Asian shares are mixed in quiet trading as traders await cues from the Fed
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Has anyone on here experienced the dread scenario of an interviewee trying to bullshit their way to a job using an LLM during a video call?
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BRICS is an informal group of states comprising the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Russian Federation, the Republic of India, the People's Republic of China and the Republic of South Africa.BRICS
The Monsters of the Global Crisis Interregnum
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"The famous quote by Italian Marxist philosopher Antonio Gramsci seems to have been written for the moment humanity is currently experiencing: “The old is dying, and the new cannot be born. In this interregnum, monsters arise.” The world is going through a civilizational crisis in which the neoliberal capitalist order, although mortally wounded, continues to
Just a couple years ago this channel could get 30 upvotes on posts that had a reach of 220-250 views.
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Turning Down the Temperature: How Town Halls Can Be Productive Again
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"“I do think it’s my job to be there and I do think that I need to model the behavior that I want our government to model.” Nebraska’s Congressman Mike Flood had just gotten a tongue-lashing from constituents at a town hall meeting, facing tough questions and ultimately chants of “vote him out!” by Democrats More
“I do think it's my job to be there and I do think that I need to model the behavior that I want our government to model.” Nebraska’s Congressman MikeMelinda Burrell (CounterPunch.org)
The Bloodless Logic of Empire
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"Before I get going, let’s get it out of the way: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a clearly illegal and evil and it has cost hundreds of thousands of lives. Throughout the conflict, there has been a kind of open secret inside Washington, one that has been reiterated to me by people at the State More
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In The Bad Guys 2 (Pierre Perifel, 2025), based on Aaron Blabey’s best-selling graphic novel series, DreamWorks Animation delivers more than a family-friendly movie; it presents, perhaps unintentionally, a parable ... Read MoreMichael Marder (The Philosophical Salon)
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What Hunt Isn’t Telling You About BRICS
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"A former U.S. ambassador has suggested that U.S. efforts to counter China have prompted the Chinese government to build up BRICS, the group of rising powers that is challenging the U.S.-led world order and drawing heavy criticism from Donald Trump. Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum last month, former U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns, More
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-> Enligt svensk lag har Sverige en skyldighet att agera vid MISSTANKE om ev risk för folkmord kan ske. Busch lyfter bort alla skulder för den rådande situationen & slätar över det som är nödvändigt för en 2-statslösning inget om vad Israel måste göra eller om Israels ansvar & alla försök att motarbeta en 2-statslösning.
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North Carolinians just got Medicaid expansion. Now it’s jeopardized. – The Washington Post – DrWeb's Domain
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Aaron Baptist checks out at the Rural Health Group clinic in Stovall, North Carolina. The clinic relies on Medicaid to serve residents in an area with few health care options. (Matt Ramey / For The…DrWeb's Domain
J'étais passée à côté de ce phénomène de maltraitance de personnes handicapées /. Vulnérables en direct : mediapart.fr/journal/france/15…
L'une des victimes est morte hier, en direct : mediapart.fr/journal/france/18…
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« Star » d’une chaîne de streaming sur la plateforme Kick, Raphaël Graven, connu sous le pseudo « Jean Pormanove », est décédé dans son sommeil, lors d’un tournage diffusé en direct.Mathilde Goanec (Mediapart)
ich hab jetzt gelernt, dass man in outlook auf e-mails reagieren kann. so mit daumen nach oben.
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dümmer als dieses Reaktions-Feature ist, dass es unabhängig von Teams Reactions oder Mails ist. Man bekommt also von diesem Stack:
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wenn man noch Slack, Mattermost oder was immer nutzen muss, dann braucht man nicht mehr arbeiten, da man sekündlich abgelenkt wird.
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Trump’s Assault Upon the United Nations Is at Odds with U.S. Public Opinion
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"If one examines Donald Trump’s approach to world affairs since his entry into American politics, it should come as no surprise that he has worked to undermine the United Nations. The United Nation is based on international cooperation, as well as on what the UN Charter calls “the equal rights . . . of
In light of Trump's Executive Order to restore Albert Pike's statue in Washington D.C. some food for thought....Cynthia Chung (Through A Glass Darkly)
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NVIDIA RTX 50 cheaper in Europe, not yet in the US NVIDIA has implemented new prices in Europe for the GeForce RTX 50 series. Correction seems to be tied to USD/EUR exchange rates.VideoCardz.com
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The administration is prioritizing allegations that transgender students and students of color are getting unfair advantages while a backlog of other cases grows.
