The image depicts a cartoon-style illustration of a man with short dark hair, wearing a light blue shirt, holding a red object to his mouth, which appears to be a whistle. He is positioned on the right side of the image, facing slightly to the left. In the background, on the left side, there is a calendar with the text "PRACTICE SCHEDULE" written on it. The calendar is white with black text and is mounted on a light blue wall with vertical stripes. The man's expression is focused, and he seems to be blowing into the whistle. The overall color scheme is simple, with a limited palette of blue, red, and white.
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COCK ALE. A provocative drink.
A selection from Francis Groseβs βDictionary Of The Vulgar Tongueβ (1785)
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#books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #language #slang @histodons
Egun on!
#fotografia #photography #color #colour #macro #leaf #hoja #hierba #grass #nature #naturaleza
HDB IPOβs Deep Discount Offers Reality Check to Indian Investors
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-23/india-market-buzz-hdb-ipo-s-deep-discount-offers-reality-check?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Check out more captivating images I captured of damaged and smashed cars. It's all part of my abstract photography series.
Check out the editing process using Nik Silver Efex Pro here: tidd.ly/3NdVDy7 #art #photography #fineart #blackandwhite #cars
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Trump can pull the plug on the internet, and Europe canβt do anything about it
https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-eu-internet-europe-us-trade-war-data-cyber/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Trump can pull the plug on the internet, and Europe canβt do anything about it
Trump is back β and with him, the risk that the U.S. could unplug Europe from the digital world.Mathieu Pollet (POLITICO)
Reposting this to underscore Trump's shameless hypocrisy.
"Our president [Obama] will start a war with Iran because he has absolutely no ability to negotiate."
--Donald Trump, 2011
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β‘οΈUkrainian journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko released after more than four years of Russian detention.
Ukrainian journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko was released on June 20 after more than four years of detention in Russian-occupied Crimea, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported.
Yesypenko, a freelance contributor to Crimea.Realities, a regional project of RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, reported on various issues in Crimea before being detained by Russiaβs FSB in March 2021.
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Ukrainian journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko released after four years of Russian detention
Ukrainian journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko was released on June 22 after more than four years in Russian imprisonment, and has left Russian-occupied Crimea.Sonya Bandouil (The Kyiv Independent)
I love cats, card games, cuteness so i am joyful to win this Bananya Card Game at a volunteer picnic earlier today!
We played a (networking type) bingo game and i got to choose the gift for getting βcoverallβ (when you get all the squares in the entire bingo sheet). Iβve wanted this game last year but couldnβt find it so i feel ecstatic π€©
Also ate bhelpuri and samosa there for my only meal today. Tired at 18,000+ steps and π₯ 2300+ kcal @3good #3goodthings
The image shows a box for a card game titled "BANYA: The kitty who lives in a banana." The box features a light blue and white striped background with a cartoon illustration of a white cat with pink ears and cheeks, sitting inside a yellow banana peel. The cat has a happy expression with its tongue slightly out. The title "BANYA" is prominently displayed at the top in large, playful letters, with a banana graphic integrated into the letter "A." Below the title, the subtitle "The kitty who lives in a banana" is written in smaller text. The phrase "THE CARD GAME" is displayed in bold, blue letters. The bottom left corner of the box has a red logo with the text "Japanime Games." The overall design is colorful and whimsical, appealing to a light-hearted and playful audience.
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Disability and Anarchism with Richard Amm
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"Disability and Anarchism with Richard Amm
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Oil Market Is 'Polarized' Following US Strike on Iran, CBA's Dhar Says
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2025-06-23/oil-market-is-polarized-following-us-strike-cba-says-video?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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French pension βconclaveβ faces make-or-break moment
https://www.politico.eu/article/markets-hold-their-breaths-as-frances-pensions-debate-faces-make-or-break-moment/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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French pension βconclaveβ faces make-or-break moment
The prime ministerβs effort to find common ground on retirement reform has a Monday deadline.Victor Goury-Laffont (POLITICO)
So Penny Wong has said the Albanese government backs illegal attacks on a sovereign country's nuclear facilities. So much for "rules based order".
Ignore whatever laws you like and just say you're following the example of the government. #auspol
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#tRump #Texas #Burgers #tRumpBurgers #USA #Food #Taco #Chicken #ChickenTaco #America #Politics #Activism #Protest #Resist
Edmond Bertrand on Substack
Trump Burger restaurants in Texas has been inundated with calls from folks asking if they serve Chicken Tacos. They're asking people to stop calling.Substack
Free tools providing insights into what our politicians stand for
Machinery for democracy. Understand how your representative votes, spends money, talks, and more. Make an informed voting decision.politicalgadgets.com
Europe's far right is growing in both Eastern and Western Europe. Economic crisis, austerity, and historical revisionism are contributing factors with decades of austerity, deindustrialization, and corporate domination having devastated working-class communities.
