Usili

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He/him. Jewish. Fan of spaceflight, railroads, model railroads, etc.

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And they got one hell of a photo op out of it, too

Meanwhile eight states, seven Democratic trifectas (CA, CO, MA, ME, MI, MN, NM) and Vermont, took a lesson from the pandemic and made universal free school meals permanent.

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eBay find of the day: A gorgeously kitbashed building flat of a Domino Sugar factory: www.ebay.com/itm/11623539...

my one spicy take re:[gestures broadly] is that a lot of discussion does not feel out of place from people calling their local sports radio station with wild ideas and the like

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Mathilde Panot, President of the La France Insoumise in Parliament which is part of the New Popular Front that just shocked the world, says that France will recognize a Palestinian state in the next two weeks.

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When the France election results are good

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War Takes

There will be defeats, there will be victories, but the fight against the global far-right marches ever onward.

French exit poll news and which seems a good sign

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lmao, they’re running from *threads*? PG-rated twitter? twitter for people who can’t fight? lol

Wow. @nytimes.com has closed their Threads account and left the platform after days of getting just shredded in the replies for their handling of Biden post debate. Now they're getting dog piled on Instagram for running from Threads.

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..and now it’s time for Sunday Science..

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Posting accomplishes lots of things. It has broken more brains more thoroughly than ergot poisoning, for example

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"The latest estimates suggest that roughly 2% of all Russian men aged between 20 and 50 may have been either killed or severely wounded in Ukraine since the start of the full-scale war." Jesus

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The Party of Intentionally Starving Children

The governors of a dozen Republican-led states — AL, AK, FL, GA, IA, MS, OK, SC, SD, TX, UT, WY — opted out of a new federal food assistance program, leaving about 9.5 million students without the aid this summer

Republican-led states are blocking summer food benefits for hungry familieswww.usatoday.com Money for food is especially tight for families in a dozen states where Republican lawmakers declined to accept federal food assistance.

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apparently a single company controls 95 percent of the ice cream truck music box market. and all the songs on it are public domain!? thehustle.co/the-company-...

The company that has a monopoly on ice cream truck musicthehustle.co How a small, family-owned electronics company came to control 97% of the ice cream truck music market.

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“They want to eliminate national parks” is a very simple way to get just about anyone on the Stop Project 2025 train. Are there much more glaring and life-threatening goals of P25? Yes but even your most bigoted cousin does not want to see the parks system sold for parts.

This!! Start with “they want to end no fault divorce, sell national parks, and ban porn” end with tax structure.

so whats with the ttrpg stuff right now in terms of bot

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watching the first BEVERLY HILLS COP and it is always shocking to remember that eddie murphy was 22 when he filmed this. the guy acts on screen like he’s never not been a movie star. it’s extraordinary.

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oh God yes, if Jim Cantore comes to your town FOR THE LOVE OF GOD GET OUT!

Truth. (Artist unknown.) #beryl

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13/ To put some numbers to this, polling prior to 2008 had extremely high response rates, and pollsters were flipping their shit that in 2008 their response rate, P(R), was down to 30%. Many polls we're seeing now have P(R) down under 1%. The real analysis is more complex, but this is the idea.

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It’s the penalties thing that truly suggests Labour have the Mandate of Heaven.

Since Starmer became PM, British F1 drivers have qualified 1-2-3 at the British GP for the first time ever, and England have actually won a penalty shoot-out. Labour fixing things already.

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person I know was prescribed ozempic and was told "while youre on it don't eat fatty rich foods or you will feel sick" and responded by going straight from the clinic to Dairy Queen and ordering 2 blizzards because "they don't get to tell me what to eat" never change, America

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KT, formerly Korea Telecom, has been accused of deliberately infecting 600,000 of its own customers with malware to reduce peer-to-peer file sharing traffic. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/when...

When Regulation Encourages ISPs to Hack Their Customerswww.lawfaremedia.org The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare.

god, my cats are the cutest thing in the world

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HiPOD: The White Cliffs of Rover This image reminds us of the rugged and open terrain of a stark shore-line. A close-up in enhanced color produces a striking effect, giving the impression of a cloud-covered cliff edge with foamy waves crashing against it. uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_05... #Mars

so something I am kind of curious and feel like asking if you could somehow enact three kinds of policies tomorrow what would they be

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Granted I’m a big prisons nerd, but still, it’s been a whole day, and I’m really surprised at how happy this has made me. A day on and I’m elated by it. (Timpson was also chair of the Prison Reform Trust.)

For those who don't know: this is James Timpson of Timpson key cutters/shoe repairs/dry cleaners. His company employs ex-convicts and even runs work training programmes in prisons. Genuinely inspired choice.

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“Almost the entire population”

Nearly 2 million people have been displaced in Gaza – almost the entire population – after the Israeli military last week ordered a further 80,000 people to evacuate parts of Gaza City amid a renewed ground operation, the latest UN figures show.

Almost entire population in Gaza now displaced amid fresh Israeli offensive | CNNwww.cnn.com Nearly 2 million people have been displaced in Gaza – almost the entire population – after the Israeli military this week ordered a further 80,000 people to evacuate parts of Gaza City amid a renewed ...

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an entire movement of wicked people who celebrate wickedness

As a side note, this is John McEntee, Trump's Director of White House Personnel and the primary architect of Project 2025. On Tik Tok he said he gives counterfeit bills to homeless people so they will be arrested when they go to spend them.

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We go live to Ed Davey:

BREAKING: The final result from the UK #GeneralElection is in, with the Liberal Democrats winning the Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire seat. The result means the Lib Dems have finished with 72 seats. Sky's @BethRigby has more ⬇️ https://trib.al/Rx0iR33 📺 Sky 501