refs a lot of CONCACAF games = has seen a lot of fuckery

The Left(s) should get onboard with a massive expansion of public libraries across the country over the next 25 years. This is an affirmative project.

Asking how people can partake in joyful acts during a period of immense suffering leads me to believe this is your first time at the suffering rodeo.

45 years ago today. Buried on page 20 on a holiday Friday just like this one, news that changed the world. www.nytimes.com/1981/07/03/u...

RARE CANCER SEEN IN 41 HOMOSEXUALS (Published 1981)

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Cabo Verde was heroic. Never to be forgotten

Absolutely insane that Cape Verde — a country of 500,000 — played Spain, Uruguay and Argentina…and lost to none of them in regulation. Easily one of the greatest performances in World Cup history.

SecDef Hegseth had "described the [flu] vaccine requirement, which he lifted in April, as an 'absurd, overreaching' mandate." Now ~160 are sick, & a "trainee in his sixth week of basic training died after falling ill on Friday." 1/2 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...

Scores Fall Ill at Air Force Base After Hegseth Makes Flu Vaccine Optional

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Listened to an NPR story this morning about mass child starvation in Senegal without a single mention of Elon Musk, the guy who gleefully created the conditions for the mass starvation

Les banques rationnent l’usage de l’IA, terrifiées par les coûts qu’elle engendre

Les banques rationnent l’usage de l’IA, terrifiées par les coûts qu’elle engendre

La multiplication des agents d’intelligence artificielle bouleverse le modèle économique du secteur. Le Crédit agricole crée une entreprise chargée de lui fournir des outils d’IA, afin de s’assurer que leurs coûts n’excèdent pas les économies générées.

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If it gets its way, the US House would drastically reduce funding for transit & rail systems. The House's proposed legislation—supported by GOP & Dems—would cut overall authorized transit funding by 15% compared to the current law, and reduce potential funding for projects like new lines by 45%.

Congress’s Transportation Reauthorization Bill Would Drastically Underfund Transit and Rail Projects

As currently drafted, BUILD America 250 would likely reinforce the United States’ car dependence, depriving Americans of affordable travel options and degrad…

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This might be one of the most insane scandals in game history When Pokemon Go players scan PokeStops, theyve been unknowingly building a detailed visual model of the world which is being sold to a military contractor to build a no-GPS positioning for the new generation of unmanned killing machines

It's all just overtly blatant. With their grifting there are NO COINCIDENCES.

Rep. Jamie Raskin is demanding that Kash Patel submit to an alcohol abuse screening: "For the sake of our own security, we need to know, for example, 'how many drinks containing alcohol do you have on a typical day when you are drinking'?"

House Democrats launch Patel probe, demand he submit to alcohol abuse screening

If the beleaguered FBI director was hoping the allegations about his alleged drinking problem would be a one-day story, he has reason to be disappointed.

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The effects of -isms (communism, colonialism, imperialism) on ethnic minority identity formation in Russia and Morocco

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In honor of me reading all of these thesis proposals, what was *your* senior thesis about?

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.

Disgusting. This is why mass pardoning people for politics is never a good idea.

It’s infuriating when a woman comes forward about a man raping her in his hotel room after drinking and the response is “Why would she go to his room?” “Why would she drink with him?” This is Mike Pence logic. Women should be allowed to hang out with men without expecting they will be raped.

The president’s new attorney general today swore that not one single more Epstein file would be released. This is probably because the last AG got fired because she released credible allegations against the president by a 13-year-old child.

Turned on NBC. They talked about “President tipping a DoorDash driver $100”. This woman participated in GOP ads before playing other roles. There is no DoorDash deliveries to the Oval Office. Please exercise proper judgement when consuming news.

Pam Bondi didn’t show up for her hearing today, despite our subpoena. We’re going to begin contempt proceedings. It’s time to hold these people accountable to the laws we passed in Congress.

BREAKING: Maryland is about to become the first state in the nation to ban the use of surveillance data and dynamic pricing at grocery stores. The Maryland House has just passed the Protection from Predatory Pricing Act. Governor Wes Moore plans to sign the bill.

Hey US Air Force targeting analyst, if they’re saying “find me all the desalination plants“ that’s a big old illegal order and war crime target and you don’t want no part of that

Had to listen to every commentator, journalist and media outlet frame a history of occupation around returning hostages but now as Israel legalizes executing Palestinian prisoners—who they kidnap for any reason, and can keep for however long, from child to elder— there’s nothing.

Four-byline alert: 🚨 “.. A broker for Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, attempted to make a big investment in major defence companies in the weeks leading up to the US-Israeli attack on Iran, according to three people familiar with the matter.” www.ft.com/content/744e...

Cops in Laredo were tired of Priscilla Villarreal reporting stories they did not like. In 2017, they arrested her for texting two questions to a source in the police department. She sued, but a lower court gave the cops qualified immunity. The Supreme Court rejected her appeal this week.

Texas Police Arrested This Journalist For Asking Questions. No Problem, Says the Supreme Court

The justices’ decision sends a chilling message to journalists who report stories that powerful people do not like.

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Over a 30 year period, Donald Trump has filed over 4,000 lawsuits. That breaks down to a lawsuit every 2.5 days. And never once has he sued someone for calling him a p3dophile. He'll sue you for calling him broke, but not for calling him that. Just thought it was curious.

Jaw-dropping admission by DOJ to court. DOJ admits to having repeatedly made "material mistaken" representations to judge - ICE never had authority (under 2025 Guidance) to conduct arrests at immigration courthouses! DOJ admits court "relied on...prior misrepresentations." DOJ blames ICE (page 2)

Seven-word death punch

So it turns out Reform are laundering their donations through crypto, before converting them into cash, hiding the original source of the money. So who is really funding Nigel Farage and Reform UK? observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Reform accused of using third party to turn crypto into c...

Digital currency donations have been turned into sterling to make them much less easy to track, sources say

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