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4·2 years agoMaybe we need a new special relationship…
1·2 years agoThey do those things to some degree, but those things remain banned for under 18s, which I suppose reduces harm, even if it doesn’t fully eliminate harm.
20·2 years agoI read this BBC article about it
Obviously if this turns out to be life that would be interesting, but it could turn out to be nothing.
If it turns out to be some moss or bacteria or other basic life, that would be pretty cool. If it’s humanoid aliens then maybe we’re screwed.
By that logic we shouldn’t ban anything for teenagers. But we do: smoking, gambling, alcohol, etc.
I just searched the internet for any news articles from 2024 about Trump’s comments on prices. Here is a video from Truth Social where Trump complains about prices rising under Biden. But now Trump is of course causing price rises himself with his tariffs.
Speaking of Truth Social, it says on that website: “Proudly made in the United States of America”. But Truth Social seems to be based on Mastodon, as indicated on one of their pages about open source software. And Mastodon was largely made by a German guy, presumably in Germany, rather than in the USA.
Also he said he would lower prices, but of course his tariffs will instead raise prices.
As the New York Times put it last year: “Trump Vows to Lower Prices. Some of His Policies May Raise Them.”
71·2 years agoJupiter, the emperor of Europe…
Ah okay. It looks like some people believe the summary is AI-generated though because six people (at the time of me writing this) have upvoted the comment claiming the summary is AI-generated. I really did write it myself though.
Maybe I wrote it in a matter-of-fact way. It’s just a long article so I thought I’d explain the gist of it.
I wrote the summary myself, I didn’t use AI for it.
True. There are definitely more praiseworthy things than not pissing for 25 hours.
But still I think it’s rare to see a mainstream politician show such commitment.
The article says he didn’t wear a diaper:
A rep for Booker confirmed to TMZ that he did not wear a diaper during his speech.
Yeah I thought that. This is probably just Trump’s attempt to appear “neutral” when he isn’t actually neutral.
I like DST. I like having sunlight later into the evening during the summer.
10·2 years agoMaybe Lemmy is a 2020s version of phpBB (the forum software, which is open source like Lemmy is). Lemmy and phpBB can both be hosted by anyone, but of course the interesting thing about Lemmy is that Lemmy servers can share their content with each other.
I think health problems are one type of problem that young people are facing, and the news has talked about mental health in particular being a growing problem for young people.
Lack of employment generally (not just health related) seems to be a problem - apparently the percentage of young people who aren’t in employment, education, or training is increasing.
I think Sir Gareth has identified some of the problems too. Lack of healthy role models, abundance of unhealthy role models. Abundance of porn, especially unhealthy porn. Negative effects of social media. Etc.
Even if Jesus was fictional, He’s still a pretty good role model by what’s written about Him.
If Christianity only expected people to think that Jesus was a good role model then maybe I would be more willing to turn up at my local church. But Christianity expects a further belief: that Jesus is the son of God, which is a supernatural claim.
Personally I’m just not sure I believe the supernatural stuff.
I know Brits like to joke about the French but I like France. And they’re a pretty similar country to the UK from a geopolitical standpoint. Both countries have their own nukes, both are permanent members of the UN Security Council, and both have very similarly sized populations and economies (both have about 68 million people, while Germany has 83 million people).
So maybe France is a natural European ally for the UK. And of course France is right next to the UK.