I'm trying to find ways in which #AI can help me with my work flows and the most common answer so far is:
"For this particular task, a large language model (LLM) such as Gemini is not the most efficient or reliable choice."
At least, it's being honest with me!
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Trump’s Anti-Education Agenda
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“Let feelings be hurt, let soft and sensitive souls be shocked: no image from the Gaza Strip should be censored.”
~Gideon Levy
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Save us!
One eye is closed, the other open. One hand grips the wall
that has fallen on her. She is trapped in the ruins, her head and body held tightly.
She has been like that all night. A light bulb is thrown next to her, and she tries to grab it; maybe it will save her. She loses her grip on it.
Then she raises here hand. in a sign that she is alive.
She fights to say her words,
"Save me, I'm tired. I cannot [go on]." With her last strength, she says, "Please, please,
save me." These
are her last words. "Speak, Hala, speak," her brother-in-law, Anas, tries to coax her, but in vain. Her eyes close.
It's not clear how long she lived after that picture. On Tuesday, Nir Hasson wrote on X. "This woman is called Hala Arafat. She is 35. Since
2 A.M., she and 14 other members of her family, mostly children, have been beneath the rubble of their Zarqa Street house in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood. I spoke with her brother-in-law, who said that anyone who tried to approach her was attacked by drones. If anyone has an idea how to help, this is the time." The IDF Spokesperson's Office didn't bother to respond to Hasson for 12 hours.
What's the hurry? Later, the spokesperson mumbled something about
"lack of
coordinates." Hala died in unimaginable agony
with
her husband and four chil-dren. Fourteen members of their family, seven of them children, were killed in the bombing of their home.
They're not the only family that was slaughtered on Tuesday. The Azzam family
- Amir, Rateb, Karim and four babies - was also de-stroyed. The images of the four infants' death, lying on their backs in white shrouds with their faces exposed, are among the most difficult.
One of the infant's face is lacerated.
There are social media accounts that have become slaughterhouse diaries. Every Israeli must now look straight at them. Let feelings be hurt, let soft and sensitive souls be shocked: no image from the Gaza Strip should be censored. This is no snuff film; it's the reality that must be seen.
Hala's last words and the helplessness to save her are unforgiving. A woman trapped in the rubble of her home should rouse a strong wish to save her. But the situation prompted the IDF's launch of killer UAVs to liquidate the rescuers, as happened Wednesday on Zarqa Street in Gaza City.
According to reports, the IDF shot anyone who ap-proached. Daring women
soldiers
were at the joy-
stick, or were they soldiers playing their game of death against anyone who tried to attempt a rescue. These are the same IDF soldiers whom Israel continues to embrace as if they are victims of this war and its heroes. They are neither victims nor heroes when they shoot with UAVs at the helpless. They are like the shooters at the humanitarian aid hubs. Twenty people were crushed to death on Wednesday, after soldiers sprayed them with gas.
The IDF no longer rescues anyone.
Now it shoots anyone who
tries to rescue a woman trapped in her home.
This is the same IDF that, in 1999, rescued a Turkish girl, Shiran Franco, from the rubble. She was nine years old when the earthquake hit her country, and IDF soldiers not only rescued her, but also brought her to Israel for treatment.
Her picture by an Israeli colonel became iconic. How nice we were.
The IDF no longer rescues anyone. Now it shoots anyone who tries to rescue a woman trapped between the walls of her home. Is there anything more monstrous than that?
Again words fail. In the next earthquake - in Turkey or any other country in the world - one should hope that the IDF rescue units that dare show their faces in a feigned effort to look good and save people will be expelled in disgrace.
This army has lost its right to be hypocritical. An army that shoots rescuers and the starving has lost its moral right to offer help
No thanks, the world will say. We won't accept help from your hands drenched in the blood of the helpless.
