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Taylor Townsend (a Black woman) is a tennis champion. One of the best, I guess.
Her opponent, Jelena Ostapenko, berates her on the court after being bested. She tells Taylor that she has “no class” and “no education.”
Nothing like a little public racism not being called what it is.
Jelena said she “respects all nations of people in the world, for me it doesn't matter where you come from.” Boilerplate “I’m not a racist” statement.
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#Racism #TaylorTownsend #BlackWomen
US Open 2025: Taylor Townsend says Jelena Ostapenko told her she had 'no class' and 'no education' after loss
Taylor Townsend says Jelena Ostapenko told her she has "no class" and "no education" after the American beat her in the US Open second round.Jonathan Jurejko (BBC Sport)
A threat actor is offering a database allegedly belonging to a far-right media outlet The Epoch Times.
Its 32 million records have been purportedly exposed.
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The plight of seasonal workers remains a problem across the agricultural sector, from the exploitation of their visa situation, to substandard housing & bullying/abuse; and the Seasonal Worker Scheme has been extended for another five years with little regard for complaints from visa holders about the position the scheme puts them in.
As I've said before, how a Govt. treats the vulnerable indicates how they'd really like to treat the rest of us...
Let’s slap a ‘Growth at any cost’ sticker over the modern slavery sign.
Funny you never hear much from Jess Phillips on the subject these days …
‘Trump is dead,’ fake news spreads across the web, but the president reappears in public
Viral hashtag and record Google searches fuel false alarm. The White House denies it: the president is in good health ‘Trump is dead’ is the latest fake news to ignite American social media. The ha…LiberoReporter
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New errors found in report prepared by Deloitte, adding to suspicions it was generated by artificial intelligence
Academics have rejected the consultancy’s explanation of previous mistakes, as the discovery adds to suspicions about the use of artificial intelligence.Paul Karp (Australian Financial Review)
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UN documents Israeli violations in Syria, calls for accountability
The United Nations is closely monitoring the situation in Syria, particularly the escalation of violence, and continues to document serious violations, including those related to Israeli actions, a UN official said, Anadolu reports.
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"Perhaps the most important thing to understand about Trump’s mobster state capitalism is that it isn’t about economic efficiency or stimulating growth, let alone a vision of how the economy works and what it should create. It’s about *power*, pure and simple."
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Meta Reportedly Considers Google, OpenAI AI Models for Temporary Meta AI Boost
#AIPerformance #Meta #MetaAI #partnership #RivalAIDevelopers
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Meta Reportedly Considers Google, OpenAI AI Models for Temporary Meta AI Boost
Meta Platforms is looking at a clever shortcut in the fast-moving AI race. A new report from The Information suggests the tech giant might team up with rivalsLena Miles (Blaze Trends)
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4 Israeli soldiers missing, others killed in resistance ambush in Zeitoun neighbourhood east of Gaza: Israel media
Israeli media reported that 4 soldiers were missing, and others were killed and wounded in Gaza, as part of a large ambush to capture Israeli soldiers carried out by the Qassam Brigades in the Zeitoun neighbourhood east of Gaza City.
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Milano, corteo davanti a sede Rai per i giornalisti uccisi a Gaza - LaPresse
Manifestazione davanti alla sede Rai di Milano, in corso Sempione, per chiedere il cessate il fuoco a Gaza e sollecitare i media italiani a raccontare laPierluigi Mandoi (LaPresse)
Não consegui desver isso caminhando hoje no centro de Santa Maria.
É possível ser mais capacho de direita que isso? O que me assusta é que se estão vendendo é porque tem quem compre.
(Tinha também do Interzinho - Inter SM - que está em alta por voltar à primeira divisão e decide hoje o título da divisão de acesso)
If someone clearly doesn't read something that they reply to, is this a legitimate reason to block them?
#mastodon #meta #survey #socialmedia
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Students Hate Them. Universities Need Them. The Only Real Solution to the A.I. Cheating Crisis.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/opinion/culture/ai-chatgpt-college-cheating-medieval.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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The lack of understanding about how orgs work, has caused many to think “dark money” is all bad, when in fact, it’s not (unless you think Planned Parenthood, MoveOn and Bernie sanders are bad).
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Elizabeth Booker Houston (@bookersquared) on Threads
An example of how using provacative language without giving correct explanations causes misinformation: Someone on Threads said they have never taken "dark money" (which is another way to describe 501(c)(4)s including orgs like AARP and Planned Par…Threads
« Credit reporting giant TransUnion has disclosed a data breach affecting more than 4.4 million customers’ personal information. »
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TransUnion says hackers stole 4.4 million customers' personal information | TechCrunch
The credit reporting giant confirmed unauthorized access to a third-party application storing the personal information of its customers, including Social Security numbers.Zack Whittaker (TechCrunch)
Public libraries really ought to be better funded, but they aren’t going to be, and so it seems that for the time being stochastic piracy is going to be the only reliable means of preserving humanity’s collective cultural output for posterity.
Many forms of media require the life’s work of hundreds, if not thousands, of people to produce, but many rights holders would rather see than work become unavailable to anyone, rather than put their parasitic rentseeking profiteering in jeopardy.
