This really looks like another one of those times that Elon's big stupid mouth is going to get him in trouble just because he doesn't know when to shut the actual fuck up.
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Chinese police hunting international corruption targets were allowed into Australia by the federal police and subsequently escorted a woman back to China for trial, in a major breach of Chinese-Australian police protocols....
Can we just skip to producing a vaccine for this now? If they're that intent on giving it every possible chance to jump to humans, and we obviously can't stop them, let's at least try to contain it before we get Pandemic 2: Electric Boogaloo.
Of course letting him run free, facing no consequences at all for flagrantly breaking the law and ignoring court orders means that he and his rabid followers are harmless, right?
He might have contingency plans for when he goes to jail, but that doesn't mean he should remain free of consequences.
Misinformation campaigns increasingly target the cavity-fighting mineral, prompting communities to reverse mandates. Dentists are enraged. Parents are caught in the middle....
They have their freedom, they are free to do whatever they want to filter their own drinking water. They're free to buy or produce distilled water for all their consumption. They're free to only ever drink beer. But the drinking water provided as a public good should be maintained for the good of the public, and when the studies are pretty clear that fluoridated water fights tooth decay, then fluoridated water it is.
You can do whatever you want to your teeth and you're correct that it doesn't effect me, but this isn't a discussion about individual action or inaction. This is about what happens with the public water supply, which effects the entire public. That's why his comment about "mandated exercise" is wrong. You not brushing your teeth doesn't effect me, but removing the fluoridation from my water does.
Marijuana is its own special category, but club drugs (which for some reason include date rape drugs), inhalants and steroids are all in a "miscellaneous" category together?...
After Redfall I'm not surprised to see Arkane on the list, they never should have been stuck with that project in the first place but it killed them either way. Seeing Tango Gameworks though, after the absolute banger that was Hi-Fi RUSH, is disappointing. They probably made Bethesda's biggest hit last year.
The harder you push the pedal the more you want your speed to decrease, obviously. But if you push it hard enough then the decrease from your current speed to Zero is no longer enough. So now the engineers need to decide if you'll speed up first, so the decrease from the new speed to zero is larger, or if it'll slam you into reverse instead.
It's a brave stance to take for the lawyer of the president's political rival, but I can think of worse ways to get rid of a particularly problematic client.
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?...
A bold move for the council of the current president's political rival, but alright bet. Pretty sure the lawyer just wants a way to escape the current client while saving face.
President Joe Biden is reportedly seeking to revive a project that would construct a high-speed railway from Houston to Dallas in Texas utilizing Japanese bullet trains....
So… they can identify when someone in a conversation is a minor. And they can identify when nudes are being sent. But when these two are combined, they figure just blurring the image is the appropriate solution?
In essence, when the growth rate slows to a certain point, people are dying faster than they’re being replaced, and the trend can only continue unless everyone starts having 10 kids.
Growth is growth. It’s not tracking only births, it’s tracking births against deaths. Population decline is people dying faster than they’re being replaced, but even “very slow growth” would still mean the population is increasing.
Yes he would still run. He tries to give the impression that he’s a big winner that wins bigly, who never loses because losing is for losers. He can’t allow himself to end on a loss, his brand image basically demands that he keeps trying and he can’t be satisfied until he wins a second term.
JK Rowling has challenged Scotland’s new hate crime law in a series of social media posts - inviting police to arrest her if they believe she has committed an offence....
Sometimes the question of “Where do we draw the line” is an important, valid question that must be considered. Sometimes, the answer to that question can also be “I don’t know precisely, but this is damn well over it.”
I’m not saying that hack writer is necessarily to that stage, but we absolutely should not allow “But where do you draw the line” to turn into “Everything is permitted because what about splitting hairs.”
Woah buddy, you’re at about a 9, we need you down at a 3.
“Dad” doesn’t know anything about web design, but he knows (presumably son) makes them, and he ballparked a number making the entirely common armature mistake of thinking it’s as easy as setting up your facebook page. He’s also not demanding anything here. Nothing about this exchange suggests that “Dad” was going to require that the work be done at the stated price. It seemed like
Maybe before you go burning bridges and obliterating a family relation, consider how much easier it is to tell “Dad’s Buddy” that while Dad was well meaning, he was way off, and Buddy is free to compare with other estimates, but $X is actually a much more reasonable value.
Well, you can sue someone for anything, you just can’t win for anything. For instance, those developers could countersue because the negligence and bad parenting of those parents materially damaged the reputation of those companies.
Fremont, Nebraska, has three massive meat-processing plants that need workers. It also requires anyone renting a home to sign a declaration that they’re in the U.S. legally....
Not sure how legally binding the declaration is, but that’s neither here nor there. The answer is simple, let the town die. If they want to get their panties in a knot about migrants, then let’em work the shitty job themselves, and when they don’t, any businesses worth having around can relocate somewhere that won’t self-sabotage just to make a statement.
Mark Jensen, president of the shitty council, needs to wake the fuck up. If they need those jobs then one way or another they need to retain people who will do those jobs, instead of antagonizing them.
Attorney Mark Bankston, who has represented Sandy Hook families, didn’t mince words when discussing Rodgers’ alleged false and conspiratorial beliefs....