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From Chiapas to Gaza with Acción Palestina Chiapas
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The Atomic Nightmare, Then and Now
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"In recent months, nuclear weapons have reemerged in global headlines. Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan approached the brink of a full-scale war, a confrontation that could have become an extinction-level event, with the potential to claim up to two billion lives worldwide. The instability of a global order structured on nuclear apartheid has also come into sharp More
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Over 500 fighters and civilians were killed during four days of fighting between the Syrian government, Israel, Druze militias, and Bedouin tribes in Sweida, Syria.Murtaza Hussain (Drop Site News)
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Undocumented Farm Workers Pose a Conundrum for Trump’s Mass Deportation Campaign
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"The nation’s 2.6 million-plus farm workers – an estimated 1 million of them foreign-born– are a natural target of Donald Trump’s ever-escalating mass deportation campaign. About 45% of the total workforce is estimated to be in the country illegally, and their presence laboring openly in fruit
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There might have been no hacker
A kike might have ordered that the account post anti-semitic tweets to justify some sort of law in response
NATO Invades the Classroom: The Militarization and Weaponization of Media Literacy
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"During President Donald Trump’s second term, education has remained a central battleground in American politics. Republicans claim that classrooms have become hotbeds of “woke” indoctrination, accusing educators of promoting progressive agendas and tolerating antisemitism. In contrast,
Syrian HTS-led regime's Foreign Ministry hours after attacks in Druze province of Sweida says Israeli regime 'bears full responsibility for the attack'.ABNA English
High Noon for the Mexican Wolf?
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"A Mexican gray wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) of undetermined sex was captured on camera roaming the back country of the Sierra Madre Occidental in northern Mexico, very precariously. The snapshot was recorded earlier this year on a trap camera in the Campo Verde region of the Chihuahua-Sonora borderlands but not publicized until this month. According to Mexico's National Commission of
More than 80% of dating problems would dissappear if the Kike religion was eliminated
Eliminating a religion does not require death because people can change religion without dying
If people secretly practiced the Kike religion or culture while pretending to change religions than the problems would increase instead of decreasing
Petit ping à @davidrevoy
On m'avait offert un jeu qui reprenait tes dessins de Pepper & Carrot.
Le jeu est nul.
Mais mon bébé adore les visuels, c'est la boite qui l'attire le + dans notre ludothèque.
Alors voilà, les fans commencent jeune, merci encore pour tes dessins !
Oui, exactement, on en avait parlé sur un stand.
Depuis, la boite traine, et mon bébé a décidé que c'était sa préférée. À moins de deux ans, y a que les images qui comptes, et c'est les tiennes, donc je voulais te dire indirectement merci ^^
There is a song with lyrics simikar to, "because someone ate a bat in China we have to take your human rights away"
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Valves Wide Open: Eyes Wide Shut
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"An open letter to the people of Wyoming Natrium is a New Kid on the Nuclear Block and plans its first reactor in Wyoming. Natrium has never designed, constructed, or operated any operating nuclear power plant. Its claim to fame is that it has some financial backing from Bill Gates, the former founder of Microsoft. More
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Grant Shapps! Now, there's a name from the league table of fraudulent identities and bungling incompetence
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Shapps, defence secretary when the superinjunction was imposed, said its use was ‘entirely justified’ to save livesJamie Grierson (The Guardian)
THIS IS MASSIVE - Russian Gold Breaks Free from London‼️
Russia is about to launch its own gold trading platform, completely independent of the London Stock Exchange and the LBMA — effectively severing its gold pricing from the Western financial cartel. This is a direct shot at the heart of the global financial order!
London isn’t just a city, it’s the epicenter of a centuries-old empire of control: the City of London Corporation, a private square mile immune to UK law, run by a cabal of unelected financiers, bankers, and globalist institutions. For over 300 years, the Rothschild banking dynasty and their successors have pulled levers from the shadows, using gold, credit, and war as tools of subjugation.
What Russia is doing is not simply economic. It’s symbolic and strategic; a declaration that the game is changing. That the era of pricing the world’s wealth through manipulated Western exchanges is over. That the old gods, the ones who turned debt into dominion, no longer have the final word.
