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- The Cybertruck was released on Nov. 30. Today, Tesla is recalling the truck for the fourth time. That's an impressive average of one recall about every seven weeks.apnews.com For Tesla's futuristic new Cybertruck, a fourth recall
Tesla is recalling its futuristic new Cybertruck pickup for the fourth time in the U.S. to fix problems with trim pieces that can come loose, and failing front windshield wipers.
- Dr Disrespect admits that he sent "inappropriate" messages to a minor, says he won't stop streaming on youtube
https://nitter.poast.org/DrDisrespect/status/1805668256088572089
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-25/youtuber-dr-disrespect-was-allegedly-kicked-off-twitch-for-messaging-minor ( https://archive.is/849W9 )
>Guy Beahm, known online as Dr Disrespect, is one of the top video-game celebrities on social media, with 4.7 million YouTube subscribers. He’s worked with the San Francisco 49ers pro football team and been a spokesman for Mountain Dew soda.
>He was also banned four years ago by Amazon Inc.’s Twitch for violating its community guidelines. The chat app Discord followed, removing him from its partnership program
>The reasons for his banishment from Twitch were never given, but three people with knowledge of the matter said Beahm was removed because he exchanged sexually explicit messages with a minor through the service’s direct chat feature. He also asked a minor about her plans at the TwitchCon convention, according to two of the people, who asked not to be identified discussing such a sensitive matter.
- The US is cooked. It really is.
https://subium.com/profile/sorayamcdonald.bsky.social/post/3kvpeccuuql2o
- Diabetes 'cured' for first time in stem cell study - but there's a less expensive alternative
This fucking article.
> But Dr Eric Westman, who posts reaction videos to medical news stories on his YouTube channel, argues that novel therapies such as this miss the point, which is that he sees patients’ diabetes go into remission all the time. And it doesn’t take advanced stem cell therapy to “cure” the condition.
Ah ok so if cancer goes into remission, then it's all good. No need to "cure" it. FUCK OFF
> Dr Eric Westman, who produces reaction videos on YouTube for his 200K subscribers, recognizes the achievement of the researchers but argues we already know how to “cure” type 2 diabetes. And to do so we don’t need expensive, high-tech therapies.
> He emphasizes the power of dietary changes for their ability to reduce, or even eliminate, symptoms of diabetes. Diabetes UK’s top 10 tips for dietary management of diabetes include choosing healthier carbohydrates and cutting down on sugar.
> “Remission of diabetes is one year of no evidence of diabetes. I see that routinely. Cure of diabetes is defined as five years with no evidence of diabetes, and I see that as well. These are standard definitions used.”
> “So this isn’t the first time that diabetes has been ‘cured’,” he says. But it is the first time pancreatic function has been restored in such a way that allows patients to eat whatever they want.
Ok this "doctor" (I hesistate to call him that) needs his license revoked. He's essentially going head-first into victim blaming and personal responsibility bullshit. Everyone in the fucking world knows that a healthy diet and exercise is good, but that is a million times harder when you already have a condition like diabetes. A fucking cure is a good thing, not just some cheat code that allows people to "eat whatever they want" (which btw after being cured of diabetes they should have the fucking right to do).
Once again another example of China does amazing thing, and Westoids respond with "but at what cost?" Honestly I hope other countries copy the shit out of this and lower the cost.
- "Why aren't all lives equal?" Mehdi vs Congressman on killing Palestinians to save hostages.
Democrat Jewish liberal Dean Phillips really says ‘Americans First’ in the context of this discussion. Haven’t even finished the whole interview, but this extended exchange is such an example of the clumsy rhetorical tools of modern libs. Mehdi doesn’t let him try to wiggle away even though he tries very much.
- I asked what Fetterman had been reading about Israel, meaning books - but he understood me to be asking about which news outlets he read. He opened his phone and showed me his Apple News feedweb.archive.org John Fetterman’s War
Is the Pennsylvania senator trolling the left or offering a way forward for Democrats?
- Does it still count as low hanging fruit if it's an OP from a lib on an instance we are federated with condemning HYPOTHETICALLY killing ACTUAL FUCKING HITLER?
Link because I am not a lib. https://hexbear.net/comment/5045387
- Uh oh. DPRK is a slave state according to liberal NGO 😱
Discovered on this typically infuriating community note.
