Here’s my prediction for historical purposes:

• In the next 10 years the three Baltic nations will be invaded
• it’s done via North West Russia, Belarus and Kaliningrad simultaneously
• This leaves only the tiny border with Poland to defend for those states if it’s successful because subs are gonna sub any coastal attempt at a D-Day
• Tactical, low yield nukes will be used to deter future responses because NATO has shown a strategic weakness on their desire to avoid escalation
• It’s coordinated with an invasion of Taiwan to spread the West thin

That’s it. That’s my prediction based on having lived through the cold war and being interested in history.

I really fucking hope I’m wrong.

you are querying a crowd on Lemmy that is going to be biased towards programmer / engineer types that tend to function well in their world due to compulsive features often considered pathologic by others.

I feel personally attacked. :D

Edit: also to answer the question. Yes I absolutely arrange things on the checkout belt.

I group these items: Liquids. Fridge. Cans and bottles. Fruit and veg, heavier ones first so the potatoes don’t crush the berries. Frozen gear near fridge gear. Chemicals / cleaning gear separate.

I should add that I’m buying for a lot of people so the shopping trips tend to be large and there would be a full bag of most of those groupings.

Yeah it’s clear from the number of killed Russian generals in precision strikes in Ukraine that Western intel capability far exceeds Russia’s but having been given the heads up, to then ignore it and for the perpetrators to get away is an incredibly weak look for someone who wants to be seen as a strong man.

Surprised I haven’t seen this in the thread yet. It happened a few years back and was caught on camera.

Sea Lion Snatches Little Girl And Drags Her Into Water.

Pretty disturbing watch honestly.

Edit: oh someone had indeed posted it

China bans Facebook, Google, etc.

Millions of Americans walking around with spying devices for the Chinese government seems like something to be concerned about.

Wow. That’s some beating.

I feel like there’s a good story here that I’m unaware of. If you would be so kind as to fill me in I’d be much obliged.

Wow that first graph really tells a story. That’s a great post. Thanks for taking the time.

Oh sweet white water rafting Jesus

Hahaha. That’s a new one for me and I love it.

No worries. :) Kim’s face is priceless.

I had never seen that one. It’s a doozy! I’m giggling away here.

All of that was long before Leo’s time.

Apparently he’s always said he would leave politics before 50. He sounded like he didn’t feel like he was the best candidate to lead their party into the next election (where they will likely be slaughtered) but it’s some time away yet.

I think I’ve I reasonable summary here with reasons for the failure…

https://lemmy.world/comment/8305176

Sony-BMG.

Jeez that’s a blast from the past. I remember the absolute shock and horror going around the internet when that story broke then it instantly being exploited by some clever dickhead for malware which I’m sure caused someone in Sony to have a cardiac arrest.

Their wording is actually quite deliberate. They say there isn’t one being exploited, but they do not explicitly say that there isn’t a RCE vulnerability.

It kinda stinks of ass coverage.

“I did not have sexual relations with that woman”

For those who don’t know what namaz is (like me, because I thought it might be food in my naiveté) it’s prayer.

I learned recently enough that this is because the Reagan administration came up with the (in fairness, an absolutely genius move given their political viewpoint) the great idea of calling it a “death tax”.

For him to come out means a lot.

Definitely. And no offense to Bernie, because he’s an absolute gentleman, but if we’re honest it means more for Schumer to.

Oh not at all! I wasn’t calling you out in any way. My first instinct was the same as yours and then I thought “Wait…What about Bernie?” but I had to google it.

Ah you can always rely on Bernie. He’s obviously not as senior as Schumer but he called it first.

Probably, but it makes your dinner a bit more spicy on a Friday evening to have a leading Jewish Democrat ask for it (because it’s a completely reasonable ask at the current time).

If Bibi isn’t reelected three thing seem likely:

• Bibi’s bollixed and he knows it
• We’re hopefully going to see someone the rest of the world can actually work with getting elected who will balance Israel’s right to self defence against the horrors we’re all looking at
• It’ll soothe a lot of US dem voters who are completely horrified at the current situation

Fingers crossed!