What to know about Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula coveted by both Russia and Ukraine
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At least 17 aid seekers killed as Israel escalates attack on last major population centre in Gaza City @palestine
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At least 38 aid seekers among Palestinians killed on SundayNamita Singh (The Independent)
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California Democrats' push for redistricting faces a tight legislative deadline
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🧬 Genetic Predisposition to Narcissistic Traits: What Recent Studies Say 🧠
Recent research suggests that narcissistic personality traits may have a genetic component. Twin and family studies indicate that genetics can account for a significant part of the variability in narcissistic behaviors. However, genes are not destiny—environmental factors, such as upbringing and life experiences, also play a crucial role in shaping how these traits develop.
Understanding the genetic influence helps us approach narcissism with more empathy and supports efforts in early intervention and therapy. Whether you are navigating narcissistic tendencies in yourself or others, knowledge is key to healing and growth. 🌱✨
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🧠 Oxytocin & Dopamine: The Neurochemistry of Validation Addiction 🧠
When we seek validation, our brain releases oxytocin and dopamine — the “feel-good” chemicals. Oxytocin fosters connection, while dopamine reinforces rewarding behaviors. This can lead to an addiction to external approval, making us overly reliant on others’ validation for self-worth.
Understanding this helps us break the cycle. Healing means cultivating self-validation and healthy boundaries instead of chasing constant external affirmation. Remember, your worth isn’t defined by likes or compliments, but by your authentic self. 💛 #NPD #MentalHealth #SelfWorth
🔗 Attachment theory exploited to keep the partner "tied."
Attachment theory explains how early bonds shape our relationships. Unfortunately, in some unhealthy dynamics, this natural desire for closeness is manipulated. A narcissistic partner might exploit their partner's attachment needs—like fear of abandonment or desire for security—to maintain control and keep them emotionally "tied."
Recognizing this pattern can be empowering. Healing involves building secure attachments with oneself and learning to set boundaries. Remember: healthy love is based on mutual respect, not control. 💙 #AttachmentTheory #NarcissisticAbuse #HealingJourney
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I have good news for Battlefield 6 players concerned about the modest sizes of the open beta maps — a new leak suggests at least two more of the as-yet unreleased maps will be bigger than any we've played so far.
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A timeline of territorial shifts in Russia's war on Ukraine
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This is just getting so disgusting.
#US #NYC #NY #Xenophobia #Racism #USpol
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Pour avancer, il faudrait des excuses publiques de tous les technos-solutionnistes qui annonçaient qu'on allait limiter un réchauffement mondial à +1.5°C avec la technologie. Les vendeurs de fusion, d'aspirateurs de carbone etc. Vont-ils enfin admettre qu'on doit changer nos modes de vie ?
Des personnes parfois médiatiques, invitées sur les plateaux TV ou dans des médias sans contradiction. Des excuses et un mea culpa seraient non seulement bienvenus mais incroyablement bénéfique.
The Indian Foreign Ministry issued a short statement on Aug. 16, praising the Putin-Trump summit meeting in Alaska: “India welcomes the summit meeting in Alaska between U.S. President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin of Russia.Janet West (EIR News)
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Arriving "This Fall".Mega Evolution is the talk of the town for Pokémon in 2025, and it looks like it won't be long before Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket gets in on the fun too.As showcased in the weekend's Pokémon World Championships Closing Ceremony, the next TCG Pocket expansion will introduce a batch of Mega Evolution cards to the mobile app. While the ...
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They told us it was a conspiracy theory. Chemtrails. Forced vaccination. Weather-controlled biotech. Now it’s official policy.Bill Gates has just been granted emergency authorization to spray aerosolized mRNA over 41 million Canadians. No needles.www.brighteon.com
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Anyway, here's CGA Trek!
It's my deep historical dive into a genre going back to 1971 that started with a game that was played on printers not monitors.
It also has some of my best art direction adhering to a strict magenta and cyan 4-colour CGA palette.
But ultimately, it's my loving letter to the classic EGA Trek game from the 1990s.
#retrogaming #gaming #games #godot #EGATrek #CGATrek #StarTrek
Cyan Alert! A homage to the "Star Trek" games of 1970's mainframes, inspired by the classic EGA Trek.itch.io
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Joy and Sadness are making their way to the valley.
