In his essay “The Language of Privilege,” Nicholas Clairmont described wokeness as “a bourgeois sop to self-dealing millionaires.Chris Bray (Tell Me How This Ends)
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And I was offered financial incentives by insurers for achieving a sufficient percentage of vaccinated adults when in private practice 25 years ago.Meryl Nass (Meryl’s CHAOS letter (Critical Health Analysis and OpinionS))
Palantir Is Extending Its Reach Even Further into Government
Link: wired.com/story/palantir-gover…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
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Observation Balloons Were Taken Down Before Oct. 7 Attack. All 5 Were Killed. "This Story Must Be Told."Celia Farber (The Truth Barrier)
Confused, Unable To Remain Silent Any Longer, He Reveals All: "I've Been Living With Some Kind Of Hole In My Brain Since Oct. 7th."Celia Farber (The Truth Barrier)
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"It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it."
-- Oliver Cromwell
(1599-1658) British Lord General of the Army, Lord Protector of the Realm
Source: Address, First Protectorate Parliament, 1654
"It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it." ~ Oliver CromwellLibertyQuotes
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In 1968, Buckminster Fuller published ‘Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth‘ — a book detailing humanity sailing through space aboard a planetary vessel requiring careful management of finite resources.esc (The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.)
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Since June 26, nearly 300 people — including at least 140 children — have died across Pakistan due to intense monsoon-triggered rains, landslides and flash floods, as authorities warn of more severe weather in the coming days.Tasnim News Agency
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US tariffs put 30,000 South African jobs at risk, officials say
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The free speech organization PEN America fired me three days after I published an article about how they investigated me for sharing an article critical of Zionism. My termination is a sad reflection of PEN's censorious approach to Palestine.
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@palestine @israel
The free speech organization PEN America fired me three days after I published an article about how they investigated me for sharing an article critical of Zionism. My termination is a sad reflection of PEN’s censorious approach to Palestine.Kori Davis (Mondoweiss)
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Nenhuma morte no trânsito em Helsinki por 1 ano. Os motivos?
Redução da velocidade máxima para 30km/h em metade da cidade, mais faixas de pedestres e ciclovias, expansão do transporte público.
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Tempo 30 fast überall: Keine Verkehrstoten in HelsinkiSeit Juli 2024 ist auf den Straßen Helsinkis kein Mensch mehr durch einen Unfall gestorben. Der Erfolg sei vor allem auf den Ausbau von Tempo 30-Zonen in der Stadt zurückzuführen, sagt die finnische Stadt. Es gibt aber noch mehr Gründe.
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#Finnland #Helsinki #Verkehrstote
Howard, Boston lead Fever to fifth straight win without Clark, 78-74 over Storm
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Stowers homers as Marlins beat Yankees 7-3 to earn first sweep of New York in club history
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American Nazi rally in Gage Park, Chicago (1966)
Photo: Jack Lenahan for Chicago Sun-Times
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There's a feeling that white nationalists are a thing in the US in the last nine years or so.
Illinois (home to Chicago) is known as a "blue state" i.e. not a right wing state & certainly not on the side of slavery in the Civil War.
But white nationalists have always been there.
My great uncle Phil fought them on the streets of Chicago in the 1930s. I would have asked him about it if I knew when I was younger and he was still around. Can only imagine what he thought of their resurrection 30 years later in the wake of the Civil Rights Act.
More from Gage Park, which welcomed American Nazi Party leader George Rockwell
All photos are from the Sun-Times Collection at the Chicago History Museum.
Just because they're creepy, doesn't mean they shouldn't be seen.
Same thing in Marquette Park in September 1978
(Oddly enough, there were some African Americans in the Nazi group)
I just submitted a supportive comment on the University of Chicago Maroon that was censored here: chicagomaroon.com/43767/uncate…
Yes, absolutely.
