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Join us for #FortnightFridayMusic by @MarkIngs.
The word for May 16 is "Quasi"
Post and tell us about a #song with a title, lyric, theme or meaning related to the word.
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#FortnightFridayMusic May 16 2025 the "word" is "Quasi"
Artist: Golden Palominos
Album: Visions of Excess (1985)
Song: (Kind of) True
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So, like...Quasi-true? Yeah, that's all I got.
Though I do like the lines "You're too kind for your own good, you're too good for your own kind".
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I ordered a couple of those Trianglelab knock-off CHT nozzles.
What’s going to happen in the new post-de-minimus world of China-US shipping?
PLUS High flow Nozzle V6 MK8 VOLCANO K1 TZ NOZZLE (Hardened Steel Diamond Tungsten Carbide) Due to CHT NOZZLE patent dispute. Clear all PLUS series NOZZLE
High flow Nozzle plus MK8 Volcano V6 TZ MK8 Volcano V6 TZ ZS MK8 Volcano V6 K1 nozzle high flowPLUS High flow Nozzle V6 MK8 VOLCANO K1 TZ NOZZLE (Hardened Steel Diamond Tungsten Carbide) Due to CHT NOZZLE patent dispute.Trianglelab Official Website
- Lost in customs (0%, 0 votes)
- Megatariff destruction of my bank account (25%, 2 votes)
- Both (50%, 4 votes)
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From liberatebostonpride4ever and Lucy ParsonsCenter on Instagram:
KNOW THY ENEMY. NO ICE. NO NAZIS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
Black Chevrolet Tahoe truck
Orange New York Plate
JAY 5858
gray/black Subaru
White New York plate
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Gray Chevrolet
Red letter Mass plate
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Black Nissan titan truck
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Los carros de ICE vistos en Allston/Brighton.
Vió a ICE?
Ilame a la línea de LUCE.
ICE vehicles seen in Allston/Brighton.
See ICE?
Call the LUCE hotline.
(617)-370-5023
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@liberatebostonpride4ever on Instagram: "KNOW THY ENEMY. NO ICE. NO NAZIS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. Black Cheverlot Tahoe truck Orange New York Plate JẠY 5858 gray/black Subaru White New York plate LSP 3666 Gray cheverlot Red letter Mass plate 1EXR 2
924 likes, 7 comments - liberatebostonpride4ever on May 15, 2025: "KNOW THY ENEMY. NO ICE. NO NAZIS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.Instagram
Deportations Blocked by High Court, US Credit Rating Downgrade, More
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2025-05-17/deportations-blocked-by-high-court-us-credit-rating-downgrade?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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A wild #blog post appears!
I revived pkgsrc on AIX.
(Yes, I already sent a PR to NetBSD.)
briancallahan.net/blog/2025051…
#linux #unix #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #dragonflybsd #aix #ibm #solairs #illumos #pkgsrc #opensource #freesoftware
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Liberian Legislators Choose New Speaker Following Koffa's Resignation
In a significant turn of events, Richard Koon, the leader of the Majority Bloc, has ascended to the role of Speaker of the House of Representatives. This decision follows a special election prompted by the resignation of his predecessor, Fonati KoffaNewsroom (Axadle | Stay Informed with Horn of Africa Headlines)
dunce cap in #PDX grey
All CEOs Are Bums #ACAB #Photo #Photography #OutdoorPhotography #StreetPhotography #StreetArt #UrbanHike #QueerArt #PDX #Portland #PortlandOregon #BrentPruitt #BrentPruittArt #GayArtist #QueerArtist #LGBTQ #🦄 #ConceptualArt #AccidentalArt #IncidentalArt
How will Larissa Waters reshape the Greens?
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#paywalled #thesaturdaypaper #greens #auspol
How will Larissa Waters reshape the Greens?
