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Death From the Sky, Silence From the State: Israel Must Be Stopped libya360.wordpress.com/2025/07…

Death From the Sky, Silence From the State: Israel Must Be Stopped

Free Palestine TV Laith Marouf and Hadi Hotait travel to the village of Qabrikha close to the borders of Lebanon and occupied Palestine to inspect the seen of a Zionist attack on the Hijazi family,…
INTERNATIONALIST 360°

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hahaha yes, I successfully triggered the iOS "your NFC secure element is too full, please delete some cards" UI!

for the unaware, Apple Wallet cards are really Java Card programs stored on an embedded Secure Element chip, separate from the main processor

this chip has limited storage! if you overfill it — say, by wasting $40 on TAP transit cards — it forces you to make room for more with this rarely-seen popup

A popup (in German) complaining that a card couldn't be added because the Secure Element chip is full. The UI contains a breakdown of the used space by card type (e.g. access/ID/transit, FeliCa, Mastercard, ...) and gives the used storage space quantities for each type in percentages.
An overview of the transit card type, showing a list of cards and their usage. Some TAP and PRESTO cards are listed with 0.9% space usage each. The applet data for this type of card (Mifare) uses 13.4%. Meanwhile, Navigo cards use 0.6% each and 4.9% for the applet data.
A screenful of Apple Wallet completely full with TAP metro cards.

Apple Pay component security

Apple Pay uses several hardware and software features to provide secure, reliable purchases.
Apple Support

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China reported better-than-expected economic growth for the second quarter in the face of an ongoing trade war with the United States, as diversification efforts to non-US markets buoyed exports.

GDP expanded 5.2% in the second quarter from the same period a year earlier, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) at a press conference on Tuesday.

cnn.com/2025/07/14/business/ch…

#china #economy

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Ni de gauche, ni de droite, mais bien réac : Pourquoi la technocritique d'Anti-Tech Resistance n'est pas la nôtre
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"Ce texte est issu d'un travail collectif entre des membres des collectifs l'AG Antifa Paris 20e, Extinction Rebellion, Désert'Heureuxses, le Mouton Numérique, la SAMBA (Section Antifasciste Montreuil Bagnolet et Alentours), Soin Collectif

Ni de gauche, ni de droite, mais bien réac : Pourquoi la technocritique d’Anti-Tech Resistance n’est pas la nôtre

Ce texte est issu d’un travail collectif entre des membres des collectifs l’AG Antifa Paris 20e, Extinction Rebellion, Désert’Heureuxses, le Mouton Numérique, la SAMBA (Section Antifasciste Montreuil Bagnolet et Alentours), Soin Collectif Île-de-Fran…
La Grappe

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Years ago, when I lived in Washington DC, there was an incident on the metro when a train got stuck in a tunnel that was filling with smoke.

Metro authorities told everyone to stay in the train cars, even though they were filling with smoke and it’s generally a bad idea to stay in an enclosed space filling with smoke. Metro also has evacuation instructions posted by every door.

An elderly woman eventually did die from smoke inhalation. More people had to be treated for smoke inhalation.

And I recall getting into an argument in, like, the comments section of an article on Popville about how *you should not stay in an enclosed space filling with smoke because you will eventually die.*

And a number of other people chastised me for saying this, because People In Authority had told everyone to stay put and it could have been very dangerous to open the doors and evacuate. Someone might have died!

But someone literally did die from following those instructions.

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HeavenlyPossum

I routinely think about this essay, about the sinking of the ferry Estonia in the 1990s, which made a huge impression on me and which I’ve plugged before:

“People who started early and moved fast had some chance of winning. People who started late or hesitated for any reason had no chance at all. Action paid. Contemplation did not. The mere act of getting dressed was enough to condemn people to death, and although many of those who escaped to the water succumbed to the cold, most of the ultimate winners endured the ordeal completely naked or in their underwear. The survivors all seem to have grasped the nature of this race…”

In this particular case, the disaster unfolded so quickly and dramatically that there was no real chance for people in authority to tell people to stay put. But they were also of little to no help to anyone else.

