"Manipulating the weather since 1915"
"Manipulating the weather since 1915"
Former Librarian of Congress, fired by Trump, vows to improve public information in new Mellon role
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DOJ denies Epstein list—clean house or cover-up?; peer-reviewed jab study detonates covid narratives; Musk launches third party; world’s smartest man drops a warning no one saw coming; much more.Jeff Childers (☕️ Coffee & Covid 2025 🦠)
Powell joining Heat, Collins to Clippers, Love and Anderson to Utah in 3-team trade, AP source says
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American kids have become increasingly unhealthy over nearly two decades, new study finds
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Iris Van Herpen unveils 'living' couture dress of bioluminescent algae in Paris
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#Facebook is always hungry for all of your data.
The ecosystem maintained by #Meta will always try to scoop as much data as possible about you.
And they also love to spy on you while you’re not even using their services.
The “Meta pixel” has so far been adopted by ~20% of most visited websites.
It’s an invisible element rendered on all those webpages whose purpose is to spy on you. It’s thanks to these pixels that Meta probably has details about your tax returns and medical records.
But that isn’t enough for the espionage company better known as Meta.
After rolling out the tracking pixels about 10 years ago, many browsers and extensions have learned how to block them.
If you use Firefox in Strict mode, and/or the Facebook Container extension, and/or Privacy Badger or uBlock Origin, then chances are that your browser is blocking Meta’s creepy eyes.
Probably there aren’t a lot of people out there who take these measures, as they usually involve some degree of tech-savvyness. But the fact that there are still some people on planet earth that are trying to block their creepy eyes, some people whose tax returns, health records or sexual habits aren’t known to them, makes Meta uneasy. After all, it’s a company explicitly designed to know EVERYTHING about EVERYONE!
So what have they done?
Well, they basically opened a local backdoor on all Android phones that have some of their apps installed.
Usually a mobile app with INTERNET permissions can bind to any non-privileged TCP port on the local interface.
And that’s exactly what their mobile apps are doing.
They open a localhost socket, and then whenever you open your mobile browser on a website that has one of their trackers the JavaScript code tries to connect to that port to push scraped data from your browsing history to their apps.
They basically abuse the localhost sandbox, usually used by developers and less subject to the scrutiny of tracker-blocking software, to funnel private data scooped up from your usage of other websites, unencrypted, to their own apps, which in turn pushes it to their servers.
To be clear, this isn’t something new. Yandex has been doing it since 2017. And by now you probably shouldn’t trust any large-scale apps that come out of the US, Russia or China because they are all funded by State-sponsored programs whose aim is collective espionage and data collection.
If you want to protect yourself:
Experts say some hospitals’ use of an ad tracking tool may violate a federal law protecting health informationthemarkup.org
UK spy flights over Gaza also being covered up by ‘mainstream’ media while UK politicians met terrorist leader At least three Israeli military aircraft involved in Israel’s genoci…SKWAWKBOX
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Another plot, called “Operation Narnia” because it was seen to be so fantastical, involved killing nine top Iranian #nuclear #scientists at their homes in #Tehran almost simultaneously - a plan that was successfully carried out.
Scientists and their families are civilians and not military targets. This is against international law and could be counted as a #war #crime.
#politics #war #news #warcrime #MiddleEast #Iran #Israel #airstrike #warfare #redWedding #Narnia #airforce #science #manhunt #military
The success of key Israeli operations against Iranian military leaders and nuclear scientists is said to have even caught planners by surpriseRachel Clun (The Independent)
Yasser Abu Shabab – whose family has said they want to kill him for his collaboration – has admitted working with the Israeli military during the Gaza genocide. The ISIS-affiliated so-c…SKWAWKBOX
Labour’s Respect Orders could silence online dissent and jail critics without a trial. Here’s what they are, and why they must be stopped.Mike Sivier (Vox Political)
Would be much easier for you legally to allow transactions to happen without forcing me to provide this information. I would IF I wanted you to process my insurance information. I do not though.
