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EU ministers plan further climate policy rollbacks during historic heatwave
Europeans are increasingly voting rightwing, and this is the price they pay.
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EU ministers plan further climate policy rollbacks during historic heatwave
Europeans are increasingly voting rightwing, and this is the price they pay.
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EU ministers plan further climate policy rollbacks during historic heatwave
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People are increasingly voting rightwing parties, and this is the price they pay.
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I'm currently reading the 1911 novelization of Peter Pan, and was completely unprepared for this passage in a children's book
By today’s standard pretty weird. Obscene even. Even back then it must have been loaded with subconscious symbolism.
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Climate Deniers Hold Conference As London Bakes in Extreme Heat
If you have 100 people walking the street, a couple will walk into a lamppost. You can blame the lamppost-or stupidity.
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Stellantis RAM Trucks television ad
Why so many downvotes? First, as an advertisement, this is great consistent stuff, the message does land. Second, it has considerable self-humor, it is so over the top, that even if you take it seriously, you are probably grinning about the message. Third, the irony is perfect, as Stellantis isnt a US company. It is headquartered in the Netherlands. (Stellantis was formed through the merger of the French PSA Group and the Italian-American Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA)). So Yankees who naively DO take this seriously, bloody hell support the fr****g Dutch, of all people.
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The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s
A typical US problem, quantity over quality.
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Excellent name
Don’t try this at home; a swan could easily break a grown man’s arm. Or at least his glasses.
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Europe must choose between AI and climate goals, data center lobby says
At least it’s a simple choice.
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America Isn’t Sweating Climate Change
The average US American is most likely unaware of the current European heatwave - they hardly know what’s happening in the next state. Journalism is evermore going down the drain - Fox News definitely doesn’t talk about climate collapse.
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Why do radio stations keep playing the same stuff over and over?
In the 80s, I used to be a DJ at a radio station, and had the midnight to 6 a.m. shift. In the beginning, everything was OK, we had a catalogue of about a thousands songs that I could choose and pick from. Commercially the station wasn’t successful so very soon the catalogue was reduced to 500 songs, then 250, then to 100 songs, and then to a dozen songs. It was horrible, I had to come up with ideas how am I getting a story up about this stupid handful of songs. I started reading f****g poetry out loud, my own poetry because we couldn’t buy any of the real poetry stuff. I’m not a poet ! So my salary also dropped. In the end, I had TWO songs that I could choose from: BTO’s You ain’t seen nothing yet and a shitty B side by Shakin’ Stevens. SIX HOURS to play just two songs, if it had been at least three songs, I could’ve mixed them, but you cannot mix two songs! Bloody hell.
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If you come to Australia, you should learn to speak Australian
Kaya, ngalang koorliny.
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40 people drown as France seeks relief from record heat
Hey Washington Post, why don’t you send this article to your boss Bezos, a big CO2 contributor.
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“The only acceptable religion is my religion” - survey responses by country
Everything adds up to 100%… but since atheism isn’t a religion, how was that handled? Were only religious people interviewed?
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The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s
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Over here they say: small man syndrome. Or compensation model: small dick, big car.
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Excellent name
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If he can reach them, sure.
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“The only acceptable religion is my religion” - survey responses by country
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My comment wasn’t philosophical, I just wanted to know how the data was obtained.
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If I went to a mechanic for my car and told them I had a problem with the aft starboard tire would they think I'm a dork?
Do you squint, smoke a pipe and like spinach? If yes they might think you’re Popeye the Sailorman.
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Team Snapchat still shows up in my notifications even though I have them blocked
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Not on my instance.
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Team Snapchat still shows up in my notifications even though I have them blocked
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Sorry, Switzerland, not Swaziland.
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Reminder that dehumidifiers are also space heaters - they make you LESS comfortable in the heat!
We tend to switch off as many electric appliances as possible. No AC either, anything that uses electricity will produce some heat too. we lower the blinds.