meant for use on a battlefield. They are less powerful than the massive warheads that arm intercontinental ballistic missiles and are intended to obliterate entire cities.”

Hungary and Serbia’s autocratic leaders to roll out red carpet for China’s Xi during Europe tour (apnews.com)

Chinese leader Xi Jinping will spend the bulk of his five-day tour in Europe this week in two small countries at the continent’s eastern half, a region that Beijing has used as a foothold for its expanding economic ambitions in Europe....

HowRu68, (edited )

Best buddies, agreeing on the absence of free press,absolute control and stealing and skimming money from people. They’ll probably just compare their bankaccounts and tip each other off for new" business ventures/ annexations, and how to farm the world of its resources in 80 days" idk. Got carried away.

Archaeologists identify the birthplace of the mysterious Yamnaya (www.economist.com)

Yet they and their descendants would go on to transform Europe and much of Asia genetically, culturally and linguistically. Among the many innovations that these steppe migrants ushered in, scientists believe, are the Indo-European languages that are dominant in Europe today, and which are spoken by nearly half of humanity....

HowRu68,

Location: “Mykhailivka, a village on the right bank of the River Dnieper in Ukraine, lies dangerously close to the front line of Russia’s war on its western neighbour. Seventy years ago, however, it was the site of an excavation by Ukrainian archaeologists. There, they discovered one of the earliest known settlements of the Yamnaya culture.”

HowRu68,

Tnx, updated OP.

HowRu68, (edited )

Yeah it sounds pretty bad. Apart from the terrible working condition and human abuse, I worry for their lack of concern for the fishing population as they have no regards for endangered species and future world population of fish and seamamals, and they currently form the biggest fleets in the world.

"When quizzed about illegal activities aboard Chinese boats, 80% of them had reported shark finning — the act of removing fins from sharks and discarding the rest of the shark back into the ocean — and 59% reported the deliberate capture and/or injury of vulnerable marine megafauna, including manta rays, dolphins and sharks.

HowRu68, (edited )

Rest assured, the seas are calm.

added: And I loved the movie. Agree with your take about the kaiju, it was with reference to the the original 50s movie I believe. Also considering the budget, iirc only uss 13 M, they did a great job. I Liked the solid script and the background story of WWII ( I made a post in Lemmy somewhere too about it).

Hopes of Gaza ceasefire rise as Hamas delegation arrives in Cairo (www.theguardian.com)

Egyptian and US mediators have reported signs of compromise in recent days and Egyptian state news channel Al-Qahera said on Saturday that a consensus had been reached in the indirect talks over many of the disputed points but gave no further details. However, many analysts remain pessimistic after five months of stop-start...

HowRu68, (edited )

I just saw Godzilla minus one, link metacritic and I was left with awe about the script and the music. It’s situated in post WW2 Japan, and since we have national Memorial Day for the fallen this week in my country, it felt appropriate.

The monster in itself is not a high end design, but the movie feels like a colorized old authentic movie. It has a special atmosphere . I appreciated the metaphor for godzilla as a mix of ancient folklore and the spirit of defeat and reconstruction after WW II. I highly recommend this movie if you’re into this (specific) genre.

On a personal note, watching the movie is also transcending our (family) history, as many people were taken prisoners by the Japanese. But the enemy, (were and) became victims too. So , Memorial is about your own losses, but maybe also about how your then- enemy, can become a " now"- friend.

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