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Yemeni missile fired at Israeli target; sirens sound in central cities english.almayadeen.net/news/po…

Yemeni missile fired at Israeli target; sirens sound in central cities

Sirens have sounded in multiple Israeli city settlements after a missile was launched from Yemen.
Al Mayadeen English (Yemeni missile fired at Israeli target; sirens sound in central cities)

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Google’s August Patch Fixes Two Qualcomm Vulnerabilities Exploited in the Wild


Google has released security updates to address multiple security flaws in Android, including fixes for two Qualcomm bugs that were flagged as actively exploited in the wild. The vulnerabilities include CVE-2025-21479 (CVSS score: 8.6) and CVE-2025-27038 (CVSS score: 7.5), both of which were disclosed alongside CVE-2025-21480 (CVSS score: 8.6), by the chipmaker back in June 2025. CVE-2025-21479
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Google’s August Patch Fixes Two Qualcomm Vulnerabilities Exploited in the Wild

Google fixed 6 Android flaws, including 3 exploited Qualcomm bugs, raising spyware concerns. Users urged to update.
The Hacker News

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GitHub Pull Requests Are Down

Link: github.com/github/site-policy/…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…


Privacy Statement Updates September 2022 · Pull Request #582 · github/site-policy

GitHub is introducing non-essential cookies on web pages that market our products to businesses. These cookies will provide analytics to improve the site experience and personalize content and ads ...
GitHub

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Gold prices fall on profit-taking saba.ye/en/news3528317.htm

Gold prices fall on profit-taking

Singapore - Saba: Gold prices fell on Sunday, affected by profit-taking after the sharp rise in the previous session following the release of weaker-than-expected US jobs data, which reinforced expectations of a Federal Reserve interest rate cut in …
www.saba.ye

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Microsoft's AI-fueled 4 trillion valuation highlights the massive impact of the AI bubble on the US economy. AI investments are now acting as a private sector stimulus, contributing more to US economic growth than consumer spending. However, a clear and sustainable business model remains elusive. In many ways, the current AI boom mirrors the dynamics of the dot-com era.

bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-ai…

#usa #economy #technology


The AI bubble is so big it's propping up the US economy (for now)

Plus how American professors are fighting back against the AI onslaught, a backlash over AI models in Vogue, and more.
Brian Merchant (Blood in the Machine)

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A friend just sent me this article about losing a spouse.

"You think you're prepared.
you go in with boxes and garbage bags. You tell yourself you’ll be strong.
You think, “It’s just stuff.”

But then you open a drawer.
And their handwriting is still on a notepad.
Their scent still clings to the sleeves of that sweater you begged them to throw out every winter.
Their shoes are still lined up by the door like they might be back any minute.

to be cont

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HunDriverWidow

No one tells you how heavy an empty coat can feel in your hands.
No one tells you that cleaning out a space can shatter you all over again.

It’s not just cleaning.
It’s letting go of little pieces you were never ready to lose.
It’s closing a drawer for the last time and feeling like you’re betraying them.
It’s packing up the life you shared, while your heart silently begs, please don’t make me.

Because deep down, you’re not just packing away their things —

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Columbia University's recent suspension and expulsion of more than 70 students for a Palestine demonstration is the latest sign the school's crackdown on activism is not simply about campus conduct, but appeasing political pressure from Washington.

mondoweiss.net/2025/08/as-colu…

#Palestine #Israel #Gaza
@palestine @israel


As Columbia capitulates to Trump over Palestine protest, student activists are regrouping

Columbia University’s recent suspension and expulsion of more than 70 students for a Palestine demonstration is the latest sign the school’s crackdown on activism is not simply about campus conduct, but appeasing political pressure from Washington.
Tamara Turki (Mondoweiss)

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Mark Mansour notes that the overt, unabashed gerrymandering proposed by Texas Republicans is designed, by their own admission, to "enhance the political efficacy” of GOP votes.

What this is really about is enhancing the political efficacy of WHITE RURAL voters. As Mansour says, it's "a chilling disenfranchisement of millions of voters—especially Black, Latino, and Asian Americans."

