Burstar

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[–] Burstar@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ah, well in my experience moderation does not federate well and is best left to people actually on that instance.

[–] Burstar@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I'll be creating a list of related communities for the sidebar. Yours will def be on it.

 

Date and time Tuesday, February 18 · 5 - 8pm EST Location

First United Church 16 William Street West Waterloo, ON N2L 1J3 About this event

Event lasts 3 hours ALL AGES

Free venue parking

Join us for the first TELL! of the year!

MT Space’s open mic and community potluck event is back! Kicking the year off, we're inviting families of artists and performers of all ages to come showcase your talents and projects. We're inviting anyone - including kids and youth - to sing, dance, or just update us on what you’ve been working on lately. There will even be crafts table available for anyone wanting to get hands on or just chill with some crayons.

This is a casual community platform for those who are just starting out but also professionals. Whether you're a child or an adult, we ask that all sharings be kept PG-13 for this edition of TELL!

WHEN: Feb 18, 2025 | Doors 5 PM | Event 5:30 PM

About TELL!

TELL! is MT Space's coffeehouse open-mic style event offering the community an artistic platform to share their works in a casual setting. These sharings can be performances, stories, lectures, poetry, drag, fine art displays -- any type of creation.

We know that art and food bring people together like nothing else. Join us for a potluck meal and bring a food offering* to share if you're able to. We'll provide plates, cutlery, and beverages (coffee, tea, and water). Help us reduce waste by bringing in your own reusable cups, bottles, and mugs for water and coffee!

*Please include an ingredients list for any dishes you bring.

Use this as an opportunity to get feedback from an engaged audience of fellow artists and community members, or simply show us what you've got! Bring anything you may need for your performance/presentation, including amps for instruments.

Even if you don’t have anything to present now, come and share a meal with the community. Come dressed in your sweats, or as a fairy princess, this is a space to express yourself however you see fit. This is the community platform.

About the Venue

TELL! will be hosted at First United Church (16 William St W, Waterloo, ON). Enter through the side door connected to the parking lot marked WEEKDAY ENTRANCE (access via Caroline St and William St, around the corner from Valentina Bridal & Couture dress shop).

Free parking is available on-site (accessible from Caroline St), and next door at the Waterloo Town Square South Parking lot (35 Alexandra Ave, Waterloo).

GRT via the iON (route 301) or by bus (routes 5, 7, 16).

Accessibility information

The main floor of First United Church is wheelchair accessible, along with automatic doors on the outside. Three washrooms are available onsite, including one universal accessible washroom with changing station.

 

!Civic_Engagement@sopuli.xyz

Have a community event you would like to promote? Post the deets here! All public events are welcome from potlucks to protests.

[–] Burstar@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You are asking it in the wrong place. Consult an environmentalist community, or at least provide citation to a report that shows your 'concerns' have some foundation otherwise you're making a false equivalency to frakking with nothing but your ignorance to back it up.

[–] Burstar@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Gas and fossil fuel is also not about the environmental

This is starting to sound like trolling. At this point if you still have a bug up your ass about Geothermal/Heat Pump power generation I'm asking you to cite sources for your claims and avoid the nonsense tu quoques.

 

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/18095802

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In previous studies, PS Lab showed that most Russians justify the war without being its convinced supporters (PS Lab calls them “non-opponents” of the war)

[–] Burstar@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 weeks ago

What's russian for "meat is back on the menu boys"?

[–] Burstar@sopuli.xyz 12 points 4 weeks ago

According to Vchk-Ogpu, Feshchenko was allegedly killed during a conflict with a friend with whom he had previously served in the Far East. The suspect, reportedly detained, has pleaded guilty to the murder.

The Kyiv Independent could not verify the claims.

[–] Burstar@sopuli.xyz 26 points 1 month ago (6 children)

According to the new research, the 10 companies that paid the most profit taxes to Russia in 2023 were:

  • tobacco company Philip Morris International ($220 million),
  • beverage corporation PepsiCo ($135 million),
  • confectionary company Mars ($99 million),
  • health and hygiene consumer goods firm Procter & Gamble ($67 million),
  • confectionary company Mondelez ($62 million),
  • investment bank Citigroup ($53 million),
  • agricultural company Cargill ($50 million),
  • pharmaceutical firm Johnson & Johnson ($42 million),
  • independent soft-drink bottler Coca-Cola Hellenic ($34 million) and
  • oilfield service company Weatherford ($32 million).
[–] Burstar@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago

My theory is thick cloud cover

 

credit: @thelucky8@beehaw.org

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/17936193

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Russian UMPK kits, which turn regular bombs into guided glide bombs, use components imported by bypassing sanctions. Although the trail initially seemed to lead to Taiwan, further investigations revealed that companies from China were collaborating with the Russians.

