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Comment Re:A giant step forward for mankind (Score 4, Interesting) 149

It does not appear to be a top agenda item. It didn't even make this page:
https://unfoundation.org/unga8...

It is getting some attention because the US elected a president who wants to invade Greenland because it looks so large on a map he was shown.

"I love maps. And I always said, 'Look at the size of this. It's massive.' That should be part of the United States."
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025...

Comment Re:Turns Out, the Coyote Had Better Taste (Score 1) 64

You should add that information to this chronology about factors that contributed to oil prices:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

For some reason, it primarily mentions Biden in relation to the SPR and doesn't have any discussion about "attacks" on oil production.

It's almost like your claim is unsubstantiated bullshit.

Comment Re:The long-term impact of this on the US (Score 1) 195

You can find the same information from other sources, if you're actually interested in facts instead of ad hominems.

To reiterate: The Trump administration intervened on behalf of a racist, and intervened against someone teaching science accurately.

They introduced ideology into institutions and science, i.e. exactly what you claim to be against.

Comment Re:This reads like fake news (Score 1) 39

The BBC directly attributes some information to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), which indicates they may have been able to confirm some of it.

Iran-linked hackers behind cyber attack that shut down power plant, reports say

A small power plant in the UK was shut down during a cyber attack.

The government said that at no point was there a risk to the UK's energy system, but the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has contacted power companies to advise them about the risk of cyber attacks.

The Telegraph reported that the attack, which took place last month, was carried out by hackers affiliated to the Iranian regime.

For security reasons, neither the government nor the National Cyber Security Centre, which deals with attacks on critical infrastructure, would give further details of the site affected. However this was not an attack on an essential service such as a large power station.

According to the Telegraph, the power plant was shut down for four days.

DESNZ said the incident had affected a small-scale generator and at no point had there been a risk to the wider energy system.

The UK's power network has a number of smaller gas generators which provide short-term power when needed.

Protecting the country's supplies is a key challenge for the government. It is updating its regulations for cyber security, and working on a new energy resilience strategy for later this year.

Iran has long been regarded as a capable cyber power but while the Western cyber-security world is braced for attacks either from the state or hackers linked to the state as a result of its conflict with the US this year, there has been little activity so far.

Comment Re:This came from the top (Score 1) 53

True military professionals know that they are also politicians, just with a different role to play.

An example is the office the DoD had to prevent civilian casualties. They had this because carelessly blowing up civilians is a sure way to make a war harder to win and to make a peace harder to maintain.

Hegseth dismantled that office. Then in the Iran war, the US killed 120 school children.

Reports are that the IRGC is in firmer control than before the war - turns out that just blowing stuff up is not a sound military strategy.

https://www.politico.com/news/...

Comment This came from the top (Score 2) 53

This must have come from the top, since Hegseth's view of war looks like a video game.

- All you have to do is blow stuff up.

- When you get 'Game Over', it's all done - no need to plan for anything after that.

- Spouting racist and sexist shit on the group chat is what 'warriors' do.

- Loot and medical supplies just show up, you don't have to actually deliver anything to aircraft carriers on extended deployment.

Comment Re:Landfills are such a bad idea (Score 1) 183

That's up there with "when you're a star, they let you do it", i.e. it sounds like narcissistic bullshit.

Just in case you weren't joking, no, the fact they did not catch you illegally sending toxic chemicals and materials to the landfill does not make it ok to send toxic chemicals and materials to the landfill. Among other things, landfills often leak, even when they try to prevent it, so those toxic chemicals can poison groundwater, wildlife, and other parts of the environment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Comment Re:This didn't have to happen twice (Score 5, Informative) 162

What I know is that there are too many cases like these:

"Report reveals police issued 71 conflicting commands and impossible orders to Tyre Nichols in 13 minutes"
https://amsterdamnews.com/news...

"Langley then ordered Shaver, who was lying prone at Langley's request, to cross his legs. Moments later, he ordered Shaver to push himself "up to a kneeling position". While complying with the order to kneel, Shaver uncrossed his legs and Langley shouted that Shaver needed to keep his legs crossed. Startled, Shaver then put his hands behind his back and was again warned by Langley to keep his hands in the air. Langley yelled at Shaver that if he deviated from police instructions again, they would shoot him. Sergeant Langley told Shaver not to put his hands down for any reason. Shaver said, "Please don't shoot me". Upon being instructed to crawl, Shaver put his hands down and crawled on all fours. While crawling towards the officers, Shaver moved his right hand towards his waistband. Brailsford, who later testified he believed that Shaver was reaching for a weapon, then opened fire with his AR-15 rifle, striking Shaver five times and killing him almost instantly. Shaver was unarmed and may have been attempting to prevent his shorts from slipping down."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Police have often weaponized 'compliance'.

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