It’s As If
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"wrapped in red ribbons and sparkles that blind they drone on about war as if they were talking about stock prices as if it were a bloodless event war when they should be reporting that the sun has stripped the yellow from its flower in shame and the rose has lost her scent to the More
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RIP Rabah
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"Bruxelles est en deuil aujourd'hui. Nous avons perdu Rabah Hamad. Roi de la récup', soutiens pour toute les personnes à la rue, Hells Angels, clown à l'hôpital pour les enfants malades, ceinture noire de karaté et membre de ZonneKlopper, il était un rayon de soleil dans la grisaille bruxelloise et un exemple pour nous toustes. La vie va être bien triste sans lui.
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Bruxelles est en deuil aujourd’hui. Nous avons perdu Rabah Hamad. Roi de la récup’, soutiens pour toute les personnes à la rue, Hells Angels, clown à l’hôpital pour les enfants malades, ceinture (...)stuut.info
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La Cisjordanie, territoire oublié
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"Alors que nos regards sont tournés vers l'horreur à Gaza, la Cisjordanie est le théâtre d'une colonisation violente et acharnée !"
Alors que nos regards sont tournés vers l’horreur à Gaza, la Cisjordanie est le théâtre d’une colonisation violente et acharnée !rebellyon.info
Myanmar's acting President Myint Swe dies after a long illness
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Riassunto: della prima partecipazione zapatista all’Incontro delle Resistenze e delle Ribellioni, giorno 4 agosto 2025:
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However, "make the other side surrender" is a poor strategy. The strategy has to be, when they are all dead or have nothing left to fight with then we win. Usually they will surrender before then, but you cannot make that assumption.
Ever since the USA started trying to persuade enemies to surrender, it has not won a war.
Americans get more than half their calories from ultraprocessed foods, CDC report says
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I wanted to check up on Battlefield 6, not out of interest but to see how EA dropped the ball.
Turns out, they dropped the whole damn anvil with it. The game will not boot without TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot enabled on the machine. This is on top of Kernel level anti-cheat and requiring an EA account. 
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Jackson Pollock and the Abstract Expressionists made New York City the center of the art world after World War II. The CIA made them weapons of the Cold War....YouTube
Trump's broad tariffs go into effect, just as economic pain is surfacing
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Great Barrier Reef records largest annual coral loss in 39 years
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Shocking Stir In New York; Massive Revolt By Jews Against 'Gaza Genocide Funding’ At Trump Hotel
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US President Donald Trump has hinted that Vice President J.D. Vance is the “heir apparent to MAGA”RT
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South Korea, US militaries will stage large-scale drills this month to address North Korean threats
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Third-hottest July on record wreaks climate havoc
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Tourists share a traditional umbrella to shelter from the sun while walking along a shopping street at the Asakusa district near Sensoji Temple, on a hot dayEUROPE SAYS
"A lead contractor for a company providing security at the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s controversial food distribution sites is a member of a Crusader-inspired motorcycle club that touts its opposition to the 'radical jihadist movement.'"
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Johnny Mulford, who works as a contractor for GHF in Gaza, is a member of the “Infidels” motorcycle gang and has Crusader-style cross tattoos.Sam Biddle (The Intercept)
The power of saying no. I've always felt like the little white lie was great as a social lubricant - e.g., "Oh I'd love to come to your housewarming party but I've already got plans that day" when you know full well that you're available but you just don't wanna go.
But after a while, making excuses and remembering them later gets to be stressful. Especially for me because I'm horrible at lying lol. So I've learned to say things like "Thanks for inviting me, but I'm gonna sit this one out." It's a polite but clear 'no' and now I don't have to keep up a fib going forward.
To be fair, sometimes people don't like being told no, but I've been surprised to see that they'll usually accept it gracefully.
My family (just my dads side i guess?) is horrible at taking no for an answer. It took me most of my life to realise they needed to be firmly (and quite literally) told to fuck off in order for them to take a NO seriously. Learning that is probably the only reason i still have any kind of relationship with my dad, i don't care to interact with the rest of them.
"No" is a complete sentence.
Fantastic news out of Tucson!
