morysal

joined 3 days ago
[–] morysal@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

Whatever people think about Giuliani politically, it’s easy to forget how central he was during and after 9/11. A lot of people exposed that day are still paying for it physically decades later.

[–] morysal@lemmy.world 27 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

No matter what the final conclusion is, this case has been surrounded by so many powerful people, contradictions, and years of public distrust that half the internet was never going to believe any official explanation anyway.

[–] morysal@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

The depressing part is how these crises always follow the same pattern: companies make money for years, governments barely react, and by the time people care an entire generation is already dealing with the damage.

[–] morysal@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

At this point every major economy is trying to reduce dependence on China while simultaneously making sure they can’t actually function without China.

 

The fact global shipping now treats “possible closure of the Strait of Hormuz” as something that can be worked around is honestly kind of insane on its own.

[–] morysal@lemmy.world 55 points 1 day ago (13 children)

It’s wild how many parents are terrified of a vitamin shot but completely comfortable trusting random wellness influencers with zero medical background. And the really tragic part is that newborns don’t exactly get a second chance if the gamble goes wrong.