[-] jonhanson@kbin.social 24 points 1 year ago

when he had a good campaign message.

This is a hitherto unencountered usage of the term "good".

[-] jonhanson@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

"Light Speed Travel Is Possible" - of course it's possible, what speed does the headline writer think light travels at...?

[-] jonhanson@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"I plead Covfefe"

[-] jonhanson@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Should it be possible to login to the app using kbin.social credentials? Doesn't seem to work for me.

[-] jonhanson@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

This is "world news"...?

[-] jonhanson@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No, UNESCO is a convention that countries voluntarily sign up to, and the onus on protecting heritage sites generally falls to the host country. Obviously, when an invading country attacks sites like this, there's little UNESCO, or anyone else, can do. Destruction of cultural sites, that have no military value, is terrorism, and, arguably, part of a broader goal of genocide.

[-] jonhanson@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

It's correct, as whence means "from where", so adding "from" would be redundant.

[-] jonhanson@kbin.social 44 points 1 year ago

The regulation of the European Parliament and the Council will apply to all batteries including all waste portable batteries, electric vehicle batteries, industrial batteries, starting, lightning and ignition (SLI) batteries (used mostly for vehicles and machinery) and batteries for light means of transport (e.g. electric bikes, e-mopeds, e-scooters).

Not just phones either.

[-] jonhanson@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

In the same year Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case in Great Britain of a pedestrian to be killed in a collision with a motor car. The car was traveling at 4mph.

[-] jonhanson@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The characters will be voiced by an AI. Players will be astounded at the wide range of in-game dialog, and occasionally bemused when game characters insist that "the arsonist has oddly-shaped feet" and "The Human Torch is denied a bank loan."

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