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'Climate apartheid' between rich and poor looms, UN expert warns
A UN expert has warned of a possible "climate apartheid", where the rich pay to escape from hunger, "while the rest of the world is left to suffer".
Even if current targets are met, "millions will be impoverished", said Philip Alston, the UN's special rapporteur on extreme poverty.
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North Korea reveals explosive HIV outbreak—after claiming to be disease-free
The case estimate stands in stark contrast to a celebration in Pyongyang last year on December 1—annual World AIDS Day—in which government officials declared that North Korea is an “AIDS-free zone” and that there is “not a single AIDS patient” in the country.
Well in all honesty, there likely are ZERO AIDS patients in all of North Korea because NK doesn't treat anyone for anything.
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Beth Chapman Dead: ‘Dog the Bounty Hunter’ Star Dies at 51 Following Cancer Battle
https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/beth-chapman-dead-dog-the-bounty-hunter-star-dies-at-51/ -
@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:
Beth Chapman Dead: ‘Dog the Bounty Hunter’ Star Dies at 51 Following Cancer Battle
https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/beth-chapman-dead-dog-the-bounty-hunter-star-dies-at-51/Site blocked here. Is that "Dog"?
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:
Beth Chapman Dead: ‘Dog the Bounty Hunter’ Star Dies at 51 Following Cancer Battle
https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/beth-chapman-dead-dog-the-bounty-hunter-star-dies-at-51/Site blocked here. Is that "Dog"?
Yep, that is Duane Lee "Dog" Chapman.
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European heatwave: France hits record temperature of 45.1C
France has hit its highest recorded temperature - 45.1C (113.2F) - amid a heatwave in Europe that has claimed several lives.
The new record was measured in the southern town of Villevieille. The previous record was 44.1C during a heatwave in 2003 that killed thousands.
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
European heatwave: France hits record temperature of 45.1C
France has hit its highest recorded temperature - 45.1C (113.2F) - amid a heatwave in Europe that has claimed several lives.
The new record was measured in the southern town of Villevieille. The previous record was 44.1C during a heatwave in 2003 that killed thousands.
Yeah and global warming isn't real. . .
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@scottalanmiller @black3dynamite
It was his wife not "Dog" him self. -
@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
European heatwave: France hits record temperature of 45.1C
France has hit its highest recorded temperature - 45.1C (113.2F) - amid a heatwave in Europe that has claimed several lives.
The new record was measured in the southern town of Villevieille. The previous record was 44.1C during a heatwave in 2003 that killed thousands.
Yeah and global warming isn't real. . .
Meh... We'll be hearing about blizzards in Texas next, lol.
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Renewable electricity beat out coal for the first time in April
Seasonal shifts helped, but long-term changes underlie the record.
A remarkable thing happened in the US in April. For the first time ever, renewable electricity generation beat out coal-fired electricity generation on a national level, according to the Energy Information Agency (EIA). -
BBC News - European heatwave: France hits record temperature of 45.9C
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-48795264Even hotter than earlier reports.
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BBC News - Mexico hail: Ice 1.5m thick carpets Mexico's Guadalajara
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-48821306 -
This is my local airport
BBC News - Texas plane crash: 10 killed after 'aircraft veers into hangar'
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Electric cars: New vehicles to emit noise to aid safety
New electric vehicles will have to feature a noise-emitting device, under an EU rule coming into force on Monday.It follows concerns that low-emission cars and vans are too quiet, putting pedestrians at risk because they cannot be heard as they approach.
All new types of four-wheel electric vehicle must be fitted with the device, which sounds like a traditional engine. -
@hobbit666 said in Non-IT News Thread:
Electric cars: New vehicles to emit noise to aid safety
New electric vehicles will have to feature a noise-emitting device, under an EU rule coming into force on Monday.It follows concerns that low-emission cars and vans are too quiet, putting pedestrians at risk because they cannot be heard as they approach.
All new types of four-wheel electric vehicle must be fitted with the device, which sounds like a traditional engine.Yup, because people can't be responsible for themselves at all.
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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@hobbit666 said in Non-IT News Thread:
Electric cars: New vehicles to emit noise to aid safety
New electric vehicles will have to feature a noise-emitting device, under an EU rule coming into force on Monday.It follows concerns that low-emission cars and vans are too quiet, putting pedestrians at risk because they cannot be heard as they approach.
All new types of four-wheel electric vehicle must be fitted with the device, which sounds like a traditional engine.Yup, because people can't be responsible for themselves at all.
"They" cannot be responsible because they were in an important search/text message/tv show that could not wait while crossing the busy two lane five point intersection.
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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@hobbit666 said in Non-IT News Thread:
Electric cars: New vehicles to emit noise to aid safety
New electric vehicles will have to feature a noise-emitting device, under an EU rule coming into force on Monday.It follows concerns that low-emission cars and vans are too quiet, putting pedestrians at risk because they cannot be heard as they approach.
All new types of four-wheel electric vehicle must be fitted with the device, which sounds like a traditional engine.Yup, because people can't be responsible for themselves at all.
It's for the blind.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@hobbit666 said in Non-IT News Thread:
Electric cars: New vehicles to emit noise to aid safety
New electric vehicles will have to feature a noise-emitting device, under an EU rule coming into force on Monday.It follows concerns that low-emission cars and vans are too quiet, putting pedestrians at risk because they cannot be heard as they approach.
All new types of four-wheel electric vehicle must be fitted with the device, which sounds like a traditional engine.Yup, because people can't be responsible for themselves at all.
It's for the blind.
My car is great for them, then.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@hobbit666 said in Non-IT News Thread:
Electric cars: New vehicles to emit noise to aid safety
New electric vehicles will have to feature a noise-emitting device, under an EU rule coming into force on Monday.It follows concerns that low-emission cars and vans are too quiet, putting pedestrians at risk because they cannot be heard as they approach.
All new types of four-wheel electric vehicle must be fitted with the device, which sounds like a traditional engine.Yup, because people can't be responsible for themselves at all.
It's for the blind.
This is an odd assumption that the "noise" of an engine would tell blind people it's clear to cross. Why not use the crosswalk signal or a seeing eye dog or literally anything else besides the "cars need to make more noise so the blind don't get run over because they can't hear the car coming".
Can they not hear the wheel noise?
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
Can they not hear the wheel noise?
Over background noise? No.
