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The earliest form of marbling originated in Japan (and possibly China) around the 12th century. Known as Suminagashi or "floating ink"). As the trade routes evolved, the concept traveled to Central Asia, Persia (modern-day Iran). In Türkiye they call it ebru. IG: @thesoftasylum

I also want to add that every single time ICE has physically hurt me, they have grabbed me by my chest. Most of my femme friends have said the same. I will not be surprised if / when we find out about twisted sexual assaults conducted by ICE agents with these gloves.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4d ago

Wow. Proponents of the ICE taser gloves are openly saying that one reason they love the gloves is that they doesn’t leave any marks or proof that they were used, making it harder for people to sue when they’re shocked excessively.

Каква част от софиянци са хора, пристигнали в града през последните 20-25 години поради липса на работа в другите части на страната, 30%?, 20%? И те ли протестират, че едно голямо събитие ще се случи в Бургас, вместо в София?

A potential environmental disaster is unfolding off Oman, where a grounded tanker is leaking sanctioned Russian crude oil in a protected marine area. The tanker carrying about 1 million barrels of oil has created an oil slick estimated at 2,000 square kilometres.

Britain is cutting direct aid by more than 40% to a raft of fragile and conflict-hit states incl South Sudan, Somalia & Afghanistan Overall, Foreign Office appeared to reduce its total intl development spending last year by more than double its initial forecast www.ft.com/content/ef45...

Fragile states in Africa and Middle East hit by more than 40% cut in UK direct aid

Campaigners sound alarm over cuts to development spending pushed through to fund defence investment

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Чакам на гарата, идва нова Шкода влак! Хората се снимат, честитят на кондукторите, кондукторите честитят на тях. Чисто и светло! Един час по-късно на издържам на студа и питам кондуктора не може ли малко да намалят климатика. "Не може! ПитАхме машиниста, така е зададено, не може да се промени!"

Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.

Не знам дали в България има по-мръсен град от Бургас, ама такова безсмислено поливане с маркучи и търкане с четки е сутрин пред някои заведения...

The Pentagon quietly updated its casualty data base, the Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS), adding 140 injured service personnel and also introduced a new casualty category labeled “Overseas Operations” for personnel killed and wounded... TAT: [Controlling information | Undermining democracy]

Pentagon reports more than 600 Iran war casualties in quiet database update

Figures are source of dispute as US defense department days ago reduced record of troops killed and wounded

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🇨🇭 Researchers have copied massive quantities of publicly-available climate and environmental data from NASA onto a Swiss supercomputer to train artificial intelligence models -- and for safekeeping amid US funding cuts. ➡️ u.afp.com/Srpr

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Hard to think of a more deeply damaging start to Burnham’s premiership than giving green light to new oil & gas in N. Sea, if true. It won’t lower bills or lead to greater energy security but will drive an even hotter planet. What a terrible signal to give to rest of the world #ClimateVandalism

BBC Breakfast (@BBCBreakfast) on X

Andy Burnham will announce plans for new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea when he becomes prime minister on Monday, the BBC has been told. The announcement will form part of a flurry of policy m...

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When the market takes over. Ad breaks. Halftime shows. Infantini will change soccer. And yes, it‘s soccer now. Just be glad that he does not allow occasional handballs and full body tackles to make the game sell in the US.

The Times and Sunday Times@thetimes.com · last mo.

The half-time break at the World Cup final is expected to be around 30 minutes long in order to accommodate Fifa’s star-studded show — breaching the maximum time of 15 minutes permitted under the Laws of the Game

I know I’ve mentioned this before but US politicians really should have paid attention to what happened in The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy when they got rid of the phone hygienists.

Scoop: NIH is on a mission to enlist one million Americans to share their genetic data to help with health research through a precision medicine program called “All of Us.” What participants don’t know is that at one research site, Palantir stores the data. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Palantir has a hand in NIH's most ambitious health initiative

The defense tech firm's work with public health data has largely flown under the radar.

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