Kyle Schwarber's 3 homers in All-Star Game's first tiebreaking swing-off lift NL over AL
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We are human beings, not machines NO to the 13-hours workday With mobilizations against the country’s involvement in the imperialist war and the multifaceted expression of solidarity with the people of Palestine, the action of the trade unions contin…pameadmin (Πανεργατικό Αγωνιστικό Μέτωπο (Π.Α.ΜΕ.))
I have over 400 physical DVDs and over 300 physical CDs. I buy them, I rip them, and then I put them in a box.
And I'm kind of wondering why I keep them. Why not rip and resell? I'm not planning to buy enough shelf space for all that. I like the convenience of having a media server.
I've got other stuff I'm storing in my storage unit, so it doesn't cost me anything to keep them, but still. Why?
Rough times for broadcast networks illustrate changing media landscape
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Vance heads to Pennsylvania to launch the White House's first major push to sell Trump's big bill
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Translated lede: "#ICE declares itself above the US judicial system and claims millions of undocumented #immigrants are ineligible for bond hearings while being held for #deportations", which is a scumbag maneuver to have them simply give up and leave, instead of pursuing their case and being locked down for months or years.
washingtonpost.com/immigration… #lawlessness
Currently no paywall, but anyway archive.ph/washingtonpost.com/… #AmericanGestapo #gestapo
How Trump could use a building renovation to oust the Fed chair
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are the MAGAs here happy with Trump's order to Zelensky to fire long range missiles at Moscow and St Petersburg?
(they are in Russia by the way)
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Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, is one of the most well-known, a city in Latah County with a population of about 25,000. It’s home to the University of Idaho.
Florida: St. Petersburg, Florida, is the most prominent, a city in Pinellas County with a population of about 260,000, known for its beaches and cultural attractions.
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Israel is blocking 6,000 UNRWA trucks from entering Gaza while children die of hunger. The world can still prevent further catastrophe if it chooses to act.Amos Brison (+972 Magazine)
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Today, we're introducing a comprehensive solution for financial analysis that transforms how finance professionals analyze markets, conduct research, and make investment decisions with Claude.www.anthropic.com
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Jeffrey Epstein’s former lawyer Alan Dershowitz said two judges in New York are suppressing information about the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender’s case, not the Trump administration.
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Ces doux moments de profond sommeil.
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Trump is moving to sanction the UN's Francesca Albanese for her criticism of Israel’s US-backed genocide in Gaza... in the same week that he declared Al-Qaeda in Syria are no longer terrorists.Rachel Blevins
Adams’ comments about Israel have provoked particular concern in Malaysia, a staunch supporter of PalestineRebecca Ratcliffe (The Guardian)
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The thing about Epstein is that raping kids is bad, everyone who ever set foot on his island/jet/party house knew it was bad, and they’re all garbage people.
What is also bad is that the current Republican party is doing everything in their power to make raping girls more common. They are making it dangerous to report. They are making it hard to get out of abusive relationships. They are making it hard to survive for young victims.
Fuck Epstein. Look at the current crop of pro-rape guys.
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GPUHammer: Rowhammer attacks on GPU memories are practical
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How to Install TWRP & Root Samsung Phones Without PC
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Wildfire health impacts continue -- but research shows that if we do not directly connect extremes with how they're being driven by a warming climate, being affected by disasters won't make us more willing to support + advocate for climate action. That's why it's SO important that we talk about it!
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Just about the clearest demonstration that gentrification is just another form of colonialism
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Protests this month laid bare the growing anger from locals against foreigners who have flocked to the Mexican capital since the coronavirus pandemicOscar Lopez (The Guardian)
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When you travel as much as we do you can get a bit blaze about things, but every now and then you get something that blows you away a bit and watching sunrise at Tiger Hill in Darjeeling is such a thing.Gareth Johnson (Young Pioneer Tours)
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“Winter nor’easters have steadily grown more severe and will worsen with climate change, University of Pennsylvania researchers find” | I spoke with Philly’s KYW Newsradio:
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Winter nor’easters have steadily grown more severe over the last eight decades, and they will become even worse if climate change is not dealt with, according to a new study co-authored by a University of Pennsylvania professor.www.audacy.com
In Ecuador, a 2023 court decision that recognizes one Indigenous community’s rights to own part of a protected area in the Amazon has escalated a long-simmering conflict with another Indigenous people that uses and has claims over the same piece of land.