Meanwhile, pervasive anti-communism, encouraged at the EU level, is distorting history and delegitimizing socialism as a viable alternative.
La imagen es un pΓ³ster de celebraciΓ³n del Oklahoma City Thunder, con el tΓtulo "CAMPEONES" en letras grandes y rojas en la parte inferior. El fondo es azul con confeti rojo, creando un ambiente festivo. En el centro, un jugador del Thunder, con una mirada intensa, lleva una banda azul en la cabeza. Alrededor de Γ©l, varios jugadores del equipo estΓ‘n en poses dinΓ‘micas, algunos con la camiseta del Thunder, que es azul con detalles en rojo y amarillo. El logo del Oklahoma City Thunder estΓ‘ en la esquina superior izquierda, y el logo de Ritmo en la esquina superior derecha. La imagen transmite una sensaciΓ³n de triunfo y orgullo, destacando la victoria del equipo.
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Trump Botches His Own Name In The Most Awkward Typo You'll Ever See
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Trump Botches His Own Name In The Most Awkward Typo You'll Ever See
The president misspelled his own name in a social media post he deleted and corrected.Ed Mazza (HuffPost)
Suicide bombing at Damascus church kills 20
Syrian state media reports 52 injured, citing health ministry.Reuters (DAWN.COM)
Today I learned more about the history of FΓͺte de la Musique
On the 21st of June this beautiful event shall take place and I will be part of it in my country of SR SA
This event started in the year 1981 of our Last Century. It is beautiful that France organizes the event in my country also. As you would expect the people from France French Guyana are beautifully Cultural inclined, as the people from my country Suriname SR
#French #France #Culture #Musique #FΓͺte #Music #Annual #Event #June
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The image shows a screenshot of a Wikipedia page about "FΓͺte de la Musique," an annual music celebration. The top of the screen displays the time as 23:45, with a battery level of 90%, and a search bar labeled "Search Wikipedia." Below the search bar, there is a large image of a stained glass window with a group of musicians performing. The text on the page explains that FΓͺte de la Musique, also known as Music Day or World Music Day, takes place on June 21. It describes the event as a celebration where citizens and residents are encouraged to play music in public spaces and parks, with free concerts organized where musicians play for fun and not for payment. The page includes options to save, change language, find in article, adjust theme, and access contents.
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Behind Mark Zuckerberg's sweeping recruitment effort for Meta's Superintelligence lab, including hundreds of reach outs, $100M+ offers and counter offers, more (Wall Street Journal)
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techmeme.com/250622/p18#a25062β¦
Behind Mark Zuckerberg's sweeping recruitment effort for Meta's Superintelligence lab, including hundreds of reach outs, $100M+ offers and counter offers, more
From Wall Street Journal. View the full context on Techmeme.Techmeme
Iranβs top diplomat makes it clear option of closing Strait of Hormuz not ruled out
Iranβs top diplomat makes it clear option of closing Strait of Hormuz not ruled out
US President Donald Trump reported overnight into June 22 that the US had conducted a successful attack on three nuclear sites in Iran, including Isfahan, Natanz, and FordowTASS
Medvedev says both Israel, Iran should abandon their nuclear programs
"We know that Israel has a secret nuclear program," the Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman said
La imagen muestra a varios jugadores de baloncesto en un vestuario, posiblemente despuΓ©s de un partido importante, como lo indica la camiseta con la palabra "Finals" en el fondo. Los jugadores estΓ‘n vestidos con uniformes de baloncesto de color azul oscuro con franjas amarillas, y algunos llevan medallas, lo que sugiere que acaban de ganar un tΓtulo. En el centro de la imagen, un jugador con una banda blanca en la cabeza se inclina hacia adelante, mientras que otro jugador con el cabello rizado se inclina hacia Γ©l, creando una atmΓ³sfera de camaraderΓa y celebraciΓ³n. En el fondo, se puede ver a un hombre con una chaqueta amarilla y medallas, posiblemente un miembro del equipo o personal, observando la escena. La imagen transmite un momento de unidad y emociΓ³n entre los jugadores.
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It is now ONE HOUR until #MONSTERDON the weekly monster movie watch party! At 9pm EST (that's 1am UTC) a bunch of nerds will start watching a goofy monster flick! To avoid this, consider setting up a hashtag filter!
