Twelve police were wounded on Saturday (17 June) in clashes with demonstrators in France's Savoie department where a protest against a high speed rail project in the Alps turned violent, authorities said.
It's nonsense, it's not answering a demand, it's trying to create his own demand.
This bit is slightly confusing and weird, tbh. How do you actually expect to have a demand for high speed trains that are said to shorten 2hrs between Lyon and Turin?
Like, do you expect to have 100% capacity of the old, slow track? You would do that just to show that there's a huge demand for a faster track or would you tell that train track to fuck right off and instead use cars/trucks/etc on the road?
Look on Google maps. From Lyon to Turin a car trip takes you there in 3h50m, while a train trip takes you there in 4h56m. Who in their right mind would chose the train?
And I've heard a very similar rhetoric here in my country as well.
First it was against bike lines, because like you said "there was no demand". And that was factually true. You could walk days around the city without seeing a bike, there were no people on bikes. And that was the main argument against bike lines, that it is a waste of money, that nobody uses a bike, there's no demand.
And of course, people were looking for the demand in the wrong place. The demand was on the road in the form of massive traffic jams, everybody and their mother used the car. Now that they built the bike lines it is literally impossible to go outside and not see bikes, they're all over the place. Build it and they will come.
And now they're arguing the same thing against building high speed train tracks in our country: there's no demand! Of fucking course there's no bloody demand. Taking the train is expensive, its shitty, its filthy and it takes much longer than if you'd go with a bus or a car. Of course everybody is using the road instead of the train tracks. Why would people suffer needlessly just to show the government that there's no demand? Absolute nonsense.
Yeah, if it weren't for the damage that I know such a thing would cause, I would've loved to see it - just to enjoy the resulting circus.
But I know that those kind of people would get others hurt or worse.
Despite all the nonsense of the British political system and the sheer ridiculousness of having that non-elected royalty bs, what I found very interesting is that its one of the conservatives starting to admit the failure that brexit has been.
I wonder if this will mark the start of trend where we'll see more and more Tories start their U-turn journey towards the European Union.
@Free_Press Eh, I don't think this is China "switching sides", this is just China looking China, nothing more. Very likely that Russia is using the yuan in such a way that it destabilizes the currency at home and China's just looking after itself.
Liveblog: ++ Russland meldet Beschuss von Grenzregionen ++
Zwei russische Grenzregionen sollen nach Angaben ihrer Gouverneure unter ukrainischen Beschuss geraten sein. Laut den UN blockiert Moskau Hilfslieferungen in die vom Staudammbruch betroffenen Regionen. Alle Entwicklungen im Liveblog.
#Russia forces filled up a T-55 tank with TNT and sent it towards #Ukraine positions without crew. The tank was stopped by a land mine in the middle of the field but then apparently still remotely detonated. Looking at the size of the explosion, it certainly could have harmed unprotected soldiers in the trenches by the shockwave alone, but at the same time the damages to the field and trees afterwards seem unproportionately low as compared to the size of the charge and the vehicle used to deliver it. Using a VBIED — or TBIED in this case — was usually guerrilla tactics used against a much stronger opponent in lack of any more effective weapons...
Nope, don't think it's a remote detonation. Look carefully at about 1:01, you can see something fast approaching from top-right corner, from the tree line area and then as soon as it hits the tank, it blows up. I'm willing to bet that's some kind of anti-tank guided missile, possibly a Stugna-P?
Either way, whoever shot that ATGM had one hell of a surprise when it resulted in that kind of insane blast.
Oohhh. Sounds like the girls are gonna be fiiightiiiinng.
Sucks when you give up the state's exclusive right to violence, huh?
I do wonder if Prigozhin will be allowed to have the upper hand like this. I bet he stays the fuck away from tea and windows.
Title. I'm wondering what's everyone's take on this. On the one hand it'd mean seeing multiples of one post if you're subscribed to equivalent communities between communities. On the other hand, right now I think a big worry is this momentum we have dying out due to lack of content....
I honestly don't know either, what I did to "crosspost" was actually just double posting. First posting to kbin.social own magazine /m/Ukraine and then I accessed beehaw.org's /c/news community through our kbin instance by going to https://kbin.social/m/news@beehaw.org and did another identical post there.
If anyone has an easier way, please let me know lol.
Also, I think a crosspost button of sorts should be useful in he future, or a button to show in which other communities a certain link was posted - that'd actually help spread word of certain communities and could be quite useful.
I see a great push towards renewable energy all over the place. And its no wonder with what's happening, going green is a matter of national security at this point.
Dubbed "lex Babiš" in reference to former Prime Minister Andrej Babiš’s vast media ownership, the amendment prohibits politicians from transferring media assets to close associates or trust funds.
Refreshing to see member states learning from past mistakes. Based Czechia.
