This is the result of China’s “nine dash line.” If the countries impacted, Vietnam, Philippines, Mtaylasia, Singapore, Indonesia, etc., started a discussion at the UN, it would immediately implicate Taiwan, and nobody wants to touch that. So, local scuffles will continue, as China flexes her muscle.
Pai, who chaired the FCC from 2017 to 2021, during the Donald Trump administration and was often derided online mostly for undoing the net neutrality rules, is now a partner at Searchlight Capital Partners, a global investment firm....
That’s understandable, but every complex situation requires a good deal of nuance. In this case, for example, not all Israelis are Zionists (anymore than all Palestinians are Hamas), and not even all Zionists (or Hamas) are “bad guys.” There are clearly some fucked up political agendas at work, and could well be more bad actors on one side than the other, and if you look close even “sides” become blurred. But there are definitely agents working to accentuate that distinction, and I don’t trust any of them. Which is different from saying all sides are the same. All I know is that war, greed, and power are all bad, and that good people are suffering, but beyond that I don’t know enough to take a public stand (though I’m working on some opinions).
Edit: let me clarify. I’m not trying to be neutral either. When I see something happening in my immediate world, in front of me, I will say/act for the common good. But I’m not going to read something online, about a place I’ve never been, and take a public opinion about it. I trust that there are people there, in that place, that are doing what I would do, and I hope they succeed.
An engineer hacked Apple’s infamous Magic Mouse to make it more user-friendly, ergonomic, and overall less annoying. Ivan Kuleshov is the said engineer, and he has also hacked the Apple Mac Mini in the past to be powered over Ethernet.
Stupid? Hold my beer while we put the charging port right on the bottom plate, so it doesn’t interrupt those clean beautiful lines while it lays on its side like a bloated dolphin.
A U.S. Postal Service worker and two others have been charged in a scheme in which $24 million worth of checks were stolen from the mail and offered for sale online, federal prosecutors said....
Hey, wanna be a crook? Fine. Nobody’s gonna care when you’re caught and punished. But, if you’re hired into a position of trust and you abuse that responsibility, fuck you hard. Shouldn’t matter if you’re a mailman or the president, fines and punishments should be at least tripled and justice swift. This is a cancer in our community.
Somebody needs to do a proper deconstruction of the photo. I mean, for example, the dashboard gets as much screen real estate as his biceps, aka “guns” — and none of this is unintentional. You don’t get Annie Leibowitz, the most famous living portrait photographer, for a quick snapshot.
Oh great, just what I want! Another projectile vomit stream of advertising. And not just “real” advertising (quick, load another blocker), but a platform where everyone is financially encouraged to scam everyone. What could go wrong?
Thankfully, advertising is apparently against Lemmy’s ToS (although I’ve never seen that specifically stated). When I see a post that is directly selling something, I immediately report it. Fuck TikTok and the rest of those greedy slimeballs.
In October and November 2019, Dubinsky and Derkach gave several press conferences in Kyiv at which they claimed that based on an investigation by Kulyk, they had uncovered corruption and money-laundering schemes related to Burisma, a gas company which had future U.S. President Joe Biden’s son Hunter on its board of directors.
Wait a minute. Are they saying that these people were paid by Russian agents? To Lie? For political purposes!? — why, I’ve never heard of such a thing.
“It is a very dangerous proposition to hold someone criminally culpable and send them to prison without a finding that he or she ever acted in any way that he or she believed was against the law or wrong.” (emphasis on “believed” is mine)
So, if I genuinely believe that banks have so much money it’s fine if I take a tiny bit, then it’s not illegal? Yeah, right.
The global thermal spray coating market in the oil and gas sector had a total value of USD 292 billion in 2022. It is anticipated to grow to USD 574 billion by 2032, with a robust compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.8% throughout the forecast period. A primary driver of this revenue surge is the increasing demand for safe,...
After more than 7 months, specifically 172 days, Bettersten did not hear one update about the whereabouts of her son. As any loving mother would be, she figured that she would never learn about her son’s fate. She would call the Jackson Police Department often asking for updates, but the lead investigator would tell her there...
I suspect they delayed as long as they did to make sure that any evidence aged beyond legal use, such as any security camera footage was wiped and rewritten, etc. I have no idea, but I assume this isn’t just manslaughter, it’s destroying evidence as well.
Highlights: As Republican hardliners tossed Speaker Kevin McCarthy out of office and attempted to dictate his replacement, one word kept recurring in their complaints about existing GOP leaders: “uniparty.”...
Oh, come on now. “Uniparty” really… Let’s not forget how many different options the republicans give their voters: we have the outright amoral pathological liars, like Trump, and Santos, and maybe even the new speaker; and then we have the freedom clowns who want to “deconstruct the administrative state” and shut everything down. And if those don’t appeal, there’s the laws and order religious fanatics who want to ban books, and abortions, and gays, and stuff. And let’s not forget the traditional establishment, who want to get themselves and their overloads obscenely rich before the walls come down. Did I forget anyone?
Hello. I got the new update today and when I opened the app it asked me to add an account. Weird… I did and then I realized it had wiped all my settings. Lost all filters, appearance configuration, everything....
Same. I wasn’t paying attention, and just assumed an update would migrate everything, but I found out I wasn’t even sure what Lemmy instance and password I was using (rookie mistake, but App Store updates don’t usually wipe everything). Happy to say after some tense minutes I figured it out, and reported the “bug.”
