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  • US prosecutors want Tate brothers to remain in custody as they fight extradition to the UK

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  • At least once that I'm aware of, but I'd certainly believe you if you said there were two other occasions

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    Today's online debating

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  • I prefer this to the alternative: people making wild claims with no sources whatsoever, and then when you ask them for one they tell you to "do your own research". And then when you do, they tell you that the source you found and debunked isn't the one they meant.

    If you're the one making outlandish claims, the onus is on you to do the work of providing the source.

  • Ukraine pounds naval base, grain terminals at Russia's Black Sea port of Novorossiysk

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  • The Soviet Union was Stalinist, not Marxist. It failed to properly implement Marxism. If you want to stump for a communist system, propose something better than the shitshow that was the 20th century. Aim higher.

  • US hires over 2,000 video gamers as air traffic controllers

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  • Article unavailable in the EEA.

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    Putin reportedly visits Japan's Northern Territories | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

    www3.nhk.or.jp /nhkworld/en/news/20260813_12/
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    DRC: World Health Organisation Chief sounds alarm on ebola outbreak | Africanews

    www.africanews.com /2026/08/12/drc-world-health-organisation-chief-sounds-alarm-on-ebola-outbreak/
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    Fewer children, more seniors as fertility drops across Maghreb | Africanews

    www.africanews.com /2026/08/13/fewer-children-more-seniors-as-fertility-drops-across-maghreb/

  • "The situation continues to deteriorate." The Russian budget deficit has risen to 6.5 trillion roubles

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  • Oh right, of course. Duh! I had a feeling I was missing something. Of course debt will remain low if the country is unable to sell bonds. But that's not good news for Russia, obviously! Thanks for pointing that out! I should have realized.

  • "The situation continues to deteriorate." The Russian budget deficit has risen to 6.5 trillion roubles

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  • Why is the Russian national debt never mentioned? It's currently only $482.4 billion, which is only approx 16% of its GDP. Now, it's been keeping it low by selling off gold and diamond stockpiles and cannibalizing its own oligarchs's fortunes, and those options are running out as the article notes. But I just think it's worth noting that the debt isn't anywhere near the red zone right now. Obviously, though, if the deficit remains high then the debt will grow rapidly, but at the current rate of loss of (according to @MrSulu@lemmy.ml ) about $78.85 billion per year, it would still take several years for the debt-to-GDP ratio to approach the high levels that other nations have, like 103% for the USA, 201% for Japan, 101% for the UK, 133% for Italy, etc.

    I'm no economist, though, so I don't know if the deficit is also set to grow rapidly, now that Putin's run out of pockets to easily pick.

    https://www.ceicdata.com/en/indicator/russia/national-government-debt

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    Trump-linked oil firm to begin drilling in Greenland without official permission: Report

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  • I think Greenland should send law enforcement and have them demonstrate as much restraint and accountability as ICE agents do.

  • Americans Just Endured the Hottest Month in 132 Years | NOAA says July was the hottest month on record in the US, surpassing the Dust Bowl-era mark set in 1936.

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  • may mother Earth have mercy on us all

    Mama Nature Said

    "You're guilty of this crime

    "Now it's not just a matter of fact,

    "but a matter of time"

  • South Africa hit by icy blast as snow blankets several provinces | Africanews

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  • Seems to be more severe than usual.

    https://iol.co.za/news/south-africa/2026-08-11-completely-isolated-snow-cuts-off-kzn-communities-as-homes-are-blanketed/

    KwaZulu-Natal communities in Impendle, Kokstad and Underberg have been severely hit by heavy snowfall on Tuesday, with some residents even left isolated and unable to communicate with the outside world.

    In a statement released on Tuesday, KwaZulu-Natal Transport and Human Settlements MEC Siboniso Duma said teams from the Department of Human Settlements would be deployed to assist communities affected by the extreme weather.

    Duma was speaking after inspecting areas around Kokstad that experienced heavy snowfall.

