Lebanon arrests Yemeni diplomat accused of spying for Israel’s Mossad en.ypagency.net/359181

The bottom 50% in China has double the average net worth of the bottom 50% in the US. This is despite China having 1/3rd of the GDP per capita (adjusted for purchasing power) of the US.

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#china #usa #economy

"Der neue Verfassungsschutzbericht zeigt wohin die Reise geht. Wer braucht die #AfD, wenn unter #Dobrindt bereits Kritik an deutscher Unterstützung eines Völkermords als extremistisch gilt."

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#Rechtsextremismus findet die bürgerl. Presse okay, wenn er von #CDU / #CSU (oder #SPD & #Grüne) kommt.

Das kommt dabei raus, wenn man politische Begriffe als Labels benutzt, statt über die Merkmale rechtsextremer Politik aufzuklären.

#Israel #Palästina #Gaza #Westbank #Genozid

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I'm sitting here looking at a big decorative rock, a shrub, and a just starting to bloom peony that would be a lovely zen composition with a lil bit of pruning. Which I absolutely don't have chuff for this summer.

But I am looking at it all - alive and growing anyway. Even if it's currently ragged and awkward.

And dayum! I just want to say to this messy, beautiful lil huddle: me too, boo, me too.

Studies raising safety concerns used forms of titanium dioxide not representative of the food-grade mineral

Studies raising safety concerns used forms of titanium dioxide not representative of the food-grade mineral

Why food-grade titanium dioxide is considered 100% safe

Food-grade titanium dioxide (E171) safe for use in food based on several key findings from its comprehensive safety reviews:

Extensive Review of Evidence: Reviews of both animal and human studies, as well as new scientific data, and found no evidence that dietary exposure to food-grade titanium dioxide poses a concern for human health.

Low Absorption: Studies show that after ingestion, absorption of food-grade titanium dioxide into the body is non-existent.

No Evidence of Harm in Animal Studies: Long-term animal studies, including lifetime feeding studies with very high concentrations of food-grade titanium dioxide, found no evidence of DNA damage, cancer, or other harmful effects such as toxicity to the reproductive, developmental, gastrointestinal, immune, or nervous systems.

NOTICE - Relevance of Study Materials: Studies raising safety concerns used forms of titanium dioxide not representative of the food-grade material (e.g., sonicated nanoparticles or materials dispersed in water rather than food), making their relevance to actual dietary exposure questionable.

Consistency with Other Regulators: This position aligns with other international agencies (outside the EU), which also found no safety concerns at current use levels.

Conclusion:
There is no evidence to suggest that dietary exposures to food-grade titanium dioxide are a concern for human health



Wieder Tote im Gazastreifen nahe Verteilzentrum für Hilfsgüter


Im Gazastreifen hat es in der Nähe einer Verteilstelle für Hilfsgüter der "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation" einen tödlichen Vorfall gegeben. Laut palästinensischen Medien sind mehr als 28 Menschen getötet worden.#Gaza #VerteilungsstellefürHilfsgüter #Tote
Wieder Tote im Gazastreifen nahe Verteilzentrum für Hilfsgüter


Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j… #Trumpadministration #Extremeweather #Climatecrisis #Environment #USpolitics #USweather #USnews
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Meanwhile, Trump’s disastrous tariffs continue to damage the economy, Putin is having his way, China is beating us, Kennedy the Worm is destroying public health, Pam Bondi is shredding the Rule of Law, Robert’s Court is unhinged af, and TACO’s adding 3 Trillion to the debt with his tax cut for the wealthiest. Wake up people. Trump hates America! He hates all of us.
#ImpeachTrumpNow
#PresidentTACO
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Everything you hear is a lie in some form, but that should have been obvious from the fact that it came from the media.

It's pretty chill here. I live in a big city and there's very little crime by American standards. The cops don't let bums cause trouble. The cartels don't bother you if you don't bother them, so long as you don't live in some shithole village in the middle of nowhere. (You wouldn't live on the south side of Chicago either...)

Mostly people go to work, go to the market and drink caguamas (40's) with their friends. Everyone everywhere in all of history always thinks the economy is bad and prices are high, but things are going ok here. There are "help wanted" signs all over the place, and they list livable wages. Housing is cheap, if not luxurious, but better to live in a crappy house and have beer money than live in a fancy house and work 60 hours a week to keep above water. There are tons of laws, but nobody really cares, even the government enforcers, so in practice there is a lot more freedom than in the US; lots of normal people run a small business of some sort, and profitably, and without debt.

The most striking thing coming from the US is that the people are warm and nice and the streets and shopping districts aren't dead. You can just go hang out at the market or even at the taco stand on the corner and chat with people, for hours. I've even had strangers give me free beer while hanging out listening to live street music in the middle of the night on like a Tuesday.

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@gentoobro

Many thanks.

I grew up in southern California and can remember the border towns being like this. Even all the way down to Ensenada and Hussong's Bar.

It is good to get a local perspective. My experience here in the states since the lockdowns has been, it is no where near as dire as what I saw posted on social media.

I wish the best for Mexico and hope the Cartels are eliminated., as I hope the organized crime here is eliminated.

Organized crime here starts in our congress.

