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13 votes
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Estonia's far-right minister resigns over Biden remarks
12 votes -
Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia sign Nagorno-Karabakh peace deal
14 votes -
2020 Election News and Information (Week of November 1st)
A thread you can easily ignore A new week a new thread As the pace and the quantity of information that is coming out of the election increases. Instead of creating a new post for everything, or...
A thread you can easily ignore
A new week a new thread
As the pace and the quantity of information that is coming out of the election increases. Instead of creating a new post for everything, or not posting things because it is a smaller item, please feel free to post here.
Feel free to break out any information posted here into its own thread if the discussion warrants it.Major news can/should be broken out into its own topic. (use your own discretion)
Final thread before the election
23 votes -
Joe Biden elected president
69 votes -
Joe Biden is the next President of the United States
Race called by Decision Desk HQ at 08:50 AM EST: https://twitter.com/DecisionDeskHQ/status/1324710866516905984 Other sources will follow as there is no path back for Donald Trump to win PA. Update...
Race called by Decision Desk HQ at 08:50 AM EST: https://twitter.com/DecisionDeskHQ/status/1324710866516905984
Other sources will follow as there is no path back for Donald Trump to win PA.
Update #1: Called by Business Insider
Update #2: Called by Vox (thanks @dubteedub)
Update #3: The Economist is coming as close as they can to calling it (explanation: https://twitter.com/gelliottmorris/status/1324860925745229824)
Update #4: The AP, NBC, CNN and ABC News have called the race. It's over.
Update #5: New York Times, BBC
Update #6: Meanwhile in Trump's fantasy land
Update #7: Fox News has called it as well.72 votes -
Donald Trump gives remarks regarding the US election results
12 votes -
Public shooting in Vienna (Allegedly terror attacks)
Short Summary: On Monday, approximately 20:00 local time, public shootings occured at multiple places in Vienna, Austria. 4 deaths in total, one perp, 3 civilians. 15 people are severely injured,...
Short Summary:
- On Monday, approximately 20:00 local time, public shootings occured at multiple places in Vienna, Austria.
- 4 deaths in total, one perp, 3 civilians. 15 people are severely injured, including one member of the police.
- Attacker(s) is/were armed with a rifle and several handguns, and were wearing a dummy explosive vest.
- The dead perpetrator has been investigated over the night, identified as a sympathisant of IS ("Islamic State"). There have been multiple arrests and house searches of the people surrounding this person by Austrian SWAT (Kobra).
- Schools are closed on Tuesday (today).
- In total, six places have been hit: Morzinplatz, Salzgries, Seitenstettengasse, Graben, Bauernmarkt und Fleischmarkt
- The police is still currently working with military support.
- Locals are urged to stay home today and it's difficult to get reliable updates.
- The police has asked the public to refrain from posting videos/pictures on social media, and instead send it to them, as posting material could endanger the police and military working.
- Multiple perpetrators are possible, but not confirmed.
- The attack is currently considered to be an Islamic terror attack.
Best place to get news: @LPDWien (local police department Vienna) on Twitter: https://nitter.net/lpdwien They post relevant information in both English and German.
18 votes -
Anti-Rupert Murdoch petition wins record support in Australia
9 votes -
A discussion of Glenn Greenwald's departure from The Intercept
Glenn Greenwald resigned from from The Intercept_ an online publication he helped start after the Edward Snowden Leaks. In that letter Glenn Greenwald goes into detail for the reason for his...
Glenn Greenwald resigned from from The Intercept_ an online publication he helped start after the Edward Snowden Leaks. In that letter Glenn Greenwald goes into detail for the reason for his resignation.
The final, precipitating cause is that The Intercept’s editors, in violation of my contractual right of editorial freedom, censored an article I wrote this week, refusing to publish it unless I remove all sections critical of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, the candidate vehemently supported by all New-York-based Intercept editors involved in this effort at suppression.
Editor-in-Chief of The Intercept's response with a heavy critique of Glenn Greenwald work as a Journalist.
it is important to make clear that our goal in editing his work was to ensure that it would be accurate and fair. While he accuses us of political bias, it was he who was attempting to recycle the dubious claims of a political campaign — the Trump campaign — and launder them as journalism.
Glenn Greenwald post the unedited article w/ typos and and all that The Intercept refused to publish.
Glenn has also posted the email exchange between himself and other editors at The Intercept.
26 votes -
2020 Election News and Information (Week of October 25th)
A thread you can easily ignore A new week a new thread As the pace and the quantity of information that his coming out of the election increases. Instead of creating a new post for everything, or...
A thread you can easily ignore
A new week a new thread
As the pace and the quantity of information that his coming out of the election increases. Instead of creating a new post for everything, or not posting things because it is a smaller item, please feel free to post here.
