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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/51874128 > Donald ...

2026-09-13T22:35:47Z

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/51874128

> Donald Trump on Sunday called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian diesel, saying the attacks are causing a fuel shortage.
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> Ukraine’s long-range strikes have been targeting Russia’s oil and gas industry for months, which Kyiv says both funds and directly fuels Moscow’s more than four-year-old invasion of its neighbor.
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> The Ukrainian drone campaign has caused fuel rationing across Russia, despite the country being a key oil and gas exporter. Other Ukrainian strikes targeted major Russian online retailers, bringing the war ever closer to the public.

Absolute fucking insanity, both on Lindsay's part and these ...

2026-09-03T13:19:54Z

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Absolute fucking insanity, both on Lindsay's part and these weird TikTokers.

Wild what people honestly think about this case. They're ...

2026-09-03T00:18:01Z

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Wild what people honestly think about this case. They're making a strong case for the need to ban TikTok and they don't even realize it.

TAMARAC, Fla. (AP) — Sporting red-white-and-blue sneakers and a ...

2026-08-17T12:14:24Z

TAMARAC, Fla. (AP) — Sporting red-white-and-blue sneakers and a matching bedazzled manicure ahead of Florida’s primaries on Tuesday, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz smiles and tells voters she is “running for reelection to Congress.”

That’s true — with a caveat. Wasserman Schultz is seeking her 12th term by running in a new district after Republicans scrambled the state’s congressional map earlier this year.

The fallout pushed Wasserman Schultz, a former national party chair with powerful ties in Washington, to cross district lines from her Fort Lauderdale exurb and be the only white candidate against four Black candidates in an area of Broward County that has helped send Black Democrats to Congress since 1992. That’s yielded an uncomfortable fight following the U.S. Supreme Court decision that gutted the Voting Rights Act provisions undergirding minority voting strength and effectively cleared Old Confederacy states, including Florida, to reshape House districts.

And, like many I suppose, we had a complicated relationship. He ...

2026-05-13T23:26:59Z

And, like many I suppose, we had a complicated relationship.

He was a mean drunk during my childhood and early adolescence, quit booze and started making an effort when I was 13 or 14 (but getting too old to really bond with him at that point), and then only saw each other when I was home for college in my early adulthood. I always appreciated how he tried to be a better dad with my younger siblings, because his effort showed how much he wanted that second chance.

That said, my parents saved nothing for retirement and 99% of my conversations with him as an adult were him calling to borrow money. It wasn't entirely his fault. He had a thriving roofing business until 2008, and now we can look back and see that (at least here in the US) basically everyone's purchasing power was permanently lowered after that. His mistake was adopting so many kids so late in life. His kindness outweighed his good sense.

He started working in the 1950's at age 11 and never stopped, supporting his younger siblings and his mom. (His father died young.) Until a few months ago he was driving with my mom for DoorDash at age 83, because that's just how cruel and uncaring the US is to people.

And, he was very sick. Two years ago he was having trouble using a seat belt and basic door locks due to mild dementia, and he once lost control of his bladder in my car, which I've lent mom and dad for the past two years. When I visited him six weeks ago, it was clear to me that he was dying. Thankfully he woke up for a bit, knew I was there, and I told him to relax because we weren't getting on the roof today.

Still, it feels more like an uncle or a distant grandparent has passed away. Not my dad. I'm really just over here glad that he's no longer in pain and wishing he hadn't lived through all this the last five years.

I will honor him for the quiet kindnesses he showed me, like when he put $1000 in my hands to pay a tuition bill in college so I wouldn't have to quit, or the times he put a blanket over me when I was a kid or carried me to bed and tucked me in, or the time when I was four when he somehow found the money to get surgery for my eyes. I'm also grateful he hired me (and six weeks later fired me) to roof one summer, with (I now understand) the intention of making sure I never chose the life he did because it's such hard physical work.

Now I just hope there's an afterlife where he gets to sit on his ass for more than five minutes and not be surrounded by a bunch of kids.

It's just weird to me that stuff like this is coming out ...

2026-05-13T19:44:31Z

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It's just weird to me that stuff like this is coming out while some of the major players are still alive and I can be absolutely certain there won't be any accountability. (And yeah, I totally get that that shouldn't be weird, given what we all understand about how the US works.)

Isn't this a crime of some sort?

2026-05-13T18:51:21Z

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Isn't this a crime of some sort?

I hate that I actually know what those words mean.

2026-03-22T14:25:36Z

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I hate that I actually know what those words mean.

Nothing more American than a draft dodger sending others to die.

2026-02-28T23:23:12Z

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Nothing more American than a draft dodger sending others to die.

