Apparently the US has used up oodles of heavy munitions in the illegal war. Did it get started to boost the fortunes of his buddies that sell munitions?
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Easily-distracted researcher and sometime maker/artist/tinkerer.
For YEARS: “luxury gala tickets from Paramount as the company sought government approval for its $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros/Discovery” FCC Commissioners Face Ethics Complaints for Taking Luxury Gifts From Paramount apple.news/AJuDzjUs4QIy...
FCC Commissioners Face Ethics Complaints for Taking Luxury Gifts From Paramount — ProPublica
Citing a ProPublica report on Paramount providing luxury Kennedy Center gala tickets to FCC officials, the complaints note that commissioners accepted the gifts while the FCC was reviewing or about to...
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Written before Covid showed us that maybe the governments of the world CAN'T be trusted to work together, at least not if their leaders prioritize toadyism over facts. movieweb.com/project-hail...
2026's Biggest Sci-Fi Movie Sets New Release After Its Stratospheric Success
The cosmic masterpiece is dominating the charts once again.
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If even I can tell that someone is wearing a wig, it must be a very bad wig indeed.
If your town turns the Flock cameras off, be sure the connections are tamper-proof. www.lowellsun.com/2026/07/31/l...
Littleton claims Flock reactivated its cameras without notifying the town
Officials claim that five of Littleton’s Flock Safety cameras were switched back on by the company without informing the town after the town temporarily disabled the cameras earlier this year.
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Choice of: Childcare specialist & homemaker with paid secretarial work, Philosophy Professor, Professor of Nutrition, or VP of a paper-manufacturing factory in the hinterlands,
Revan@revan.eurosky.social · 7d agoEnough “what would you do on the commune questions” If you got sent back 100 years and were given your grandparent’s job, what are you doing?
This is the only way that group projects can be fair. Note the Cap'n comments about later speaking with the apparent slacker to find out if there was a legit reason, such as childcare or other difficulties.
Captain Awkward@captainawkward.bsky.social · 5d agoI wrote a whole essay in some poor person’s replies again. This 🧵’s for teachers who deal with group projects and creative fields in the age of the capitalist plagiarism hagfish slime machines.
We bought a new phone for my 82 year old mother today, but discovered as we were setting it up, that the text message font was EXTREMELY SMALL and UNALTERABLE, despite it being marketed as good for senior citizens. Image shows the problem intuitively; I measured the large capital N myself at 2mm.
"Local governments are pushing back against AI data centers. Some AI companies are suing them to force construction — with or without public support." gearjunkie.com/parks-and-pu...
AI Company Sues City for Opposing Data Center Next to National Park
Local governments are pushing back against AI data centers. Some AI companies are suing them to force construction — with or without public support.
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Here is a full list of every state that DOJ had sued and lost for access to their voter file: Arizona California Connecticut Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin
If you search for Unclaimed Property at states you've lived in, go through ALL the lastname listings, because their sorting is universally TERRIBLE. It's clearly not safe for Abigail Smith to assume once the list got to Betsy that she could stop looking for her name. (Also check maiden names.)
Eminient Domain should never be used for for-profit organizations. (I'm sure it often happens. But it shouldn't.) www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
Residents Furious at Plan to Seize and Destroy Their Homes for AI Data Centers
"We don't have a choice in this."
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“I hope people understand that the charges against me are meant to intimidate people,” he said." free signup to read
‘The Government Hopes To Set a Precedent’: An Interview With the Man Charged for Allegedly Wiping His GrapheneOS Phone
The U.S. government has charged Samuel Tunick with allegedly typing in a passcode to wipe his phone before officers could search it. “I hope people understand that the charges against me are meant to ...
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The White House wants warning signs outside the #Smithsonian because it claims Americans are being misled about their own history. So I put one where it belongs. #PoliticalCartoon #EditorialCartoon #TheWhiteHouse #Satire #DrawnAndQuartered
Creating functioning mini-brains from brain tissue donation is quite a significant change from what I would have envisioned, had I been asked to donate my body to science. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Researchers are building computers that run on brain organoids — but have neglected a major ethical issue
People who give tissue samples for biomedical research might have no idea that their cells are being used for biocomputers.
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Wiping your own phone should be legal unless there is an actual crime involved. techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/u...
US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a 'duress' password during border search | TechCrunch
A U.S. citizen has asked a court to throw out the government's claim that he gave over a passcode to border authorities that wiped his phone's data, opening up fresh questions about a person's constit...
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It's not clear if he was arrested, or only removed, but the handcuffs were definitely a step too far. futurism.com/artificial-i...
High School Teacher Arrested for Clapping in Support of Anti-Data Center Activists
A local high school physics teacher was hauled out by four police officers for clapping six times during a city commission meeting.
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It’s really interesting to hear, professional comedians evaluate Trump’s attempts to present a pre-written speech full of jokes. Generally, they’re quite forgiving because they know he isn’t a professional comedian. But he did worse than any random person you could grab off the street.
Trump Brutally Flops at White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Epstein Story Wins Award: A Closer Look
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It's not a disagreement about politics. Itr's a morality/decency thing.
It will surprise no one that he changed his tune when he realized he could get vast amounts of money off of True Believers using crypto. Lots of clips of him saying crypto was a scam and un-American. youtu.be/A9iZ10yIRwM?...
Trump & Crypto: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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Seems reasonable www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/u...
Mitch McConnell health: Republicans eyeing new law against prolonged incapacity, ‘Three strokes and you’re out'
As concerns grow regarding Mitch McConnell's health, members of his party are advocating for established congressional term limits.
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This is, and I am not even joking, going to fuck up so many hyperlexic kids. I got accused of plagiarism because I used the word “porous” in a sixth grade paper and that shit sticks with you, if not on the permanent record, then in the childhood.
Seth Trueger@mdaware.org · 2w agooh come on
Trump is the vessel, not the disease; the product of a system decades in the making, fueled by weakened democratic institutions, and a media ecosystem that too often choses access and complicity over accountability. — “WTF America?! The Way Out of This Hell and Back to Democracy”
The logical endpoint of the American conservative political impulse: pissy HOA behaviors + death squads of otherwise unemployable gun chuds. It's all been leading up to this baby.
Jen Bendery@jbendery.bsky.social · 3w agoNEW: Trump is now threatening to punish Canada for wildfire smoke blowing into the U.S., as a GOP senator intros a bill to sanction Canadian officials “responsible” for the fires driven by climate change. “Insane," says one leading Canadian enviro group. www.huffpost.com/entry/bernie...
“I've never seen a single piece of credible evidence that..." --> This is usually a confession of your lack of research skills, NOT a damning statement about quality of evidence.
After Years of Delays, E. Jean Carroll Is Finally Paid "A separate $83.3 million defamation judgment against Trump in a different Carroll case remains under appeal." msmagazine.com/2026/06/05/t...
After Years of Delays, E. Jean Carroll Is Finally Paid
President Donald Trump has paid writer E. Jean Carroll $5.6 million after exhausting his appeals in the civil case in which a federal jury found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming her. The p...
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