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News•Religious freedom group says US military members were 'pressured' by commanders to see 'Melania'
8·10 days agoWell, now we all know what an unlawful order looks like.
Cnote5toHacker News@lemmy.bestiver.se•Sumerian Star Map Recorded the Impact of an Asteroid (2024)English
3·18 days agoVery cool read.
So long and thanks for all the fish!
The United States of America.
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Progressive Politics•Jeffries Won’t Whip Vote Against ICE Funding - The American Prospect
3·26 days agoAnother one bites the dust… Democratic Reps. Henry Cuellar (Texas), Don Davis (NC), Laura Gillen (NY), Jared Golden (Maine), Vicente Gonzalez (Texas), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Wash.), and Tom Suozzi (NY) joined all Republicans but Rep. Thomas Massie (KY) for the 220-207 vote that sent the legislation to the Senate—where the GOP also has a majority, but it’s so narrow that most bills need some Democratic support to pass.
“…only about 4% of the tariff burden is shouldered by foreign firms, with a “near-complete” pass-through of 96% to US buyers…”
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News•How Wall Street Turned Its Back on Climate Change | Six years after the financial industry pledged to use trillions to fight climate change and reshape finance, its efforts have largely collapsed.
4·1 month agoText from article.
"In January 2020, Larry Fink, the chief executive of BlackRock, the largest asset manager in the world, stunned the business world by declaring that he intended to use the trillions of dollars managed by his firm to address global warming.
“Every government, company, and shareholder must confront climate change,” Mr. Fink wrote, calling for “a fundamental reshaping of finance.”
A few days later, Mr. Fink arrived in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum’s annual gathering, donning a scarf featuring a design of the “warming stripes,” a pattern that depicts 150 years of rising global temperatures.
Mr. Fink’s impassioned call to address climate change was the unofficial start of a movement. Nearly every major financial institution was soon pledging to reduce emissions, joining high-minded alliances designed to phase out fossil fuels and promising to support clean energy. Environmental, social and governance factors, known as E.S.G., became a defining feature of Wall Street investing.
But six years later, many of those Wall Street institutions have walked back or abandoned their commitments." …
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News•JP Morgan boss says Trump attacks on Federal Reserve could push up inflation
4·1 month agoWhat if that is exactly what he wants?
https://washingtonspectator.org/peter-thiel-and-the-american-apocalypse/
Might it be akin to the Nixon Shock? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_shock
Cnote5toLaw•Senators Cantwell, Young, and colleagues introduced the National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act to accelerate quantum technology development and real-world applicationsEnglish
1·1 month agoBlah. Blah. Blah.
fart noises.
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Fuck AI•Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says AI doomerism has 'done a lot of damage' and is 'not helpful to society'
15·1 month agoThat rich assh9le can suck it from behind.
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News•New York teachers stunned to learn some students can’t read time on old clocks after phone ban comes into play
22·2 months agoSome might call this a "teachable moment ", no?
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News•Gen Z workers think showing up 10 minutes late to work is as good as being on time — but baby boomer bosses have zero tolerance for tardiness
3·2 months agoI believe they were potty trained at gun point.
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HistoryArtifacts@piefed.social•Clay figurine of a rooster, Greece, 5th century BCE
4·2 months agoInsert Cock Joke here.
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movies@piefed.social•'Dune 3' May Fight 'Avengers: Doomsday' For Your Holiday Time
3·2 months agoThere is no need to fight. I have love enough for both of them.
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News•Google CEO Says We're All Going to Have to Suffer Through It as AI Puts Society Through the Woodchipper
61·2 months agoI’m just giddy with excitement. /s
Nobody ever expected a Fallout: Mad Max crossover event.













I feel so safe.