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We've been getting some weird posts lately that... Well, they're not making me think it's gotta be an Onion headline, that's for sure. So just a little refresher. Posts should be: 1. Links to news stories from… 2. …credible sources, with… 3. …their original headlines, that… 4. …would make people who see the headline think, “That has got to be a story from The Onion, America’s Finest News Source.” If it's not Onion-y, it doesn't belong here. Bizarre, horrific, and violent news can be here if the headline reads like something out of The Onion, but if it doesn't, it's going away. And if there's too much non-Onion-like content from an account, that account is going away, too. If you're not sure whether the real news headline you've found is like The Onion, here's a few sample Onion headlines from today: * "Visiting Friend Pleasantly Surprised By City’s Open Hostility Toward Homeless People" * "Increasingly Powerful Trans Person Capable Of Using Every Single Bathroom At Once" * "Man Feels Like Bystanders Are Arguing For Him To Put Gun Down In Bad Faith" * "Wally The Emotional Support Alligator Went To See The Phillies" * ‘New York Times’ Issues Apology For Reporting Palestinian Deaths See? Find headlines from real news outlets that remind you of headlines like those. And just to prove my point: One of them is **real**.
www.theguardian.com
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/25281766
www.newsweek.com
Recently surfaced North Korean footage has captured the North Korean government's crackdown on citizens, including teenagers, for consuming banned South Korean media. The footage, obtained by South Korean production company KBS Media, shows a public denunciation session where a group of young girls, including a 16-year-old student, are publicly humiliated and arrested for the offense. Pyongyang maintains tight control over the flow of information within its borders, forbidding citizens from accessing foreign music, films, and TV series. Those caught violating these restrictions face severe penalties, including public shaming, imprisonment, and in some cases, execution.
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cross-posted from: https://kbin.earth/m/europe@feddit.org/t/318601 > > > > > > If a social media account is spreading Russian disinformation - does sharing content from the account give it legitimacy? > > > > > > > > No, says Carl-Oskar Bohlin, Minister for Civil Defence. But at the authority the minister is responsible for, the answer sounds different. > > > > > > > > — In any case, you spread something that a foreign power might intend to spread to make us worried, says Mikael Östlund, press officer at the authority. > > > > > > > > It was a year ago that Carl-Oskar Bohlin shared a tweet from the American influencer Lauren Southern, known for her far-right advocacy. The original video warned of how AI is used in influence operations, something the minister forwarded to his around 45,000 followers. "The ability and height of the impact operations risk increasing avalanche-like with disruptive technology shifts," wrote Carl-Oskar Bohlin on X. > > > > > > > > Now, an American indictment against two Russian government employees shows that the production company Tenet media, where Lauren Southern is employed, must have been secretly financed by the Russian news agency RT. A total of just over SEK 100 million is said to have been transferred from the Russian state employees to the American company. In turn, influencers would push specific issues—such as questioning support for Ukraine—to their millions of followers. On YouTube alone, the videos have received more than 16 million views. > > > > > > > > In light of the American indictment, Carl-Oskar Bohlin has been criticized for not checking his sources better. But the Minister of Civil Defense lets the tweet stay on X. > > > > > > > > "For the simple reason that it is difficult to misunderstand." writes Bohlin to DN. > > > > > > > > "One should of course refrain from spreading harmful narratives from foreign powers. However, it is a somewhat strange indictment that my warning about deepfakes and doctored videos would in itself constitute Russian disinformation. With such a threshold, it will be difficult to talk about or warn about the phenomenon at all," continues the minister. > > > > > > > > Carl-Oskar Bohlin is responsible for the agency for psychological defence, MPF. Countering misdirection and misinformation, including rumor spreading and propaganda, is one of the agency's main missions. > > > > > > In case you wonder, mr. Bohlin is from the conservative party (Moderaterna).
cross-posted from: https://thelemmy.club/post/16800268
www.theguardian.com
Was it ever not OK?