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Browse millions of anime, manga, videos, hentai, and video game themed images on Gelbooru. Discover art with detailed tags. Contains explicit hentai content.Gelbooru
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Yonatan Urich, Prime Minister Netanyahu's close adviser, acted against his employer and endangered 'Israel's security and financial gain,' the Israel Police wrote in a court appeal. Evidence was gathered from phones and a key suspect's testimonyBar Peleg (Haaretz)
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David Hayter is the most iconic MGS voice actor, and he recently revealed that he had only just played Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain.
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ミカが先生に喜んでもらうために頑張ってメイド服を着るコメディ漫画です。「DLsite 同人」は同人誌・同人ゲーム・同人ボイス・ASMRのダウンロードショップ。お気に入りの作品をすぐダウンロードできてすぐ楽しめる！毎日更新しているのであなたが探している作品にきっと出会えます。国内最大級の二次元総合ダウンロードショップ「DLsite」！DLsite
Hello ! Pour un voyage, je suis à la recherche de jeux qui passent bien sur steamdeck et qui ont une histoire captivante ou "story rich". Je ne suis pas attaché à un gameplay en particulier si ce n'est que je ne suis pas très plateforme.
Les deux derniers qui m'ont vraiment attrapés par les pattes, c'était Outer Wilds et DREDGE.
J'en ai noté quelques uns comme Gris, OneShot, Return of the Obra Dinn, Blue Prince ou encore Chants of Senaar mais je suis avide de vos recommendations pour étoffer cette liste et choisir la ou les perles.
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The IRGC Quds Force busts two terrorist teams involved in plots to carry out acts of sabotage and terrorist operations in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan.PressTV
This is an accurate description to say that most of the zionist protesters don't want an end of the #gazagenocide but only the return of their captives.
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WATCH: Thousands rally in #Israel calling for #Gaza hostage deal
The nationwide protests, organised by groups representing hostage families and bereaved relatives, were among the largest since Israel confirmed the deaths of six hostages last September. Organisers said the “day of stoppage” aimed to disrupt daily life until an agreement is reached, warning new offensives could endanger the 50 hostages, only 20 of whom are thought to be alive. Police used water cannons and arrested at least 38 people as demonstrators gathered outside politicians’ homes, military headquarters and major highways. #Hamas’ 7 October 2023 attack killed about 1,200 people in Israel and seized 251 hostages. Israel’s offensive has killed over 61,000 people in Gaza, while 898 Israeli soldiers have died.
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Zionist protesters don't want an end of the war but to save the remaining (those who IOF didn't kill YET) captives. mastodon.social/@DrALJONES/115…
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Last week, soulslike Wuchang: Fallen Feathers got a patch that rendered a number of its bosses unkillable, seemingly in response to pressure from some Chinese players. For those who aren't keen on the patch's changes, which particularly transforms the challenge you'll face in the game's fourth ...
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Wuchang: Fallen Feathers patch 1.5 made controversial changes to some bosses, so there's now a mod to help players roll back to a previous version of the game..Mark Warren (Rock Paper Shotgun)
We are looking for an investor who can loan our holding company 237,000 US dollars.
With this money, we will open a farm in Baku, Azerbaijan to produce animal-based food.
We will also make our own animal feed, so our products will be healthier, better quality, and cheaper.
Because we sell quality products for less and have strong advertising, we will sell more worldwide and make big profits.
Why Azerbaijan? Because animal farming makes a lot of money there, but few people do it. That’s why we will earn more by starting in Azerbaijan.
Additionally, by producing our own animal feed, we will be able to sell healthier, higher quality animal products at a lower price.
Since we can sell quality products cheaply and thanks to our strong advertising network, we will be able to sell more internationally and make huge profits.
The reason for establishing the business in Azerbaijan is that animal husbandry is a very profitable business in Azerbaijan, but since there are very few people doing animal husbandry, establishing the farm in Azerbaijan will provide us with more income.
Your profit:
You will lend 237,000 US dollars to our holding company and when 22.03.2026 comes, you will receive your money back as 953,000 US dollars.
