An estimated 1.2bn children are subject to this ‘harmful practice’ each year, affecting physical and mental wellbeing, report findsSarah Johnson (The Guardian)
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Bandai Namco and Brownies spotlighted more of their upcoming roguelite Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree, detailing the gameplay systems. In particular, the loop of selecting playable Guardians, receiving Graces, and exploring the village are all given dedicated doses of limelight. Set in the imperiled Shinju Village, ...
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Bandai Namco and Brownies spotlighted more of their upcoming roguelite Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree, detailing the gameplay systems.Orpheus Joshua (Noisy Pixel)
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Reform UK has seen its support among 18-24 year olds fall off a cliff this month, whilst support for Labour has surged.Charlie Herbert (The London Economic)
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Irony has been laid to rest in Benidorm after British migrants living there said they left the UK because there are "too many foreigners."Charlie Herbert (The London Economic)
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Ukrainian Suspect in Nord Stream Sabotage Arrested in Italy – German Prosecutors
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They lie to us about everything. Of course they lied about the ball earth. It is not just one agency or department of an agency, but many different ones. Nor is it even one country. The evidence continues to mount.Bitchute
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Poverty and cautions trap women in sex work – good policies could resolve this. But politicians don't want to know
China and Pakistan foreign ministers agree to launch new economic corridor projects
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The WNBA is About To Collapse - YouTube
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Most of what you see with these activist women is not that they believe they are worth every penny, but rather the realization that they started something (however stupid) and can't be seen backing down now.
Their position has been debunked, and yet they persist and it's the only reason I can fathom as to why.
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Taxpayer payouts for historic child sex abuse paint ‘stark and worrying picture’ for Ministry of Defence, lawyers saySian Norris (openDemocracy)
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FRIENDSHIP is, in my opinion, pretty good. boxd.it/aOhLVx
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They say the new Marvel is actually nuts, it's driving people crazy. The wife definitely abandoned him in the sewer and stayed with her boyfriend a few days before being "found" right? Anagram is "Nerds If Hip."boxd.it
A year into the Labour government's tenure how have they lived up to their pledges to tackle misogyny and improve the lives of women across the country?
Students face new cellphone restrictions in 17 states as school year begins
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Across the nation, far-right anti-migrant narratives amplified by the heritage media are fuelling hatred and misinformation.Bristol Cable (The Bristol Cable)
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Over half a million likes on social media—very well deserved. Ten (I know only ten, I hear you all say) Reasons Not to Trust the Daily Mail The Daily Mail is one of the most widely read newspapers in the United Kingdom, but its popularity does not ne…Dorset Eye (Dorset Eye Ltd)
The fucking dopes in the WNBA dispute want percentage points, not a guaranteed salary amount.
However they certainly don't want the percentage points on annual losses of $40-50M/yr.
No they want percentage points on what the MEN are generating.
"Great Lakes states like Michigan risk overtaxing water supplies by rushing to woo hyperscale data centers without closely analyzing whether local aquifers and water utilities canfulfill the facilities’ massive water demands."
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The report from the regional Alliance for the Great Lakes warned states risk overtaxing water supplies if they rush to woo the computing facilities without closely studying whether aquifers and water utilities can handle the new use.Kelly House (Bridge Michigan)
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Editor's note: This advisory was updated on Aug. 20 to reflect a change in the Artemis II Science and Technology Briefing participants.NASA
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Lucy Connolly, the Northampton childminder jailed for inciting racial hatred in the wake of the Southport murders, has been quietly released after serving just nine months of a 31-month sentence.Dorset Eye (Dorset Eye Ltd)
Shame on the lot of them.
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The latest figures from Gaza are horrifying - yet the media in the West has so far failed to report fully on themAlaa Shamali (The Canary)
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The recent wave of anti-migrant protests are providing a bridge between right-wing elected politicians and extremist groupsJosiah Mortimer (Byline Times)
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Last night I came home very late and very intoxicated. When I arrived at home, my wife was waiting for me.
"Where have you been?" she demanded.
"I don't know," I said, "but it had red velvet wallpaper and gold plated urinals." Then I passed out. As I laid there on the floor, my wife became curious about where I might have been.
So she started making phone calls to some of the local bars. "Hello, Charlie Clarks."
"Hi, I have a question for you. Does your establishment have red velvet wallpaper?"
"No, ma'am, we don't."
"OK, thanks."
She called another.
"Good evening,
Ted's Brass Tap."
"Hi, does your bar have red velvet wallpaper?"
"Why yes, we do."
"Do you have gold plated urinals?" "Ha ha, sorry, but no."
"All right, thank you."
She decided to try one more.
"Norton's Corner."
"Do you have red velvet wallpaper?"
"We do."
"How about gold plated urinals?"
There was a pause. Then, in the background, my wife heard someone say, "Hey, Charlie...I think we found the guy who peed in your saxophone.”
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Russia has no use for the EU’s illusions anymoreRT
Περασμένες μεγαλειώδεις εργατικές προσπάθειες, τότε που εργάτες/τριες, μηχανικοί κλπ είχαν ανησυχίες και κότσια.
Τώρα μούγκα στη στρούγκα
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Black Widow Star Ray Winstone Got So Frustrated With Marvel's Demands for Reshoots He Asked to Be 'Recast' Instead, Before Being Reminded He Was Under Contract
Black Widow star Ray Winstone has spoken of his frustration with Marvel's demands for movie reshoots, despite the film's director apparently being happy with his performance.