None of this is inevitable. Not "AI", not data centers, not the surrendering of public water resources, not the handing over of electrical grid priorities to big tech
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The Tucson city council voted unanimously Wednesday against bringing the massive and water-devouring Project Blue data center — tied to tech giant Amazon — into city limits.Yana Kunichoff (AZ Luminaria)
"At least 31 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, medical sources told Al Jazeera, and 20 others were killed when a truck carrying humanitarian aid overturned onto a crowd of people."
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At least 20 killed after a truck carrying humanitarian aid overturned in central Gaza, according to authorities.Al Jazeera
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Economist Michael Hudson: Western powers designed international system to benefit American corporations at expense of Global South, how to resist US neocolonialism.Michael Hudson (Geopolitical Economy Report)
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LONDON VS. FASCISTS - WHO YA GOT???
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'Plant the Land is a vegan food justice project that was co-founded by Anas and Laura Schleifer, a Jewish American vegan-anarchist. Plant the Land is organised and directed by Gazan volunteers and is entirely Palestinian-led. The group combines veganism, ecology, communalism, education and mutual aid.'
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An interview with Anas Arafat from Plant the Land about the importance of emergency common assistance whilst working on longer-term solutions ~ Will B ~ Anas Arafat is a lawyer and longtime humanitarian aid activist based in Gaza.anarchy (Freedom Press)
The Guardian has identified the self-described “national socialist” behind an openly extremist YouTube channel that in just over two months has accumulated 50,000 subscribers, seen more than 2.3m views, and likely made thousands of dollars from YouTube’s revenue-sharing monetization program.
Johnathan Christopher “Chris” Booth, 37, lives in the unincorporated community of Coral, a part of Maple Valley Township in Michigan’s Montcalm county, and is married to a senior local Republican official.
Booth has published more than 70 YouTube videos since May on his Shameless Sperg account, whose graphic design elements feature stylized SS bolts. Titles of his videos – generally a recording of him delivering his views direct to camera – include: “Why I Dislike Jews. It’s not complicated”, “Black Crimes Matter: Never Relax” and “Jews and FBI hate you and your free speech”.
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Booth is married to Meghyn “Meg” Booth, the Republican treasurer of Maple Valley Township. Meg Booth has “liked” several posts with extremist themes on Chris Booth’s Facebook account with her personal account. Chris Booth’s Facebook page also features extensive racist propaganda along with iconography often employed by neo-Nazis.
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Chris Booth’s channel – rife with neo-Nazi ideology, antisemitism and racism – garnered 2.3m views and likely thousands of dollars from YouTube in about two monthsJason Wilson (The Guardian)
The international community is dealing with the growing nuclear risks 80 years after US bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but nuclear disarmament remains possible, Arms Control Association Executive Director Daryl Kimball told RIA Novosti.Sputnik International
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Eddie Palmieri, pioneering Latin jazz musician and Grammy winner, dies at 88
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Luis Suárez leads Inter Miami to 3-1 win over Pumas in Leagues Cup
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For those interested in the transcript version of this RTF lecture with the images refer here:Cynthia Chung (Through A Glass Darkly)
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I suspect it's partly just coincidence. Prior to the K–Pg extinction, the sky was ruled by non-birds. Pterosaurs. In fact, the late Cretaceous saw some of the largest creatures to ever fly, like Quetzalcoatlus and Hatzegopteryx.
At the same time, it was also not mammals that ruled the ground, it was, as many an eight year-old can attest, dinosaurs.
The K–Pg extinction event may have killed off all the non-avian dinosaurs and pterosaurs, in part because of their larger size. So the very thing that made them "rule" before is what killed them off, and conversely, the very thing that kept avian dinosaurs (i.e., birds) and mammals from ruling during the Cretaceous is what allowed them to survive that event and evolve to fill the many niches vacated by non-avian dinosaurs after the event.
At the same time, it was also not mammals that ruled the ground, it was, as many an eight year-old can attest, dinosaurs.