If successful, this new exchange could:
• Expose the paper gold fraud propping up London and Wall Street
• Spark a shift toward physical gold-based trade between Eastern nations
• Undermine the petrodollar-finance complex and its illusion of value
• Strip the City of London of one of its deepest tools of control
This isn’t just about Russia, this is a fracture in the architecture of globalist power, and when gold breaks free… other nations will follow.
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Trump’s About Face on Ukraine
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"He promised to end the war in 24 hours. He made nice with Russian President Vladimir Putin and parroted Kremlin talking points. He humiliated Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky in front of the cameras in the Oval Office. He refused to send more weapons to Ukraine. But that was the old Donald Trump. The new Donald More
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Silicon carbide ceramics are advanced materials known for their exceptional hardness, thermal conductivity, and chemical stability. These properties make them highly valuable in a variety of demanding industrial applications. Silicon carbide, often abbreviated as SiC, is a compound composed of silicon and carbon atoms bonded in a crystal lattice, which gives it remarkable strength and durability.
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I Went to See Superman As an Escape from Reality – Reality Was Still There
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"I am not going to pretend I know exactly what Director James Gunn’s intentions were with his recent adaptation of Superman, which was released in theaters last week. But I didn’t need the 72 feet wide and 50 feet tall IMAX screen to see clear connections to the hate directed towards immigrants here in the
We get "motherhood" all wrong. It isn't really a thing.
Human history...pre-history: As best we can tell, as it is all a guessing game, humans are about 200k yrs old. And the vast, vast majority of that time was spent living in smallish hunter gatherer tribes. Civilization began about 10k yrs ago, probably, but that varied by place. Of course some people's still live in those small tribes. So we can look to what happens there to form ideas about our instincts. In those tribes "motherhood" isn't a thing like it is in our world. I've read a number of studies on this one, it's fascinating! One study showed that a new born baby is held on average by 14 different people a day. Mothers take a few weeks to recover, and they stay very close to their baby nursing, etc, but they really don't do much "mothering". Small children are cared for communally and once they are old enough to run around, they join their local kids play group. The mothers stay physically close to their kids, but are engaged in their own crafts for most of the day while conversing with other adults. This is what our instincts are build for.
Having been through this myself, I can't tell you wave of relief that hit me when I learned this, it was an "O, that's why it was so hard. I was never meant to do it that way!" The way we do "motherhood" now, with one woman alone in a house with multiple kids all day playing patty cake is unnatural to the point of being really destructive.
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A senior Iranian political official has told Press TV that Iran will not enter new negotiations with the US under the previous framework or agenda, applying lessons learned from earlier talks.PressTV
The Word That Wouldn’t Die: Awake in the Age of Forgetting
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"It was a warning — a spoken-word portent of the dangers lurking in plain sight. A call to vigilance. A whispered watchword passed between those who knew the system was not built for them. From churches to courtrooms, ballrooms to drinking fountains, every institution was wired against them. “Liberty and justice for all” was a More
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Call These Members of Congress and Demand They Strike Section 453 from H.R. 9043
Section 453 of the FY26 House Interior Appropriations bill would freeze the EPA’s pesticide reviews and block 67,000 cancer lawsuits tied to Roundup. Congress votes soon. These are the members of the Appropriations Committee with the power to stop it—call now and tell them: “Remove Section 453 from H.R. 9043.”
