Wildfire along Grand Canyon's North Rim destroys historic lodge and is spreading rapidly
https://apnews.com/article/grand-canyon-fire-lodge-north-rim-e2af8a6a42c40c74a8ba69517ba1e592?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Just a reminder that Monster energy is owned by coca cola so is subject to BDS.
EDIT:
Link to proof: inminds.com/boycott-coca-cola.…
New from 404 Media: the media's pivot to AI is not real and not going to work.
Media companies are laying off workers and saying they will instead use more AI. This won't work. We have gained a single subscriber from ChatGPT. Yes, one (1). It's not a business model
404media.co/the-medias-pivot-t…
AI is not going to save media companies, and forcing journalists to use AI is not a business model.Jason Koebler (404 Media)
Thanks @pluralistic for one of the few websites that's readable without requiring firefox's reader mode to get rid of the noise.
Early on July 14, Syria’s Islamist-led Interim Government announced that it had sent its military and security forces to the...Anonymous1199 (South Front)
Fine dining restaurants researching guests to make their dinner unforgettable
Link: sfgate.com/food/article/data-d…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
**We’re not digging down. We’re digging inward.**
This isn’t about concrete.
It’s about memory
buried beneath layers of noise.
#BunkerMindset #DeepMeaning #ConcretePoetry #InnerWorlds #UndergroundThinking #MysticDesign #AIArchitecture #ModernMyth #HiddenDepths #BuildBelow
Russia warns NATO plans to turn Moldova into military foothold
Russia’s intelligence agency has accused NATO of plotting to militarize Moldova as a frontline base against Moscow, warning it risks dragging the country into a broader conflict.
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🚨 URGENT: The state is not just charging anti-ICE activists with terrorism — now they’re straight-up torturing them inside Johnson County Jail.
The Prairieland Defendants — aka the DFW 10 — are being denied basic rights: no public defenders, no medicine, no calls or visits from loved ones, no vegan/vegetarian meals, no gender-appropriate placement. Some are in solitary. Some are in medical cells. All are being punished for standing up against ICE and showing solidarity with migrants.
This is cruel and calculated. They’re trying to break these comrades mentally, physically, and spiritually — before they even see trial.
This Monday, July 14th, we’re raising hell. PHONE ZAP these fuckers. Call or email Judge Boedeker and let them know the world is watching this abuse.
📞 (817) 556-6360
📧 judgeboedeker@johnsoncountytx.org
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And don’t stop there. Share the fundraiser, send what you can, and spread the word like your life depends on it — because for some of our people, it literally fucking does.
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No one deserves to rot in a cage — especially not for standing against ICE.
#FreeTheDFW10 #AbolishICE #DropTheCharges #FuckICE #SolidarityNotSilence
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Socialist realism celebrates the worker as creator with muscles straining, tools in hand, actively building the world. Labor is heroic, collective, and visibly transformative. The aesthetic screams: "WE made this."
On the other hand, solar-punk envisions society after the work is done with comfortable citizens enjoying green tech built by unseen hands. The aesthetic whispers: "Look what grew while no one was laboring.
Socialist realism celebrates the struggle; solar-punk erases it.
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GH15 prayer for July 14, 2025
These States Get It!
Dutch Sheets and Intercessors for America
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SYRIE. Les Kurdes inquiets face aux massacres des Druzes
kurdistan-au-feminin.fr/2025/0…
"SYRIE / ROJAVA – Alors que des gangs djihadistes du régime syrien massacrent les Druzes de la région de Soueïda depuis hier avec la complicité de la communauté internationale, les Kurdes syriens s’inquiètent de voir leur tour arrivé. Des agressions quotidiennes ciblant les Kurdes à Damas et Alep ne font qu’augmenter la peur de la […]
Israeli strikes kill 30 in Gaza, health officials say
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Most "honesty bugs" will be eliminated from the ai services this year.
If you wanted to do augmented research, your window is closing. Record everything, save all references.
I was being hyperbolic. But I'm not wrong.
The only way to stop censorship is to route around it and vocally complain. Then stop using the damaged product.
You can go through the tunnel that's collapsing. But that time might be wasted when you could get your own system up and running instead.