I will be sharing this response online and a link to your Privacy Policy.
Thank you. 😀
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Here's their privacy policy:
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"We collect...Vision care insurance information...To send your vision care claim to your insurance provider, at your request"
However, they make this a required field at checkout. This is a feature they must have added since 2023.
I don't want a dropship company with this information.
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Russia's ex-minister found dead hours after being fired, investigators believe he killed himself
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A reignited Trump-Musk feud burns Tesla investors, shares of EV company tumble 8%
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NATURAL IMMUNITY- IT'S A THING!
"Natural immunity is the only true immunity.
Everything else is an artificial attempt to cheat nature, and nature is never cheated." ~Dr. Ray Obomsawin
"Why are they not talking about natural immunity? Natural immunity is fantastic." --Dr. Ben Carson
THE PROBLEM WITH NATURAL IMMUNITY...IS THAT IT'S FREE!
Pfizer currently has 92 lobbyists in Washington, D.C.
Johnson & Johnson has 67
Merck has 53
Gilead has 46
Natural immunity has zero.
There are certain conversations you know will stay with you, and my talk with Pastor Lorenzo Sewell was exactly that. He’s the lead pastor of 180 Church in D...YouTube
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What to Stream: Spielberg looks back at 'Jaws,' Clipse reunite and 'Bachelor in Paradise' is flirty
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PSA: if your country can afford to give your money away to other countries, then you pay way too much in taxes! 😂
U.S. Spending on Foreign Wars and Foreign Aid Since 1917
Since the introduction of the federal income tax in 1917, the United States has spent vast sums on foreign wars and foreign aid. Below is a breakdown of major expenditures, adjusted to 2024 dollars, followed by a total.
### Major U.S. War Expenditures (1917–2024)
| War/Conflict | Estimated Cost (Trillions, 2024 USD) |
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| **World War I (1917–1918)** | $0.47 |
| **World War II (1941–1945)** | $5.74 |
| **Korean War (1950–1953)** | $0.48 |
| **Vietnam War (1962–1973)** | $1.03 |
| **Post-9/11 Wars (Iraq, Afghanistan, etc.)** | $8.00 |
- The post-9/11 wars include direct appropriations, obligations, and long-term veterans’ care[1][2].
### U.S. Foreign Aid Since World War II
- **Foreign Aid (since WWII):** $3.8 trillion
[3]Foreign aid includes economic, military, and humanitarian assistance to countries worldwide, with major recipients including Israel, Egypt, South Vietnam, Afghanistan, and South Korea[3].
### Grand Total
| Category | Total (Trillions, 2024 USD) |
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
| **All Major Wars** | $15.72 |
| **Foreign Aid** | $3.80 |
| **Combined Total** | **$19.52** |
### Key Points
- The U.S. has spent **over $19.5 trillion** (in today’s dollars) on foreign wars and foreign aid since 1917.
- The largest single expenditure was World War II, followed by the post-9/11 wars.
- Foreign aid, while smaller than war spending, still represents a significant outflow of taxpayer money[1][3][2].
> PSA: If your country can afford to give your money away to other countries, then you pay way too much in taxes! 😂
**References:**
[1] Investopedia
[3] USAFacts
[2] Costs of War (Brown University)
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[2] watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/co…
[3] usafacts.org/articles/which-co…
[4] aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/24/h…
[5] oxfordre.com/americanhistory/d…
[6] watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/co…
[7] online.norwich.edu/online/abou…
[8] statista.com/statistics/275597…
[9] econofact.org/u-s-defense-spen…
[10] sgp.fas.org/crs/natsec/RS22926…
[11] education.cfr.org/learn/readin…
[12] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military…
[13] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_S…
[14] foreignassistance.gov
[15] stimson.org/2024/the-ugly-trut…
[16] history.navy.mil/research/libr…
[17] pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperienc…
[18] csis.org/analysis/us-military-…
[19] pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/…
[20] scholar.harvard.edu/files/dtin…
Evaluating arguments for the United States to spend more on national security – and the potential consequences of doing soJoaquin Matamis (Stimson Center)
Mr. President - YOU Are The One Who Can Stop The Killing, Not Putin, Zelenskiy
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You hold the key to stop the senseless killing raging over the world against humanity.L Todd Wood (CDM)
💗😽Every year, in #Minneapolis, cat people tour their neighbourhood to see each other's cats!
