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“Israel struck with overwhelming force, hitting it with *eight* 2,000-pound bombs… Scores of Palestinians in the area around the compound—which was home to a market, a water source and a soup kitchen serving displaced civilians—were killed and hundreds wounded.”

To Target a Top Militant, Israel Rained Down Eight Tons of Bombsapple.news Huge deployment of firepower, after years of failed attempts to kill Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif, exacted a heavy civilian toll

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it's not that he's changed his mind about trump, really. it's more that he's changed his mind about hitler.

I get that he’s taken it all back, including when he said he feared Trump would be America’s Hitler, but I guess my position is… I have never gone to work for someone I’ve ever in any point in my life compared directly to Adolf Hitler… and it’s a fair question… www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Trump Taps J.D. Vance as Running Matewww.rollingstone.com Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he has selected Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his 2024 running mate.

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Israel killed four more international aid workers on Friday

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It's time to revisit the idea of expanding the Supreme Court, which means it's time to dismiss the misunderstandings about FDR's "Court-packing controversy." kevinmkruse.substack.com/p/unpacking-...

Unpacking the Courtkevinmkruse.substack.com In recent months, the breathtaking radicalism and brazen corruption of the current Supreme Court has reignited the longstanding debate over reforming the Court by expanding the number of Justices. As ...

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The Supreme Court’s ruling putting presidents above the law must be understood not simply as a grant of immunity for past crimes, but an enthusiastic endorsement of those he will commit if given the chance. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

The Supreme Court Gives Its Blessing to Trump’s Criminalitywww.theatlantic.com And gives him permission for a despotic second term.

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TODAY: join us in defending the Internet Archive and protecting libraries!! An important appellate hearing is happening this morning, which you can read all about at the link below. And if you’re in New York and you spot our wheatpaste, please snap a photo and share. www.battleforlibraries.com

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Imagine being such a shitty mayor, the Public Library is calling you out.

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The roadblock. prospect.org/power/2024-0...

The Roadblockprospect.org Tom Tomorrow brings you This Modern World

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Thinking about when my 5yo made this CAN-inspired book at school

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"America could cut nearly 18 percent of pedestrian deaths a year just by capping the hood height of passenger trucks and SUVs at the level of a modest crossover, a new report finds."

Study: Find Out Exactly How Much More Likely a Tall Car Is To Kill You — Streetsblog USAusa.streetsblog.org Mammoth SUVs and pickups are more likely to kill pedestrians — but the danger isn't shared equally between models or walkers.

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Gift link. 🎁 Israel Secretly Targets U.S. Lawmakers With Influence Campaign on Gaza War www.nytimes.com/2024/06/05/t...

Israel Secretly Targets U.S. Lawmakers With Influence Campaign on Gaza Warwww.nytimes.com Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs ordered the operation, which used fake social media accounts urging U.S. lawmakers to fund Israel’s military, according to officials and documents about the effor...

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This process of replacing power lines is called “reconductoring” (because a power line is a conductor of electricity). New power line materials can move almost double the power on the same line. We should be reconductoring everywhere now. In the next inflation reduction act, we need a grid new deal.

New reports show that upgrading those wires on high-voltage lines that already carry power could double the amount of power that can flow through America’s electricity grid.

How a simple fix could double the size of the U.S. electricity gridwww.washingtonpost.com Rewiring miles of power lines could make space for data centers, AI, and a boom in renewables.

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heard u were talkin shit

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these were the strong, troubled, murderous thinkings of the masculine sea

First time a juxtastat question has made me laugh out loud 👍 @kavi.bsky.social

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Neuroscientist, wellness guru and podcasting king Andrew Huberman repromoted an old clip where he discusses the effects of cannabis on the brain and body. Experts in that field were appalled by how much he got wrong:

‘Word Salad’: Andrew Huberman’s Cannabis Claims Slammed by Expertswww.rollingstone.com Andrew Huberman, neuroscientist and podcast superstar, shares misinformation about cannabis, but the experts hit back with data and research

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"The worm in my brain is dead" - a worm controlling the brain of a presidential candidate

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It is true that retrofitting American cities to accommodate people instead of cars will be more challenging in some ways, but it's not the case that cities like Paris and Amsterdam were always as pedestrian friendly as they are now. They got there through deliberate policy choices, and so can we.

Paris’ Seine waterfront used to be completely car-dominated. Fast-forward to today and it’s a beautiful pedestrian reprieve from the city. Change is possible! 📍 Paris, France 2000s 👉 Today

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Israeli precision-guided munition likely killed group of children playing foosball in Gaza, weapons experts say

Israeli precision-guided munition likely killed group of children playing foosball in Gaza, weapons experts say | CNNwww.cnn.com The last time Mona Awda Talla saw her daughter Shahed alive, she was leaving the house to go buy her some cake, wearing pink pants. Moments later, she was dead.

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Absolutely crushing it today Juxtastat 239 5/5 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 juxtastat.org Retrostat Week 23 5/5 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 juxtastat.org#mode=retro

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the Kent State massacre was metabolized as a tragedy in history books, but it was cheered by reactionaries at the time. the fantasy of delivering violence to naive young liberals is foundational to the modern right. they never learned the lesson of Kent State because they never stopped supporting it

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I'd like people to grapple with the fact, and it is a fact, that the "climate doomerism" of the last eight or so years and the activism it inspired have been more successful in pushing climate policy forward as a priority in this country than any other messaging approach.

Did carbon dioxide write this

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Did carbon dioxide write this

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if you thought arm one side and send aid to the other was ridiculous, enjoy arming and sanctioning the same people. we are truly innovating in this space.