Republicans:
Rep. Mike Simpson (ID-02): (202) 225-5531
Rep. Michael Cloud (TX-27): (202) 225-7742
Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04): (202) 225-6165
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Rep. Celeste Maloy (UT-02): (202) 225-9730
Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (PA-14): (202) 225-2065
Rep. Ryan Zinke (MT-01): (202) 225-5628
Democrats:
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Rep. Rosa DeLauro (CT-03): (202) 225-3661
Rep. Josh Harder (CA-09): (202) 225-4540
Rep. Betty McCollum (MN-04): (202) 225-6631
Rep. Chellie Pingree (ME-01): (202) 225-6116
Bonus:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA-14): Already publicly opposed the provision. Call to thank her and show support: (202) 225-5211
“It’s Not Deregulation—It’s Indemnity”: The Agrochemical Cartel’s Next Trick? Vaccine-style Legal Immunity
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While Bayer lobbies for immunity from 67,000 cancer lawsuits, Congress just introduced a pesticide liability shield that would freeze the EPA in time.Beef News
A new paper rates 170 countries for climate risk exposure. This ambitious and imporant exercise neverthless seems to have key gaps.Yves Smith (naked capitalism)
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Stalinist Echoes in Tbilisi
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"This is the twenty-fourth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe, Turkey, and the Near East to Georgia and Armenia—to spend time in worlds beyond the pathological obsessions of Donald Trump. (Trump devoted this week to denying that there was anything to see in the Jeffrey Epstein files—unless, I suppose, if you’re More
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In smurf vile leaf you play as 3 dufferent male smurfs
First Hefty
Second Brainy
Third Chef
You use a weapon or tool called the smurfalizer to blow out chemicals to cure infected plant monsters and make them peaceful
Next is the fourth smurf called Smurfette
When she is played the Smurfalizer gets a suction or vacuum upgrade
She has to defeat enemies by sucking things and then launching them at enemies
She is in a swamp that Gargamel complains about being wet and slippery
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Roaming Charges: Masked and Anonymous
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"George Retes was pulled over by ICE as he was driving near the violent raid on farm workers outside of Camarillo last Thursday. The ICE agents broke the windows of his car and pepper sprayed him, before taking him into custody. Retes is an American citizen and disabled US Army Veteran. He was held in federal lockup for four days , during which time his family and lawyer had no
RT journalist Steve Sweeney reveals how UK counter-terror police detained and interrogated him upon landing in London — simply for doing his jobOdysee
The government is keen for the British public to start seeing the benefits of the new agreements soon.Jon Stone (POLITICO)
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Check out this beauty.
Complete with stand and detachable speakers.
Pioneer Elite Pro 111FD Kuro 1080p Plasma circa 2009.
Christmas 2006 was the first year I actually considered getting a "Big Flat Screen" TV. I ended up getting a Vizio GV42LF LCD with an LG S-PVA LCD panel in 2008 for $800 onsale during School Tax Holiday (normally $1200). Took me a year to understand the market.
By 2006 Panasonic was a leader in the plasma display tech. I remember drooling over their professional models which lacked speakers and tuners...and could be scored for less money.
Panasonic also made a 37" plasma which was smaller than the typical 42". Plasma tech was more difficult to miniaturize, than LCD and more costly to make smaller with high resolution.
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Republic of Fear
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"The new Florida concentration camp, likely the first of dozens that will be funded by Trump and congressional Republicans’ Budget Reconciliation Bill, is already notorious for overcrowding, unsanitary conditions, and human rights abuses. Its name was coined by a Florida official who heard Trump muse about returning Alcatraz to the federal prison system, and about digging an alligator filled moat o"
La victoire ou la victoire ! Georges Abdallah est libéré ! La Palestine vaincra !
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"« Partout où l'on voit fleurir l'espoir et la dignité s'affiche en arrière-plan le long parcours de la résistance. Résister et toujours résister jusqu'au changement des rapports de force ! » (Georges Abdallah - avril 2009)
Chers amis, chers camarades,
ce 17 juillet 2025 sera, à tout jamais, marqué d'une pierre rouge, d'un triangle rouge, comme jour
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« Le discours de la crise de la masculinité véhicule souvent les mêmes faussetés »
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"Début juillet, à Saint-Étienne, un projet d'attentat masculiniste d'un adolescent qui voulait tuer des femmes a été déjoué. Francis Dupuis-Déri, spécialiste de cette idéologie violente, analyse cette menace et le mythe d'une crise de la masculinité.
