Israeli sources: Egypt and Qatar may soon present a new outline for a partial hostage deal haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-0…

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Sketch crew Aunty Donna's latest improv piece turned their set into a giant side-scrolling videogame and it's great

A baby king flying about in a little hot air balloon is the least of their worries.

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Sketch crew Aunty Donna's latest improv piece turned their set into a giant side-scrolling videogame and it's great

A baby king flying about in a little hot air balloon is the least of their worries.

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Together, we're building a wall of public pressure that the gambling lobby can't drown out — and that Prime Minister Albanese can't ignore.
But to win this fight, we need more voices on our side. The gambling lobby has deep pockets and powerful backroom influence. Our power comes from people like you taking action and spreading the word.

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#petition #petitions #australia #ausgov #auspol #tasgov #taspol #politas #classwar

Ghalibaf expresses sympathy with Pakistan over deadly flood en.mehrnews.com/news/235465/Gh…

A refresher, if you encounter someone who tries to use the "fire in a crowded theater" doctrine to try to argue away the First Amendment:

The line, often quoted by censorship advocates, is from a 1919 Supreme Court opinion (Schenck v. US) by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. It de facto outlawed trolling.

It was later overturned in a 1969 case (Brandenberg v. Ohio), which severely limited the situations in which speech becomes actionable. It added litmus tests like "imminent", and "likelihood".

The "fire in a crowded theater" argument is not only NOT a law (it came from the judicial branch, not the legislative one), it's not even CASE LAW. It's nothing. A historical note. An error by the Supreme Court that they corrected 50 years later.

The First Amendment is part of the US Constitution. It is the very first change made to the Constitution, once they realized that the government needed to be explicitly constrained from infringing on human natural rights. It is the law of the land. Do not believe a misinformed (or politically biased) authoritarian who thinks a Constitutional amendment can be overruled by a erroneous deprecated court paper.

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:alert_red: WEEKLY ART CONTEST 2025 ~ WEEK #32 :alert_red:

:fire_animated: BLACK IS THE NEW CAT :fire_animated:

Everyone wins by default this week because I love black cats. :colorcat:

I'm going to run the poll anyway because I hate whining. 😤

❗ MULTIVOTE IS ON ❗

:glitter: NEW PROMPT GOES LIVE IN ONE HOUR ON @ArtContest :glitter:

  • 1 ~ Frondeur (3 votes)
  • 2 ~ Darb (1 vote)
  • 3 ~ KK954 (1 vote)
  • 4 ~ Decayable (2 votes)
  • 5 ~ Violetta (1 vote)
  • 6 ~ adequate birb (2 votes)
  • 7 ~ Morghur (2 votes)
  • 8 ~ scarecrow (1 vote)
Poll end: 2 weeks ago

Bolivian President Replaces Military High Command Three Days Before Elections orinocotribune.com/bolivian-pr…

For us, everything that seeks to destroy economic and political oppression, all that which serves to raise the moral and intellectual level of human beings, to give them the consciousness of their rights and of their forces and to persuade them to do their business by themselves, all that provokes hatred against oppression and love between people, brings us closer to our aim.
-- Errico Malatesta

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#ICE documents reveal plan 2 double #immigrant #detention space this yr. #Billions will be spent 2 reach >107,000 beds, including in mega-facilities, tents & at least 2 new family detention centers, according 2 internal agency roadmap. Docs outline strategy behind ICE’s breakneck expansion, chaotic effort that has already triggered lawsuits, accusations of cruelty accusations/ Using repurposed sections of military bases, revived dormant prisons, private prison contractors wapo.st/417UDEp

"Putin's goal is to restore the USSR": Estonian Foreign Minister demands that Trump not trust the Russian leader en.topwar.ru/269730-cel-putina…

Joining #zelensky at #whitehouse #meeting w #trump on August 18 are #EU - #British #PrimeMinister #KeirStarmer, #French President #EmmanuelMacron,, #German #Chancellor #FriedrichMerz, #NATO Secretary-General #MarkRutte, #Italian Prime Minister #GiorgiaMeloni and #Finnish President #AlexanderStubbs a show of force in the wake of #warcriminal #putin meeting with trump in alaska #Ukraine #russia #war #politics #democracy substack.com/home/post/p-17121… No #peace brokered with #ukranian blood.
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President Trump’s War on “Woke AI” Is a Civil Liberties Nightmare eff.org/deeplinks/2025/08/pres…
in reply to Mitch Wagner #DEI

@Mitch Wagner If AI acquires human biases then all hope is lost because all we seem capable of is throwing bombs at each other. I don't know if anyone remembers the movie, The Forbin Project, it was about two military AI systems, one in the US named Colossus and one in Russia named Guardian, who in the interest of preventing nuclear misunderstanding were linked up, invented their own language and decided humans were the greatest threat, I hope this movie was not an accurate projection but I can sure understand how it could come to pass. So best computers not be taught to play favorites.
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I don't think cowardice in the name of pragmatism builds a broad coalition. You know what I think builds a broad coalition? Principles and resolve. www.the-reframe.com/winning-the-...

Winning the Middle

❤ this review of The AI Con, not least for the phrase "Slopholm Syndrome"

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