hopesdead
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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•I just realized there is not really a word for "cuddling" in Chinese Languages... probably a reflection of the lack of Public Display of Affection¹ in Chinese Culture... (¹and sometimes even at home)
23·21 days agoNot the same word but in the many Filipino dialects, apparently there is no word for hike. All my relatives could only come up with the equivalent for “walk”.
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World News@lemmy.world•Milan protesters call for U.S. ICE agents to leave Italy as Winter Games approachEnglish
12·21 days agoThis is what I read. Apparently HSI operates within ICE. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/ap-report-ice-agents-will-help-with-security-at-milan-cortina-olympics
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World News@lemmy.world•Milan protesters call for U.S. ICE agents to leave Italy as Winter Games approachEnglish
21·21 days agoI should have clarified that it is HSI that is there, not ICE.
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World News@lemmy.world•Milan protesters call for U.S. ICE agents to leave Italy as Winter Games approachEnglish
381·21 days agoThe thing that is being buried by most headlines and maybe articles is that ICE is a part of Department of Homeland Security. One such part of DSH is Homeland Security Investigations. People are conflating the two. HSI has been for many years at such international events with a U.S. presence to conduct investigations regarding international crime and terrorism.
EDIT: I should have clarified that it is HSI that is in Italy, not ICE.
This was known as “surprise day to goof off”.
Historians incorrectly discussing doom scrolling: Here we have a random Internet person discussing the popular method of playing the video game Doom on a PC, which the controls are modified for a scrolling click-wheel on a mouse can perform a rapid-fire shot from a weapon. It was rather unclear what they meant by asking the person reading what someone wanted them to do in replace of this.
hopesdead@startrek.websitetoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•Can anyone explain this? I’m losst.English
271·22 days agoI only recently became aware of this. I had seen the original comic a long time ago. Still do not understand why people mock it.
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World News@lemmy.world•New Zealand declines invite to join Board of PeaceEnglish
6·23 days agoI was thinking it was a rip-off of Legion of Doom.
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movies@piefed.social•National Film Registry Adds ‘Karate Kid’, ‘Glory’, ‘Clueless’, ‘The Incredibles’, ‘Inception’, ‘Philadelphia’ & More In Latest Class
4·23 days agoRock and Roll Hall of Fame actually has gotten a bad rap from musicians who criticize the whole organization itself and the award show. https://youtu.be/LqkfDLzMWbU
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World News@lemmy.world•ICE agent rebuffed after attempting to enter Ecuadorian consulate in MinneapolisEnglish
4·24 days agoI said useful. How is doing illegal things useful?
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World News@lemmy.world•ICE agent rebuffed after attempting to enter Ecuadorian consulate in MinneapolisEnglish
136·25 days agoSo DHS really didn’t teach the new hires anything useful. Got it.
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Fediverse@lemmy.world•With the current situation with Tiktok, it's time for the Fediverse to rise.English
52·25 days agoThere is a new (not certain) platform called UpScrolled that people are moving to.
hopesdead@startrek.websitetoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•Bad Bunyy plans to don a dress during his 2026 Super Bowl halftime show...English
1251·27 days agoIt doesn’t matter if I like Bad Bunny. Simply the idea that anyone of such stature in pop culture today can upset half a nation, doing something so harmless, brings me joy. This is not about you Red Hat Cult idiots.
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World News@lemmy.world•Nearly half of countries on Trump’s Board of Peace banned from entering USEnglish
18·28 days agoThis really sounds like a knockoff of Legion of Doom.
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cats@lemmy.world•Cat toys by Melanie (no last name provided)
37·29 days agoI have a friend who has a pride colored anthropomorphic plush penis that he lets his cat play with.
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World News@lemmy.world•California becomes first state to join WHO disease network after US exitEnglish
2·29 days agoIs naming this after a Klingon, who famously as a culture talk about wanting to die a lot, appropriate?
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World News@lemmy.world•California becomes first state to join WHO disease network after US exitEnglish
13·29 days agoIt should be Global Outbreak Response Network.
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World News@lemmy.world•Trump says Canada should be grateful for ‘freebies’ it gets from the USEnglish
20·1 month agoAs an American, I would like to know what he thinks we have been giving them. Cause I can’t think of any.












Wrong franchise.