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Tesla Cybertrucks Are Rusting Despite Being Made Of Stainless Steel in c/news@lemmy.world

[–] Sarsaparilla@kbin.social 10 points 4 months ago

"Weathered steel" was all the rage on brand new buildings a few years ago, why not on a "truck"? 😏

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Russia's Africa Corps marches in to replace Wagner group in the continent's coup belt (www.abc.net.au)

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It may not be on the news radar in the English-speaking world, but the turbulence sweeping parts of Africa is the biggest challenge to French influence on the continent in 60 years.

Civilian governments backed by Paris have been toppled in military coups and Russia has wasted little time in taking advantage. The Wagner group was infamous for doing Russia's bidding across Africa, but now a new organisation loyal to Vladimir Putin is infiltrating the region's coup belt.

ABC News Australia - Norman Hermant reports.

Pod of orcas trapped in drift ice off Japanese coast in c/news@lemmy.world

[–] Sarsaparilla@kbin.social 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The movie, "Big Miracle", seems to have been based on a real event known as "Operation Breakthrough". There was a time where something like this would have the entire world holding it's collective breath and doing all it can to save the animals. Today, hardly anyone knows it's happening. 😢

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Pod of orcas trapped in drift ice off Japanese coast (www.youtube.com)

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Footage aired by the Japanese broadcaster NHK shows a pod of orcas, also known as killer whales, apparently trapped in drift ice off the coast of Hokkaido. At least 10 were seen poking out of a small gap in the surface and struggling for air.

Ex-CIA software engineer sentenced to 40 years for giving secrets to WikiLeaks in c/news@lemmy.world

[–] Sarsaparilla@kbin.social 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

https://wikileaks.org/ciav7p1/

‘Your Product Is Killing People’: Tech Leaders Denounced Over Child Safety in c/news@lemmy.world

[–] Sarsaparilla@kbin.social 6 points 5 months ago

I mean, sure, but I feel it probably wasn't the greatest unmasking. Some of the stuff was just plain ignorant and embarrassing ... for the lawmakers. Like this exchange with the Tik Tok CEO. I feel like they probably don't really understand what they are up-in-arms about. 🤷‍♀️

Georgie Purcell: Adobe casts doubt that Photoshop automation was to blame for Nine News editing of her image in c/news@lemmy.world

[–] Sarsaparilla@kbin.social 3 points 5 months ago

So it could've created the mid-drift, maybe, but not enlarge her breasts.

Apple's rules to allow third-party app stores in the EU are not beneficial for users or developers in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] Sarsaparilla@kbin.social 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Epic lost their case with Apple regarding Fortnite, yet now Epic are looking to make Fortnite available on iOS in EU. But from the article it seems an alternate "app marketplace" would still need Apple approval anyway. It will be interesting to see how all this is going to work.

Is it okay to wash hands with body soap? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

[–] Sarsaparilla@kbin.social 19 points 5 months ago

Exactly. I think the bigger question here is whether hand-soap is sufficient to use as body wash? 🤔

'Three explosions heard in the capital of Yemen' - Reuters news agency reports in c/news@lemmy.world

[–] Sarsaparilla@kbin.social 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Apologies. It was the first source that appeared in my feed.

Edit: oh and this is British Sky News, just in case you hadn't realised it's not Sky News Australia ... a completely different beast.

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'Three explosions heard in the capital of Yemen' - Reuters news agency reports (www.youtube.com)

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The UK and the United States have launched air strikes against Iran backed Houthi rebels according to the Reuters news agency.

Reddit is killing blockchain-based Community Points in c/snoocalypse@lemmy.ml

[–] Sarsaparilla@kbin.social 3 points 8 months ago

lol oh no ... so what are they gonna give me for my 400 odd Fortnite Bricks, then? 💸

1 death reported at Burning Man while festival attendees remain stuck in the Nevada desert from heavy rains in c/news@lemmy.world

[–] Sarsaparilla@kbin.social 7 points 10 months ago

Yeh I don't understand it either. I'm from Australia. Driving into a desert sounds like a pretty dangerous thing to do, no matter what the weather forecast is.

Ordered 20+ groceries from Amazon on Prime Day. Today my order arrived with each item packaged separately. in c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world

[–] Sarsaparilla@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yes. I got a package from Amazon US a week or so after this post and it had that written on it. I pulled it apart to investigate but the padding was not plastic bubbles like the ones in my OP photo. So it must be some sort of corn stuff that can be recycled, but unfortunately I've never had Australian Amazon packages in that recyclable padded packaging. We have a stiff cardboard bag that can be recycled but it's only single layer. My groceries did not even require padded packaging though!