If you'd like to join in, this week's movie is STARCRASH (1979), a Star Wars knockoff with some really great set and costume design and *truly* some of the hokiest dialogue ever put to script!
The flick is available gratis on Tubi over here: tubitv.com/movies/399606/starcβ¦
On Youtube over here: youtube.com/watch?v=cfjFAM_BLgβ¦
Or you can download from Archive.org right here: archive.org/details/starcrash-β¦
Just hit play at the top of the hour and toot along with us! C'mon, it'll be fun π
#Scifi #Fantasy #Horror #Cinema #Cinemastodon #Movies #MST3k
"If we succeed in this, we could save billions of lives."
...From what? The Doomsday Weapon just blew up, you clown. #Monsterdon
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ΠΠΎΠ»ΠΎΡ ΠΠΎΡΠ΅ΠΈ,Voice of Korea,Voz de Corea,Ψ΅ΩΨͺ ΩΩΨ±ΩΨ§ ,Stimme Koreas,곡νκ΅,vokwww.vok.rep.kp
βDoomsday ScenarioββBitcoin suddenly drops under $100,000 as crypto price crash fears hit Ethereum and XRP. π
forbes.com/sites/digital-assetβ¦
βDoomsday ScenarioββBitcoin Suddenly Drops Under $100,000 As Crypto Price Crash Fears Hit Ethereum And XRP
Bitcoin has plummeted sharply amid fears U.S involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict could escalate into a wider regional war...Forbes
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Battling stigma and discrimination, Malaiyaga Pride cuts a pioneering path in Sri Lanka
This is the first-ever Pride celebration in the hill country town of Hatton in Nuwara Eliya, where queer people from underrepresented communities were empowered to organise on their own.Global Voices
Yes, I know this is substack. And Iβm also wary of βleft wingβ conspiracy theories. But interesting. #USPol
open.substack.com/pub/thiswillβ¦
She Won, Part III: The Devil Is In The Data
88 counties flipped red. None flipped blue. Trump swept every swing stateβeach just above the mandatory recount thresholds. What are the odds? About one in never.This Will Hold
The Australian Dream? π‘ - Last week I was fortunate to get to attend the launch of the new exhibition The Australian Dream? (sl.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/austβ¦) at the State Library of NSW. Itβs part of their Year of Architecture (sl.nsw.gov.au/about/about-librβ¦), and it focuses on Australiaβs fixation with home ownership, property, and the mythical quarter-acre block. I invited my friends Hank and Megan to come along, and we felt very fancy rubbing elbows with architects, designers, and politicians from across the city.
Dr. Caroline Butler-Bowdon, the State Librarian, kicked things off by talking about how the exhibition came about, and thanking everyone who contributed to the project. We also heard from Dr Kirsten Orr, CEO of the NSW Architects Registration Board, who supported the exhibition.
Next we heard from curator Anna Dearnley, who focuses on developing and curating the Libraryβs architectural collection. (I was surprised to learn that right now, the State Library has pretty much the preeminent collection of architecture materials in NSW.) She told a couple stories of working with co-curator Tim Ross, including one where he joined a group of experts looking at a photo of new apartment construction in St. Peters. She said the experts were focused on the brutalism of the photo, with earthworks and diggers in front of a generic apartment building. βBut thatβs somebodyβs home,β he said. βTo them itβs probably perfect.β She said that his perspective was so helpful, and it inspired a project to document some of the new development in suburbs like Parramatta. Many of the people in the photos, she said, were actually there at the launch event.
And lastly, we got to hear from Tim himself. (Wikipediaβs disambiguation (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Ross) is particularly good: βAustralian comedian, design nerd and radio host.β) He told a couple stories about growing up in rural Victoria, like how there was once a copperhead in his childhood sandpit so his Dad whacked it with garden hoe. And because his Dad was a chemist, they put it in formaldehyde and for years heβd take it to school Show and Tell. He also talked about his mother, who had previously been a GP. He recalled her hanging nappies on the Hills Hoist and having an epiphany that her lift needed to be about more than this, and how it inspired her to go back to being a doctor. He talked about how notions of housing in Australia had changed over the years, with fun data points like the explosion in petrol lawn mower ownership. We talk a lot about property in Australia, Tim said, but we donβt talk enough about home.