When scrolling Lemmy (compared to reddit in the past), all I see is doom and gloom / news. I don’t see interesting conversations or comments to read....
You know puberty blockers aren’t permanent right? Stop taking them, and then puberty happens. But once you’ve gone through puberty, there’s no undoing that. That’s where the harm is, in forcing someone to undergo changes they know they don’t want.
You can’t reason a person out of a position they didn’t reason themselves into. Hypocrisy and double-think are the bread and butter of Texas Republicans.
TikTok has been at the center of controversy for the United States government in the last few years. Particularly, members of the Senate believe China-based parent company ByteDance could spy on its users and share information with the Chinese Government....
The irony of literally anyone (eligible) not voting for Biden specifically because of his handling of the Gaza situation, and thereby doing their part to help Donald "Gotta Finish the Problem" Trump win, makes my bones hurt. I hate this timeline and I don't want to live on this planet anymore.
I understand that modern outer layers are more functional. A leather jacket, for example, can be dressed up or down so as to be worn in a variety of situations. It is also better at keeping you warm....
While they were already in decline, the trend of Capes an Cloaks really dropped sharply in the 1950’s. With improving technology in the transportation sector and the rising prevalence of jet engines, the risk of getting sucked into an air intake or caught in some piece of machinery was just too great. Punctuated by a series of gruesome incidents , the new rule in fashion was set. No Capes.
So what are the odds that Tesla specially ordered and cherry picked the specific vehicles tested? With such loose part tolerances and god-awful welds spotted in the wild, I expect they made damn sure the test samples were built “right” without providing an accurate example of normal build quality.
Not really an allegation, more an opinion and supposition. Tesla build quality is widely recognized to be inconsistent at best, and frequently just bad, and Tesla has acted in bad faith often enough that there’s no reason to flatly assume they’re going to act in good faith now. The question is whether or not safety tests are conducted with vehicles selected and provided by Tesla for the specific purpose of safety testing, or if they are acquired anonymously with no stated purpose.
It might be a safe car, that’s entirely possible, but with so bloody many problems with build quality, a “near perfect score” deserves to be examined more closely. If they can’t even keep their construction consistent, I don’t have any faith that the crash performance would somehow be consistently near perfect. The question is whether the car is “near perfect” when it’s built Right, or whether the one you get will be up to the same level.
I haven’t really made any secret of not liking Tesla, any more than you have of liking them. Bias is integral to the human experience. Welcome to the Internet, you’re gonna hate it here.
I have not, and am not saying that the cars are not safe. I’m also not saying that the tests didn’t find what the tests found. I am questioning the scope of those results. I am questioning the methodology of the tests and their vulnerability to tampering, on the grounds that it is both not inconceivable that Tesla would tamper with the test sample, and that evidence shows the build quality of Tesla vehicles is itself inconsistent. Panel gaps are sloppy, but probably not going to seriously hamper the safety of the vehicles. However, shoddy, amateurish welds are another matter. It’s not difficult to imagine shitty welding of the frame changing crash performance.
I would be satisfied with explanations of how the tests acquire their sample vehicles and how their methods prevent Tesla from carefully ensuring those specific vehicles were actually made correctly instead of to a more typical quality. I would be similarly concerned of any auto manufacturer that had such a widely documented recent history of inconsistent and poor build quality, but to my knowledge that has not been a concern in any other modern auto maker.
Sure but where do you draw the line on just accepting data multiple independent testing agencies put out?
I draw the line at NOT just blindly accepting those results until inconsistencies are addressed. Until then, the most those tests really say is that some instances of the Model Y, at least the most ideal candidates, are safe vehicles. There is still value in that result, but it doesn’t mean the vehicle a consumer goes out and buys today is reasonably guaranteed to have the same “near perfect” safety rating as demonstrated in those tests.
Honestly nationalizing it would be a bad idea. Once it’s government owned, then the 1st amendment would actually apply and banning people, including the more openly Nazi accounts than you can imagine, would probably be illegal. It would be overrun with even more heinous filth than it houses now.
It really is best for everyone that Twitter dies, and good news! Under Musk’s incredible zero-win leadership, it looks pretty inevitable!
Elon Musk confirms his threat: give me 25% of Tesla or you don't get AI and robotics ( electrek.co )
Are we sure this isn't illegal? It seems illegal
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Indiana judge rules tacos, burritos are sandwiches ( www.wishtv.com )
Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker bashes Pride Month, tells women to stay in the kitchen ( touchdownwire.usatoday.com )
Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker criticized Pride Month and suggested women should stay in the kitchen during a commencement address....
Chinese police were allowed into Australia to speak with a woman. They breached protocol and escorted her back to China ( www.abc.net.au )
Chinese police hunting international corruption targets were allowed into Australia by the federal police and subsequently escorted a woman back to China for trial, in a major breach of Chinese-Australian police protocols....
