Beloved by bands and bank robbers, the Ford Transit turns 60
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The world's best-selling van has been in production since 1965.Theo Leggett (BBC News)
Disney’s settlement with ‘Mandalorian’ actor Gina Carano isn’t capitulation. Firing her was
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2025-08-08/disney-lucasfilm-settlement-gina-carano-mandalorian-firing-cancel-culture?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Disney's settlement with Gina Carano is not an indictment of 'cancel culture' or another example of corporate capitulation. It was simply the right thing to do.Mary McNamara (Los Angeles Times)
TLDR:
"Carano was fired for having an opinion, but first let me wal you through 7 paragraphs of my TDS."
Romania ranks last in the European Union in terms of circular material usage, with a rate of just 1.3%, according to 2023 public data analyzed by CleanEUROPE SAYS
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The Kremlin press service said that the Chinese leader thanked Vladimir Putin for the information shared and spoke in favor of reaching a sustainable settlement to the Ukraine crisisTASS
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With poll after poll showing disillusionment over Brexit, it is high time for some courageIan McConnell (The Herald)
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No Lotus Effect this Saturday, however, JOIN US at 8pm Eastern / 5 Specific for our music request show: Studio 33! Hang out, chat with us, listen to some great music, and such!
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Cell phone video captures sound of gunshots near Atlanta's Emory University
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A suspect is dead after a shooting near Emory University and the headquarters of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. One police officer was also shot during the incident, officials said, but no civilians were wounded.CBS News
Bay Area man used aliases and ‘dummy books’ to steal rare Chinese manuscripts from UCLA, feds say
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-08-08/bay-area-man-used-aliases-and-dummy-books-steal-rare-chinese-manuscripts-from-ucla-feds-says?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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A Bay Area man is accused of using aliases and "fake books" to steal valuable manuscripts from UCLA.Katerina Portela (Los Angeles Times)
🌟 Autonarcissism: adoring one's own image in the mirror and online 🌟
Autonarcissism involves a deep fixation on one's own reflection and digital persona. While self-love is healthy, excessive admiration can blur boundaries, impacting self-esteem and relationships. Recognizing this helps us seek balance—embracing self-worth without losing connection to reality. 💡✨
#Psychology #Narcissism #SelfAwareness #MentalHealth #Balance
It must be left for 15 minutes after cutting it. I used that a lot for herpes
and as an antibiotic too, it works very, very well
Police officer killed in shooting near Emory University in Atlanta
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Atlanta police confirmed that a DeKalb County police officer is dead after a shooting near Emory University and the headquarters for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The officer was a husband and father, officials said.CBS News
Rats! More than 100,000 acres of almond orchards across Central California are infested
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-08-08/rats-more-than-100-000-acres-of-almond-orchards-across-central-california-are-infested?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Almond growers across Central California are battling a surging rat infestation across more than 100,000 acres of orchards, resulting in economic hardship and damage.Summer Lin (Los Angeles Times)
L.A. Home Depot raided twice in one day. Critics claim immigration agents are flouting a court order
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-08-08/federal-agents-target-day-laborers-in-raids-at-van-nuys-home-depot?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Recent raids at Los Angeles Home Depot stores are raising concerns over whether federal agents may be violating a temporary restraining order that bans the use of racial profiling in immigration arrests.Clara Harter (Los Angeles Times)
UK shoppers are spending more on tax-free goods in the EU, prompting fresh pressure on Labour to reinstate Britain’s VAT rebate scheme for overseas visitors.Jamie Young (Business Matters)
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Neutrality Studies - Interviews - 05.08.2025 - 1h 20m
Today I’m talking to Benoît Paré, a French army reserve officer and former defense ministry analyst. Most importantly, Mr. Paré worked for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), as part of the seize-fire monitoring mission in Eastern Ukraine. He also wrote a book about this experiences in the Donbas with the title “What I saw in Ukraine: 2015-2022, Diary of an international Observer”.That’s what we want to discuss today.