Feel free to break out any information posted here into its own thread if the discussion warrants it.Major news can/should be broken out into its own topic. (use your own discretion)
Thank goodness this is almost over
16 votes -
New Zealand voters approve euthanasia but reject recreational marijuana
17 votes -
Terror attack in Nice: 'Woman beheaded inside church' as three dead in knife attack frenzy
14 votes -
2020 Election News and Information (Week of October 18th)
A thread you can easily ignore As the pace and the quantity of information that his coming out of the election increases. Instead of creating a new post for everything, or not posting things...
A thread you can easily ignore
As the pace and the quantity of information that his coming out of the election increases. Instead of creating a new post for everything, or not posting things because it is a smaller item, please feel free to post here.
Feel free to break out any information posted here into its own thread if the discussion warrants it.Major news can/should be broken out into its own topic. (use your own discretion)
20 votes -
As local news dies, a pay-for-play network rises in its place
7 votes -
James Randi, magician and paranormal debunker, dies at 92
22 votes -
US ICE officers 'used torture to make Africans sign own deportation orders'
10 votes -
Peter Madsen, convicted of murdering Kim Wall in 2017, has been recaptured after escaping from his suburban jail in Copenhagen by taking a psychologist hostage
11 votes -
Growing number of unexpected arrivals in Arctic waters around Greenland – shrinking sea ice has fast-tracked a race among powers for control over resources and waterways
5 votes -
Thai police crack down on protesters, PM refuses to resign
11 votes -
Danish mayor Frank Jensen quits amid sexual harassment allegations – Social Democrat has apologized for his behaviour, saying he did not want to stand in the way of progress
6 votes -
Jacinda Ardern leads New Zealand Labour Party to historically high re-election, projected to win 49% of votes and 64/120 seats
28 votes -
Police are cutting ties with domestic violence programs that support Black Lives Matter
15 votes -
Terror inquiry after teacher beheaded near Paris
13 votes -
Sweden will increase military spending by around 40% in the next five years and double the number of people conscripted into the army amid growing tensions with Russia
16 votes -
Details emerge of new right-wing coup plot in Bolivia
9 votes -
Norway grants asylum to man claiming persecution by Polish government – Rafał Gaweł's prison sentence for fraud was retaliation by rightwing regime, Norway says
6 votes -
Trump will undergo televised medical evaluation on Friday night, Fox News announces
18 votes -
FBI busts militia 'plot' to abduct Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
38 votes -
Presidential debate: Trump refuses to take part in virtual TV event
19 votes -
Norway's King Harald to undergo surgery to replace a heart valve – 83-year-old monarch has been head of state since 1991
6 votes -
US President Donald Trump abruptly scraps stimulus talks, punting on economic relief until after Election Day
26 votes -
Joe Biden can end the drama on election night. All he has to do is win Texas.
13 votes -
John McAfee has been arrested in Spain and is facing extradition
22 votes -
How do you pick what sources of news you listen to?
I've recently been getting into RSS reading and well, I usually just went with whatever was given in a forum (like Tildes for example). Although, I've recently been looking into news organizations...
I've recently been getting into RSS reading and well, I usually just went with whatever was given in a forum (like Tildes for example). Although, I've recently been looking into news organizations I follow to see if I should actually trust them.
Factors that came to mind to be important was looking at past controversies regarding them to see where they might fail in the future and who owns them. It made me realize that most sources I had actually might not be who I want to follow for news but then well, not many are left and while I do want to cut down on the amount of news I get because it's overwhelming, I also don't want to miss important news.
So how do you pick what sources of news you listen and what are some news you trust and why?
22 votes -
Breonna Taylor US Grand Jury recording released
10 votes -
Azerbaijan announces military mobilization amid clashes with Armenia
17 votes -
Unredacted FBI document sheds new light on white supremacist infiltration of law enforcement
15 votes -
Postal Service workers quietly resist DeJoy’s changes with eye on election
16 votes -
Trump campaign is reportedly plotting an election coup to “bypass” a Biden win
28 votes -
DeJoy tells judge mail-sorting machines can’t be reassembled
11 votes -
Judge says 2020 census must continue for another month
13 votes -
Louisville grand jury indicts one of three officers in fatal Breonna Taylor police shooting
18 votes -
Trump won’t commit to ‘peaceful’ post-election transfer of power
9 votes -
Donald Trump accused of sexual assault by former model Amy Dorris
17 votes -
College newspaper reporters are the journalism heroes for the pandemic era
5 votes -
Emails reveal how Rochester police covered up video of Daniel Prude's suffocation
11 votes -
With violent crime on the rise, Minneapolis City Council asks: Where are the police?
5 votes -
ACLU sues Palo Alto over ‘unconstitutional’ restrictions at residents-only park
9 votes -
Anders Behring Breivik now wants to be released on probation – he is also planning a new lawsuit against the state for violating his human rights
9 votes