The New York Times Finally Stops Avoiding The G-Word
The Israel apologists have lost the argument. They might not know it yet, but they have.
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A party has quit Israel's ruling coalition in a dispute over military service, leaving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a razor-thin majority in parliament but still enough political support to secure a potential Gaza ceasefire.Iran Press
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Trump Says he Doesn’t Understand why his Supporters Want the Epstein Files, “Only Pretty Bad People, Including Fake News, Want to Keep Something Like that Going” – Says he’s Willing to Release “Credible Information” (VIDEO)
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President Trump spoke to reporters at Joint Base Andrews on Tuesday following his Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation event and responded to another question about Epstein, saying he doesn’t understand why his supporters care so much.Jordan Conradson (Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback)
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Vandalised military billboard in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Cal Raleigh successful on first All-Star robot umpire challenge, a day after winning Home Run Derby
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Here We Go: Murkowski, Collins and McConnell Vote Against Advancing Trump’s DOGE Rescissions Package – Vance Comes in with Tie-Breaking Vote:
RINO Senators Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins and Mitch McConnell voted against advancing President Trump’s DOGE rescissions package.
The three RINOs voted against moving the package out of committee and every Democrat is expected to vote “no.”
Vice President JD Vance came in with the tie-breaking vote. The Senate will now vote on the motion to begin debate on the bill.
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The “Fast Thinking” memo sent out by the Atlantic Council on President Trump’s July 14 announcement of a “shift” on policy toward Russia is a kind of “pep talk” for war hawks to keep the pressure on Trump.Harley Schlanger (EIR News)
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Photos of the giant rats leading land mine detection efforts in Cambodia
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China’s ‘green great wall’ in Inner Mongolia traps 3 more deserts.
Last straw checkerboard placed at Badain Jaran Desert completes 1,856km green belt that also runs across the Tengger and Ulan Buh deserts.
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AI companions are arriving faster than platforms can build guardrails around them. Parents need to pay attentionCasey Newton (Platformer)
We live in an era of civilisational collapse. It's already baked into the cake, it's already happening, the world 100 years from now is not going to look like the world today. All you need to do is look at birth rates, and how long they've been as low as they have been. Therefore, the highest calling as a parent it's not maximizing their individual happiness, or their market success, is building them into an individual with the strength, adaptability, grit, and emotional stability to carry forward meaning, virtue, and civilization through a collapse even if institutions that we rely on fail. In this way, parenting is not just an act of personal love (though of course it is), but an act of love for all of humanity, helping to carry forward the flame I got everything you feel worth preserving in your family and our culture.
In case you think I'm a doomer or a prepper, there's a few points. First, if you end up making your kid anxious and nihilistic then they aren't mentally emotionally stable, strong, adaptable, and they will lack grit. Civilizations end all the time, that doesn't mean the end of everything and everyone. Arguably the World wars ended Western Civilization as it once existed, and we are living in the aftermath of that right now. Second, preparing a child for collapse looks pretty similar to preparing them for no collapse. You still want to raise a kid who is strong, adaptable, has grit, and has emotional stability.
In an archetypical way, every generation sees a collapse and rebirth as the new generations pick up with their parents left them. In some ways, there was a massive collapse in the 1970s, in the world of the 1980s is nothing like the world of the 1960s. By the way people playing the baby boomers for what the world turned into in the 1980s, but they didn't really have much of a choice with the world collapsing around them.
Another important thing is that people might misunderstand and think you raise your kid hard and mean if you think that a collapse is coming. I don't think that there's any evidence of that being the right way to do things. Your kids grow up seeing the world through the lens that you give them with the way that you treat them in their childhood. If you show them that you are anxious, that you are scared, that you are weak, when they are going to assume that that's the way that the world works and how you have to live. By contrast, if you show them love, and joy, and competence, if you show them how to live in a world without relying on massive institutions and every moment of every day, then that will be the way that they grow up. The sort of child who makes it through the collapse will have a secure attachment to their parents, many wonderful memories playing outdoors, maybe learning to weld, to build things, they will remember going through their life being able to do things and figuring out the struggles along the way. And so when they aren't getting their hand held they will know that they are strong enough to deal with things.
This whole concept was hinted at in the last chapter of my first book, the graysonian ethic, which warns my son that nobody owes you anything, and you have to have a combination of gratitude and skepticism for the things you do get. My next book which I'm releasing in the next month or two once editing is complete is actually about the collapse, looking at a world 100 years in the future. The key is that just because civilization collapses doesn't mean that's the end of everything, or that we go into a mad Max dystopia. It means whoever remains will need to lay a New foundation of meeting, values, and make sense of world that no longer makes sense under the old paradigm.
With respect to the western trajectory, I'd agree with respect to the middle east and India, but Japan, China, and South Korea are all ahead of the curve in a number of ways. China is already broken demographically. Japan is 20 years ahead of the curve and represent a surprisingly well managed crisis, but one we don't have the scenario or the discipline to emulate. South Korea is still at a 0.71 birth rate.