By Latoya Abulu and John Cannon
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This is Part 1 of a four-part series on Indigenous land rights in Ecuador. Read Part 2 and Part 3. Part 4 will be published tomorrow.alexandrapopescu (Conservation news)
Want to know how to keep me on #linux? This is how you keep me on #linux!
Now Microsoft’s Copilot Vision AI can scan everything on your screen
Copilot Vision will be able to look at your whole desktop.
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#windows #copilot #privacy #security #cybersecurity
Microsoft is rolling out an update to Copilot Vision for Windows Insiders that lets the AI tool see everything that’s on your screen.Jay Peters (The Verge)
My Family and the Flood
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On July 4 the Guadalupe ripped our home from its pillars, pulling my family into its waters and into the night. Then morning came.Aaron Parsley (Texas Monthly)
My mom is really into genealogy.
She just found the obituary for my great great great Grandfather.
He was a weaver in England, and his obituary says he once made a robe for Queen Victoria.
Very cool.
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One of my ancesters was a spiritual advisoe and another authored the Townsend acts! (Tea anyone?)
Another relative is Ted Knight!
It is really fun to imagine what all those people must have been like, isn't it?
History is fascinating.
Passengers have been stranded in subways and cars submerged on roads after floods hit part of the US.www.bbc.com
Spurred by a yearlong investigation by Mongabay, a federal crackdown has removed up to 2,000 illegal cattle from Brazil’s Arariboia Indigenous Territory, but faced unexpected protests from some Indigenous residents claiming ownership.
The pushback has prompted the government to consider regulating Indigenous-owned cattle, raising fears of setting a precedent and inviting the disguised return of illegal herds.
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A crackdown on illegal cattle herds inside the Arariboia Indigenous Territory in Brazil has hit unexpected pushback that could make this the first area of its kind in the country to allow licensed cattle ranching.Karla Mendes (Conservation news)
"There are cover-ups, and then there’s whatever the British Government just pulled.
Imagine torching £7 ($9.4) billion of public money, risking 100,000 lives, creating an immigration scandal, and then, when the inevitable outrage starts to bubble, slapping a gag order on the entire country and pretending it never happened.
This is banana-republic behavior with better tailoring."
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A secret court order muzzled the press while the state quietly rewrote reality.Cam Wakefield (Reclaim the Net)
FBI Director Kash Patel has launched a “Grand Criminal Conspiracy” investigation into the decade-long weaponization of the federal government — a probe that specifically circumvents the statute of limitations, allowing investigators to fina…Jim Hᴏft (Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback)
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or maybe you are but don't see it
and try minding your manners if you wanna play with the big boys
I put the fishing line out through my kitchen window and sometimes I catch something
Mainstream media coverage of ICE enforcement misrepresents both the law and reality.Antonio Graceffo (Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback)
July 15, 2025 @ 20:08 Good evening family & friends❣️ I finished up the laundry today, had it all hung well before noon. Neighbor came and took the rest of the tree off our shed (I should go take another picture) that had fallen a couple of days ago*. Charlie and her sister walked over, brushed Maisie, watered the garden for me, and applied a last coat of spray paint to the tires. The work Bill did on the front porch* is working out SO WELL and we've had several neighbors come over to comment on how nice it looks 😀. I slept a lot. Oh yeah...and there was something stinky in here, like something died in the wall, for nearly a week...when Bill was here this morning he even commented on it. While I was sleeping Pete tore apart the kitchen to see what he could find - nothing. Later I happened to look behind the microwave and there was a package of meat of some sort - hard to tell by this point - that had fallen behind and rotted and dripped down the back of the tool cart that I use for a counter/cupboard space...and at the pool on the floor were too many maggots to count! Oh. My. Goodness. WHAT A MESS!! But Pete got it all cleaned up in here and now it smells fine. (That would also account for the big influx of flies we've had in here this last week!) Ordered a pizza for dinner [chiachow.net/what-i-eat], I had a coupon, and did a Tuesday Titters post [chia.owly.net/tuesday-titters-…]. OK, I guess that's it, I have a whopper of a headache and am going to bed soon. I will see you in the morning❣️🙏🥱🌛💤
*pics on Gloria's page [chia.owly.net/gloria]
Trump’s UN nominee calls for dismantling of UNRWA
President Trump’s pick for US ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Waltz, says the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, “must be dismantled”.