The new leader of the Greens, Larissa Waters, seems nice. She’s certainly well-credentialled, holding degrees in both science and law, the latter with honours.Mike Seccombe (The Saturday Paper)
I wonder as i look at the #greens line up and the anti-environment pro fossil fuel stance #albonese has taken whether, like Howard and the #lnp, he is going to drive #labor into oblivion. #auspol #fossilfuel #environment
Playing hardball and a thug did not work in the long term.
Asahi Linux Highlights Recent Upstream Efforts In Linux 6.15, Other Ongoing Efforts
With the Linux 6.15 kernel soon to debut as stable, the Asahi Linux project issued a new blog post outlining some of the new code they managed to get upstream for this next mainline kernel version as well as some of their other efforts for enabling L…lxer.com
NEW: Ottawa Police deny inviting convoy figure to help them with anti-LGBTQ+ protest at elementary school
Community groups call for investigation after ‘convoy church’ pastor tells city councillors he was “invited” to help manage aggressive protests
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Ottawa Police Deny Inviting Convoy Figure to Help Them With Anti-LGBTQ+ Protest at Elementary School
Police face calls for investigation after ‘convoy church’ pastor tells city councillors he was ‘invited’ to help manage aggressive protestsPressProgress
Star Trek but every time they say Ferengi its fucking (TNG Supercut) 😆
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Zionist Group Behind ICE Arrest of Pro-Palestine Former Student, Judge Rules
A federal judge ruled that ICE unlawfully detained a former UMass student following a complaint by Zionist group Betar. The case raises concerns about free speech and political targeting.Robert Inlakesh (MintPress News)
"In four of the agency’s 122 weather forecasting offices around the country, there aren’t enough meteorologists to staff an overnight shift, according to the National Weather Service Employees Organization, a union representing agency workers. And at least several more forecast offices are expected to stop staffing an overnight shift as early as Sunday."
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Trump Discusses 'The N Word' On Fox News — And It's Not What You Think It Is
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-n-word-nuclear-fox-news-bret-baier_n_6827d963e4b0c9be41912fb0?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Trump Discusses 'The N Word' On Fox News — And It's Not What You Think It Is
The president bizarrely used the shorthand to stand in for another word he described as "very nasty" in "a lot of ways."Ben Blanchet (HuffPost)
Georgia’s LIFE Act is keeping a brain-dead woman on life support against the wishes of her family—all because she was nine weeks pregnant at the time of her death.
Georgia Is Forcing a Brain-Dead Woman to Complete Her Pregnancy
Adriana Smith was nine weeks pregnant when she was declared brain-dead. Georgia bans abortion at around six weeks.The New Republic
#SherylCrow
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"The 1948 Nakba and Today's Gaza Genocide Are Two Sides of the Same Coin"
"Maram tells me, “Diana, perhaps the death that we are trying to avoid is better than the life we are living? What if this is my life for the rest of my life? Isn’t death better?”
"Twelve-year-old girls should not be speaking this way."
"For 77 years, Palestinians have been invisible to Israelis – and much of the world."
zeteo.com/p/the-1948-nakba-and…
#nakba #gazagenocidenotwar #westernenablement #uspol #ukpol #europol .
The 1948 Nakba and Today's Gaza Genocide Are Two Sides of the Same Coin
On Nakba Day, Diana Buttu reflects on the suffering in the Strip and on how, for 77 years, Palestinians have been invisible to Israelis – and much of the world.Diana Buttu (Zeteo)
How Higher Inflation and Tariffs Impact Your Wallet
Hey everyone, it’s been a week with some pretty significant economic news, and honestly, some of it feels like a bit of a gut punch. Last night on the CBS Evening News, they highlighted a really concerning report: most Americans aren’t earning enough to truly afford a basic quality of life.
Think about that for a second. This isn’t just about scraping by for food and rent anymore. This report factored in things we all rely on, like technology for work and school, healthcare costs, and even childcare. And the bottom 60% of households? It’s out of reach for them. That’s a huge chunk of our country.
Then, adding to the picture, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was talking about a potential new economic landscape with higher inflation risks. What does that translate to? Well, it likely means interest rates could stay higher for longer.
