They corrected it in article on the site. The man is an Oregon resident, but was fighting the fire in Washington.

I definitely understood their comment as “Israel claims everyone in Gaza as Hamas, so they’re more likely to die from a random airstrike than they are at sea”

Skibidi is literally listed as a nonsense word, so it essentially has no meaning!

A Wild Mimic’s info is what you asked for, but for what it’s worth, you can just look at the election that happened earlier this year to see if it passes the smell test (and it does):

The AFD won 20% of the vote in the election earlier this year and then the incoming chancello passed a policy with the old parliament (as leader of the opposition still) that would change a financial rule that would have no chance to pass once the new parliament was seated (because the AFD and most of his own party opposed the change), so a lot of the people who voted CDU/CSU (his party) felt betrayed and said “fuck it, I’ll vote AFD next time”

I don’t think working until 70 is that unreasonable (as long as it’s by choice). The age you start receiving full Social Security benefits is 67 now, and putting a few extra years of work in, if you are able, enjoy it, and it gives you purpose, is a valid choice.

That being said, for high-level decision-makers like Congresspeople, they should be forced to retire right when that SSA kicks in. The IRS administrator is right on the line of “should be able to keep going” and “should be forced to retire”.

Public defenders exist already and they’re government-employed lawyers with the express intention of arguing against the government.

Frustratingly the article does not say, but based on the other numbers in the article, I think they are talking in terms of percentage, likely 15-20%

From the Passion narrative according to John (John 18)

29 So Pilate came out to them and asked, “What charges are you bringing against this man?”

30 “If he were not a criminal,” they replied, “we would not have handed him over to you.”

31 Pilate said, “Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.”

“But we have no right to execute anyone,” they objected.

Literally the exact same method that the Jewish religious authorities used to try to convince the Romans to execute Jesus because they weren’t allowed to execute people.

(Note: this is not meant to be antisemitic, just contextual, though the Jews’ role in the execution of Jesus has been and is still used to justify antisemitism)

An ark is a boat, an arc is a curve

We all know something is wrong with Timmy

Ah, he’s been alive longer than the USSR lasted, not that he’s been alive since before it was founded.

Trump is older than the USSR? Wouldn’t that make him like 103?

I was really curious who the third would be and I didn’t see it in the article, so I found the opinion and here’s the full list:

• Sotomayor wrote the majority option
• Barrett wrote a concurring opinion
• Alito dissented with Gorsuch
• Thomas separately dissented (and starts the dissent by agreeing with Alito, so he just wanted to be even more of a douche)

Qatar is definitely my guess. They’re one of the few nations that are friendly with both Iran and the US.

If I could remember to put reusable bags in my car, I would. I’d bring them into the store if I remembered too…

The article literally says they saw an osprey carrying the (baby) shark.

So, I get that Henry Ford was an awful raging antisemite, but calling the Ford F-150 a “swasticar” feels incredibly disingenuous.

Henry Ford had obviously descended into antisemitic conspiracy theories before issuing his first publications on the matter, but those publications first started in 1920, a year after handing over the Ford Motor Company to his son. By the time the original F series truck was introduced in 1948, Henry Ford had been dead for a year.

Compare this to Elon Musk actively being involved with the design and production of the Cyber truck and giving a Nazi salute (twice) on stage while actively trying to sell his dream truck.

Trying to call both the F-150 Lightning and the Cybertruck antisemitic feels like the equivalent of calling people protesting the genocide in Gaza antisemitic.

“The highest quality oil there is on the planet, and they only gave me a drop of it…so I’m not thrilled,” Trump joked.

This headline is such bad clickbait it’s basically misinformation.

No, the US GDP is about $30T and China is second with about $20T. California GDP is just over $4T, so the US would probably need to lose several other states too before being overtaken by China, though those states would be a solid #3 over Germany, assuming they left as a bloc.

The original goal was 2 trillion. It’s less than 1% of the original goal now.

Edit: Less than 10% which is still pathetic, but this is why I shouldn’t do math in my head.