“UNRWA in Gaza, with its staff involved in the October 7 massacre, its schools teaching anti-Semitic hate [sic!], must be dismantled,” Waltz said during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. “It simply not only needs to be defunded … but it should be dismantled.”
maybe we can ladder-up our days
if we have trouble getting started, we go to a place where the people are friendly to us to acquire confidence to do our chores
does anybody do that?
UN council authorizes continuing vigilance of attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels on Red Sea shipping
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Senate advances Trump's request to cancel billions in foreign aid, NPR and PBS funding
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Some senators have concerns as Congress faces a Friday deadline to act on the rescissions request.Caitlin Yilek (CBS News)
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Badaboum n°3 (juin 2025) - bulletin antinucléaire d'anarchistes BOUM
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"Sortie du Badaboum n°3 (juin 2025)."
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Each week, I stand before a group of men and women suffering varying stages of dementia. I am aware as I stand there that unless the Holy Spirit breaks through their confusion and forgetfulness, I will be speaking into the air. Nothing I say during those 30 minutes or so will have any chance of making an impact on their lives.
And so, with that awareness, I always begin our time together praying aloud for the Lord to open all of our minds and hearts as I speak words of encouragement, exhortation, hope and promise.
But – isn’t that what we should all always do whenever we speak – or plan to speak – with someone about the Lord? Shouldn’t we always – even if it’s a quickly breathed prayer – shouldn’t we always ask the Holy Spirit to speak His truths through us? Don’t we know that just because a person has an intact memory doesn’t mean they also have ears to hear and hearts that are soft to God's voice.
And – isn’t that what you and I should always do when we open our Bibles to read? Don’t we want from the Holy Spirit more than mere ‘information’? Don’t we also want from Him ‘revelation’?
“Rejoice always; Pray without ceasing; In everything, give thanks, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18)
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La cruauté de la soie
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"La soie est produite à partir du cocon de ver à soie, principalement le Bombyx Mori (Bombyx du murier), qui fournit 90 à 95 % de la production mondiale. Si cette matière peut à priori être considérée comme éthique et naturelle (le ver abandonne son cocon lorsqu'il se transforme en papillon pour s'envoler), l'intervention humaine rend le processus beaucoup plus sordide."
La soie est produite à partir du cocon de ver à soie, principalement le Bombyx Mori (Bombyx du murier), qui fournit 90 à 95 % de la production mondiale. Si cette matière peut à priori être (...)rebellyon.info
In today’s mining and aggregate operations, the cost of processing certain types of stone can be significantly high due to factors such as hardness, transport distance, and energy consumption. For operators dealing with these high-cost materials, adopting energy-efficient technologies is no longer optional—it’s a key factor in staying profitable. In this context, mobile crushing solutions are becoming increasingly attractive due to their lower setup costs, flexibility, and energy-saving potential. From innovative drive systems to intelligent automation, modern mobile stone crusher units are evolving to meet the demands of sustainable and cost-effective crushing.
This article explores various energy-saving mobile crushing solutions(trituradora de piedra portatil) suitable for processing expensive stone materials, with a focus on practicality and return on investment.