I'm still letting my kid use the scholarship. Not only are populations not homogeneous, organizations are not, and individuals aren't. The leveraging and underscoring of a self-sense of supremacy infiltrates the entire US culture. Chicago is no exception.
A lack of transparency leaves students with the right to be upset.Chicago Maroon
CrowdStrike released its annual threat hunting report showing that we're in a new era of cyberattacks from sophisticated attackers who rely on clever social engineering, AI, and devices outside of IT's purview.
Check out my latest CSO piece for more details and tips on how defenders can better guard against these threats.
CrowdStrike: A new era of cyberthreats from sophisticated threat actors is here
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The company’s latest threat hunting report highlights the speed and AI sophistication of threat groups today, offering defenders strategies for keeping up.Cynthia Brumfield (CSO Online)
It's easy to understand why some programmers love their AI assistants and others loathe them: the former group get to decide how and when they use AI tools, while the latter has AI forced upon them by bosses who hope to fire their colleagues and increase their workload.
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
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Le 10 septembre : « On bloque tout »
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"Partout en France, des groupes se rencontrent, s'organisent et partagent des idées avec un objectif commun : tout bloquer le 10 septembre.
L’article Le 10 septembre : « On bloque tout » est apparu en premier sur Contre Attaque."
Partout en France, des groupes se rencontrent, s'organisent et partagent des idées avec un objectif commun : tout bloquer le 10 septembre.B (Contre Attaque)
China is strategically reducing its oil dependence to counter potential disruption by the US. It is heavily investing in renewable energy (wind, solar) and electric vehicles, becoming a global leader in both. This multi-pronged approach aims to secure its energy supply and lessen vulnerability to external pressures.
Clean energy will provide countries with sovereignty along with saving the environment.
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#usa #china #geopolitics #cleanenergy
China's thirst for the world's oil has slowed dramatically. Andrew Chang explains how China is guaranteeing its energy security against possible U.S. interve...YouTube
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More than 140 #migrants believed dead as boat capsizes off #Yemen
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Shipwreck in Gulf of Aden with 154 Ethiopian migrants onboard leaves only 12 survivors, with the rest missing and presumed dead, says UN agency
Pakistan calls China’s development model a guiding example as CPEC Phase II shifts focus to industrialization, tech transfer, and B2B growth.News Desk (The Daily Cpec)
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I think Tri-Health is a racketeering front.
They continuously bill me for the same things.
I have to keep track of every payment like a beast and once they threaten to send me to collections, I email the receipts, every bill in image with the date paid and every canceled check.
I'm no longer nice about it.
The only words in my email: Stop double billing me.
Next time, maybe I will just write, "Fraud."
Our Healthcare system is broken.
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So it is finally time for the tale of Mowis "Patty" Burwic. Sometimes in a Rimworld run I get invested into a particular character that becomes the main character. Patty took on that role for this game.
Early on, the colony was doing horribly. It was about surviving until the gravship could be obtained and there were many complications. One colonist died due to injuries that couldn't be patched up in time. Patty joined during this time, saving the colony with her fast learner trait. Despite being a xenophobe, she quickly became best friends with Jessie.
Jessie was the only person she'd ever fully befriend during her time on the Rim, as some time after Patty joined, Jessie was kidnapped by the Rakkle-led Valentina's Rakkle Incubating Plant pirate faction. Only later would Patty learn through interrogating another raiding group that her friend had been unceremoniously killed. No chance to save her.
And so Patty broke. She delved into advancing her shooting skills, and took a mechlink when the gravship was built. She built more and more mechs along with turrets. She had her entire body filled with cybernetics and bionics. She explored the world to find the mechhive. Once the mechhive was taken, she claimed its power for herself, becoming a queen of sorts to the mechs (thanks to a mod that adds allying the faction to the ending). She used it to destroy the entire faction for revenge. It took a lot of work and time but she finally got revenge for her only true friend she lost that long time ago.
For reference on time, the time since the game started seems to be ~10.5 years, and the real playtime is 55 hours. Odyssey DLC is really fun.
