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I was commenting on a post just now, and I needed to find a source for it where I had to pick through websites I didn't recognize. Eventually I found something affiliated with BBC science, which may have its own issues but it's a whole lot more reputable than the slop. However, if I was a younger user or new to a topic, I wouldn't have known to use that source.

At first I was thinking of making a community for this, but I don't think we will have enough content to sustain a single purpose community like this.

Instead, I'm making this post to encourage people to post those questions to existing communities.

Please suggest where someone should make such posts. So far I'm thinking:

• asking in !nostupidquestions@lemmy.world, !asklemmy@lemmy.world, !asklemmy@lemmy.ml, and !ask@piefed.social
• sharing resources in !internetisawesome@sh.itjust.works, !coolwebsites@lemmy.ca, !youshouldknow@lemmy.world, !til@lemmy.world

Long term it would be nice to have a blacklist of these on UBO.

Miki Zohar accuses Oscar-winning directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor of ‘treason against the state’

That's how you know a movie is good! I haven't watched it yet.

A picture of a baby opossum exploring a cat tree.

I was doing a quick assignment for someone in Pike Place Market -- not so much about making art, but rather capturing reference photos and images of signage and architecture, just moving through and capturing all the angles and all the textures and all the surfaces.

And I got lucky with a stray snap of the lens.

Thanks for seeing my accidental work?

Culiacán (Mexico) (AFP) – Chanting and waving banners, thousands marched Sunday in the Mexican city of Culiacan to protest the deaths of people caught up in a war between two rival factions of the infamous Sinaloa Cartel.

Dressed in white, the protesters released dozens of white balloons into the sky before marching to the cathedral in the capital of Sinaloa state, shouting, "We want peace," and carrying signs saying, "I'm fed up with living in fear."

Culiacan's bishop, Jesus Jose Herrera, called on the gang members to stop the violence: "No territory and no ambition is worth more than a human life."

The protest was organized by the Catholic Church along with business leaders and families of missing persons.

Since September 2024, the state has been gripped by a bitter war between rival factions loyal to the families of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman or Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, co-founders of the cartel who are both now serving life sentences in the United States.

Internal accusations of betrayal sparked the violence between factions.

Daily shootouts and road blocks have led to closed businesses and the suspension of classes as Sinaloa became known as the most dangerous city in Mexico.

In two years, the death toll has surpassed 3,000, including many civilians caught in the crossfire.

Maricela Perez, 62, carried a portrait of her 36-year-old son, Miguel, who was shot to death in May on a volleyball court.

"We don't want any more deaths like this, any more murders," she tearfully told AFP.

"It's terrible," said Marlene Leon, 33, another marcher. "We feel abandoned, and we believe this march is a way to express that, despite the passage of time, we have not normalized the violence and we want peace."

President Claudia Sheinbaum has deployed thousands of soldiers into the state, but despite increasing gun and drug seizures, it has so far failed to curb the violence.

On Saturday alone, at least seven people were killed.

Protesters chanted slogans against Sheinbaum and a group burned a cardboard effigy of her.

The economy of the state, with 3 million inhabitants and significant corn and tomato crops, has declined due to the violence.

"More than 5,000 businesses closed, that's the tragedy Sinaloa is experiencing," said Sergio Raul Esquer, a businessman and state leader of the center-left opposition party Movimiento Ciudadano.

US President Donald Trump declared the Sinaloa Cartel a "foreign terrorist organization" and threatened to intervene against it on Mexican soil if Mexican authorities do not take action.

Sanaa (AFP) – Yemen's Houthis said Sunday that Saudi Arabia had launched more than 50 strikes against their positions in 24 hours, after the Iran-backed group claimed a rare drone and missile attack on a military base in the kingdom.

The Houthis have been engaged in renewed fighting with Saudi-backed government forces since Yemen's civil war reignited in July, when the group declared a maritime blockade on Saudi Arabia and began targeting its ships in the Red Sea.

The latest clashes follow a week-long Houthi offensive that culminated in the group capturing Yemen's Red Sea coast, cementing their hold on the Bab al-Mandab Strait.

The waterway is a vital artery for Saudi oil exports as the Strait of Hormuz remains closed amid the US-Iran war.

Yayha Saree, the group's military spokesman, said "the criminal Saudi enemy has carried out 58 airstrikes in the past 24 hours" in a post on Telegram.

The Houthis carried out their heaviest missile and drone attack in years this week against Saudi Arabia, setting oil sites ablaze and wounding 73.

The group's Almasirah TV channel reported on Sunday that "Saudi aviation carried out two strikes" on Saada, a stronghold for the group.

It also reported artillery fire in the border district of Monabbih, in the same province.

Later on Sunday, Almasirah reported two Saudi strikes on a market in the northern Al-Jawf province.

The Houthis have reported more than 100 strikes against their positions since Tuesday, with no confirmation from Riyadh so far.

Up to now, the strikes have mainly focused on the front lines, in support of Yemeni government forces, without targeting the Houthis' heart of power, including the capital Sanaa.

Yemen's civil war began in 2014 when the Houthis seized the capital and forced out the internationally recognised government.

They then fought a Saudi-led coalition from 2015 until a UN-brokered ceasefire in 2022. The conflict had since been dormant before it roared back to life in July.

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Houston (AFP) – The United States on Monday kicks off a set of G20 meetings touting "energy abundance," even as President Donald Trump's war against Iran continues to disrupt global fuel markets.

The discussions are slated to run through Wednesday in Houston, in the oil-rich US state of Texas.

The meetings gather delegations from the world's largest economies -- including China, India, Japan and Germany -- with major oil producers set to attend, such as Canada and Saudi Arabia.

Russian diplomats indicated Saturday that Moscow would also send some officials.

The unexpected presence of Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov caused a stir at a previous G20 meeting two weeks ago.

Ukraine's European allies expressed disappointment in the US decision to invite Russia, which ran against efforts to exclude Moscow over the war on its neighbor.

The Houston meetings come as oil and gas prices surge over the Middle East war, with Europe struggling to fill its gas storage facilities ahead of winter.

One of Washington's stated priorities as G20 host is to expand access to affordable, reliable and secure energy, but supply has been dramatically impacted since the US and Israel attacked Iran in February.

Prices at the pump have skyrocketed in the United States, where the price of a gallon (3.78 liters) of diesel has hit a record high, and now runs an average $6.20, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA).

Regular gasoline is also 44 percent more expensive than it was before the war.

The unpopular war and its consequences have Trump's Republican Party fearing a defeat in the November midterm elections.

The US president has accused Iran of extending the conflict to hurt him politically, claiming recently that the war would end "immediately" after the election.

Trump also accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of causing a diesel shortage with strikes on Russian refineries.

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright, a key player in Washington's energy dealings with Venezuela, and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum are expected to attend the meetings in Houston.

I thought this was already the case 🤷.

The “commonsense change” will take effect from Sunday 20 September