    “We wish to single out the Kokstad and Impendle municipalities, where communities have been exposed to severe freezing temperatures,” Duma said in the statement.

    He said some homes had been completely blanketed by snow, leaving residents dealing with leaking houses.

    “Those houses are leaking as they have been completely blanketed by the snow,” he said.

    Duma said communities living below the Drakensberg Mountain in Impendle had been particularly badly affected.

    He said heavy snow had weakened network and cellular signals in some areas, leaving residents unable to access emergency services or communicate with people outside their communities.

    “There are many other communities in deep rural areas in Underberg, Kokstad and the border between KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape that have been severely affected by the snow,” Duma said.

    Human Settlements Minister Thembi Simelane has dispatched a team to join the provincial department's response efforts.

    After all, it's also normal for Europe to get hotter weather in the summer, but the heatwaves in Europe were deemed newsworthy, even before the wildfires.

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    Libya oil company says blazes contained after drone attacks on complex | Africanews

    www.africanews.com /2026/08/11/fire-breaks-out-after-attack-on-major-libya-gasoline-tank/
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    South Africa hit by icy blast as snow blankets several provinces | Africanews

    www.africanews.com /2026/08/11/south-africa-hit-by-icy-blast-as-snow-blankets-several-provinces/
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    Ceuta migrant crisis deepens as leader calls for detention centre | Africanews

    www.africanews.com /2026/08/11/ceuta-migrant-crisis-deepens-as-leader-calls-for-detention-centre/
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    MSF warns of worsening malnutrition crisis among displaced children in Somalia | Africanews

    www.africanews.com /2026/08/11/msf-warns-of-worsening-malnutrition-crisis-among-displaced-children-in-somalia/
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    Civil society groups warn against Congo referendum | Africanews

    www.africanews.com /2026/08/11/civil-society-groups-warn-against-congo-referendum/

  • Painful to recover from

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  • Should be word of the decade.

  • Housing prices

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  • I assume it's mainly that the amount of people went up more quickly than the amount of homes. Demand goes up while supply stays low, and the result is predictable.

    I also assume that this is driven by perverse incentive: pre-existing homeowners want their property to appreciate in value, and so they will oppose attempts to build in order to drive scarcity. They will be particularly incentivized to do this if they bought the property as a speculative investment instead of as a home for themselves.

    This type of rampant speculation is driven by the market being largely unregulated. Everywhere in the world but especially in the USA, people are forced to seek reliable high-yield investment in order to fund non-state pensions and afford a decent retirement. Governments desperately need to aid this in order for society to not collapse, and so they are held hostage by their own economies, forced to clear a path for pension funds to seek as much profit as possible.

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    Libya’s central bank governor resigns without explanation | Africanews

    www.africanews.com /2026/08/10/libyas-central-bank-governor-resigns-without-explanation/
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    Tanzania opposition leader Tundu Lissu's treason trial resumes | Africanews

    www.africanews.com /2026/08/10/tanzania-opposition-leader-tundu-lissus-treason-trial-resumes/
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    Fire breaks out after attack on major Libyan refinery | Africanews

    www.africanews.com /2026/08/11/fire-breaks-out-after-attack-on-major-libyan-refinery/

  • Russia’s parliamentary race loses antiwar party that attracted young volunteers ‘because they don’t want to be killed’ in Ukraine, chairman said

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  • So an entire political party is being blocked from participating in election because that party has been found guilty of... *checks notes*... violating copyright in social media posts its supporters made?

  • Be a punk rocker

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  • How would you know?

  • Be a punk rocker

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  • Hopefully this has been instructive in how you can't trust the Internet, especially YouTube/TikTok. Since from your perspective I am also an anonymous Internet rando, I suggest that you distrust what I have claimed too, and see for yourself by looking up the movie's wikipedia article or some other source that's more trustworthy than an anonymous Internet rando. It's important to develop that habit - to verify things for yourself, and to figure out which sources you can rely on.

