World News
A community for discussing events around the World
Rules:
-
Rule 1: posts have the following requirements:
- Post news articles only
- Video links are NOT articles and will be removed.
- Title must match the article headline
- Not United States Internal News
- Recent (Past 30 Days)
- Screenshots/links to other social media sites (Twitter/X/Facebook/Youtube/reddit, etc.) are explicitly forbidden, as are link shorteners.
-
Rule 2: Do not copy the entire article into your post. The key points in 1-2 paragraphs is allowed (even encouraged!), but large segments of articles posted in the body will result in the post being removed. If you have to stop and think "Is this fair use?", it probably isn't. Archive links, especially the ones created on link submission, are absolutely allowed but those that avoid paywalls are not.
-
Rule 3: Opinions articles, or Articles based on misinformation/propaganda may be removed. Sources that have a Low or Very Low factual reporting rating or MBFC Credibility Rating may be removed.
-
Rule 4: Posts or comments that are homophobic, transphobic, racist, sexist, anti-religious, or ableist will be removed. “Ironic” prejudice is just prejudiced.
-
Posts and comments must abide by the lemmy.world terms of service UPDATED AS OF 10/19
-
Rule 5: Keep it civil. It's OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It's NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
-
Rule 6: Memes, spam, other low effort posting, reposts, misinformation, advocating violence, off-topic, trolling, offensive, regarding the moderators or meta in content may be removed at any time.
-
Rule 7: We didn't USED to need a rule about how many posts one could make in a day, then someone posted NINETEEN articles in a single day. Not comments, FULL ARTICLES. If you're posting more than say, 10 or so, consider going outside and touching grass. We reserve the right to limit over-posting so a single user does not dominate the front page.
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
Lemmy World Partners
News !news@lemmy.world
Politics !politics@lemmy.world
World Politics !globalpolitics@lemmy.world
Recommendations
For Firefox users, there is media bias / propaganda / fact check plugin.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/media-bias-fact-check/
- Consider including the article’s mediabiasfactcheck.com/ link
view the rest of the comments
I've been getting all my fishing gear from Ali Express waaaaaay cheaper than Dicks or Bass Pro or what have you so I've been stocking up for the coming year at least.
A lot of it is the same exact stuff you'd find Stateside but I don't have to pay a mark up so Walmart or whoever can pay their shareholders and C-staff. Some of the products, namely fishing line, are better than what I can find here because they're meant for export to the Japanese market which is apparently more interested in the smaller fish I target anyhow.
Edit: to expand on this, I can get 500m of 6 lbs test (equivalent) coated multicolor (changes colors every 10m so I can see how much line is out) braid for $13. There's like ONE company with a similar product Stateside and it's $19 for 150 ft of line. I pair this with filling a little less than half my reel with cheapo monofilament backing and end it with a more expensive but still cheaper than US fluorocarbon leader and I have enough line to fill my spool three to five times over for less than it would cost me to get one spool's worth of the braided mainline.
The rods and reels are obviously lower quality, but honestly, the difference between my $65 Pflueger reel and my $12 brand-invented-just-for-Ali-Express one is largely that the knob on the Pflueger reel is more comfortable. I looked into getting just a knob from Pflueger but they make that complicated and expensive. I could probably get another reel for the same cost, including shipping.
And the fish don't care about knock offs or slight defects.
Lures are somewhat expendable anyhow. I can pay $9 for a single Kastmaster spoon or $3.12 for a set of 3, in different colors, with rooster tails that attract the fish better.
I'm mostly targeting bass, trout, pickerel and other sub 15 lbs. lake fish. Maybe if I were targeting bigger fish or surf fishing, it would make more sense to buy quality over quantity. Though I've seen some very good looking carp fishing products there which simply aren't available in America (as carp fishing is just much more popular in China) but I find carp fishing boring.
The tariffs are fucking stupid. Sure, it could make the $9 lure more competitive by upping the cost of the imported ones, but that just leaves me with less money in my pocket. It doesn't help the consumer.
Or you just don't buy anything. Which is what a lot of Americans will do, because they don't have enough money. Because the billionaires have all of it. And so the economy will tank, because "nobody wants to shop anymore."
100%. This is why I'm stocking up now. Fishing is a good, cheap, fun hobby and if everything is gonna be more expensive, I'd rather prep and spend a little more now and have access to it in the coming years.
The good news is the US government isn't competent enough to actually enforce the tariffs. So your fishing stuff most likely won't get much more expensive. They'll just get labeled "made in the USA" to appease our narcissistic president. Good times.
I've been buying a whole lot of cycling gear on. AliExpress as well, and it's all been pretty damn good for far less than what I'd pay at home.
Luckily I don't need to stock up because Trump won't be assuming office in Sweden
Yeah, he's starting with Greenland and Panama, so Sweden could be next!