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Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•Joe Biden just did the rarest thing in US politics: he stood up to the oil industry; The Biden administration suspended new permits for natural gas terminals. Can we see more of this kind of backbone?51·2 years agoA great start! We’re going to need to see way more of this to reverse the massive increase of natural gas production since Feb 2021 (2.6 trillion cubic ft / month then vs 3.5 trillion now, a 34% increase in less than 3 years and an all-time high for the US)
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World News@lemmy.world•Executions and public floggings rise in Yemen under Houthis’ reign of terrorEnglish
74·2 years agoMBFC rating for The Telegraph:
Factual Reporting: MIXED
MBFC Credibility Rating: MEDIUM CREDIBILITY
Overall, we rate The Telegraph Right Biased based on story selection that strongly favors the right and Mixed for factual reporting due to poor sourcing of information and some failed fact checks.
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World News@lemmy.world•At least 32 of remaining hostages in Gaza are dead, report saysEnglish
614·2 years agoMBFC rating for The Guardian:
Factual Reporting: MIXED MBFC Credibility Rating: MEDIUM CREDIBILITY
Overall, we rate The Guardian… Mixed for factual reporting due to numerous failed fact checks over the last five years.
They go on to list 11 failed fact checks.
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World News@lemmy.world•World Court says atrocities committed by Israeli military in Gaza are undeniable ‘facts’English
43·2 years agoKeep it civil please, and engage in good faith.
Al Mayadeen is not Hezbollah funded, no matter how many conspiracies people try to make up.
Should I bring up all the genocide denial in your post history? Claims that “Hamas uses teenage soldiers extensively”? Do you still think most people in the World News community here “seem to not consider Israeli’s as human”?
No matter how many reports you use to try to hide genocide, the truth will still come out.
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World News@lemmy.world•World Court says atrocities committed by Israeli military in Gaza are undeniable ‘facts’English
25·2 years agoThe factuality rating is the same as they’ve rated many other sources such as Huffington Post, MSNBC, Salon, Daily Beast, Boing Boing, etc. The ratings are fairly skewed.
Even your rating site says they’ve not failed any fact checks.
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World News@lemmy.world•Biden issues executive order targeting Israeli settlers who attack PalestiniansEnglish
121·2 years agoAnd Ben-Gvir is still the National Security Minister, completely untouched.
But at least he finally took down his tribute to a mass killer that’s been hanging in his home for decades. Small steps, right? I wonder if he ever gave Rabin’s hood ornament back.
Quite an interesting contrast between how the US dealt with Soleimani vs. Ben-Gvir.
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World News@lemmy.world•Biden’s response to Jordan attack is likely to be powerful, but US is wary of triggering a wider war with Iran, officials sayEnglish
711·2 years agoBiden’s doing in 3 years what Trump couldn’t do in 4: start a war with Iran that the military industrial complex has been salivating for
Mmm. And what’s going to be the excuse after the New Hampshire primary next week?
Haley? As in Nikki “slavery wasn’t a cause of the Civil War” Haley? Nikki “six week abortion ban” Haley? Nikki “withdraw the US from the Human Rights Council because of its ‘chronic bias against Israel’” Haley?
Centrists: It’s not all Republicans that support extremist candidates, there’s still lots of non-extremists in the party!
Iowa caucus: Trump 51.0% DeSantis 21.2% Haley 19.1% Ramaswamy 7.7%
Leaving 1.0% or less that don’t support an extremist candidate
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A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world•A literal child taking orders in a fast food restaurant in the US
21·2 years agoMeanwhile on the other side of the coin, people have literally been shot and killed for having an extra item in their bag that they didn’t pay for.
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Technology@lemmy.world•Substack says it will not remove or demonetize Nazi contentEnglish
503·2 years agoI’m looking. Is something supposed to stand out about Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, New Zealand, Sweden, and the UK?
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Technology@lemmy.world•Substack says it will not remove or demonetize Nazi contentEnglish
454·2 years agoWhat does Substack plan to do with the profits that it makes from hosting Nazi content?
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United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml•The Pentagon is moving toward letting AI weapons autonomously decide to kill humans
2·2 years agoWho gets the death penalty when it wrongly murders someone?
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United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml•Hate group reveals plan to overturn conversion therapy bans nationwide
6·2 years agoThey may have help in other places too - Mike Johnson (now Speaker of the House) was senior legal counsel at ADF for nearly a decade.
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United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml•State courts to consider blocking Trump from 2024 ballot under the ‘insurrection’ clause
181·2 years agoUnfortunately that’s not how it works because of the electoral college. You’re ultimately voting to choose your state’s electors. It’s up to each and every state to decide the process for choosing their electors.
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Technology@lemmy.world•AI doomsday warnings a distraction from the danger it already poses, warns expertEnglish
51·2 years agoAn AI can’t be fined or imprisoned.
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United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml•GOP drops Jim Jordan as nominee after 3rd loss
16·2 years agoIn the running:
Kevin Hern (R-OK): Republican Study Comittee chair
Austin Scott (R-GA)
Jack Bergman (R-MI): Former USMC Lt. General
Tom Emmer (R-MN): Majority Whip; endorsed by McCarthy
Byron Donalds (R-FL): Freedom Caucus member
Putting out feelers:
Mark Green (R-TN): Homeland Security chair, Freedom Caucus member
Jodey Arrington (R-TX): Budget chair
Mike Johnson (R-LA): vice conference chair
Pete Sessions (R-TX)
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Technology@lemmy.world•Microsoft Defender Flags Tor Browser as a Trojan and Removes it from the System - DeformEnglish
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Rafah is pretty much the last place for people to go, that’s why 3/4ths of the population is there at this point. There aren’t any “safe zones”.