To help us make sense of all this, CBS brought in Clare Jones, the U.S. Economics Editor for the Financial Times, and she laid it out pretty clearly.
Clare pointed out that Powell’s remarks really show how much things have shifted. Remember not that long ago when the big worry was too little inflation? Now, the Fed is preparing for the possibility of too much. We’ve already seen how recent price hikes have squeezed our wallets, and higher interest rates are likely to keep that pressure on. Say goodbye to those super low interest rates we saw after the 2008 crisis and during the early pandemic days.
So, is this the start of a slippery slope towards a weaker economy, maybe even a recession? It’s the question on everyone’s mind, right?
Clare offered a little bit of a silver lining, mentioning some recent high-level talks between the US and China that led to a significant drop in tariffs on Chinese goods – from a whopping 145% down to 30%. That’s definitely a positive step and should offer some relief.
However, she also cautioned that we’re likely still looking at higher prices and slower economic growth in the coming months. A big part of that is the lingering impact of the tariffs and trade policies from the previous administration.
We even heard how major players like Walmart are expecting to raise prices later this month specifically because of these tariffs. Think about what that means for families already struggling to afford the essentials. As Clare put it, “It’s bad news.”
And it’s not just the big corporations feeling it. Small businesses are echoing these concerns. While the tariff reduction is better, 30% is still a significant cost that will likely be passed on to us, the consumers.
Here’s the kicker: this tariff reduction is only a 90-day pause. So, there’s still a huge cloud of uncertainty hanging over businesses and our everyday spending.
Clare’s final assessment was pretty blunt: “Frankly, we’re still in a worse position than we were at the start of the year. The outlook isn’t a total disaster, but it’s not looking particularly hopeful either.”
It’s a reality check, for sure. It feels like we’re all navigating a tougher economic landscape right now, and these insights from the CBS Evening News and Clare Jones really highlight the challenges many of us are facing. Let’s hope those talks and the tariff adjustments lead to more positive changes down the road.
What are your thoughts on all this? How are you feeling the impact of these economic shifts? Let’s chat in the comments below.
Want to know how OpenAI's latest programming AI agent Codex works? In this official OpenAI demonstration, you will see:
Core abilities of Codex: How to connect to GitHub, browse and understand code repositories independently, make code modifications, and automatically generate pull requests (PRs).🧵1/2
RE: threads.com/@luokai/post/DJuVy…
#AI Threads
OpenAI has launched Codex, a software engineering agent that can handle multiple tasks in parallel within isolated sandbox environments. These tasks include writing code, fixing bugs, answering codebase questions, and making pull requests. Codex runs on the cloud and is powered by the optimized o3 model, known as codex-1. It has shown strong performance in SWE-Bench and OpenAI’s internal benchmark tests, generating code in a style similar to humans.🧵1/4openai.com/index/introducing-c…
#AI Threads
New from Julian Barnes, Maggie Haberman and me: Trump Appointee Pressed Analyst to Redo Intelligence on Venezuelan Gang The move followed a disclosure that intelligence agencies disagree with a key factual claim Trump made to invoke a wartime deportation law. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/u...
artist: Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894
source: National Portrait Gallery
notes: The Frederick Hill Meserve Collection comprises more than five thousand […]
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random
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Reeves Faces Call From Her Local Party to Abandon Disability Cuts
https://www.bloomberg.com/en/news/thp/2025-05-17/rachel-reeves-faces-call-from-her-local-labour-party-to-abandon-welfare-cuts?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Are we to believe anything the government tells us?
