Irish press are calling it an attempted attempt: https://www.thejournal.ie/trump-says-he-received-call-from-biden-after-second-assassination-attempt-6489558-Sep2024/

do you need an explanation beyond “some people online will believe anything”

trusted by whom?

No

I like my odds

authoritarianism has worked for thousands of years.

huh

The oil industry didn’t legally manipulate velomobiles into having a wide turning circle

haha what a great comment

This comment is rational.

For those inter-city bike lanes like you see in some parts of France they would be great.

The Velomobile: High-tech Bike or Low-tech Car?

I feel there’s probably some reasons they haven’t become popular.

• Don’t turn as nimbly as a bike

• Can’t put them on your shoulder and carry them indoors, onto a train, etc. like as a bike

• Don’t climb hills as well as a bike (source)

• 20× the cost of a bike, maybe that could be brought down by economies of scale if they were more popular

I could imagine a velomobile being preferable if you’re commuting from a satellite town to the city, and the journey consists of a long straight road.

I’d definitely say they’re worse for getting around the city, and their comparative advantages are bought at the price of significant extra overhead.

Also, who the fuck is writing this? Well-fed guys in Hollywood who have toy poodles and use tanning salons?

Couldn’t care less.

not my circus not my monkeys

It is not Black & White

made by Demis Hassabis who is now a prominent A.I. researcher

What your Trump-supporting journalist says –

Behind the scenes is China’s reluctance to forgive debt…

In the past under such circumstances, big government lenders such as the U.S., Japan and France would work out deals to forgive some debt, with each lender disclosing clearly what they were owed and on what terms so no one would feel cheated. But China didn’t play by those rules.

The actual facts –

• China, the largest government creditor to emerging economies, said it will forgive 23 interest-free loans to 17 African countries and redirect $10 billion of its International Monetary Fund reserves to nations on the continent.

• New sovereign debt negotiations and zero-interest loan write-offs involving Chinese creditors totalled $19 billion in 2021, the report said, although that dropped to $9 billion in 2022 and to $1.7 billion in 2023 through April, a total drop of over 90%.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAZARA_Railway

https://theintercept.com/2015/04/27/encrypting-laptop-like-mean/

One cool thing about piracy battles is ISPs’ interests are aligned with the pirates. It’s the record labels who are against it.