When you sense that you are in danger, listen to that sense and act to protect yourself and anyone else around you who is willing to listen. Do not wait for orders. Do not worry about appearing embarrassed about overreacting. Trust yourself and take action.

theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…


William Langewiesche: The Sinking of the Estonia

One of the worst maritime disasters in European history took place in 1994. It remains very much in the public eye. On a stormy night on the Baltic Sea, more than 850 people lost their lives when a luxurious ferry sank below the waves.
William Langewiesche (The Atlantic)
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HeavenlyPossum

All of this came to mind when I read about the disastrous flooding at Camp Mystic in Texas on 4 July. The camp had been built in a flood plain. Its owners knew this and had deliberately sought and received zoning exemptions to build buildings that were unsafe. They had received flash flood warnings that night and waited more than an hour before taking any action to evacuate their children at the camp.

“As the water encroached, the teenage counselors, cut off from others, were left to make frantic life-and-death decisions.”

27 campers and counselors died that night, and six more are still missing. You cannot rely on systems and structures of authority to help you in an emergency. You must trust your judgment. Act and act fast.

archive.is/OApmk

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HeavenlyPossum

Hierarchical authority relies on stable and predictable systems to work. They require an environment that is legible to the people in positions of authority. They require clear communication of orders down the hierarchical chain.

None of that exists in a genuine emergency, especially one that affects people in authority and their subordinates equally. And, critically, for those systems of authority to work in ways that might be useful to you, they require people in power to have better judgment than you about your own immediate circumstances, and they require people in power to care as much about you as they do about themselves.

In short, act as if no one is coming to save you or the people next to you.

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PedestrianError

@c_merriweather But, if they haven't told you to evacuate but you think you should and have the means to do so, it's probably a good idea to get out early before there's an order. Similarly if the government doesn't require you to wear a mask in a setting but you think there's a good chance of catching a disease or being harmed by wildfire smoke there, go ahead and wear the mask instead of worrying about who won't think you're compliant enough.
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PedestrianError

It's probably worth noting that this was a conservative Christian all girls' camp. The teenage counselors were not only minors but minors who had been socialized to see themselves as second class citizens not cut out to lead or take decisive action. Training them to wait for 'God' or his representative in the form of a man to save them helped kill them and the younger children with them.
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CyberFrog

this reminds me of a concert I attended recently, where the fire alarm system went off during the start of the show... nobody was sure what was happening, the show was occurring on the 4th floor of a large building, I'd estimate only about 10% of the audience got up and reacted to the alarm (which sounded for about 15 minutes straight before authorities made a statement of false alarm)

I can't help thinking about what would have happened if it wasn't a false alarm... if there was really a fire only the people who left early would have had a chance of making it out alive, the rest likely would have just been burned up in a tall building fire because they sat around ignoring the fire alarms waiting for a statement tbh

to make this worse, most of the audience happened to be elderly people who would struggle to escape in a rush too

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LukefromDC

Note that in the Metro situation, if it is the tunnel not the train filling with smoke things get more complex. It is the tunnel from which you must either escape or move far enough within to get upwind or out of range of the smoke.

The train car itself may or may not hold off the smoke, but if you wait in it until it gets too smoky it will then be even worse in the tunnel.

The final complication is this: if the train still has 3ed rail power Metro will presumably try to back it out of the smoke. Metro really needs to tell passengers right quick in these scenarios whether that will be attempted or not. If it works, its the best way out of the smoke for everyone. If it cannot be done passengers need to know fast.

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Paul SomeoneElse

I think about this lately from a bit of a longer perspective.
I'm always depressed because I think the world is ending, but I still work
and pay off my mortgage and prepare to retire.
I have been thinking that I might be more at peace if
I stopped worrying about fiscal stuff if I really believe that we have maybe a decade
before most societies collapse.

(Like in your Estonia example me worrying about my 401k is like someone
worrying about putting clothes on before jumping in the water.)

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✊MUTU MEDIAS LIBRES✊
La révolte des prostituées : 1975 - 2025 50 ans de luttes
renverse.co/analyses/article/l…

"Occupation de Saint-Nizier à Lyon et d'autres églises en France en juin 1975, une brochure récapitulative de 50 ans de luttes"

La révolte des prostituées : 1975 - 2025 50 ans de luttes

Occupation de Saint-Nizier à Lyon et d’autres églises en France en juin 1975, une brochure récapitulative de 50 ans de luttes
Renversé
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Jolly Rancher

Good stuff.
Of course, that picture of him in an orange jumpsuit is fake.

1. even if they are off the 'limitations' hook, the participants in this shit show need to be fired from their cushy government jobs.
2. there are other crimes, including murder, which may be pinned on some of these morons. and some crimes do not have time limits. who killed Seth Rich? (for example)

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It’s not a food crisis, food is sitting at the border waiting to enter.