Links:
Benoit Paré: What I Saw in Ukraine: 2015-2022 - Diary of an International Observer – published May 2025
A unique account of its kind, precise, sensitive, and personal, seen from the inside of an international mission at the heart of the Donbass war.
The reality on the ground, from the front lines.
New revelations, notably concerning civilian casualties, human rights violations, conflict-related trials, and the manipulation of facts.
And then, how the US-sponsored Ukrainian ultra-nationalist project provoked Moscow's reaction.
This book is primarily intended for those who prioritize facts over partisanship and who want to understand how the deadliest conflict in Europe since World War II came about.
Ukraine 2015-2022.
A unique account of its kind, precise, sensitive, and personal, seen from the inside of an international mission at the heart of the Donbass war.
The reality on the ground, from the front lines.
New revelations, notably concerning civilian casualties, human rights violations, conflict-related trials, and the manipulation of facts.
And then, how the US-sponsored Ukrainian ultranationalist project provoked Moscow's reaction.
This book is primarily intended for those who prioritize facts over partisanship and who want to understand how the deadliest conflict in Europe since World War II came about.
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Is Grifter the insult of 2025?
Here's Anoosh Chakelian making the case it is.... not least as its part of our declining trust in social institutions & the political class that inhabit & run them
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These days it’s not enough to disagree with opponents – it seems we have to accuse them of being con artists too, says Britain editor of the New Statesman, Anoosh ChakelianAnoosh Chakelian (The Guardian)
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We Should Close Our Eyes For a Moment And Think
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We Should Close Our Eyes For a Moment And Think: Jewish Rabbi
In an emotional speech, Rabbi Dovid Feldman urged the world not to remain silent in the face of Gaza’s horrific crisis. “We must close our eyes and imagine,”...YouTube
Montana bar shooting suspect is captured, ending weeklong search
https://apnews.com/article/montana-shooting-michael-paul-brown-51723a5141062860b0e63fcd3eadd49b?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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In other news:
The Ford Transit van - truly a cultural icon - is 60 years old....
It spawned a wide range of competitors & nowadays is nowhere as ubiquitous as it was in the past.... although much derided a component of the insult 'white van man', its a transport technology that while simple & seemingly lacking in innovation, really did transform the small business sector.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0j97x…
The world's best-selling van has been in production since 1965.Theo Leggett (BBC News)
472 likes, 7 comments - tsdkcollectif on August 4, 2025: "« Il y a moins de dix pays qui reconnaissent officiellement le gén0cide des Rroms, et ceux qui l’ont fait, c’est souvent né de l’initiative de la société civile rrome qui pendant des décennies…Instagram
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Walmart to pay $5.6 million to settle lawsuit alleging California shoppers were overcharged
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-08-08/walmart-to-pay-5-6-million-to-settle-lawsuit-alleging-they-overcharged-customers?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Walmart has agreed to pay $5.6 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office, alleging that the retail giant overcharged customers for prices that were higher than their advertised price, according to a news r…Summer Lin (Los Angeles Times)
Une analyse de la revendication d'une Sécurité Sociale Alimentaire.
L'accès à une nourriture saine est essentiel, la Sécurité Sociale peut-elle être prise comme modèle pour l'assurer? Quelles sont les différences avec le modèle des Mutuelles, quel projet politique est sous-tendu par la création de la Sécu après la guerre dans le soin? Remet-on en question le modèle économique de l'agriculture par ce biais? Quelles luttes sociales, économiques, politiques et quelle mobilisation populaire peuvent parvenir à changer la donne en la matière?
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La proposition d’une « sécurité sociale alimentaire » suscite des débats. Cette contribution met en lumière les limites et dangers d'une notion pour construire le monde de demain.Frédéric RAUCH (Économie et politique)
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Wikipedia has finally confirmed that I am a human being.
