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Rainy Bedtime stories for sleep
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Weedkiller ingredient widely used in US can damage organs and gut bacteria, research shows | Herbicides | The Guardian theguardian.com/environment/20β¦Weedkiller ingredient widely used in US can damage organs and gut bacteria, research shows
Diquat is banned in the UK, EU, China and other countries. The US has resisted calls to regulate itTom Perkins (The Guardian)
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Although recorded by many artists including Barbra Streisand, Kitty Kallen, Skeeter Davis, and Brenda Lee, the most popular version of "My Coloring Book" wri...YouTube
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Please, donβt forget usβ¦
Hope is fading as donations slow down.
Weβre holding on to the little hope we have left.
All weβre asking for now is to secure the most basic rights in life:
Food, water, and medicine for my sick father.
Please, stand with us.
Your support keeps us alive.
#gaza
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I'm Joe in the UK, I've been in touch with Aseel from the Sehwel family for over a year now and have been following their difficult struggle to afford medication, shelter and food in Gaza.Chuffed
#Taybeh, the last fully #Christian town in the occupied #WestBank, faces systematic #Israeli settler attacks and illegal outpost expansion
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#StopStarvingGaza
#RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#AllEyesOnWestBank #EndTheOccupation #SettlersOut
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#SolidarityWithPalestineIsNotAntisemitism
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSeaIsNotAntisemitic
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia
#news #press #politics @palestine
βοΈ Taybeh, the last fully Christian town in the occupied West Bank, faces systematic Israeli settler attacks and illegal outpost expansion β The heads of the three main churches in Taybeh β the Greek Orthodox, Latin Catholic, and Melkite Greek Catholβ¦Telegram
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US sanctions UN expert Francesca Albanese, critic of Israel's #Gaza offensive
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio linked the move to her support for the International Criminal Court (ICC).Tom Bateman (BBC News)
Judas Priest, Rick Springfield, John Oates and Bob Geldof reflect on 40 years of Live Aid
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Britain and France try again to tackle English Channel migrant crossings
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Analysis: "In conditions like the conditions the Palestinian people in Gaza face today, the concept of free choice is a lie."
βIsrael has no right even to be in Gaza or in the West Bank.. everything Israel does there.. is also illegal, including in implementing any of these plans for forced displacement whether within or outside of Gaza."
~International law expert Ralph Wilde
#GazaGenocide #USPol #EuroPol IsraeliLies @palestine .
US president to meet Israeli prime minister again with Gaza βexclusivelyβ topping the agenda.Lyndal Rowlands (Al Jazeera)
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New Hampshire judge to hear arguments on class action against Trumpβs birthright citizenship order
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"just mad at myself for being upset and then feeling bad."
Been there. As a sage friend of mine once phrased it: "I eventually learned to stop beating myself up, for beating myself up."
Admittedly, I am not sure if I figured out that friend's solution for myself? His way of phrasing it was helpful framing to at least attempt to acknowledge when I am caught up in some similar mental anguish loop.
For me, changing scenery is a methodology that I find is sometimes helpful? Going for a walk in nature if possible, far away from humans and their noises is ideal! A babbling brook, raging rapids, or the moon reflected in an ocean with waves crashing seem to be fantastic for me when I can enjoy such things.
Rain drops, while soaking in some rustic hot springs far away from most signs of so-called "civilization"? Better still!
Unfortunately, it is not always easy or possible to change scenery to such realms without significant effort and often expenses.
Simpler things, such as making an herbal tisane, the meditative qualities of watching steam "peel" off the "skin" of the tea cup, help to slow down and be in the moment, a different moment than incessant negative thoughts.
Tea kettles and water and loose leaves are not always readily available.
So perhaps some headphones, and a song, or album, or something musical can be helpful, for me at least, to have another frame of reference when I am in exceedingly urban hellscapes full of human maladies.
Barring that, earplugs.
Admittedly, reducing inputs from the world around me that I find harrowing isn't the be all end all, but a starting point.
If stuck with human trappings and no good tunes are readily available, vegging out to some movies or something similar (ideally: comedic in nature if looking for levity) might be beneficial?