With the formalities out of the way, the exhibition was finally open. Itβs a fairly small space, and I plan to go back with Rodd so I only had a very quick look around. I especially liked this drawing of the Beachcomber House by Nino Sydney (beachcomber web-goddess.org/archive/79037
The Australian Dream? π‘
Last week I was fortunate to get to attend the launch of the new exhibition The Australian Dream? at the State Library of NSW.web-goddess
#Monsterdon starts in 30 minutes!
Tonight, we're watching Starcrash (1979). I hope to see lots of cars crashing into celebrities.
Join us at 8pm Central (01:00 UTC). Follow the #Monsterdon hashtag and contribute your own commentary. Cheers!
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#MonsterdonAlert Sunday, June 22, 2025, 8PM CT (1AM Monday UTC) TONIGHT IT'S #MONSTERDON we will be watching Starcrash (1979) "An outlaw smuggler and her alien companion are recruited by the Emperor of the Galaxy to rescue his son and destrβ¦the Timeloop CafΓ©
βI couldnβt watch people die in silenceβ The story of Alexey Rozhkov
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"βI couldnβt watch people die in silenceβ The story of Alexey Rozhkov
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Inside Disney's plan to limit AI companies' use of its IP, which led Disney and Comcast to sue Midjourney; Disney is also in talks with companies like OpenAI (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)
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techmeme.com/250622/p17#a25062β¦
Inside Disney's plan to limit AI companies' use of its IP, which led Disney and Comcast to sue Midjourney; Disney is also in talks with companies like OpenAI
By Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.Techmeme
anonymous communique from some anarchists in Bulbancha
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"anonymous communique from some anarchists in Bulbancha
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Sat, 06/21/2025 - 08:27"
The image displays a financial chart for Crude Oil Jul 25 (CL=F) on the NY Mercantile Exchange, with a USD value of 75.46, up by $1.62 (+2.19%) as of 10:21:40 PM EDT, indicating the market is open. The chart shows a green line representing the price trend over time, with a significant increase from June 25th to the current date. The background is dark, with the chart line in green and the price data in white and green text. The chart includes a "Key Events" toggle and options for viewing data over different time periods (1D, 5D, 1M, 6M, YTD, 1Y, 5Y, All). On the right side, there is a sidebar with a quote lookup search bar and a section titled "U.S. markets closed," displaying various financial indices and commodities, such as S&P Futures, Dow Futures, Nasdaq Futures, Russell 2000, Gold, and VIX, with their respective values and percentage changes.
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Two houses from the 1933 Chicago World's Fair in Beverly Shores.
#indiana #photography #HoosierMast #nwindiana
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The image depicts a baseball stadium filled with spectators. In the foreground, a player is visible on the field, wearing a white uniform with a cap. The outfield wall is adorned with advertisements, including a prominent Visa logo and a Chevrolet logo. The scoreboard is visible, displaying player names and statistics. The stands are packed with fans, many wearing team colors, creating a vibrant atmosphere.
In the background, several flags are flying on tall poles, including the American flag and the California state flag. A Coors Light sign is visible on a brick building, and a NBC Sports Bay Area sign is also present. The sky is clear and blue, indicating a sunny day. The overall scene captures the excitement and energy of a live baseball game.
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we are 800m from the NBN FW tower
using 5G mmwave, we get 350/24 speed.
#photography #Australia
Roseate Spoonbill couple tidy up their nest with a bit of plants. It was fun to watch one of them, I presume the male, grab this from one side of the enclosure and go back to their nest where the partner delightedly placed it to their liking in the nest.
#photography #photographie #fotografie #fotografΓa #nature #birds #mates #nest #green #animals #fujifilm #lightroom
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*We should all grieve about the state of the world. It can be an integral part of activism.*
We should all grieve about the state of the world. It can be an integral part of activism
Activism comes in many forms. I hope, in some small way, my writing is part of itKelley Swain (The Guardian)
TGIF! Have a good Friday! β RosΓ© πΉ
#catsofinstagram #cats #beautifulcat #cat #photography #itsacatslife
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#catsofinstagram #cats #beautifulcat #cat #photography #itsacatslife
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#catsofinstagram #cats #beautifulcat #cat #photography #itsacatslife
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#israel #gaza #war #politics
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"My association with The Washington Post began in March 1954," Colbert I. King writes.
"But my life with The Post began in September 1990, when I signed on as an editorial writer under the tutelage of Editorial Page Editor Meg Greenfield." wapo.st/4e9neOQ
Suicide Bomber Attacks Christian Church in Syria's Damascus
The terrorist exploded a bomb on Sunday in a church in the Dweila district ofββ Damascus, some people died as a result of the explosion, eyewitnesses told Sputnik.Sputnik International
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