Hey Cuba, just a tip, you're supposed to swim away from the sinking ship, not towards it.
this post was submitted on 28 Jul 2024
65 points (97.1% liked)
News
22839 readers
3718 users here now
Welcome to the News community!
Rules:
1. Be civil
Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. 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.
2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.
Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. We have an actively updated blocklist, which you can see here: https://lemmy.world/post/2246130 if you feel like any website is missing, contact the mods. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.
Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.
5. Only recent news is allowed.
Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.
6. All posts must be news articles.
No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.
7. No duplicate posts.
If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.
8. Misinformation is prohibited.
Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.
9. No link shorteners.
The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.
10. Don't copy entire article in your post body
For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
Lots of European tourists go to Cuba. This might not be the best plan economically if nothing else.
More likely it's trying to avoid getting sunk closer to home.
... or rather they are looking for cannon fodder to be sent to the front.
warships
Ooh, what we got?
The naval group, consisting of a training ship, patrol frigate and refueling tanker,
Oh, *cough* ha, ok.
The arrival of the vessels comes mere weeks after another squadron of Russian warships, including a powerful nuclear-powered submarine, visited Havana as part of planned military exercises last month.
Oh, well, ok, I guess.
This is their Atlantic Battlegroup B2
Hey Russia, remember how well that worked out for you last time?
growing ties? that's an old friendship, from the USSR times
Let's hope it goes better than it did in 1962.
It's going to go just as well as it did when they did this a few weeks ago and no one gave a shit.
To be fair, the result we got last time was best case.
I could do with a little less 'world will turn into an unlivable hellscape' if it's at all possible. Enough of that going around already.