It’s from the U.S. tyranny playbook: Allow a tragedy to happen, and then you get the support of the people to do whatever it takes to stop terrorism such as Pearl Harbor and 9/11.
No, not inside jobs, but not dealt with appropriately so as to get America involved or to pass the patriot act. We know for a fact that the CIA was still trying to flip one of the terrorist pilots the day of.
UPenn’s Liz Magill voluntarily resigned after she faced widespread criticism for appearing to dodge a question at a congressional hearing about campus antisemitism....
"In a contention exchange at the House Education and the Workforce Committee hearing on antisemitism on college campuses, Stefanik asked Magill, Claudine Gay of Harvard and Sally Kornbluth of MIT whether “calling for the genocide of Jews” would violate the codes of conduct at their schools. "
Easy answer: Yes, just as calling for any genocide such as genocide of the Palestinian people. Yes, that would violate the codes of conduct at our school.
Why was Alex Jones seen selling military secrets to Iran? I’m just asking questions. I haven’t really seen him do it, but if I did, why was he? Just asking questions. Why has Alex Jones never denied being a pedo? I’m just asking questions.
Does this headline seem fair to you? He’s a former ambulance driver, and his complaint is the new cycle lanes will prevent vehicles from moving out of the way of an ambulance. The headline presents this as him being concerned about damaging his car should he accidentally drive over one. It seems like a very clickbaity way to...
You’re right. I went and read it just now and I still think his “sports car” should get fucked. It was a statement in and of itself about his sports car. Lol “sports car.”
The Saudi delegation has flatly opposed any language in a deal that would even mention fossil fuels — the oil, gas and coal that, when burned, create emissions that are dangerously heating the planet. Saudi negotiators have also objected to a provision, endorsed by at least 118 countries, aimed at tripling global renewable...
FBI Director Christopher Wray said Tuesday he has never seen a time during his decades-long career when so many threats against the US were all as elevated as they are now, warning senators he sees “blinking lights everywhere.”...
The Biden administration on Monday sent Congress an urgent warning about the need to approve tens of billions of dollars in military and economic assistance to Ukraine, saying Kyiv’s war effort to defend itself from Russia’s invasion may grind to a halt without it....
“There’s just a lot of people in this country that don’t want to work, period,” Rep. Virginia Foxx said during a hearing about people who work too much....
No, that analogy doesn’t work. Cox communication have confirmed that you are guaranteed the speed you pay for up to the cable modem. Ads use bandwidth. A more accurate analogy would be if you pay for a certain amount of time with a therapist, but throuought therapy, they stop to talk about something else but still count it towards your therapy time.
The negative impact on the climate from passenger vehicles, which is considerable, could have dropped by more than 30% over the past decade if not for the world’s appetite for large cars, a new report from the Global Fuel Economy Initiative suggests....
Google proposes Project Ellmann, a chatbot that intimately knows you (www.techspot.com)
Israel drove suitcases stuffed with cash into Gaza to keep Hamas in power (www.businessinsider.com)
Israeli officials are facing backlash after years of Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu quietly allowing Hamas to remain in power....
Rep. Elise Stefanik on University of Pennsylvania president’s resignation: ‘One down, two to go’ (www.nbcnews.com)
UPenn’s Liz Magill voluntarily resigned after she faced widespread criticism for appearing to dodge a question at a congressional hearing about campus antisemitism....
Elon Musk Asks Alex Jones About ‘The Whole Sandy Hook Thing’ During X Spaces Livestream (www.mediaite.com)
Also on the show were right wing figures Jack Posobiec, Laura Loomer, Mike Flynn, Vivek Ramaswamy, Andrew Tate, and others....
Is the cat okay? :( (lemy.lol)
I had no fun in this video but I guess we can say yesyesyesno.
New Plymouth councillor complains cycle lane separation barriers will ruin his sports car (www.rnz.co.nz)
Does this headline seem fair to you? He’s a former ambulance driver, and his complaint is the new cycle lanes will prevent vehicles from moving out of the way of an ambulance. The headline presents this as him being concerned about damaging his car should he accidentally drive over one. It seems like a very clickbaity way to...
Saudi Arabia Is Trying to Block a Global Deal to End Fossil Fuels | The world’s leading oil exporter has become the most forceful opponent of a new agreement at the U.N. climate summit (www.nytimes.com)
The Saudi delegation has flatly opposed any language in a deal that would even mention fossil fuels — the oil, gas and coal that, when burned, create emissions that are dangerously heating the planet. Saudi negotiators have also objected to a provision, endorsed by at least 118 countries, aimed at tripling global renewable...
Hunter Biden says Republicans 'trying to kill me' to hurt president (www.bbc.com)
“They are trying to, in their most illegitimate … but rational way, they’re trying to destroy a presidency,” he said in the episode of Moby Pod....
Fear of cheap Chinese EVs spurs automaker dash for affordable cars (www.reuters.com)
How Reddit Crushed the Internet's Largest Protest (youtu.be)
FBI director warns senators he sees ‘blinking lights everywhere’ on threats against the US (www.cnn.com)
FBI Director Christopher Wray said Tuesday he has never seen a time during his decades-long career when so many threats against the US were all as elevated as they are now, warning senators he sees “blinking lights everywhere.”...
White House warns Congress the US is out of money, nearly out of time to avoid 'kneecap' to Ukraine (apnews.com)
The Biden administration on Monday sent Congress an urgent warning about the need to approve tens of billions of dollars in military and economic assistance to Ukraine, saying Kyiv’s war effort to defend itself from Russia’s invasion may grind to a halt without it....
GOP Lawmaker Laments Workers' Laziness In Hearing About Overtime Pay (www.huffpost.com)
“There’s just a lot of people in this country that don’t want to work, period,” Rep. Virginia Foxx said during a hearing about people who work too much....
Twitter CEO’s Internal Email About Elon Musk’s Bizarre Interview Leaks - "He shared an unmatched and completely unvarnished perspective and vision for the future." (futurism.com)
She’s fucking nuts too.
Chrome’s Web Store review—the next big weapon in the war on ad blockers (arstechnica.com)
When ad blocking is a cat-and-mouse game, make the mouse slowe
Buyers worldwide go for bigger cars, erasing gains from cleaner tech. EVs would help. (abcnews.go.com)
The negative impact on the climate from passenger vehicles, which is considerable, could have dropped by more than 30% over the past decade if not for the world’s appetite for large cars, a new report from the Global Fuel Economy Initiative suggests....
Gogol Bordello - Start Wearing Purple [2005] (yewtu.be)
Please enjoy some “gypsy punk” from Manhattan formed, Gogol Bordello....
Trump called Iowa evangelicals ‘so-called Christians’ and ‘pieces of shit’, book says (www.theguardian.com)
art (lemmy.world)
Scrabble’s New Official Word List Contains Dozens of Stunning Additions. Elite Players Are Mortified. (slate.com)