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Free/Open Source believer. Recovering github user. Engineering/Mathematics/Piano

Walz: "I couldn't help but think, and it scares me a bit -- 'The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most important directive.' It certainly feels like that in this moment."

Most Spanish words come from Latin, but did you know there are 2 different types? Words inherited from spoken Latin vs. words borrowed from written Latin during the Middle Ages and after. Some words took both routes, creating doublets. Here’s episode 3 of my 10-part doublet series. Next: Italian.

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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted. If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.

What do cabbage, kale, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, collard greens & kohlrabi have in common? If you said "they're the same species of plant, selected for different qualities", you're correct! Let's talk about the chameleon of the vegetable world, the Brassica!🧪

All of these plants are varieties of cabbage:  kohlrabi, cauliflower, etc.

Photo by Coyau, Wikimedia Commons

Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back. This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008. Also bigger than the 2024 DNC. And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).

AOC and Bernie in front of the rally crowd in DenverZoomed out crowd shot of 34,000 people in downtown Denver with Colorado mountains in the background

Imagine DOGE opens your mail and finds your household electric bill. To eliminate this cost, they burn your house down without warning. Then they total up the bills that, as a homeless person, you will never again pay. On its website, DOGE boasts about the money it has saved you.

Det mest trønderska som hände mig den här veckan var när en snubbe från Kvål gick direkt i baren från en 10-rätters fisk- och skaldjursmiddag och beställde "en kahlua og potetgull" 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

We have been careful to avoid using the word coup, but it’s time to call it what it is—this is a coup. Trump signed an executive order granting only the attorney general or the president the authority to interpret laws executed by the executive branch.

Not gonna lie: watching the baltics synchronize with UTCE is kinda cool. Having the mains frequency open on my second monitor for the last few hours. Kinda rare to see systems do that kind of thing. (Good reminder that modern infrastructure is amazing)

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We worked for months with USAID to build an $85,000,000 project to end TB in two regions of the Philippines. The project is funded by private money, the Philippine government, and matching USAID funds. It could provide a blueprint for eliminating TB worldwide--except it's...not happening.

Jag tror vi genomlever början på slutet för imperiet USA. Det är en rätt läskig grej, det lär bli våldsamma konvulsioner. I senaste avsnittet av djupt centristiska podden ”The Rest Is Politics” gick de igenom Trumps första vecka som president och det var rätt hårresande. Jag tror folk som själva >