u/rimu — Rimu

Surely in 2025 we have the ability to set a unique retirement age for each person based on their work history, ethnicity, health, etc.

In 2023 alone, USAID provided assistance to 130 countries, disbursing $71.9 billion in foreign aid – the majority of which was spent on economic development (27 per cent), followed by health (22.3 per cent) and humanitarian assistance (21.7 per cent) to other nations.

Between 2017 and 2020, USAID responded to more than 240 natural disasters and crises around the world – from famines in the Republic of South Sudan to conflict in Afghanistan, Yemen and the Lake Chad basin.

From 2012 to 2017, it supported more than five million survivors of gender-based violence through services including medical care, counselling and legal help. Such care is vital considering that one in three women will experience gender-based violence in their lifetime.

And in 2016 alone, the organisation provided food assistance to more than 53 million people across 47 countries.

https://geographical.co.uk/news/usaid-the-successful-projects-that-changed-lives-around-the-world

https://web.archive.org/web/20201001161549/https://2012-2017.usaid.gov/reports-and-data/key-accomplishments

Video tour of plastic burning tofu factorys here https://youtu.be/WPyRAcdZHDo

It's hardcore

"Do you regularly watch videos by Jordan Peterson?" kinda needs to become one of those before-first-date screening questions.

That was more interesting than 18 downvotes. Thanks!

It is against the Geneva Convention to use POWs for propaganda.

Check out https://piefed.social/f/50501 , protests everywhere right now

What are you talking about

500k people in USA went to a protest against the Iraq war. 6 million globally. That was a big day. There were others too.

I appreciate your posts, keep it up!

It will take between 1,000 and 15,000 years for the ice to melt on Greenland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_ice_sheet#Thresholds_for_total_ice_sheet_loss

The headline should have been "Weapons manufacturer thinks everyone should buy more weapons".

Most Britons probably don't know about how the British navy patrolled the African coast for 50 years trying to stop slavery. Its a recent TIL for me, anyway.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockade_of_Africa

I lived in PH for years during Duterte and have direct experience too. I understand why he is so popular and why his supporters are completely wrong.

Even Duterte admitted his drug war failed:

https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/manila-times/20190404/281483572747957

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-drugs-performance-exclusi-idUSKBN2010IL/

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippine-president-dutertes-drug-war-an-utter-failure-says-vice-president

No, it didn't work and the perpetrators admitted so themselves.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-drugs-performance-exclusi-idUSKBN2010IL/

https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/manila-times/20190404/281483572747957

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippine-president-dutertes-drug-war-an-utter-failure-says-vice-president

Officers seized 221 mobile phones, 495 sim cards, 258 hard drives, 33 audio recording devices, 55 surveillance cameras, 16 radios and 11 drones plus wifi eavesdroppers, electronic jammers and 75 fake passports and identity documents in 55 different names.

Quite the haul...

Could be worse

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/politico-europe-bias/

It's the State Administration Council with it's 4 factions Vs the rest.

Looks like mostly tribal/ethnic groups although Karen seems split into two.

Ahh, makes sense.