splinter

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[–] splinter@lemm.ee 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The accusations date to 2010 and he gave up his citizenship in 2012.

[–] splinter@lemm.ee 22 points 7 months ago (6 children)

You didn’t read story. The alleged crimes happened while he was still a US citizen.

[–] splinter@lemm.ee 25 points 7 months ago (13 children)

They do not. For a given power input they produce less airflow at lower velocity than a regular fan. They’re a complete scam.

[–] splinter@lemm.ee 45 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Have you missed the last week of news? The funding was stripped out of the original budget, which had already gone through bipartisan negotiation and had support from both parties, because Trump and Elon Musk coerced their party into rejecting it.

[–] splinter@lemm.ee 32 points 7 months ago (4 children)

The legislature creates the budget, not the presidency. And the legislature is controlled by Republicans.

[–] splinter@lemm.ee 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Netanyahu likes to watch

[–] splinter@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

If true, that would still make it not quite as bad as Twitter.

Do you have citations to support any of your claims?

[–] splinter@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

This is materially incorrect in multiple ways.

  1. The Economist’s reporting is widely recognized for its absence of bias.
  2. I’m not sure what you’re criticizing about the leaders. They are well-reported opinion pieces intended to provide a comprehensive overview of an issue, hence why they seem like “truncated versions” of articles.
  3. The “snippets of opinion” to which you refer are reporting on public opinion. I thought that was obvious.
[–] splinter@lemm.ee 18 points 7 months ago (3 children)

This is false. It still has areas in which it could improve, but it is a thousand times better than twitter.

[–] splinter@lemm.ee 10 points 7 months ago

Boo rockstar. That game’s mechanics were some of the most fun I ever experienced. It was absolutely crying out for a sequel.

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