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A Virginia public library is fighting off a takeover by private equity

Link: lithub.com/a-virginia-public-l…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…


A Virginia public library is fighting off a takeover by private equity.

Photo from The Samuels Public Library After being targeted by anti-LGBTQ book banners and having their funding pulled, a local library in Virginia successfully stopped a threatened takeover by a pr…
Literary Hub

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US Supreme Court permits Trump to move ahead with mass layoffs and destruction of federal agencies

The US Supreme Court issued an 8-1 order on Tuesday—without addressing the constitutionality of the issue—that allows the Trump administration to proceed with the destruction of government agencies and the firing of tens of thousands of federal emplo…
World Socialist Web Site

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As the Texas Floodwaters Rose, One Indispensable Voice Was Silent
Opinion - Zeynep Tufekci
July 9, 2025

[as usual, independent thinking from #ZeynepTufekci ]

"What Kelly didn’t mention, but which has since become well known, is that the Weather Service employee whose job it was to make sure those warnings got traction — Paul Yura, the long-serving meteorologist in charge of “warning coordination” — had recently taken an unplanned early retirement amid cuts pushed by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency. He was not replaced.

To a Washington bean counter, his loss might have looked like one tiny but welcome subtraction in a giant spreadsheet, but not in a region so prone to these perilous events that it’s known as Flash Flood Alley. Hundreds of kids at summer camps slept in cabins along the river. The plan was for folks at the upstream camps to send word to the downstream camps if floodwaters got scary. But if even the highest official in the county wasn’t on high alert, how were the camp counselors supposed to understand the danger — or, in an area without reliable cellphone coverage, to act on it?"


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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/opinion/texas-floods-nws.html

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Israeli Settlers Set Fire Near Ancient Church in West Bank Christian Village - Antiwar.com (2025-07-08)
Israeli Settlers Set Fire Near Ancient Church in West Bank Christian Village - Antiwar.com (2025-07-08)

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>> Three priests based in the village of Taybeh issued a statement calling for help in the face of growing settler violence

>> In a joint statement, priests from the three churches in #Taybeh — the Latin Church, Greek Orthodox, and Melkite Catholic — condemned the attack and asked for action in the face of growing settler violence against the village, which comes amid a spike in settler attacks across the West Bank…

#WestBank #EndOccupation #SettlerViolence

@palestine@a.gup.pe @israel


Israeli Settlers Set Fire Near Ancient Church in West Bank Christian Village - News From Antiwar.com

A group of Jewish settlers set a fire near an ancient Christian church in the Palestinian Christian village of Taybeh in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Nabd El-Haya, a radio station based in the town, has reported.
News From Antiwar.com

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2025-07-10 00:38:41

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Weedkiller ingredient widely used in US can damage organs and gut bacteria, research shows | Herbicides | The Guardian theguardian.com/environment/20…


Weedkiller ingredient widely used in US can damage organs and gut bacteria, research shows

Diquat is banned in the UK, EU, China and other countries. The US has resisted calls to regulate it
Tom Perkins (The Guardian)

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‘He Chose to Stay’: Wife of Detained Doctor Abu Safiya Calls for International Action #Palestine palestinechronicle.com/he-chos…

'He Chose to Stay': Wife of Detained Doctor Abu Safiya Calls for International Action - Palestine Chronicle

Wife of detained Gaza doctor Hussam Abu Safia pleads for his release, recounting his refusal to abandon patients and the loss of their son.
admin (Palestine Chronicle)

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#many artists for this tune
These are the arms that held him and touched him
Lost him somehow
Colour them empty now
These are the beads I wore
Until she came between
Colour them green
Sandy Stewart is 88
youtu.be/J80QTYi9Avg?si=GJ7xf3…

Sandy Stewart "My Coloring Book"

Although recorded by many artists including Barbra Streisand, Kitty Kallen, Skeeter Davis, and Brenda Lee, the most popular version of "My Coloring Book" wri...
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All Western Air Defense System in Gulf, Saudi, Jordan & Zionist Colony Couldn’t Stop Iran’s Missiles

All Western Air Defense System in Gulf, Saudi, Jordan & Zionist Colony Couldn’t Stop Iran’s Missiles

(Wartime Cafe with Laith Marouf EP 32: Exclusive From Iran w. Prof. Marandi)Watch full EP: https://youtu.be/NToVSWk3Z1k Donate: https://www.FreePalestine.Vid...
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Please, don’t forget us…
Hope is fading as donations slow down.
We’re holding on to the little hope we have left.
All we’re asking for now is to secure the most basic rights in life:
Food, water, and medicine for my sick father.
Please, stand with us.
Your support keeps us alive.
#gaza

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Supporters (8) Anonymous - 1 day ago £25 Anonymous - 1 day ago €10 Anonymous - 1 day ago £5 Anonymous - 1 day ago £100 Rochelle Golding - 2 days ago £10 Anonymous - 2 days ago €10

Help Sehwel family with their medical treatment

I'm Joe in the UK, I've been in touch with Aseel from the Sehwel family for over a year now and have been following their difficult struggle to afford medication, shelter and food in Gaza.
Chuffed

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#Taybeh, the last fully #Christian town in the occupied #WestBank, faces systematic #Israeli settler attacks and illegal outpost expansion

from #TheCradle
t.me/thecradlemedia/39275

#StopStarvingGaza
#RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#AllEyesOnWestBank #EndTheOccupation #SettlersOut
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#SolidarityWithPalestineIsNotAntisemitism
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSeaIsNotAntisemitic
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia
#news #press #politics @palestine


The Cradle

⭕️ Taybeh, the last fully Christian town in the occupied West Bank, faces systematic Israeli settler attacks and illegal outpost expansion — The heads of the three main churches in Taybeh — the Greek Orthodox, Latin Catholic, and Melkite Greek Cathol…
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Negative thoughts, advice wanted

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ティージェーグレェ

Negative thoughts, advice wanted

"just mad at myself for being upset and then feeling bad."

