For anyone else who’s still confused, Horton Hears a Who! is a book by Dr. Seuss about a speck of dust that’s also a tiny planet and some elephants that try to destroy it.
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TaTTe@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Thai PM says dispute with Cambodia could 'escalate into a state of war'English6·10 days agoAs far as I understand, it’s still a bit unclear.
Thailand claims Cambodian troops were approaching a Thai border guard station and started firing towards the Thai soldiers, leading to the Thai soldiers firing back.
Cambodia claims the patrol was walking the regular route, and Thai soldiers suddenly opened fire towards them.
Obviously one (or both) is lying, and the situation escalated quickly.
TaTTe@lemmy.worldto Fuck Cars@lemmy.world•🚨 New York City is holding a public hearing on Mayor Adams's controversial proposal to cap e-bike speed-limits at 15 mph. People can file a written comment until 5 p.m. 📢English271·22 days agoWhy not just add speed limits to areas where higher speeds are an issue? That’s been the approach to cars – no car is limited to 140 kmh despite speeds above that are illegal pretty much everywhere…
Regular bikes can easily go above 15 mph as well, so why should this only affect e-bikes?
TaTTe@lemmy.worldto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Eating would be weird if we didn't enjoy it.1·22 days agodeleted by creator
TaTTe@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Finland notifies UN of withdrawal from landmine ban treatyEnglish5·24 days agoYes they do. This is a deterrent, not a last-ditch effort to protect ourselves if war breaks out.
Herb is ört in Swedish. Gräs is better translated as grass, so ogräs is non-grass. This also enables a funny way to insult someone’s lawn – since lawn is gräsmatta (grass carpet) – by calling it an ogräsmatta.
I don’t think they literally meant journeys from one end of the country to the other, but rather travelling distances of 100-500 km. Maybe even up to 1000 km would be preferable by rail, especially with night trains.
I do agree that if you for some reason specifically want to travel from Orlando to Detroit, plane is by far the superior option. But Orlando to Miami? Or Orlando to Atlanta? High speed rail would be perfect.
TaTTe@lemmy.worldto Fuck Cars@lemmy.world•I wish more cities were built around the Dutch "autoluw" concept. There are zero downsides, except for auto manufacturers I guess.English8·1 month agoYup, that’s even easier to implement and could be done in any city within a few years. I just can’t fathom why almost every single street in almost every single city MUST support through traffic. Even in cities with great public transport and great infra for walking/cycling, with only a fraction of the citizens driving cars, somehow cars are still allowed to drive through basically everywhere. Looking at you Helsinki…
TaTTe@lemmy.worldto Fuck Cars@lemmy.world•I wish more cities were built around the Dutch "autoluw" concept. There are zero downsides, except for auto manufacturers I guess.English13·1 month agoAlso, the size of the city is irrelevant. Even in the video, NJB describes how this concept could be implemented in any city. You don’t encircle the whole city with a ring road, but you create these rings with a diameter of ~2 km around train/metro stations. Even Houten consists of two such rings nowadays. Larger cities would be dozens, if not hundreds, of rings.
I kid you not, this is called förgätmigej (förgät mig ej) in Swedish. I was today years old when I found out “förgät” actually is an old word meaning, you guessed it, “forget”.
(The common translation for “forget” would be “glöm”.)
TaTTe@lemmy.worldto Fuck Cars@lemmy.world•Helsinki opens new bridge for trams, cyclists and pedestriansEnglish4·2 months agoAlso, there are some plans to connect this bridge to the land barely visible on the right edge of the picture. Not sure if that also plays into the curvature, or when this bridge connection will actually be built.
Do you mean like this?
https://images.app.goo.gl/1iUCRCcFd7XAUxBc6
It’s basically in every kitchen in Finland, and has spread somewhat to the other Nordic countries, but is apparently rare elsewhere.
TaTTe@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•'I am against Ukraine's entry into the European Union,' Polish president-elect Nawrocki saysEnglish3·2 months agoThe Parliament would decide to ratify Ukraine’s accession to the EU, but the official papers are signed by the president, so he could use his veto to block it.
The decision goes back to the Parliament, and if it passes with a 2/3 majority the president is forced to sign no matter what he thinks.
Again, I’m not 100% sure it works like this in Poland, but it does in several countries.
TaTTe@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•'I am against Ukraine's entry into the European Union,' Polish president-elect Nawrocki saysEnglish13·2 months agoAs I understand, the president can still use his veto, forcing the question back to the parliament requiring 2/3 majority to overrule the veto.
TaTTe@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Japanese queue for hours as rice shortage deepensEnglish12·2 months agoRice shortage?
TaTTe@lemmy.worldto Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit9·2 months agoThe general rule is that the larger symbols come first in Roman numerals, so 12+10 (22) would be written as 10+10+1+1 or XXII.
If you literally meant the arithmetic 12+10, I’d assume they used some symbol for addition, so it would be written as XII+X, but I can’t say for sure.
You don’t have the BALLS to grill me!
TaTTe@lemmy.worldto Dad Jokes@lemmy.world•I don't know why people are calling Luigi a hero.English3·3 months agoOk I understand that part, but I still don’t see how it’s a dad joke?
Translation: “You better wipe the bottom of the ladle against the edge of the pot so that it won’t drip on the table”.