I can read just fine, just saying.
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GNU Guix: The Most Important Free Software Distribution You’ve Never Heard Of
In December of 2022, the GNU project announced the release of their package management application, GNU Guix 1.4 and it’s associated system distribution called the Guix System. It was started by lead developer, Ludovic Courtés and made an official GNU package in November of 2012. He has released an official road map.
Guix, the package manager, is based-on the older package manager, Nix, and . . . gnuguru.wordpress.com/2024/04/…
Guix, a package manager and system distribution of the GNU system, emphasizes software freedom and purity by excluding proprietary software and binary blobs. Released in December 2022, GNU Guix 1.4…The GNU Guru
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Prosecutor to release nutbag who attempted to kidnap a child.. because he is retarded ????
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Charges could be dismissed against a registered sex offender after a mental competency evaluation found him unfit to stand trial for attempted kidnapping at an Aurora schoolStepheny Price (Fox News)
Special Rapporteurs enjoy full diplomatic immunity under international law. Fellow experts suggest US sanctions could be the subject of proceedings before the International Court of Justice.Tehran Times
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TURQUIE. La kurdophobie tue !
kurdistan-au-feminin.fr/2025/0…
"TURQUIE – Hier soir, la police d’Istanbul a arrêté violement dix personnes, dont des enfants et une femme enceinte de 7 mois, pour avoir écouté de la musique kurde. La femme enceinte a perdu son bébé à cause d’un coup de pied reçu au ventre. Ce n’est pas la première fois que les Kurdes sont […]
L’article TURQUIE. La kurdophobie tue ! est apparu en premier sur Kurdistan au féminin."
European trade ministers meet to forge strategy after Trump's surprise 30% tariffs
https://apnews.com/article/europe-us-trump-tariffs-trade-be679cb7642c167baabdce2c50392d0f?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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TURQUIE. Un otage kurde frappé par un soldat au palais de justice d’Urfa
kurdistan-au-feminin.fr/2025/0…
"TURQUIE / KURDISTAN – L’écrivain kurde emprisonné, Mehmet Serhat Polatsoy a rapporté qu’il a été insulté et battu par un soldat au palais de justice d’Urfa. Mehmet Serhat Polatsoy, un détenu à la prison de type T n° 2 d’Urfa, a été battu par un soldat alors qu’il était sous surveillance au palais de […]
« Entretien · Il y a un peu plus d’un an, la #Kanaky - #NouvelleCalédonie s’embrasait et se rappelait au bon souvenir de la #France comme étant l’un de ses derniers territoires coloniaux. Auteur de #DécoloniserLaKanakyNouvelleCalédonie, l’anthropologue #BenoîtTrépied rappelle ici les responsabilités de l’État français, qu’elles soient immédiates ou historiques. »
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#colonisationFrançaise #histFr #polFr #décolonisation #accordsDeNouméa #livres @histodons @bookstodon
Il y a un peu plus d’un an, la Kanaky-Nouvelle-Calédonie s’embrasait et se rappelait au bon souvenir de la France comme étant l’un de ses derniers territoires coloniaux. Auteur de Décoloniser la (…)Afrique XXI
Check out Jordan Sather’s post re: Elmo
WHAT THE???
Protests set to greet Trump’s state visit
A growing movement is calling on Illinois to divest $100 million in Israel Bonds, and has filed an ethics complaint against Treasurer Michael Frerichs, alleging abuse of authority, corruption, improper use of state time, and misuse of public assets.
On June 14, Trump spent an estimated $40 million on an extravagant military parade in Washington, DC. What was supposed to be a show of strength for US imperialism amounted to measly crowds and squeaky tanks, dwarfed by the millions protesting ICE ra…Socialist Alternative
Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert says Israelis are committing “daily atrocities” in the occupied West Bank, with full knowledge of the government, p...YouTube
Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) — The chief of the Policy Office of the Ministry of National Defence of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Sunday issued the following press statement titled “The U.S.Dermot Hudson (KFAUK.com)
The Council of the European Space Agency has received the Anniversary Statement as signed by Member States marking 50 years of the agency.