Fuel and power costs account for a significant portion of total operating expenses in crushing operations. When working with harder stones like granite, basalt, or dense river rock, energy consumption increases substantially. Without efficient systems in place, the profitability of each ton of processed stone drops.
In regions such as Latin America and Southeast Asia, governments are tightening environmental standards. Crushing equipment that reduces emissions and uses less fuel helps operators comply with regulations while improving their environmental footprint.
One of the most effective solutions is the use of diesel-electric drive systems. These systems allow the mobile stone crusher to run on diesel fuel while generating electricity for other components. The engine only powers a generator, and all crushing and conveying functions are electric.
This setup significantly reduces fuel consumption compared to traditional hydraulic systems and allows the crusher to run on external power if available, further improving efficiency.
When access to grid power or solar generation is possible, fully electric portable stone crusher units can operate with near-zero emissions and minimal energy costs. These setups are ideal for long-term projects where power infrastructure is available or can be set up quickly.
Modern mobile crushing units are equipped with smart control systems that monitor feed levels, power usage, and load distribution. These systems automatically adjust crusher settings and conveyor speeds in real time, ensuring optimal performance with the least amount of energy consumed.
Such automation is particularly beneficial when using a gravel crusheror rock crusher(trituradora de rocas) on variable material sizes, where manual control could result in over-crushing and wasted energy.
Some advanced models allow remote monitoring of fuel consumption, throughput, and equipment condition. This data helps operators identify energy-wasting patterns and make informed decisions about scheduling, load balancing, and maintenance routines.
One of the simplest ways to save energy is by removing fines and unwanted material before they reach the crusher. Installing a pre-screen on the mobile stone crusher allows smaller particles to bypass the crushing chamber, which reduces load and energy use.
This approach is particularly useful when processing mixed materials, such as riverbed stone or demolition debris, where a large volume of the feed is already small enough.
Rather than crushing all material to the same size, energy-efficient systems allow for selective crushing. For example, a gravel crusher(trituradora de piedra para grava) may be adjusted to produce a specific grade of material with minimal overprocessing, reducing energy use while maximizing output quality.
Many newer portable stone crusher models are built with lightweight frames and modular designs. This not only simplifies transportation between sites but also reduces the energy needed for loading, unloading, and setup.
Energy efficiency isn’t only about operation—it also includes reducing idle time and inefficient site layouts. Mobile crushers that are compact and easy to deploy minimize idle running hours, fuel usage, and material handling effort.
As the cost of raw materials and energy continues to rise, mining and aggregate producers need crushing solutions that combine mobility with efficiency. Whether using a diesel-electric mobile stone crusher, a fully electric portable stone crusher, or an intelligent rock crusher system, the goal is the same—maximize output while minimizing energy input.
With the right setup, even high-cost stone becomes economically viable to crush and process. Energy-saving mobile solutions are not only better for the bottom line but also position your operation for future success in a more sustainable, competitive market.
Trituradora de piedra para grava se utiliza para producir agregados para proyectos de construcción, y también se puede usar en minería.AIMIX
I don't think you need a lot of imagination as to how this is all going to go next. Donald Trump has already set up the basic narrative, dropping names like Hillary, Obama, the SteeleUrsula Faw (PolitiZoom)
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Place Jean-Jaurès-Ecoute Collective de l'émission toujours la Guerre (Mayday)
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China launched the cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-9 in the early morning on Tuesday to deliver supplies for its orbiting Tiangong space station, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).eng.chinamil.com.cn
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Just a bit of advice from an old corrections officer and Deputy Warden.
If you know a person who is on Haloperidol, understand he is very unpredictable and dangerous. Especially when off his meds.
I have dealt with these people for thirty plus years in the maximum security cellblocks. Real Bam Bams. They are very dangerous.
Now one lives very close by. Taking Cisapride and Haloperidol.
A combination contraindicated by the manufacturer. Damned interns and state psycho doctors.
