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"A major milestone in quantum computing has been achieved after researchers at the University of Oxford built a scalable quantum supercomputer capable of quantum teleportation." www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

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“By 2025, American democracy could collapse, causing extreme domestic political instability, including widespread civil violence. By 2030, if not sooner, the country could be governed by a rightwing dictatorship.” Article from 2022 but well worth reading. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022...

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How to politicize the truth on Facebook, Instagram, and Wikipedia

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"This appointment tells us that the Starmer government is a lot more fretful than it likes to let on in public about the wildness of the weather it may face when Typhoon Orange sweeps back into the White House. "

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Bristol's finest export ✨

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At least 10 CEOs have spoken with Trump or trekked down to Mar-a-Lago to meet with him in person since the election – often bringing along a $1 million check for his inauguration

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Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is making an all-out push in the waning days of the Biden administration that she believes could bolster reproductive rights, calling on the president to certify the Equal Rights Amendment and enshrine its protections into the Constitution.

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President-elect Donald Trump does not have presidential immunity in his hush money case, a judge has ruled, keeping his May conviction in place.

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"I expect to be judged on my ability to deal with it," said Starmer The prime minister labelled it the most "ambitious and credible programme of change for a generation".

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LIVE: Protesters in South Korea hold vigil and march against President Yoon Suk Yeol #SouthKorea #Parliament #Seoul #impeach #YoonSukYeol #martiallaw #politics #Asia #economy #live #Reuters #News www.youtube.com/live/NH2OX4i...

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"Gibson, the maker of famous electric guitars, has issued a cease and desist order to the company behind a range of “Trump Guitars” endorsed by the US president-elect."

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Keywords here are "illegal / illicit" - how does increasing tariffs on legal goods do anything (other than benefit the blackmarket) ?

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The current international system, already on its last legs due to the West’s unconditional support for Israel’s genocidal war, won’t survive Trump 2.0. — writes Somdeep Sen for #AJOpinion ⤵️

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NEW: Rather than relying on his party’s control of Congress to trim the budget, Trump and his advisers intend to test an obscure legal theory holding that presidents have sweeping power to defund programs they dislike.

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"VPNs, the tool to bypass this type of restriction, are also a target" www.techradar.com/pro/vpn/paki...

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"The supervillain persona — world-dominatingly ambitious, wildly unpredictable, unbound by norms or rules — is one that both the president-elect and the richest man in the world have cultivated," our critic writes. They stand out in a U.S. cultural shift reflected in TV, movies and beyond.

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Trump won a clear and convincing victory. But he and his allies are trying to pump it up into a "landslide," which it was not. With 49.997% of the vote, he fell short of a majority and his 1.6-point margin of victory is the third smallest since the 19th century. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/u...

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"Far-right influencer and self-described misogynist Andrew Tate has become the target of an anonymous hacktivist group. Sensitive data from hundreds of thousands of subscribers to Tate’s “online university” was stolen." mashable.com/article/andr...

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True!

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💯% agree - the same applies to 'love', 'darling', 'sweetheart'... If you don't know my name, then it's "Ma'am" to you.

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