If I remember correctly the Chilean miner rescue was covered as extensively here in Germany as the search for the Titan. Another example would be the Kursk drama, which received huge media coverage as well. I think it's that these dramas unfold over several days and thus capture the interest of the people. The coverage would be far less if the fate of the submersible has been known on day one, as is often the case with the horrible deaths in the Mediterranean.
With the recent news that the r/blind community has migrated to a lemmy instance, I thought now would be a good time to post a quick PSA on image descriptions....
You should report it anyway so it does not get lost. In my experience such low priorities things are often forgotten when there is the time to do them because nobody bothered to report them.
Most of the hardware and financial aid is donated. As far as I know the Biden administration even expressly rejected a lend-lease program so there is no pressure for Ukraine to pay it back.
As a former redditor I am glad to have found a new "home" and I hope I'm not intruding. Nevertheless, we are all a huge migration that is bound to change how kbin works and we're bound to piss off some pre-migration Keebinetters. The fact you guys were here before and not in reddit makes evident you don't want this to become a...
A certain amount of censorship ist necessary. Free speech absolutism might sound good in theory but w have seen what happens to voat et al. If we allow hatte speech to run rampart on this platform we will drive people away. Additionally there will be legal problems as many countries have laws in place against things like incitement if violence against groups of people.
Putin tells Poland any aggression against Belarus is attack on Russia (www.reuters.com)
The Global Hypocrisy of Rescuing the Titan (lemmy.world)
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/06/23/the-global-hypocrisy-of-rescuing-the-titan/
PSA: Image posts and blind accessibility.
With the recent news that the r/blind community has migrated to a lemmy instance, I thought now would be a good time to post a quick PSA on image descriptions....
Pentagon orders AMRAAM missiles worth over $1 billion for Ukraine (english.nv.ua)
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Dear pre-migration Keebinetters, how can we NOT ruin kbin for you?
As a former redditor I am glad to have found a new "home" and I hope I'm not intruding. Nevertheless, we are all a huge migration that is bound to change how kbin works and we're bound to piss off some pre-migration Keebinetters. The fact you guys were here before and not in reddit makes evident you don't want this to become a...