Thanks.

Swangas (also spelled swangaz, and colloquially known as elbows (or elbos), 83s, or 84s (or simply 4s)) are custom extended wire-spoke wheel rims associated with slab car culture of Houston, Texas

Slab (sometimes in all capital letters) is an acronym for “slow, loud, and bangin’” that describes a custom car, music and surrounding culture that’s associated with African American hip-hop culture that emerged in the Houston area.

Don’t want to guit-trip anyone but being critical of what you eat is good for everyone. Eating less meat is good for the planet and your health, even if the meat is not contaminated. If you don’t like CNN you can find very similar content from other sources by using a search engine of your choice.

• Eating more plants linked to lower risk of dementia, even in old age - CNN
• Swapping processed meat for plant-based foods may cut diabetes and heart disease risk, new review finds
• ‘Shift’ to plant-based diets is key to saving world’s wildlife

Yes, I’m cherry picking.

A boring dystopia.

Guess they picked the wrong country to rollerblade in /s

This man is so weird

That reminds me of this classic: https://youtu.be/Ou2vqAwNEW8

I think he means “we the country as a whole” buy for 2 billion dollars from Brazil, then add costs and profit margins; instead of “we the consumers” spend 2 billion dollars buying bananas from resellers, who have already added costs and profit margins. But it doesn’t really matter, he just says whatever to get what he wants. Whether it’s true or makes sense is not relevant to him.

It’s hard to find trustworthy information about Israeli support for the actions of their country in Gaza and the west-bank from 2026, but the numbers that did show up earlier make me sadder everytime. These two article reference the same data, from one year ago. I have no reason to believe Israeli support for the people in Palestine. The small group of people who stand up against war seem to do that mostly because the life of Israeli soldiers (who are conscripted teenagers really). It’s unclear to me how well informed the public is about the scale of the war crimes, but it is obvious to everyone the army purposefully targets non-combatants (children, doctors, journalists, civilians) and in general it seems the public supports that.

A new poll published in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reveals that genocidal rhetoric, once confined to Israel’s extremist settler fringe, has now moved into the mainstream, with overwhelming public support for ethnic cleansing, mass killings, and biblical revenge.

Conducted by the Geocartography Knowledge Group for Penn State University in March 2025, the survey of 1,005 Israeli Jews paints a chilling picture of a society increasingly radicalised by religious nationalism and emboldened by war.

https://www.trtworld.com/article/8802bc2d5043

The survey, conducted in March and published by Haaretz newspaper on Thursday, found that 82 percent of Israeli Jews support the forced expulsion of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.

Meanwhile, 47 percent of Israeli Jews answered yes to the question: “Do you support the claim that the [Israeli army] in conquering an enemy city, should act in a manner similar to the way the Israelites did when they conquered Jericho under the leadership of Joshua, ie to kill all its inhabitants?” The reference is to the biblical account of the conquest of Jericho.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/majority-israelis-support-expulsion-palestinians-gaza-poll

Let that headline sink in: Nearly half of Israelis support army killing all Palestinians in Gaza.

Thanks. I first put the words there, and while doing that I thought a visual would be nice - so didn’t copy paste the size from truesize. Edited the comment, not sure which number is more correct but I don’t really care honestly.

China: 9,389,687 square kilometers
Canada: 9,984,670 square kilometers

via https://truesize.net/

You only did 1 China population, but there are 2 China.

I really thought they’d be tired of winning by now

Pro tip for an easy life: choose Macklemore’s side when someone brings it up, unless you surround yourself with zionists, billionaires, and the sheep they herd.

Every time I eke out some sort of stability, the world takes it away.

At least you got a warning. Wish i did /s

Isn’t that the first of the two economic crises?

I’d use it instead of duh

Yes but c/upliftingnews does not like schadenfreude so this post would likely be removed, same goes for c/goodnewseveryone.

Leopard ate elephant trampled his face.

But, now, in the Trump administration, it has apparently taken on a Schrodinger-esque meaning as either… a slogan for libertarian-leaning MAGA folks… or proof that someone is antifa. Or we just live in a dumb stupid world where nothing matters anymore.

He used even more. But i do agree.