The experience for this last year was that once the US stopped supporting Ukraine, the rest of the west folded as well, which let them regain the initiative. I know nothing about anything but it seems like they've learned that with enough patience the US and most NATO allies support will wane with time.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom begins with an action sequence that’s almost exactly 20 minutes long, starting with a show-stopping east-meets-west rendition of Anything Goes at a Shanghai nightclub in 1935 and ending in the whitewater rapids at the foot of the Himalayas. For the director Steven Spielberg, whose Raiders...
Do you mean all their journalism pieces are trash or just some of their opinion pieces like this one?
'Cuz they published some excellent investigation journalism for a while. I'm specially fond of their "long read" section.
I’ve been a good boy for 5 years or so but the seas call to me. Are streaming sites the way to go now or is torrenting still a better bet for mainstream movies and tv? I’d imagine all of my accounts have been deleted on those sites so I’d be starting over.
Jellfyfin is the reason why I do this. I went from spending 30 minutes dumpster diving through terrible movies in one of the streaming platforms to now spending 30 minutes trying to choose from a selection of movies that I actually want to watch.
Which is 5TB of movies I think I should watch, 1.5TB of stuff I already watched and think I would watch again and the rest of stuff I actually want to watch.
There were shenanigans then as well, remember Ecco the dolphin? Well it was made extra difficult so you couldn't beat it in a weekend (as it was usual for rentals).
Kabosu dies: Shiba inu dog was meme and face of Dogecoin (www.bbc.com)
Groceries (i.redd.it)
Colorado governor to sign bills regulating funeral homes after discovery of 190 rotting bodies (apnews.com)
Samsung’s smart fridges mistakenly warned users its free TV service was ending (www.theverge.com)
Estonia Says Russia Removed Narva River Buoys Marking Border (www.bloomberg.com)
Gemini is the new Google+ (www.computerworld.com)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom at 40: Spielberg’s hit-and-miss relic (www.theguardian.com)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom begins with an action sequence that’s almost exactly 20 minutes long, starting with a show-stopping east-meets-west rendition of Anything Goes at a Shanghai nightclub in 1935 and ending in the whitewater rapids at the foot of the Himalayas. For the director Steven Spielberg, whose Raiders...
Donald Trump removes video on Truth Social with ‘unified reich’ reference (www.theguardian.com)
Trump campaign said video using Nazi-era language was posted by staffer who didn’t see wording, yet it stayed up for 15 hours...
A Hidden Variable in the Presidential Race: Fears of ‘Trump Forever’ | Undecided voters are concerned that if Donald Trump returns to the White House, he’ll never leave. (www.bloomberg.com)
It’s almost like Trump tried a coup to avoid leaving office the last time around.
EU's Green Deal improved its climate performance: a 1.5°C pathway is close (climateactiontracker.org)
Ask HN: Can we create a new internet where search engines are irrelevant? (news.ycombinator.com)
has black mesa made a statement? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
Billionaires. (lemm.ee)
streaming or torrenting today vs. 5 years ago
I’ve been a good boy for 5 years or so but the seas call to me. Are streaming sites the way to go now or is torrenting still a better bet for mainstream movies and tv? I’d imagine all of my accounts have been deleted on those sites so I’d be starting over.
New Player - what classes do you like to make everyone? [no spoilers]
What classes do you like to build for everyone?...
Rudy Giuliani served indictment after belting ‘New York, New York’ at birthday party (www.independent.co.uk)
Cool tied-arch (lemmy.world)
Not many wood bridges around these days, happy to see this one in small town USA
EA SPORTS WRC is adding EA anticheat, breaking another game on Steam Deck / Linux (www.gamingonlinux.com)
New Teslas might lose Steam (www.theverge.com)