Can International Organizations Survive the Rightwing, Nationalist Onslaught?
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"At a time when international cooperation provides the key to preventing a variety of global calamities―including nuclear war, climate catastrophe, and massive starvation―it’s tragic that major nations, ruled by nationalist, rightwing parties, are on a collision course with the organizations that

ā€œWe must do away with the absolutely specious notion that everybody has to earn a living.

It is a fact today that one in ten thousand of us can make a technological breakthrough capable of supporting all the rest. The youth of today are absolutely right in recognizing this nonsense of earning a living. We keep inventing jobs because of this false idea that everybody has to be employed at some kind of drudgery because, according to Malthusian-Darwinian theory, he must justify his right to exist. [...]

The true business of people should be to go back to school and think about whatever it was they were thinking about before somebody came along and told them they had to earn a living.ā€

— R. Buckminster Fuller (March 1970, _New York_ magazine)

Architecture of Cities: Playing for Time
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"The clocks’ vibrating gears- – A books’ final page: The sounds softly pillow-pocketed in the mind: Quietly, passages and time vanish before closed eyes: I dreamed about what, I do not know: The forever dreams continue: The visual captures navigated ahead and behind: Moments are called- -The Hushā€. The White Spirit Bear whispered in silence: More
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House Passes Trump-Backed Rescissions Package Slashing $9 BILLION in Bloated Spending — FOREIGN AID, NPR, and PBS on the Chopping Block — Two Republicans Voted ā€œNoā€

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She sounds like a wonderful woman. A Marine to the end.
We were all lucky to know her through you Rick, thank you.
God bless! I know you'll miss her.
Be feisty for her.
Pass it on.
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Lamine Jamal officially signs "professional" contract with Barcelona saba.ye/en/news3517887.htm

Saving time, saving column space.


Saving time, saving column space.

Saving time, saving column space.

Today I made a major improvement over at Roscoe's Story, my brother blog to this one. An improvement that will save me time and will make it easier for visitors to read.

I fill my days with maybe more prayers and devotions than many other old boys. Being mostly home bound with my arthritis, there's not a whole lot more I can do that is both constructive and edifying.

I have a daughter and a sister back home in Indiana, both of whom are curious about what I'm doing down here in Texas. How I'm taking care of myself. How I spend my time, etc. And I'm NOT a telephone person. Never have been. Ask anybody.

So to keep them informed, years ago I started my Roscoe's Story blog, listing and posting every day how I spend my time, etc.

Anyway, rather than list each individual prayer and the specific time I pray it every day, I now have a summary page that explains my prayer regimen. Linking to that summary every day will save me lots of time, and it will make for a much less cluttered blog page than has previously been the case.

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High Quality Linux Swag?


I've got some great Linux swag from Ubuntu Korea, but I've been looking to buy new clothes lately and would love to rock more FOSS.

I see a couple websites that sell FOSS branded clothing, but does anyone have good experience buying high quality hats/tshirts/sweaters/active wear from any of these online retailers? Bonus points if the retailers donate proceeds to development

#Amazon is funny. Tried to delete my account since long period of inactivity — but can't even login because they asking for video selfie (!) and photos (!) of goverment issued ID (!).

Even the bank or goverment accounts don't ask me such things to login — just a plain login/password/2FA. Lol, there are no any orders or working bank card (since Visa/Mastercard stopped working here) in my account :dragnsarc:

