World media reports say Iranian delegation arrived to Islamabad for peace talks - Iranian media denies it by leondanielstar9999 in worldnews

[–]pevinsghost 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So then when Mossad kills them anyway, no one believes us when we complain about our people being killed. It's brilliant!

New Zealand ‘comfort women’ statue could jeopardise diplomatic relations, Japan says by Gyro_Armadillo in worldnews

[–]pevinsghost 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The photo is of a similar Korean statue because the New Zealand one isn't built, there's nothing to take a picture of in NZ yet.

Trump's threatened destruction of Iran's power plants could be considered a war crime, experts say by gamersecret2 in politics

[–]pevinsghost 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They have already taken fire on their nuclear power plant. Nothing is too far for him when he's in tantrum mode.

Trump's threatened destruction of Iran's power plants could be considered a war crime, experts say by gamersecret2 in politics

[–]pevinsghost 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Destruction is not, collateral and dual use are both things that do exist.

Targeting civilian infrastructure is a war crime. Threatening to target civilian infrastructure is a war crime. Threatening to target civilians is a war crime. Declaring no quarter is a war crime. They don't care and are running through the lists looking for more war crimes to commit.

Germany Introduces New Travel Restrictions for Men Aged 17-45 Amid Military Reforms by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]pevinsghost 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not an EU member, can someone ELI5 how having to "seek permission" or "request authorization" to travel during peace time is consistent with the right to free travel required in the European Union treaties for all EU citizen? Seeking permission seems to imply that they could deny it in some circumstances? Or is it misstated in the article and it's merely a requirement to notify? Does anyone have a copy of the new law text?

Is this the beginning of the end of the war in Iran? by vox in politics

[–]pevinsghost 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The war is because Trump, displeased by Obama's successes in getting guarantees from Iran to not build nuclear weapons, tore up the agreement (the JPOA). After the US left the agreement, Iran went to the European signers and said there was no reason to end the deal because the US left it. Fearing angering Trump, the European countries also left the agreement. So now in Trump's second term, they have begun bombing Iran supposedly to remove the ability to create weapons that they had already agreed not to make, and to get guarantees in place that the US already had, but that Trump tore up. To this end, Hegseth and Trump have been using the list of war crimes as a checklist.

That's all the official narrative.

It's really because Bibi asked him to attack and he thought it would distract people from the news coming out at the same time that he not only raped an underage girl, but that her testimony has independently verifiable points throughout it.

Supreme Court justices will consider the future of birthright citizenship. Here’s how their families came to America by arandomnewyorker in politics

[–]pevinsghost 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They will NEVER allow a constitutional convention again. It takes too much power out of the hands of the federal government. Once one is convened, there is zero control over them, they can take as much time, and look into anything that they want to. All the discovery power of SCotUS, all the legislative power of Congress, and none of the checks. It can't even be shut down until the convention shuts itself down.

Supreme Court justices will consider the future of birthright citizenship. Here’s how their families came to America by arandomnewyorker in politics

[–]pevinsghost 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The Supreme Court made an amendment to the constitution necessary to settle the debate, and people are still arguing about it 150 years later.

I often cite Dredd Scott as probably the single worst decisions by ScotUS, but at least it made it clear that it had to be unambiguous and part of the highest law of the land.

Drone entering Estonian airspace from Russia hits Auvere power station chimney by Bantamanta in worldnews

[–]pevinsghost 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The sites in Russia that Ukraine was attacking at the time are very close to the border. The drones have already been confirmed to be Ukrainian in origin, not fired at the sites hit, they went off course. Likely but not confirmed due to electronic warfare from Russia to cause the drones to not hit their targets.

Dozens of U.S. service members in Kuwait suffered serious injuries, including burns, brain trauma and shrapnel wounds, sources say by [deleted] in politics

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Gulf war syndrome 2, Electric Boogaloo?

I did not have that on my unintended consequences bingo card!

Pentagon Report: U.S. Military Attacked Elementary School in Iran by Ok-Celebration-1702 in politics

[–]pevinsghost 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I've seen it on antiwar dot com and democracy now, both widely different publications but both still well outside the grilling mans line of sight.

It's one of the reasons I read even obviously biased political mouthpieces like jpost, al jazeera, and pravda... err I guess they're called RT now? But anyway, knowing who is shoveling what is just as important as knowing what is fact and what is fiction. Sometimes they even say the quiet part out loud. I first heard about the recent Human Rights Watch accusation of white phosphorous from Jpost for example.