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Shutdowns of cellphone internet links sweep Russia, further limiting already-stifled net freedom
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Playing Out a Colonial Tragedy
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"At the heart of the long-established structure of U.S. foreign policy are powerful special interests (lobbies). Interests that are capable of substituting their parochial interest for national interest. The most powerful and successful of these special interests is the Zionist lobby. This is so despite the fact that the Zionists act as agents of a More
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It looks like Cardiff Council (perhaps noting how authoritarianism seems to be on trend) has decided that collective punishment of rioters is all well and good... household (families) of those convicted of riot (in Ely in 2023) will face eviction from their homes.
Whatever the offenders have done, how can it be fair/just to evict their families from their homes?
Each week this country becomes a little more authoritarian & a little less democratic.
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If individual concerned are convicted and sentenced, council may go to court to seek repossession of the home, letters saidBethan McKernan (The Guardian)
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London Evening Standard: London library forced to briefly close after fox 'made itself comfortable' inside
The only fox news I'm prepared to read
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Foxes have been known to live everywhere in London from back gardens to the top of the ShardJacob Phillips (Evening Standard)
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#50501 protests return to Tampa for July 17
One of the July 17 round of 50501 protests took place in Tampa FL. Things went well until almost the very end. As people were dispersing, four Zionist MAGA who had been lurking in the area strode into protesters. One was the same asshole who assaulted a protester at TPUSA over a Palestinian flag. He was in an Infowars T-shirt and a white hat this time. That part isn't on video because covering our side's faces in that swirling mess would take hours.
#LivePouet si je me mets à côté du point d’eau, j’aurais peut-être plus facilement le woizo je l’ai vu sur Internet c’est comme ça qu’ils font mes cousins dans la savane …
chaton, je ne parle toujours pas de woizo, j’essaye toujours de faire fonctionner wazuh …
Bon l’inconvénient de se lever tôt alors que y a pas forcément besoin c’est qu’on a plein d’idées du coup ce matin j’ai envoyé des petits messages de rappel à presta en lui disant coucou les sauvegardes qui merdent depuis janvier ça a avancé un peu il y a quelques semaines, mais là c’est mou du genou et c’est de nouveau failed ce matin.
ah oui, puis aussi il faut mettre à jour nos ESXi
ah oui, et puis mon ticket du 10 juillet pour les patchs de sécurité, ce serait bien de s’en occuper aussi
A reminder that after years of speaking out against Epstein and giving other survivors the courage to come forward, Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre died by suicide in April at the age of 41. Let's not forget that there are real human tragedies behind everything we're discussing.
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Virginia Giuffre, one of the most prominent survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse, has died by suicide, her family said Friday.Sarah Fitzpatrick (NBC News)
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The Bully Pulpit Reveals Trump’s Bullying the Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Palestine
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"President Theodore Roosevelt often referred to the term “bully pulpit” to mean he would use the country’s highest office to present his program. “Bully,” at the time, was positive, as in wonderful or sublime. President Trump and his subordinates have revealed
Fin press machines play a crucial role in the manufacturing of heat exchangers and similar equipment. They are designed to produce precision-formed metal fins that enhance heat transfer by increasing surface area. These fins are widely used in radiators, air conditioners, condensers, and evaporators, making fin press machine essential in the HVAC and automotive industries.
Function of a Fin Press Machine
The primary function of a fin press machine is to punch, form, and cut metal strips into intricate fin shapes. These machines are typically fed with coiled metal, which is gradually unrolled and fed through a die system. The die cuts and forms the metal into fins with consistent accuracy and spacing. The press may also include features for lubrication, stacking, and collecting finished fins for further assembly.
Modern fin press machines are highly automated, allowing for high-speed operation while maintaining tight tolerances. They can be adjusted to produce a wide variety of fin patterns, depending on the desired application.
