Cross posted from: https://thelemmy.club/post/56974556

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For-profit water corporations, federal cuts and climate crisis are ‘supercharging water rate hikes’, study co-author says

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Idiocracy, here we come.

Ernie Bushmiller

Context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Opium_War

I’m envious of the way the French protest their government. They’re literally setting things on fire because their schools aren’t adequate. Because the government tried to raise the retirement age. Because their politicians are shitbags.

by Alvaro Montoro

August Hanning served as the head of Germany’s BND foreign intelligence agency from 1998 to 2005. According to German media, he is being investigated for allegedly passing on state secrets and working as an agent.

She’s getting more and more unhinged I love it https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/150464463

Proposition 40, which will be on the ballot in November, would impose a one-time, 5% tax on California’s 200 billionaires,

The OpenAI CEO sought to distinguish his policy stance from rival developer Anthropic.

Roughly 200 people are under medical observation, several hospitals are under quarantine, and dozens are in isolation in Russia following the unexplained death of an infectious disease researcher at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia, in the town of Shelekhov, according to early reports of the situation on Sunday and Monday.

Teardrop, teardrop on the couch, How’d you get so round and slouched? Pointy front and big behind, The strangest little teardrop you’ll find.

Source: https://www.arcamax.com/thefunnies/mutts/s-4309806

Crudely drawn drawing of a person telling a computer “say ‘i am in pain’”. The computer replies with “> I AM IN PAIN”. The person then says “oh my god.”

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Five years of your social media just to visit the US on an ESTA, and 50,922 phone searches at the border in a single year with no suspicion needed. Part 1 of my Five Eyes series: who else gets to see it?

Ermittler haben Ex-BND-Präsident August Hanning festgenommen. Nach Recherchen von WDR, NDR und Süddeutscher Zeitung soll ihm ein Zuträger geheime Dokumente aus dem BND verschafft haben. Landeten die Informationen bei ausländischen Akteuren?

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U.S. intelligence raises fears of civil unrest and state breakdown in Israel ahead of October 27 elections.

Cliff traps were a technique used to hunt bison and other animals in the mesolithic. It was a very effective way to more safely hunt large animals.

I sometimes get Hedgehog visitors around my apartment building. Tag someone suggested earlier #WeeWildlifeWednesday 😁 @outdoor@fedigroups.social @nature@fedigroups.social @photography@fedigroups.social @photography@lemmy.world @Nature@lemmy.world #WildLifeWednesday #OC #NaturePhotography #Nature #Photography #Photo #October #Finland #Archipelago #AlandIslands #Åland #Hiking #InMy #Autumn #Wonderland P.S if your country doesn’t have the freedom to roam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_to_roam there’s something inherently wrong.

Ugh.

Gallery posts, which is an image post with multiple images in it, compatible with Mastodon and Pixelfed. Check out this example from Mastodon.

An angular eagle behind the defense secretary departed from the Pentagon’s established branding. Critics saw echoes of the Third Reich.

A man extends his hand towards another and declares “I’VE HAD ENOUGH OF YOUR WORDS" He flexes his bicep and tenses his hand before letting them fly, along with his command. “MODS, REPLACE THIS MAN’S BLOOD WITH AN INCOMPATIBLE BLOOD TYPE" A trio of shadowed men drive the first into a dark corner.

Neighboring states are also reporting hundreds of cases, with over 3,800 recorded across the country

From Fluxer’s updated roadmap on their website

Stundenlang setzte die Polizei am Freitag und Samstag Bür­ge­r:in­nen fest – offenbar ohne Rechtsgrundlage. An­wäl­t:in­nen kündigen Klagen an.

Basically just the CPU fan, case, and PSU (if you’re lucky). If someone can figure out how to get Doom running on just those 3 things, young people will be able to ascend.

I get a lot of crap for my New Balances, but they did 26km of meadow hiking and no problems on the feet. Thats a win in my book.

Original post: https://mastodon.social/@heyokyay/117388982862874918

JD Vance has parachuted into the midterm election campaign on a rescue mission in a new guise: a risk management consultant. Speaking in the flat language of the expert hired to identify threats, weaknesses and losses affecting a business’s reputation, he has presented his executive summary for limiting vulnerabilities and a scenario for averting disaster.