Quote (fender @ Mar 27 2023 03:16pm)

really? you mean english articles or in general? because there are countless spiegel articles in german you can find about it with just a five second google search. basically every major news outlet has reported on virtually every new development, every speculation and theory regarding the issue.

in general, i'd say we have a pretty diverse media landscape, covering politics from many different (liberal / conservative / socialist / progressive...) angles, and our public broadcasters are rather decent at selecting and presenting news without a partisan slant.
i'm sure anti-vaxxers like ampoo would strongly disagree with that assessment, baselessly claiming they are in cahoots with every party that rejected covid denial and refused to misinform the public in the name of "free speech" (so basically every german party except some fringe right-wing radicals), but when it comes to our major parties, there is not one that has any such direct influence on their reporting as the conservatives have in the UK.

to be clear, i'm not saying everything is perfect here. for example, there is a lot of monopolising going on within the struggling print media, which will inevitably result in a decline of diversity, but again, i don't see our public stations undermined by one particular political party.

Quote (ferdia @ 27 Mar 2023 16:23)

thank you for this.

/edit nothing from 2023 in english when i try too google der spiegel. ill look for other publications.

Quote (fender @ Mar 27 2023 03:38pm)

i don't think there are too many german publications that publish a majority of their articles in english, given how the german speaking market is quite a large one by european standards. ferdia: Yes listening to emperor palpatine in german is the only way to watch star wars tbh, whereas in holland almost everything is subtitled rather then dubbed.

that said, "deutsche welle", which is actually part of our public media, broadcasts internationally. so you'll probably have more luck looking for english content there.
for example, just three days old: https://www.dw.com/en/denmark-probes-mystery-object-near-nord-stream-pipelines/a-65104184

Quote (Malopox @ 23 Mar 2023 16:42)

I’m aware that depleted uranium ammo is very efficient against vehicle/buildings for armor penetration.

My gripe with it is that it’s proven to cause cancer and side effects for everyone exposed, from the crews that will have to use it - to the people on the receiving end (see the link from guardian in my first post). American veterans can officially claim disability if they were exposed to DU ammo:

https://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/depleted_uranium/


In this case ammo will be used by Ukranian military and I’m sure they will not get any disability claims from the UK.

If an ammo depot is hit - everything inside it is usually obliterated into fine particles and a firestorm starts that spreads the ashes of everything that is burning for many miles around it. We never actually had a proper depleted uranium ammo depot firestorms so far as NATO ammo depots were never successfully hit by insurgents in Iraq/Afghanistan to my knowledge.

Would you eat a baguette or croissant made out of depleted uranium contaminated Ukranian grain?

/edit typos

Quote (Malopox @ 27 Mar 2023 17:18)

Looks like Russians picked up on depleted uranium story. Saw this being reposted by Kim Dot Com.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEdDUnb3Z9U

Quote (ferdia @ 28 Mar 2023 01:07)

lol

Quote (Hamsterbaby @ Mar 27 2023 07:14pm)

Take note of escalation in Syria soon and Israel / US conflict with Iran using Syria with possibility of attacks inside Iran . :baby:

Quote (ferdia @ 28 Mar 2023 02:16)

did you watch the video ? XD the translation was priceless near the start. pun intended clearly haha.
i have a healthy appreciation of the do's and dont's so no comment!