No doubt, if the negative thoughts are persistent (as they often are in my experience) such strategies may be of limited utility, but even temporary distractions can still be welcome in my experience.
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Trump has completely failed to deliver on any of MAGA's expectations.
He's shown himself to be no better than the Biden admin on foreign policy.
Nothing has changed.
6 months in and already a lame duck to the deep state.
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Well, Bazzite just obliterated one of the last reasons I was still clinging to Windows 11.
My living room PC has an RTX 3090, yet Windows still wonβt run anything at 4K 60fps. It caps out at 4K 30fps or 1080p 60fpsβno matter what I do. For years, I blamed the TV. Thought maybe I cheaped out. Spent all this money on a high-end rig, and it never delivered what I wanted.
Then I docked my wifeβs Legion Go. It dual-boots Windows 11 and Bazzite.
Guess what? Same problem on Windows. But boot into Bazzite? Boomβ4K at 60fps, no issue.
Turns out it wasnβt the TV. It was Windows.
Once again, Linux quietly proves itβs the better OS for gaming.
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Universities and artists face funding threat under antisemitism plan being considered by Australian government | Australian politics | The Guardian
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"The report recommended all levels of government adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Allianceβs (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism. However that definition is contested in some quarters, with some concerns it was increasingly being used to conflate antisemitism with criticism of Israel."
Antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal also urges Labor government to bolster education and seek new powers to deport visitorsJosh Butler (The Guardian)
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I don't think it will do anything good. Instead we will have less certainty and more hurtful decisions, head lines and arguments.
We have laws and courts. That's enough to deal with. We cannot make every public institution judges for the expressions of employees and students.
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If You can't SEE it You are brain dead the same goes For anyone that watch this video
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The Empire Is A Nonstop Insult To Our Intelligence
The US has imposed sanctions on UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese for using her position to oppose the most thoroughly documented genocide in history.
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Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):Caitlin Johnstone (Caitlinβs Newsletter)
What would happen if people took Ivermectin at the dose reccommended to fight Malaria every day for the resr of their life?
What would be the horrible side effect that was the reason they tried to prevent people from using it?
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The terrible side effect would be no money being made for gene therapy MRNA injections.
Apparently, 35 billion euro by the EU
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So do you thihk if people had ivermectin every day even not to treat a specific problem they might be healthier?
Corporate media is more outraged at the possibility of a Democratic socialist entering the NY Mayors office than at the certainty that a white supremacist has reentered the White House.
Corporate politicians are more outraged that Mamdani won't condemn something he didn't say than they are at Trump repeating racist things he definitely said.
Silicon Valley is more accepting of a racist who dehumanizes Muslims than they are of a Muslim who defies billionaires.
Sigh...Are we great yet?
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Thanks for that link! I knew it was bad here. I didn't realize it was even worse in so many places. We are only in the top ~40!
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The Great Depression can be seen as a sort of (very painful) correction to wealth inequality. 2008 can be seen as an aborted correction of the same type. Without that correction, we have now reached the point where the wealthy are so far ahead that they can be blatant about their ownership of the government, and there is mass unrest. They turn us against each other instead of against them. And so fascism is born.
Credit: Dorsey Shaw; Source: Emmanuel Saez, UC Berkeley President Obama took on a topic yesterday that most Americans don't like to talk about much:Drew DeSilver (Pew Research Center)
U.S. Tourism Just Lost Its Big-Spending Tourists To Its Friendliest Ally
data from the World Travel and #Tourism Council suggests that the only country among 184 globally to experience a decline in international tourist spending in 2025 will be the United States
The US tourism industry will lose over $12 Billion this year
European Travelers Are Skipping The U.S. For Toronto
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America's ally is sniping its tourists while it suffers record tourism losses, and a surprising destination is winning, per a new study.Lauren Feather (TheTravel)
Former Olympic wrestler and MMA star Ben Askren recovering after double lung transplant
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βAgents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have gained access to a massive database of health and car insurance claims and are using it to track down people they want to deportβ
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The database, called ISO ClaimSearch, is nearly all encompassing and contains details on more than 1.8 billion insurance claims and 58 million medical bills.Joseph Cox (404 Media)
Detainees At 'Alligator Alcatraz' Decry Lack Of Water To Bathe, Maggots In Food
"Albanese said on Wednesday that the governments of Italy, France and Greece needed to explain why they provided βsafe passageβ to Netanyahu, who they were theoretically βobligated to arrestβ as an internationally wanted suspect when he flew over their territory on his way to meet United States President Donald Trump on Sunday for talks."
