Why are half the feeds down all day?

Hilarity from The Economist podcast today: some dude angry about a woodlot being cleared for solar panels (which I agree seems like a bad idea), but then says it was bear habitat so now he has to worried about his family being eaten by bears. And it's all Kamala's fault, somehow.

I remember a year+ ago thinking that hopefully nobody will ever buy weapons from Switzerland again after they vetoed providing Ukraine with anything that had any Swiss components. I wonder now if US allies will have to rethink sourcing arms and components from the US.

mariasergiivna.bsky.socialSep 23, 2024 8:18am

I post a screenshot, but you can easily find the author of the tweet thnx for letting russia bleeding us to death just this night russia attacked Zaporizhzhia, 16 people are injured one of the dozens attacks #UkrainianView

This is just... horrifying.

DJsmikooman.bsky.socialOct 4, 2024 3:45pm

Meta’s Canadian news ban, as told through a small B.C. town: "(Facebook) went from blocking the news to facilitating the bamboozling of the news.” ('bamboozling' being a synonym for 'enabling disinformation'). #bcpoli www.cjr.org/business_of_...

The Before and After

Meta’s Canadian news ban, as told through my small town.

How many months before right wing settlers start moving into occupied Lebanon?

TGtheglobeandmail.comOct 3, 2024 12:08pm

Israel strikes central Beirut for the first time, destroying medical clinic, killing at least nine people: The attack struck a crowded neighbourhood close to several embassies, government offices and the United Nations’ headquarters for Lebanon

Israel strikes central Beirut for the first time, destroying medical clinic, killing at least nine people

The attack struck a crowded neighbourhood close to several embassies, government offices and the United Nations’ headquarters for Lebanon

Ideally, "you're gonna mature" would have been the first sentence in pretty much every response to JD Vance at the debate.

I just realized who Jake Sullivan looks like. They both have that "who cares if innocent people have to suffer" look worn into their faces.

Everyone calling for mass deportations and closing the border might want to have a look at the Japanese economy for the past 30 years and the projections for the Chinese economy in the next 30. And no, guys, banning abortion will not solve the problem.

Here's an embed.

Busted Waymo got busted.

MNpaleofuture.bsky.socialSep 28, 2024 8:14pm

"As her motorcade arrived at the Fairmont San Francisco, an autonomous Waymo got stuck making a turn. A San Francisco police officer had to manually drive the vehicle out of the way."

Driverless cars get stuck on motorcade route as VP Harris arrives in San Francisco for fundraiser

This is likely Vice President Kamala Harris' last visit to San Francisco before election day, but one of those "only in San Francisco" moments happened. As her motorcade arrived at the Fairmont San Fr...