I'm overwhelmingly a desktop kind of guy, only very rarely use my mobile - and that's when I have to read/reply to emails, otherwise I dislike reading and writing on that small screen. So it works really well for me.
Just don't forget that not everyone else can see the pages, as I clearly can't remember myself. :-)
Was über die ukrainische Gegenoffensive bekannt ist
Die ukrainische Gegenoffensive hat begonnen und Russland leistet erbitterten Widerstand. Dennoch meldet Kiew erste Erfolge und zeigt Weltpresse einige zurückeroberte Dörfer. Experten gehen aber von langandauernden Kämpfen aus. Von R. Barth.
@pasci_lei Unabhängig von den Fortschritten und Erfolgen der Ukraine vor Ort halte ich es nicht für klug, den russischen Widerstand herunterzuspielen. Die Ukrainer haben eine harte und langwierige Aufgabe zu bewältigen, und die Verharmlosung des russischen Widerstands bedeutet auch eine Verharmlosung des Opfers, das die Ukrainer für die Freiheit ihres Volkes bringen.
Liveblog: ++ Schoigu fordert mehr Panzer für russische Truppen ++
Angesichts der ukrainischen Gegenoffensive hat der russische Verteidigungsminister Schoigu gefordert, mehr Panzer herzustellen. Aus Russland heißt es, ein Angriff auf die Druschba-Ölpipeline sei abgewehrt worden. Alle Entwicklungen im Liveblog.
@tagesschau Die Tatsache, dass die Ukraine aufgefordert wird, keine Waffen auf russischem Gebiet einzusetzen, ist absurd. Es sollte ihnen freistehen, Russlands Waffenproduktionskapazitäten sowie jeden anderen militärisch strategischen Punkt zu bombardieren und lahmzulegen.
@stairjoke Seeing the state of the Russian army, I'm starting to heavily doubt those numbers Russia keeps tossing about.
Sure, they have nukes, but I don't think they have as many as they claim they do.
Afrikanische Delegation in der Ukraine: Auf der Suche nach Frieden
Eine afrikanische Delegation besucht derzeit die Ukraine und Russland, um bei der Suche nach einem Ende von Moskaus Angriffskrieg zu helfen. Der ukrainische Präsident Selenskyj lehnte Verhandlungen bis zu einem Abzug ab. Von Peter Sawicki.
Sanctions against Russia mean more work for Latvian ports as many Central Asian countries are looking for new freight corridors. Large ports are already experiencing an increase in traffic. In Li...
A dozen French police wounded in clashes with protesters opposing high speed rail project (www.eureporter.co)
Twelve police were wounded on Saturday (17 June) in clashes with demonstrators in France's Savoie department where a protest against a high speed rail project in the Alps turned violent, authorities said.
AI Artist Creates Satanic Panic About Hobby Lobby (www.vice.com)
Brexit has failed - we must now return to the centre of Europe, Lord Heseltine says (www.independent.co.uk)
Lord Heseltine said it is time to stop ‘hiding from the damage’ caused by Brexit
Girkin: Prigozhin lost to Shoigu and will more or less sit out until Russia loses enough to be seriously needed. (twitter.com)
Should we be cross-posting to equivalent communities between instances?
Title. I'm wondering what's everyone's take on this. On the one hand it'd mean seeing multiples of one post if you're subscribed to equivalent communities between communities. On the other hand, right now I think a big worry is this momentum we have dying out due to lack of content....
Estonia's first wind and solar hybrid park set to open on Global Wind Day (news.err.ee)
On Thursday June 15, Global Wind Day, Enefit Green's Purtse wind and solar hybrid park is set to be officially opened.
Finland's free park lunches are a great benefit, but not for everyone (yle.fi)
Finland's bigger cities offer free lunches to kids during the summer when school cafeterias are closed.
Ministry of Defence UK - Daily Ukraine update 17.06.23
Czechia takes step toward tightening ban on politicians' media ownership (www.expats.cz)
If passed, the updated law will prevent members of parliament from broadcasting and publishing print and online news.
Berlin Risks Water Shortages in Fallout From Germany’s Coal Exit (www.bloomberg.com)
An unintended consequence of climate reform means the Spree River may get 75% less water
Hungary steps up threat to block EU weapons aid for Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)
The Liepāja Latvian port sees tenfold increase in shipments over the year as a result of sanctions against Russia (eng.lsm.lv)
Sanctions against Russia mean more work for Latvian ports as many Central Asian countries are looking for new freight corridors. Large ports are already experiencing an increase in traffic. In Li...
An Inside Job - Evidence suggests Russia blew up the Kakhovka Dam from within. (www.nytimes.com)
The Kakhovka dam was designed to withstand almost any attack imaginable — from the outside. An inside job was another matter.