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Andor Season 2 | Special Look | Streaming April 22 on Disney+ www.youtube.com/watch?v=feJS... #Andor #StarWars

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@Firefly_Space made us wait for a couple of days, but it was well worth it! Check out this historic footage of the first 100% successful commercial mission to the Moon! @NASA made a good gamble with CLPS! youtu.be/m3YvZKJ54WM

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Traveling at the Speed of Light may be fast, but traveling very close to the Speed of light is even faster! A team of engineers, led by a @NASA scientist, may have figured out how to do it, and the ideal shape for their Starship? A flying saucer! youtu.be/37R_rgh-UNQ

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain and President Emmanuel Macron of France have been prodding and counseling President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on how to deal with President Trump after their confrontational meeting in the Oval Office.

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Vanguard-class submarine back into Faslane this afternoon. Via: Sheila Weir

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President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico made major concessions — and delivered results — to avert President Trump’s 25% tariffs. He imposed them anyway. Now she says Mexico will go ahead with countermeasures, including retaliatory taxes, to be announced on Sunday if Trump’s tariffs remain in effect.

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Welcome to the Post-American World 🌍 #AmericaLast #UkraineWar

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Some #MAGA folks criticizing Ukraine for its manpower shortages and "shocking" Napoleonic era Royal Navy-like press gangs, fail to understand what conscription means, seeming to think that wars should be fought by Clone Troopers led by Space Wizards 🙄 #UkraineWar www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX-d...

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DOGE Claims Credit for Killing Contracts That Were Already Dead. Elon Musk’s group claimed credit for canceling procurement agreements that had been completed years earlier, the latest in a string of public errors on its site. #DOGE #ElonMusk #Trump #Dumb www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...

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You can't appease an aggressive dictator bent on conquest, you can only deter them through strength, by halting their expansion, putting a price on their military aggression that is too high for them to pay. Peace at any price is a false peace, it's the road to a greater war. #Ukraine #NATO #EU #USA

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"First, we need a lasting peace in Ukraine. But it can only be achieved through strength. Second: We need a massive surge in European Defence." — European Commission Chief, Ursula von der Leyen #NATO #EU #Ukraine www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHFp...

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged more military aid, as well as the possibility of weapons and boots on the ground, to secure peace in Ukraine.

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Stew's High Speed Rail News March 2025 | CAHSR Brightline West Northeast Corridor Texas Central www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_bu... #HSR #HighSpeedRail #HighSpeedTrain #Railways

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Portsmouth Naval Shipyard workers brace for mass layoffs in DOGE rescaling plan. The Department of Defense says naval shipyard employees are required to respond to an email from Elon Musk by Monday night. www.newscentermaine.com/article/news... #Navy #DOGE 🛟 @mercoglianos.bsky.social

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Scenes from "Bon Voyage" 1962 Walt Disney film www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogUK... #SSUnitedStates 🛟 @mercoglianos.bsky.social

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More than a dozen injured after cruise ship hits rough seas | 9 News Australia 🌊🤮🛟 www.youtube.com/watch?v=B27F... @mercoglianos.bsky.social

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Perhaps it's time for the film "Seven Days in May" to go from fiction to reality, except that the General is actually the real hero of the story ☹️ "He who saves the country breaks no laws" — Donald J Trump

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USS Harry S Truman Repaired and Underway in the Red Sea | MV Besiktas-M offloading in Romania An update on the damage to USS Harry S #Truman and MV #Besiktas-M involved in a collision off Port Said, Suez Canal on February 12, 2025. youtu.be/sYzftkczJ4o

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Zelensky has thanked the United States on numerous occasions since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022 – expressing gratitude to Trump and Biden, to members of Congress from both parties, to US defense companies and their employees, and to the American people.

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read @gabydvj.bsky.social's extremely cursed report from cpac, a conference that has managed to increase its emissions of cursed vibes despite dwindling attendance and diminishing relevance on the right www.theverge.com/policy/62089...

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#RIP Gene Hackman who has passed away at the age of 95. Before launching an award-winning acting career that included roles in CRIMSON TIDE (1995) and BEHIND ENEMY LINES (2001), Hackman served with the Marines in Tsingtao in 1948 to protect U.S. interests from communist forces.

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This phenomenon known as a "planet parade," will feature Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune all present at the same time along a line in the night sky on Friday, NASA says.

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Conceptional Dual-Mode Avelia Liberty High Speed Trainset utilizing lightweight/high-power gas-turbines for operating over unelectrified track. Using Renewable Diesel as fuel could keep net-carbon emissions very low 🍃 #HSR #HighSpeedTrain #HighSpeedRail #Alstom #Trains

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Trump’s federal firings reach Steamtown National Historic Site. Three of those workers held maintenance and custodial roles. Two held mechanical apprenticeship positions. www.citizensvoice.com/2025/02/23/o... #steamtown #elonmusk #doge #trains #railroad #nationalparks

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The news follows a new study showing that St. Pancras has “untapped potential” and could increase existing international passenger capacity from 1,800 by up to nearly 5,000 people per hour. www.euronews.com/travel/2025/... #highspeedrail #HSR #europe #uk

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Governor Hochul Announces Metro-North to Operate First-In-the-Nation Battery-and Electric-Powered Locomotives for Penn Station Access www.governor.ny.gov/news/governo... #MetroNorthRailroad #metronorth #batterypowered #electric

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Chinese company that set deadline for single workers to get married responds after backlash

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Cost of doing oligarcy www.threads.net/@bloombergbu...

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Does Elon Musk Still Care About Selling Cars? Mr. Musk, one of President Trump’s main advisers, has not outlined a plan to reverse falling sales at the electric car company of which he is chief executive. 🚗⚡ #Tesla #ElonMask www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/b...

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Weird Painting... OK, all of it is weird 🤪 #ElonMusk #DARKMAGA

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‘It’s 2025 and insurance just keeps getting worse’: Doctor’s video goes viral #AmericanHealthCare #healthinsurance www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsvA...

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Some today seem to have little grasp for the weight of history, including history that wasn't that long ago. My grandfather fought and was seriously wounded in WW2 thanks to clownish idiots in Germany, Italy, and Japan. "The past is never dead. It's not even past." — William Faulkner

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This is how it’s done.

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Europe provides about as much direct aid to Ukraine as the United States. European loans to Ukraine are backed by income from frozen Russian assets, not Ukraine. isw.pub/UkraineFacts...

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Ukraine did not misuse or lose half of the aid the United States has provided. Ukraine repeatedly invited Putin to negotiate in early 2022. isw.pub/UkraineFacts...

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Harry Enten: “Last day and change has been the worst day of polling for Donald Trump during his entire 2nd term in office. What am I talking about? CNN -5, GALLUP -6, IPSOS -7, Q-PAC -4. These four polls tell a consistent story that his net approval is negative.” 🎥: 1/2

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Nice Evening view of SS United States at sea lit up... for last time 🥲 www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_Wr... #SSUnitedStates #Oceanliner @mercoglianos.bsky.social

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SS United States Leaving Philadelphia Drone Footage 4K www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLPL... #SSUnitedStates #Oceanliners 🌊⚓🛟

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