And they are right, I am on the side of the murdered children, not on the side of the politicians and cynics who are responsible for this. Unfortunately, it is still not available in Bavarian.
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverend…
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#human #music #reverendelvis #wikidata #wikipedia
And they are right, I am on the side of the murdered children, not on the side of the politicians and cynics who are responsible for this. Unfortunately, it is still not available in Bavarian. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverend_ElvisUndead Blog
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C'est intéressant. Ce qui à m'embête, c'est la position platonicienne de dualité corps/esprit qui est, pour moi, fautive. Il n'y a pas d'esprit distinct du corps, il y a un corps dont ce que nous appelons esprit est une propriété émergente.
Enfin, c'est ma position non platonicienne sur le sujet 😉
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A collection of photographs taken by Paul McCartney when the Beatles were on the brink of global stardom are to be shown in an exhibition that sheds light onUnited Kingdom
Pro-Palestine Activists Win $100K Settlement From University of Maryland: Palestine Legal says it’s the largest penalty a university has had to pay for violating pro-Palestine students’ rights (Truthout, 2025-08-07)
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Palestine Legal says it’s the largest penalty a university has had to pay for violating pro-Palestine students’ rights.Sharon Zhang (Truthout)
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Gaza (Quds News Network)- On Thursday, Israel’s security cabinet approved a plan by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the military occupation of Gaza City, sparking widespread outrage and condemnaEditing Team (Quds News Network)
After 19 months of war on Gaza and starvation ,I am asking for your support for my family who are currently trapped in the war torn Gaza Strip.Chuffed
9 August 1920 | A Polish man, Tadeusz Lisiak, was born in Juncewo. A clerk.
In #Auschwitz from 15 September 1942.
No. 63810
In 1943 he was transferred to KL Gross-Rosen. He survived.
Da es heute Morgen auf #anonsys.net erneut Probleme mit der Datenbank gegeben hat, werde ich heute mal eine genaue Fehleranalyse durchführen. Dazu ist eine längere Downtime notwendig.
Wie immer der Hinweis: Falls notwendig gibt es über mein Backup-Profil Statusinformationen. Dieses Profil findet ihr hier --> @Tuxi (Backup)
Vor gut zwei Stunden habe ich #anonsys.net wieder online genommen. Ich bin jetzt mal vorsichtig optimistisch, was den Betrieb betrifft. Werde jetzt noch vermehrt das Monitoring und die Logfiles im Auge behalten.
Was war los?
In letzter Zeit gab es immer wieder Probleme beim Aufruf dieser #Friendica Instanz. Eine genauere Analyse hat folgende Ursache für die Probleme gezeigt:
Die Fehlermeldungen im error.log deuten auf einen schweren InnoDB-Fehler und eine Assertion Failure direkt im InnoDB-Quellcode (trx0rseg.cc line 370, Assertion !UT_LIST_GET_LEN(undo_list)). In der Regel ist das ein eindeutiger Hinweis auf eine interne Datenbankkorruption im InnoDB-Tablespace.
Dies hatte zur Folge, dass ich die Datenbank erst einmal sichern durfte. Danach den InnoDB-Tablespace löschen und neue aufbauen musste, inkl. zurückspielen des zuvor erstellten Dumps.
Dies war leider sehr zeitaufwändig. Aber die Nachtschicht heute hat sich scheinbar gelohnt und so konnte anonsys.net heute Morgen wieder online gehen. Ich hoffe, das war es jetzt mit den DB-Problemen. 🙄
Bitte entschuldigt die Unannehmlichkeiten.
