[-] worldwidewave@lemmy.world 59 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

“But look at how pretty their train stations are”

-Cucker Tarlson

[-] worldwidewave@lemmy.world 82 points 1 month ago

And you’ll never believe the rent prices on the other ⅓

[-] worldwidewave@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

I think the total number of US citizens who’ve settled foreign wars is really a small number, that’s a pretty rare thing to do. Though I know Bill Clinton is loved in Kosovo and Albania for helping in the Serbian war.

[-] worldwidewave@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago

Nepotism is flourishing!

[-] worldwidewave@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

mpox and bird flu are both out there evolving, and I remain a bit worried.

[-] worldwidewave@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month ago

That, or “reclaiming their own land” was a bit more expansive than we all realized /s

[-] worldwidewave@lemmy.world -4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

“ISIS is obviously still around on telegram, but it's not as big,” he said.  

But the platform seemed more relaxed when it came to letting far right communities thrive — until it began removing some channels this week. “Frankly speaking, if a brown person says something horrible, Telegram will be all over it, if a white person says it, I’m not sure they would be,” a former senior police officer involved in counter-terrorism enforcement, granted anonymity to speak candidly, told POLITICO.

"Telegram's moderators are actively monitoring the situation and are removing channels and posts containing calls to violence," Telegram said.

Lax content controls mean that far right organizers can conduct their activities undisturbed. Telegram has “less than a dozen” moderators, said Feldman, compared to theestimated 15,000 who work at Meta. Telegram’s few moderators spend their time removing “the worst things that humanity can come up with,” like child sexual abuse material, he added.

Just shut the whole site down. What good is coming out of this cesspool?

[-] worldwidewave@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

She’s trying to ensure that her kids grow up in a more hateful and racist country, this is the legacy she’s trying to leave her children.

[-] worldwidewave@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

What a turn if the Ukrainian War ends with Ukraine storming Moscow.

[-] worldwidewave@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The order did not specify the values that would be promoted, but Russia has shown rising animosity toward Western social liberalism, particularly toward legitimizing nontraditional sexual relations and gender identity.

Sounds like they’re still working on the values, but they’ve nailed the prejudices

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