#news #space #science #esa #europeanspaceagency
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#Polish president-elect Navrotsky to Zelensky: "Give us the bodies of the 100,000 murdered by Ukrainian Nazis"
Deadly silence in the pro-Nazi West...
Exclusive: Parliamentary standards boss announces investigation after Declassified revealed donation from Israeli state-owned arms firm.Martin Williams (Declassified Media ltd)
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A review finds a BBC Gaza documentary breached editorial guidelines
https://apnews.com/article/bbc-gaza-documentary-hamas-b1ffe2fd9265d958f5a26967f6e99ff4?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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#Baltic Nazis are testing #HIMARS for the first time a few kilometers from #StPetersburg
Let's hope it's the last, unless they also seek the "Ukrainian fate"
Pentagon reports
"#US soldiers are observing and advising the Estonians during the first real HIMARS fires.
The independent, operational HIMARS unit is capable of providing lethal, long-range, and accurate fire in support of Estonian and #NATO forces on the battlefield."
🤣 😂
How did the HIMARS do in #Ukraine,?
remind me plz
Damn, #TIL that configure my GUI to work with 2K display is very simple [1] — just specify the dimensions of display's active area in the X server configuration and restart X server!
That all, the letters on the screen become visible without tricky GTK/Qt specific environment variables 
[1] Not applied to the Firefox / Librewolf — it is completely ignores X settings 
#XServer #Xorg #HighDPI #FreeBSD
Check out Sidebery too: addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firef…
It's three in one: hierarchically structured tabs, bookmarks and favourites — all in one sidebar! Very customisable too — you can configure every tiny thing about it, down to key bindings. I like it a lot!
@evgandr@mas.to @javalps@mastodon.social
Download Sidebery for Firefox. Vertical tabs tree and bookmarks in sidebar with advanced containers configuration, grouping and many other features.addons.mozilla.org
I just got cornered by a neighbor for conversation.
I did my best. I don't think he knew.
Pyongyang, July 14 (KCNA) — Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, […]Dermot Hudson (KFAUK.com)
i think the reason infowars generally starts auto-playing 3 videos at once on their pages is to boost their view count on banned video
as mentioned previously i have ascended beyond the infowars realm. tired of the click bait and the sensationalism
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Mamma mia, manco una vittoria a #Wimbledon siete in grado di godervi. 🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
A lot of people on the internet are celebrating and cheering on some pretty brutal videos of ICE grabbing Mexicans out of parking lots, out of Walmarts, wherever. It’s understandable. I understand, and my instinct is to celebrate it as well.The Unz Review
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Ex-MEP Belinda de Lucy tells the horrifying story of her being attacked on the school run for not wearing Islamic dress. What has happened to London!? Sadiq Khan thinks 'diversity is our strength'...
Ex-MEP Belinda de Lucy tells the horrifying story of her being attacked on the school run for not wearing Islamic dress. What has happened to London!? Sadiq ...YouTube
Israel's defence minister has announced plans for the mass internment and ethnic cleansing of civilians from Gaza.
The UK government continues to train, arm and support the IDF. Labour are actively participating in war crimes on a huge scale in our name.
#BBC bosses pulled our film on Israel attacking Gaza’s medics. Here’s the producers' story of how the corporation repeatedly delayed and ultimately shelved their damning documentary
observer.co.uk/news/national/a…
So BBC management never disputed the documentary’s facts—only the reporter’s public acknowledgment of them. Wouldn’t this be like canceling a #Holocaust documentary not because the facts were wrong, but because the reporter’s social media posts showed sympathy for victims? Or does BBC management believe that there are no uninvolved in Gaza deserving sympathy? Was Navai supposed to show more empathy toward the IDF or Israeli suffering after Israel killed more than 50,000 people? The BBC’s adoption of a line the Israeli regime would very much approve of is embarrassing. Or maybe that’s really why the documentary was canceled?
@palestine
@israel
#GazaGenocide
The producers' story of how the corporation repeatedly delayed and ultimately shelved their damning documentaryBen de Pear & Ramita Navai (The Observer)
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Dear friends of the BSD Cafe,
This idea has been in my mind since the very beginning of this adventure, almost two years ago. Over time, several people have suggested it. But until recently, I felt the timing just wasn’t right - for many reasons. Today, I believe it finally is.
