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YSK Autistici/Inventati (noblogs.org) has beeen declared a terrorist organization
Official statement from the group https://cavallette.noblogs.org/2026/08/10094
https://web.archive.org/web/20260902072512/https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/08/designation-of-autistici-inventati-as-a-specially-designated-global-terroristOpen linkView original on mander.xyzWhy do people keep upvoting twitter/x content?
One of the most upvoted active post on lemmy.world right now is this one:
https://lemmy.world/post/51264044
Why do you upvote this content? Is kuntuckygirl1 someone famous i should know about? This post doesn't look like anything special, anyone could have wrote it so why reposting and upvoting content from x and from people we don't know anything about?
There are hundreds similar examples
Behold, "the whole story of Steam's economy in one picture": the top 1% of games earn 84.5% of estimated revenue, and most games barely make anything
https://www.gamesradar.com/games/behold-the-whole-history-of-steams-economy-in-one-picture-the-top-1-percent-of-games-earn-84-5-percent-of-estimated-revenue-and-most-games-barely-make-anything/Open linkView original on mander.xyz
TIL Gabe Newell (CEO of Valve) bought and owns the megayachts company Oceanco
I know he has a fleet of megayachts but i wasn't awake he owns an entire megayachts business
EU gives Russian luxury fur a pass, Brussels lifted sanctions on Moscow's most luxurious fur
I've no idea if this website is good or bad but can't find much else
https://www.euractiv.com/news/eu-gives-russian-luxury-fur-a-pass/Open linkView original on mander.xyz
European Bases Enabled the US Air Campaign Against Iran — Why NATO Infrastructure Still Matters Strategically
"In recent days, President Donald Trump has once again criticized NATO and questioned the strategic value of Europe for the United States, even suggesting that Washington could reduce or end its commitment to the alliance. Yet the recent US-led air campaign against Iran tells a very different story operationally: without European bases and infrastructure, such an operation would likely have been impossible at its current scale."
https://www.itamilradar.com/2026/04/30/european-bases-enabled-the-us-air-campaign-against-iran-why-nato-infrastructure-still-matters-strategically/Open linkView original on mander.xyzAre iranian children worth less than american children?
Why i'm supposed to care less about iranian children being killed in war? Is it because their government is evil? Isn't our government bad too?
Why is lemmy frontpage filled with memes?
I'm wondering: do people just like memes or are they being forced to use them to talk about relevant topics?
Wouldn't it be better to have more serious threads and less memes that hint at political/news arguments?
