Haus

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Letter: Trump seems more like the false prophet in the Bible than the “Anointed One” in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] Haus@kbin.social 7 points 9 months ago

Er, howabout nothing supernatural, just a dying narcissist?

Bill Gates thinks the super-wealthy should pay more tax – and plenty of rich people agree in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] Haus@kbin.social 79 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Buy a few Republicans and let's make it happen, Billy Boy.

Supreme Court action already upending January 6 rioter sentencings, being looked at by Trump defense in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] Haus@kbin.social 20 points 10 months ago

Why buy jurists if you're not going to use them?

Brutal arctic blast blanketing much of the US is set to deliver record-breaking low temperatures as the South braces for snow in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] Haus@kbin.social 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It's chilly in January - Kentucky, Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana beg for federal money. Texas may or may not turn into a pumpkin.

xkcd #156: Commented in c/xkcd@lemmy.world
[–] Haus@kbin.social 13 points 10 months ago

The gesture for "/*" is very rude.

Majority of Iowa caucusgoers say Trump conviction wouldn’t affect their support in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] Haus@kbin.social 8 points 10 months ago

"The best people..."

OpenAI says it’s “impossible” to create useful AI models without copyrighted material in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] Haus@kbin.social 73 points 10 months ago (76 children)

Try to train a human comedian to make jokes without ever allowing him to hear another comedian's jokes, never watching a movie, never reading a book or magazine, never watching a TV show. I expect the jokes would be pretty weak.

*Permanently Deleted* in c/programming@lemmy.ml
[–] Haus@kbin.social 0 points 10 months ago

I haven't used C since 1995, but in my recollection, they're needed so that the compiler can do type-checking (to the extent possible) in other files that use the function.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise to undergo stem cell transplant in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] Haus@kbin.social 47 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Wasn't it like, last week that Republicans were screaming that we were grinding up toddlers to make stem cells?

Check mate in c/memes@lemmy.ml
[–] Haus@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I wonder if Lorraine is an actual author or someone OP is mad at.

Child dies after accidentally being shot in the chest at a target practice area in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] Haus@kbin.social 46 points 11 months ago (4 children)

You know, whenever a kid gets accidentally shot, I think of all the other 359x359 directions the bullet could have gone and wonder how many millions of stray shots are flying around.

Is the country you are from more of a 'Hugger' or a 'formal Handshake' kind of culture when it comes to greeting each other? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] Haus@kbin.social 50 points 11 months ago

Finland: Greeting each other?!?

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New study warns against risks of ‘time-traveling pathogens’ (www.cnn.com)
 

As the climate warms, ancient pathogens unleashed by thawing Arctic permafrost may pose a risk to modern ecosystems, according to a new study.

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Powerful Hurricane Hilary heads for Mexico's Baja. Rare tropical storm watch issued for California (apnews.com)
 

Hurricane Hilary is churning off Mexico’s Pacific coast as a powerful Category 4 storm threatening to unleash torrential rains on the mudslide-prone border city of Tijuana before heading into Southern California as the first tropical storm there in 84 years.

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Moderna says new Covid vaccine was effective against Eris variant in early trial (www.cnbc.com)
 

Moderna's vaccine and new shots from Pfizer and Novavax are slated to roll out within weeks, pending potential approvals from the Food and Drug Administration.

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At least 63 people feared dead after boat found off Cape Verde (www.theguardian.com)
 

Fishing vessel with 100 asylum seekers was travelling from Senegal to Spain’s Canary Islands

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Wegovy could prevent up to 1.5 million heart attacks, strokes over 10 years, study says (www.cnbc.com)
 

The results complement the data Novo Nordisk released last week, which found Wegovy slashed the risk of serious heart problems and heart-related death by 20%.

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Broadcast and cable make up less than half of TV usage for the first time ever (www.cnbc.com)
 

Broadcast and cable TV usage dropped below 50% for the first time ever, according to recent findings from Nielsen.

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A quarter of humanity faces extreme water stress -- and it's poised to get worse, new report finds (www.cnn.com)
 

The world is facing an “unprecedented water crisis” driven by soaring demand and the accelerating climate crisis, according to a new report.

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In Georgia case, Trump can’t count on a pardon from GOP’s Kemp (www.msnbc.com)
 

If Donald Trump is convicted in Georgia, could he turn to partisan allies for a pardon? Under current law, it's not nearly that simple.

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YouTube starts mass takedowns of videos promoting “harmful or ineffective” cancer cures (www.theverge.com)
 

It’s attempting to streamline its health moderation policies.

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Rising methane could be a sign that Earth's climate is part-way through a 'termination-level transition' (theconversation.com)
 

The last time methane in the air rose so fast, Greenland warmed by 10°C within decades.

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Shippers warned to stay away from Iranian waters over seizure threat as US-Iran tensions high (apnews.com)
 

Western-backed maritime forces in the Middle East have warned shippers traveling through the strategic Strait of Hormuz to stay as far away from Iranian territorial waters as possible to avoid being seized.

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U.S. imposes sanctions on prominent Russian financiers with ties to West (www.washingtonpost.com)
 

The Treasury Department imposed penalties on Petr Aven, Mikhail Fridman, German Khan and Alexey Kuzmichev, billionaires behind the Alfa Group financial services conglomerate.

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