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Comment Re:They used to be annoying (Score 1) 304

Buick is huge in China.

"In China’s automotive industry, a popular saying goes: “China’s Buick, the world’s Chevrolet.” "
https://thechinaacademy.org/this-time-china-cant-save-buick/

And of course, Ford and GM have multiple brands and models in countries all over the world.

Comment Re:if I find myself in a wrecked car (Score 2) 181

Finding myself upside down in my pickup truck, thanks to a teenager and her cellphone, getting into some sort of position to kick out a window in time would have been impossible if the truck were on fire.

In fact, my first and main thought was 'pleasedontcatchonfirepleasedontcatchonfirepleasedontcatchonfire'

I was able to crawl out because the drivers side window shattered as it rolled over.

Submission + - French troops boarded Russian tanker (dailymail.co.uk)

schwit1 writes: French troops have boarded the deck of a tanker alleged to be from Russia's 'shadow fleet' and suspected of involvement in drone flights over Denmark last month.

Submission + - An Online Group Says It's Behind a Campus Swatting Wave (nytimes.com)

schwit1 writes: Members of the group offered on Telegram to draw armed officers to schools, malls and airports, though their claims are unverified. Such false emergency calls have disrupted campus life in recent days.

An online group said that it was behind a number of recent hoax emergency calls that drew a heavy law enforcement response to college campuses across the United States and were timed to coincide with the start of the school year.

The group, which calls itself Purgatory, highlighted news media coverage of the recent hoaxes in a public-facing channel on Telegram, an encrypted messaging service often used by criminals.

The online group is suspected of being connected to several of the episodes, including reports of shootings, according to cybersecurity experts, law enforcement agencies and the group members’ own posts in a social media chat. The group’s claims could not be independently verified.

Federal authorities previously connected the same network to a series of bomb scares and bogus shooting reports in early 2024, for which three men pleaded guilty this year.

The spreading of false reports — a practice known as swatting — is intended to sow fear and chaos at educational and governmental institutions, as well as commercial places. Some swatting episodes have focused on the homes of politicians and other famous people.

Comment Re:Explain to me again (Score 1) 81

And, of course, the US medical system once again shows the implicit problems with the complexity of the network of middlemen that "manage" heath care by adding overhead to the system to line their own pockets.

You think other palces are immune?

UK
https://www.theguardian.com/te...

Barcelona
https://apnews.com/article/bar...

Germany
https://www.scmagazine.com/bri...

France
https://www.bleepingcomputer.c...

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