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The 3 million richest Americans have greater combined wealth than 291 million in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

[–] zephyreks@programming.dev 6 points 2 years ago

You could make a pretty strong statement about the richest 30 people.

Why lump in the 1% when there's a 0.000001% that you could focus on?

US storing offensive weapons at Iraq's Ain al-Asad base in breach of 2021 agreement, military official says in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

[–] zephyreks@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Apache helicopters are pretty offensive lol

Digital Markets Act: Commission designates six gatekeepers in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

[–] zephyreks@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

TikTok is truly a gatekeeper service on par with Facebook and Google. Whatever will people do without their tiktokthots?

China Decides iPhones Pose a National Security Risk in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $15.5 Billion to Support a Strong and Just Transition to Electric Vehicles, Retooling Existing Plants, and Rehiring Existing Workers in c/news@lemmy.world

[–] zephyreks@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You realize how much money is going towards EV subsidies? They're extremely inefficient uses of money.

“AI took my job, literally”—Gizmodo fires Spanish staff amid switch to AI translator in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

[–] zephyreks@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

Union density is highest in pseudo-socialist countries like Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and in pseudo-communist/ex-communist countries like China, Russia, Kazakhstan...

“AI took my job, literally”—Gizmodo fires Spanish staff amid switch to AI translator in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

[–] zephyreks@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago

Post-scarcity tbh

Japan tells citizens in China to lie low after Fukushima release in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

[–] zephyreks@programming.dev -3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Figures on the last page.

Japan tells citizens in China to lie low after Fukushima release in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

[–] zephyreks@programming.dev -4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abc1507

Different tanks have different concentrations.

Just because the average is safe doesn't mean each discharge is.

Exclusive: US to send depleted-uranium munitions to Ukraine in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

[–] zephyreks@programming.dev 14 points 2 years ago

To be fair, the impact of DU is mostly because of heavy metal poisoning, not radioactivity.

Nobel Foundation cancels invitations to Russia, Belarus, Iran after backlash in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

[–] zephyreks@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago

It's racist to not give a black war criminal the Nobel Peace Prize.