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It was the talk of the town. After the authorities sought to break a long-running heatwave in Chongqing by using cloud-seeding missiles to artificially bring rain, the Chinese megacity was blasted by an unusual weather event – an underwear storm. Termed “the 9/2 Chongqing underwear crisis”, an unexpected windstorm on Monday brought gusts of up to 76mph (122km/h), scattering people’s laundry from balconies on the city’s high-rises. Douyin, China’s sister app to TikTok, was filled with videos of pants and bras flying through the skies, landing in the street and snagging on trees. “I just went out and it suddenly started to rain heavily and underwear fell from the sky,” one resident, Ethele, posted on the social media platform Weibo. “Who’s going to compensate me for my emotional damage?” joked one person who lost their brand new Calvin Klein set. Another countered: “It’s actually quite romantic. You might even pick up your crush’s underwear while taking a walk on the street.” One man bereft of his underwear said he was “laughing like crazy” but the rain storm in Chongqing had now turned him into a “lifelong introvert”.
futurism.com
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19446697
finance.yahoo.com
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19460188
www.theguardian.com
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19430855 > _Tim Pool, Dave Rubin and Benny Johnson addressed allegations that a company they were associated with had been paid to publish videos with messages in favour of Russia_ > > A number of high-profile, conservative influencers in the US have said they are “victims” of an alleged Russian disinformation campaign, after the Biden administration accused Moscow of carrying out [a sustained campaign](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/sep/04/russia-accused-of-trying-to-influence-us-voters-through-online-campaign) to influence the outcome of November’s presidential elections. > > Tim Pool, Dave Rubin and Benny Johnson published statements on Wednesday evening addressing allegations that a US content creation company they were associated with **had been provided with nearly $10m from Russian state media employees to publish videos with messages in favour of Moscow’s interests and agenda**, including over the war in Ukraine.
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/13044872
www.nbcnews.com
“It’s September, and it already smells like Christmas,” Nicolás Maduro said Monday night during his weekly television show.
northpennnow.com
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19397187
ground.news
Maduro declared, “This year and to honor you all... I am going to decree the beginning of Christmas on October 1.”
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www.telegraph.co.uk
An Italian man has said he kept his dead mother’s remains in a freezer to cover up her death and continue to collect her pension. Sandro Mallus told police he put the body of Rosanna Pilloni, 78, in the family’s chest freezer after she passed away at home in the small town of Sarroch, near Cagliari in Sardinia, in January last year. He made the admission after police began investigating concerns from neighbours that the woman hadn’t been seen for months. According to local media, Mr Mallus continued shopping as if he was buying for two people, maintaining the pretence that his mother was alive. Police are due to carry out a post mortem examination on Monday and have not ruled out the possibility Pilloni was killed, something Mr Mallus denies. “My mother died of natural causes,’’ Mr Mallus told the newspaper, L’Unione Sarda. “I would never have harmed her. “When I discovered her body I was desperate. I had no money for the funeral, so I locked her in there.”
www.asahi.com
Yoshinoya Holdings Co. is hoping that its customers don't bury their heads in the sand but give a new exotic meat offering on the menu a try. The operator of the popular “gyudon” beef bowl chain announced on Aug. 28 that it has begun offering an ostrich rice bowl. Ostrich is known for its high-protein, low-fat and low-calorie meat. Yoshinoya is positioning ostrich as its fourth meat offering, following beef, pork and chicken. The company said this is also part of its effort to diversify ingredients and continue offering healthy and satisfying meals. As a first step, the bowl with thigh and fillet ostrich meat prepared in a roast beef style on rice is being sold at around 400 of Yoshinoya’s cafe-style stores, called “Cooking and Comfort,” across the country. The dish is priced at 1,683 yen ($11.60) including tax.
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/19720479 > >“I have spent my career inviting diversity of opinion. I think it’s important to have people at the table when some of the most important decisions are being made that have different views, different experiences,” Harris said. “And I think it would be to the benefit of the American public to have a member of my Cabinet who was a Republican.”
news.sky.com
An Austrian surgeon allegedly let his teenage daughter drill a hole in a patient's skull. Following a forestry accident in January, a 33-year-old man was flown by air ambulance to Graz University Hospital, Styria, southeastern Austria, with serious head injuries, according to Kronen Zeitung, an Austrian newspaper. He needed emergency surgery, but the doctor allegedly let his 13-year-old daughter take part in operating on him. The newspaper reported that she even drilled a hole in the patient's skull. While the operation was said to have gone off without issue, the patient is still unable to work and investigations by the Graz public prosecutor's officer against the entire surgical team are continuing. It wasn't until April that an anonymous complaint was logged to the public prosecutor's office about the allegations, the newspaper reported. The alleged victim initially learned about the case in the media before later being told by authorities he was a witness in an investigation.
theconversation.com
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