Your earnings will be great. When 22.03.2026 comes, you will get your money back as 953.00 US dollars.
You will lend 237,000 US dollars to our holding company and when 22.03.2026 comes, you will receive your money back as 953,000 US dollars.
When 22.03.2026 comes, I will give you back your money in the amount of 953,000 US dollars.
That means you will earn 716,000 US dollars profit in just 9 months.
If you like this project and want to loan us money, message me on WhatsApp or Telegram for more details.
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Erich Christoph-Borger is with Lothar Longwitz and 9 others in Weltweit.www.facebook.com
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#Geopolitique #Russie #Politique #Ukraine
Le plan des Mondialistes pour exploiter l’Ukraine et la Russie !
A lire : fayard.fr/livre/le-grand-echiq…
Actualité : diaspora-fr.org/posts/38d3b280…
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#Geopolitique #International #Imperialisme #Guerre #USA #Syrie #Chine #Russie
Pourquoi la fin de l’URSS a tout changé dans les rapports mondiaux - Saïd Bouamama
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TEHRAN, Aug. 17 (MNA) – The deputy for Communications and Information at the Presidential Office has said that President Masoud Pezeshkian will travel to New York on September 23 for the annual meeting of the UN General Assembly (UNGA).Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (Mehr News Agency)
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The Stranger by Rudyard Kipling
The Stranger within my gate,
He may be true or kind,
But he does not talk my talk—
I cannot feel his mind.
I see the face and the eyes and the mouth,
But not the soul behind.
The men of my own stock
They may do ill or well,
But they tell the lies I am wonted to,
They are used to the lies I tell.
And we do not need interpreters
When we go to buy and sell.
The Stranger within my gates,
He may be evil or good,
But I cannot tell what powers control—
What reasons sway his mood;
Nor when the Gods of his far-off land
Shall repossess his blood.
The men of my own stock,
Bitter bad they may be,
But, at least, they hear the things I hear,
And see the things I see;
And whatever I think of them and their likes
They think of the likes of me.
This was my father's belief
And this is also mine:
Let the corn be all one sheaf—
And the grapes be all one vine,
Ere our children's teeth are set on edge
By bitter bread and wine.
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Get ready to race for your life while clearing tracks with the best grade, as Whatnot Games’ futuristic racing title, Star Racer, finally comes out of Early Access for a full release on Steam. Set on a futuristic version of Earth, you race through various tracks playing racers with unique and fun-loving personalities as you [...]
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Get ready to race for your life while clearing tracks with the best grade, as Whatnot Games' futuristic racing title, Star Racer, finally comes out of Early Access for a full release on Steam.Kyle Clark (Noisy Pixel)
Coming soon (likely this afternoon, I’m writing tests and docs and updating examples as we speak)…
This is the sort of thing you’ll be able to do with Markdown pages. Just pop any arbitrary JavaScript you want in the new script block in the front matter and then import and use components as well as plain old JavaScript tagged template variable interpolation (not shown in this example) inside your Markdown.
The screen has all the code (sans the end of the last line of CSS and the closing tags for the <style> and <div> in the Reactions component, which I couldn’t make fit without reducing the font size) for the example you see in the browser with functional buttons that persist their state to Kitten’s built-in default database.
When I say all the code, I mean all the code. There is no scaffolding. Those two files are the only two files in the project.
#Kitten #SmallWeb #SmallTech #HTML #CSS #JavaScript #JS #Markdown #web #dev #comingSoon
![Screenshot: three windows: left side: Source of index.page.md, top-right browser showing running web app, bottom-right, source of Button and Reactions components.
Contents of windows:
index.page.md:
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title: An interactive markdown page
script: |
import Reaction from './Reaction.fragment.js'
// Initialise database if necessary.
kitten.db.reactions ??= {}
kitten.db.reactions.Heart ??= 0
kitten.db.reactions.Confetti ??= 0
kitten.db.reactions.Smiley ??= 0
let page
export function onConnect (data) {
page = data.page
}
export function onReaction (data) {
kitten.db.reactions[data.type]++
page.send(kitten.html`<${Reaction} />`)
}
---
<page css>
# Hello!
While this is a __markdown__ page, I can easily layer interactivity by adding a simple component in a script block.