He has been in one of my prisons for a short while, if 5 years of hell is considered short. He is a real problem child. Becomes enraged for no cause. A barely trainable feral animal.
He knows me and I know him. He has exhibited homicidal behaviors in the past. The court let him off easy after trying to kill more than a half dozen people because a girl spurned him. His M.O. is to wait until the early dark hours and set fire to your home. Burn you and yours up.
We don't always get a heads up. These people could be shopping at Krogers next to you and in an instant draw a knife and kill you because you were there.
Remember that the knife is, in these times, the most popular weapon of choice. The knife is silent and requires no ammunition. In close quarters the knife is more dangerous than a handgun or a sword. Knives can be made in the most stringently controlled environment.
Keep vigilant at all times. Watch the behavior of those around you. Body language is a good clue. Are they out of place? What is in their hands?
I have 30 plus years hiking this skill. You need to start now. Try to keep 21 feet or more between you and those you don't know. Keep your weapon at the ready for immediate use.
Be prepared to act without warning to save your loved ones and yourself.
Stay strapped or get clapped.
Where's Firefox going next?
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Hey Firefox friends! We’re trying something new and would love your help. Features like tab groups, vertical tabs, profiles, new tab wallpapers, PWAs, and taskbar pinning weren’t just ideas – they were direct responses to what you told us you wanted…connect.mozilla.org
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Communiqué suite aux arrestations du 17 juin
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"Suite à la manifestation du 5 octobre 2024 contre l'installation d'une usine à pellets Biosyl à Guéret, plusieurs personnes ont été appréhendées. Appel à rassemblement devant le tribunal correctionnel de Guéret pour le procès de l'une d'elle, le 28 juillet 2025, à partir de 14 heures."
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Dozens Arrested After UK Brands Palestine Action a ‘Terror Group’ (Videos) orinocotribune.com/dozens-arre…Dozens Arrested After UK Brands Palestine Action a ‘Terror Group’ (Videos)
The organization was banned last month after its members broke into an airbase and vandalized two military planes More than 70 people were arrested across the UK on Saturday on suspicion of supporting the activist group Palestine Action, which was re…Orinoco Tribune - News and opinion pieces about Venezuela and beyond
MLB honors Hank Aaron with recreation of record 715th homer during All-Star Game
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More siding contractor drama
They detached our meterbox last week Wednesday. Told me to call the power co. They said it’s not an emergency and make sure it’s done. Ok. I was busy. Saturday night storms come through. BOOM! that was close. Our power goes on off on off on off … off. Hhm I remember our power box. Text siding guy. Since our neighbors power went out too it’s not the meter box. Then says I should have called. WTF. I google. It’s a BFD. Not an emergency but a BFD.
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The whole experience has taught me a lot. I definitely have more peace and confidence in God.
What was God trying to teach me through it all?
That’s for another time
hints: patience, forgiveness, strength, calling on him.
Had cool bath w/ a nice mentholated body wash.
If you're not mentholating in the summer, you're missing out.
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[Rassemblement] Liberté pour Anas Hman
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Notre co-habitant au Donderberg Anas est actuellement enfermé au centre fermé de Bruges dans des conditions atroces. Il risque d'être expulsé vers le Maroc de manière imminente. Ce centre est réputé pour être le pire de Belgique. Une révolte
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Gaza (Quds News Network)- The families of Israeli captives held in Gaza have reportedly reached out to Hamas to inquire about the fate of the stalled ceasefire negotiations, as the stuttering talks enEditing Team (Quds News Network)
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Canicule extrême : multiplier les clims et la survie individualisée, ou lutter collectivement pour des changements structurels ?
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I've got 4 copies of the music, but only 2 of the movies.
I was thinking about how all the music is MP3s because that's what we had back then, but now all the cool kids are using FLAC. So maybe I should start ripping in FLAC.
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I got rid of my vinyl and cassettes before confirming I could get everything in a digital format. There's music I'll never hear again. At least this time I made copies first.
Looking at you Cerbral Corps and your original release of Oxide Socks.