Raw milk fans plan to drink up as experts warn of high levels of H5N1 virus ( arstechnica.com )
Saw this skinwalker yesterday and can't really get over it ( lemmy.ca )
Target will only sell Pride Month collection in some stores after backlash in 2023 ( abcnews.go.com )
Locked Him Up - Yes, people do go to to jail for gag-order violations in New York ( jentaub.substack.com )
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240510115607/https://jentaub.substack.com/p/locked-him-up
EA is looking at putting in-game ads in AAA games — 'We'll be very thoughtful as we move into that,' says CEO ( www.tomshardware.com )
Medical freedom vs. public health: Should fluoride be in our drinking water? ( www.nbcnews.com )
Misinformation campaigns increasingly target the cavity-fighting mineral, prompting communities to reverse mandates. Dentists are enraged. Parents are caught in the middle....
The way my daughter's middle school health class classifies drugs is insane. ( lemmy.world )
Marijuana is its own special category, but club drugs (which for some reason include date rape drugs), inhalants and steroids are all in a "miscellaneous" category together?...
Bethesda Softworks to close Arkane Austin [Redfall], Tango Gameworks[Hi-Fi RUSH,The Evil Within], Alpha Dog Games[mobile games], and Roundhouse Studios [remnants of Human Head Studios: Prey,Rune] ( www.gematsu.com )
Judge finds Donald Trump in contempt for 10th time over gag order and threatens jail time ( www.cnn.com )
List of countries that cannot make a PSN account, following the Helldivers 2 controversy. ( programming.dev )
The censored one is probably Niger...
A YouTuber let the Cybertruck close on his finger to test the new sensor update. It didn't go well. ( www.businessinsider.com )
Tesla to lay off everyone working on Superchargers, new vehicles ( arstechnica.com )
Live Updates: Judge Holds Trump in Contempt of Court, Fining Him $9,000 ( www.nytimes.com )
Washington Post coverage for comparison
The president could "assassinate" political rivals and still enjoy total immunity, Trump lawyer says ( www.salon.com )
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?...
Wish I could beam this into every persons head ( lemmy.world )
Ocean spray emits more PFAS than industrial polluters, study finds ( www.theguardian.com )
Research into release of ‘forever chemicals’ raises concerns about contamination and human exposure along world’s coastlines...
Democracy Dies Behind Paywalls ( www.theatlantic.com )
Texas poised to get America's first bullet train ( www.newsweek.com )
President Joe Biden is reportedly seeking to revive a project that would construct a high-speed railway from Houston to Dallas in Texas utilizing Japanese bullet trains....
Instagram will blur nudes in messages sent to minors ( www.theverge.com )
This Woman Will Decide Which Babies Are Born ( www.wired.com )
Would the orange shithead be running for PotUS if he wasn't facing legal troubles?
Trump sorta faded from the limelight in 2021. He’s everywhere now. How much of that is because of his multiple prosecutions?...
JK Rowling in ‘arrest me’ challenge over Scottish hate crime law ( www.bbc.com )
JK Rowling has challenged Scotland’s new hate crime law in a series of social media posts - inviting police to arrest her if they believe she has committed an offence....
Dad has the chops to be a project manager. ( lemmy.world )
You can't sue us for making games 'too entertaining,' say major game developers in response to addiction lawsuits ( www.pcgamer.com )
Florida is about to erase climate change from most of its laws | Grist ( grist.org )
The town that can’t live without migrants, but isn't sure it wants to live with them ( www.nbcnews.com )
Fremont, Nebraska, has three massive meat-processing plants that need workers. It also requires anyone renting a home to sign a declaration that they’re in the U.S. legally....
Sandy Hook Lawyer To Aaron Rodgers: 'Could You Please Shut The F**k Up?' ( www.huffpost.com )
Attorney Mark Bankston, who has represented Sandy Hook families, didn’t mince words when discussing Rodgers’ alleged false and conspiratorial beliefs....
Is anyone else tired of the doom posts on Lemmy?
When scrolling Lemmy (compared to reddit in the past), all I see is doom and gloom / news. I don’t see interesting conversations or comments to read....
Trans youth will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers, NHS England says ( www.thepinknews.com )
Trans youth will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers at NHS England gender identity clinics in a new “blow” to gender-affirming healthcare....
Greg Abbott tells musicians "don't come back" to Texas ( www.newsweek.com )
is this the moment spez became Heisenberg? Reddit CEO warns users: "We know your dark secrets' ( www.mirror.co.uk )
Ex-Activision CEO Bobby Kotick looks to buy TikTok amid shutdown fears - Dexerto ( www.dexerto.com )
TikTok has been at the center of controversy for the United States government in the last few years. Particularly, members of the Senate believe China-based parent company ByteDance could spy on its users and share information with the Chinese Government....
Trump Backs Israel Bombarding Gaza: 'Gotta Finish the Problem' ( www.rollingstone.com )
Why don't we wear capes/cloaks anymore? ( lemmy.zip )
I understand that modern outer layers are more functional. A leather jacket, for example, can be dressed up or down so as to be worn in a variety of situations. It is also better at keeping you warm....
Texas Tech DB Tyler Owens says he doesn't believe in space ( www.usatoday.com )
Tesla Model Y 2024 scores near-perfect in IIHS' crash tests ( electrek.co )
X suspends account of Navalny's wife ( news.sky.com )