Grainne

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I had the same reaction when I found out I'm a Russian Asset in c/leftymemes@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Never heard of being against Stalin as Stalinism.

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Former Indonesian president promotes son as ‘nepo babies’ cling to political power in Asia (m.independent.ie)
 

Indonesia’s outgoing president has used “Machiavellian tactics” to push his son into high office, human rights groups have warned, amid a resurgence of governments led by “nepo babies” in southeast Asia.

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Polish government presents bill introducing same-sex partnerships (notesfrompoland.com)
 

The country is currently one of only five in the EU that does not offer such partnerships, and the European Court of Human Rights ruled last year that this violates the rights of same-sex couples.

Panruledemic in c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
[–] Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

Oh no it totally kept the numbers down and most of the country never saw Covid during the pandemic.

BlueSky has been knocked offline by an exodus from Twitter in c/technology
[–] Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com 120 points 2 weeks ago (12 children)

Hope some of them go to Mastadon.

Panruledemic in c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
[–] Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

People stayed home for like a year where I was.

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Labour backtracks on push for genocide ruling on China’s treatment of Uyghurs (www.theguardian.com)
 

The trip marks a shift in the British government’s approach to China, with ministers seeking to improve engagement and build closer economic ties. Trade between the UK and China is worth £110bn a year.

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Police insisted second Salisbury novichok attack was drug overdose, inquiry told (www.theguardian.com)
 

Police officers urged paramedics and firefighters to treat the second novichok incident in 2018 as a drug overdose despite warnings from the ambulance and fire services that it had similarities to the first poisoning four months earlier in Salisbury, a public inquiry has heard.

Panruledemic in c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
[–] Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com 67 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (6 children)

I grew bitter and resentful towards people who complained about how hard it was to work from home and all the downtime they had while I had to trudge into “critical” work everyday for low pay.

My new specs in c/3dprinting@lemmy.ml
[–] Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This is so clever! Last eye test. Have you shared them anywhere?

puts hair on ya chest in c/science_memes@mander.xyz
[–] Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What show is that?