Twitter URL: /fOrGiVeNcHy/status/1803650691853959385
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Here it is: Walk Free's Global Slavery Index
># What is modern slavery? > >###### Modern slavery takes many forms and is known by many names. Essentially, it refers to situations of exploitation that a person cannot refuse or leave because of threats, violence, coercion, or deception. > >Modern slavery includes forced labour, forced or servile marriage, debt bondage, forced commercial sexual exploitation, human trafficking, slavery-like practices, and the sale and exploitation of children. In all its forms, it is the removal of a person’s freedom — their freedom to accept or refuse a job, their freedom to leave one employer for another, or their freedom to decide if, when, and whom to marry — in order to exploit them for personal or financial gain.
So, slavery includes being coerced into a job in which you are exploited for financial gain....? !three-heads-thinking
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So where did their data come from?
I spent an hour studying their methodology in hopes of finding the raw data for the DPRK, but I couldn't glean much except that it was not among the surveyed countries.
I emailed info@walkfree.org asking about an hour ago and got the automated reply quoted below. I'll see if anyone gets back to me.
>Thank you for your enquiry. Please be advised that your correspondence has been received and will be distributed to a Walk Free representative for follow up where required. > >Walk Free reports and data > >Walk Free’s Global Slavery Index report and data are available for free download here: www.globalslaveryindex.org/resources/downloads/. > >All other publications produced by Walk Free can be found on our resources page: www.walkfree.org/resources/.
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To their credit, they did remove several instances of North Korea from the Department of Labor's "list of products at risk of modern slavery by source country" because they "could not find recent evidence to verify the occurrence of forced labour".
However, they added to the list solar panels from China, because of the "well-known" exploitation occurring there. It then cites an article on the Uyghurs. lol
- Salon: we must block 3rd parties because they are a threat to Democracywww.salon.com No debate: RFK Jr. is a threat to Democracy
MoveOn and Third Way represent different views but agree about Robert Kennedy Jr.
- (objectivly correct statement that anti-Zionist Jews have been saying constantly, loudly, and every day) Thats going to be a yikes from me dog
https://x.com/atrupar/status/1804253487020282119
- They wasted no time lmao
OOTL: Protests happen outside of synagogues holding sale of stolen Palestinian land. MSM outlets, right and “left”, react predictably. This was under a post pointing it out.
On the ad itself, I can’t help but wonder what goes through the hollow skull of a thin-blue-like MAGA hog who thinks
the JewsGeorge Soros is funding “antisemitism” while also controlling the Democrats bending over backwards for Israel because… reasons. - Liberals: vote so that we can defeat fascism! Them defeating fascism:
The banning non-competes is actually pretty good, don't get me wrong, but that also wasn't really him.
Link: https://lemmy.world/post/16818454
- Absentee landlord cries after finding cannabis grow-op in his rented home, warns other kulakswww.bbc.com 'Cannabis crooks dumped tonnes of soil in my bedroom'
How a London family's home was rented by scammers who turned it into a large-scale cannabis farm.
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"I turned the lights on and it's 'Oh my God, 3ft of soil in my bedroom'," Charles Reeves says, still in disbelief, as he shows the BBC his home. "I'm surprised the floors are even withstanding all this stuff."
Mr Reeves, a north London homeowner, returned from working abroad to find his family home transformed into a cannabis farm.
The criminals, posing as tenants, had dumped 10 tonnes of soil in the property, causing extensive damage and leaving the family devastated.
According to experts, rental scams linked to cannabis farms are on the rise, with criminals seemingly exploiting the lengthy eviction process to complete illegal grow operations before disappearing.
The Reeves family had advertised their property online as they prepared to work abroad. They were approached by an estate agent who discovered they would be away for an extended period. The agent promised them a family of tenants, supposedly working for a City firm and with children.
However, the "tenants" turned out to be scammers who never paid rent and instead used the property for criminal activities. It was later discovered that the estate agent was operating a fake site, and the tenants were bogus.
The police told Mr Reeves it was one of the worst cases of this kind of crime they had seen. They seized more than 400 cannabis plants from the property, with an estimated street value of hundreds of thousands of pounds.
Mr Reeves went to the property after the tenants had failed to pay their rent, having gained a court order to enter the house.
He knocked on the door and was greeted by several men, with one claiming the property was in good condition. Within half an hour, these men had disappeared, although we don’t know what role they played in the farm.
"I couldn't believe what I was seeing," Mr Reeves said, describing the moment he entered the house. "The cannabis crooks dumped 10 tonnes of soil in the family bedroom.
"The whole place had been transformed into a drug factory. There were holes in the ceiling, wires everywhere, and the stench was overwhelming."
