Little spotted kiwi found on New Zealand's mainland for first time in 50 years | RNZ News:

"Conservationists are delighted after a unique kiwi was rediscovered in Aotearoa for the first time in 50 years.

The little spotted kiwi, or kiwi pukupuku, was first spotted in the remote Adams Wilderness Area in the West Coast 


Despite years of searching, the last known sighting of a kiwi pukupuku on the mainland was in 1978. "

Bullitt (1968 film with Steve McQueen as Lt. Frank Bullitt of the San Fran Police Dept.)

The car chase scene with Lt. Bullitt in a 1968 Ford Mustang chasing 2 hit men in a 1968 Dodge Charger showed the improved handling of a lighter weight vehicle in city driving. But it seemed ridiculous the way it caught back up to the Charger on the open road after the bad guys had caused the Mustang to slide out and stop.

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After a storm there must be a calm
They catch me in the farm
You sound your alarm
Desmond Dekker [Dacres], Jamaican reggae pioneer (The Aces) would be 83
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Should We Garden Our Forests?
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"A new study published in the journal Forest Ecology and Management “Significant mortality of old trees across a dry forest landscape, Oregon,” found that older larch and ponderosa pine are suffering increased death rates. Old growth ponderosa pine like this are dying due to climate change and increased competition for resources like water. Photo by George Wuerthner The More
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Israeli airstrikes hit southern Syria amid ceasefire efforts in Suwayda en.abna24.com/news/1708250/Isr


SpaceX Grows Israel's Spy Network & Trump's USAID Admin Gives $30M To "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation" thelastamericanvagabond.com/sp
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Trump Confuses Telling Blatant Lies With a Straight Face With Competence
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"We all know and expect that a president’s top appointees are picked in large part because of their willingness to carry out a president’s agenda. But usually these are people with some experience in the areas that they are overseeing. Insofar as this is not the case, they can generally rely on the

L’État, la rĂ©volution et l’autogestion. La question autogestionnaire et la gauche en France depuis 1968
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"Le texte ci-dessous est la retranscription, lĂ©gĂšrement reprise, d’une communication faite lors de la confĂ©rence internationale Historical materialism Paris, « Conjurer la catastrophe », qui s’est tenue du 26 au 28 juin [
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@HarriettMB He does write a good letter.I’m the only one with Mastodon as the app is so bad and we both stopped posting on the other app
I always appreciate your comments too Harriett.It takes courage to call out the wrongs we witness today. It shouldn’t (with free speech) but it does in the current climate.

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‘The place is bleached, a dead zone’: how the UK’s most beloved landscapes became biodiversity deserts
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Amazon will die Welt beherrschen
Wir lieben unsere Kunden.
Amazon nur Ihre Daten!
BuchhÀndler arbeiten mit ~ 25% Spanne,
Amazon will 60% von den Verlagen.
Wir bezahlen in unserer Stadt Abgaben und Steuern, Amazon nicht.
Wir haben faire Arbeitsbedingungen, Amazon nicht. Wieso kauft man BĂŒcher ĂŒber Amazon? Wir haben in Deutschland Preisbindung d.h. ob in MĂŒnchen, Buxtehude oder bei Amazon - NeubĂŒcher kosten das Gleiche!

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 "We focus on these incidents, but of course these weren't the only children killed in Gaza [on Sunday]," Rose said.

"Every single day, since the start of the war, an average of classroom full of children have been killed."

LIVE: Israel bombs Gaza, Syria amid alarm over rise in starving children | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera
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- UN says 10 children per day lose their legs in Gaza
- WATCH: Thousands in northern Gaza flee as Israel issues evacuation threats
- Israeli forces kill 11 Palestinians in overnight attacks

#Palestine #Gaza #WestBank #Israel
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#ReligionIsPoison #SocialistGunClub #2A

It is ironic that gun purchases by the typical conservative types has drastically gone down as purchases by liberals has gone drastically UP since November. Shit like this is why, and I'm not going to shed any tears if bullies get shot. If you think gun culture is all MAGA, check into the
Socialist Rifle Association. If you want any gun education or any gun question answered by a LGBTQ+ safe, mixed POC, progressive democratic socialist, DM me.