That is, capital is not and cannot be scarce, UNLESS the natural resources required to produce capital using labor are subjected to rentseeking.
This is what Karl Marx got wrong.
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Squali bianchi a pochi metri dalla riva: le cause di un fenomeno che fa discutere
I grandi squali bianchi si avvicinano alle coste USA e Canada, favoriti dal clima più caldo e dalla presenza di prede, preoccupando i pescatori.Everyeye Tech
Gaza death toll nears 63,400 as 10 more Palestinians die of starvation
At least 63,371 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip since October 2023, as 10 more people died of starvation in the enclave, the Health Ministry said on Saturday, Anadolu reports.
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We are sailing to Gaza. Here’s why - DiEM25 Communications
Melanie Schweizer of the Global Sumud Flotilla details the aims – and anxieties – of the largest humanitarian convoy to Gaza since the blockade began
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I feel relieved that I got HRT finally.
All that work got what I was looking for
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I accomplished something today so now I get to chill for the rest of Holiday Weekend
It's just how it works
Hi all,
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“Palestina libera – Stop al genocidio”. Oltre 12mila persone al Lido di Venezia
@Giornalismo e disordine informativo
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In migliaia al Lido di Venezia al grido “Palestina libera – Stop al genocidio”. La partecipazione, secondo gli organizzatori, ha superato
Hmmm.... if you don't believe 'soft power' to be a thing, say off you're a President whose entire modus operandi is transactional, then why would you keep funding the Voice of America.....
Its a strange (ad more extreme echo) of the British state's inability to foster the BBC World Service (in its various guises).
Now that Joseph Nye has died perhaps his ideas are falling him to the grave?
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Trump administration moves to fire most Voice of America staff
Termination notices have been issued to more than 500 employees of VOA and its parent agency.Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu (BBC News)
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I watch&read a lot but avoid BBC content because I don't pay the BBC license fee and I don't want to give hypothetical ammo to the license collectors who send their harassment letters throughout the country. Not a great position for even domestic influence.
It seems UK's political opponents supply their "news" for free and put no barriers.
What an idiot
"Tulsi Gabbard blindsided CIA leaders last wk when she disclosed name of undercover CIA officer on list of people she stripped of security clearances
..alarmed workforce..simmering tensions and crossed signals between Gabbard & CIA Dir John Ratcliffe" nbcnews.com/politics/national-…
Tensions rise between Tulsi Gabbard and CIA chief after her disclosure of undercover officer's name, insiders say
Tulsi Gabbard blindsided the CIA leader last week when she disclosed the name of an undercover CIA officer. Gabbard is under pressure to regain President Trump’s trust, insiders said.Dan De Luce (NBC News)
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We need to stop the US corn subsidies. Everything comes back to corn!
Why is German butter yellow?
→ Why isn't US butter yellow?
→ Beta carotene in cow diets turn their milk fat yellow
→ And German cows eat primarily grass, while US cow diets are mostly grain and corn
@SwiftOnSecurity was right, everything is made of corn
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Europeo, Serbia già agli ottavi. Spagna, prima vittoria. Alla Slovenia non basta Doncic
https://www.gazzetta.it/Basket/europei/30-08-2025/eurobasket-la-serbia-si-qualifica-si-sblocca-la-spagna-la-francia-batte-la-slovenia.shtml?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Europeo, Serbia già agli ottavi. Spagna, prima vittoria. Alla Slovenia non basta Doncic
Un super Jokic guida i suoi al prossimo turno. Passano anche Germania, Turchia e Finlandia. La Francia è troppo per la SloveniaMatteo Briolini e Gianmarco Calvaresi (La Gazzetta dello Sport)
Cuesta: “Cutrone ieri ci ha detto che avrebbe segnato: come vedo lui e Oristanio e su Bernabè…”
https://www.sosfanta.com/news/cuesta-cutrone-ieri-ci-ha-detto-che-avrebbe-segnato-come-vedo-lui-e-oristanio-e-su-bernabe/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Cuesta: “Cutrone ieri ci ha detto che avrebbe segnato: come vedo lui e Oristanio e su Bernabè…”
Carlos Cuesta, tecnico del Parma, ha parlato ai microfoni di DAZN e in conferenza dopo il pari contro l’Atalanta. LA GARA – “Per noi è importante la connessione tra squadra e tifosi, sono molto importanti. Sicuramente è stata...Marco Astori (SOS Fanta)
“You wanna straighten out the budget? Start taxing corporations and the wealthy like we’ve been telling you. Do you think we’re idiots? Do you think we don’t pay taxes? ... You know nothing about what a working-class citizen does."
Republican Town Hall Erupts: “Take Your Head Out of Trump’s Ass!”
GOP Representative Mark Alford got a rude awakening from his constituents.The New Republic
I upgraded to a Pixel 10 Pro because the promos made it super cheap for me—and honestly, Pixelsnap (Qi2/MagSafe) without a case is the only “new feature” I care about.
I disable all the AI features I can on my Google Account, so none of that new stuff interests me, but there *are* a handful of new things I’ve noticed but seen literally nobody mention in “reviews” or sales pages. I’ll compile them here in this thread for anyone interested.
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