Mr Reeves discovered an elaborate setup with fans, lights and a ventilation system powered by stolen electricity. The criminals had rewired the property's electrical system to bypass the meter, allowing them to power their extensive growing operation without detection.
In addition to the tonnes of soil dumped on the upper floor, the property had suffered significant structural damage. Holes had been cut into the ceiling and walls to accommodate the complex ventilation system, which was designed to regulate temperature and humidity for optimal plant growth.
The sophisticated lighting setup, which included specialist grow lamps, had been rigged up throughout the house. The intense heat generated by these lamps also caused damage to the property, with burn marks and melted fixtures visible in several rooms.
"There was a big curtain here. This is astonishing," Mr Reeves says. "They had fans going, the lights were going, this curtain was being pulled in."
The emotional toll on the family, from both the rental fraud and the damage caused to their home, has been immense.
Mr Reeves's wife Julia said: "When you're dealing with property, particularly a home that you're in for nearly 20 years, and raising your child in... It was pretty horrific to feel that you got attacked at the core, that inner sanctum, that place of comfort, that we'd rely on in the city, it's our home - very emotional."
Mr Reeves said: "Emotionally, it feels like my home has been defiled. That's what it feels like. The damage, the dirt, all this dirt everywhere.
"This is the first real home I ever had. We're crushed and devastated."
Metropolitan Police figures show more than 1,000 cannabis farms have been discovered in London in the past few years, with a total of 1,056 found between the 2018-19 and 2022-23 financial years. However, experts believe these figures represent only a tiny proportion of the cannabis farms currently in operation.
According to Allen Morgan, one of the UK's leading expert witnesses from criminal drugs trials and a former police officer who now runs a drug consultancy service, rental fraud linked to cannabis farms is increasing.
"We're seeing a definite uptick in these types of crimes, with criminals taking advantage of the rental market to set up illegal grow operations," he says.
"The criminals exploit the legal system and the eviction process. They know that it can take months to evict a tenant, even if they stop paying rent. During this time, they can complete multiple grows and make a significant profit before disappearing without a trace."
The lack of regulation in the rental property sector has made it easier for fraudsters to operate. Estate agents are not required to have qualifications, despite handling significant assets. This can leave homeowners vulnerable to scams and other criminal activities.
"If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is," Mr Morgan warns. "If somebody turns up offering to pay cash because they've been let down and they need to move in immediately, then alarm bells should start to ring."
The cannabis trade has evolved from small-scale grows to sophisticated multimillion-pound operations, allegedly run by international crime syndicates. London, with its vast local market and extensive transport network, has become a hub for drug distribution.
"The issue that London has is obviously it is one of the main distribution hubs for controlled drugs throughout the United Kingdom," Mr Morgan explains.
"The cannabis trade is so lucrative, what you get is when you convert a rented property, you effectively obtain five, six, maybe seven separate growing areas where you can produce cannabis plants, obviously discreetly and without any sort of evidential link to you."
Police have stated that what happened to the Reeves family is still under investigation, but the reality is that innocent landlords are being left to pick up the pieces of London's growing drug crime problem.
The Reeveses hope that by sharing their story, they can raise awareness of this growing problem and prevent other homeowners from falling victim to similar scams.
"We want people to be aware of the risks and to take every precaution when renting out their properties," Mr Reeves said. "No-one should have to go through what we've experienced.
"Not only was it the fraud, it was a destruction of our home."
- Boo! Something exciting and interesting happened!!! Boo!!!!!
https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/1dlmtqr/been_wanting_to_go_to_stonehenge_for_two_years/
- reddit.world looking for unpaid administratorlemmy.world Looking for new Site Admins - Lemmy.World
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Lmao
- The cringe is so visceral it makes me wanna throw up
It's a tale as old as time of Anarchists absolutely shitting all over communists but god damn I hateeeee it. No self awareness
Edit: to be clear I don't have a problem with Anarchists, just seems like very often MLs are met with so much vitriol with people they could collaborate with. Just sucks. Stupid interner
- Clown to Clown Communication
!clown-to-clown-communication!clown-to-clown-conversation
Love it when a tradcath cryptofascist gets to dialogue with a tradcath fascist about Wookiepedia-level religious trivia
I'd link but I think it's deleted
- Mike from PA and a bunch of electoralists out here showing they whole ass this evening
Ryan Grim and co are such clowns, what is it about yanks that lead them to such defeatist attitudes.
Palestinians can advocate for themselves how they protest their genocide.
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