Face au 14 juillet belliciste, antisocial et fascisant de Macron, notre 14 juillet 2025 sera pacifique, patriotique et antifasciste !


Déclaration du PÎle de Renaissance communiste en France

Le 14 juillet 1935, le grand dĂ©filĂ© parisien du Front populaire impulsĂ© par le PCF et par la CGTU sous les plis mĂȘlĂ©s des drapeaux rouges et tricolores se concluait au stade Buffalo aux accents de la Marseillaise et de l’Internationale tour Ă  tour entonnĂ©es par Jacques Duclos. Allait suivre la victoire du Front populaire aux Ă©lections de 36 avec Ă  la clef, la dissolution des ligues fascistes, les grĂšves accompagnĂ©es des occupations d’usine, de grandes avancĂ©es sociales et surtout
. la classe ouvriĂšre devenant pour la premiĂšre fois l’avant-garde reconnue de la Nation Ă  l’initiative du Parti communiste français.

Le 14 juillet 1945, une immense manifestation parisienne cĂ©lĂ©brait la victoire des peuples sur le nazisme Ă  l’issue. Le rĂŽle dĂ©terminant de l’ArmĂ©e rouge dans la victoire remportĂ©e sur Hitler Ă©tait alors universellement reconnu et, en France mĂȘme, nul ne se fĂ»t risquĂ© Ă  minimiser l’importance de la RĂ©sistance communiste intĂ©rieure dans la libĂ©ration de notre pays. Du reste, le « Parti des FusillĂ©s » obtenait alors prĂšs de 30% des suffrages tandis que la CGT rĂ©unifiĂ©e prĂ©sidĂ©e par Frachon comptait cinq millions d’adhĂ©rents
 Aile marchante du gouvernement d’unitĂ© patriotique issu du CNR, les ministres communistes Thorez, Croizat, Billoux, Marcel Paul, Casanova (Duclos Ă©tant alors prĂ©sident de l’AssemblĂ©e nationale) allaient promptement mettre en place la SĂ©curitĂ© sociale, les retraites par rĂ©partition, la gĂ©nĂ©ralisation des conventions collectives, le Code du travail, les statuts du fonctionnaire, du mineur et de l’électricien-gazier. Ce volet social Ă©tait d’ailleurs adossĂ© aux nationalisations de Renault, de l’Énergie, de l’AĂ©ronautique (SNECMA), des Charbonnages et des principales banques. Tout cela fut accompli en deux ans car dĂšs 1947, les ministres communistes furent exclus du gouvernement sur l’ordre des États-Unis dĂ©sireux d’engager mondialement la croisade antisoviĂ©tique qu’on allait bientĂŽt surnommer « guerre froide ».

Eh bien, le 14 juillet 2025 dessinĂ© par Macron se situera aux antipodes de ces deux 14 juillet dignes du grandiose 14 juillet 1789. Sous l’impulsion du pouvoir actuel, la France officielle est en effet devenue le fer de lance de la marche Ă  la guerre continentale que projette l’UE-OTAN arrimĂ©e aux dirigeants maladivement anti-russes de Londres. En tĂ©moigne le trĂšs agressif pacte militaire conclu ce 10 juillet, sans la moindre consultation prĂ©alable des deux Parlements nationaux concernĂ©s, par MM. Macron et Starmer en vue de la coordination des forces nuclĂ©aires anglaise et française. Cette marche de plus en plus prĂ©cipitĂ©e des forces euro-atlantiques vers le « conflit global de haute intensitĂ© » tournĂ© contre la Russie, mais aussi contre la Chine populaire (ouvertement ciblĂ©e par la cheffe de la « diplomatie » europĂ©enne Kaja Kallas), vise Ă  maintenir l’hĂ©gĂ©monie planĂ©taire chancelante de l’Axe euro-atlantique (flanquĂ© du rĂ©gime pronazi de Kiev et des dirigeants gĂ©nocidaires d’IsraĂ«l !) sur la « majoritĂ© mondiale » que reprĂ©sente notamment le mouvement planĂ©taire des BRICS. Y compris si cette hĂ©gĂ©monie devait ĂȘtre prĂ©servĂ©e au prix d’une troisiĂšme guerre mondiale possiblement exterminatrice pour notre pays, si ce n’est pour toute l’humanitĂ©, voire pour l’ensemble du vivant ?