♲ Tuxi ⁂ - 2025-08-06 08:29:25 GMT
Da es heute Morgen auf #anonsys.net erneut Probleme mit der Datenbank gegeben hat, werde ich heute mal eine genaue Fehleranalyse durchführen. Dazu ist eine längere Downtime notwendig.Wie immer der Hinweis: Falls notwendig gibt es über mein Backup-Profil Statusinformationen. Dieses Profil findet ihr hier --> @Tuxi (Backup)
Lions' Norris taken off the field in an ambulance, with preseason stopped with 6:31 to go
https://apnews.com/article/lions-falcons-8f9baca7cfb761a0cfa6b11ecccc243f?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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In an interview with Independent Arabia, Ehud Olmert says the continuation of the war is “illegitimate” and warned that a widespread international boycott of Israel is comingKhalil Mousa (The Independent)
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Engineer restores pay phones for free public use
Link: npr.org/2025/08/04/nx-s1-54840…
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Carter-Ruck partner prosecuted for ‘improper’ threat to sue
Claire Gill understood to be facing tribunal over letter attempting to silence victim of a huge fraud scheme
And still, more and more people believe fascist lies. It puzzles and worries me
#antifascism #antifa #antiracism #politics
Good news: Prince Andrew book seals his fate for any return
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Historian Andrew Lownie has made some unflattering claims in a book about Prince Andrew.Sean Coughlan (BBC News)
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Although it is a sudden mutation caused by the political interests of the Western politicians like chameleon, the change in the pro-U.S. Western camp goes to prove again from a new angle that the international isolation against the U.S. and Israel, which trample down international justice and demands of the times, is growing and coming up to the surface with each passing day and a great breach is being made in the U.S.-led Western alliance.No force on earth can stop the wheel of history toward independence and justice.
Pyongyang, August 9 (KCNA) -- When the residents in the Gaza Strip are on the verge of extinction owing to the moves of the U.S. and Israel,...juche007-anglo-peopleskoreafriendship.blogspot.com
Today we will likely see police arrest more peaceful protestors during demonstrations against the proscription of Palestine Action.
Its yet one more unforced error by the Labour Party; there were other ways that PA might have been sanctioned (not least of all the usual prosecutions for criminal damage), but Yvette Cooper (with the backing of Kier Starmer) has gone down the route of attacking the democratic right to protest.
Today protestors are making a vital point; I salute them!
For as pro-Western as Serbia’s foreign policy course becomes, Russia continues to eschew pressuring it and meddling in its affairs, which sharply contrasts with the West ramping up both unfriendly actions.Andrew Korybko (Andrew Korybko's Newsletter)
Nagasaki bells to ring together for the first time since US atomic bomb
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/9/nagasaki-bells-to-ring-together-for-the-first-time-since-us-atomic-bomb?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Nagasaki’s Immaculate Conception Cathedral was rebuilt in 1959 after being almost completely destroyed in the explosion.Al Jazeera
Nagasaki marks 80th A-bomb anniversary as survivors put hopes of nuke ban in the hands of youth
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Pars Today - A look at 10 important global events as covered by international media, accompanied by photos.Pars Today
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Bangladesh's decision to hold national elections in February signals the country's intent to usher in a "New Bangladesh" amid political and economic challenges, analysts say.global.chinadaily.com.cn
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Israel’s security cabinet approved a plan proposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu early on August 8 to “take control” Gaza...Anonymous1199 (South Front)
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Butler Workers Lead a Historic Fight for Mental Health and Dignity By Amanda A and Carlos B PROVIDENCE, RI – On May 15, 2025, nearly 800 healthcare workers at Butler Hospital, a major psychiatric hospital serving the region, launched an open-ended un…Deputy Managing Editor (Working Mass)
Patriots unveil statue of Tom Brady, QB who led them to 6 Super Bowl wins, before exhibition opener
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Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma! Every week we cover the highlights of what’s happening in the world of KDE Plasma and its associated apps like Discover, System Monitor, and more.This Week in Plasma: quick toggles in System Settings
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in reply to Bastet and Ptah • • •@bastetandptah thanks for checking out. The strange part though is that when I use a VPN and choose a USA city it shows a black page.
When I go to whois.domaintools.com/queer.co… it gives details but also warning.
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