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This is increasingly reminding me of the time I shaved off half an eyebrow. It was morning, I was shaving in the shower, I was perhaps sleepy (skeptics may say hung over), and after shaving my face I absent-mindedly started shaving my eyebrow, perhaps because it is also hair on my face? /1

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Former Conservative and UKIP MP and Boris Johnson government appointee here calling for the mass deportation of British Pakistanis Islamophobia is absolutely rampant in conservative politics now and almost nobody even acknowledges it

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“Awesome win! MyPillow 100% innocent!!!!” rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Somehow we're doing Iraq again, but dumber.

submitted 11 hours ago • 31 comments

Musk desperately trying to protect the Nazi bar.

submitted 10 hours ago • 7 comments

Oppositionally-defiant low-information people riled up by grifter influencers, wellness and political, who made rejection of vaccines an article of right-wing identity during COVID — and who have since rejected efficacious medicine by association, and elected clowns who affirm their delusions.

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Bartiromo: "The Senate Finance Committee unveiling the text of President Trump's bill ... it includes even steeper Medicaid cuts than the House called for." (Trump has repeatedly claimed that the bill doesn't cut Medicaid. Oops.)

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100 Hours in LA. Tear gas, dive bars, resilient Angelenos, and Melissa Hortman appear in my dispatch. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Meanwhile in Russia: Vladimir Solovyov and his fellow propagandists discussed Iran and laughed at Trump's parade. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAKP...

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*It's good to have this sort of thing in the historical record, like: vast geopolitical and economic transformations prefaced by eccentric longhairs thinking and typing about what was going on

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“We did warn everyone!” Barbrook notes, with grim amusement. #CaliforniaIdeology #BigTech #Trumpism www.howandwhy.com/being-human/...

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Magnað að minni hluti á þingi, sem var rækilega hafnað af kjósendum í síðustu kosningum, skuli telja það sérstakt hlutverk sitt að standa í vegi fyrir framgangi mála sem meirihluti þjóðarinnar vill sjá verða að lögum. Hættið bullinu...

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Today, people—from students to federal workers, from immigrants to the LGBTQ+ community—find themselves forced to fight deportations, surveillance, and the drastic erosion of fundamental human rights. So, WIRED dedicated a whole issue on How To Win A Fight. Start ⬇️: www.wired.com/story/editor...

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“As your wealth increases, your empathy decreases,” says psychotherapist Clay Cockrell. “It can be toxic.”

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"Af hverju molnar heilbrigðiskerfið? Af hverju á ungt fólk erfitt með að eignast heimili? Hvers vegna hækka skattar þrátt fyrir versnandi þjónustu? Hvers vegna er lögum ekki framfylgt gagnvart glæpagengjum, mansali og brottvísunum?" skrifar kona á visir sem heldur að þetta sé flóttafólki að kenna.

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Fyrir fólk með áhuga á Bandarískum stjórnmálum, er fátt verra en að telja að bullið sem ritari Reykjavíkurbréfs Morgunblaðsins ber á borð upplýsandi og áreiðanlegt. Þar hefur stuðningur við Donald Trump og furðukenningar hans um samsæri gegn sér, fengið framgöngu ítrekað.

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This is the politicization of law enforcement. It's not about "immigration," it's about demonizing cities and winning elections

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One Russian paper today: “There are pluses for Moscow from the Iran-Israel conflict.” But another paper warns of “potential costs for Moscow. The fact remains Russia couldn’t prevent Israel striking a country with which Russia had signed a strategic partnership.” #ReadingRussia

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“We deserve fair pay & good jobs.” Today, European unions representing 45 million workers launched a campaign in the Brussels metro, with essential workers calling on MEPs in the IMCO Committee to strengthen collective bargaining in the ongoing efforts to reform public procurement.

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One more time, here is EFF/Freedom of the Press' guide for journalists securing their devices to cross the US border. Stories like Alistair's help us understand the real threats on the ground and allow us to threat model more accurately. freedom.press/digisec/blog...

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APT1 partying like it's 2004-2013.

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Meanwhile in Russia: pundits on the channel Solovyov Live sneered and snickered at Trump's unimpressive parade. www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7sH...

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Teen Vogue continues to be a goddamn treasure and I will fight anyone who says otherwise.

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Hvert kvartar maður yfir dróna flugi?

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LA: "A news event distributed and consumed through a constellation of different still images and video clips, all filmed from different perspectives and presented by individuals and organizations with different agendas" From Charlie Warzel www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

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You may be unsurprised to discover that a person whose knowledge of forensic analysis was brought to them entirely by ChatGPT did not, in fact, have cast-iron proof that a sophisticated and malicious actor has compromised their devices, network, and friends' devices.

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As we’ve been talking about a potential Israeli strategy of regime change in Iran, here’s a very good analysis of where things stand by the BBC’s Persia Editor Amir Azimi.

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You know what goes hand-in-hand with violent crackdowns? Gaslighting. They will beat you and tell you that you are crazy for saying that you just got beaten. Propaganda is not free speech; it's what authorities use to mask their violence. It is, in fact, part of the violence.

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*Well Nadia, better luck next time with some art that's maybe a little less topical #PoliceState deadline.com/gallery/puss...

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Don't mind me. I'm just sitting here adding another slide to my talk about the rise of cyberfascism.

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Ef við hættum að telja...

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Terrific, informative piece by Andrew England:

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So much for the “we weren’t involved in this at all” message. Even if Trump was completely in the dark about the timing and extent of the attacks, he’s now basically claiming credit (probably just purely of narcissism).

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After Sen. Alex Padilla was thrown to the ground and handcuffed at a DHS press conference, right-wing media is coalescing around the same false narratives: www.mediamatters.org/newsmax/news...

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NEW: The CBP confirmed to @404media.co that it has been flying Predator drones over LA amid the protests. These Predator B drones are military-caliber UAVs used for aerial reconnaissance that can be armed. It further breaks the seal on federal involvement in civilian matters. More here:

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Ah yes, of course.

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Bongó framundan - stefnir í heiðskýrt og tveggja stafa hitatölu á höfuðborgarsvæðinu...

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Hagsmunasamtökum atvinnurekenda (Viðskiptaráð) þykir það ótækt að samtök launafólks geri láglaunahópum kleyft að búa við húsnæðisöryggi. Þau telja á sama tíma ekkert að því að nýta sömu aðferð til að bjóða húsnæði fyrir nema við HR...

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