#Texas #Republicans #gerrymandering #racism
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mmansour.substack.com/p/the-te…


The Texas Swindle

Trump and Abbott are involved in a conspiracy to cheat Texas voters-it has to be stopped
Mark Mansour (America’s Fractured Politics)
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William Lindsey

“Trump knows he can’t win the upcoming mid-term elections, so he is trying to rig them. And the way he is trying to do it is to dismantle the Voting Rights Act of 1965 as we know it. He is trying, for example to try and dismantle Hispanic and African-American opportunity districts."

~ Rep. Greg Casar quoted by John Nicholls

#Texas #Republicans #gerrymandering #racism #SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts
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thenation.com/article/politics…


Representative Democracy Will Live or Die In Texas | The Nation

A gerrymandering fight reveals how far Trump will go to avoid electoral accountability.
The Nation
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William Lindsey

Billy Begala explains how the Republican gerrymandering proposal wants to "carve up Texas like a Christmas ham," disenfranchising Black and Hispanic voters and privileging rural white ones.

#Texas #Republicans #gerrymandering #racism
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contrarian.substack.com/p/repu…


Republicans Are Planning to Carve Up Texas Like a Christmas Ham. We Should All Be Pissed.

At Trump’s command, the Texas GOP’s redistricting maps strip voting power away from Black Texans and are an insult to us all — regardless of partisan stripes.
The Barbed Wire (The Contrarian)

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Talk about powerful: Rachel Maddow last night on how "we're beyond waiting and seeing now":

"Whether you're looking at small scale local stories or the biggest picture stories about what's happening in our country, the story is the same and it is now an undeniable thing. We have crossed a line. we are in a place we did not want to be, but we are there."

#Trump #authoritarianism #dictatorship #ICE #MaskedThugs #immigrants #militarism
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Maddow: U.S. profoundly changed by authoritarian leader; 'We're beyond waiting and seeing now'

Rachel Maddow points out that the thing most Americans were dreading has come to pass, and the United States has changed profoundly in only six months of aut...
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William Lindsey

"Whether you're looking at small scale local stories or the biggest picture stories about what's happening in our country, the story is the same and it is now an undeniable thing. We have crossed a line. We are in a place we did not want to be, but we are there. The thing we were all warning about for the last few years is not coming. It is here. We are in it."

#Trump #authoritarianism #dictatorship #ICE #MaskedThugs #immigrants #militarism
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William Lindsey

"We do now live in a country that has an authoritarian leader in charge. We have a consolidating dictatorship in our country. and it sounds melodramatic to say it, i know, but just go with that for a minute, right? Think. Think in melodramatic terms. Think in cinematic terms. Imagine the cartoon level caricature of what you think a dictatorship looks like."

#Trump #authoritarianism #dictatorship #ICE #MaskedThugs #immigrants #militarism
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radraccoon

Reminds me of how, at my writing group last month, one of the members talked about how gross it was that there were people lining up to get autographs from Dean Cain. You know, because he’s MAGA and so the people getting the autographs were probably also pieces of shit.
I’m sure if I said anything anti-liberal they’d kick me right out for being “political.” But that dipshit going off about Republicans? A-OK.

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GIF (II) Sofia/soxni69 #undressing thong #shavedpussy #nudegirlmodel #petitetits #nudeinnature

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Global voices unite against Israel’s war and starvation campaign in Gaza tehrantimes.com/news/516425/Gl…

Global voices unite against Israel’s war and starvation campaign in Gaza

TEHRAN — Protests condemning Israel’s devastating war and deliberate starvation campaign in Gaza continue to sweep across the globe, as activists, politicians, and ordinary citizens demand an end to the violence and immediate humanitarian aid.
Tehran Times

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In 2019, the American Ayatollah (the Supreme Court) said that it was totally fine to gerrymander, as gerrymandered maps could not be reviewed by federal courts (Rucho v. Common Cause).

Now, with a slim majority, Texas Republicans are gerrymandering on racial lines to disempower voters because they cannot win elections on merits. As a result, Texas Democrats have fled the state, denying the governing body of quorum.

