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silence7@slrpnk.netOPtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Outrage after US Congress votes to slash $125m in funding to replace toxic lead pipes
3·7 hours agoCompared with building concentration camps and rounding up all the minorities, replacing lead pipes is cheap. But Republicans have priorities.
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Climate@slrpnk.net•Farming insects mostly replaces already low-impact plant ingredients, not high-emission animal products. Farming insects is “Not Recommended” as an effective climate solution.2·7 hours agoThere are huge cultural barriers to direct intentional human consumption of insects in the US and Europe. I will be very surprised if this can actually be achieved
silence7@slrpnk.netOPtoNew York Times gift articles@sopuli.xyz•Mexican Cartels Overwhelm Police With Ammunition Made for the U.S. Military
3·13 hours agoVaries by state. Some yes, some no.
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politics @lemmy.world•Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
7·13 hours agoStaying and fighting just means you get fired a few hours later.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPtoNew York Times gift articles@sopuli.xyz•Mexican Cartels Overwhelm Police With Ammunition Made for the U.S. Military
3·13 hours agoIn much of the US, you can legally buy a .50. They’re just impractical and expensive
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politics @lemmy.world•How the men in the Epstein files defeated #MeToo | The emails show the “anti-woke” crusaders are afraid of accountability.
13·14 hours agoThis sounds more like a technical problem on your end.
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politics @lemmy.world•Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
23·15 hours agoNormally stuff like spent bullets, comparing marks on them with the shooter’s gun, showing that the bullet holes in the car came from the direction of the shooter, and not from some other cop. Really basic forensic evidence to make it clear that there wasn’t another shooter off-camera.
They chose to discard that evidence
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politics @lemmy.world•How the men in the Epstein files defeated #MeToo | The emails show the “anti-woke” crusaders are afraid of accountability.
21·1 day agoThey were afraid it would create accountability. So they fought to prevent that.
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politics @lemmy.world•Trump Posts Wildly Racist Video of the Obamas | The president shared an election conspiracy video that included a clip depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes
5·2 days agoPer the article, somebody else created it months ago. He just posted it again
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Technology@lemmy.world•Why Cops Frequently Got Caught Planting Drugs in 2017 | Look. All technology comes with a learning curve.English
413·2 days agoBecause we dont want or need videos of police pissing in urinals, and they’re human and deserve to not have that recorded
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Toronto@lemmy.ca•Toronto police officers accused of leaking information to 'key' organized crime figure after corruption probe
2·2 days agoThey took out a hit on another cop
The investigation also uncovered a conspiracy to kill a unit commander at the Toronto South Detention Centre, the sources said.
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Climate@slrpnk.net•Airlines should tell UK customers the carbon impact of flights, watchdog says2·2 days agoIt is a significant simplification, but people usually dont have many short flights on a trip. Its usually 1 or 2. Can be a huge improvement to get people onto electrified rail.
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Climate@slrpnk.net•Airlines should tell UK customers the carbon impact of flights, watchdog says4·2 days agoPeople are avoiding flying at all over it, which is why airlines don’t want to disclose. Long trips by plane dominate yearly emissions for people who travel like that
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Climate@slrpnk.net•Michigan accuses big oil of being ‘cartel’ that fuels climate crisis and high energy costs4·3 days agoUK libel laws are pretty awful for the press.
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politics @lemmy.world•I’m the Prime Minister of Spain. This Is Why the West Needs Migrants.
2·3 days agoCommon reasons in the US
- legal residency revoked due to country of origin often having dark skin
- asylum claim still in court
- visa revoked due to writing an op-ed
- judge would get fired for ruling in their favor
- actually a citizen, but racist cops don’t recognize citizenship of people with dark skin
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politics @lemmy.world•Trump Repeats Call to ‘Nationalize’ Elections, as White House Walks It Back
2·3 days agoNot really. More that they’re trying to influence state officials (who actually run elections in the US) into doing their bidding.
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Climate@slrpnk.net•Washington Post gutting its climate team | Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.3·3 days agoThey do buy a lot of electricity generated by wind and solar. They also buy a huge amount generated using fossil fuels. Amazon got kicked out of the Science Based Targets Initiative because they weren’t willing to actually go ahead with getting off of fossil fuels.
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Climate@slrpnk.net•Washington Post gutting its climate team | Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.5·3 days agoHe fired a large chunk of the WaPo staff today. Not clear if what’s left is a viable newspaper
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News@lemmy.world•Washington Post Begins Sweeping Layoffs | The layoffs are slated to shrink the newsroom by hundreds of journalists, cutting into The Post’s local, international and sports coverage.
10·4 days agoThey’ve got a union, so there was a bit of journalism still happening up until this layoff.










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