Applications
Fin press machines are most commonly used in industries where thermal management is critical. Key applications include:
HVAC systems, such as air conditioners and heat pumps
Automotive radiators and oil coolers
Refrigeration units and commercial freezers
Industrial heat exchangers
The flexibility of fin press machines allows manufacturers to create various fin profiles like louvered, wavy, and straight fins, depending on performance needs and design specifications.
Benefits
Using a fin press machine offers multiple advantages:
Precision and Consistency: Automated die systems ensure uniformity in fin shape and spacing.
Efficiency: High-speed operation boosts production output without sacrificing quality.
Customization: Dies can be changed to create different fin geometries for various heat exchanger designs.
Durability: Built for industrial use, these machines are designed to withstand long production runs with minimal maintenance.
For companies involved in the production of heating and cooling components, investing in a reliable fin press machine can significantly enhance productivity and product performance.
Conclusion
Fin press machines are a cornerstone of modern thermal management manufacturing. Their ability to produce complex, high-precision fins quickly and consistently makes them indispensable in a variety of industries. Whether for automotive radiators or industrial heat exchangers, these machines contribute to more efficient and effective thermal systems.
The aluminum Fin press machine is mechanical equipment used for the automatic production of heat exchanger fins.Laka2024.5 (Quzhou Changheng Trading Co., Ltd)
Had you heard about sex workers getting caught up in ICE raids? I sure hadn’t.
Per Truthout:
In other labor sectors, worksite raids sparked massive outpourings of solidarity and creative resistance, including “Adopt a Day Laborer” campaigns and street vendor buyouts. But sex workers are left to fend for themselves.
“Our undocumented sex worker fam are terrorized and without resources,” wrote Cocoa Makati, coordinator of DecrimSexWorkCA. Sex work is migrant women’s day labor; massage parlors are their “Home Depot.”
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h/t @mu @sarahc @lisamelton
#immigration #ICE #SexWork #uspol
Sex workers targeted by ICE need the migrant justice movement’s full solidarity.Kate Zen (Truthout)
Σύμφωνα με όσα λέει ο Καραγκιόζης μπουμπουκος "εμείς εδώ είμαστε με το Ισραήλ"
Μάλιστα.
Όπως το αξεπέραστο της Σαραφογλου "η πλειοψηφία στην Ελλάδα είναι με το ΝΑΙ"
23% δηλαδή το ποσοστό της ΝΔ πάνω-κάτω
Αυτό είναι το πρόβλημα του να συναναστρέφεται κάνεις μόνο με εσωκομματικούς μηχανισμούς.
Capitalism: We're ending support for Windows 10. To keep using your computer, you're going to need to pay us more money, and possibly buy a new computer. Also, we have terrible customer support.
#Solarpunk #OpenSource: Have you tried our free OS that works on almost any computer? Also we have people all over the world willing to help you migrate and show you how to use it in person: endof10.org/
Is Black America the Leading Edge of a Coming Trump Recession?
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"There is a saying that Black people are the last hired and the first fired. The current labor market may be supporting that picture. In June, the Black unemployment rate spiked while other rates declined slightly (Figure 1). Since the monthly Black unemployment rate is noisy, it would be easy to dismiss this spike were More
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The previous day’s foreign exchange sale, with settlement on July 15, 2025, amounted to 9.8 bln rublesTASS
The EU targets Russia's energy revenue and shadow fleet with new sanctions over the war on Ukraine
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The Texas Floods are a Warning: Fund Public Services
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"Growing up in Texas, many of my summers were spent at summer church camps just like Camp Mystic, where 27 girls died in the recent flash floods. Over 130 people in central Texas have been confirmed dead overall. Had I been just a few years younger, it’s hard not to feel like I could’ve been one More
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Growing up in Texas, many of my summers were spent at summer church camps just like Camp Mystic, where 27 girls died in the recent flash floods. Over 130Chisom Okorafur (CounterPunch.org)
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