55
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 04 May 2026
55 points (100.0% liked)
World News
55882 readers
730 users here now
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.
-
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 OCTOBER 19 2025
-
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
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
A speed-boat is something you get a few dozens in a container, all for the price of a single missile the US will use to destroy them.
Iran doesn't need a navy to keep Hormuz closed.
I give Iran a month, tops. Trump going to get in there one way or another, as one does.
Said 2 months into the war...
Bets on polymarket are largely favoring the strait will return to normal flow by the end of June.
Trump is deploying 15,000 additional troops...
Ah yes, 15,000 additional troops will surely secure a country that is the size of like six US states combined.
And polymarket bets are only won by those with inside knowledge:
So I wouldn’t put any hope in whatever they are predicting, since apparently, most people are wrong. Also polymarket bets apply logic and do not account for Taco Tuesdays where logic is wholly absent and only insiders will know what is going to happen a few hours in advance.
Interesting idea. My best bet is that’s the longest the US can wait for it to open. Meanwhile the Iranians continue to strike back and punish their neighbors hosting US forces, worsening the situation as the US claims to be fixing something that they broke to begin with.
Right now propaganda is about how bad life in Iran is and how their government has lost support.
The truth is that Iran has been living under US sanctions for years and it’s more likely this war will cause civil unrest in the United States before it convinces the people of Iran to overthrow their government.
They’ve already been living at a low standard because of our economic war. We’re not ready because our quality of life can still be impacted significantly. But when will we feel the pain?
Right now US political machinations have slowed rising oil prices. The situation shifts when the markets start determining the price of oil. If polymarket is any indicator, then insiders expect that to happen in June. Normal markets mean that the price gets set based on supply. Supply is down, so prices will be up.