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[–] ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

And even if it wasn't, the amount of asphalt used in all the speed bumps in a city wouldn't last very long repairing potholes.

[–] ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Magic publishers sent Pinkerton agents to a YouTuber’s house to retrieve leaked cards

When Magic: The Gathering cards turned up on YouTube last week, publisher Wizards of the Coast (which also publishes D&D) sent private investigators from Pinkerton to retrieve them. The resulting confrontation reportedly frightened one woman to tears, and resulted in the confiscation of nearly two dozen boxes of cards by private investigators. Wizards confirmed the incident to Polygon.

In case anyone else was curious what this was referring to.

[–] ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml -3 points 10 months ago

spent hours on the phone explaining to constituents that our funding was cut so we couldn’t provide the services they were due

In the Pentagon? What services are the Pentagon providing that I should be calling about?

[–] ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Again, 202 is about opening other people's mail/messages, with the electronic subsection being about accessing their digital messages when you aren't supposed to. And section 206 wouldn't apply to Drag at all, since they aren't even an admin. As far as I can tell, there's nothing legally wrong with sharing "private" messages that are sent to you.

[–] ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Then why bring it up and say someone will correct you if you're wrong?

[–] ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_stgb/englisch_stgb.html

If this is an accurate translation of the laws, 203 is about doctors, lawyers, government officials, etc. sharing priveledged information they had access to because of their jobs and 206 only applies to owners/employees of telecommunications or delivery services.

Edit: and to go one step further, Section 201: Violation of Privacy of Spoken Word means you can't record phone calls without everyone's permission, but Section 202: Violation of Privacy of Correspondence is about opening other people's letters.

[–] ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

I don't know how long that video actually is, but a lot of it is made up of unrelated clips of lions and tigers not even in the same location with a couple of clips of lions and tigers "fighting" for less than a minute before they both back off.

[–] ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml 19 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Based on this newsweek article, that happened around June, 2020. Looking at the JRE website, I think Bill Burr got invited on one more time in December 2020, but hasn't been on since.

[–] ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)

On three. You hear three, you lift. Everything leading up to it should just give you an idea of when three will happen.

[–] ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml 47 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It is not common practice for automakers — in China or elsewhere — to sue their customers. But Tesla has pioneered an aggressive legal strategy and leveraged the patronage of powerful leaders in China’s ruling Communist Party to silence critics, reap financial rewards and limit its accountability.

This was very explicitly in China. That's not to say we're doing much better though.

[–] ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Why would you do this? Why provide a link to the youtube video but have it hyperlink to this post?

[–] ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml 13 points 11 months ago

Isn't it that if they start accepting Palestinian refugees, they're helping to empty Palestine and helping Israel take the land?

https://apnews.com/article/palestinian-jordan-egypt-israel-refugee-502c06d004767d4b64848d878b66bd3d

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi made his toughest remarks yet on Wednesday, saying the current war was not just aimed at fighting Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, “but also an attempt to push the civilian inhabitants to ... migrate to Egypt.” He warned this could wreck peace in the region.

... Their refusal is rooted in fear that Israel wants to force a permanent expulsion of Palestinians into their countries and nullify Palestinian demands for statehood. El-Sissi also said a mass exodus would risk bringing militants into Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, from where they might launch attacks on Israel, endangering the two countries’ 40-year-old peace treaty.

... But Arab countries and many Palestinians also suspect Israel might use this opportunity to force permanent demographic changes to wreck Palestinian demands for statehood in Gaza, the West Bank and east Jerusalem, which was also captured by Israel in 1967.

El-Sissi repeated warnings Wednesday that an exodus from Gaza was intended to “eliminate the Palestinian cause … the most important cause of our region.” He argued that if a demilitarized Palestinian state had been created long ago in negotiations, there would not be war now.

“All historical precedent points to the fact that when Palestinians are forced to leave Palestinian territory, they are not allowed to return back,” said H.A. Hellyer, a senior associate fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. “Egypt doesn’t want to be complicit in ethnic cleansing in Gaza.”

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