skhayfa

joined 1 year ago
sorted by: new top controversial old
Japan Is So Desperate to Increase Its Birth Rate That Tokyo Is Trying Out a New Idea: Free Daycare in c/[email protected]
[–] skhayfa 2 points 3 hours ago

That would be a hit in the US

Two killed and scores injured in Germany as car ploughs into crowd at Christmas market in c/world
[–] skhayfa 2 points 4 hours ago

He was also a psychotherapist

Javier Milei’s first year: $3 billion surplus and tenfold lower inflation in 2024 in c/news
[–] skhayfa 132 points 3 days ago (31 children)

And in other news: Argentina's poverty rate jumped from almost 42% to 53% during the first six months of Javier Milei's presidency (https://apnews.com/article/argentina-milei-budget-congress-economy-inflation-c83178217097093d476fab94429768a4)

Appeasing the market needs humans sacrifice! Once the rich get their fill, the poor will... anyway who cares about the poor.

Death feels imminent for 96% of children in Gaza, study finds in c/world
[–] skhayfa 6 points 1 week ago

It's not even brushing the surface. There's a video of a kid who brought pieces of his sibling in a backpack to the hospital. Another is seen combing through the ruins of his destroyed house for flesh of his family to bury them. Kids are being amputated or undergoing surgery without anesthesia. The scale of the horror is unprecedented.

US may push but Ukrainians balk at lowering draft age to 18 in c/[email protected]
[–] skhayfa 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

At this point you have to ask yourself this tough question. What's more important for the future of the nation, its youth or to regain control of the whole Ukrainian territories?

Elon Musk has "taken over" MAGA, Democratic strategist suggests in c/politics
[–] skhayfa 2 points 2 weeks ago

Saban & co$ did it way before for the democrats.

Astronauts Report Alarming Stench Coming From Russian Spacecraft Docked to ISS in c/[email protected]
[–] skhayfa 6 points 3 weeks ago

Space version of the Dutch oven

German steel giant ThyssenKrupp to slash 11,000 jobs in c/world
[–] skhayfa 6 points 3 weeks ago

Cutting jobs and reduce steel capacity to fight against increased competition... Something doesn't seems right 🤔

Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train: India unlikely to import 'Shinkansen' from Japan following failed price negotiations and revised price norms in c/world
[–] skhayfa 5 points 3 weeks ago

Not enough bribes

Trump picks former WWE executive Linda McMahon for education secretary in c/politics
[–] skhayfa 43 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Could have been worse, last time it was Betsy Devos

Mexico Goes All In on Housing: 1 Million New Homes, Zero-Interest Mortgages in c/[email protected]
[–] skhayfa 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Maybe our two women candidates should have campaigned on affordable housing

Silicon Valley is sacrificing the climate for AI in c/[email protected]
[–] skhayfa 9 points 2 months ago

Silicone valley is sacrificing the world for their profits

10
Will the Lassana Diarra case bring down transfer market as we know it? (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 2 months ago by skhayfa to c/world
1 comments fedilink
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20336613

The former Arsenal player’s legal action against Fifa’s ‘draconian’ rules could lead to the age of Bosman 2.0

16
Will the Lassana Diarra case bring down transfer market as we know it? (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 2 months ago by skhayfa to c/football
2 comments fedilink
 

The former Arsenal player’s legal action against Fifa’s ‘draconian’ rules could lead to the age of Bosman 2.0

161
Gaza's sick and malnourished children die as hospitals collapse from Israel's war (www.npr.org)
submitted 6 months ago by skhayfa to c/world
7 comments fedilink
 

A lethal combination of displacement, disease and malnutrition are killing Gaza's children as they wither away without healthcare.

5
Biggest takeaways from Mavericks-Timberwolves Game 1 of the West finals (www.espn.com)
submitted 7 months ago by skhayfa to c/nba
0 comments fedilink
 

The NBA's Western Conference finals got off to a dynamic start as the Dallas Mavericks took Game 1 against the Minnesota Timberwolves in a Minneapolis thriller on Wednesday.

Entering the fourth quarter trailing 83-82, the Mavericks rallied behind 15 of Luka Doncic's team-high 33 points in the final period to pull out a 108-105 win.

13
2024 NBA playoffs: What will decide Celtics-Pacers and Timberwolves-Mavericks in the conference finals? (www.espn.com)
submitted 7 months ago by skhayfa to c/nba
2 comments fedilink
18
Timberwolves stage largest Game 7 comeback in NBA history to down champion Nuggets (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 7 months ago by skhayfa to c/nba
3 comments fedilink
 
  • Minnesota Timberwolves 98-90 Denver Nuggets
  • T-Wolves roar back from 20-point deficit against Denver
  • Timberwolves will face Mavericks in Conference finals
27
Blinken orders crackdown on leaks (www.politico.com)
submitted 7 months ago by skhayfa to c/news
4 comments fedilink
 

Blinken crackdown on leaks, leaked to the press

193
California university president put on leave for ‘insubordination’ after meeting Gaza protesters’ demands (www.politico.com)
submitted 7 months ago by skhayfa to c/news
17 comments fedilink
 

California State University placed Sonoma State campus President Mike Lee on leave Wednesday after he agreed to protesters’ demands to involve them in university decision-making and pursue divestment from Israel.

134
AIPAC Is Secretly Intervening in Portland’s Congressional Race to Take Down Susheela Jayapal, Sources Say (theintercept.com)
submitted 7 months ago by skhayfa to c/politics
4 comments fedilink
 

The pro-Israel group is funneling money through a “pro-science” PAC, according to two members of Congress.

698
Trump Lawyer Says Having Political Rival Killed Could Constitute 'Official' Presidential Act (www.rollingstone.com)
submitted 8 months ago by skhayfa to c/politics
151 comments fedilink
 

Sotomayor: If the president decides that his rival is a corrupt person and he orders the military to assasinate him, is that within his official acts to which he has immunity?

"That could well be an official act," Trump lawyer John Sauer says

364
Survey finds that 60 firms are responsible for half of world’s plastic pollution (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 8 months ago by skhayfa to c/[email protected]
36 comments fedilink
 

The two tobacco companies Altria and Philip Morris International combined made up 2% of the branded plastic litter found, both Danone and Nestlé each produced 3% of it, PepsiCo was responsible for 5% of the discarded packaging, and 11% of branded plastic waste could be traced to the Coca-Cola company.

143
The Next US President Will Have Troubling New Surveillance Powers (www.wired.com)
submitted 8 months ago by skhayfa to c/[email protected]
7 comments fedilink
 

Over the weekend, President Joe Biden signed legislation not only reauthorizing a major FISA spy program but expanding it in ways that could have major implications for privacy rights in the US. Archive: https://archive.ph/6v4mf

view more: next ›