So I’m happy to announce a new service:
The BSD Cafe Journal - journal.bsd.cafe
At first, I thought I’d use BSSG for it (I even added multi-author support with this in mind), but in the end, it didn’t feel like the right tool for the job.
The idea is to create a multi-author space, with content published on a fairly regular basis. A reference point for news, updates, tutorials, technical articles - a place to inform and connect.
Just like people in Italy used to stop by cafes to read the newspaper and chat about the day’s news, the BSD Cafe Journal aims to be a space for reading, sharing, and staying informed - all in the spirit of the BSD Cafe.
What it’s not:
It’s not here to replace personal blogs, or excellent newsletters like @vermaden 's. And it’s not an aggregator.
What it is:
A place where authors can write original content, share links to posts on their own blogs or elsewhere, publish guides, offer insights, or dive into technical explanations.
The guiding principles are the same as always: positivity, constructive discussion, promoting BSDs and open source in general. No hype (sharing a cool new service is fine, posting non-stop about the latest trend is not), no drama, no politics. The goal is to bring people together, not divide them. To inform, not inflame.
Respect, tolerance, and inclusivity are key. Everyone should feel welcome reading the BSD Cafe Journal - never judged, offended, or excluded.
The platform I’ve chosen is WordPress, for several reasons: it’s portable (runs well on all BSDs), has great built-in role management (contributors, authors, etc.), and - last but not least - supports ActivityPub.
This means every author will have their own identity in the Fediverse (like: @stefano@journal.bsd.cafe ) and can be followed directly, and it’ll also be possible to follow the whole Journal.
Original and educational content is encouraged, but it’s also perfectly fine to link to existing articles elsewhere. Personally, I’ll link my technical posts from ITNotes whenever I publish them there.
The goal is simple: a news-oriented site, rich in content, ad-free, respectful of privacy - all under the BSD Cafe umbrella.
Content coordination will happen in a dedicated Matrix room for authors. There’ll also be a public room for discussing ideas, giving feedback, and sharing suggestions.
Of course, I can’t do this alone. A journal with no content is just an empty shell.
So here’s my call for action:
Who’s ready to lend a hand? If you enjoy writing, explaining, sharing your knowledge - the Journal is waiting for you.
#BSDCafe #BSDCafeServices #BSDCafeUpdates #BSDCafeAnnouncements #RunBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #illumos #Linux #OSS #OpenSource #BCJournal #BSDCafeJournal
The Prisoners' Information Office confirms that the occupation authorities are detaining Nasser Laham in difficult health conditions.admin (Palestine Chronicle)
County Hall. Credit: Blog Preston Plans that could see Reform UK cut funding to nurseries in central Lancashire will see job losses, closures and fewer fundBlog Preston
French president Emmanuel Macron said Europe faces the biggest threat to its freedom since 1945 as he announced an increase in defence spending.Charlie Herbert (The London Economic)
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Strings Attached: Mossad, Media Influence, and the Shadow of Epstein – Unmasking Israeli Intelligence Penetration of U.S. Institutions
- Scott #Rickard
This paper investigates the intersections between Israeli intelligence apparatuses and high-ranking figures within the United States, specifically scrutinizing the relationship between #FBI Director Kash #Patel and Alexis "Wilkins, an employee of #PragerU — an organization headed by a former Israeli military intelligence officer. The broader implications of these relationships suggest that Israeli operatives, particularly veterans of Unit #8200, may be exerting influence over American political and investigative institutions, particularly in shaping the #narrative surrounding high-profile intelligence scandals like Jeffrey #Epstein.
In July 2025, FBI Director Kash Patel publicly declared his certainty that Jeffrey Epstein had committed suicide, contradicting mounting forensic, journalistic, and intelligence assessments that suggest otherwise.[1] This proclamation rekindled longstanding suspicions about the depth of foreign influence in U.S. law enforcement, particularly from Israeli intelligence. Critics and observers now question whether Patel may be compromised — not through overt espionage, but by way of a potentially sophisticated “honey trap” operation.