This is "American Democracy" failing spectacularly.

texastribune.org/2025/08/04/te…


Texas redistricting: What to know about Dems’ quorum break

Texas Republicans are trying to redraw congressional districts to pick up five additional U.S. House seats. Democrats face financial and political risk in their bid to block the GOP plan.
María Méndez (The Texas Tribune)

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Anyone in the FA fam suffer from gout? Anyone of you know of any natural remoidies to take? My wife was been in pain for the past 5 days and she went to the ER yesterday. The Er dock determined it was that. No breakage in her right foot. Still waiting on the damn ensurance to approve the med she needs. God I hope i don't get it. Having Arther is bad enough. Glad its not sever though.

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#MutualAidRequest #MutualAid

I have been unemployed for over a year, hustling here and there while trying to find something long term in the current hell that is the tech industry. My cat has kidney problems and I need help to cover vet bills amounting to around 500€.

PayPal: paypal.me/BarbaraL649

Also open to hire making websites for fellow #SexWorkers :ABlobCatCode:


Pay Barbara Luz using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/BarbaraL649 and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
PayPal.Me

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John Northcote Nash - Walled Pond, Little Bredy, Dorset

#art #painting #peinture #NorthcoteNash #pond #mare

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Nash, John Northcote, 1893–1977 | Art UK

John Northcote Nash (1893–1977)
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#CrossBorderRail live stream - 8/5/2025, 2:29:32 AM
Morning previews of the day ahead, and evening summaries of the day. During Jon Worth's #CrossBorderRail Finale 2025.
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Welcome to today's thread - 2025 #CrossBorderRail Finale Day 45 - 5 August - Wien - Zürich - Dijon - Ravières

Today's new borders:
None

Borders map, inc. borders re-crossed:
umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/c…

Today's trains on the routes map:
umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/c…

Praterstern early morning

#CrossBorderRail 2025 Finale

The final big #CrossBorderRail tour - to the eastern borders of the EU, and missing intra-EU borders. In June-July 2025.
uMap
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Jon Worth

REX 3
04:57 Wien Praterstern - Wien Meidling 05:14

Distance: 8.5km
Average speed: 32km/h

6 stops:
Wien Mitte
Wien Rennweg
Wien Quartier Belvedere
Wien Hbf (Bahnsteige 1-2)
Wien Matzleinsdorfer Platz
Wien Meidling

This train, mapped: umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/c…

#CrossBorderRail 2025 Finale

The final big #CrossBorderRail tour - to the eastern borders of the EU, and missing intra-EU borders. In June-July 2025.
uMap
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Jon Worth

#CrossBorderRail Finale Train 167 of 169
RJX 368
05:35 Wien Meidling - Zürich HB (diverted via Schwarzach) 15:20
ÖBB

Train type: Siemens 1116 Taurus locomotive, fixed 7 carriage formation, driving control car
⚡️ (15kV ac)
🚲: ✅
🦽: ✅ (lift on board)
🛜: ✅
🍽️: ✅
🧳: 🙂
🧽: 🙂 (spotless - Railjet cleanliness is generally excellent)

🎫 Interrail: 🙂 (accepted)

Top score!

Railjet at Meidling
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Jon Worth

RJX 368
05:35 Wien Meidling - Zürich HB (via Schwarzach) 15:20

Distance: 836km
Average speed: 86km/h

15 stops:
St.Pölten Hbf
Linz/Donau Hbf
Salzburg Hbf
Bischofshofen
Schwarzach im Pongau-St.Veit
Wörgl Hbf
Innsbruck Hbf
Ötztal
Landeck-Zams
St.Anton am Arlberg
Bludenz
Feldkirch
Buchs SG
Sargans
Zürich HB

This train, mapped: umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/c…

#CrossBorderRail 2025 Finale

The final big #CrossBorderRail tour - to the eastern borders of the EU, and missing intra-EU borders. In June-July 2025.
uMap
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Jon Worth

Ah ha

Perfect! 😀

The only #CrossBorderRail line with passenger traffic, sort of, that I am now missing is...