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Workers leave the Department of Education building during a rain storm in Washington on May 21. (Wesley Lapointe/For The Washington Post)
The Trump administration has upended civil rights enforcement at K-12 schools and colleges, prioritizing cases that allege transgender students and students of color are getting unfair advantages, while severe staff cuts have left thousands of other allegations unresolved.
The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights is so short-staffed that some attorneys have as many as 300 cases, making it impossible to devote attention to most of them, current and former employees said.Fewer cases are being closed, and 90 percent ofthose resolved were dismissed, typically without an investigation, up from 80 percent last year,according to data obtained by The Washington Post.
The office has a backlog of about 25,000 unresolved cases, up from about 20,000 when President Donald Trump took office, department officials said.
At the same time, under Trump, the civil rights office has announced investigations of at least 99 schools, often based on news coverage or complaints from conservative groups. As of early August, the administration had launched 27 directed investigations, probes that are opened without an outside complaint, court filings show.
These changes define the new tone and mission in the civil rights office, which is aggressively pursuing Trump’s agenda.In choosing its targets, the administration is not just picking different priorities than its predecessors; it’s flipping the interpretation of civil rights law in the opposite direction.
The Post interviewed 10 current and former employees of the office about the changes and the backlogs. Several spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid retribution.
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Under the Biden administration, the Office for Civil Rights focused on ensuring equal opportunity for students of color. Now, the office has opened several investigations into whether programs aimed at addressing inequities amount to illegal discrimination in favor of those students. Forty-five colleges, for instance, are being investigated for working with the PhD Project,a program that has tried to boost the number of Black, Hispanic and Native American students who earn doctorates in business.
In another example, last year the civil rights office required a New York school district to stop using its “Redskins” mascot, saying the monikermay have created a hostile environment for Native American students. This year, the same office found it is against the law to ban the mascots, calling it an attempt to erase the history of Native American tribes.
End of carouselUnder the Biden administration, the Office for Civil Rights focused on ensuring equal opportunity for students of color. Now, the office has opened several investigations into whether programs aimed at addressing inequities amount to illegal discrimination in favor of those students. Forty-five colleges, for instance, are being investigated for working with the PhD Project,a program that has tried to boost the number of Black, Hispanic and Native American students who earn doctorates in business.
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“Anyone who claims to rely on the best scientific consensus today must report the current death toll in the Gaza genocide as ‘more than 115,000’ violent deaths or ‘more than 460,000’ overall.
Here, in detail, is why.”
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The problem with leaving this sentiment at “we have no idea how many people have been killed” is that we do have a very clear idea of the minimum, based on the most rigorous, detailed analyses that statisticians, epidemiologists, and experts on urban…Adam Rzepka (CounterPunch.org)
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Kurginyan: Trump could not fail to rise to the bait of Epstein Rossa Primavera News from RussiaBill Oliver (Rossa Primavera International News)
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On January 20th, Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office with — at least in his mind — an aura of invincibility. A fully compliant Congress wasClarence Lusane (CounterPunch.org)
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The famous quote by Italian Marxist philosopher Antonio Gramsci seems to have been written for the moment humanity is currently experiencing: “The old isCarmen Navas Reyes (CounterPunch.org)
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Before I get going, let’s get it out of the way: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a clearly illegal and evil and it has cost hundreds of thousands ofDavid S. D’Amato (CounterPunch.org)
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Flexibility is a defining advantage for modern stone crusher plants operating in complex construction and mining environments. Projects today face unpredictable site conditions, varying material sources, tight schedules, and shifting regulatory or environmental constraints. A flexible crushing solution—one that can adapt capacity, product size, mobility, and automation level—lets contractors and quarry operators respond quickly to these variables while protecting margins and meeting quality targets. This article explores why flexibility matters, which features deliver it, and how operators can leverage flexible designs such as mobile stone crusher units and modular aggregate crusher plant configurations in real-world projects.