At the center of this concern lies Patel’s romantic relationship with Alexis Wilkins, a media personality affiliated with PragerU, a right-wing ideological media nonprofit. While the age difference — Wilkins being 26 and Patel 45 — is hardly novel in Washington social circles, her professional affiliation and PragerU’s leadership connections raise serious national security concerns.
Marissa Streit’s leadership of PragerU is emblematic of the growing presence of Israeli intelligence alumni within American political and cultural institutions. Streit, according to PragerU’s own website, served in Unit 8200 of the Israeli Defense Forces ( #IDF), which is #Israel’s equivalent to the U.S. National Security Agency ( #NSA) and plays a central role in cyber espionage, signals intelligence ( #SIGINT), psychological operations ( #PSYOP), and #surveillance.
[6]In more specific terms, Streit’s profile on PragerU’s official "Leadership" page states:
“Marissa moved to Israel at a young age where she completed her primary education and later served in the Intelligence Unit 8200 of the Israel Defense Forces.”[6]
Unit 8200 is not a generic military outfit. It is a covert arm of Israeli intelligence operations, known for extensive electronic surveillance programs — including domestic spying on Palestinians, mass collection of metadata, blackmail via personal data, and international cyber-operations.[7] A 2014 exposé by The Guardian reported that whistleblowers from Unit 8200 revealed their orders to "target Palestinian civilians’ sexual preferences, money problems, or infidelities for extortion purposes."[8] This unit is trained in the manipulation of human behavior via technical and psychological means — training which veterans often carry into civilian life in media, cyber firms, and geopolitically aligned think tanks.
Streit’s career trajectory—from Israeli military intelligence to leading a major U.S.-based ideological content provider—exemplifies the soft power mechanisms through which Israel exports its strategic narratives into U.S. public discourse. Under her leadership, PragerU has expanded its influence over #US school curricula, partnering with state education boards to promote “patriotic” content that often whitewashes U.S. and Israeli history alike.[9] In 2023, Florida's Department of Education approved PragerU Kids content for use in public schools, effectively embedding foreign-influenced messaging into state-sponsored curricula.
[10]It is in this context that Alexis #Wilkins' employment under Streit must be interpreted as more than incidental. Given Streit’s Unit 8200 background and the organization’s penetration into U.S. information ecosystems, Wilkins’ proximity to #FBI Director Kash #Patel — whether romantic or operational — demands serious national security scrutiny.
Unit 8200’s influence is not limited to conventional intelligence gathering. It is a critical hub of Israel’s cyber operations and psychological warfare doctrine. The unit produces many of Israel’s top tech entrepreneurs and cyber-surveillance experts, many of whom go on to work in global cybersecurity firms or partner with intelligence services abroad.
In the United States, veterans of Unit 8200 have founded numerous tech startups that provide tools to law enforcement, counterterrorism agencies, and commercial surveillance. According to investigative journalist Ronen Bergman, Israel’s military-intelligence complex has a strategy of funneling Unit 8200 talent into private sector front organizations to amplify their influence globally, often beyond regulatory scrutiny.
[7]Thus, Unit 8200 alumni in the private sector serve dual purposes: they commercialize surveillance technology and propagate pro-Israel messaging under the radar of formal diplomatic or military channels. This makes organizations like PragerU, under Streit’s leadership, potent vehicles of influence disguised as domestic conservative activism.
The suspicion surrounding Kash Patel intensified after his public dismissal of foul play in Jeffrey Epstein’s death. This comes despite years of mounting evidence that Epstein was an operative involved in sexual blackmail schemes that ensnared politicians, royalty, and corporate elites. Multiple intelligence insiders, including former Israeli spy Ari Ben-Menashe, have claimed that Epstein worked for Mossad and that his child trafficking operations served intelligence purposes.
[8]By publicly declaring Epstein’s death a suicide without forensic reconsideration, Patel appears not only to contradict common sense, but also to act in the interest of suppressing inquiries that may implicate Israeli operatives. Given his personal ties to a media operative under the direct employ of a Unit 8200 veteran, the integrity of Patel’s judgment on matters of international blackmail and espionage must be seriously questioned.
While direct evidence of Patel acting on behalf of a foreign power remains circumstantial, the aggregate implications of his personal and political associations merit urgent review. The normalization of foreign-trained intelligence officers, such as Streit, in U.S. media and policy spaces represents a subtle yet potentially devastating erosion of sovereign control.