By Ron Hart
July 28, 2024
"but slurring gay women or men is just as unacceptable"
I think the word you're not willing to say is probably worse
Just a thought
RE: threads.com/@bronze495/post/DJ…
Preston Huckabee (@bronze495) on Threads
In my presence I have let them know. But does it matter? How acceptable is using the Nword in public discourse? Well lately itll win you a million bucks. But sluring gay women or men is just as unacceptable. And should be called out.Threads
Bezuidenhout and the Consone Quartet play Mayer and Mozart in Schwetzingen - Schedule // - www.worldconcerthall.com
SWR Schwetzingen Festival. Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano, and the Consone Quartet play: Emilie MAYER: String Quartet in G major. MOZART: Concerto No. 13 in C major, K. 415, arranged/ Piano Quintet in E-flat major, K. 452, arranged.www.worldconcerthall.com
With sales tanking because its CEO went full “Roman Salute”, the stock price can only defy gravity for so long. So Tesla is already making changes to stave off the inevitable shareholder lawsuits.
cnbc.com/2025/05/16/tesla-limi…
Tesla limits investors' ability to sue over breach of fiduciary duties
Tesla announced a change to its corporate bylaws that will limit shareholders ability to sue the company.Lora Kolodny (CNBC)
@tchambers Holy crap.
So the company unilaterally instituted a policy of “only shareholders with 3% or more stake in the company can bring suit” - so now, nobody with less than $30 billion in company stock can sue them.
Funny world where literal billionaires can be “too poor to have any legally recognized opinion”
Well, color me surprised.
Consumer Reports investigation finds Kroger stores have been overcharging shoppers on sale items.
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Talks In Istanbul Unlikely To Produce Results - Oriental Review
There is clearly a split over a Ukraine settlement. The Germans, British and French, who are the main NATO and EU powers, oppose a deal.Stephen Bryen (Oriental Review)
Enter the #Fediverse
privacyinternational.org/long-…
Enter the Fediverse
If you’ve ever used TikTok, Instagram, or X/Twitter, you will already be familiar with centralised social media.Centralised social media means big company owns the app, controls the software, and keeps all your data.Privacy International
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Le blocus israélien de Gaza est un "outil d’extermination". Human Rights Watch affirme que des pays comme les États-Unis, le Royaume-Uni, la France et l’Allemagne pourraient être "responsables" de "génocide" pour ne pas avoir agi.
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#israel #palestine #Hamas #Cisjordanie #Gaza #genocide
Le blocus israélien de Gaza est un "outil d'extermination". Human Rights Watch affirme que des pays comme les États-Unis, le Royaume-Uni, la France et l'Allemagne pourraient être "responsables" de "génocide" pour ne pas avoir agi. - [mcInform@ctions]
Le blocus alimentaire, hydrique et humanitaire imposé par Israël à Gaza depuis huit semaines estmcinformactions.net
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606 - 1669), Dutch, born Leiden
Etching on off-white modern laid paper
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After Months Of Chaos And Controversy, Romanians Head To Polls To Elect President
After months of political chaos, Romanians go to the polls to finally choose a president, Previous polls last year were anulled and the frontrunner banned from taking part in this election.Ray Furlong (RFE/RL)
17 May 1914 | A Czech Jewish woman, Zděnka Weilová, was born in Březnice.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from Theresienstadt Ghetto on 18 December 1943. She did not survive.
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The image shows two kitchen items on a wooden surface. On the left is a red package of Taekyung Red Pepper Powder, prominently featuring the text "Taekyung Red Pepper Powder" in both Korean and English. The package is labeled as "Coarse" and indicates a net weight of 454 grams (1 pound). The packaging also includes certification marks such as ISO, HACCP, and KOSHER, and features images of red chili peppers. On the right is a cylindrical container of Mitani Classic Chicken Salt, an all-purpose seasoning. The label states it is "All Natural," "No MSG Added," and "Gluten Free." It also mentions "Vegetarian Approved" and "Australian Origin." The container has a white lid with a perforated top for easy dispensing.
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in reply to Brian Sletten • • •Agreed, I am not an expert at coding by any means but what I do know is that good programming requires skill, effort and pateience so your final software works properly.
Quite a few people have jumped on this bandwagon so yeah it is about promoting those platforms or making a quick buck somewhere.
Maybe it is another example of dumbing down.
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