I’m just your average Canadian wolf. I’m a siren enthusiast and railfan as my main hobbies. I run the Civil Defense Sirens Wiki, and am working on restoring a few vintage sirens (such as a FS&S Model L and a rare Sterling Siren MOD. F) as well as a 1970s Safetran mechanical crossing bell.
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Netanyahu: US promised to lift hold on ammunition, weapons ( jpost.com )
The United States is expected to lift its hold on the shipment of ammunition and weapons designated for the IDF, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Office said on Tuesday, just one day after the Israeli leader accused the Biden administration of preventing the delivery of those arms....
Happy birthday to the ground! ( www.youtube.com )
you can't trust the system
When the fuck did we start singing "shit"?
Source: https://chrisdallariva.substack.com/p/when-the-fck-did-we-start-singing
Can someone explain me USA obsession with prom and similar school rituals?
I just don't get it... Why is that important, especially for kids now, that feel like they need to do a YouTube video asking for a date or doing some meme stuff. Some teens even hire the hottest celebrity or ask them to appear in their prom? This is so bizarre for me, all that just for a frivolous night....
xkcd #2948: Electric vs Gas ( xkcd.com )
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The Condiment Wars
What is your favourite sauce of the big three :...
A cool guide collective Nouns for animal groups
https://www.reddit.com/r/coolguides/comments/1djba6c/a_cool_guide_collective_nouns_for_animal_groups/...
Anon fucks up ( sh.itjust.works )
♪ Diggy Diggy Hole ( youtu.be )
Biden and Trump campaigns agreed to mic muting, podiums among rules for upcoming CNN debate | CNN Politics ( edition.cnn.com )
The 90-minute debate will include two commercial breaks, according to the network, and campaign staff may not interact with their candidate during that time....
Why White Feelings Trump Historical Context? ( lemmy.world )
‘Everything is a scam!’ Trump ridiculed after pics of Black church event show white crowd ( www.rawstory.com )
Donald Trump was ridiculed Saturday after attending what his campaign called a Black roundtable at a Detroit church — with photos showing a largely white audience....
Edward Snowden releases new message: "You have been warned" ( www.newsweek.com )
Edward Snowden wrote on social media to his nearly 6 million followers, "Do not ever trust @OpenAI ... You have been warned," following the appointment of retired U.S. Army General Paul Nakasone to the board of the artificial intelligence technology company....
Putin demands more Ukrainian land to end war; Kyiv rejects 'ultimatum' ( www.msn.com )
MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Friday Russia would end the war in Ukraine only if Kyiv agreed to drop its NATO ambitions and hand over the entirety of four provinces claimed by Moscow, demands Kyiv swiftly rejected as tantamount to surrender....
Vladimir Putin issues fresh demands to Ukraine to end war ( www.theguardian.com )
Vladimir Putin has demanded that Kyiv cede more land, withdraw troops deeper inside its own country, and drop its Nato bid in order for him to end Russia’s war in Ukraine....
People who refuse to learn how to drive a car, why?
M. 34...
"Genocide is good if an Anti-Imperialist Country(tm) is doing it!" ( lemmy.world )
Microsoft QA Contractors Say They Were Laid Off for Attempting to Unionize ( www.404media.co )
The Lionbridge layoffs come during a huge wave of layoffs across the video game industry, during which around 6,400 workers lost their jobs in 2023 and 2024, including 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees in January....
Butcher knife ( lemmy.world )
Trump Demands Biden Remove Ad of Him Insulting Dead Troops ( www.thedailybeast.com )
Trump Demands Biden Remove Ad of Him Calling Dead Soldiers ‘Suckers’ and ‘Losers’ - The former president said only a “psycho” or a “very stupid person” would’ve made such statements.
Futuristic movies timeline
Rest in piss, you won't be missed
Neurodivergent threat ( lemmy.world )
Is Craigslist Dying?
I went to Craigslist in my local area for the first time in awhile. I used to like “best of” Craigslist because some of them were great, there still are some, but its just not the same. A community I used to visit had about half the number of posts as I remember, and of jobs and things for sale, I would say roughly half the...
Israel committing genocide in Gaza, new study concludes – Middle East Monitor ( www.middleeastmonitor.com )
Price gouging
We’ve just had a year in which every month was a record-setter ( arstechnica.com )
Biden’s D-Day Speech Nailed the Threat of Modern Fascism ( www.thedailybeast.com )
With these words Biden addressed the bitter irony that haunted the commemoration ceremonies. While D-Day occurred eight decades ago, America is now just five months from an election that could bring to power a man and a movement who embody and celebrate the twisted authoritarian values of the enemies we sought to defeat so long...
Mandela effect? ( lemmy.world )
Do we just need to accept that Google is sort of broken now? ( lemmy.world )
Lemmy.ml tankie censorship problem
I feel like we need to talk about Lemmy's massive tankie censorship problem. A lot of popular lemmy communities are hosted on lemmy.ml. It's been well known for a while that the admins/mods of that instance have, let's say, rather extremist and onesided political views. In short, they're what's colloquially referred to as...
'It's very possible': Trump floats imprisoning his political opponents ( www.nbcnews.com )
F) All of the above ( sh.itjust.works )
r*ddit
Why Toyota Is Intentionally "Falling Behind" On EVs | Morning Brew (10:10) ( www.youtube.com )
A cat entered my tent ( lemmy.world )
Just as i had set up my tent she came in, was raining outside. We've been hanging out here for half an hour already. I hope she won't spike my sleeping pad. Necklace says her name is Kyra. Love it 🥹
It's been around a year since a lot of us quit Reddit, myself included. I'm happy with Lemmy, but I still feel a bit lost online since leaving the old site. Discussion?
Been thinking of making a post like this for some time, apologies if some of this is not completely relevant: this community seems more like it's about Reddit the platform/product than Reddit the social "thing", but I'm sure a lot of people have similar experiences to mine. Maybe on some instances more than others....
xkcd #2940: Modes of Transportation ( sh.itjust.works )
xkcd #2940: Modes of Transportation...
Newsmax Host Ominously Warns ‘You People in Your Cities’ Who Are ‘Pushing the Party That Owns 90% of the Guns’ ( www.mediaite.com )
Newsmax host Carl Higbie went on a tirade on Friday after former President Donald Trump was convicted by a Manhattan jury the day before....
Donald Trump Should Drop Out ( washingtonmonthly.com )