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I suggest you read this whole thread to see how much the lede has changed over the course of the day. It went from BREAKING BIDEN MIGHT DROP OUT to Correction: Biden hasn't said he'll drop out

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Katie Mack

Even for those who currently have no medical vulnerabilities, or who don’t mask regularly, wearing a mask should be as simple as using an umbrella when it rains or a bandage when you’re bleeding. You can protect yourself from flu season or smoke, or others from your cold. Easy, practical, courteous.

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CHOMPS ELYSEE dying here

Netflix was roundly mocked for releasing their ridiculous shark film as 'Under Paris' instead of the obvious Shark de Triomphe. So they've just released these alternate posters, which I love. #UnderParis

In general this is a fun blog to read, but this seems like a newsworthy new result tritonstation.com/2024/06/18/r...

Rotation curves: still flat after a million light-yearstritonstation.com That rotation curves become flat at large radii is one of the most famous results in extragalactic astronomy. This had been established by Vera Rubin and her collaborators by the late 1970s. There wer...

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one thing i feel the need to add about the llm/ai hype from vcs and ceos, outside of the usual cash grab notices is that you need to understand that execs already engage with creative work by sending prompts and issuing corrections, to them, ai is not having to wait for the humans they already use

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Radical Israeli settlers have expanded their attacks on aid trucks passing through the West Bank this month, blocking food from reaching Gaza as humanitarian groups warn that the enclave is sinking deeper into famine.

Far-right Israeli settlers step up attacks on aid trucks bound for Gazawww.washingtonpost.com The settler groups use a web of publicly accessible WhatsApp groups to track the trucks and coordinate attacks, providing a window into their activities.

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Yeah, it’s not “prying into someone’s politics” when they are literally flying flags about their politics. The Alitos have clearly been hoping someone will ask them about their very cool beliefs and, honestly, it feels rude not to ask them now.

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My offer is this: I will run Tesla and: - release a hot hatchback EV - provide a free Tesla e-bike with every purchase - zero cringe, antisemitic, & racist posts - increase favs and RTs by 23% by Q4 2024

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Elon says due to the “massive influx of illegals” that the coming election will be the “last decided by US citizens.” He claims vote by mail was introduced during the “scamdemic” to enable mass voter fraud. This man’s brain is pickled in the rancid flavors of insurrection juice.

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RFK is the only candidate who believes in lobal worming

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Adding alt txt bc everyone deserves to see this

We gave an entire generation PTSD by letting their schools get shot up, repeatedly, and teaching them that they'd have to save themselves because no one else is coming for them. It's not a wonder they're rioting. They're so fucking sick of the violence.

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I find it weird that newspapers characterize students as being “pro-Palestinian” as opposed to anti whatever you call this.

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The Rafah invasion is beginning. I think we are not prepared for what we will be seeing.

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The USG should buy the Tesla supercharger network, make it open access to all EVs immediately, co-locate energy storage and solar where possible, and run it as virtual power plants as part of national critical infrastructure.

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Down one-sixth in 20 years. We have 20 more to do the other five-sixths. Who's in? LFG.

US energy-related CO2 emissions decreased by 3% in 2023, or ~134 million metric tons, according to the US EIA, with declines in the electric power sector leading the way. www.eia.gov/todayinenerg... 2023 is the first year since the pandemic that US CO2 fell as the economy expanded. 🔌💡 🇺🇸🌎

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I don't know if Greg Abbott or Jay Hartzell were overly earnest 20 year olds, but I was, and I know a goodly number of students at UT and around the country are genuinely distraught that the Palestinians are suffering en masse at the hands of Israel's government and as a result of Hamas' actions.

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Another perspective from the widely demonized USC valedictorian. Notable to me that her “resistance to genocide” minor was not something she made up, as the sneering media portrayed it. dailytrojan.com/2024/04/19/p...

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www.nytimes.com/2024/04/19/o...

Opinion | Xi Thinks China Can Slow Climate Change. What if He’s Right?www.nytimes.com He wants China to win the race to provide climate solutions and assume the global leadership that would come with it.

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ICYMI: I interviewed one of the Google workers who was fired for protesting their contract with Israel. He says the company put the employee protesters on administrative leave mid-protest so they could revoke security badges and charge them with trespassing. Our full convo here:

I spoke with a Google worker fired for protesting a $1.2 billion contract with Israelwww.thehandbasket.co "It was a complete overreaction on their part to not only fire everyone who was and wasn't involved, but then also threaten everyone else in the company who would dare think to stand up against this.....

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Unfortunately Tom Cotton isn't an outlier. High profile Republicans across the country have spent the past several years calling for violence, both in general and against specific percieved enemies. A thread 1/n

Tom cotton now is posting videos of drivers assaulting protestors saying this is how it’s done…. This is starting to spiral out and the moment people act we are going to face a massive inflection point.

On Google finance today DJT—Trump Media stock—had been awarded this badge:

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this is just to say

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