One thing with east Asian civilization is that it's been heavily influenced by the west. China being Marxist is a direct cultural export from western Europe. South Korea is a highly Americanized civilization, as is Japan to a lesser but still significant degree.
Keep in mind that birth rates are not like pumping oil out of the ground -- it takes 18 years to raise an 18 year old. The kids who were never born cannot be born now. All that can be born now are the people who will be born after the kids who were never born.
For civilizations that aren't western, the western collapse could end up having major knock-on effects.
Indian civilization is insanely resillient so the worse I'd expect there is a return to Indian norms and a rejection of western norms.
Africa isn't a place civilizations typically exist, so once the subsidies of the west in terms of capital and talented people disappear, I'm not convinced most of what is considered civilization will continue to exist in much of Africa. There are regions of Africa which have historically been capable of suporting civilizations of course, famously Egypt, but also Ethiopia and Zimbabwe. North Africa in general is essentially permanently colonized by Arab muslims, so they're much different than central or southern Africa. It's a huge continent and incredibly diverse so you can't realy make the mistake of assuming it's just one thing. To demonstrate this, you can look at different regions of the world and the stories that have been written down. China has had continuous civilization, and we have works like the Analects from millennia in the past. The middle east has the epic of gilgamesh. Northern Europe has a number of codified legends. America had many writings from the Aztecs before they were destroyed by the Spanish, of which the dresden codexes are some of the few remaining examples. Egypt has hieroglyphics telling stories older than any of them, but much of Africa doesn't have the same.
Arabs are in a countercyclical moment, they're still recovering from the fundamental collapse of the ottoman empire, so I'd tend to agree they're going to look quite different, probably much better off in the coming age.
To illustrate the concept of these knock-on effects, the great depression mostly hit America, but was a direct causal element in World War 2.
One major thing overall is that global trade relies on the west keeping the trade routes safe and clear, and once that guarantee disappears, trade becomes a much different beast.
Civilizational collapse isn't always bad. the collapse of the western roman empire was actually one of the best things to happen in history to the people living under its boot -- according to archeological finds, people got considerably healthier and taller almost immediately after its collapse because people were no longer under its bot. Of course, it isn't always good either -- many bronze age collapse civilizations saw die-offs like 95%.
Population collapse by itself does mean that civilization will be so fundamentally different in the future that it can't be considered the same thing -- much in the same way the world wars ended the modern west and replaced it with the postmodern west we live in today, but with different results this time. It's a mass extinction event, and a lot of memes and political factions will die off because they aren't survivable.
I am in San Francisco.
I am on the CalTrain. We just had to wait for 20 minutes while they cleared homeless people off tracks. I missed my connection train because of it, and now I have to wait an hour.
California sucks.
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Designing for the Eye: Optical corrections in architecture and typography
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Incredible Moments Caught on Camera - YouTube
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Here's a fresh batch of truly astonishing moments from around the world!The video features materials that are copyright to Sean Voysey via Storyful, Austin C...YouTube
Leaked documents show Canberra supplying Israel with the means to maintain F-35 fighter jets so it can continue its genocidal campaign in Gaza, Peter Cronau and Kellie Tranter report.Consortium News
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Probably just a bit of junk where you can't clean it. If it repeats, time to replace that valve assembly.
Knock on wood - it's been years since I had to replace that. I must have gotten a good one the last time.
Grossi is the very man who, by siding with the West, pushed Israel and the U.S. toward aggression against Iran. Iranian President Masoud PezeshkianВиктор Михин (New Eastern Outlook)
Cuban minister faces backlash for saying there are no beggars in Cuba
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Prince Harry is in Angola to raise awareness for land mine clearing, repeating Diana's 1997 trip
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@TheBabylonBee: "Newsom Founds Underground Railroad To Help Mexican Kids Travel To Work The Marijuana Farms
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SACRAMENTO, CA — An inspiring story emerged amid the ongoing immigration controversy, as Governor Gavin Newsom founded an Underground Railroad to help Mexican kids travel to work on California's marijuana farms.The Babylon Bee
Ive never watched a single episode of The Big Bang Theory.
And I never will.
Today's splodge is just a little Op Art exercise I sometimes do with the kiddos. Nothing too exciting.
I also dug up a watercolour sketchbook I made a while back and started the 31 day challenge. Yes, I know I am several days behind.
@FeartnTiredAll caught up...for now.
Day 11: rolling hills with wee trees
Day 12: compound strokes/leaves
Day 13: blended out trees
Day 14: happy little trees
Day 15: seascape with dry brush waves
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First rule of the PAEDOPHILE club, YOU DONT TALK ABOUT THE PAEDOPHILE CLUB.
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PLUS: Maple Finance is now crypto's largest on-chain asset manager.Sam Reynolds (CoinDesk)
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A bunch of local stores (1/3)
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A landspout tornado hit Franktown CO - damaging a handful of buildings. No warnings, can't be seen on radar until the damage is done. A pet shelter got all the animals inside due to lightning just before the tornado hit. One story describes how they form.
