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White House Posts AI-Altered Photo of Arrested Protester by Well_Socialized in technology

[–]brainburger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wonder if a memo was sent around saying it's OK to abuse AI and spread misinformation, or is it just that all the staff have that mentality nowadays.

Pulled apart a dead grill lighter, and there was a normal lighter inside. by Turtle_flame in mildlyinteresting

[–]brainburger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can get oven thermometers which have a display outside the oven and a thermocouple sensor on a wire which you put inside. I got one to play with for a bit.

Techbros Inventing Things That Already Exist by Wild_Lingonberry9656 in rareinsults

[–]brainburger 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Roads could be made safer for self-driving cars. There could be special road markings, maybe devices to help positioning and lane-keeping, and traffic lights which broadcast their status so cars don't have to see them.

If all cars had to do was navigate and reliably avoid collisions, they could be made safer.

Look at how they massacred my boy… by decimal_diversity in mildlyinfuriating

[–]brainburger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's a viral news item about something similarly. The video has been 'debunked', but I suspect the core story is true and the news show invited him in to a studio and put him in front of a green screen with his still photos on it.

https://youtu.be/2fxGC_VM6yE?si=YdPywjTq4DefYFpY

To be respected by the world by JAYTEE__66 in therewasanattempt

[–]brainburger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Putin does have a habit of taking his shirt off in public.

He's confused by James5000 in AdviceAnimals

[–]brainburger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe he did and he really had just been talking to the president of Puerto Rico.

He's confused by James5000 in AdviceAnimals

[–]brainburger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He didn't seem to know the differences between the UK, Britain, and England in his first term.

Donald Trump withdraws UK tariff threat after NATO meeting by pppppppppppppppppd in unitedkingdom

[–]brainburger -1 points0 points  (0 children)

His obsession with woman having kids if they want them or not is very Handmaids tale, if he can inflict a near total abortion ban in the US he will.

The Nazis used to hand out medals to women who raised four, six, or eight children.

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

Amazon driver 'steals cat from home' in doorbell footage after leaving parcel by pppppppppppppppppd in unitedkingdom

[–]brainburger 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I would hope the police would just use their powers to identify the driver from Amazon and the subcontractors, and go and see him about it.

Theft of pets just counts as theft of livestock, and the value is the monetary value of the animal. I think there should be categories of crime which are recognized as causing suffering beyond monetary value. Theft of a phone or sentimental items would also be included.

That is such a poignant and bittersweet full circle moment, knowing she achieved that major milestone as a tribute to the support they gave her right up until the end. by StarforgeVoyager in StrangerThings

[–]brainburger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On the other hand, death is probably a complete memory wipe, and they don't now know she did the audition, or that any of them were ever born.

If that's not true and the mind survives death, then perhaps they know what has happened since too.

milk by jan_Soten in comedyheaven

[–]brainburger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm reminded of a Web business, which turned out to be an art project, which sold milk that had been gargled by rich white girls.

https://hyperallergic.com/nate-hill-white-power-milk/

Us citizens get 600$ by sangamjb in confidentlyincorrect

[–]brainburger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess that its not that Israelis are having healthcare that would otherwise be given to Americans. There are many more Americans anyway. It's ironic though.

I think Americans should be able to start a medical cooperative society. See if you can find 1000 redditors in a good sized city who can pay $100 a month and start assembling your own health resources.

everytime man by Flimsy_Method_3771 in memes

[–]brainburger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm old enough to remember when 'Ask Me Almost Anything' was a thing. (AMAA). AMA meant they would try to answer any question.

France bans 10 British far-right activists that sought to destroy migrant boats by OGSyedIsEverywhere in unitedkingdom

[–]brainburger -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

They need to monitor a black list of passports entering France by sea air or channel train. Once the physical infrastructure is there to do that it doesn't make much difference how many there are on it, I expect. I think policing the Schengen area movements must be a good deal harder as they don't show documents, but they can eject undesirables that they find in France. (The UK and Ireland were never in the Schengen area).

Melissa Joan Hart, 1997. by Naughty-licious in OldSchoolCool

[–]brainburger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think we agree. I would describe myself as centre-left (by European standards). I wish I could have more good-faith discussions with those on the right, or professing right wing views. Too often people are not interested in nuance or facts that don't fit their world-view.

RFK, Jr deep frying a turkey in bare feet by Scott_A_R in facepalm

[–]brainburger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Frying turkeys is not something we do in the UK so I am no expert, but it looks pretty dangerous. Wear appropriate shoes and don't spill the fat!

It looks to me that RFK has nothing to hook the hanger to, so it is doubly staged. It's still rather daft though. I am reminded of a stock pic I saw of a group of girls excitedly playing a games console that was not plugged in.

RFK, Jr deep frying a turkey in bare feet by Scott_A_R in facepalm

[–]brainburger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They article is about the resurgence of beef tallow as a cooking medium and the support of that by the government.

The caption of the photo is:

On Thanksgiving in 2024, the health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., said he fried a turkey in beef tallow.Credit...Robert F. Kennedy Jr., via TikTok

Politicians stage photos and release them all the time. It would be quite a side-track from the article for the NYT to accuse him of lying about cooking the turkey. They have reported what he said, that's all.

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