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It's probably worse than most derailments but it was being pushed as a disaster on par with Chernobyl, it was overblown, again whether or not it was intentional TikTok had a narrative about how disastrous it was, some people got sick but no one has even died form this, it was badly exaggerated

Pigeon is forced into doing something illegal due to the cost of living crisis in order to feed his family. Walter White did illegal shit to look after his family. This bird is no different. Good for you, friend, good for you.

Pretty sure he's making more money now than he ever did in the NFL.

It'd be neat if someone could take a boring machine and tunnel under the site.

and I am struggling to get a legal prescription of esketamine..

March 16 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) has successfully started up a new $2-billion crude distillation unit (CDU) at its Beaumont, Texas refinery, said Karen McKee, president of Exxon Products Solutions on Thursday.

The new CDU adds 250,000 barrels per day (bpd) to the refinery's capacity to break down crude oil into feedstocks for motor fuels.

In a statement issued on Thursday, Exxon set the refinery's capacity at more than 630,000 bpd.

"The unit is started up and we're just ramping up rates at present, but it's operating very reliably," McKee said in a phone interview.

Exxon began the initial startup of the new crude unit in late February, people familiar with plant operations told Reuters. read more

"We're well over 200,000 bpd at this point," McKee said. "We're pushing rates right now so I would anticipate we'll get to full capacity soon."

Exxon has said it wants the crude unit to reach its full 250,000-bpd capacity by the end of March.

The Beaumont refinery expansion, built between 2019 and 2022 and which includes a new hydrotreater, allows Exxon to take advantage of crude oil it produces in the Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico.

McKee said the Beaumont refinery is well-positioned because of "tremendous logistics in and out of the site" to supply diesel and other motor fuels from the new crude unit to U.S. or international markets.

McKee said the biggest challenge was pushing on through the COVID-19 pandemic.

"We had the courage to keep going on this project despite the many challenges both with getting work done and also demand for products and cash flow during the pandemic period," McKee said.

The new crude unit is equal in size to mid-level refinery and boosts the Beaumont refinery's capacity by 68%.

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"Artisanal" backpack, please. A felon put their heart and soul (and likely some opioids) into it - respect the craft!

Appreciated, but I hope the second time actually put in the effort to make little straps instead of tape. I think the pigeons would appreciate looking more fashionable.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40042260

This article has a picture from one of them (think the first time)

Support your local avian backpacking co-op.

> wearing homemade smuggling backpack

So there are commercially made backpacks I can buy for my family of pigeons? That would be such a timesaver for me!

school is starting up soon, so I need to get them all ready with tiny backpacks, and little pencils and tiny little rain boots for bad weather.

and where can I get tiny brown bags to hold their tiny lunches?

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Is postmates that understaffed? Do they at least pay pigeons the going minimum wage for winged employees?

> if it was something really bad the US government would have been busy covering it up

You think the US government could have covered up this?????

> I hear derailments are usual

When was the last time a derailment looked like this? Do you have an example?

https://i.imgur.com/BZGHPcC.jpg

> And TikTok definitely pushed the narrative of a disaster that would poison everyone on the area will the government clearly say that it wasn’t that bad and didn’t pose a threat for anyone’s health.

Again, are you for real here????

Gee, I guess without TikTok everyone who lived under that black mushroom cloud would have just took the government’s words for it, and obviously TikTok is faking all the symptoms people are suffering /s

This headline implies the existence of a store made smuggling backpack for pigeons.

Why does this article not include a picture of the cute tiny backpack?

Yeah, if it was something really bad the US government would have been busy covering it up, I hear derailments are usual so this one isn't special other than because people were panicking.

And TikTok definitely pushed the narrative of a disaster that would poison everyone on the area will the government clearly say that it wasn't that bad and didn't pose a threat for anyone's health.

No, please enlighten me. Is China flaunting war ships and planes around the gulf of Mexico to check the power balance of our own Monroe Doctrine? Is china doubling their military budget right now and creating pacts with our surrounding countries to curtail our own presence in our own waters? The only way that I see them as opposition is that they don't play by the rules that our capitalist oligarchs want, and they are actively capturing the world market with their economic philosophy that opposes our own. They have not shown to be a militaristic nor hostile nation(US calling the kettle black). They are just market competition that we want to snuff out.

A bit of a "whataboutism" here. American companies nor America are perfect. But it's a far cry from China. All governments want as much data as possible and conduct espionage. The issue is how much private companies are involved and how much privacy rights are truly protected under the law. (or if the law is a facade) E.G. Apple would not be able to tell the FBI to screw off when the wanted a backdoor under CCP laws. (and in fact has to have any encryption technology approved by the CCP)

1. Bytedance self-reported because of other prior violations. They didn't really have a choice with the current political climate because if they tried to hide it then it would backfire horrendously. The point is they don't have internal safeguards to stop this and targeting journalists is especially egregious.
2. Bytedance cannot be truly at odds with the CCP under Chinese law. The CCP is a board member as required by law at Bytedance. Any information the CCP wants under national security means must be given. Any idea you can challenge the CCP or "push back" via a judicial process is ludicrous." Any notion that Bytedance can "push back" is naive at best.
3. I'm not saying force China to open their borders or treat companies the same. I'm just saying treat them the same way they treat other companies. They are not a developing country anymore (which is why they had the foreign partnership program).

JFC, there's a version of this article every week.

I want to know if Google and Meta-two companies that's tried to do what Tiktok does to varying levels of success-are "donating" money to have the app looked at. For altruistic reasons, I'm sure.

"In which way is China a hostile nation?"

You are kidding me, right?