“Israel is deliberately starving children to death,” that’s your headline.

#Gaza #Palestine #Syria #iran #lebanon #Genocide #geopolitics
@palestine @lebanon @yemen @irannachrichten #SettlerColonialism
#AntiImperialism #tiktok #cdnpoli
#antiPalestinianracism #canada #usa #yemen
@blackmastodon #freePalestine #GazaGenocide #IsraelTerroristState #StopGenocide
#palestina #StopAIPAC #IDFTerrorists #DismantleZionism

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Speeding Up My ZSH Shell

Link: scottspence.com/posts/speeding…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…

Speeding Up My ZSH Shell ⚡

Super quick one I want to document here! I got myself on a side quest, again! No biggie, my ZSH shell was taking ages to load. When I say ages, more like 5+ seconds every time I opened a new terminal, that sort of thing can add up. This is just...
Scott Spence

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Retour à Bure, le 20 septembre, pour la Manif' du Futur !
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"Le futur s'est donné rendez-vous en 2025 et a bloqué la date du 20 septembre pour empêcher que le monstre vorace Cigéo nous exproprie aujourd'hui et confisque notre avenir. La lutte d'hier à demain vous invite ainsi à une grande manif contre la poubelle nucléaire ! ☢️
Parce qu'à Bure, c'est aujourd'hui que tout se joue :

Retour à Bure, le 20 septembre, pour la Manif' du Futur !

Le futur s’est donné rendez-vous en 2025 et a bloqué la date du 20 septembre pour empêcher que le monstre vorace Cigéo nous exproprie aujourd’hui et confisque notre avenir. La lutte d’hier à (...)
iaata.info

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Starve-attract-shoot-kill-repeat.
Western governments: "Israel has the right to defend itself."
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Officials say 73 Palestinians killed in Gaza while seeking aid as Israel widens evacuation orders

At least 73 Palestinians were killed while trying to reach aid at locations across Gaza on Sunday, the territory's Health Ministry said, in one of the deadliest days yet for aid-seekers in over 21 months of war.
PBS News

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Togo : une répression Made in France, avec des hélicoptères drômois
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Togo : une répression Made in France, avec des hélicoptères drômois – Ricochets

Il n'y a pas que dans le génocide à Gaza mené par les états israéliens et américains où l'état français s'illustre par sa passivité et sa complicité active envers des atrocités. Au Togo, la France et…
Ricochets

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Should we tell him that sugar is not good for his health?


source: abcnews.go.com/US/trump-coca-c…

Coca-Cola's 1985 transition to high-fructose corn syrup in the United States was primarily a #business decision, the company said. The change coincided with rising sugar prices and agricultural policies that made corn syrup a more economical alternative.


It's all about money in #capitalism ...

🤑💰💵


#health #cocacola #economy #drink #sugar #trump #politics #president #whiteHouse #USA #government #news #cornsyrup #finance #money


Trump says Coke agrees to use cane sugar in US

"It's just better," Trump said of the recipe change.
Jack Moore (ABC News)

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"Indeed, one of the strangest things about the Epstein case is that it's the rare instance in which right-wing conspiratorialists care about actual people, rather than imaginary ones."

pluralistic.net/2025/07/19/sys…

@pluralistic Care about actual people? Not really. I hear a lot of talk about the list and who's on it, not much about the victims and making life better for them. That's true for both MAGA and anti-Trump voices.

Pluralistic: Conspiratorialism and neoliberalism (19 Jul 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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Noodlemaz

agree. It's similar to the anti-choice stance. Nebulous voiceless children and foetuses are easy to pretend caring about. They ask nothing of you. You feel you're automatically correct.

Yet, instead of protecting any real children from real child abusers - in the home, in churches, in schools and sport - they make stuff up. Pizzagate. And then they ignore the fact that their main guy was pals with a known, actual child abuse facilitator.

Hypocrites who care about no one.

