Qooper on 11/4/2024 at 20:57
That's a good point, and perhaps it isn't virtue posturing in this case. I admit I didn't think it through when I posted.
heywood on 11/4/2024 at 21:01
And I'll admit I don't understand what attention these people are expecting to get.
Seems like a good way to turn people off of your cause to me.
Cipheron on 12/4/2024 at 20:30
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-13/vanuatu-vviririki-resort-jewel-casino-shut-down/103700516)
Quote:
The Jewel casino once stood at the turquoise shores of Iririki Island — crowned with a white sign tempting tourists to cross the bay from Vanuatu's capital city.
Australian businessmen and brothers Brendon and Mark Deeley bought the venue in March — and then promptly shut it down.
"We're quite possibly the first people to ever purposely buy a casino to shut it down, in a low-tax jurisdiction," Brendon Deeley said.
"That's a pretty cool thing to be able to say," he said.
...
"Our motivation was actually that we don't like casinos. And certainly, we see the damage that they cause in society. For us, we didn't want to be part of that," Brendon Deeley said.
And on an amusing note:
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-12/jojo-siwa-admits-she-didnt-invent-gay-pop/103700632)
Quote:
In an interview with US entertainment site Billboard earlier this month, the now-20-year-old claimed she invented gay pop.
Now that's some military grade narcissism. She's 'famous' from some reality TV show and now claimed to have invented an entire musical genre. Which she was then sounding ridiculed for and walked back.
but not quite:
Quote:
In her interview with TMZ, Siwa clarified she didn't invent gay pop and would like to be the CEO or the CMO of the music genre.
Riiiight, so now she didn't invent gay pop, but she's the "CEO" of gay pop. I don't even know exactly what that music is or any of the songs, but I know she's gotta be wrong.
bjack on 13/4/2024 at 02:19
Quote Posted by heywood
And I'll admit I don't understand what attention these people are expecting to get.
Seems like a good way to turn people off of your cause to me.
Their goal is to piss people off. It is destruction for destruction's sake. Simple.
Starker on 13/4/2024 at 20:32
Don't look up!
Quote:
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/04/09/march-record-global-heat/)
The Earth just recorded its hottest March on record, the 10th month in a row to reach that feat, according to the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service.
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The report comes two months after scientists found Earth's 12-month average temperature for the first time breached 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, defined as the average temperatures between 1850 and 1900. Climate experts fear that catastrophic changes, like the collapse of critical ocean circulations, could occur should the Earth's temperatures remain near or above that threshold for multiple years.
In the 2016 Paris climate agreement, nations around the world agreed to keep global average temperatures from exceeding 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels. The nearly 200 participating countries also agreed to “pursue efforts” to keep the multiyear averages below 1.5 degrees Celsius, which could allow for the survival of coral reefs and less deadly heat waves.
[...]
SD on 14/4/2024 at 01:21
Oh wow, can we have some of it here please. I am still wearing my winter jacket - in April!
Sulphur on 14/4/2024 at 02:01
Careful what you wish for.
Starker on 14/4/2024 at 06:02
No need to worry! The climate change being global and the modern world being tightly interconnected means you will certainly get some of it in one form or another.
Nicker on 14/4/2024 at 20:49
Quote Posted by SD
Oh wow, can we have some of it here please. I am
still wearing my winter jacket - in April!
Me too! Except that my winter jacket is a windbreaker.