#DeleteAccount #DeleteAmazon

DƩfense et service national


Il est donc relativement clair que deux stratĆ©gies s’opposent aujourd’hui et s’offrent Ć  la nation franƧaise. D’un cĆ“tĆ© une stratĆ©gie où s’entremĆŖlent intĆ©gration euro-otanienne, perte d’indĆ©pendance nationale sur tous les plans y compris militaires et diplomatiques, dĆ©sindustrialisation, incapacitĆ© Ć  dĆ©fendre le territoire national, manque d’effectif, dĆ©connexion entre la nation et « son » armĆ©e, reculs sociaux et dĆ©mocratiques, destructions de services publics en tout genre, stratĆ©gie qui ne peut qu’aboutir Ć  une marche Ć  la guerre planĆ©taire potentiellement exterministe et poliment dĆ©nommĆ©e « conflit de haute intensité »…
Alors que de l’autre cĆ“tĆ© peut s’articuler une vĆ©ritable politique de recouvrement de l’indĆ©pendance nationale face aux politiques capitalistes, impĆ©rialistes, belliqueuses et mondialisĆ©es de l’UE-OTAN (autrement dit d’assumer de sortir de ces carcans par un frexit inĆ©vitablement progressiste et patriotique), [...] une dĆ©fense que n’importe quel rĆ©volutionnaire devrait prendre au sĆ©rieux au cas où quelques impĆ©rialistes Ć©trangers chercheraient Ć  rĆ©tablir l’ordre… Tout cela sans jamais menacer autrement que de potentiels agresseurs, assurant prĆ©ventivement ces derniers de la volontĆ© des FranƧais recouvrant leur histoire qu’ils feront tout pour empĆŖcher une nouvelle « parenthĆØse » contre-rĆ©volutionnaire, mais sans jamais plus inquiĆ©ter les peuples du monde de quelques oppressions que ce soit qui entacherait une nouvelle fois le peuple de France.

Pour ce faire, la revendication portĆ©e par ce texte, celle d’une « armĆ©e nouvelle » dont la colonne vertĆ©brale et la force seraient assurĆ©es par une « conscription nouvelle », prend, nous le pensons, tout son sens tant elle rentre en contradiction avec notre soumission/participation Ć  l’Union europĆ©enne capitaliste et supranationale ainsi qu’à l’OTAN.
Car la sortie de l’UE, de l’euro et de l’OTAN, dans la perspective de la sortie du capitalisme que portent la JRCF et le PRCF exposerait notre pays Ć  minima Ć  des pressions internationales et Ć  des provocations fortes de la part du bloc impĆ©rialiste, Ć  la mesure du coup qui lui serait portĆ© par un Frexit progressiste.
Car la question du Frexit est bien ici posĆ©e en arriĆØre-plan. Ou bien la France se vautre dans cette « DĆ©fense europĆ©enne » au service de l’OTAN qui cherche dĆ©jĆ , avant mĆŖme d’exister, Ć  faire la guerre Ć  la FĆ©dĆ©ration de Russie en y envoyant mourir nos fils et nos filles, ou bien elle rompt dĆ©finitivement avec l’UE et avec l’OTAN, donc avec leur logique intrinsĆØquement impĆ©rialiste, et rĆ©organise sa dĆ©fense nationale en consĆ©quence, dans un Ć©lan populaire, patriotique et dĆ©mocratique retrouvĆ©.


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ā€œ[The Arctic tern] sees two summers per year and more daylight than any other creature on the planet.ā€

ā€œA tern ringed as an unfledged chick on the Farne Islands in the northern summer of 1982 reached Melbourne just three months after fledging – a journey of more than 22,000 km.ā€

ā€œThe average Arctic tern lives about 30 years and will, based on the above research, travel some 2.4 million km (1.5 million mi) during its lifetime, the equivalent of a roundtrip from Earth to the Moon more than three times.ā€

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Writing a competitive BZip2 encoder in Ada from scratch in a few days (2024)

Link: gautiersblog.blogspot.com/2024…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…

LIVE: Israel kills dozens more in Gaza after 3 slain in attack on church | Al Jazeera
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- Israel targets Bedouin convoy on Syrian highway: Report
- WATCH: Displacement camp in Gaza ā€˜amounts to a crime’
- Pro-MAGA news network airs segment criticising Israeli settler attacks on US citizens
- More condemnation of Israel’s attack on Gaza’s only Catholic church
- Qatar’s emir condemns Israel’s ā€˜flagrant violation’ of Syrian sovereignty

#Palestine #Gaza #Israel
@palestine

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Stone blocks from the Lighthouse of Alexandria recovered from seafloor

Link: archaeologymag.com/2025/07/lig…
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Israel attacked Gaza’s Catholic church, killing 3, then said it was an accident. #Palestine mondoweiss.net/2025/07/israel-…