[–] Burstar@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In a combat zone you are considered combat effective until proven otherwise. This is not a warcrime. Faking an injured leg or being dead are commonly done to avoid getting droned. Not seeing a weapon isn't an excuse either. Grenade on the belt, or sidearm in the coat are both likely possibilities. You don't know and until you do it is safer to take them out then apply warm and fuzzy civilian sensibilities to the problem.

[–] Burstar@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This is without a doubt a war crime

There are many doubts. He could be faking injury, drunk, still armed. The observer drone who suspected incapacitation was not the one attacking so you'd have to prove the actual attacking drone operator believed the target was incapacitated. Injured =/ incapacitated and his presence alone at the front occupies enemy territory which means they are a participant.

The bounds on what are 'reasonable' are very different in war than civilian life. This tendency to jump to 'ope warcrime' is as irrational as saying someone with an automatic weapon firing a burst commits a warcrime when the second round in a row strikes the victim. 'They were injured with the first bullet so it is a warcrime and automatic weapons must be prohibited by law'!

Had this soldier been on a stretcher, and/or being attended by an unarmed someone with a red cross on their arm, or had waved a white anything in the air, I'd agree with calling it a warcrime. A still conscious soldier being tossed out on their ass by 2 armed soldiers and 'appearing injured' in this era where the enemy feigns injury/death to avoid drone strikes is not hors de combat.

[–] Burstar@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

The og version isn't much better.

Ukraine’s Moscow-malleting doodlebug missile is about to become very important

That said 'completes development' instead of 'develops' would have been an, unlikely in this inexplicable era of minimum syllable headlines, improvement.

[–] Burstar@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 month ago

Okay @wilshire, of the myriad videos I've seen in my time as mod here you finally found one that made me say 'W.T.F.' out loud. 😂

Banned for depiction of a human centipede! 😋

 

!Danmachi@sopuli.xyz

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/32553642

The U.S. will send Ukraine the full $6 billion in outstanding military aid before President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated on Jan. 20, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said at a briefing on Nov. 7.

Previously, Politico reported that U.S. President Joe Biden was rushing to deliver the remaining $6 billion by the end of his term out of fear that a Trump administration might halt weapons shipments to Ukraine.

Ukraine will receive $4 billion under the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA), which pulls weapons from U.S. stocks, and $2 billion from the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI), Singh told reporters.

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Burstar@sopuli.xyz to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz
 

In consideration of those who use UI's that autoplay videos, and that posts would show up in /All, the rules for posts containing combat footage have been changed:

From now on, any new post containing combat footage should have "[Combat]" in its title. If any of the footage contains visible humans in combat, alive, injured, or otherwise, then the post must have the NSFW flag checkmarked.

As always, extreme violence, and gore are still prohibited.

Thank you for your understanding.

 

@QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz @lisko@sopuli.xyz @doo@sh.itjust.works @Moxvallix@sopuli.xyz

I've been getting complaints about footage that is technically non-violent but leaves enough to the imagination that it apparently bothers people, so I wanted to get input regarding where the NSFW line should be drawn.

The video posted here is a perfect example of where I think the limit is. The only complaint I can see is the discharge of a firearm. Does that count? Is 'being able to put 2 and 2 together to know what happened' enough to warrant flagging as NSFW? Was the previous status quo good enough?

Setting aside the obvious "I know it when I see it", please share your thoughts.

Until a better consensus of where the line should be for the community I will leave it temporarily flagged as NSFW.

 

Recently, we spoke about the state of Russia's economy after more than two and a half years of war. It was characterised by strong growth but also signs of overheating, as the economy ran at or beyond capacity.

Today, I want to cover the other side, and look at how Ukraine's is holding on after extensive Russian pressure. I'll look at headline economic indicators, the budget, defence production, and the impact of attacks on Ukraine's energy grid.

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