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Rome Statute signatories Italy, France, Greece criticised for providing βsafe passageβ to subject of ICC arrest warrant.Al Jazeera
TLDR summary, a lot of big corporations enable the Palestinian genocide and are making big bucks doing it. Israel and the US deny any wrong doing.
#genocide #Palestine #corporategreed #israel
An economy of genocide: Israel and Francesca Albanese's report | Green Left
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Francesca Albaneseβs report for the United Nations Human Rights CouncilΒ makes for stark and dark reading, writes Binoy Kampmark.Green Left
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McDonald's uses an AI bot to do hiring, and it stored the personal data of everyone who applied, hidden by the security equivalent of a post-it note saying "plz no steal".
After her parents, sister and husband were killed in a bombing, Lubnah prayed they would be the last victims of the war.
Her father, Dr Marwan al-Sultan, was one of Gazaβs most respected physicians, the director of the Indonesian Hospital and one of only two surviving cardiologists in the Strip.
On July 2, an Israeli bomb killed him alongside his wife, Dhikra, their daughter, Lamees, his sister, Amneh, and his son-in-law, Mohammed, Lubnahβs husband.
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Medicide is a central part of Israelβs goal of making Palestinian life in Gaza impossible.Ghada Ageel (Al Jazeera)
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#Palestine #Gaza #Israel
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Seeking bulldozer drivers to demolish Gaza: how a genocide is being outsourced β Arwa Mahdawitheguardian.com/commentisfree/β¦
#IsraeliWarCrimes #LeahyLaw #EndAidToIsrael #NetanyahuWarCriminal #FreePalestine #EndTheGenocide #BDS #SettlersOut #StopAIPAC #IDFTerrorists
Seeking bulldozer drivers to demolish Gaza: how a genocide is being outsourced
The systematic destruction of Gaza is hardly a secret. Now, the IDF is posting Facebook ads for bulldozer operators to help demolish the stripArwa Mahdawi (The Guardian)
Seeking bulldozer drivers to demolish Gaza: how a genocide is being outsourced β Arwa Mahdawi
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#IsraeliWarCrimes #LeahyLaw #EndAidToIsrael #NetanyahuWarCriminal #FreePalestine #EndTheGenocide #BDS #SettlersOut #StopAIPAC #IDFTerrorists
The systematic destruction of Gaza is hardly a secret. Now, the IDF is posting Facebook ads for bulldozer operators to help demolish the stripArwa Mahdawi (The Guardian)
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If the Democrats don't campaign on reversing the SCOTUS rulings with laws and adding more justices, they will lose again and deservedly so.
Yes, electoralism, and yes it may be moot.
@violetmadder As long as the donors are funding the DNC and their circle of consultants and strategists, election results seem optional. I mean, what are the plebs going to do about it - vote for the 3rd party?
The DNC is the political equivalent of a non-profit company that doesn't really do anything to make the world better, but all the executives make excellent salaries and the company runs expensive, tasteful advertising about their corporate success.
To avoid confusion, I don't favor Democrats over Republicans, and not the other way around either. I consider them both parasites.
And here's a more controversial opinion: although Mamdani distanced himself from the rest of the herd and went more socialist and offered something more of substance, I am skeptical about him because of his resorting to "vibes".
I prefer boring people who address our minds, not performative entertaining sales persons.
May both parties go to hell.
Absolutely. It's why I said he offered something of substance. His message resonated with people, unlike, say, Kamala Harris.
Perhaps it's just me, I tend to be skeptical whenever someone employs entertainment or vibes; what I call a sales personality. It immediately subtracts from their genuinity.
Maybe he's just trying all possible means and I should give him the benefit of the doubt.