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✊MUTU MEDIAS LIBRES✊
DE FAUX “PILLAGES” À MARSEILLE PENDANT LES INCENDIES
mars-infos.org/de-faux-pillage…

"PROPAGANDE D'EXTRÊME-DROITE, DÉSINFORMATION ET FAKE NEWS RACISTE"

DE FAUX “PILLAGES” À MARSEILLE PENDANT LES INCENDIES

PROPAGANDE D’EXTRÊME-DROITE, DÉSINFORMATION ET FAKE NEWS RACISTE
Marseille Infos Autonomes

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Wahhabi Contras are parading captured/enslaved girls and women from Suwaida, Syria, live on Saudi alArabia TV, and nobody is saying anything.

x.com/TVFreePalestine/status/1…

#Gaza #Palestine #Syria #iran #lebanon #Genocide #geopolitics
@palestine @lebanon @yemen @irannachrichten #SettlerColonialism
#AntiImperialism #tiktok #cdnpoli
#canada #usa #yemen
@blackmastodon #freePalestine #GazaGenocide #IsraelTerroristState #StopGenocide
#palestina #StopAIPAC #IDFTerrorists #DismantleZionism

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Contribution aux incendies du 14 juillet, contre Vinci Energie à Toulouse
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Contribution aux incendies du 14 juillet, contre Vinci Energie à Toulouse

Les artifices de l’unité nationale ne balayent pas les annonces du 1er ministre comme du général des armées, sur l’austérité sociale au nom du projet « Rearm Europe ». A l’Ouest comme à l’Est (...)
iaata.info

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watch as they try at the beginning to violently rip the flag from a performer.

what are they so afraid of?

youtube.com/watch?v=9IjGK4kHZM…

#genocide #gaza #freepalestine


She Raised the Palestinian Flag at Royal Opera House—What Happened Next? | AC1G

A performer at London’s Royal Opera House raised a Palestinian flag on stage during the final curtain call of Il Trovatore, sparking viral reactions and back...
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聖騎士

I don't know about the western whore but Rushia will never need to make money in her life again

it's bad enough being a JP vtuber paypiggy but imagine being an EN one, Rushia turning out a mentally ill whore was a shock while that's basically all EN vtubers. Imagine giving all your money to a whore who talks shit and hates all you chud incels in her secret trooncord servers like Pippa.

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jae[0]™

@verita84

> So for the bridge the bridge to work, you have to talk to a person on the other side or interact to be able to see them.

sounds like summoning the dead. i can fxck with that.

> And it is not reliable at what it does

what is reliable though?

> A real bridge will forward everything over from both side

maybe there will be an update?

> Nostr is full of Bitcoiners so it gets really annoying fast. Don't you dare mention any other crypto currency on there or they will go after you

too old to gaf. plus i dont play with electro-zap monies anymore. i like cash. bathtubs full of cash. a bed made of cash. seat cushions made of cash. people made of cash. cash i say!

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We should all try to be more Francesca Albanese…
#Photo
#Photography
#Photographer
#MyWork
#FrancescaAlbanese
#NobelPeacePrize
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Nominate Francesca Albanese for Nobel Peace Prize

Hina Saif (Change.org)

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85 people killed in the chaos at UN food relief stations in Gaza


Health officials in Palestine say that at least 85 people have been killed as they rushed to obtain food at locations in Gaza. According to the …

85 people killed in the chaos at UN food relief stations in Gaza

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85 people killed in the chaos at UN food relief stations in Gaza

Health officials in Palestine say that at least 85 people have been killed as they rushed to obtain food at locations in Gaza. According to the Associated Press, Israeli forces opened fire on crowd…
ORANGE COUNTY TRIBUNE

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Are we as a human civilisation ever going to sit down and collectively address the fact that we lived through a quasi-pandemic and our govts virtually cosplayed their way through it as if it was the actual end of times?

It's almost as if we aren't a truth seeking species anymore, merely a comfort seeking one.

What is missing post Covid is trust. The fallout is representative govt as a system is dead in the water. The West moves to cryptographically secured direct participatory democracies or we go into a modern dark age filled with civil wars across the globe.

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Payment processors' bar on Japanese adult content endangers democracy (2024)

Link: automaton-media.com/en/news/ni…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…


“It’s a security hole that endangers democracy itself.” NieR creator speaks out against payment processors ...