Roma San Pietro 🇮🇹 - Citta Vaticano 🇻🇦

There's probably no god, now stop worrying and enjoy your #CrossBorderRail! 🎉

umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/c…

(and yes, it is temporarily closed, and yes, it only runs once a week normally)

#CrossBorderRail All The Borders

All of Europe's rail borders - categorised by type, and whether I (Jon Worth) have been to the location.
uMap
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Jon Worth

So I have been to all bar 5 active railway #CrossBorderRail lines between all of these

ALL 🇪🇺 countries (except 🇲🇹, 🇨🇾 that have no railways)
🇳🇴
🇨🇭
🇱🇮
🇬🇧
🇷🇸
🇧🇦
🇲🇰
🇲🇪
🇦🇱
🇲🇩
🇺🇦

I am missing
🇻🇦
🇬🇪
🇦🇲
🇦🇿

For political reasons I won't go to
🇷🇺
🇧🇾
so those aren't counted

🇹🇷 to 🇪🇺 is covered, to 🇬🇪🇦🇲 it's not

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Jon Worth

So I have used the long trip today, and reasonable WiFi, to update my map of all of Europe's rail borders - of all sorts

Pink pins are where I have been, grey pins are the ones I am missing

Zoomable map: umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/c…

Lots of pink pins in a map

#CrossBorderRail All The Borders

All of Europe's rail borders - categorised by type, and whether I (Jon Worth) have been to the location.
uMap
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Jon Worth

I have changed how I list these borders now

A line that crosses a border multiple times (like Bihać 🇧🇦 - Knin 🇭🇷) is listed only once, and there is a new category of markers called Transit Markers that simply shows the border crossings, with a different icon, and there are 35 such Transit Markers

If there is a junction somewhere along the way (as there is Hagenwerder 🇩🇪 - Krzewina Zgorzelecka 🇵🇱 - Hirschfelde 🇩🇪) then those are still counted separately

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Jon Worth

#CrossBorderRail Finale Train 168 of 169
TGV 9226
15:34 Zürich HB - Dijon Ville 18:00
TGV Lyria

Train type: Alstom TGV Euroduplex, 8 short double deck carriages
⚡️ (15kV ac, 25kV ac, 1.5kV dc)
🚲: ⛔️
🦽: ✅ (step free then lift down inside)
🛜: ⛔️ (installed but won’t work)
🍽️: ✅
🧳: ☹️ (TGV Duplex so awful)
🧽: 🙂

🎫 Interrail: 😐 (needs compulsory reservation, costs €29 - which is a scandalous price)

Lyria at Zürich
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clarity

Before trainwide door locking was a thing (because there was no cable connecting the carriages), there was a thing called "wagenautarke Türsicherung", which locks the carriage doors when it is moving faster than 5km/h.

I do not know the internal SNCF procedures but I would guess that this maybe is a historical remnant because there are still carriages with this technique (or the trainwide locking is broken).

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In listened to Drop Site News' interview with Mahmoud Khalil (which was quite good) and this book came up.

Seems like a very interesting read, on how decentralized mass protests against authoritarian regimes tends to fail in recent decades.

The book is titled
If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution by Vincent Bevins

Interesting review of the book:
newrepublic.com/article/175314…


The Mass Disappointment of a Decade of Mass Protest

The demonstrations of the last decade were vast and explosive—and surprisingly ineffective.
The New Republic

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Invest the time to listen to these podcasts; then do your own research if you want to know what is going on because it isn't what is being reported. Per DJT: "We Have It All"

The Hidden Truth Behind the Epstein List - Who is on it? | Lt Col Riccardo Bosi

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Obama's Treason Exposed - The Movie We're Watching

Hosted by John Michael Chambers with retired SO Lt Col Bosi, Michael Jaco, Seal Team 6, Col Tom Lennox, Derek Johnson

rumble.com/v6wlajw-obamas-trea…


Obama's Treason Exposed - The Movie We're Watching

In this explosive episode of Global Defense War, host John Michael Chambers is joined by an elite panel of military and intelligence experts—Derek Johnson, Riccardo Bosi, Michael Jaco, Josh Reid, and
Rumble
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HunDriverWidow

Nothing Can Stop What Is Coming | Ep. 991 The Daily Dose - RedPill Project, Josh Reid

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"Bro, this is going to go fast, quick, fast & painful."


Nothing Can Stop What Is Coming | Ep. 991 The Daily Dose

Nothing Can Stop What Is Coming | Ep. 991 The Daily Dose Visit Josh WEBSITE redpills.tv SUBSTACK redpillproject.substack.com TELEGRAM t.me/redpillstv X x.com/@realjoshuareid Email: redpillstv@gmail.co
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