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Saudi court ‘secretly’ hands 11-year sentence to women's rights activist in c/worldnews@lemmit.online

[–] maculata@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

The sooner the Saudi government is overthrown the better.

[OC] Percentage of females born in each state since 1990 with "-lynn" at the end of their name in c/dataisbeautiful@lemmit.online

[–] maculata@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hiya! Welcome to my new baby Indestua Retardlynn!

TIL scientists at Australia’s most famous radio telescope were baffled by signal bursts coming from the direction of distant galaxies for 17 years before they were eventually traced back to someon... in c/todayilearned@lemmit.online

[–] maculata@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This was solved a LONG TIME AGO. FFS Guardian I’m so embarrassed by this tabloid shit. Why do I read you?

INDIA: High Court Rules That A Husband May Rape His Wife So Long As She Is Over The Age Of 15 in c/worldnews@lemmit.online

[–] maculata@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Typical India. “Rape is cool!!’”

Multiple European intelligence agencies accuse Russia of plotting sabotage across the continent in c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz

[–] maculata@aussie.zone 11 points 1 year ago

Ok, I don’t know what similar shit ‘The West’ is pulling on Russia, but I don’t really have a lot of sympathy if it gets extremely escalated from our side. Fuck Putin. Fuck Xi. They both need a holiday via a flight through a woodchipper.

China to open drone production plant in Russia in c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz

[–] maculata@aussie.zone 17 points 1 year ago

Indeed. Tax the fuck outta them.

TIL: During WW1, there was an American volunteer vigilante group known as "The Knights of Liberty" which targeted Germans, labor activists, "slackers", and anyone seen as disloyal to America. They... in c/todayilearned@lemmit.online

[–] maculata@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Arseholes.

TIL David Koresh, leader of the Branch Davidians, was born Vernon Wayne Howell. He changed his name to "David Koresh" in 1990, reflecting his belief in the biblical lineage of King David. "Koresh"... in c/todayilearned@lemmit.online

[–] maculata@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Bit of a delusional fuckwit really, eh?

TIL HORSE the band played 80 shows in 4 Continents, 45 Countries in a span of 90 days. The tour entitled Earth Tour was self booked and self financed for $100,000 . in c/todayilearned@lemmit.online

[–] maculata@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

I’ll bet the singer was a bit Hoarse after that.

TIL more people died taking selfies (379) than from shark attacks (90) between 2008-2021. in c/todayilearned@lemmit.online

[–] maculata@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago

TBH, the narcissistic tendencies of those taking selfies lead me to far less sympathy than those quietly paddling out into the ocean without acknowledgement and being attacked by sharks.

TIL Xiongnu emperor Helian Bobo set up extreme limits for his workers. If an arrow could penetrate armor, the armorer would be killed; if it could not, the arrowmaker would be killed. When he was ... in c/todayilearned@lemmit.online

[–] maculata@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

A. What an asshole. B. Fucking stupid name: “Bobo”.

TIL Ayman al zawahiri (2nd in command to bin laden) was killed by a drone made of 6 large blades known as “the ginsu” in c/todayilearned@lemmit.online

[–] maculata@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago

The drone was not ‘made of six large blades’. The missiles fired at the target from the drone had the blades mounted on the front.

What kind of idiot writes these headlines?!?!