Even though I just finished this run the other day I'm already feeling like I want to start another Rimworld run with some gimmicky idea. Odyssey is a curse, it has single-handedly given me a new fascination with the game. No wonder Vinny "Melpert" Vinesauce immediately started his Odyssey run the same day his Anomaly run was finished, it's just that addicting.
Some part of me wants to do a space station run after claiming a station with life support units for myself, some part of me wants to do a high difficulty commitment run, some part of me wants to do a run where I say screw it and have fun with dev tools to make something cool, it can go on.
Though I still haven't picked up Anomaly for the Ratkin Research Foundation™ that will absolutely not end terribly for all Ratkin involved. That's locked in for what I'll do whenever I pick up Anomaly.
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‘Staggering’ brain drain of US climate scientists may signal shift in scientific gravity.
The ‘dreadful’ situation may herald a move in ‘bright young minds’ towards Hong Kong and other parts of Asia, CityU professor says.
Die Protestwelle gegen die deutsche Beihilfe für das Töten in Gaza wächst an. Proisraelische Hardliner in der Union befürchten ein »Einknicken« des Kanzlers und fordern weitere Waffenlieferungen an Israel.Philip Tassev (junge Welt)
Israels Blockade humanitärer Güter und Nahrungsmittel ist integraler Bestandteil einer Strategie der Vernichtung des Gazastreifens. Dazu gehört auch das Töten verzweifelter Menschen an den sogenannten Verteilstellen.Helga Baumgarten (junge Welt)
Escalation with Russia is clearly on the cards (in one form or another), but Trump has also threatened to attack Iran’s nuclear sites – again. Join…Strategic Culture Foundation
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Στην Άγρια Δύση του Ελληνικού τα πηγάδια βγάζουν πετρέλαιο - R•U
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> Στα τέλη Μαΐου η οικογένεια Θεοφανίδου στο Κάτω Ελληνικό βρήκε πετρέλαιο στο νερό του πηγαδιού της. Συλλέξαμε και στείλαμε δείγματα στο Πανεπιστήμιο Αιγαίου. Οι συγκεντρώσεις είναι άκρως τοξικές, εκατοντάδες ή χιλιάδες φορές πάνω από τα όρια [..] παρά τις ψευδείς διαβεβαιώσεις της εταιρείας Lamda Development [..] ότι η απορρύπανση θα ολοκληρωνόταν το 2023.
Στα τέλη Μαΐου η οικογένεια Θεοφανίδου στο Κάτω Ελληνικό βρήκε πετρέλαιο στο νερό του πηγαδιού της. Συλλέξαμε και στείλαμε δείγματα στο Πανεπιστήμιο Αιγαίου. Οι συγκεντρώσεις είναι άκρως τοξικές, εκατοντάδες ή χιλιάδες φορές πάνω από τα όρια.Κωνσταντίνα Μαλτεπιώτη (Reporters United)
THERE’S day-to-day urgent trivia, especially these days, but then there are bigger, sometimes slower, movements that are less apparent but we know…Alyn Smith (The National)
Instead of eliminating the income tax like he promised, now orange turd wants to get rid of capital gains tax for real estate investors instead. fuck me
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Trump is "thinking about" eliminating the capital gains tax on home sales, which would disproportionately benefit some homeowners.Giulia Carbonaro (Newsweek)
This is bullshit
Terrible 2nd term
All he did good was the crypto legislation
Eliminating Capital Gains will just help rich people flip houses faster
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Grab your free copy of 'The Kybalion' here: https://www.lawofinsights.com/kybalion-offerThey told you Nikola Tesla was a scientist. An inventor. A man of mac...YouTube
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Researchers have formulated a "second law of entanglement manipulation," an analog to the second law of thermodynamics. They proved that, with the help of an "entanglement battery," entanglement can be manipulated reversibly. This finding offers a new framework for efficiently manipulating quantum resources for future technologies like quantum computing.
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