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I like cats. Except catturd, who is just a turd. From Singapore, semi-frequent traveller to the US with family and friends there
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Breaking news: US tariffs of 50% on steel and aluminium have come into force, doubling President Donald Trump's existing levies on the sectors www.ft.com/content/2c41...

"The shock and awe of his early days has given way to a grinding of gears, a political program that, because of widespread resistance, is becoming more sound than fury," writes former executive director of Human Rights Watch Kenneth Roth.

#Bihar | It was only after some politicians intervened that the minor was admitted at around 5 pm on Saturday, the girl's uncle claimed, adding that she died on Sunday morning. Read more: scroll.in/latest/10830...

Poland presidential election 2025: right-wing candidate Karol Nawrocki wins, official results show – live

Liz Truss has been slammed for appearing in a video with a bare-knuckle boxer who served time in prison for a 'horrendous' attack on a 78-year-old man.

Trump rejects accusations of ‘always backtracking’: ‘I have imposed record tariffs’

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been called "Trump before there was a Trump." Here's why his reshaping of Hungary's political institutions inspires U.S. conservatives.

reputable medical journals keep saying that RFK and his pro-disease friends are full of shit and so naturally they must be shunned www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

The Department of Veterans Affairs, the government’s second-largest agency, serving some of America’s most vulnerable citizens, is set to lose 83,000 employees under the Trump administration’s cutbacks.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/u...

Science is an economic driver in Hamilton, Mont., thanks to Rocky Mountain Laboratories, a federal research lab. Now, layoffs and funding cuts are having an impact in this town far from Washington.

A British man who served 38 years in prison for murder had his conviction overturned on Tuesday after forensic evidence from the crime scene was tested and found not to match his DNA.

the way you sleep when you have no job, no responsibilities, free meals and treats whenever you want them

Damn! The legal term for this motion to dismiss is "badass". 1/

New Zealand MPs who performed haka in parliament given unprecedented punishment

OMG 😂

China says ready to improve Canada ties after Carney win - https://www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/china-ready-improve-canada-ties-pm-mark-carney-win-election-5096656

FBI Claims Gavel, Black Gowns Prove Ties To MS-13 Gang theonion.com/fbi-cla...

UPS expects to cut 20,000 jobs this year and close facilities as it dramatically reduces shipments for Amazon.

Really interesting story on bacterial metabolism and enzymes that may be involved in steroid metabolism - including from Karen Sfanos at Johns Hopkins. 🧪https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-025-01979-9

Only four weeks to go before our early-bird registration closes! 🧪🌍

The dumbassery is on 10 these days. So you want to abolish the Department of Education but destroy medical training in this country, when we have a racist healthcare system whose effects I see on a daily basis? #medsky #academicsky #blacksky #blackmedsky

Chasten and I are relieved that Governor Shapiro and his family are safe. While we wait to learn more, this much is clear: the targeting of a public official and his family - especially a prominent Jewish official on a major Jewish holiday - is unconscionable and has no place in our country.

The divergence here from two companies with *very* similar customer bases is pretty wild, you do not see this sort of thing happen at scale very often.

I helped! www.retailbrew.com/stories/2025...

This is to the shame of our country

Xi warns protectionism 'leads nowhere' as he starts Southeast Asia tour - https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/xi-jinping-china-warns-protectionism-leads-nowhere-starts-southeast-asia-tour-5064086

US Justice Dept disbands cryptocurrency enforcement unit - https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/us-justice-dept-disbands-cryptocurrency-enforcement-unit-5052056

I think at this point, the only country trump hasn't pissed off is Russia.

Trump set to deport Ukranian refugees www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

#philsky #academicsky #edusky

Breaking News: The Senate confirmed Russell Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget, putting in place a Project 2025 architect.

Sen Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) letter to chair of Senate Judiciary Cmte, which is poised to vote on confirmation of Kash Patel: “We regret that you have rejected our efforts to inquire into the first-ever invocation of Fifth Amendment protection by a nominee seeking to lead the FBI”

My hobbies include eating and also thinking about the next time I will be eating.

I also think we should get in the habit of rousing choruses of America the Beautiful, the Star Spangled Banner, and The Battle Hymn of the Republic, partially because that shit looks good to people who see it and partially to inoculate soldiers against treating us as an insurrection

d o w n l o a d i n g

Trump and the GOP just gutted a major Catholic charity but apparently it’s liberals and Democrats who are anti-Christian and anti-Church

God bless