NieR creator Yoko Taro comments on the series of instances of Japanese adult platforms being pressured by credit card payment processors.
Amber V (AUTOMATON WEST)

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Trump Unhinged: Bomb Moscow, Give Kiev Tomahawks, and Impose 100 % Secondary Sanctions journal-neo.su/2025/07/20/trum…

Trump Unhinged: Bomb Moscow, Give Kiev Tomahawks, and Impose 100 % Secondary Sanctions

In threatening to bomb Moscow, enable Ukraine to do it, and impose tariffs after a 50-day ultimatum, Donald Trump seeks to escalate while acting as a
Саймон Чеге Ндириту (New Eastern Outlook)

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Η εκπαιδευτικός και θεατροπαιδαγωγός, Έφη Λάζου, πρόεδρος του Συλλόγου Εκπαιδευτικών Πρωτοβάθμιας Εκπαίδευσης Ζακύνθου, έχει κληθεί σε Ένορκη Διοικητική Εξέταση (ΕΔΕ) από τη Διεύθυνση Πρωτοβάθμιας Εκπαίδευσης
Ζακύνθου, στις 23 Ιουλίου 2025, με αφορμή τη θεατρική παράσταση «Η Άννα Φρανκ συνομιλεί με τα παιδιά της Παλαιστίνης». Αξιοσημείωτο είναι ότι στην κλήση της για απολογία, δεν αναφέρεται πουθενά συγκεκριμένα το πειθαρχικό παράπτωμα για το οποίο κατηγορείται.

enosigoneon.blogspot.com/2025/…


ΨΗΦΙΣΜΑ - ΣΥΛΛΟΓΗ ΥΠΟΓΡΑΦΩΝ για την εκπαιδευτικό θεατρολόγο Έφη Λάζου

ΨΗΦΙΣΜΑ ΣΥΜΠΑΡΑΣΤΑΣΗΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΤΙΚΟ ΘΕΑΤΡΟΛΟΓΟ και ΠΡΟΕΔΡΟ ΤΟΥ ΣΕΠΕ ΖΑΚΥΝΘΟΥ ΕΦΗ ΛΑΖΟΥ Οι υπογράφοντες το παρόν στεκόμαστε στο π...
ΕΝΩΣΗ ΣΥΛΛΟΓΩΝ ΓΟΝΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΜΑΘΗΤΩΝ ΖΑΚΥΝΘΟΥ (Blogger)
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Lyrics still relevant today...
"Driven To Tears" - Sting (1986 'Bring On The Night')

Verse 1
How can you say that you're not responsible?
What does it have to do with me?
What is my reaction, what should it be?
Confronted by this latest atrocity

Chorus
Driven to tears

Verse 2
Hide my face in my hands, shame wells in my throat
My comfortable existence is reduced to a shallow meaningless party
Seems that when some innocents die
All we can offer them is a page in some magazine
Too many cameras and not enough food
'Cause this is what we've seen

Chorus
Driven to tears

Bridge
Protest is futile, nothing seems to get through
What's to become of our world, who knows what to do

Chorus
Driven to tears

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#election #elections #lutruwita #tasmania #australia #taspol #tasgov #politas #ausgov #auspol #music #video #youtube #classwar

abc.net.au/news/2025-07-21/tas…

youtube.com/watch?v=MOEOHhfPjW…

youtube.com/watch?v=xIraCchPDh…


ABC News

ABC News provides the latest news and headlines in Australia and around the world.
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Democrat Senator Amy Klobuchar Opens Door to Another White House Bid (VIDEO)

thegatewaypundit.com/2025/07/s…


Democrat Senator Amy Klobuchar Opens Door to Another White House Bid (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit | by Ben Kew

Five years on from her unsuccessful 2020 campaign, Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar has opened the door to another run for the White House.
Ben Kew (Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback)

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Live updates: Trump administration news, Epstein files request, immigration crackdown

While the Trump administration has requested the release of grand jury testimony made against Jeffrey Epstein, the financier’s…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #america #geopolitics #Politics #unitedstatesofamerica #UnitedStatesPolitics #USPolitics #usapolitics
europesays.com/2261951/

Live updates: Trump administration news, Epstein files request, immigration crackdown - EUROPE SAYS

While the Trump administration has requested the release of grand jury testimony made against Jeffrey Epstein, the financier’s former attorney, Alan
EUROPE SAYS
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verita84

@Humpleupagus @lord_nougat

I dunno, there are many videos on this now. Even Linus Tech Tips did a video recently on this

youtube.com/watch?v=MBCiMK4AmE…


How to Setup Windows PROPERLY

Thanks to MSI for sponsoring this video and sending us the laptops! Check them out using the links below!Raider 18 HX AI: https://msi.gm/S6B768A1Vector A18 H...
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🐘🐘 Humpleupagus 🐘🐘

I have a couple towers and micros around the house running plasma. We use them for mpd clients, watching movies, emulation, etc. I do have one tower I use as the main file server. It has 32tb in it. I have another duplicate tower that's the backup.