> Could End Anonymous Internet Access for Everyone Don't ...

2026-02-23T02:00:40Z

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> Could End Anonymous Internet Access for Everyone

Don't come over here threatening me with a good time.

ACQUIT.

2026-01-27T22:38:00Z

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ACQUIT.

No troops deployed. So does this do anything meaningful?

2026-01-18T23:11:23Z

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No troops deployed.

So does this do anything meaningful?

As protests in Minnesota continue amid ongoing tension between ...

2026-01-18T23:11:08Z

As protests in Minnesota continue amid ongoing tension between demonstrators and federal agents in the area, Gov. Tim Walz and local safety officials announced Jan. 17 that the Minnesota National Guard has been "mobilized" and is on standby if needed.

In a Facebook post Jan. 17, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety said that at "Gov. Walz's direction," the Minnesota National Guard was mobilized and was "staging to support local law enforcement and emergency management agencies."

The department further clarified in the post that troops had not been deployed.

EDIT: Heading to bed but will check this thread in the morning ...

2025-12-15T01:35:04Z

EDIT: Heading to bed but will check this thread in the morning and if anyone would like the remaining four keys (see below), they're yours. Merry Christmas!
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Hello friends!

I recently bought a Humble Bundle that had several games i already own, so I'm giving the keys away. If you'd like one of them, please post the game you want in the comments and I will DM you the gift link from Humble Bundle.

First come, first served and one key per requestor. Here are the games:

- ~~F.E.A.R. - Ultimate Shooter Edition~~
- ~~Middle Earth - Shadow of Mordor GOTY Edition~~
- ~~Middle Earth - Shadow of War Definitive Edition~~
- ~~Batman Arkham Asylum - GOTY Edition~~
- ~~Batman Arkham City - GOTY Edition~~
- Batman Arkham Origins
- Batman Arkham Knight - Premium Edition
- Injustice Gods Among Us - Ultimate Edition
- ~~Injustice 2 - Legendary Edition~~
- ~~Watchmen The End Is Nigh - Pt 1 and 2 Bundle~~
- ~~Mad Max~~

DA:V was such a disappointment. It was a Disneyfication of the ...

2025-06-27T22:11:22Z

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DA:V was such a disappointment.

It was a Disneyfication of the world of Thedas, and none of us wanted a Dragon Age game with no meaningful choices and a G rating.

Bantle recognized bear No. 122, otherwise known as The Boss, due ...

2025-06-13T14:00:52Z

Bantle recognized bear No. 122, otherwise known as The Boss, due to his size and his distinctive ears. The Boss is regarded as being the most dominant grizzly bear found around Banff National Park.

Weighing in at somewhere between 650 and 700 pounds (295-317 kg), the bear's resumé of dominance is legendary. He is considered to have a home range more than 2,500 square kilometres. He's eaten a black bear. He even once brushed off being struck by a train but still uses the railways for travel and foraging.

Cooking delicious food for people is one of my favorite ways to ...

2025-04-08T16:33:55Z

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Cooking delicious food for people is one of my favorite ways to demonstrate affection.

LOL, this is going to get tossed out by the courts as quickly as ...

2025-02-19T13:35:26Z

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LOL, this is going to get tossed out by the courts as quickly as the funding freeze was.

Putting "By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered" in front of something unconstitutional doesn't magically make it constitutional.

I think that, as with any war, there's never a solution ...

2025-02-12T15:54:49Z

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I think that, as with any war, there's never a solution that's going to please everyone.

Ending the war, by itself, is a good thing. That the US is getting mineral rights as part of the resolution is a great thing (at least for the billionaires) and that economic incentive will work to prevent any new outbreak of hostilities.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An Israeli army reservist’s ...

2025-02-11T14:57:43Z

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An Israeli army reservist’s dream vacation in Brazil ended abruptly last month over an accusation that he committed war crimes in the Gaza Strip.

Yuval Vagdani woke up on Jan. 4 to a flurry of missed calls from family members and Israel’s Foreign Ministry with an urgent warning: A pro-Palestinian legal group had convinced a federal judge in Brazil to open a war crimes investigation for his alleged participation in the demolition of civilian homes in Gaza.

A frightened Vagdani fled the country on a commercial flight the next day to avoid the grip of a powerful legal concept called “universal jurisdiction,” which allows governments to prosecute people for the most serious crimes regardless of where they are allegedly committed.

Agreed. I'm so sick of this absolutist free speech bullshit ...

2025-02-06T15:24:32Z

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Agreed.

I'm so sick of this absolutist free speech bullshit that wants to make room for terrorist ideologies to hide.