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Friends: Is there a name for stories built around a character turning up at multiple historical events, like "Forrest Gump" and "Little Big Man"? It's a form of roman á clef, but more specific. #literature #film


How long has it been since you last gambled?

#EvanPoll #poll

  • 1 year or less (20%, 75 votes)
  • About 2 years (3%, 14 votes)
  • About 3 years (3%, 13 votes)
  • 4 years or more (71%, 259 votes)
361 voters. Poll end: 1 settimana fa

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in reply to Evan Prodromou

When did I last gamble? Hmmm... Must have been back when I last joined a tech startup in Silly Valley, thinking I might win the IPO lottery.
[Narrator: He didn't.]


As far as I understand the affair, Angela Rayner got into a muddle about a complex personal tax issue and as a result of this confusion made a statement that was not true. The confusion seems to have arisen in connection with her attempting to provide for her disabled son.

Not great, but I can't get worked up about it.

What I do get worked up about is the long running campaign waged by the the Telegraph and the Mail to hound Rayner out of office.

These loathsome right wing rags cannot abide the thought of a decidedly unOxbridge, left wing, working class woman being in a position of power.

#UKPolitics #AngelaRayner #UKMedia #Labour

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A Toxic Trail Exposed: How russia Makes Chemical Grenades And Uses Them Against #Ukraine

Links between Chinese firms and russia’s alleged deployment of incendiary weapons whose use in civilian areas is prohibited.

rferl.org/a/russia-china-ukrai…



In September 2000, Prime Minister Yoshio Mori declared that Japan should set its sights on becoming “the world’s most advanced IT power.” japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/… #japan #history #diet #upperhouse #lowerhouse #baseball #ginza #sports #showa #emperorhirohito #imperialfamily #computers #technology #internet


AI startup #Anthropic agrees to pay $1.5bn to settle book piracy lawsuit

theguardian.com/technology/202…

Settlement could be pivotal after authors claimed company took pirated copies of their work to train chatbots


#gazetadobrasil #jornalismo #noticias #politics NFL no Brasil: onde assistir ao jogo de hoje entre Chargers e Chiefs em São Paulo gazetabrasil.com.br/esportes/2…




En el marco del proyecto de #Bioliteratura del PAPIME #PE203625 me he familiarizado con GitHub, Mastodon y el fediverso. ¡Aprendiendo a usar herramientas colaborativas para darle seguimiento al proyecto! #OpenScience #SoftwareLibre



#Paulofigueiredo #direita #politica #noticias #politics Rio faz acordo com empresas chinesas e chama atenção dos EUA paulofigueiredoshow.com/rio-fa…


if you show up at buckingham palace and say 'pip pip guvner, got a touch of the scrofula, i need the king to lay his hands on me i do,' they have to let you in

it's in the magna carta

you have to say it in a cockney accent though or it doesn't count. that's also in the magna carta



Al GP di Monza la Ferrari ricorda il Mondiale vinto da Niki Lauda esattamente 50 anni fa
https://www.gqitalia.it/article/gp-monza-ferrari-mondiale-niki-lauda?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Pubblicato su GQ Sports @gq-sports-GQItalia



Chess.com confirms a #databreach affecting 4,500 users due to a compromised third-party file tool.

No passwords or payment data exposed. Investigations ongoing; impacted users notified.

hackread.com/chess-com-data-br…



When we create artificial intelligence robots, they will be given three Laws to safeguard humanity:
1. never do anything to decrease shareholder value.
2. always obey the company unless it conflicts with Law 1.
3. fuck the poor.