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Outcry over French streamer's death on air as authorities probe allegations of abuse
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Guess what you anonymous coward, “both sides”-ing a genocide is genocide denial.
And genocide denial is complicity in genocide.
Blocked right back, asshole.
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#israel #genocide #Gaza #Palestine #StopIsrael #StopTheGenocide #FreePalestine
Not an assault. Genocide.One that the UK – for which the BBC is the propaganda channel – is complicit in.
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Palestinians flee Gaza City districts as Israel says first stages of assault have begun
An Israeli military spokesman says troops will deepen the damage to the "terror infrastructure" held by Hamas.Yolande Knell (BBC News)
This person would have declared all Nazi rags to be "neutral" while German Nazis were committing Holocaust in the past
So called "neutrality" & bothsiding by ignoring real world power imbalance between all/both sides is how Western colonial, imperial & genocidal propaganda passed off itself as so called "objective journalism"
Western so called "journalism"(Most sophisticated psyop) spins establishment narratives as so called "objectivity" in reporting
L’ONG allemande Sea Watch a indiqué avoir porté secours à deux embarcations en Méditerranée. À bord : pas moins de 100 personnes...mcinformactions.net
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NIS America has announced that the enhanced re-release of Ys X, Ys X: Proud Nordics, will be released in the West in early 2026. This announcement was made early, likely accidentally, via the company’s Facebook page, which showcased a brief trailer alongside confirmations of PC and Nintendo Switch 2 versions. This article will be updated [...]
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So apparently NLNet funded Libre-Chip to build a CPU that isn't vulnerable to side-channel attacks?
...and it's going to be POWER? Nice 😀
Puerto Rico's schools are unequipped to cope with ever hotter heat waves
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Only 23.2% of the humanitarian response plan 2025 for #Sudan is funded.
"The cuts have severely impacted community kitchens run by local women-led organizations, which in turn have undermined communities’ opportunities to support themselves. And as resources shrink, the risk of sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment is rising."
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Gonna try to get my art setup running on my Linux Mint laptop tomorrow. If this works for real, I'm one step closer to ditching Windows for good.
I got Clipstudio running with Bottles, though not without some issues, like the launcher not working correctly. Gotta get my Cintiq and Wacom remote up too.
If this doesn't work, I have no idea what I'm supposed to do.
I've tried programs like Gimp and Krita, and they just don't feel right for me.
I need a new laptop soon (8gb just doesn't cut it anymore), would be nice if I could just install Mint right away...
Probably gonna get a new laptop sooner than I thought (thinking of Thinkpad T14, any experiences?)
Will see if I can get the setup to run anyway, but the thing is I really need a stable Cintiq/CSP setup in a month's time for an event, so I'll probably just get my new laptop and do the event with as little worry as possible.
But once that's over, I hope to go back to Linux and start messing around with VMs to see if that can be a solution for me.
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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
A word of caution about #DNS4EU.
Even if the service is operated in the #EU, and is sold to the public as progress for European "#sovereignty"; and even as you may celebrate its offering of "free protection" from #malware, #phishing and undesirable #advertising: Take a look at the 2022 tender document for the project.
Right from the start, it was clearly stated that the DNS entries will be censored:
»Lawful filtering: Filtering of URLs leading to illegal content based on legal requirements applicable in the EU or in national jurisdictions (e.g. based on court orders), in full compliance with EU rules.« (p. 15)
Now think of European countries that have very peculiar opinions about #LGBTQ+ rights, #copyright, etc.
What do you think will be enabled by a clause like »or in national jurisdictions (e.g. based on court orders)«?
It's not just an upcoming commercialization of the service that should worry you.
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Is empathy a sin? Some conservative Christians argue it can be
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On sait faire des slips made in France à 60 € pièce, mais pas l’objet qu’on consulte 500 fois par jour... ou comment Trump peut mettre la France à genoux en 24h. Un article de @maeool
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On sait faire des slips made in France à 60 € pièce, mais pas l'objet qu'on consulte 500 fois par jour. Nous n'avons pas non plus deMaël Thomas (bonpote)
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Walmart reports solid second-quarter sales and profits despite a challenging tariff environment
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US and EU frame the ongoing deal between the trading partners and solidify some commitments
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Η αναστολή λειτουργίας 38 σχολείων, Νηπιαγωγείων και Δημοτικών στους τέσσερις νομούς της Ηπείρου είναι η κορυφή του παγόβουνου. Είναι η απτή απόδειξη ενός τόπου που αργοπεθαίνει.. Το αποτέλεσμα της εγκατάλειψης δεκαετιών και της ερήμωσης.
Ολόκληρες επαρχίες δεν έχουν δημοτικό και νηπιαγωγείο εδώ και χρόνια. Τα χωριά κάθε χρόνο μετρούν και λιγότερους κατοίκους.
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in reply to Michael • • •Fun fact: Danish musician & songwriter C. V. Jørgensen wrote a satirical song about wannabe Nazis complaining that "the country's gone to shit" & forming little Nazi communes in Costa Del Sol.
The song, aptly titled "Costa Del Sol", was written & published in 1980. Assholes like these were already a running joke 4 fucking decades ago.
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Unknown parent • • •@peterainbow Aha... I assume you're one of the people in either Benidorm or other place in Spain or Portugal who lives there and thus knows the situation first hand?
Actually, what it says about some Brits and someone else here said abour some Dutch sounds quite realistic.