pillows are perfect, and I'm tired of people complaining about them!
blackberry
joined 2 months ago
next on the cutting block
one was shipped on a boat, and the other was made out batteries
always nice when shitposting travels to truth saying
in 2020, basic eggs at Aldi were 0.95$
CIA to hold regular talks with Russia's top spy agency
Mia Jankowicz
3 - 4 minutes
Russia's intelligence agency said its chief spoke to his CIA counterpart on Tuesday.
It's a marked shift in posture and is the first reported contact between the pair in over two years.
It comes as a US-proposed cease-fire deal between Russia and Ukraine is on the table.
Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service said that its chief had spoken to the head of the CIA, in the first reported contact between the pair in over two years.
In the Tuesday call, it said the two agency chiefs agreed to maintain regular contact in the future, a marked shift in relations that comes at a time when a cease-fire deal with Ukraine is on the table.
It came the same day that Ukraine signaled that it was ready to accept a US proposal for an immediate 30-day cease-fire deal with Russia.
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Emily Ferris, a senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, told BI that the call was "significant," as the two senior leaders had not spoken in several years.
According to the Russian intelligence agency, known as the SVR, its director, Sergey Naryshkin, and CIA Director John Ratcliffe spoke about how they could interact on matters of common interest and the resolution of crisis situations.
The CIA did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.
Tulsi Gabbard — who has shared anti-Ukraine talking points in the past — was confirmed as President Donald Trump's Director of National Intelligence last month, a rule that oversees multiple intelligence agencies, including the CIA.
The latest move comes amid a general rapprochement between Trump and Russia, while relations between the US and its traditional allies in Europe have soured.
The US temporarily paused all US intelligence-sharing with Ukraine last week, but reversed that on Tuesday.
Ferris told BI that the US may be using the calls with Russia as a "carrot" in negotiations.
"Russia's desire to be regarded on an equal footing with other countries it considers to be major powers, particularly the US and China, often drives its foreign policy decision-making," she said.
But she added that the link "could be severed at any time, especially should Russia delay on a decision about the cease-fire."
Edward Hunter Christie, a senior research fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, told BI that "America is deliberately opening itself to being influenced by official Russian voices."
"Russia will exploit this," he added.
Christie said that the announcement of resumed contact between the SVR and CIA "is the further confirmation of the Trump administration's openly stated intention to have a completely new relationship with Russia, based on collaboration and coordination between the two states on what they can agree on."
wait, did he share the triangle or just the Washington post article?
saved you a click:
President Donald Trump promised cheaper groceries when he took office, but two months in, it seems the president is sick of all the complaining. To make his point, the president shared an article from the Daily Caller on Truth Social titled “Shut Up About Egg Prices — Trump Is Saving Consumers” that minimizes concerns about the increasing cost of eggs. The article, written by right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk, concedes that “a dozen currently costs around $7, up from just $2 in October.” However, Kirk contends that inflation during Trump’s presidency isn’t as severe as critics suggest and tells voters to stop whining. “The high price of eggs is in no way President Trump’s fault,” Kirk writes. “Almost all the increase took place during Biden’s final months in office.” The pro-Trump article further defended the president, saying, “Trump is already hard at work to deliver savings for American families.”
100%, but why not both? amazon only got that big because we keep buying from it (that and all the government contracts). buying from local stores that also buy from local stores is the best from a purchasing aspect. and as far as data, that's massively more important and valuable to them than your $
why not boycott all major corporations every day? it does require a bit of work, but the more money you spend locally, the better your local communities will be
isn't the point of the fediverse to not consolidate?
yes, in designed algorithms (although it's hard to argue that "hot" sorting is an "algorithm" unless we're being pedantic). but in a colloquial sense, from an end user's perspective, the thing they see is "the algorithm". which for lemmy is about as natural as I described, unless I'm missing something (like the rate of photons hitting under sea cables), since there isn't a suggestion engine for the "all" feed