Pacifism is the wrong response to the war in Ukraine | Slavoj Zizek ( www.theguardian.com )
Why every liberal take on Ukraine is awful. ( threadreaderapp.com )
Moral Consistency Is Not Putin Apologia ( rummankhan.substack.com )
One of these things is not like the other ( i.redd.it )
The bottom article refers to the Kunduz hospital strike by the USA. This hospital was a humanitarian one ran by a western organization to help the locals. Around 30 people died in the attack....
Propublica: Infamous Russian Troll Farm Appears to Be Source of Anti-Ukraine Propaganda ( www.propublica.org )
The whole thing is interesting, but some key copy + pastes from the article are below:...
Video showing wholesome moment between Donetsk father and daughter is falsely labeled as a Ukrainian soldier off to war ( nitter.net )
The video was originally posted by mayor of Gorlovka, Ivan Prikhodko on Feb 21 as DPR was evacuating children to Russia while Ukraine attacked. It was reposted and falsely captioned as “Ukrainian father saying goodbye to his daughter before he go to defend his country against the Russian invasion”, with 15k likes and 3k...
USA uses Solomon Islands protests against China ( lemmy.ml )
Recently the US Department of State has issued a condemnation of mass unrest acts in the Solomon Islands....
The dangerous rise of the anti-vax far-right ( canadiandimension.com )
What is your opinion about Elon Musk?
I’m totally- totally impartial here. I’ve seen some people liking him, some people who don’t. just wanna get some insight.
Israeli air and ground forces hit targets in Gaza Strip as death toll climbs ( www.theguardian.com )
Please consider reading up on how you can help boycott-divestment-sanactions movement: bdsmovement.net...
Ceriflor(Cerinthe major) ( lemmy.ml )
#plants #photography #nature
A short story exploring ethics of human brain emulation ( qntm.org )
Nevada bill would allow tech companies to create governments ( archive.is )
Tesla's dirty little secret: Its net profit doesn't come from selling cars ( archive.is )
Any suggestions for short story anthologies?
I recently read William Gibson’s Burning Chrome and at the moment i’m in the middle of the Mirrorshades Anthology. Would Love some suggestions for collections of short SF stories from one or multiple writers....
Information Attacks on Democracies ( www.bradford-delong.com )
Intro to the article from Brad DeLong:...
Red Bloom
Best local news/weather?
Who's got the best weather coverage in the Houston market? Do any of the stations have in-house radar? It looks like most just buy their feeds.
'There Has to Be a Fight': How Workers Can Start Winning the Class War in 2024 and Beyond ( www.commondreams.org )
25 years of massive fusion energy experiment data open on the 'cloud' and available to everyone ( phys.org )
High-temperature fusion plasma experiments conducted in the Large Helical Device (LHD) of the National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS), have renewed the world record for an acquired data amount, 0.92 terabytes (TB) per experiment, in February 2022, by using a full range of state-of-the-art plasma diagnostic devices....
Ikea’s CEO has solved the Swedish retailer’s global ‘unhappy worker’ crisis by raising salaries, introducing flexible working and subsidizing childcare ( fortune.com )
[OC] The view from Belfry clock tower in Bruges, Belgium
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I've got an HP Chromebook 11 G4 coming to me soon and I want to install Linux on it ( kbin.social )
I've been reluctant on getting chromebooks because I know how much Google loves to encompass everyone into it's always-online, data farming ecosystem. Well I know that some select Chromebook models allow Linux to be installed on them to the point of telling ChromeOS to fuck off....
She Was at the Top of the State Department. Now She’s Ready to Talk. ( www.politico.com )
cross-posted from: https://thelemmy.club/post/12524833...