#Cat #Cats #CatsOfMastodon #CatsOfFediverse #Caturday #EveryDayIsCaturday
actually you want to shut down that inner monologue
the buddhists call it "monkey mind"
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Some stroke their cat, others pet their dog, but some special people can caress their brainworm for comfort.
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Ex-#CIA Ray McGovern DEMOLISHES #NanoRubio on #Iran War
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Ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern and Middle East scholar Dr. Assal Rad join forces on the Katie Halper Show to destroy Marco Rubio and debunk Western propaganda a...YouTube
Man kills pedophile for abusing his relative.Demon to some, Angel to others (www.mgtow.tv)
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When I complain that some software (or its dependencies) doesn't work on *BSD but requires Linux, I'm not criticizing Linux. For me, it's not an OS battle, but a matter of freedom and avoiding a dangerous and rampant computing monoculture. And when people reply to me with "well, just use it on Linux" - while they're giving me sensible advice - they're missing the crucial point: if it ONLY runs on Linux, it's not Linux's fault, but we are, precisely, creating a dangerous monoculture.
#Linux #SysAdmin #OSS #RunBSD #BSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #illumos
I got let go at my job, I only worked there for over a month. I got let go due to my job performance. I didn’t get any feedback on how I could’ve improved for future jobs.
I saw how last week they hired a guy immediately and I saw that my position was already crowded. Then there was my mistake on not picking up an entire order due to not taking into account what I was picking up, the guy giving me the items also didn’t want to look at the paperwork when I gave it to him.
Just feels unfair.
The United States violates its own laws regarding transfer of weapons to nations committing atrocities, and now it sends people to countries they are not from.
The US government is literally and arms trafficking and human trafficking cartel.
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The Supreme Court is helping Trump expand "third country" deportation — and restrict immigrants’ rights to object for fear of torture.Nick Turse (The Intercept)
The murderers of ISIS do not change no matter how much the Americans and Europeans shave their beards and force them to wear western suits ⬇️
Sectarian, genocidal incitement targets Christians in Safita, Syria
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Residents of Safita, a city in Syria’s coastal mountain region, discovered inflammatory flyers distributed by HTS offshoot Saraya Ansar al-Sunnah.
The leaflets, posted on churches and storefronts, called on the “people of the Levant” to "purify the land" by murdering infidel Christians and to “spare neither their infants nor their newborns.”
The flyers call for the killing of children, enslavement of women, and destruction of churches.
Ansar al-Sunnah, who claimed responsibility for the Mar Elias Church suicide bombing, has allegedly denied involvement.
The Cradle
i learned today that, woman will go out of their way, to make men look like fools... how? misdirection, misinformation or worse, making you do shit, you don't know what to do.
its like forcing a teenager to do open heart surgery and then shamed them cuz they killed the patient...
but i know you know that, if you do that to woman, it's a criminal offence.
Understanding the Current Political Dialectic of "Left" and "Right" in America Today
Today's "Left," although they like to think of themselves as "progressive," but are usually called "liberals," are neither. They are a Jew-dominated cult of Cultural Marxists who hate your freedom and want to regress us back to a proto-civilized age when male elites ruled through the female masses, making it impossible for the rest of men to compete with them.
Today's "Right," often called . . . stormfront.org/forum/blogs/u15…
#Dedollarization: Are #China and the #BRICS building a gold-standard trading system?
Do bears shit in the woods?
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Massive volumes of gold are being moved from Western countries, to vaults outside the SWIFT system and Western regulation.Even for the world's top gold minin...YouTube
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