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Discussions about current events and what's happening around the world. Not for crypto news.
Hey, I like Dogecoin, it's a silly fun meme, but for the past few days my Google News feed has been shoving these shameless liquidity grabs to the top of the feed, and it's kind of infuriating.
Google News is such trash, yet somehow everything else is slightly worse in various ways, so I keep coming back.
Google News is such trash, yet somehow everything else is slightly worse in various ways, so I keep coming back.
Zuck's behavior makes a lot more sense now in the anti-trust legal framework.
This snippet of an article about a Florida man on a mission is solid gold
https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/environment/2025/04/10/youll-never-guess-what-this-marco-iguana-hunter-has-for-breakfast/82882798007/
https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/environment/2025/04/10/youll-never-guess-what-this-marco-iguana-hunter-has-for-breakfast/82882798007/
“Short” for me would ideally be the full length of a single cast (320 characters), so two or three paragraphs long. Enough to give some informative context, THEN present a thoughtful opinion.
Then as a bonus, follow up with a second cast steelmanning or refuting possible counterpoints.
After that, keep replying with links to primary sources, timestamped YouTube links, charts, etc. Encourage or incentivize people to quote or reply to anything with more context. Highlight the most thoughtful or most orthogonal responses by reploting or quoplying.
I really want Farcaster /news /geopolitics /economics /america /uspolitics et al. to be environments where curators facilitate learning, debate and critical thinking by default. Not just gut reactions to headlines, mic-drop hot takes, and people talking past each other like you’d find on every other social network.
Then as a bonus, follow up with a second cast steelmanning or refuting possible counterpoints.
After that, keep replying with links to primary sources, timestamped YouTube links, charts, etc. Encourage or incentivize people to quote or reply to anything with more context. Highlight the most thoughtful or most orthogonal responses by reploting or quoplying.
I really want Farcaster /news /geopolitics /economics /america /uspolitics et al. to be environments where curators facilitate learning, debate and critical thinking by default. Not just gut reactions to headlines, mic-drop hot takes, and people talking past each other like you’d find on every other social network.
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Imagine being on the 52nd floor, mid-workout, when an earthquake hits. That’s exactly what happened to Kwon Young-jun, a South Korean man in Bangkok. Exercising on the 52nd floor of Building C at Park Origin condominium during the March 28 earthquake, Kwon realized the connecting skybridge was breaking apart. In a split-second decision, he leapt across to Building B to reach his wife and child. Fortunately, they had already evacuated, and he joined them downstairs after descending 40 flights of stairs. The family escaped with minor injuries.  
This harrowing experience underscores the unpredictable dangers of earthquakes, especially in high-rise buildings. It’s an important reminder of the importance of emergency preparedness and the extraordinary lengths to which individuals will go for their loved ones.
For a visual of the incident, you can watch the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AKXsCtx3Dg
This harrowing experience underscores the unpredictable dangers of earthquakes, especially in high-rise buildings. It’s an important reminder of the importance of emergency preparedness and the extraordinary lengths to which individuals will go for their loved ones.
For a visual of the incident, you can watch the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AKXsCtx3Dg
Not sure how North American and Western European news media is not reporting on this still
https://youtu.be/dhVaW1DI7Ic?si=0jlHjsfJQaoX5qL5
https://youtu.be/dhVaW1DI7Ic?si=0jlHjsfJQaoX5qL5
MAGA supporters and officials have been trying to make The Atlantic out to be a "far left" tabloid of sorts this week. Just remember where it sits in the latest Media Bias Chart....
Sigh, when are people going to learn that submarines/submersibles are just not for site seeing?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/mar/27/tourist-submarine-sinks-red-sea-egypt-hurghada-latest-news-updates
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/mar/27/tourist-submarine-sinks-red-sea-egypt-hurghada-latest-news-updates
Ngl I still haven’t mentally recovered from COVID.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/congo-mystery-disease-deaths-who-investigation-deepens/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/congo-mystery-disease-deaths-who-investigation-deepens/
There's got to be a reason why there are so many flight issues in the USA lately
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/25/us/chicago-midway-airport-near-miss-planes/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/25/us/chicago-midway-airport-near-miss-planes/index.html
Plans include a new factory in Texas, doubling the U.S. Advanced Manufacturing Fund, a manufacturing academy, and accelerated investments in AI and silicon engineering
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/02/apple-will-spend-more-than-500-billion-usd-in-the-us-over-the-next-four-years/
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/02/apple-will-spend-more-than-500-billion-usd-in-the-us-over-the-next-four-years/
Appeals court says President Trump can't end birthright citizenship in a ruling that could set up a Supreme Court showdown.
JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇺🇦 US President Trump says Ukrainian President Zelensky is a "dictator" who "refuses to have elections."
"The only thing he was good at was playing Biden like a fiddle."
"The only thing he was good at was playing Biden like a fiddle."
Haven’t been reading much mainstream US media lately; BBC has covered the current conflict in the DRC well over the last ~month.
Curious how much it has filtered through to the wider US audience?
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0rqr8q5v52o.amp
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y98jjwx4no.amp
Curious how much it has filtered through to the wider US audience?
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0rqr8q5v52o.amp
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y98jjwx4no.amp
Bukavu in DR Congo falls to Rwandan-backed M23 rebels - BBC News
Some people cheered as the fighters entered the city without resistance, two days after taking the airport.
www.bbc.com
DR Congo conflict in Goma: M23 rebels leave families devastated in wake of advance - BBC News
The BBC meets residents of Goma following the rebel takeover and those being forced by the M23 to leave camps.
www.bbc.com
JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇷🇺 United States and Russia agree to restore embassy staff in Moscow and Washington.