So, essentially try to force Xitter to the hard right, making it the social media equivalent of Faux News. Anyone with a little common sense will bail, leaving the echo chamber to ferment in its own toxic vapors. Now, if only a Smartmatic incident would occur.
Mark Meadows has reportedly testified before a federal grand jury impaneled by Special Counsel Jack Smith in exchange for immunity from prosecution in the Justice Department’s election interference case against Donald Trump....
Under the E.P.A. proposal, most uses of TCE, including those in processing commercial and consumer products, would be prohibited within one year. For other uses the agency categorized as “limited,” such as use in electric vehicle batteries and the manufacturing of certain refrigerants, there would be a longer transition...
Well, that’s overdue, but to be honest a lot of dry cleaning solvents are either toxic (Chloroform, Triclor) or greenhouse gasses (1,1,1 Tricloroethane, Freons), and most if not all come from petroleum sources. Unfortunately, we need them, or replacements anyway, for things as varied as whiteout correction fluid, industrial degreasers, and household cleaners. Finding cheap ways to make substitutes (like limonene, lactates, acetals) from natural sustainable sources is a huge challenge.
Binaca toothpaste - Niklaus Stoecklin (1941) (image.invaluable.com)
From Artsy:...
Philippines accuses China of swarming reef in South China Sea (www.bbc.com)
The Philippines has accused China of “swarming” a reef off its coast after more than 135 military boats were spotted in the South China Sea....
I want to talk in an American accent but how can I transition into it slowly for people who know me without them noticing a sudden change?
As strange as it may seem, I hate my accent and want to speak like an American because I think it sounds cooler and more like how I want to sound....
Ajit Pai Elected To Public Television Board Of Trustees (indiawest.com)
Pai, who chaired the FCC from 2017 to 2021, during the Donald Trump administration and was often derided online mostly for undoing the net neutrality rules, is now a partner at Searchlight Capital Partners, a global investment firm....
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This Engineer Created The Best Version of the Apple Magic Mouse (gizmodo.com)
An engineer hacked Apple’s infamous Magic Mouse to make it more user-friendly, ergonomic, and overall less annoying. Ivan Kuleshov is the said engineer, and he has also hacked the Apple Mac Mini in the past to be powered over Ethernet.
Postal worker among 3 charged in $24 million stolen check scheme, officials say (www.nbcnews.com)
A U.S. Postal Service worker and two others have been charged in a scheme in which $24 million worth of checks were stolen from the mail and offered for sale online, federal prosecutors said....
You’re All Missing the Point of the Jeff Bezos/ Lauren Sánchez Photo (slate.com)
Speaker Johnson: Separation of church, state ‘a misnomer’ (thehill.com)
This Captcha (midwest.social)
Does warmer mean temperature? Color? Something else?
Is that $35 Apple Watch real? How misleading TikTok influencer videos could be the next big headache in e-commerce (www.businessinsider.com)
Fishing with meat (files.catbox.moe)
Ukraine charges Rudy Giuliani’s top local ally with Moscow-linked treason (www.politico.eu)
I am jack’s total fucking lack of anything like surprise!!...
Steve Bannon's hopes of avoiding prison suffer blow (www.newsweek.com)
Greenland’s northern glaciers are in trouble, threatening ‘dramatic’ sea level rise, study shows (www.cnn.com)
At the top of the world, northern Greenland’s huge glaciers — long thought to be relatively stable — are in trouble, a new study shows....
Thermal Spray Coating Oil Gas Market is Projected to reach USD 574 Billion by 2032
The global thermal spray coating market in the oil and gas sector had a total value of USD 292 billion in 2022. It is anticipated to grow to USD 574 billion by 2032, with a robust compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.8% throughout the forecast period. A primary driver of this revenue surge is the increasing demand for safe,...
Black Mississippi Woman Discovers the Police Who Were Asked to Help Find Her Son, Were Also Responsible for His Death (www.theroot.com)
After more than 7 months, specifically 172 days, Bettersten did not hear one update about the whereabouts of her son. As any loving mother would be, she figured that she would never learn about her son’s fate. She would call the Jackson Police Department often asking for updates, but the lead investigator would tell her there...
The "uniparty": The far-right obsession driving GOP chaos, explained (www.vox.com)
Highlights: As Republican hardliners tossed Speaker Kevin McCarthy out of office and attempted to dictate his replacement, one word kept recurring in their complaints about existing GOP leaders: “uniparty.”...
Lost all my settings with the new update
Hello. I got the new update today and when I opened the app it asked me to add an account. Weird… I did and then I realized it had wiped all my settings. Lost all filters, appearance configuration, everything....
Twitter takeover: how a year of Elon Musk rendered the platform useless | Pranav Dixit (www.theguardian.com)
Almost all major advertisers have fled Elon Musk's Twitter, new data shows | Boing Boing (boingboing.net)
As reported in Insider:...
Mark Meadows Flips, Spills to Special Counsel About Trump’s Election Lies: Report (www.rollingstone.com)
Mark Meadows has reportedly testified before a federal grand jury impaneled by Special Counsel Jack Smith in exchange for immunity from prosecution in the Justice Department’s election interference case against Donald Trump....
Biden Administration Moves to Ban a Solvent Linked to Cancer (www.nytimes.com)
Under the E.P.A. proposal, most uses of TCE, including those in processing commercial and consumer products, would be prohibited within one year. For other uses the agency categorized as “limited,” such as use in electric vehicle batteries and the manufacturing of certain refrigerants, there would be a longer transition...
How do you get the dry boogers out if you don’t pick your nose?
I always get dry boogers and they’re impossible to remove when blowing into a tissue.