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steff-2020 t1_j9m7wx3 wrote

Reply to comment by Bhsboykinm-86 in Dutch intelligence services have warned that Russia is "covertly mapping" key energy infrastructure in the North Sea, in preparation for possible sabotage attacks. by green_flash

Really glad to find someone who has the same reading as me. You know what is the opposite of pride? Humility. We live in a binary world and it's time to put the focus on humility. Human nature tends to change the world from the outter instead of the inner, as it should be. Willing to continue this thread in private...

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dopef123 t1_j9m7vki wrote

Reply to comment by BZ852 in I spent a year preparing for a reporting trip from Senegal to Morocco to Spain. My team and I set out to connect three of the biggest stories of our time: climate change, global migration, and the rise of far-right political leaders. Now that we’re back, AMA! by npr

I think part of the truth is that they were simply trying to mix all the hot topics in that area. Immigration, global warming, far right. It's like hitting every dopamine button of fear for people in Europe.

Yet reporters lack the statistical and scientific background to actually tie any of this together in a concrete way that means anything. The fact is anyone can interview the right people and put together some compelling story that may or may not have much to do with the actual reality for the average person there.

Such a huge percentage of news uses bad stats or shitty arguments that don't make a ton of sense. They should stick to straight basic facts rather than trying to weave these big narratives.

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dopef123 t1_j9m7ehf wrote

Reply to comment by npr in I spent a year preparing for a reporting trip from Senegal to Morocco to Spain. My team and I set out to connect three of the biggest stories of our time: climate change, global migration, and the rise of far-right political leaders. Now that we’re back, AMA! by npr

I think that story will be hard to write because many of the migrants they're taking in turn to crime or do not assimilate because of cultural differences. I personally don't see a great story coming from all of this. Just another cycle of human misery and change.

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ambulancisto t1_j9m6uau wrote

Reply to comment by AwTekker in Dutch intelligence services have warned that Russia is "covertly mapping" key energy infrastructure in the North Sea, in preparation for possible sabotage attacks. by green_flash

Soviet military maps are amazingly good. For a long time they were the absolute best my maps available of a lot of remote places around the world. They came on the market after the fall of the USSR, but I think you can find a lot of them online now, as they're rather out of date.

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HashieKing t1_j9m4zmd wrote

Reply to comment by Accurate_Crazy_6251 in North Korean state media urges rejection of 'poisoned candy' foreign aid despite food shortages | World News | Sky News by rmaccr

I don't want to help North Korea, the longer the regime is in power the more misery the Koreans will have to endure. The longer the regime is in power the more misery it projects on the world.

Helping them imo is not a morale act, it's like torturing someone

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kolembo t1_j9m44a1 wrote

Reply to James Webb telescope detects evidence of ancient ‘universe breaker’ galaxies by Lakerlion

  • The objects date to a time when the universe was just 3% of its current age

  • These galaxies appeared to be roughly 13.5bn years old, placing them about 500m-700m years after the big bang.

  • Last year, scientists spotted four galaxies that date to about 350m years after the big bang...

It's so amazing

We've been able to look back soooo far...

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West_Lab_6625 t1_j9m0q1x wrote

Reply to Turkey’s media watchdog fined three broadcasters on Wednesday for their coverage of the earthquake that rocked the country’s south, killing more than 42,000 people by masterspeler

The citizens and government of Turkey must just feel dazed and full of fear. We can forgive them for pointing incorrectly pointed fingers indicating guilt and try and help them not accuse people who were just doing the best they could as well. Reporting such an enormous event must have been close to impossible, but one can understand the psyche which must prevail at this point: "Surely someone is to blame. How could this be?" Gentle help should protect the accusers from damaging innocent lives and protect the accused. No one. No one could have caused this.

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