Been there. As a sage friend of mine once phrased it: "I eventually learned to stop beating myself up, for beating myself up."

Admittedly, I am not sure if I figured out that friend's solution for myself? His way of phrasing it was helpful framing to at least attempt to acknowledge when I am caught up in some similar mental anguish loop.

For me, changing scenery is a methodology that I find is sometimes helpful? Going for a walk in nature if possible, far away from humans and their noises is ideal! A babbling brook, raging rapids, or the moon reflected in an ocean with waves crashing seem to be fantastic for me when I can enjoy such things.

Rain drops, while soaking in some rustic hot springs far away from most signs of so-called "civilization"? Better still!

Unfortunately, it is not always easy or possible to change scenery to such realms without significant effort and often expenses.

Simpler things, such as making an herbal tisane, the meditative qualities of watching steam "peel" off the "skin" of the tea cup, help to slow down and be in the moment, a different moment than incessant negative thoughts.

Tea kettles and water and loose leaves are not always readily available.

So perhaps some headphones, and a song, or album, or something musical can be helpful, for me at least, to have another frame of reference when I am in exceedingly urban hellscapes full of human maladies.

Barring that, earplugs.

Admittedly, reducing inputs from the world around me that I find harrowing isn't the be all end all, but a starting point.

If stuck with human trappings and no good tunes are readily available, vegging out to some movies or something similar (ideally: comedic in nature if looking for levity) might be beneficial?

No doubt, if the negative thoughts are persistent (as they often are in my experience) such strategies may be of limited utility, but even temporary distractions can still be welcome in my experience.

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Humanitarian Operations in Gaza Severely Restricted: WFP iranpress.com/content/307819

Humanitarian Operations in Gaza Severely Restricted: WFP

WFP's Deputy Executive Director, Karl Skau, stated that the demands on Gaza are at an all-time high, while humanitarian access has been increasingly restricted since the start of the war on October 7, 2023.
Iran Press

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Well, Bazzite just obliterated one of the last reasons I was still clinging to Windows 11.

My living room PC has an RTX 3090, yet Windows still won’t run anything at 4K 60fps. It caps out at 4K 30fps or 1080p 60fps—no matter what I do. For years, I blamed the TV. Thought maybe I cheaped out. Spent all this money on a high-end rig, and it never delivered what I wanted.

Then I docked my wife’s Legion Go. It dual-boots Windows 11 and Bazzite.

Guess what? Same problem on Windows. But boot into Bazzite? Boom—4K at 60fps, no issue.

Turns out it wasn’t the TV. It was Windows.

Once again, Linux quietly proves it’s the better OS for gaming.

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Diplomacy Based on Principle, Not Predation eir.news/2025/07/news/diplomac…

Diplomacy Based on Principle, Not Predation

Diplomacy Based On Principle, Not Predation “Man Is Not A Wolf To Man! For A New Paradigm In International Relations” is more than the title of the Schiller Institute’s International Conference this Friday and Saturday, July 12-13.
Dennis Speed (EIR News)

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Xenharmlib: A music theory library that supports non-western harmonic systems

Link: xenharmlib.readthedocs.io/en/l…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…


Welcome to xenharmlib’s documentation!

Xenharmonic (adj.): Pertaining to music which sounds unlike that composed in the familiar 12 tone equal-tempered scale. Ivor Darreg, Xenharmlib is a generalized music theory library that supports t...
xenharmlib

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The Empire Is A Nonstop Insult To Our Intelligence

The US has imposed sanctions on UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese for using her position to oppose the most thoroughly documented genocide in history.
caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-empire…

Photo by Caitlin Johnstone on July 09, 2025. May be an illustration of poster, sketch and text that says 'IN TODAY'S TODAY'SNEWS.. NEWs. AL QAEDA U.N NIGE, FUN NIGE,FUN,BFFs!! BFFS!! BAD,MEAN, BAD MEAN, SANCTIONED'.

The Empire Is A Nonstop Insult To Our Intelligence

Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):
Caitlin Johnstone (Caitlin’s Newsletter)

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TASS Agency: The company owning the “Magic Seas” ship operates vessels to Israeli ports dailyyemen.net/2025/07/09/tass…

TASS Agency: The company owning the “Magic Seas” ship operates vessels to Israeli ports

The Russian news agency TASS published a report stating that the company owning the cargo ship “Magic Seas,” which was attacked off the coast of Hudaydah in the Red Sea, had previously operated a number of its ships to ports belonging to the Israeli
DAILY YEMEN

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To avoid confusion, I don't favor Democrats over Republicans, and not the other way around either. I consider them both parasites.

And here's a more controversial opinion: although Mamdani distanced himself from the rest of the herd and went more socialist and offered something more of substance, I am skeptical about him because of his resorting to "vibes".

I prefer boring people who address our minds, not performative entertaining sales persons.

May both parties go to hell.

in reply to She Was Speaking

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GH Ogawa

@SheWasSpeaking

Absolutely. It's why I said he offered something of substance. His message resonated with people, unlike, say, Kamala Harris.

Perhaps it's just me, I tend to be skeptical whenever someone employs entertainment or vibes; what I call a sales personality. It immediately subtracts from their genuinity.

Maybe he's just trying all possible means and I should give him the benefit of the doubt.

Anyway, why do I bother? I live in Montreal.

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