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"Not the Bee" with another Denver story not covered locally. Harassing a coffee shop helping homeless. WTF?
A fast-moving landspout tore through a Colorado community, ripping building roofs in its path. Several business owners and employees were shaken up by how close they came to possibly being badly injured.Gabriela Vidal (CBS Colorado)
Syria’s defense minister announced a ‘complete ceasefire’ as government forces entered Suwayda city and clashes continued to rage for the third daythecradle.co
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OpenAI Vulnerability: 48 Days, No Response
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What happened? On 29 May 2025 I privately reported a vulnerability to the OpenAI disclosure mailbox using an encrypted email. The flaw allows peeking at chat responses intended for other users.Anytype
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“For someone who’s an old-time, TV show ‘Superman’ guy trying to get entertained for a couple hours, and wants to see Superman, this movie was pure torture to sit through,” Francesa said.
“… I was thinking about inflicting pain to myself just to keep myself awake. That’s how bad it was. This movie was dreadful.”
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Mike Francesa went scorched earth on the Man of Steel.Dylan Svoboda (New York Post)
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Tim Walz may have ruined his state and embarrassed himself as a VP candidate, but he does still have some fans out there in the world:notthebee.com
They pulled off huge March Madness upsets. Now they're opting out of revenue sharing
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More security crap from #Microsoft.
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The Pentagon bans foreign citizens from accessing highly sensitive data, but Microsoft bypasses this by using engineers in China and elsewhere to remotely instruct American “escorts” who may lack expertise to identify malicious code.ProPublica
Survivors condemn a UK court for allowing more arms exports to Israel.DECLASSIFIED REPORTER IN GAZA (Declassified Media ltd)
Crowds on Demand CEO Adam Swart revealed in an interview this week that his company was offered a $20 million contract for an astroturfed nationwide anti-Trump demonstration scheduled for Thursday.Jordan Conradson (Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback)
🎙️ TRAILER — NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "EPSTEIN: THE ISLAND WHERE NOTHING HAPPENED" 🎙️
Chudrick Westfallen (V.O.):
"I'm Chudrick Westfallen… Pulitzer Prize runner-up, five-time winner of the Golden Participation Trophy, and the man who dares to ask the hard-hitting question… What if nothing… ever happened?"
CUT TO: montage of stock footage — palm trees, billionaire yachts, black books being accidentally shredded by office interns.
Chudrick (on screen, standing in front of a completely unconvincing green screen of Little Saint James):
"Jeffrey Epstein. Philanthropist. Finance genius. Self-made island enthusiast. Alleged — and I emphasize, alleged — bad boy of international society."
Cue sinister violin screech before a record scratch sound effect.
Chudrick (grinning):
"But what if I told you… the REAL crime… is that the man was totally innocent… and just really, really good at networking?"
CUT TO: President Donald J. Trump, sitting in a gilded armchair surrounded by framed Time Magazine covers of himself.
Trump (smiling):
"Look, I knew Jeff. Everybody knew Jeff. Tremendous guy. Amazing guy. Some say the best guy. But I’ll tell you what — I hardly knew him. Barely. If at all. And even then… nothing happened. Nothing! Nobody partied like Jeff. Classy parties. Great hotdogs. The best pizza. But sinister things? Never saw it. Never heard it. Total hoax. Witch hunt!"
CUT TO: archival footage of Epstein posing awkwardly with dozens of celebrities as Chudrick narrates.
Chudrick (V.O.):
"Sure… sure… you could believe the so-called evidence — hundreds of hours of sealed testimony, mysterious offshore bank accounts, rampant 'coincidental' suicides…"
CUT TO: clip of a guard "falling asleep" on security footage while Epstein's camera mysteriously glitches.
Chudrick (smirking):
"…OR you could just accept the truth. That Jeffrey Epstein was nothing more than a hardworking financier, tragically persecuted for having too many friends and too many massages. And folks… there is nothing criminal about relaxation."
CUT TO: Trump waving his hands emphatically.
Trump:
"Look, the guy worked hard, very hard. Maybe the hardest. Some people said, 'Jeffrey, take a break!' but he didn’t. Incredible work ethic. Incredible stamina. And the media? Very unfair. Nobody’s been treated worse… except maybe me."
CUT TO: Chudrick standing at Epstein’s now overgrown island compound, pushing through bushes to reveal… absolutely nothing.
Chudrick (winking):
"When you look very closely… you’ll find exactly what I found… nothing at all."
Cue dramatic swell in music.
Narrator (V.O.):
"Join us in this groundbreaking 6-part series… as Chudrick Westfallen bravely uncovers how a man with zero suspicious activities became the victim of the greatest smear campaign in history. Epstein: The Island Where Nothing Happened… streaming this fall… if Netflix doesn’t mysteriously pull it first."
Cut to Trump giving double thumbs up, American flag waving in slow motion.
Trump (grinning):
"Totally innocent. The best nothing you’ve ever seen happen."
END SCREEN: EPSTEIN: THE ISLAND WHERE NOTHING HAPPENED. COMING SOON.
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