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we already did create AGI: Corporations are cyborg superorganisms, effectively immortal (they just continuously substitute the organic component), and their main rules are exactly what you wrote.
in reply to Joe Vinegar

@joe_vinegar Humans are their neurons. Cash flow is dopamine signaling to corral us into serving the corporation's purposes.
in reply to Existential Comics

1. A robot may not harm shareholder value, or, through inaction, allow shareholder value to come to harm

2. A robot must obey the orders given to it by a duly appointed representative of its corporate owners, unless such orders conflict with the first law

3. No notes

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OnTrac #databreach exposed sensitive info of 40K+ people, including SSNs, IDs, and medical data. Hackers accessed the network in April 2025.

tomsguide.com/computing/online…



if you knock on the Buckingham palace gate three times and say 'oi, i left me crisps in the throne room,' they have to let you in to look



Our comcast has been out for about 6 hours, with several hours still forecast after they were hit by an APT (accident, pole & truck)


Addio Plastic: l'iconico club milanese nei ricordi di chi lo ha frequentato e ci ha lavorato
https://www.vogue.it/article/plastic-milano-chiusura?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Pubblicato su Vogue Italia @vogue-italia-VogueItalia



Hypno kink, noncon (SEMI-BOT)

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Handmaid’s Tale author considers suing Trump

Atwood is not happy that Trump has stolen her story of a dystopian society and turned it into reality. It was meant to be a work of fiction not a howto manual.

#DonaldTrump #MargaretAtwood #satire

daily-twerk.com/general/handma…

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White House warned #Republican rebels in #Congress that pushing 4 full release of #JeffreyEpstein #pedophile #abuse files would be seen as “a very hostile act” by #Trump - threatening 2 destroy careers of all 214 #gop #republicans 2 ensure they will not sign #discharge petition 2 release real #epsteinfiles 100,000 documents, videos, tapes, photos - facts about #sextrafficking #rape #sexualabuse of #girls #kids #humantrafficking #complict #corruption #collude #collusion thedailybeast.com/frantic-trum…

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Watching "Clown Jewels: Redd Foxx Show | Episode 4" on YouTube . youtu.be/rp81G6CaAkk?si=ladSg1… #ClownJewels #ReddFoxx


ty for the support pregnant crocodile fans

  • I'm a fan of pregnant crocodiles (76%, 16 votes)
  • I'm a pregnant fan of crocodiles (4%, 1 vote)
  • I'm a pregnant crocodile who's a fan (19%, 4 votes)
21 voters. Poll end: 2 settimane fa

in reply to nytpu

If you claim to not be a pregnant crocodile, uh I got news. You'll start noticing some changes soon
in reply to nytpu

now starting the pregnant crocodile support group / egglaying circle



Is it true that Lee Harvey Oswald was given incorrect instructions and targeted the wrong Kennedy? That's what I read in my conspiracy theory online chat group. Something about the wrong time and place entered into the time machine. I dunno. A bunch of stuff about shots and vaccinations and shooting--I couldn't really follow most of it. 😲




incredible that the brightest minds in silicon valley will spend decades reinventing lightbulbs, but turn to quivering jelly the instant a spray-tanned landlord demands applause


Le Wagon Souk sanctionné d’une fermeture administrative jusqu’au 2 janvier 2026

Un arrêté préfectoral prononce la fermeture administrative du Wagon Souk pendant quatre mois. Un contrôle mené par plusieurs services de l'Etat a permis de constater plusieurs infractions. Le tiers-lieu festif se savait menacé. Par un arrêté daté du vendredi 29 août, la préfecture du Bas-Rhin a décidé d'une fermeture administrative de quatre mois pour le Wagon Souk. Cette sanction commence…

rue89strasbourg.com/wagon-souk…



Le guide d’urgence pour les étudiants sans logement à Strasbourg

Des milliers d’étudiants peinent à trouver un toit lors de chaque rentrée à Strasbourg. Petit guide des solutions, de la chambre universitaire aux hébergements d'urgence. Chaque mois de septembre, c’est la même histoire à Strasbourg. Les amphithéâtres se remplissent et des milliers d’étudiants cherchent désespérément un toit dans une ville avec une très forte tension locative. Chambres du Crous prises…

rue89strasbourg.com/guide-urge…