Anyway, why do I bother? I live in Montreal.
USA sanctions Francesca Albanese for working with the International Criminal Court, and for being early at calling the Gaza Genocide a genocide.
This regime is a global menace, to the freedoms of each of us. Where will this end?
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#FarRight #Genocide #Gaza #USA #USPol #ICC #ICJ #Law #HumanRights #Palestine #EU #Geopolitics #Albanese #FrancescaAlbanese
For those not up to speed with the latest AI jargon, I hope to clarify some things:
Every time a company promises a revolutionary βAIβ product, they just exploit cheap labor from India.
When will the world tire of American labor practices and its exploitive forms of offshoring?
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theatlantic.com/business/archiβ¦
stanforddaily.com/2020/06/21/cβ¦
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Does every empire have to build itself on wage suppression and slavery?
For some Americans, sub-minimum-wage online tasks are the only work available.Alana Semuels (The Atlantic)
We love you, Joe Davidson!
Bezos is a whore.
Washington Post columnist calls Bezos a 'Donald Trump supplicant' in final parting shot
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#JeffBezos #WillLewis #WashingtonPost #WaPo #Journalism #FreePress #BoycottAmazon #BoycottWholeFoods #EatTheBillionaires #USPol
Longtime Washington Post columnist Joe Davidson recently resigned after the paper β which is owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos β killed his latest column for being "too opinionated.Carl Gibson (Alternet.org)
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Three years ago today, in Sri Lanka, a combative crowd stormed the Presidential Palace, the Presidential Secretariat, and the prime minister's residence, forcing the president to flee the country.
The struggle is far from over in Sri Lanka, just as it is far from over in the US.
But it's important to remember that when we fight, we can win.
A Sri Lankan anarchist who participated in toppling president Gotabaya Rajapaksa reflects on the occupation at the heart of the protest movement.CrimethInc.
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Rubio will meet Russian foreign minister in Malaysia with Ukraine tensions high
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At SFO waiting at the baggage claim for my checked backpack. Hopefully TSA or other TLAs aren't leaving anything "interesting" behind?
Thank you to @recon@infosec.exchange for a fantastic 20 year anniversary!
Maybe I'll summarize my experiences later? My favorite talk was without a doubt @ic3qu33n@infosec.exchange's on EBC (admittedly, perhaps the only talk to even make mention of the demo scene which is near and dear to my heart). Dr. @azonenberg@ioc.exchange's presentation was also outstandingly excellent!
Met some neat new folks, did not see as many old familiar faces as I was hoping, but am still very grateful to have had such an enjoyable experience!
Thanks to Hugo, Anne, Cat, David, the PHRACK crew for their special edition physical release and everyone else whom I failed to mention in these humble greets explicitly who made it come together!
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I'll say it again: If you're writing software for self-hosting or will otherwise never see more than a few transactions per second, there's absolutely no reason to bust out Postgres or even worse MongoDB.
Just fucking use sqlite3, it'll be fine, I promise.
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Internet Extremists Want to Make All AI Chatbots as Hateful as Grok Just Was
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βIncredible things are happening.βΒMother Jones
Boycott Only Fans!!
#onlyfans #boycott #usa #billionaire #bds #capitalism #imperialism #zionism #israe #palestine #freepalestine #genocide #gaza
The poster is a criticism/denunciation of Leonid Radvinsky, owner of OnlyFans, for his donations to AIPAC during the Gaza's genocide.
At the top left is AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) logo with a stylised American flag. Below AIPAC logo: a red frame with "Boycott OnlyFans!" in white. And the OF logo.
The main text: "LARGEST DONOR TO AIPAC DURING GAZA GENOCIDE WAS BILLIONAIRE OWNER OF THE ONLYFANS WEBSITE LEONID RADVINSKY". #alttext #AltTxt #ALT4you
this is so messed up.
Sanctions on Albanese instead of the murderous IsNotReal....
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Rays slugger Junior Caminero to compete in Home Run Derby, start at third base in All-Star Game
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Former 'Love Island USA' contestant Cierra Ortega apologizes for using racial slur
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