## Reactions{id=your-reactions}
<${Reaction} />
Browser (output):
Hello!
While this is a markdown page, I can easily layer interactivity by adding a simple component in a script block.
Reactions
Heart button: 5
Confetti button: 4
Smiley button: 3](https://friendica.eskimo.com/photo/preview/640/8551156 "Screenshot: three windows: left side: Source of index.page.md, top-right browser showing running web app, bottom-right, source of Button and Reactions components.
Contents of windows:
index.page.md:
---
title: An interactive markdown page
script: |
import Reaction from './Reaction.fragment.js'
// Initialise database if necessary.
kitten.db.reactions ??= {}
kitten.db.reactions.Heart ??= 0
kitten.db.reactions.Confetti ??= 0
kitten.db.reactions.Smiley ??= 0
let page
export function onConnect (data) {
page = data.page
}
export function onReaction (data) {
kitten.db.reactions[data.type]++
page.send(kitten.html`<${Reaction} />`)
}
---
<page css>
# Hello!
While this is a __markdown__ page, I can easily layer interactivity by adding a simple component in a script block.
## Reactions{id=your-reactions}
<${Reaction} />
Browser (output):
Hello!
While this is a markdown page, I can easily layer interactivity by adding a simple component in a script block.
Reactions
Heart button: 5
Confetti button: 4
Smiley button: 3")
OK, so here’s likely the simplest possible example demonstrating:
• The same route, implemented as both a Kitten JavaScript Page (.page.js) and as a Kitten Markdown Page (.page.md)
• How to persist to the default Kitten JSDB¹ database.
(That first line with the nullish coalescing operator creates a “table” on the database with a default value for the count if it doesn’t already exist.)
¹ kitten.small-web.org/tutorials…
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Not coming this afternoon 😀
Just realised that I’m not handling nested interpolated values properly as I’m using a regular expression to simulate what JavaScript’s native tagged template feature does.
Instead, I have to write a simple parser.
If I had a penny for every time I started with regular expressions on this and then had to implement a proper parser afterwards… I’d have two pennies (the other time was for extracted nested <markdown> tags. See a pattern? (I’m here all week.)
So, barring the discovery of other edge (or not-so edge) cases following further testing, I’m going to aim for middle of the week for the release of the new Markdown Pages feature.
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Today Bolivia will experience a decisive election day. More than 7.9 million citizens—including 369,931 voters living abroad across 22 countries—are eligible to elect new legislative and presidential representatives in elections that could extend int…Orinoco Tribune - News and opinion pieces about Venezuela and beyond
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A short list of development resources for MS-DOS. Heavily influenced by my own projects and favorites - SuperIlu/DOSDevelResourcesGitHub
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This week in PC games: sword surfing, creature collecting and a big old bucket of Gamescom
Hello all! And a very happy This Week to you. I'm back from break just in time for Gamescom. Gamescom! *Broadway overture kicks in* A time of booths and blaggardry! Of queues and carousing! Of flinching away from cosplayers promising Free Hugs! Of getting caught in a human logjam between the major exhibition halls and the ...
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The latest new PC games in August 2025, including Sword Of The Sea and Herdling, plus what's happening at Gamescom.Edwin Evans-Thirlwell (Rock Paper Shotgun)
Bonhoeffer on stupidity: Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice. One may protest against evil; it can be exposed and, if need be, prevented by use of force. Evil always carries within itself the germ of its own subversion in that it leaves behind in human beings at least a sense of unease. Against stupidity we are defenseless. Neither protests nor the use of force accomplish anything here; reasons fall on deaf ears; facts that contradict one’s prejudgment simply need not be believed—in such moments the stupid person even becomes critical—and when facts are irrefutable they are just pushed aside as inconsequential, as incidental. In all this the stupid person, in contrast to the malicious one, is utterly self-satisfied and, being easily irritated, becomes dangerous by going on the attack. For that reason, greater caution is called for when dealing with a stupid person than with a malicious one. Never again will we try to persuade the stupid person with reasons, for it is senseless and dangerous.
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