Ajoutons que le prĂ©tendu « isolationnisme » de Donald Trump et son soi-disant « abandon » de Kiev relĂšvent en rĂ©alitĂ© d’une nouvelle division du travail entre les forces euro-atlantiques, Trump prĂ©parant avant tout une guerre d’agression contre la Chine sur fond de mainmise israĂ©lo-amĂ©ricaine sur le Proche-Orient alors que l’UE, Ă  nouveau dominĂ©e par l’impĂ©rialisme allemand en plein rĂ©armement, est chargĂ©e par Trump de mener la charge contre la FĂ©dĂ©ration de Russie.

En outre, la marche Ă  la guerre impĂ©rialiste s’accompagne comme toujours d’une rĂ©gression sociale massive que le gouvernement Bayrou-Retailleau est chargĂ© de mener contre ce qui subsiste des conquĂȘtes de la LibĂ©ration et du produire en France industriel, halieutique et agricole.

Enfin, les processus de fascisation de l’UE, mais aussi de la Ve « RĂ©publique » en voie de dissolution dans l’État fĂ©dĂ©ral europĂ©en en gestation, s’accĂ©lĂšrent sur fond de montĂ©e des extrĂȘmes droites et d’euro-criminalisation des mouvements de soutien Ă  Gaza. Du reste, l’euro-banalisation des nĂ©onazis kiĂ©viens s’accompagne de persĂ©cutions anticommunistes caractĂ©risĂ©es (TchĂ©quie, Ukraine, Pologne
), tout cela dans l’absolu silence de la fausse gauche atlantiste.
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Trump cuts to food banks are making providing disaster aid difficult


Near the beginning of Trump’s second term, the Department of Agriculture stopped the flow of some of the money that pays for deliveries of products like meats, eggs, and vegetables known as “bonus commodities” through The Emergency Food Assistance Program, or TEFAP, to charitable organizations like food banks. TEFAP is one of the primary ways that state and federal governments have ensured food reaches communities in need in the aftermath of climate-fueled disasters like a hurricane or heatwave.

In March, the USDA also moved to end future rounds of funding for the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program and the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program. These two programs, which are also designed to support emergency food providers such as food banks, were slated to distribute more than a billion dollars this fiscal year to states, tribes, and territories.


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Dijon : Le quartier des LentillĂšres veut changer la ville entiĂšre !
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"Le Quartier libre des LentillĂšres est un haut lieu de lutte nichĂ© au cƓur de Dijon qui rĂ©invente le rapport Ă  nos communs et Ă  notre autonomie. Du 30 mai au 1er juin 2025, les LentillĂšres fĂȘtaient leurs 15 ans d'existence lors d'une grande fĂȘte. Retour sur l'histoire de ce lieu et sur le vĂ©cu des personnes y habitant.

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High speed of development of Huawei's phone CPUs, 3 generations of chips in 2 years

Sidenote: its insane how chipmakers refer to CPUs as 7 nanometer, 2 nanometer, etc, since there is absolutely no component or wire inside the CPU that is actually this small, it purely a marketing term lol

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5 Errors to Avoid When Choosing an Affordable Website


If you’re going for a budget site, great. Just dodge these mistakes to save time, money, and frustration.

