Do we essentially know what every cryptid actually is irl or at least what they appear to be combined from, conceptually-speaking?
๐ ฑ๏ธthere many more mystiques under yet the same sun?
Orynx/narwhal : unicorn?
๐ ฑ๏ธthere many more mystiques under yet the same sun?
Orynx/narwhal : unicorn?
Texas families plead for information on more than 20 girls missing from summer camp after floods
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Considering the current intrusive cyber climate, what are the best ways to preserve privacy?
For example, I have been exclusively using a VPN connection network-wide at home setup on OpenWrt, which in turn has a PiHole as its DNS, with the PiHole using Unbound and NextDNS (redundant I know, but I use it to encrypt my requests more than anything else).
I also have Wireguard setup so I can VPN all my devices to my network while I am on the road (also have a NextDNS profile installed. Yes I know, itโs redundant).
I also basically have all my โsmartโ devices (TV, lightbulbs, air purifier, etcโฆ) at home cutoff from the internet using OpenWrtโs firewall to prevent them from calling home.
I rotate web browsers frequently to try and attempt avoiding getting fingerprinted, not sure how useful that is.
I switched email providers to mailbox.org because f*** Google and Microsoft.
I also am hosting my own cloud drive on Nextcloud to avoid using services like GDrive, OneDrive, Dropbox, etcโฆ
I own Apple devices which arenโt the best for privacy but migrating from a whole ecosystem that I have been embedded in for MANY years is easier said than done. Hopefully in the future thatโs my next move.
I feel like there is a lot more I can do but I am not sure what else. I would appreciate any and all suggestions yaโll might have.
A group of Colombian legislators from the government coalition formally requests the US House of Representatives Ethics Committee to investigate and sanctionteleSURenglish
More than 20 campers are still missing after overnight flooding at Camp Mystic, a girls-only camp on the Guadalupe River.Rebecca Salinas (San Antonio News, Texas News, Sports, Weather from KSAT.com, Expect More)
The Supreme Court turned away an appeal by Montana officials seeking to revive a state law that requires minors seeking abortions to obtain the consent of their parents.Lawrence Hurley (NBC News)
ChatGPT creates phisher's paradise by serving the wrong URLs for major companies
Link: theregister.com/2025/07/03/ai_โฆ
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4โฆ
: Crims have cottoned on to a new way to lead you astrayIain Thomson (The Register)
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"America has been vaccinating people for fifty years. If vaccines caused autism, America would have trains, okay? We would have so many trains." - Jon Allen
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5 July 1934 | A French Jewish girl, Jacqueline Rajter, was born in Villerupt.
In September 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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Lol to this, because it's partially true, but also a bit defeatist.
You need to stay on top of berry bushes quarterly in warmer zones, but this person is in Minnesota. I don't think they'll thrive their like they would in warmer zones without harsh winters.
If farms can keep them in check, regular gardeners can as well, it just takes a fair amount of effort.
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Raleigh hits Nos. 34 and 35 to match Griffey's Mariners record for HRs before All-Star break
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A reading of the June 26 eight-page CIA report, called the โTradecraft Review of the 2016 Intelligence Community Assessment on Russian Election Interference,โ reveals a politically motivated hatchet job performed during December 2016, called the โIntโฆDavid Shavin (EIR News)
In reality, he truly is. San Francisco LEOs used to haul Greasy out of gay bars. Info came from a friend whose FIL was a detective in San Fran.
The unexplained death of a top Russian oil executive on July 4 is fueling renewed scrutiny over the rising number of high-profile Russian officials and businessmen who have died under mysterious circumstances, specifically, have fallen out of windowsโฆTim Zadorozhnyy (The Kyiv Independent)
How brutal is Trumpโs โOne Big Beautiful Billโ? The answer is in the charts:
๐ Millions lose Medicaid
๐ธ Student debt payments spike
๐ Climate investment gutted
๐ $3T deficit explosion
All to shower billionaires in tax cuts. One big, draconian mess ๐ #press
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Steven Rattner reveals the ugly reality lurking within the โbig, beautiful bill.โSteven Rattner (The New York Times)
Which MLB player have I RE-NAMED "KETTLE OF VAGINAL SECRETIONS?"
FIND OUT at @Darren's fantastic RANDUMB THOUGHTS episode:
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how about a lot of hard time for people who cover up important information
plus ban on ever working for govt again or for ngo's?
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That Big Bullshit bill, among other horrors, bloats the ICE gestapo budget to a genocidal degree. And hereโs whyโฆ.the first is a history is truly horrible, starting with the vile activities of COINTELPRO.
mondoweiss.net/2025/07/from-coโฆ
There is finally a genuine counter-culture push against this, described adroitly here. The BBC is a complete load of crap.
caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-empireโฆ
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Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):Caitlin Johnstone (Caitlinโs Newsletter)
And Chris lays out the vile profiteers who will be behind the coming genocide against the American people. Because genocide is profitable. And bonus! Cruelty is the point for many of these shits. IBM, MIT, Microsoft, Palantir, BP, Chevron, Blackrock, Amazon, โAlphabetโ (google), so on ad nauseam.
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Today is a day of profound mourning.
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The latest United Nations report names hundreds of corporations, banks, technology firms, universities, pension funds and charities that profit from the Israeli occupation and genocide.Chris Hedges (The Chris Hedges Report)
Everything around LLMs is still magical and wishful thinking
Link: dmitriid.com/everything-aroundโฆ
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De wetten zijn nog gemaakt door toenmalig PVV-minister Faber en zijn bedoeld om in Nederland "het strengste asielbeleid ooit" in te voeren.NOS Nieuws
Today, the green/social-democrat opposition party started a petition to block these laws in the Senate.
It has 60,000 signatures already:
groenlinkspvda.nl/petitie/stopโฆ
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Stop de asielwetten! Deze wetten van het kabinet Wilders-Yesilgรถz zijn asociaal, onverantwoord en onmenselijk. Teken de petitie en hou ze tegen.GroenLinks PvdA
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>Romans 9, Galatians 3, and Revelation 7
Probably the three chapters from which snippets are quoted the most at those who think like me to "prove" what we're saying is false.
It is ironic because those are probably three of the strongest passages stating exactly what we're saying. They're where we even get the idea.
@ol dusty hamstrings A little tweaking with RBG levels in gimp and then adjust the remaining contrast curve:
If it wasn't for horrid compression artifacts probably could have produced a much better image but the blockiness of the compression was the limiting factor here.
Believe it or not, these stories are not connected.
If you live in NM, there may be times when pepper spraying kids may be appropriate.
#nm #youthcrime #crime #juveniles
ROME, July 4 (Xinhua) -- The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump hasen.people.cn
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McNeil's 2-run homer in 7th off Weaver lifts Mets over Yankees 6-5 in Subway Series opener
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Gaza ceasefire, bombing Iran again, normalization โ all may be on the White House meeting docket Monday. But likely this is more political theater.Annelle Sheline (Responsible Statecraft)
I don't know how else to reach you, so I'm asking you - maybe they'll hear us this way.
Please share these photos. Show them to your politicians. This is the Kyiv metro.
Every night, Ukrainians hide here from Russian missiles. Families sleep on the cold floor with their children.
Please, help us. Close the sky over Ukraine.
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I have no idea how drunk a sailor would have to be to see a pretty mermaid in a dugong but there you go lol
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