I really need to watch a documentary on Ireland because I keep hearing little tidbits about it and it sounds like historically they’ve had lots of drama up there. Even an actress in Star Wars was like ā€œit’s great an Irish woman like me gets to play a rebel leader because that’s kind of our thing.ā€ I knew all the potatoes died at some point but that’s about it. Also someone about an IRA and troubles.
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@FeartnTired @Maud_GonnerI dated an Irish traitor (British army) from Belfast for quite awhile, it really goes so deep they think they can LOOK AT a person and tell if they are Catholic or Orange fgs. Trying to tell them yeah you can tell poverty is all is hopeless. Of course, he couldn't tell at ALL in Canada, I had him test it several times at gatherings etc. And this is a huge part of British history as well, most of the Catholic churches there weren't built until the 19th century. And now Catholic attendance is well over C of E. Much to the C of E horror.... LOL
"Roman Catholicism is not democratic. It doesn’t ask the culture to weigh in on what it believes—it declares it. And in an age when society is debating everything—from truth to gender to morality—there is something profoundly reassuring about a church that does not budge.

Women priests? No.
Abortion? Never.
Gender fluidity? Not affirmed.

However, the Anglican Church, even with its closely held principles, because of its penchant for shared governance and democracy and its allergy toward a Roman pope, always seems to be making up its mind." anglican.ink/2025/04/17/why-th…

Violences xĆ©nophobes en Espagne : l’extrĆŖme droite souffle sur les braises du racisme anti-marocain @morocco

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LeƧons de Torre Pacheco. Combattre le racisme par la force de la classe
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"Depuis le 11 juillet, la ville de Torre Pacheco, au sud-est de l’Espagne, est en proie Ć  des Ć©meutes racistes. AprĆØs l’agression d’un homme de 68 ans, des groupes d’extrĆŖme […]
L’article LeƧons de Torre Pacheco. Combattre le racisme par la force de la classe est apparu en premier sur CONTRETEMPS."

France Predicts War In Europe Within The Next Five Years southfront.press/france-predic…

American Journalist Says Western Media Just Misrepresent Iran iranpress.com/content/308123

"No borders" (EN: English)

Source: instagram:@BournemouthAnarchists

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#anarchism #stickers #archive

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ā€˜Denied’ – ICC Upholds Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant in Genocide Probe #Palestine palestinechronicle.com/denied-…

New Anglo-German Agreement Inspired by Opposition to US and Russia eir.news/2025/07/news/new-angl…

13 arrested including #reporter with #Cincinnati CityBeat on Roebling Suspension Bridge during immigration protest for the cleric detained by ICE, Cops arrived and turned violent against the protestors. #Ohio #ICE #USPol

Covington KY police started moments after arriving. "We were peacefully marching," a protestor said. "The police started the violence."

The protest was held in support of Imam Ayman Soliman, an Egyptian immigrant and Cincinnati Children's Hospital chaplain who U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained on July 9.

Charges range from Riot 1st Degree, Unlawful Assembly, Failure to Disperse, Obstructing a Highway, Obstructing Emergency Responders, Criminal Mischief, Disorderly Conduct 2nd Degree, to Resisting Arrest.

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Long day of multiple flight cancellations, delays, sprinting across ATL and one blown landing gear tire
Gonna start up the hottest shower I can stand and drink the coldest beer I have in it while listening to this
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"Read carefully. You’re not juts watching a cover-up. You’re watching a counter-coup.

The Deep State cabal, spanning the Clinton, Obama, and Biden regimes knew exactly what was coming if Trump became President again.

They knew President Trump was coming back in 2024.
They knew they couldn’t rig the election again.
They knew the Epstein files would be released under his second term.

And they knew that the moment that happened…"

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One of the moments from this great conversation between @pluralistic and @mariafarrell, organised for @openrightsgroup ’s 20th birthday, that lit a bulb above my head:

The US Trade Representative’s perpetual threat of tariffs was what stopped countries from removing anti-circumvention measures from their copyright law.

But Trump has given us tariffs anyway. So why don't we take the opportunity to tear up some of the worst parts of copyright laws around the world
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House Republicans speak on latest crypto legislation after passing Clarity Act, Genius Act, and Anti-CBDC Act. - 7/17/2025:

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The Old Testament reference to John the Baptist eating "Honey and Locust" isn't about eating bugs! Locust there refers to The Locust Bean aka The Carob Bean which is found in the region and is like a chocolate substitute. Humans can NOT eat Locust or any bug because the Chiton exoskeleton is toxic to humans and bioaccumulates in the human body. Instead eat the chickens who eat the bugs for you.

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