  • Be a punk rocker

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  • In the Captain America movie we learn that the current [MCU] President was near the same blast that created the first Hulk. Yadda yadda, the President becomes the Red Hulk and ends up in jail. Harrison Ford plays the President and he’s sorrowful for what happened and Captain America is also sad.

    No, the president (a formerly retired US army general named Ross who had been hunting the Hulk for years) is revealed to have been holding a character from the first Hulk movie in prison for years without trial and forcing that character (Samuel Sterns, AKA The Leader) to use his incredible genius to do two things: 1 - help him with his heart condition (which was what had forced his retirement in the first place) and 2 - help him win the presidency. It is then revealed that The Leader, instead of simply curing his heart condition, has been seeking revenge by dosing him slowly with a substance that has turned him into another Hulk; this one red.

    The Leader then instigates a series of events which politically embarrass Ross and put him under increasing stress in the hopes of triggering a public hulkout which will ruin him. In this, he succeeds, and Captain America is forced to try and stop the Red Hulk somehow without killing him. Cap eventually succeeds in calming him down, at which point he reverts to Ross and is promptly imprisoned in super-jail.

  • Be a punk rocker

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  • What? Brave New World ends with Captain America putting the president in jail. I have no idea what would make you think the movie promotes an "obey no matter what" policy. That you would even suggest that it does leads me to suspect that you're not being entirely honest here. There's a difference between shitposting and flat-out disinformation.

  • Ireland: Kinahan charged with directing criminal organisation

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  • I haven't been following the story closely; had the UAE been giving Ireland the run-around?

  • Ireland: Kinahan charged with directing criminal organisation

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  • For those unaware, the Kinahan Cartel is alleged to be one of the largest organized crime groups in the world. The American DEA is offering rewards of $5m each for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Daniel's father Christy Kinahan Sr and and Daniel's younger brother Christy Kinahan Jr.

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    Ireland: Kinahan charged with directing criminal organisation

    www.rte.ie /news/ireland/2026/0809/1587120-daniel-kinahan/
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    Ireland: Kinahan charged with directing criminal organisation

    www.rte.ie /news/ireland/2026/0809/1587120-daniel-kinahan/

  • 75% of European businesses fear a US tech Kill Switch as much as a ransomware attack — switching off US cloud and services could deal an economic death blow, with sovereign alternatives needed

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  • At least one multinational in Ireland that I'm aware of has been investigating FOSS alternatives to common tools like Matrix instead of Slack/Teams.

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    Sudan's civil war threatens ancient pyramids of Meroë | Africanews

    www.africanews.com /2026/08/09/sudans-civil-war-threatens-ancient-pyramids-of-meroe/
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    Ugandan MPs vote to deploy soldiers to Gaza peacekeeping force | Africanews

    www.africanews.com /2026/08/07/ugandan-mps-vote-to-deploy-soldiers-to-gaza-peacekeeping-force/
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    Ivory Coast celebrates return of sacred 'talking drum' looted by France | Africanews

    www.africanews.com /2026/08/08/ivory-coast-celebrates-return-of-sacred-talking-drum-looted-by-france/
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    Freed hostages in Nigeria describe their ordeal during captivity | Africanews

    www.africanews.com /2026/08/08/freed-hostages-in-nigeria-describe-their-ordeal-during-captivity/
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    Kenyan farmers reject cyanide claims after 15 elephants die in Amboseli | Africanews

    www.africanews.com /2026/08/07/kenyan-farmers-reject-cyanide-claims-after-15-elephants-die-in-amboseli/
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    Belarus designates Euronews’ website as 'extremist' media

    www.euronews.com /my-europe/2026/08/06/belarus-designates-euronews-website-as-extremist-media
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    Rising lakes in Kenya force communities to flee as wildlife encounters increase | Africanews

    www.africanews.com /2026/08/06/rising-lakes-in-kenya-force-communities-to-flee-as-wildlife-encounters-increase/