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no idea what's coming next geopolitically but it seems likely a new era of nuclear proliferation is on the way. the pressure on germany, turkey, and the UK without a stable US umbrella is just going to be too high www.ft.com/content/762c...

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Favorite—sorry, favourite #bookstores in #Melbourne? Go!

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Visiting #Melbourne #Australia for the 1st time, & pleased to find this vibrant city lives up to all the hype! Only complaint is lack of public water fountains, cuz it's bloody hot & am trying to stay hydrated. Have made use of these handy streetcorner pissoirs, tho. Anyone tell me their provenance?

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The Netflix docuseries “American Murder: Gabby Petito” is facing backlash from some viewers over the filmmakers' decision to use artificial intelligence to recreate Petito’s voice.

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Donald Trump moves to abolish the Presidio Trust through executive order

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New Zealand's central bank cut its benchmark rate by 50 basis points to 3.75% and flagged further reductions in borrowing costs amid moderating inflation as policymakers sought to revive a struggling economy reut.rs/4gPi5LI

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I'm always toying with the idea of writing a new #forensic detective novel set in #NewZealand (with my coauthor/muse @drjudymelinek.bsky.social, of course), & in furtherance of such I keep a document called "NZ English" for terms & usages that are new to me. Today's entry: "skinful vs bellyful"

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#Wellington #NewZealand

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Throw back to February 2022: the last time we had a really icy winter here in #BikeHfx. My kiddo wanted to ride his balance bike to the mailbox. So we made him the tiniest pair of crampons (from bike inner tubes and tiny metal washers/nuts) and off we went!

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Oh fuck

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Actually, bribery is evil. It’s bad for human welfare. It’s vile and weak. It corrupts and poisons the official who takes the bribe, the government that tolerates it and the person that offers it. Considering whether it “backfires” by costing US corporations money is turpitude.

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Roses are red Violets are blue

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This is essentially all of Medicaid. People will die. If it goes away: 1. 80M lose health coverage - the poor, pregnant women, children, elderly, disabled 2. Hospitals, especially in rural areas, will close 3. Nursing homes will close. Hope granny likes the streets 4. Private insurance will go up

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I, for one, byder velcommen til our new Danish overlords. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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Hearing that DOGE went into the Dept of Education today and shut down almost the entirety of the department's in-house research arm, Institute of Educational Sciences, cancelling contracts totally about $900m.

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A damned masterpiece of an album.

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🏆 Presenting the front page of tomorrow's Inquirer, memorializing the Eagles' second Super Bowl win.

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"16 Hours Ago"

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At the Deathbed, by Edvard Munch, 1895

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At Cabaret yesterday, Cliff said his line “…if you’re not against all this then you’re for it. Or you might as well be”. The audience interrupted the scene to applaud that line so strongly it stopped the show. Doing a show about the onset of fascism right now is. . . chilling.

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That post is laughably wrong and em dashes are life

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Sure sounds like they’re making the case for defying court orders. (That would be a giant leap toward dictatorship)

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Wow... This is a big loss. Let's do our best to keep Shoup's work alive & well for the betterment of our places 💓 Death of a Legend: Donald Shoup, Parking Reformer - nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/02/08/d...

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Heads up New York! www.nydailynews.com/2025/02/08/s...

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When Elon was a kid, survival for ALL, the most common childhood cancer, was <10% Now it’s >90% due to funded collaboratives (high indirect costs) whose work ultimately SAVES THOUSANDS OF LIVES EVERY YEAR. For other cancers there’s still so much progress to be made. I think it’s worth it.

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THIS IS WHY WE FUND NOAA YOU FOOLS.

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“Smilios began researching and learned how the 1st clinical trial for a lifesaving antibiotic happened at Sea View under the watchful supervision of experienced nurses-all of them Black women...These women had been completely erased from history, @mariasmilios.bsky.social says” #blackhistorymonth

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This profile has been scrubbed from the site. Rose Ferreira grew up without reliable electricity, immigrated to NY, then survived homelessness and cancer on her way to NASA. She was so moved by images from the Webb telescope she wept. This is what’s at stake web.archive.org/web/20231206...

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Pathogens don't care about politics. The flu season in the US is the most intense in 15 years based on the number of MD visits with flu like symptoms. We have a potential quad-demic, the confluence of COVID, influenza, RSV & Norovirus. Here's what to know: ➡️ abcnews.go.com/Health/quad-...

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The first North American Indigenous song transcribed by Europeans was sung by Mi’kmaw leader Membertou and described by Lescarbot in 1607 and arranged in Paris in 1636.

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#SanFrancisco peeps: If you enjoy @mcsweeneys.net's excellent work, it's time to go get your hands dirty and help them build for the future. Literally: www.mcsweeneys.net/pages/san-fr...

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That’s not just a security guard, it’s a member of the Triple Canopy private paramilitary organization that merged with Erik Price’s notorious Blackwater group.

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