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Silicon Valley is sacrificing the climate for AI in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago

Silicone valley is sacrificing the world for their profits

Chechnya’s Kadyrov threatens 'blood feud,' accuses Russian MPs of plotting his murder, state media reports in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Some says that he killed his father to prove his loyalty to Putin. If I were him I would start looking at my crazy mma loving son first.

Former Google CEO says climate goals are not meetable, so we might as well drop climate conservation — unshackle AI companies so AI can solve global warming in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

AI solution = end humanity to save the earth

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Will the Lassana Diarra case bring down transfer market as we know it? (www.theguardian.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20336613

The former Arsenal player’s legal action against Fifa’s ‘draconian’ rules could lead to the age of Bosman 2.0

SITE CHANGED HEADLINE: Harris says she would appoint a Republican to her Cabinet if elected in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

bad politics

SITE CHANGED HEADLINE: Harris says she would appoint a Republican to her Cabinet if elected in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

And you wonder why she's neck and neck with Trump in the polls. If someone wants Republican policies why would they go for the light flavored one?

GOP megadonor Miriam Adelson plans to do whatever it takes to help Trump win with $100 million PAC in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

That's called betting on a dead horse

Trump is a threat whether he wins or loses, Biden says in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

He should go after the ones bankrolling him and pushing hard wing ideologies to him. But yet again the same would have to apply to democrats financing billionaires. I guess let's shoot the messenger and hope no one smarter and more popular comes after him.

Biden administration announces more than $2 billion in grants to boost US power grid in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Compare this to the 3.5B grant to.bomb Gaza

Sloths 🦥 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (5 children)

These giant slots dug these giants tunnels to hide from whom?

‘Bizarre beliefs’ and ‘creepy friends’: JD Vance could be Trump’s biggest mistake in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Oh he'll fit just fine

Electricity prices in France turn negative as renewable energy floods the grid in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 46 points 5 months ago (30 children)

Though it won't show up as negative in the bill, not even a discount

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Gaza's sick and malnourished children die as hospitals collapse from Israel's war (www.npr.org)
 

A lethal combination of displacement, disease and malnutrition are killing Gaza's children as they wither away without healthcare.

Lauren Boebert tried to make a gay joke about Pete Buttigieg. It backfired completely. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It would have been easy to joke about Pete buttiboughtbyboeing, without being anti-gay. But it would require not being anti-gay

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Blinken orders crackdown on leaks (www.politico.com)
 

Blinken crackdown on leaks, leaked to the press

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California university president put on leave for ‘insubordination’ after meeting Gaza protesters’ demands (www.politico.com)
 

California State University placed Sonoma State campus President Mike Lee on leave Wednesday after he agreed to protesters’ demands to involve them in university decision-making and pursue divestment from Israel.

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AIPAC Is Secretly Intervening in Portland’s Congressional Race to Take Down Susheela Jayapal, Sources Say (theintercept.com)
 

The pro-Israel group is funneling money through a “pro-science” PAC, according to two members of Congress.

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Trump Lawyer Says Having Political Rival Killed Could Constitute 'Official' Presidential Act (www.rollingstone.com)
 

Sotomayor: If the president decides that his rival is a corrupt person and he orders the military to assasinate him, is that within his official acts to which he has immunity?

"That could well be an official act," Trump lawyer John Sauer says

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Survey finds that 60 firms are responsible for half of world’s plastic pollution (www.theguardian.com)
 

The two tobacco companies Altria and Philip Morris International combined made up 2% of the branded plastic litter found, both Danone and Nestlé each produced 3% of it, PepsiCo was responsible for 5% of the discarded packaging, and 11% of branded plastic waste could be traced to the Coca-Cola company.

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The Next US President Will Have Troubling New Surveillance Powers (www.wired.com)
 

Over the weekend, President Joe Biden signed legislation not only reauthorizing a major FISA spy program but expanding it in ways that could have major implications for privacy rights in the US. Archive: https://archive.ph/6v4mf

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Israeli soldiers are looting Gaza homes en masse (www.972mag.com)
 

Soldiers describe how stealing Palestinian property has become totally routine in the Gaza war, with minimal pushback from commanders.

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Democrats Lose Ground With Black and Hispanic Adults (news.gallup.com)
 

The data show the Democratic Party retaining advantages among people of color and young adults, but in 2023 it was in a weaker position among these groups than at any point in the past quarter century. Democrats’ reduced support among Black and Hispanic adults should be especially concerning for the party, given Republicans’ continued strength among White adults, who remain the majority of the electorate.

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Here’s Why Gen Z Voters Might Opt Out in 2024 (www.teenvogue.com)
 

In a matchup between Biden and Trump, many young voters say they might choose silence.

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The first EV with a lithium-free sodium battery hits the road in January (www.engadget.com)
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