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The perception of an inevitable fascist victory in Europe is largely just the wishcasting of mainstream media publications saying that fascist victory is inevitable. See how the BBC spins National Rally's loss.

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bad luck for biden to run in an electoral cycle where "are you old" is the most important issue instead of in one of the cycles where email security procedures or accuracy of vietnam war medal citations was the most important issue in the country.

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Shane M. Bailey

There seems to be little to no concern about copying normal people’s work, but when it’s about copying another *corporation’s* work, apparently that is where it crosses a line :-/

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I love it when a coffee shop owner insists that the one parking space the city is gonna remove will tank their business and if you study the space it turns over max 4-5 times a day. If your coffee shop is gonna fail over 5 potential customers you don’t have a business.

There's simply no scenario where he becomes more of a danger than the alternative.

Biden’s Lapses Are Said to Be Increasingly Common and Worrisomewww.nytimes.com People who have spent time with President Biden over the last few months or so said the lapses appear to have grown more frequent, more pronounced and, after Thursday’s debate, more worrisome.

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🧵 In 2020, I nearly died from mysterious industrial chemical exposure at my apartment. Later, I discovered my employer was dumping toxic waste into our windows from their Skunkworks semiconductor fab next-door. I tipped off US EPA, who then raided them in 2023. EPA sent me the report on Friday. 💀 ⬇️

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We're not done, you guys. There's more! However, if you feel like you just got a strong whiff of Apple's poison gas & you need a moment to catch your breath; I'll just leave this right here as a reminder of how important it is that we protect each other.

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"I think that when we see a multi-billion-dollar corporation, hiring a multi-billion-dollar US law firm to go after environmental charities for legal costs, we do have to ask whether people ought to be protected from this type of legal strategy." www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06...

'Litigate you to death': Gas giant uses new tactic which could sink environmental dissenterswww.abc.net.au Santos is pursuing the climate movement through the courts after winning a challenge brought by traditional owners against a massive gas project. Experts warn it could help spell the end of public int...

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This a fun interview with an English cycling announcer here (starts at about 8:00) in which he explains that now the Tour de France gives the announcers a sites guide so they know what to talk about & have all the factlets ready to go 😂 99percentinvisible.org/episode/mini...

Mini-Stories: Volume 14 - 99% Invisible99percentinvisible.org In our final mini-story set of the season, explore French architectural history through the worlds most famous cycling race; parse fact from fiction in a tale of Benjamin Franklin’s prodigious reputat...

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if Biden wants to stay in the race he needs to do this. Just flood the zone with media appearences and get people used to stammering old guy Biden as something that's normal (or ideally a better version where he's not stammering old guy). Hiding out won't work.

I think the opposite. He should be going on TV a lot, ideally to announce big new policies

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This is a wild stat

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In 10 years there will be a vast gaping cultural void of basically everything that was ever posted online between 2002 and 2026. Like a quarter century of media, deliberately turned to dust and ashes.

There seems to be a huge increase in spammy accounts here recently. They could be legit but I very much doubt it.

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Just came across an amazing essay: 'The Lost Wood' (1925) by H. M. Tomlinson. It describes the environmental effects of new roads following the advent of the motor car: 'petrol is even dissolving the face of the English landscape'. Rachel Carson was a fan. #envhum ibiblio.org/eldritch/hmt...

A Lost Wood, by H.M. Tomlinson ibiblio.org A Lost Wood, by H.M. Tomlinson

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Even as they were paying off death squads, Chiquita was: *Rainforest Alliance certified *Winning Social Accountability Int'l's top award for "Social Conscience" *An Ethical Trading Initiative member "Corporate responsibility" is a smokescreen for corporate abuses. inthesetimes.com/article/chiq...

The Landmark Ruling Against Chiquita Exposes the Failure of Voluntary “Corporate Social Responsibility”inthesetimes.com Chiquita’s financing of a Colombian paramilitary group while claiming a reputation as a “responsible corporate citizen” shows the need for robust civil society institutions.

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would i still be making art if money didnt exist IT WOULD BE BASICALLY ALL I DO????

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Reuters confirms details of Israeli forces strapping wounded Palestinian to the hood of a jeep like a trophy deer: www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Israeli forces strap wounded Palestinian to jeep during raidwww.reuters.com Israeli army forces strapped a wounded Palestinian man to the hood of the military jeep during an arrest raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Saturday.