Arthropods who've been ruling the world for 500 million years: Why do dinosaurs get all the hype? 😭 😭 😭
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Jack Tierney is a contemporary artist based in Cornwall, UK. His bold, colourful paintings and prints are naive and abstract, and are inspired folk art, fauvism, story telling and his own personal experiences.Jack Tierney Art
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"Honorary Aryans" killing themselves off
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Live Updates: Israel has been bombarding Gaza, killing thousands of Palestinians, since Hamas launched a deadly offensive on Oct 7, 2023.DAWN.COM
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Be careful with ProxMox backups.
I had it to 50 MB/s and higher today and it took down the network twice.
Each machine will use that limit at the same time. Best to set it to 10-15 MB/s
Canadian teen Mboko reaches Montreal final, beating Rybakina in 3rd-set tiebreaker
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You want the honest answer? because after the senator armstrong incident a few people started marketing clew directly to pedophile message boards and I want nothing to do with that shit.
It's died down, but i got at least 2 incoming requests of people who were up to no good poking the server.
Japan marks 80th A-bomb anniversary amid protests over military buildup-english.news.cn
In the challenging terrain of remote construction sites, where conventional concrete delivery methods falter, self loading concrete mixers with rugged tire systems are emerging as the definitive solution. These robust machines combine autonomous operation with exceptional mobility to conquer landscapes that would stop other equipment in its tracks. From mining camps to wind farm installations, these off-road warriors are redefining what's possible in concrete placement, blending raw capability with precision engineering to deliver results where it matters most.
The true test of any off-road equipment comes when faced with soft sand, muddy tracks, or rocky inclines – conditions where standard construction vehicles quickly become immobilized. Self-loading concrete mixers for sale UK built for such environments feature oversized, deep-tread tires with reinforced sidewalls that distribute weight evenly while providing exceptional grip. Unlike traditional mixing trucks that require stable roads, these specialized tires allow operation on gradients up to 25 degrees and can traverse terrain that would challenge even experienced off-road drivers. The secret lies in their adaptive tire pressure systems, which operators can adjust on-the-fly to match changing ground conditions without stopping work.
Remote job sites often lack the infrastructure for conventional concrete supply, making self-sufficiency paramount. These mixers carry their own water supply and aggregate storage, eliminating dependence on external batching plants. Their loading arms can source materials directly from local stockpiles, while the integrated weighing system ensures perfect mix proportions every time. What truly sets them apart is their ability to maintain production continuity – mixing one batch while moving to the next placement location, a capability that transforms productivity in sprawling projects like pipeline installations or rural road networks. The combination of autonomous operation and off-road mobility means concrete arrives exactly where needed, precisely when required, regardless of how far off the beaten path the work occurs.
Construction equipment faces its toughest challenges not just from terrain, but from the punishing conditions of dust, vibration, and constant use. Off-road self-loading mini concrete mixers are built to a different standard, with hardened steel components in high-wear areas and completely sealed electrical systems that withstand prolonged exposure to the elements. Their drivetrains feature heavy-duty axles and limited-slip differentials that provide traction even when partially submerged. Maintenance access points are strategically placed for easy servicing in field conditions, while critical components like the mixing drum benefit from abrasion-resistant liners that extend service life in silica-rich environments. This level of ruggedization ensures reliable operation through thousands of cycles in conditions that would quickly disable conventional equipment.
The advent of properly equipped self-loading mixers has effectively erased the concept of "inaccessible" when it comes to concrete placement. As infrastructure development pushes into increasingly challenging environments, these machines stand ready to deliver the literal foundation for progress. Their unique combination of mobility, autonomy, and durability represents not just an equipment category, but a fundamental shift in how the construction industry approaches remote projects. For contractors facing the dual challenges of difficult terrain and concrete supply, these tough-tired workhorses offer a solution that's as practical as it is powerful.
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看了篇烂尾的柯南同人文
我想立马看一些其他的，洗掉那种胸闷的感觉
结果就跟太监逛青楼一样
原先对我有吸引力的文
我点进去都感觉索然无味
烂尾文，害惨我
Judge issues temporary injunction against Trump administration cancellation of humanities grants
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Police in St. Louis found three heavily damaged cars along with graffiti reading, 'Death to the IDF,' but no casualties were reported. Jewish groups called the arson an example of 'normalized antisemitic and anti-Israel rhetoric'Ben Samuels (Haaretz)
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