The infiltration of American information infrastructure by foreign intelligence — especially one as aggressive and embedded as Israel’s — is no longer the realm of fringe speculation. The question is not whether such influence exists, but how deeply it reaches into our institutions, and whether public officials like Kash Patel are willing, witting, or unwitting participants.
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Θα σας έστελνα καμιά φωτο από παραλία εχτές αλλά δεν είχα χρόνο το βράδυ να τις περάσω στον υπολογιστή από την κάμερα (έκανε και ζέστη).
Επί της ευκαιρίας να πω κι ένα ΓΑΜΙΕΤΑΙ Η CANON γιατί άλλαξαν την εφαρμογή που είχαν για να περνάς τις φωτό απευθείας στο κινητό από την κάμερα. Πλέον έχει απαίτηση η εφαρμογή για να δουλέψει να έχεις online λογαριασμό. WTF 🤬
Εννοείται δεν έχω κάνει γιατί προφανώς θα στέλνει τις φωτό ή τα μεταδεδομένα τους σε αυτούς για αναλύση. ΓΜΤΧΚΤΠΤ
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Finnish activists visited #Nammo, a Norwegian+Finnish Arms company in Espoo (near Helsinki) and sort of redecorated their offices.
Recent findings reveal proof that their weapons have been used in #Gaza #Palestine for #WarCrimes during the #Genocide by #Israel.
#Finland #Norway are complicit.
iltalehti.fi/kotimaa/a/08496d5…
Poliisipartio kävi paikalla kahteen otteeseen.www.iltalehti.fi
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Jeffery Epstein deposition video from 2012.
"Have you ever been convicted of a crime?"
"Yes, procuring a minor for prostitution" - Jeffery Epstein
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Jeffery Epstein deposition video from 2012. "Have you ever been convicted of a crime?" "Yes, procuring a minor for prostitution" - Jeffery EpsteinTelegram
#israelconcentrationcamp and we are watching this live. The #USrael criminals shooting them so they don't get to the food.
BUT REMEMBER DO NOT SCREAM #deatdeathtotheidf
“We are not at present planning flights by cosmonauts to the moon”
— Premier Khrushchev
nytimes.com/1963/11/03/archive…
There was no race to the moon. The Soviets withdrew 6 years before Apollo 11 from the so called race in which only Americans were trying.
Nero did not fiddle while Rome burned,
he fiddled while those damn tenement buildings
down by the wharf district were finally
being removed.
Four and five story wood framed buildings
that were illegal by imperial law,
but their was so much money to be made
in bribes and rent.
Nero was perfectly fine letting certain Senators
loose their rental incomes.
anyhow, Governor Gavin Newsom
has put up a tiny $101M
to start some low income warrens
over the fire scars.
it will cost billions, eventually.
Exactly the opposite of Nero,
but certainly exactly what we knew
he was going to do all along.
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“The funding we’re announcing today will accelerate the development of affordable multifamily rental housing so that those rebuilding their lives after this tragedy have access to a safe, affordable place to come home to.”aleister-g (Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion)
German customs officials show images of tarantulas hidden in spongecake boxes after smuggling bust
https://apnews.com/article/germany-spiders-cologne-customs-vietnam-sauerland-603d7a529964f319af02b727c11a362f?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Los Angeles to Give Cash Cards to Families Affected by ICE Raidsby Dependent_Tutor_5289LUCK (USLUCK)
@bazkie Number of lines of code in all public GitHub repos hardly corresponds to the degree of hip & happening, or importance, of a language.
Millions of novice coders all putting their Hello World style Python code on GitHub?
"[A]t least $1.6 billion from state and local treasuries across the country are sunk into Israeli bonds. Governments have been buying up Israeli bonds for decades, but recently some have increased their investments for symbolic reasons: to show political support for Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. But credit agencies have downgraded Israel’s credit rating twice in the past nineteen months because of the increasing instability of its economy.
jacobin.com/2025/07/divestment…
Retirement systems and municipal treasuries hold billions of dollars of investments in companies like Tesla and nations like Israel.jacobin.com
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