More Evidence Biden DOJ Worked with Colorado Officials Leading Up to Tina Peters’ Imprisonment Which Provides Additional Support for a Trump Pardon
joehoft.com/breaking-exclusive…

#gaza #famine
#GHF #DeathTraps
@palestine

"Israel’s own actions since June 1 have proved that Israeli forces do indeed deliberately fire upon starving civilians seeking humanitarian aid. Israel lied. Again"
"One of the craziest phrases you can possibly utter in the year 2025 is “Let’s give Israel the benefit of the doubt on this one.”"

caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2025/0…

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@NotImpressed@mas.to @palestine@a.gup.pe Only people that support #genocide give #Israel the benefit of the doubt on *anything*.


#gaza #famine
#GHF #DeathTraps
@palestine

"Israel’s own actions since June 1 have proved that Israeli forces do indeed deliberately fire upon starving civilians seeking humanitarian aid. Israel lied. Again"
"One of the craziest phrases you can possibly utter in the year 2025 is “Let’s give Israel the benefit of the doubt on this one.”"

caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2025/0…


Show HN: S3mini – Tiny and fast S3-compatible client, no-deps, edge-ready

Link: github.com/good-lly/s3mini
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…

News X interview yesterday: a foretaste of today’s ‘Judging Freedom’ chat gilbertdoctorow.substack.com/p…

libertytree.ca/quotes/Manfred.…

"A family member asked my wife, "Aren't you concerned about his (our son's) socialization with other kids?" My wife gave this response: "Go to your local middle school, junior high, or high school, walk down the hallways, and tell me which behavior you see that you think our son should emulate." "

-- Manfred B. Zysk
German-American engineer and researcher

libertytree.ca/quotes/Gilbert.…

"What is education? Properly speaking, there is no such thing as education. Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another. Whatever the soul is like, it will have to be passed on somehow, consciously or unconsciously, and that transition may be called education. ... What we need is to have a culture before we hand it down. In other words, it is a truth, however sad and strange, that we cannot give what we have not got, and cannot…

Brian Wilson died today.

So did a part of me.

Another root to my childhood has been ripped out. But I know this is not the last, all things must come to an end.

His music has had an enormous impact on me. From my first interest because the songs were fun, to where I am now marveling at his musical genius.

The following is one of my favorite songs. In 3 songs connected together, it spans the Beach Boy era

RIP Brian

I pray that the sand is soft and the surf is up

youtube.com/watch?v=HUx6ID4kgq…

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Where he left us.

youtube.com/watch?v=VAmk-Wk2pN…

The really good stuff is in between.

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When we get to heaven, we will do it again.

youtube.com/watch?v=N3pt519I1p…

UptownGirl reshared this.

The Man in #Seat61 seems like a relic from a forgotten age of the #Internet.

Seat61.com is a genuinely useful website created by just one guy, a train travel enthusiast who has curated a vast array of information that will help anyone who would like to travel in #Europe by #train

He is not trying to sell you anything and there are no adverts (apart from a few affiliate ids).

His website has won various "best travel website" awards. Notably the last one was in 2012.

seat61.com/

Abundance is very near to Australia Labour policy, still feasible under its resources & election system. The tiniest hint of taxing multimillionaire pension pots windfalls results in so much Murdoch & commercial media resentment that it's abandoned...?
RE: bsky.app/profile/did:plc:p5yoi…


this is just obviously true. the point is to put tons of donor money behind a liberal-coded agenda that tacitly rules out taxing the rich, attacking corporations, or building out the welfare state www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/06/09/a...

good piece from @jeffhauser.bsky.social. it is maddening that so much discourse ignores that Kamala Harris ran precisely the campaign the "popularist" crowd wanted prospect.org/politics/202...

WelcomeFest Wants Politicians ...

libertytree.ca/quotes/Frank.Kn…

"Knowledge is more a matter of learning than of the exercise of absolute judgment. Learning requires time, and in time the situation dealt with, as well as the learner, undergoes change."

-- Frank H. Knight
(1885-1972) American economist
Source: Risk, Uncertainty, and Profit par. III.VIII.15

Being #woke is being #American.
Being #woke is being a good human being.
People who are #anti-woke are #UnAmerican.
People who are #anti-woke are not good human beings.
#FuckMaga. #FuckMusk. #FuckTrump.
[size=small][size=small]#USpol #Trump #Musk #MAGA #DEIA #LGBTQ+ #LGBT #LGBTQ #BLM #TransWomenAreWomen #TransMenAreMen[/size][/size]
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ICE agents mistakenly detain U.S. marshal in Arizona

The deputy marshal was detained because he "fit the general description of a subject being sought by ICE," according to the U.S. Marshals Service.
nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ice-m…

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@bob yeah comrade they aint concerned with nazis and fash. they just don't like the color red.
"new axis"... tf is that? the only axis has always been empire and capital.
some fucking rachel maddow world history over here.

Krieg gegen Palästinenser: Horror ohne Ende in Gaza https://www.jungewelt.de/artikel/501800.krieg-gegen-palästinenser-horror-ohne-ende-in-gaza.html

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Wusstest Du, dass ab Januar Banken Beweise für illegale CumCum-Geschäfte vernichten dürfen? 28,5 Milliarden Euro Steuergelder sind in Gefahr. Fordere den*die nächste Finanzminister*in auf, sofort zu handeln.
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#CumCum #CumEx

A Chinese state-owned company began construction of a solar power plant in Nicaragua on June 6, 2025.

The project will be the largest green solar power plant in Nicaragua.

The solar power plant, located in the municipality of Nindirí, Masaya, will have an installed capacity of 70 megawatts and include 112,700 high-tech photovoltaic panels.

The main function of the solar power plant will be to provide clean energy for sanitation and water services in Nicaragua.

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