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Our tech overlords would like to make clear that your fantasies of universal health care and affordable housing are childish while their fantasies of infinite energy to power their AI girlfriends are reasonable expectations and will come true imminently. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

AI is exhausting the power grid. Tech firms are seeking a miracle solution.www.washingtonpost.com Some data centers need as much energy as a small city, turning companies that promised a clean energy future into some of the most insatiable guzzlers of power

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It's good to remember that this pollution event was the choice of Norfolk Southern so that they could get the trains running a few days sooner. Poisoned a whole lot of the country for that.

Pollution from East Palestine train derailment rained down in 16 states, study sayswww.washingtonpost.com People closer to the accident reported rashes, nausea and headaches — but the study author said the low concentrations farther away from the accident weren’t “toxic, but are pretty unusual at a lot of...

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we are all calvin's dad

I am an engineer and have this same thought about the speed of work when drawings were done by hand and not on the computer and that was way less than 200 years ago.

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So much confusion caused by people in politics thinking "conservative values" are stuff like "respect for honor and duty and patriotism" when they're actually "respect for power, wealth and violence." Former view would leave you mystified, latter view explains McCain and Kerry's humiliation

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Am sure this will get as much coverage as the Stonehenge thing

Protestors arrested in UK for 'spraying paint over jets'www.rte.ie Two people have been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage after appearing to spray orange paint over private jets at Stansted Airport.

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Sweet Jesus. www.cnn.com/business/liv...

‘I know it happens’: Boeing chief admits the company has retaliated against whistleblowers | CNN Businesswww.cnn.com The outgoing chief of the embattled airplane maker is testifying in the wake of a whistleblower’s allegations of safety issues.

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Even when "all the wealthy people will domicile in other states to avoid the tax!" proves empirically to be false by passing the tax and observing what happens afterwards, they still are like "what if it's true tho"

The recent news from Massachusetts revenue officials that they collected about $1.8 billion this year from the so-called "millionaires tax" sparked chatter: Is the windfall great financial news — or a precursor to an exodus of wealthy residents?

Other states eye Mass. millionaires tax — for windfall or wealth exoduswww.wbur.org States considering wealth tax proposals, like Pennsylvania and Vermont, are taking note of Massachusetts' revenue gains. But at home, the question of whether the voter-approved Fair Share Amendment is...

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I am once again asking you to consider that an entire information ecosystem established as the primary form of communication over a hundred years and allegedly regulated by the federal government was destroyed by scammers virtually overnight and we just don’t, like, ever talk about it

The first rule of avoiding scam calls is to never answer unknown numbers, and even some known ones. Curious? Bored? Worried it’s an emergency? Wait the extra minute it takes for the call to go to voice mail, then decide if it’s legitimate.

Sick of scams? Stop answering your phone.www.washingtonpost.com Phone scams are still hugely popular — and they depend entirely on people curious enough to answer.

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"I think it was the old ex-president of Nintendo, Iwata-san, who said that 'people who are afraid of losing their jobs are afraid of making good things.' I'm paraphrasing that, but I totally share this view," Miyazaki said.

FromSoftware boss addresses gaming industry layoffs: 'As long as this company's my responsibility, I would not let that happen'www.pcgamer.com Hidetaka Miyazaki describes FromSoftware's relationship with parent company Kadokawa and references Satoru Iwata's perspective on layoffs.

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly

There is a meta-narrative to be had about how much Twitter has created the perfect petri dish for these people to thrive, but tbh I can't be arsed to describe something that every single normal person on that site has known since Elon took over: that place is fucking cooked.

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Analysis: What record global heat means for breaching the 1.5C warming limit | @hausfath.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/4bXAlAZ

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Joshua J. Friedman

Hochul then heard muttering "ok what else do these peasants like"

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Justin Mikulka

What does that mean for the US oil industry? “Pioneer currently has roughly 5,706 wells in the Midland Basin, with the bulk of those high quality, with breakevens ranging from $60.15/b-$71.71/b. Exxon has roughly 1,907 wells in the Midland....those have breakevens ranging from $67.84/b-$84.05/b"

The Media is Helping Spread Oil Industry Myths Againpowering-the-planet.ghost.io [J]ournalists must also be careful not to believe everything people say. Sometimes, people are mistaken. Sometimes, people lie.’