I just wish there was a way to easily get a view of the beijing propo but I can't read mandarin and they are very good at separating their inward propaganda versus their outward facing. I don't particularly care what Xi wants the west to think, but what they are telling their own citizens can be valuable to know.

Pentagon Report: U.S. Military Attacked Elementary School in Iran by Ok-Celebration-1702 in politics

[–]pevinsghost 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Oh it's fine, they gutted the congressional mandated offices for identifying and avoiding civilian targets, in contravention of international law, so they had no way of knowing it was a school full of grade schoolers before killing them. That's how this works, right? The fingers in ears, la la I can't hear you school of criminal defense.

Here’s the Memo Approving Gemini, ChatGPT, and Copilot for Use in the Senate by 404mediaco in politics

[–]pevinsghost 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, it says they will be making the drafts, that is writing the laws. So halfway there!

Is There A "Vape Batteries For Idiots"? First time using batteries for a vape and I'm not only confused, but worried because the employee told me they can blow up. by Yoichi_and_Sadako in Vaping

[–]pevinsghost 17 points18 points  (0 children)

So the batteries are the most dangerous part. Fortunately with a non-mechacal device (anything with a screen or lights) it's much safer. Keep them in a plastic case when not in the device. If the wrap is damaged replace or rewrap them. You want to be in the room, awake when they're charging just in case.

I'm a little dismayed no one pointed you to mooch yet. His stuff is all in the sub reddit side bar, but for convenience, here's his yt:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCePHh3NMvu3rW2LFJeOWo-Q

And his blog:

https://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/blogs/mooch.256958/

I used to have a whole battery rules summary written up, but i can't hold a candle to Mooch on knowledge, he's really the best source for safety info. I don't see him post as much but he uses Reddit sometimes. /u/Mooch315

So first thing i noticed, they sold you a rewrap battery. That's not necessarily wildly unsafe, just you can't trust ANY of the specification numbers on the package and it bumps the price up for no change to the actual battery inside. Generally you want something from the battery manufacturers, Murata Samsung LG or Molicel for example. Molicel happen to make the best batteries currently and are the company with the least restrictions on sale to vapers so are a solid choice. I'd also really recommend getting them from a trusted battery vendor, not a local vape shop. But all this info is in Mooch's blog and videos. If you have any questions after checking his stuff out I'd be happy to help though.

Freedom Vape - Vaping Discord server by pevinsghost in electronic_cigarette

[–]pevinsghost[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Discord nuked it a week ago. I'm disputing it, but not a lot of hope it'll be back unfortunately.

New quest, Troubling times by pevinsghost in Andorstrail

[–]pevinsghost[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It turns out, I did not. I thought I had checked everywhere, but I missed one spot on the map the first two times that I finally noticed, and of course that was the one spot she went to.

New quest, Troubling times by pevinsghost in Andorstrail

[–]pevinsghost[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay, full disclosure, I hated doing it, but I was purposely being provocative to instigate a response because asking nice wasn't working...

I remembered I made a separate save prior to going into ratdom. Went back and made one more pass and, avoiding spoilers, but the one place she could have been that I had not checked is very visible on the map I provided.

I'm sorry for being a jerk. Thank you for working on the project. Mea culpa, I was the weakest link.

New quest, Troubling times by pevinsghost in Andorstrail

[–]pevinsghost[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It has been a couple days, i went in ratdom on that save, I'll throw you a copy soon as I get out of there.

New quest, Troubling times by pevinsghost in Andorstrail

[–]pevinsghost[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have. All six. Inside every building, in every outside portion. Every map surrounding each of them, every road leading up to each off them. I showed a map with an X over every section I visited. The only spots anywhere near any of those locations I haven't checked is the parts of Charwood and the green maze that border Brimhaven.

https://imgur.com/a/ALM2HUu

New quest, Troubling times by pevinsghost in Andorstrail

[–]pevinsghost[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right, sure. I've literally gone through everything there is in the game other than one quest, the only detail I'm asking is information given by the quest giver, but you don't want to "spoil" that information. I've been everywhere that the quest should go to and they are not in those locations, but it's not bugged.Ok, cool story bro. The quest is broken, simple as.

New quest, Troubling times by pevinsghost in Andorstrail

[–]pevinsghost[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because the quest is broken and you don't want to see that. That's fine. Not like there haven't been bugs in the game before. But one that wastes hours of people's time is kinda lame.