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Another disapproving post

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This is bleak reading

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, posted photos on Sunday of himself and his grandchildren swimming in a contaminated Washington creek where swimming is not allowed because it is used for sewer runoff.

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For everyone who was like “Google search is getting worse,” we were absolutely right.

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How the UK works. Johnson attempts Indian trade deal, fails, personally brings in COVID Delta Variant as part of the negotiations. Thousands die. UK Press - Boris the hero. Starmer succeeds in a historic deal. No one dies. UK Press - Starmer gives scandalous concessionary gifts to Evil Browns.

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India at war with Pakistan? If you ever doubted that #OriginStory was your go-to source for everything that matters today, may we present… 1] #Partition – What you need to know – Part One

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No idea...

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The next #HOMER 11 is coming along nicely and for the first time ever its fully independent, cloud native and serverless friendly. Powered by DuckDB and Parquet it decouples compute and storage before they even hit a DB - only used for reading and compacting. I can't wait to present the final H11 🔥

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The cruelty is the point. The banal, vicious, performative cruelty. Turns out ‘anti-woke’ just meant anti-decency, anti-humanity & anti-rule of law.

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On revenues of $348 billion annually they probably won't lose any sleep. www.rte.ie/news/busines...

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Tube Carriage (around 1950) Edward Bainbridge Copnall.

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So if you've been sitting back watching Americans constantly phoning and emailing their representatives to stop the daily Trumping, this might be a good time for you to contact your local TDs and let them know you'd prefer we didn't import that nonsense here. www.thejournal.ie/revocation-o...

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US Trump regime media

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‘Well Done, Old Man!’ Russian State TV Revels in Trump Having ‘Destroyed Trust’ in the Economy — Calls for a Monument to Be Built in His Honor www.mediaite.com/news/well-do...

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I guess putting someone capable of bankrupting casinos in charge of the largest economy in the world wasn't a good idea.

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That's an expensive lawnmower 😂 #f1 never change Max.

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At least in the UK the Conservatives gave Liz her p45 when she 'liberated' the UK economy. No sign of any grown ups in the Republican party at all.

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Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know

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I’ve seen a lot of revolutions over the decades, and many have started off with overconfident actions like Erdoğan’s arrest of his main opponent, the Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu. Erdoğan is in trouble, and he’ll have to be really careful now.

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"We wanted to see Hayes electrical substation which is famous not just in Europe, but in the whole world"

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All he had to do was stay quiet and not do nazi salutes on global TV events. electrek.co/2025/03/14/t...

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Happy anniversary to Ireland accidentally legalising drugs to all those who observe

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Nice tech book bundle www.humblebundle.com/books/comput...

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Step 1 - set free militants loyal to you Step 2 - demonize marginalized segments of society Step 3 - purge civil servants and oversight <—— you are here Step 4 - claim authority to rule by decree Step 5 - fascism

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😂😅

submitted 76 days ago • 580 comments

Darkly enjoyable (from the new Private Eye)

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I spoke with AP reporters about how Israel uses Microsoft's AI systems to pick targets in Gaza and Lebanon angryplanetpod.com/p/how-israel...

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[Daily Dose of Disco #90] Roy Ayers "Sweet Tears" (1978) A stunning jazzy and soulful explosion of melodic genius, as with so much of his output throughout a career that spanned more than half a century. Roy inspired so many of us, and set the bar higher for all music makers! youtu.be/BMGi9SGxqWc

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Very well put: ‘It would be as if Roosevelt had labelled Churchill a dictator as the Luftwaffe rained hell down on London.’

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Most successful grifter on the planet.

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I knew this would happen, but it's still surreal to hear another nation's leader talk to us in a televised address the way US presidents have historically spoken to the citizens of countries led by dictators and despots.

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A total of $3.4 trillion in value has now been wiped out since Nov. 6, the day after the election was held, according to data from Bloomberg. Winning! finance.yahoo.com/news/stocks-...

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Pretty grim. thinc.blog/2025/03/03/t...

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From our morning walk, seen it before but felt more compelling today French ambassador's residence in DC

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A List of Predictions Made in the 1890s about the 1990s 🧵

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Conan: You know, Anora is having a good night. That's great news. Two wins already. I guess Americans are excited to see somebody finally stand up to a powerful Russian.

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When the AI architectural revolution happens we're all going to be living in houses like this

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