My kids actually use i3wm in their rooms, but plasma is easier to use when using kdeconnect to control from across the room as compared to having a keyboard in my lap.

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🐘🐘 Humpleupagus 🐘🐘

I get stuff for free. People keep handing me shit.

As for electricity, I just use wake on lan and shut stuff down when it's not being used. Everything is hardwired here except our phones and tablets.

As for the server, drives park after 20 minutes. So it cuts cost, but even then, and old Dell Tower does draw a lot of power when idle.

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Caleb James DeLisle

When I was a kid, we used to show up on jobs and you'd have like a water pump and the wire was already pulled right up to the pump, 3 wires here, 3 wires there, connect them together and turn on the breaker.

That's when the general contractor knows what he's doing. You only ask the bare minimum from the guy who gets paid 3x as much and only wants to work on when it's not too hot, not too cold, not raining, etc...

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🐘🐘 Humpleupagus 🐘🐘

The problem is that it doesn't work in reverse. Roofers can't install solar to the extent electrical work is required.

Honestly, state policy is fucked six ways to Sunday when it comes to solar. Yard sprinkers are more tightly regulated.

Plus, I'll tell you, contracts are cheap. Real deals get done on trust and relationships, even if there's a contract in the middle. Dealing in business with someone you don't know and who doesn't have a reputation to maintain in the community is a huge risk.

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Caleb James DeLisle

> Roofers can't install solar to the extent electrical work is required.

Yeah so what you do is you have roofers install everything up to getting the wire into the attic (or outdoor junction box), then you have a *trusted* electrician come in, snake the wire to the main panel, and sign off on all of the work as his own. It's the only way it can work.

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ICE deports 82 yo man with no criminal arrests who went to a Philadelphia immigration office with his wife to replace his lost green card. Instead, Leon, who immigrated to the U.S. from Chile in 1987, was handcuffed by two officers and hauled away with no explanation. He is in hospital in Guatemala 😢

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Trump Administration Deports 82-Year-Old Pennsylvania Grandfather to Guatemala

On June 20, 82-year-old Luis Leon, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, went to a Philadelphia immigration office with his wife to replace his lost green card.
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So AOC *admits* that Israel is committing genocide - but still believes that it has a right to defend itself?

What the fuck is wrong with this woman?

(Also worth noting that this is not about MTG - she also voted against Rashida Tlaib's anti-Israel amendments back in March, so this has nothing to do with MTG and everything to do with AOC's moral decrepitude.)

#politics #uspol #uspolitics #palestine #gazagenocide

Tweet from AOC Marjorie Taylor Greene’s amendment does nothing to cut off offensive aid to Israel nor end the flow of US munitions being used in Gaza. Of course I voted against it. What it does do is cut off defensive Iron Dome capacities while allowing the actual bombs killing Palestinians to continue. I have long stated that I do not believe that adding to the death count of innocent victims to this war is constructive to its end. That is a simple and clear difference of opinion that has long been established. I remain focused on cutting the flow of US munitions that are being used to perpetuate the genocide in Gaza.
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She Was Speaking

Mind you, leftists have been warning y'all about AOC for years. This woman is a spineless hack. She has always been a spineless hack.

Unfortunately, whitewashing Biden's complicity in genocide was utilitarian enough that even a lot of progressives were willing to dismiss it and make excuses for her, so our criticism of her largely fell on deaf ears.

This is a bit of a pattern I've noticed, actually. It happened with Contrapoints, too. Like, nonbinary people (and many trans folk) were saying that Contrapoints was a piece of shit *five years ago*. But we're a niche within a niche, and our voices are easy to ignore, so Contrapoints got to coast along as a progressive icon, if with the occasional acknowledgement that she's made a few minor missteps. (Leftists also pointed out that her palling around with Hillary Clinton was *not* a good look.)

Then Contrapoints finally did something so bad that even the people who didn't give a shit about her enbyphobia couldn't ignore it. The result? A torrent of people going, "what happened?! She used to be so progressive!" - when in reality, she was *always* a bigot, it was just easy to ignore for most people up until recently. It's *still* easy to ignore for many.

We need to stop treating "niche" issues as minor blemishes that don't reflect on a person's overall character, and start treating them as warning signs that, if not addressed, will precipitate even more blatant betrayals in the future. In other words, we're going to need more purity tests.

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