You want a website, but you’re not looking to break the bank. That’s a solid plan.
There are plenty of “budget” or “low-cost” web design options out there. If you’re careful, you can get a site that’s both affordable and effective. But too many people end up with a site that’s glitchy, outdated, or just doesn’t work because they fell into common pitfalls.

If you’re going for a budget site, great. Just dodge these mistakes to save time, money, and frustration.


1. Thinking "Cheap" Means "Awful"—or "Amazing"


People often make one of two errors. Some assume a cheap website is guaranteed to be terrible. Others think they’re getting a high-end site for pennies.
Both are off-base.

You can absolutely get a clean, functional website without spending thousands, especially if you need something simple—a few pages, basic info, or a contact form. But “cheap” doesn’t mean you’re getting a custom-built site with all the bells and whistles. Be realistic.

That said, don’t dismiss affordable designers just because their prices are low. Some are new and eager to build their portfolios. Others use tools like Squarespace or WordPress to work efficiently. A skilled cheap website designer delivers value by focusing on what you need.

Look at their past work. Have a chat. If their style fits your goals, you’re set.


2. Not Knowing What You Need


The biggest mistake is hiring someone to “make a website” without a clear idea of what it’s for. You end up with a site that looks fine but doesn’t do the job.

Before you start, figure out:

  • What’s the site’s purpose (e.g., showcase your work, sell products, collect leads)?
  • What pages or features are must-haves?
  • Will you need to update it later?
  • How should it work on phones?

You don’t need a detailed spec sheet, just a sense of direction. Without it, you’ll get a generic or mismatched site, and even a cheap site is a waste if it doesn’t work.

A budget site still needs a purpose.

3. Rushing the Job—or Letting Them Rush It


Fast work is fine, but sloppy work isn’t.

Some cheap website designers are quick because they’ve got their process down to a science. That’s great. But if someone offers to whip up a full site in a day without asking about your needs, that’s a warning sign.

A solid designer, even an affordable one, will take time to understand your audience, message, and preferences. It doesn’t need to be a long process, but a quick discussion is essential.

Don’t rush them either. Demanding a complete site overnight leads to mistakes. A good cheap website designer needs a few days to organize content, choose images, and test everything.

Take the time to get it right. It’ll pay off.


4. Skipping Mobile, Speed, or Updates


Your site has to work on phones. It needs to load fast. And you should be able to update it without relying on the designer for every change.

Many cheap websites miss these basics. They might look decent on a computer but break on mobile. Or they’re slowed down by clunky code or too many plugins. Or they’re built in a way that makes simple changes a nightmare.

That’s not a bargain—it’s a liability.

Even a low-cost site should be mobile-friendly and quick. If it’s built on a platform like WordPress, you should be able to edit text or images yourself. Ask the designer how updates work and what maintenance is needed.

Test it before it goes live. Don’t just hope it’s okay.


5. Assuming It’s a One-Off Task


Websites aren’t a “build it and leave it” thing. They need a bit of care. Too many people get a cheap site, put it online, and forget about it. A year later, links are broken, forms don’t work, and the content’s outdated.

Even a simple site needs occasional attention. Update your info. Check that forms and links still function. Refresh the look if it feels stale.

A good cheap website designer builds a site that’s easy to manage. Ask them what’s needed to keep it running—maybe monthly checks or software updates. And make sure you know how to reach them if something breaks.


How to Make It Work


You can get an awesome site on a budget if you’re smart about it.

  • Choose a cheap website designer with a proven track record.
  • Look for someone who listens, asks questions, and explains their process clearly.
  • They should focus on the essentials: a clean design, clear content, fast performance, and easy updates.

You don’t need fancy animations or custom code. You need a site that shows who you are, communicates your message, and makes it easy for visitors to take action.

Stay within your budget, but don’t chase the cheapest option blindly. Know what you want, stay involved, and communicate clearly. That’s how you get a website that’s both affordable and worth every cent.

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