Construction environments are rarely uniform. A single highway corridor might traverse mountains, wetlands, and urban fringes; a mine expansion can uncover different rock types as blasting proceeds; a large infrastructure program may require several aggregate grades across nearby sites. In such contexts, a rigid production setup forces compromises: overpaying for transport, accepting subpar gradation, or enduring downtime while equipment is relocated or reconfigured. Flexible stone crusher plants(planta trituradora de piedra) reduce these trade-offs by enabling on-site adjustments, faster reconfiguration, and efficient use of local materials.
Feed material variability—differences in hardness, moisture, or particle size—directly impacts throughput and wear rates. Flexible plants accommodate this by combining multiple crushing stages, adjustable screening, and adaptable feed control. Operators can change the crusher configuration or screen meshes to optimize product gradation when the feed rock characteristics change, maintaining consistent output quality without lengthy shutdowns.
Different projects require different aggregate sizes and shapes: base course, drainage layers, asphalt-grade aggregates, and concrete-grade sand each have distinct specs. An aggregate crusher plant(planta de agregados) designed for flexible product routing and quick screen-change procedures can deliver multiple product streams from the same feedstock. This capability reduces the need to buy or transport specialty aggregates and improves project scheduling.
Not all plants are equally flexible. Certain design elements and control features make a stone crusher plant adaptable and easier to optimize for diverse project demands.
Modular designs allow sections of the plant to be added, removed, or swapped rapidly. Quick-change screen frames, bolt-on wear liners, and interchangeable crusher chambers shorten configuration time. When a job requires a different product, modular components let operators implement changes with minimal mechanical work and minimal downtime.
Flexible plants support scalable capacity through modular feeding systems and variable-speed drives. Operators can increase output by adding a secondary module or throttling feed to match downstream compaction or hauling capacity. Fine feed control prevents choke-up and maintains consistent power draw—important when power availability is limited or costly.
Modern control systems give operators the ability to fine-tune crusher settings, monitor wear patterns, and adjust recipes by touchscreen or remotely. Automation reduces the skill threshold for on-site staff and speeds response to changing conditions. Predictive alerts for wear-part replacement and performance drift also reduce unexpected stoppages that are especially disruptive in complex sites.
Mobility is a form of flexibility that has become central to many projects. Mobile stone crusher(trituradora de piedra movil) systems bring production to the workface instead of hauling raw rock long distances to a fixed site.
A mobile stone crusher can be set up near a borrow pit or excavation zone, saving trucking costs and time. This is especially valuable on long linear projects, such as road construction, where moving the plant along the alignment shortens haul distances and keeps mix temperature or aggregate freshness under control.
As projects progress, the optimal production point shifts. Mobile units can be disassembled and relocated with minimal downtime, maintaining continuous supply across multiple sections. This agility is a clear advantage over fixed-site aggregate crusher plant setups that require substantial groundwork and logistics to move.
Design matters, but operational discipline unlocks the value of flexible plants. A few practical practices help plant owners and contractors realize better outcomes.
Flexible systems require informed decisions when reconfiguring or switching product streams. Training programs, clear SOPs for screen changes, and documented parameter sets for common feed types reduce trial-and-error and minimize production loss during transitions.
When you can rapidly change configurations, you must also be prepared with spare screens, liners, and critical fasteners. A strategic spare-parts inventory tailored to mobile and modular components reduces the time needed to return the plant to production after a planned or unplanned change.
Leverage production logs and wear analytics to determine the best times to change screen sizes, adjust crusher settings, or reposition the plant. Data-driven decisions reduce downtime and prevent unnecessary configuration churn.
By producing closer to demand and switching product streams as needed, contractors reduce double-handling, trucking emissions, and time-related costs. The combined effect often results in a lower total cost per ton than fixed, centralized production models—especially when projects are geographically dispersed.
Flexibility allows higher use of in-situ materials and greater incorporation of recycled content like reclaimed asphalt or concrete fines. This reduces material import needs and landfill disposal, aligning with increasing sustainability mandates.
In complex construction environments, flexibility is not a luxury—it is a strategic necessity. Whether implemented through modular aggregate crusher plant designs, intelligent automation, or mobile stone crusher units, flexibility enables contractors to respond to variable feeds, meet diverse product specs, and reduce logistics overhead. The result is more reliable production, faster project schedules, and improved economic performance. For quarry operators and contractors facing the uncertainty of modern infrastructure projects, investing in flexible crushing solutions yields measurable returns in efficiency, quality, and resilience.
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