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Spain's king and queen pelted with mud in flood-hit Valencia
  • This seems like... a bad idea? If I understand you correctly, each region maintains disaster relief infrastructure & staff with help from the central/national government? If so, does that translate to richer regions being less affected by calamities (since they can pour more money into said infrastructure than the bare minimum)?

    In most countries (with such plans in place) the national government maintains all disaster relief management to assist local governments, right?

    Sorry I've asked a lot of questions, but I'm genuinely interested to know!

  • We are at the Wolfenstein stage of capital.
  • Devils advocate: retiring an old service dog means you'd need to invest in training another pup which is way more expensive than titanium teeth and dealing even with animal cruelty complaints and/or lawsuits. Also "bleed blue" fanboys will see this as badass, so its free PR.

    As a mortal/moral person advocate: WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU.

  • Billie Eilish Will Reignite 'Overheated' Climate Sustainability Conference in Atlanta
  • My first reaction was, "her?". But the more I read on (until the paywalled) the more I liked the idea. Her Younger audiences must feel alienated & dejected by the popular discussions on climate change. This could reinvigorate a newer demographic into action instead of apathy/doomerism.

    I just wish they don't dwell on "every little helps" BS and hold big corporations & governments responsible to make a change. Not sure if this article mentioned it, its paywalled. 🤷‍♂️

  • Peter Todd in hiding after being “unmasked” as bitcoin creator
  • Hoback argues

    In any case, says Hoback, the identity of the real Satoshi is a matter of public interest. “This person is potentially on track to become the wealthiest on Earth,” says Hoback. “If countries are considering adopting this in their treasuries or making it legal tender, the idea that there's potentially this anonymous figure out there who controls one-twentieth of the total supply of digital gold is pretty important.”

    Currently bitcoin or any block chain based currency is more of a grift than financial freedom. However countries like El Salvador have taken it up as official currency, so real lives can be affected by whoever holds that bitcoin stockpile.

  • India Is Now Russia’s No. 2 Supplier of Restricted Technology
  • This is a very insightful comment, thank you. I absolutely agree with most of your points. Though one minor disagreement I'd have: it wasn't Trump who brought on the waning of US soft power, but US's failure in Afghanistan/Iraq/Yemen during 2nd Obama term.

    Ultimately the expense in forging the US influence overseas during the Bush era came at the cost of ignoring those back home. Trump capitalized on all that resentment. In fact he still is riding on it. Coinicdentally Its a lesson Modi needs to learn from his recent election result at home too.

  • Kuwait building blaze: Victims worked for firm whose MD was behind film on misery of workers
    indianexpress.com Kuwait building blaze: Victims worked for firm whose MD was behind film on misery of workers

    The firm, NBTC, was established in 1977 and now operates across Kuwait, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. It provides services linked to engineering and construction, logistics, hotel and retailing.

    Kuwait building blaze: Victims worked for firm whose MD was behind film on misery of workers

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